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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/5] Fix use of uninitialized hash algorithms
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 18:14:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240514011437.3779151-1-gitster@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1715582857.git.ps@pks.im>

A change recently merged to 'next' stops us from defaulting to using
SHA-1 unless other code (like a logic early in the start-up sequence
to see what hash is being used in the repository we are working in)
explicitly sets it, leading to a (deliberate) crash of "git" when we
forgot to cover certain code paths.

It turns out we have a few.  Notable ones are all operations that
are designed to work outside a repository.  We should go over all
such code paths and give them a reasonable default when there is one
available (e.g. for historical reasons, patch-id is documented to
work with SHA-1 hashes, so arguably it should do so everywhere, not
just in SHA-1 repositories, but outside any repository), and when
there is none, we can use the existing GIT_DEFAULT_HASH environment
variable to let the user control the choice.

In this fourth iteration, I used the existing GIT_DEFAULT_HASH
environment variable that has been used to allow users to opt into
an early experiment of SHA-256 support.  I saw breakages in SHA-256
CI jobs for earlier rounds of this series, but hopefully this is now
good to go.  Knock wood...

Junio C Hamano (3):
  setup: add an escape hatch for "no more default hash algorithm" change
  t1517: test commands that are designed to be run outside repository
  apply: fix uninitialized hash function

Patrick Steinhardt (2):
  builtin/patch-id: fix uninitialized hash function
  builtin/hash-object: fix uninitialized hash function

 builtin/apply.c         |  4 +++
 builtin/hash-object.c   |  3 ++
 builtin/patch-id.c      | 13 +++++++++
 environment.h           |  1 +
 repository.c            | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 setup.c                 |  2 --
 t/t1007-hash-object.sh  |  6 ++++
 t/t1517-outside-repo.sh | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t4204-patch-id.sh     | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t1517-outside-repo.sh

Range-diff against v3:
1:  7adbf0cc5f ! 1:  3038f73e1c setup: add an escape hatch for "no more default hash algorithm" change
    @@ Commit message
         Partially revert c8aed5e8 (repository: stop setting SHA1 as the
         default object hash, 2024-05-07), to keep end-user systems still
         broken when we have gap in our test coverage but yet give them an
    -    escape hatch to set the GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM environment
    -    variable to "sha1" in order to revert to the previous behaviour.
    +    escape hatch to set the GIT_DEFAULT_HASH environment variable to
    +    "sha1" in order to revert to the previous behaviour.  This variable
    +    has been in use for using SHA-256 hash by default, and it should be
    +    a better fit than inventing a new and test-only knob.
     
         Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
     
    + ## environment.h ##
    +@@ environment.h: const char *getenv_safe(struct strvec *argv, const char *name);
    + #define GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS"
    + #define GIT_TEXT_DOMAIN_DIR_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR"
    + #define GIT_ATTR_SOURCE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"
    ++#define GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_DEFAULT_HASH"
    + 
    + /*
    +  * Environment variable used in handshaking the wire protocol.
    +
      ## repository.c ##
    +@@
    + #include "git-compat-util.h"
    + #include "abspath.h"
    ++#include "environment.h"
    + #include "repository.h"
    + #include "object-store-ll.h"
    + #include "config.h"
     @@
      static struct repository the_repo;
      struct repository *the_repository = &the_repo;
    @@ repository.c
     +	const char *hash_name;
     +	int algo;
     +
    -+	hash_name = getenv("GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM");
    ++	hash_name = getenv(GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ENVIRONMENT);
     +	if (!hash_name)
     +		return;
     +	algo = hash_algo_by_name(hash_name);
    ++
    ++	/*
    ++	 * NEEDSWORK: after all, falling back to SHA-1 by assigning
    ++	 * GIT_HASH_SHA1 to algo here, instead of returning, may give
    ++	 * us better behaviour.
    ++	 */
     +	if (algo == GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN)
     +		return;
    ++
     +	repo_set_hash_algo(repo, algo);
     +}
     +
    @@ repository.c: void initialize_repository(struct repository *repo)
     +	 * giving them an appropriate default individually; any
     +	 * unconverted codepath that tries to access the_hash_algo
     +	 * will thus fail.  The end-users however have an escape hatch
    -+	 * to set GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM environment variable to
    -+	 * "sha1" get back the old behaviour of defaulting to SHA-1.
    ++	 * to set GIT_DEFAULT_HASH environment variable to "sha1" get
    ++	 * back the old behaviour of defaulting to SHA-1.
     +	 */
     +	if (repo == the_repository)
     +		set_default_hash_algo(repo);
      }
      
      static void expand_base_dir(char **out, const char *in,
    +
    + ## setup.c ##
    +@@ setup.c: int daemonize(void)
    + #define TEST_FILEMODE 1
    + #endif
    + 
    +-#define GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_DEFAULT_HASH"
    +-
    + static void copy_templates_1(struct strbuf *path, struct strbuf *template_path,
    + 			     DIR *dir)
    + {
2:  c40b2bc7b5 ! 2:  e56ae68961 t1517: test commands that are designed to be run outside repository
    @@ t/t1517-outside-repo.sh (new)
     +TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
     +. ./test-lib.sh
     +
    -+# Do not use the end-user workaround for this test.
    -+# GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM=sha1; export GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM
    -+
     +test_expect_success 'set up a non-repo directory and test file' '
     +	GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=$(pwd) &&
     +	export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES &&
3:  48d83fe1fd ! 3:  e1ae0e95fc builtin/patch-id: fix uninitialized hash function
    @@ builtin/patch-id.c: int cmd_patch_id(int argc, const char **argv, const char *pr
     +	 * NEEDSWORK: This hack should be removed in favor of converting
     +	 * the code that computes patch IDs to always use SHA1.
     +	 */
    -+	if (!startup_info->have_repository)
    ++	if (!the_hash_algo)
     +		repo_set_hash_algo(the_repository, GIT_HASH_SHA1);
     +
      	generate_id_list(opts ? opts > 1 : config.stable,
4:  a5bf0dfb0a ! 4:  1c8ce0d024 builtin/hash-object: fix uninitialized hash function
    @@ Commit message
         SHA1 as the default object hash, 2024-05-07), this will make us hit an
         uninitialized hash function, which subsequently leads to a segfault.
     
    -    Fix this by falling back to SHA-1 explicitly when running outside of a
    -    Git repository. Users can use GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM environment to
    -    specify what hash algorithm they want, so arguably this code should not
    -    be needed.
    +    Fix this by falling back to SHA-1 explicitly when running outside of
    +    a Git repository. Users can use GIT_DEFAULT_HASH environment to
    +    specify what hash algorithm they want, so arguably this code should
    +    not be needed.
     
         Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
         Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
5:  2b9e486c3f = 5:  5b0ec43757 apply: fix uninitialized hash function

  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-05-14  1:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-13  7:15 [PATCH 0/2] Fix use of uninitialized hash algos Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  7:15 ` [PATCH 1/2] builtin/patch-id: fix uninitialized hash function Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  7:15 ` [PATCH 2/2] builtin/hash-object: " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-14  0:16   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 16:01 ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix use of uninitialized hash algos Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 18:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 19:21 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Fix use of uninitialized hash algorithms Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 19:21   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] setup: add an escape hatch for "no more default hash algorithm" change Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 19:48     ` Kyle Lippincott
2024-05-13 19:21   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] t1517: test commands that are designed to be run outside repository Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 19:57     ` Kyle Lippincott
2024-05-13 20:33       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 21:00         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 21:07           ` Kyle Lippincott
2024-05-13 19:21   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] builtin/patch-id: fix uninitialized hash function Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 19:21   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] builtin/hash-object: " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 21:28   ` [PATCH 5/4] apply: " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 22:41 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Fix use of uninitialized hash algorithms Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 22:41   ` [PATCH v3 1/5] setup: add an escape hatch for "no more default hash algorithm" change Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 22:41   ` [PATCH v3 2/5] t1517: test commands that are designed to be run outside repository Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 22:41   ` [PATCH v3 3/5] builtin/patch-id: fix uninitialized hash function Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 23:11     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  4:31       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-14 15:52         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 22:41   ` [PATCH v3 4/5] builtin/hash-object: " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 23:13     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  4:32       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-14 15:55         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 22:41   ` [PATCH v3 5/5] apply: " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  1:14 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-05-14  1:14   ` [PATCH v4 1/5] setup: add an escape hatch for "no more default hash algorithm" change Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  4:32     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-14 15:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14 17:19     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-15 12:23       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-16 15:31       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  1:14   ` [PATCH v4 2/5] t1517: test commands that are designed to be run outside repository Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  4:32     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-14 15:08       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-15 12:24         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-15 14:15           ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-15 14:25             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-15 15:40               ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  1:14   ` [PATCH v4 3/5] builtin/patch-id: fix uninitialized hash function Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  1:14   ` [PATCH v4 4/5] builtin/hash-object: " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-17 23:49     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-20 21:19       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-20 22:45         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  1:14   ` [PATCH v4 5/5] apply: " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-20 23:14 ` [PATCH v5 0/5] Fix use of uninitialized hash algorithms Junio C Hamano
2024-05-20 23:14   ` [PATCH v5 1/5] setup: add an escape hatch for "no more default hash algorithm" change Junio C Hamano
2024-05-21  7:57     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-21 15:59       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-20 23:14   ` [PATCH v5 2/5] t1517: test commands that are designed to be run outside repository Junio C Hamano
2024-05-20 23:14   ` [PATCH v5 3/5] builtin/patch-id: fix uninitialized hash function Junio C Hamano
2024-05-20 23:14   ` [PATCH v5 4/5] builtin/hash-object: " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-20 23:14   ` [PATCH v5 5/5] apply: " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-21  7:58     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-21 13:36       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-21  7:58   ` [PATCH v5 0/5] Fix use of uninitialized hash algorithms Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-21 18:07     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-22  4:51       ` Patrick Steinhardt

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