linux-kernel - Re: [git patches] libata updates, GPG signed (but see admin notes)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:22:28 -0700
From:	Junio C Hamano <junio@...ox.com>
To:	git@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Shawn Pearce <spearce@...arce.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates, GPG signed (but see admin notes)

Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com> writes:

> However we would need to audit so that we do not accidentally record the
> tag object names in the "parent" headers in the merge commits, which is
> what I'll be doing next.

Just reporting my findings.

builtin/merge.c was updated to use want_commit() that uses peel_to_type()
to commit to make sure we do not get fed anything funky, and also uses
struct commit_list to pass around list of parents to be recorded, so we
should be OK in this department.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/