prefer "!=" when checking read_in_full() result
authorJeff King <peff@peff.net>
Wed, 27 Sep 2017 06:00:28 +0000 (02:00 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 27 Sep 2017 06:45:24 +0000 (15:45 +0900)
Comparing the result of read_in_full() using less-than is
potentially dangerous, as a negative return value may be
converted to an unsigned type and be considered a success.
This is discussed further in 561598cfcf (read_pack_header:
handle signed/unsigned comparison in read result,
2017-09-13).

Each of these instances is actually fine in practice:

- in get-tar-commit-id, the HEADERSIZE macro expands to a
signed integer. If it were switched to an unsigned type
(e.g., a size_t), then it would be a bug.

- the other two callers check for a short read only after
handling a negative return separately. This is a fine
practice, but we'd prefer to model "!=" as a general
rule.

So all of these cases can be considered cleanups and not
actual bugfixes.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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