Some systems have sizeof(off_t) == 8 while sizeof(size_t) == 4.
This implies that we are able to access and work on files whose
maximum length is around 2^63-1 bytes, but we can only malloc or
mmap somewhat less than 2^32-1 bytes of memory.
On such a system an implicit conversion of off_t to size_t can cause
the size_t to wrap, resulting in unexpected and exciting behavior.
Right now we are working around all gcc warnings generated by the
-Wshorten-64-to-32 option by passing the off_t through xsize_t().
In the future we should make xsize_t on such problematic platforms
detect the wrapping and die if such a file is accessed.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
                }
        }
        else if (patch->old_name) {
-               size = st->st_size;
+               size = xsize_t(st->st_size);
                alloc = size + 8192;
                buf = xmalloc(alloc);
                if (read_old_data(st, patch->old_name, &buf, &alloc, &size))
 
                                die("Cannot lstat %s", path);
                        read_from = path;
                }
-               fin_size = st.st_size;
+               fin_size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
                buf = xmalloc(fin_size+1);
                mode = canon_mode(st.st_mode);
                switch (st.st_mode & S_IFMT) {
 
                        if (lstat(path, &st) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
                                bad = 1;
                        else
-                               (*loose_size) += st.st_blocks;
+                               (*loose_size) += xsize_t(st.st_blocks);
                }
                if (bad) {
                        if (verbose) {
 
        struct stat st;
        int i;
        char *data;
+       size_t sz;
+
        if (lstat(filename, &st) < 0) {
        err_ret:
                if (errno != ENOENT)
                return 0; /* empty file -- no grep hit */
        if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
                return 0;
+       sz = xsize_t(st.st_size);
        i = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
        if (i < 0)
                goto err_ret;
-       data = xmalloc(st.st_size + 1);
-       if (st.st_size != read_in_full(i, data, st.st_size)) {
+       data = xmalloc(sz + 1);
+       if (st.st_size != read_in_full(i, data, sz)) {
                error("'%s': short read %s", filename, strerror(errno));
                close(i);
                free(data);
        close(i);
        if (opt->relative && opt->prefix_length)
                filename += opt->prefix_length;
-       i = grep_buffer(opt, filename, data, st.st_size);
+       i = grep_buffer(opt, filename, data, sz);
        free(data);
        return i;
 }
 
                        goto deleted_file;
 
                if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-                       size_t len = st.st_size;
+                       size_t len = xsize_t(st.st_size);
                        result_size = len;
                        result = xmalloc(len + 1);
                        if (result_size != readlink(elem->path, result, len)) {
                }
                else if (0 <= (fd = open(elem->path, O_RDONLY)) &&
                         !fstat(fd, &st)) {
-                       size_t len = st.st_size;
+                       size_t len = xsize_t(st.st_size);
                        size_t sz = 0;
                        int is_file, i;
 
 
        int do_not_match;
        regex_t* value_regex;
        int multi_replace;
-       off_t offset[MAX_MATCHES];
+       size_t offset[MAX_MATCHES];
        enum { START, SECTION_SEEN, SECTION_END_SEEN, KEY_SEEN } state;
        int seen;
 } store;
        return 1;
 }
 
-static int find_beginning_of_line(const char* contents, int size,
-       int offset_, int* found_bracket)
+static ssize_t find_beginning_of_line(const char* contents, size_t size,
+       size_t offset_, int* found_bracket)
 {
-       int equal_offset = size, bracket_offset = size;
-       int offset;
+       size_t equal_offset = size, bracket_offset = size;
+       ssize_t offset;
 
        for (offset = offset_-2; offset > 0 
                        && contents[offset] != '\n'; offset--)
        } else {
                struct stat st;
                char* contents;
-               int i, copy_begin, copy_end, new_line = 0;
+               size_t contents_sz, copy_begin, copy_end;
+               int i, new_line = 0;
 
                if (value_regex == NULL)
                        store.value_regex = NULL;
                }
 
                fstat(in_fd, &st);
-               contents = xmmap(NULL, st.st_size, PROT_READ,
+               contents_sz = xsize_t(st.st_size);
+               contents = xmmap(NULL, contents_sz, PROT_READ,
                        MAP_PRIVATE, in_fd, 0);
                close(in_fd);
 
 
                for (i = 0, copy_begin = 0; i < store.seen; i++) {
                        if (store.offset[i] == 0) {
-                               store.offset[i] = copy_end = st.st_size;
+                               store.offset[i] = copy_end = contents_sz;
                        } else if (store.state != KEY_SEEN) {
                                copy_end = store.offset[i];
                        } else
                                copy_end = find_beginning_of_line(
-                                       contents, st.st_size,
+                                       contents, contents_sz,
                                        store.offset[i]-2, &new_line);
 
                        /* write the first part of the config */
                }
 
                /* write the rest of the config */
-               if (copy_begin < st.st_size)
+               if (copy_begin < contents_sz)
                        if (write_in_full(fd, contents + copy_begin,
-                                         st.st_size - copy_begin) <
-                           st.st_size - copy_begin)
+                                         contents_sz - copy_begin) <
+                           contents_sz - copy_begin)
                                goto write_err_out;
 
-               munmap(contents, st.st_size);
+               munmap(contents, contents_sz);
                unlink(config_filename);
        }
 
 
                                return err;
                        }
                }
-               s->size = st.st_size;
+               s->size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
                if (!s->size)
                        goto empty;
                if (size_only)
                if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
                        int ret;
                        char buf[PATH_MAX + 1]; /* ought to be SYMLINK_MAX */
+                       size_t sz = xsize_t(st.st_size);
                        if (sizeof(buf) <= st.st_size)
                                die("symlink too long: %s", name);
-                       ret = readlink(name, buf, st.st_size);
+                       ret = readlink(name, buf, sz);
                        if (ret < 0)
                                die("readlink(%s)", name);
-                       prep_temp_blob(temp, buf, st.st_size,
+                       prep_temp_blob(temp, buf, sz,
                                       (one->sha1_valid ?
                                        one->sha1 : null_sha1),
                                       (one->sha1_valid ?
        /* user says num divided by scale and we say internally that
         * is MAX_SCORE * num / scale.
         */
-       return (num >= scale) ? MAX_SCORE : (MAX_SCORE * num / scale);
+       return (int)((num >= scale) ? MAX_SCORE : (MAX_SCORE * num / scale));
 }
 
 int diff_scoreopt_parse(const char *opt)
 
         * merge the surviving pair together if the score is
         * less than the minimum, after rename/copy runs.
         */
-       *merge_score_p = src_removed * MAX_SCORE / src->size;
+       *merge_score_p = (int)(src_removed * MAX_SCORE / src->size);
 
        /* Extent of damage, which counts both inserts and
         * deletes.
 
        void *map;
        char *cp, *endp;
        struct stat st;
+       size_t sz;
 
        if (order)
                return;
                close(fd);
                return;
        }
-       map = mmap(NULL, st.st_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+       sz = xsize_t(st.st_size);
+       map = mmap(NULL, sz, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
        close(fd);
        if (map == MAP_FAILED)
                return;
-       endp = (char *) map + st.st_size;
+       endp = (char *) map + sz;
        for (pass = 0; pass < 2; pass++) {
                cnt = 0;
                cp = map;
 
                return 0; /* error but caught downstream */
 
 
-       delta_limit = base_size * (MAX_SCORE-minimum_score) / MAX_SCORE;
+       delta_limit = (unsigned long)
+               (base_size * (MAX_SCORE-minimum_score) / MAX_SCORE);
        if (diffcore_count_changes(src->data, src->size,
                                   dst->data, dst->size,
                                   &src->cnt_data, &dst->cnt_data,
        if (!dst->size)
                score = 0; /* should not happen */
        else
-               score = src_copied * MAX_SCORE / max_size;
+               score = (int)(src_copied * MAX_SCORE / max_size);
        return score;
 }
 
                                struct diff_filespec *one = rename_src[j].one;
                                if (!is_exact_match(one, two, contents_too))
                                        continue;
-                               record_rename_pair(i, j, MAX_SCORE);
+                               record_rename_pair(i, j, (int)MAX_SCORE);
                                rename_count++;
                                break; /* we are done with this entry */
                        }
 
 {
        struct stat st;
        int fd, i;
-       long size;
+       size_t size;
        char *buf, *entry;
 
        fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY);
        if (fd < 0 || fstat(fd, &st) < 0)
                goto err;
-       size = st.st_size;
+       size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
        if (size == 0) {
                close(fd);
                return 0;
 
        }
 }
 
+static inline size_t xsize_t(off_t len)
+{
+       return (size_t)len;
+}
+
 static inline int has_extension(const char *filename, const char *ext)
 {
        size_t len = strlen(filename);
 
        return match;
 }
 
-static int ce_compare_link(struct cache_entry *ce, unsigned long expected_size)
+static int ce_compare_link(struct cache_entry *ce, size_t expected_size)
 {
        int match = -1;
        char *target;
                        return DATA_CHANGED;
                break;
        case S_IFLNK:
-               if (ce_compare_link(ce, st->st_size))
+               if (ce_compare_link(ce, xsize_t(st->st_size)))
                        return DATA_CHANGED;
                break;
        default:
        }
 
        if (!fstat(fd, &st)) {
-               cache_mmap_size = st.st_size;
+               cache_mmap_size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
                errno = EINVAL;
                if (cache_mmap_size >= sizeof(struct cache_header) + 20)
                        cache_mmap = xmmap(NULL, cache_mmap_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
 
        unsigned long date;
        unsigned char logged_sha1[20];
        void *log_mapped;
+       size_t mapsz;
 
        logfile = git_path("logs/%s", ref);
        logfd = open(logfile, O_RDONLY, 0);
        fstat(logfd, &st);
        if (!st.st_size)
                die("Log %s is empty.", logfile);
-       log_mapped = xmmap(NULL, st.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, logfd, 0);
+       mapsz = xsize_t(st.st_size);
+       log_mapped = xmmap(NULL, mapsz, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, logfd, 0);
        logdata = log_mapped;
        close(logfd);
 
                                                logfile, show_rfc2822_date(date, tz));
                                }
                        }
-                       munmap(log_mapped, st.st_size);
+                       munmap(log_mapped, mapsz);
                        return 0;
                }
                lastrec = rec;
                die("Log %s is corrupt.", logfile);
        if (msg)
                *msg = ref_msg(logdata, logend);
-       munmap(log_mapped, st.st_size);
+       munmap(log_mapped, mapsz);
 
        if (cutoff_time)
                *cutoff_time = date;
 
 static void read_info_alternates(const char * relative_base, int depth)
 {
        char *map;
+       size_t mapsz;
        struct stat st;
        char path[PATH_MAX];
        int fd;
                close(fd);
                return;
        }
-       map = xmmap(NULL, st.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+       mapsz = xsize_t(st.st_size);
+       map = xmmap(NULL, mapsz, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
        close(fd);
 
-       link_alt_odb_entries(map, map + st.st_size, '\n', relative_base, depth);
+       link_alt_odb_entries(map, map + mapsz, '\n', relative_base, depth);
 
-       munmap(map, st.st_size);
+       munmap(map, mapsz);
 }
 
 void prepare_alt_odb(void)
 {
        void *idx_map;
        uint32_t *index;
-       unsigned long idx_size;
+       size_t idx_size;
        uint32_t nr, i;
        int fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
        struct stat st;
                close(fd);
                return -1;
        }
-       idx_size = st.st_size;
+       idx_size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
        if (idx_size < 4 * 256 + 20 + 20) {
                close(fd);
                return error("index file %s is too small", path);
                }
                if (!win) {
                        size_t window_align = packed_git_window_size / 2;
+                       off_t len;
                        win = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*win));
                        win->offset = (offset / window_align) * window_align;
-                       win->len = p->pack_size - win->offset;
-                       if (win->len > packed_git_window_size)
-                               win->len = packed_git_window_size;
+                       len = p->pack_size - win->offset;
+                       if (len > packed_git_window_size)
+                               len = packed_git_window_size;
+                       win->len = (size_t)len;
                        pack_mapped += win->len;
                        while (packed_git_limit < pack_mapped
                                && unuse_one_window(p))
        }
        offset -= win->offset;
        if (left)
-               *left = win->len - offset;
+               *left = win->len - xsize_t(offset);
        return win->base + offset;
 }
 
                 */
                sha1_file_open_flag = 0;
        }
-       map = xmmap(NULL, st.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+       *size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
+       map = xmmap(NULL, *size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
        close(fd);
-       *size = st.st_size;
        return map;
 }
 
 uint32_t num_packed_objects(const struct packed_git *p)
 {
        /* See check_packed_git_idx() */
-       return (p->index_size - 20 - 20 - 4*256) / 24;
+       return (uint32_t)((p->index_size - 20 - 20 - 4*256) / 24);
 }
 
 int nth_packed_object_sha1(const struct packed_git *p, uint32_t n,
 int index_fd(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, struct stat *st, int write_object,
             enum object_type type, const char *path)
 {
-       unsigned long size = st->st_size;
+       size_t size = xsize_t(st->st_size);
        void *buf = NULL;
        int ret, re_allocated = 0;
 
 {
        int fd;
        char *target;
+       size_t len;
 
        switch (st->st_mode & S_IFMT) {
        case S_IFREG:
                                     path);
                break;
        case S_IFLNK:
-               target = xmalloc(st->st_size+1);
-               if (readlink(path, target, st->st_size+1) != st->st_size) {
+               len = xsize_t(st->st_size);
+               target = xmalloc(len + 1);
+               if (readlink(path, target, len + 1) != st->st_size) {
                        char *errstr = strerror(errno);
                        free(target);
                        return error("readlink(\"%s\"): %s", path,
                                     errstr);
                }
                if (!write_object)
-                       hash_sha1_file(target, st->st_size, blob_type, sha1);
-               else if (write_sha1_file(target, st->st_size, blob_type, sha1))
+                       hash_sha1_file(target, len, blob_type, sha1);
+               else if (write_sha1_file(target, len, blob_type, sha1))
                        return error("%s: failed to insert into database",
                                     path);
                free(target);
 
 {
        struct stat st;
        FILE *f;
+       size_t sz;
 
        if (stat(filename, &st))
                return error("Could not stat %s", filename);
        if ((f = fopen(filename, "rb")) == NULL)
                return error("Could not open %s", filename);
-       ptr->ptr = xmalloc(st.st_size);
-       if (fread(ptr->ptr, st.st_size, 1, f) != 1)
+       sz = xsize_t(st.st_size);
+       ptr->ptr = xmalloc(sz);
+       if (fread(ptr->ptr, sz, 1, f) != 1)
                return error("Could not read %s", filename);
        fclose(f);
-       ptr->size = st.st_size;
+       ptr->size = sz;
        return 0;
 }