Re: fix for palloc() of user-supplied length

I have applied the following modified version of your patch. The
original version would not apply to CVS.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> Serguei Mokhov <mokhov(at)cs(dot)concordia(dot)ca> writes:
> > + if (len < 1 || len > 8192)
> > + {
> > + elog(LOG, "Password packet length too long: %d", len);
> > ^^^^^^^^
> > Shouldn't it be changed to 'too long || too long' then? ;)
>
> Woops, sorry for being careless. Changed the wording to refer to
> 'invalid' rather than 'too long' or 'too short'.
>
> > And also for the message to be more descriptive for the innocent, I'd included
> > the current boundaries in it (like: "expected: 1 <= len <= 8192")
>
> Also fixed, although I'm not sure it's worth worrying about.
>
> > (a question: isn't hardcoding an evil?)
>
> Yes, probably -- as the comment notes, it is just an arbitrary
> limitation. But given that (a) it is extremely unlikely to ever be
> encountered in a real-life situation (b) the limits it imposes are
> very lax (c) it is temporary code that will be ripped out shortly, I'm
> not too concerned...
>
> Thanks for taking a look at the code, BTW.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil
>
> --
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