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nscd: Eliminate compilation time dependency in the build output

Message ID 20171005144957.6383142022590@oldenburg.str.redhat.com
State New
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Series nscd: Eliminate compilation time dependency in the build output | expand

Commit Message

Florian Weimer Oct. 5, 2017, 2:49 p.m. UTC 
2017-10-05  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>

	nscd: Eliminate compilation time dependency in the build output.
	* nscd/nscd_stat.c (STATDATA_VERSION)
	(STATDATA_VERSION_SELINUX_FLAG, STATDATA_VERSION_FLAGS)
	(STATDATA_VERSION_FULL): New macro definitions.
	(compilation): Remove.
	(struct statdata): Adjust version member.
	(send_stats): Set version from STATDATA_VERSION_FULL.
	(receive_print_stats): Verify version against STATDATA_VERSION_FULL.

Comments

Zack Weinberg Oct. 5, 2017, 3:12 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> 2017-10-05  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
>
>         nscd: Eliminate compilation time dependency in the build output.

I'm not qualified to review this code, but I am in favor of making a
change with this effect.

zw
Carlos O'Donell Oct. 5, 2017, 4:13 p.m. UTC | #2 
On 10/05/2017 07:49 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> 2017-10-05  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
> 
> 	nscd: Eliminate compilation time dependency in the build output.
> 	* nscd/nscd_stat.c (STATDATA_VERSION)
> 	(STATDATA_VERSION_SELINUX_FLAG, STATDATA_VERSION_FLAGS)
> 	(STATDATA_VERSION_FULL): New macro definitions.
> 	(compilation): Remove.
> 	(struct statdata): Adjust version member.
> 	(send_stats): Set version from STATDATA_VERSION_FULL.
> 	(receive_print_stats): Verify version against STATDATA_VERSION_FULL.

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/nscd/nscd_stat.c b/nscd/nscd_stat.c
index feb1c98ac3..b1bc81bd6d 100644
--- a/nscd/nscd_stat.c
+++ b/nscd/nscd_stat.c
@@ -35,9 +35,23 @@ 
 # include <selinux/avc.h>
 #endif /* HAVE_SELINUX */
 
+/* We use this to make sure the receiver is the same.  The lower 16
+   bits are reserved for flags indicating compilation variants.  This
+   version needs to be updated if the definition of struct statdata
+   changes.  */
+#define STATDATA_VERSION  0x01020000U
 
-/* We use this to make sure the receiver is the same.  */
-static const char compilation[21] = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
+#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
+# define STATDATA_VERSION_SELINUX_FLAG 0x0001U
+#else
+# define STATDATA_VERSION_SELINUX_FLAG 0x0000U
+#endif
+
+/* All flags affecting the struct statdata layout.  */
+#define STATDATA_VERSION_FLAGS STATDATA_VERSION_SELINUX_FLAG
+
+/* The full version number for struct statdata.  */
+#define STATDATA_VERSION_FULL (STATDATA_VERSION | STATDATA_VERSION_FLAGS)
 
 /* Statistic data for one database.  */
 struct dbstat
@@ -68,10 +82,11 @@  struct dbstat
   uintmax_t addfailed;
 };
 
-/* Record for transmitting statistics.  */
+/* Record for transmitting statistics.  If this definition changes,
+   update STATDATA_VERSION above.  */
 struct statdata
 {
-  char version[sizeof (compilation)];
+  unsigned int version;		/* Must be STATDATA_VERSION_FULL.  */
   int debug_level;
   time_t runtime;
   unsigned long int client_queued;
@@ -96,7 +111,7 @@  send_stats (int fd, struct database_dyn dbs[lastdb])
 
   memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
 
-  memcpy (data.version, compilation, sizeof (compilation));
+  data.version = STATDATA_VERSION_FULL;
   data.debug_level = debug_level;
   data.runtime = time (NULL) - start_time;
   data.client_queued = client_queued;
@@ -196,7 +211,7 @@  receive_print_stats (void)
 
   /* Read as much data as we expect.  */
   if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (read (fd, &data, sizeof (data))) != sizeof (data)
-      || (memcmp (data.version, compilation, sizeof (compilation)) != 0
+      || (data.version != STATDATA_VERSION_FULL
 	  /* Yes, this is an assignment!  */
 	  && (errno = EINVAL)))
     {