Re: [PATCH] sha1_file: don't convert off_t to size_t too early to avoid potential die()

index_stream() might internally also be able to handle large files to
some extent.  But it uses size_t for its third argument, and we must
already die() when calling it.  It might be a good idea to convert its
interface to use off_t and push the size checks further down the stack.
In general, it might be good idea to carefully consider whether to use
off_t or size_t when passing file-related sizes around.  To me it looks
like a separate issue for a separate patch series (I have no specific
plans to prepare one).

 sha1_file.c | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 5b0e67a..6f18c22 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c

@@ -3180,17 +3180,22 @@ int index_fd(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, struct stat *st,
 	     enum object_type type, const char *path, unsigned flags)
 {
 	int ret;
-	size_t size = xsize_t(st->st_size);
 
+	/*
+	 * Call xsize_t() only when needed to avoid potentially unnecessary
+	 * die() for large files.
+	 */
 	if (type == OBJ_BLOB && path && would_convert_to_git_filter_fd(path))
 		ret = index_stream_convert_blob(sha1, fd, path, flags);
 	else if (!S_ISREG(st->st_mode))
 		ret = index_pipe(sha1, fd, type, path, flags);
-	else if (size <= big_file_threshold || type != OBJ_BLOB ||
+	else if (st->st_size <= big_file_threshold || type != OBJ_BLOB ||
 		 (path && would_convert_to_git(path)))
-		ret = index_core(sha1, fd, size, type, path, flags);
+		ret = index_core(sha1, fd, xsize_t(st->st_size), type, path,
+				 flags);
 	else
-		ret = index_stream(sha1, fd, size, type, path, flags);
+		ret = index_stream(sha1, fd, xsize_t(st->st_size), type, path,
+				   flags);
 	close(fd);
 	return ret;
 }