http.postbuffer: allow full range of ssize_t values

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 1a4d85537b3c96749999250a34216257db134714..aae6dcc34e34f0844541229c63efc83d62d735a5 100644 (file)
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -834,6 +834,15 @@ int git_parse_ulong(const char *value, unsigned long *ret)
        return 1;
 }
 
+static int git_parse_ssize_t(const char *value, ssize_t *ret)
+{
+       intmax_t tmp;
+       if (!git_parse_signed(value, &tmp, maximum_signed_value_of_type(ssize_t)))
+               return 0;
+       *ret = tmp;
+       return 1;
+}
+
 NORETURN
 static void die_bad_number(const char *name, const char *value)
 {
@@ -892,6 +901,14 @@ unsigned long git_config_ulong(const char *name, const char *value)
        return ret;
 }
 
+ssize_t git_config_ssize_t(const char *name, const char *value)
+{
+       ssize_t ret;
+       if (!git_parse_ssize_t(value, &ret))
+               die_bad_number(name, value);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 int git_parse_maybe_bool(const char *value)
 {
        if (!value)