On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 10:55 AM, wrote:
> From: Lars Schneider
>
> According to LARGE_PACKET_MAX in pkt-line.h the maximal length of a
> pkt-line packet is 65520 bytes. The pkt-line header takes 4 bytes and
> therefore the pkt-line data component must not exceed 65516 bytes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider
> ---
>
> This patch was part of my "Git filter protocol" series [1]. Stefan
> suggested to submit this patch individually as it is not strictly
> required in the series [2].
>
> Thanks,
> Lars
>
>
> [1]
> http://public-inbox.org/git/20160825110752.31581-1-larsxschnei...@gmail.com/
> [2]
> http://public-inbox.org/git/cagz79kajn-yf28+ls2jyqss6jt-oj2jw-saxqn-oe5xaxsy...@mail.gmail.com/
>
>
> Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
> b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
> index bf30167..ecedb34 100644
> --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
> @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ with non-binary data the same whether or not they contain
> the trailing
> LF (stripping the LF if present, and not complaining when it is
> missing).
>
> -The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65520 bytes.
> -Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65524
> -(65520 bytes of payload + 4 bytes of length data).
> +The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65516 bytes.
> +Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65520
> +(65516 bytes of payload + 4 bytes of length data).
>
> Implementations SHOULD NOT send an empty pkt-line ("0004").
>
This looks good,
Thanks,
Stefan
> --
> 2.9.2
>
