Issue #4935: The overflow checking code in the expandtabs() method common

to str, bytes and bytearray could be optimized away by the compiler, letting
the interpreter segfault instead of raising an error.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #4935: The overflow checking code in the expandtabs() method common
+  to str, bytes and bytearray could be optimized away by the compiler, letting
+  the interpreter segfault instead of raising an error.
+
 - Issue #3720: Fix a crash when an iterator modifies its class and removes its
   __next__ method.
 

Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stringlib_expandtabs(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     const char *e, *p;
     char *q;
-    Py_ssize_t i, j, old_j;
+    size_t i, j;
     PyObject *u;
     int tabsize = 8;
     
@@ -30,30 +30,25 @@ stringlib_expandtabs(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
         return NULL;
     
     /* First pass: determine size of output string */
-    i = j = old_j = 0;
+    i = j = 0;
     e = STRINGLIB_STR(self) + STRINGLIB_LEN(self);
     for (p = STRINGLIB_STR(self); p < e; p++)
         if (*p == '\t') {
             if (tabsize > 0) {
                 j += tabsize - (j % tabsize);
-                /* XXX: this depends on a signed integer overflow to < 0 */
-                /* C compilers, including gcc, do -NOT- guarantee this. */
-		if (old_j > j) {
+                if (j > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX) {
                     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
                                     "result is too long");
                     return NULL;
                 }
-		old_j = j;
             }
         }
         else {
             j++;
             if (*p == '\n' || *p == '\r') {
                 i += j;
-                old_j = j = 0;
-                /* XXX: this depends on a signed integer overflow to < 0 */
-                /* C compilers, including gcc, do -NOT- guarantee this. */
-                if (i < 0) {
+                j = 0;
+                if (i > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX) {
                     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
                                     "result is too long");
                     return NULL;
@@ -61,9 +56,7 @@ stringlib_expandtabs(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
             }
         }
     
-    if ((i + j) < 0) {
-        /* XXX: this depends on a signed integer overflow to < 0 */
-        /* C compilers, including gcc, do -NOT- guarantee this. */
+    if ((i + j) > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "result is too long");
         return NULL;
     }