Transferring a change from main 5.5 into the 5.5.17 build:

| revision-id: rafal.somla@oracle.com-20110929150216-jl3y54s54w04y2vu
| parent: marko.makela@oracle.com-20110929123146-03lcg1vixncyviyn
| committer: Rafal Somla <rafal.somla@oracle.com>
| branch nick: bug12982926
| timestamp: Thu 2011-09-29 17:02:16 +0200
| message:
|   Bug#12982926  CLIENT CAN OVERRIDE ZERO-LENGTH-ALLOCATE BUFFER
| 
|   Changes in client plugin needed for testing the issue (test instrumentation).

libmysql/authentication_win/handshake_client.cc

@@ -161,6 +161,21 @@ int Handshake_client::write_packet(Blob &data)
       keep all the data.
     */
     unsigned block_count= data.len()/512 + ((data.len() % 512) ? 1 : 0);
+
+#if !defined(DBUG_OFF) && defined(WINAUTH_USE_DBUG_LIB)
+
+    /*
+      For testing purposes, use wrong block count to see how server
+      handles this.
+    */
+    DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("winauth_first_packet_test",{
+      block_count= data.len() == 601 ? 0 :
+                   data.len() == 602 ? 1 : 
+                   block_count;
+    });
+
+#endif
+
     DBUG_ASSERT(block_count < (unsigned)0x100);
     saved_byte= data[254];
     data[254] = block_count;