From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Michael Haggerty" <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>,
"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
"Stefan Beller" <sbeller@google.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"David Turner" <novalis@novalis.org>,
"Brandon Williams" <bmwill@google.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:28:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170727182854.wxjvjs2x746n3x2t@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8tj9okzv.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:19:48AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>
> > Change `commit_packed_refs()` to use `get_locked_file_path()` to find
> > the path of the file that it should overwrite. Since that path was
> > properly resolved when the lockfile was created, this restores the
> > pre-42dfa7ecef behavior.
>
> Because when we take a lock hold_lock_file() eventually calls into
> lock_file() which by default takes the lock on the target of the
> symbolic link (which is the sensible default, which is triggered in
> this codepath), so this change to use the name of that file is all
> that is needed.
>
> Makes sense. Makes me wonder why we need a separate .new file
> (instead of writing into the .lock instead), but that is a different
> issue.
It comes from 42dfa7ece (commit_packed_refs(): use a staging file
separate from the lockfile, 2017-06-23). That commit explains that we
want to be able to put the new contents into service before we release
the lock. But it doesn't say why that's useful.
I recall from past discussions that this will help close some races,
and e5cc7d7d2 (repack_without_refs(): don't lock or unlock the packed
refs, 2017-07-01) alludes to this. I think the races in question have to
do with holding the packed-refs lock while pruning the just-packed
files, but I'm having trouble digging up specifics in the archive.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-27 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-01 18:30 [PATCH v3 00/30] Create a reference backend for packed refs Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 01/30] t1408: add a test of stale packed refs covered by loose refs Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 02/30] add_packed_ref(): teach function to overwrite existing refs Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 03/30] packed_ref_store: new struct Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 04/30] packed_ref_store: move `packed_refs_path` here Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 05/30] packed_ref_store: move `packed_refs_lock` member here Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 06/30] clear_packed_ref_cache(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 07/30] validate_packed_ref_cache(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 08/30] get_packed_ref_cache(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 09/30] get_packed_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 10/30] add_packed_ref(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 11/30] lock_packed_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 12/30] commit_packed_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 13/30] rollback_packed_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 14/30] get_packed_ref(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 15/30] repack_without_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 16/30] packed_peel_ref(): new function, extracted from `files_peel_ref()` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 17/30] packed_ref_store: support iteration Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 18/30] packed_read_raw_ref(): new function, replacing `resolve_packed_ref()` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 19/30] packed-backend: new module for handling packed references Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 20/30] packed_ref_store: make class into a subclass of `ref_store` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 21/30] commit_packed_refs(): report errors rather than dying Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 22/30] commit_packed_refs(): use a staging file separate from the lockfile Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 23/30] packed_refs_lock(): function renamed from lock_packed_refs() Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 24/30] packed_refs_lock(): report errors via a `struct strbuf *err` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 25/30] packed_refs_unlock(), packed_refs_is_locked(): new functions Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 26/30] clear_packed_ref_cache(): don't protest if the lock is held Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 27/30] commit_packed_refs(): remove call to `packed_refs_unlock()` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 28/30] repack_without_refs(): don't lock or unlock the packed refs Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 29/30] t3210: add some tests of bogus packed-refs file contents Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 30/30] read_packed_refs(): die if `packed-refs` contains bogus data Michael Haggerty
2017-07-05 9:12 ` [PATCH v3 00/30] Create a reference backend for packed refs Jeff King
2017-07-20 23:05 ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-20 23:20 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH] packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink Michael Haggerty
2017-07-27 0:15 ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-27 0:18 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-07-27 11:12 ` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-27 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-27 18:28 ` Jeff King [this message]
2017-07-27 19:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-28 6:07 ` Michael Haggerty
2021-05-31 14:18 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-03 19:39 ` Jeff King
2021-06-03 19:58 ` [PATCH] t: use portable wrapper for readlink(1) Jeff King
2021-06-04 21:09 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-03 20:23 ` [PATCH] packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink Felipe Contreras
2021-06-03 21:08 ` Jeff King
2021-06-03 22:25 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 21:37 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-05 1:07 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 21:12 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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