From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] t5615: avoid re-using descriptor 4
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:07:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171019210730.sgm4g4tmor2dgjv7@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171019210140.64lb52cqtgdh22ew@sigill.intra.peff.net>
File descriptors 3 and 4 are special in our test suite, as
they link back to the test script's original stdout and
stderr. Normally this isn't something tests need to worry
about: they are free to clobber these descriptors for
sub-commands without affecting the overall script.
But there's one very special thing about descriptor 4: since
d88785e424 (test-lib: set BASH_XTRACEFD automatically,
2016-05-11), we ask bash to output "set -x" output to it by
number. This goes to _any_ descriptor 4, even if it no
longer points to the place it did when we set BASH_XTRACEFD.
But in t5615, we run a shell loop with descriptor 4
redirected. As a result, t5615 works with non-bash shells
even with "-x". And it works with bash without "-x". But the
combination of "bash t5615-alternate-env.sh -x" gets a test
failure (because our "set -x" output pollutes one of the
files).
We can fix this by using any descriptor _except_ the magical
4. So let's switch arbitrarily to using 5/6 in this loop,
not 3/4.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
I also considered trying to bump the "set -x" output descriptor to "9".
That just moves the problem around, but presumably scripts are less
likely to go that high. :)
It would also be possible to pick something insanely high, like "999".
Many shells choke on descriptors higher than 9, but since the issue is
related to BASH_XTRACEFD, we could make it a bash-only thing. I don't
know if it's worth the trouble. I hate leaving a subtle "don't use
descriptor 4 in a subshell or your script will break" hand-grenade like
this lying around, but we do seem to have only one instance of it over
the whole test suite.
t/t5615-alternate-env.sh | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t5615-alternate-env.sh b/t/t5615-alternate-env.sh
index d2d883f3a1..b4905b822c 100755
--- a/t/t5615-alternate-env.sh
+++ b/t/t5615-alternate-env.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ check_obj () {
alt=$1; shift
while read obj expect
do
- echo "$obj" >&3 &&
- echo "$obj $expect" >&4
- done 3>input 4>expect &&
+ echo "$obj" >&5 &&
+ echo "$obj $expect" >&6
+ done 5>input 6>expect &&
GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES=$alt \
git "$@" cat-file --batch-check='%(objectname) %(objecttype)' \
<input >actual &&
--
2.15.0.rc1.560.g5f0609e481
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-19 21:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-19 21:01 [PATCH 0/3] making test-suite tracing more useful Jeff King
2017-10-19 21:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] test-lib: silence "-x" cleanup under bash Jeff King
2017-10-19 21:07 ` Jeff King [this message]
2017-10-19 21:46 ` [PATCH 2/3] t5615: avoid re-using descriptor 4 Stefan Beller
2017-10-19 23:23 ` Jeff King
2017-10-20 5:50 ` Jeff King
2017-10-20 21:27 ` Stefan Beller
2017-10-20 22:46 ` Jeff King
2017-10-21 0:19 ` Simon Ruderich
2017-10-21 2:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-21 3:23 ` Jeff King
2017-10-19 21:08 ` [PATCH 3/3] test-lib: make "-x" work with "--verbose-log" Jeff King
2017-10-23 10:56 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-10-20 22:53 ` [PATCH 4/3] t/Makefile: introduce TEST_SHELL_PATH Jeff King
2017-10-20 23:50 ` SZEDER Gábor
2017-10-21 3:12 ` Jeff King
2017-10-23 11:01 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-10-24 1:31 ` Jeff King
2017-10-25 21:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-10-25 21:50 ` Jeff King
2017-10-27 14:26 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-10-23 11:04 ` [PATCH 0/3] making test-suite tracing more useful Johannes Schindelin
2017-10-24 1:32 ` Jeff King
2017-12-08 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] " Jeff King
2017-12-08 10:47 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] test-lib: silence "-x" cleanup under bash Jeff King
2017-12-08 10:47 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] t5615: avoid re-using descriptor 4 Jeff King
2017-12-08 10:47 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] test-lib: make "-x" work with "--verbose-log" Jeff King
2017-12-08 10:47 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] t/Makefile: introduce TEST_SHELL_PATH Jeff King
2017-12-08 15:08 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-12-08 22:00 ` Jeff King
2017-12-09 13:44 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-12-10 14:23 ` Jeff King
2017-12-11 20:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-15 10:41 ` Jeff King
2017-12-15 16:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-21 9:47 ` Jeff King
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