From: Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch>
To: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/WIP v2 00/14] inotify support
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:51:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87iotecof7.fsf@thomasrast.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8AbsC8m5ju8pj2r3GzyUEiYSp5Kye=d+OhhTDaOhte8hg@mail.gmail.com> (Duy Nguyen's message of "Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:28:26 +0700")
Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>> I think a clever way to handle this would be to add a new command:
>>
>> Wait::
>> This command serves synchronization. Git creates a file of its
>> choice in $GIT_DIR/watch (say, `.git/watch/wait.<random>`). Then it
>> sends "wait <path>". The watcher MUST block until it has processed
>> all change notifications up to and including <path>.
>
> So wait.<random> inotify event functions as a barrier. Nice.
I forgot to specify a return for "wait". Not sure you need one, though
correctly handling the timeout (that you apply for all select()) may be
somewhat tricky without it.
>> Ok, that's probably a confused sum of rambles. Let me know if you can
>> make any sense of it.
>
> Thank you for your input. Now I'm back to the white board (or paper).
Don't go too far ;-)
Thanks a lot for doing this! It's good that you picked it up, and I
think your design strikes a good balance in the complexity of the
protocol and the daemon's state.
--
Thomas Rast
tr@thomasrast.ch
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-20 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-12 11:03 [PATCH 0/6] inotify support Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-12 11:03 ` [PATCH 1/6] read-cache: save trailing sha-1 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-12 11:03 ` [PATCH 2/6] read-cache: new extension to mark what file is watched Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-13 17:02 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-01-14 1:25 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-01-14 1:39 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-01-12 11:03 ` [PATCH 3/6] read-cache: connect to file watcher Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-15 10:58 ` Jeff King
2014-01-12 11:03 ` [PATCH 4/6] read-cache: get "updated" path list from " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-12 11:03 ` [PATCH 5/6] read-cache: ask file watcher to watch files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-12 11:03 ` [PATCH 6/6] file-watcher: support inotify Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 00/14] inotify support Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 01/14] read-cache: save trailing sha-1 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 02/14] read-cache: new extension to mark what file is watched Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 11:19 ` Thomas Gummerer
2014-01-19 17:06 ` Thomas Rast
2014-01-20 1:38 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 03/14] read-cache: connect to file watcher Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 15:24 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2014-01-17 16:21 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 04/14] read-cache: ask file watcher to watch files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 05/14] read-cache: put some limits on file watching Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-19 17:06 ` Thomas Rast
2014-01-20 1:36 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 06/14] read-cache: get modified file list from file watcher Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 07/14] read-cache: add config to start file watcher automatically Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 08/14] read-cache: add GIT_TEST_FORCE_WATCHER for testing Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-19 17:04 ` Thomas Rast
2014-01-20 1:32 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 09/14] file-watcher: add --shutdown and --log options Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 10/14] file-watcher: automatically quit Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-17 9:47 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 11/14] file-watcher: support inotify Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-01-19 17:04 ` [PATCH/WIP v2 00/14] inotify support Thomas Rast
2014-01-20 1:28 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-01-20 21:51 ` Thomas Rast [this message]
2014-01-28 10:46 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 00/26] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 01/26] pkt-line.c: rename global variable buffer[] to something less generic Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 02/26] pkt-line.c: add packet_write_timeout() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 03/26] pkt-line.c: add packet_read_line_timeout() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 04/26] unix-socket: make unlink() optional in unix_stream_listen() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 05/26] Add git-file-watcher and basic connection handling logic Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 06/26] file-watcher: check socket directory permission Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 07/26] file-watcher: remove socket on exit Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 08/26] file-watcher: add --detach Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 09/26] read-cache: save trailing sha-1 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 10/26] read-cache: new flag CE_WATCHED to mark what file is watched Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:28 ` [PATCH v3 11/26] Clear CE_WATCHED when set CE_VALID alone Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 12/26] read-cache: basic hand shaking to the file watcher Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 13/26] read-cache: ask file watcher to watch files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 14/26] read-cache: put some limits on file watching Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 15/26] read-cache: get changed file list from file watcher Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 16/26] git-compat-util.h: add inotify stubs on non-Linux platforms Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 17/26] file-watcher: inotify support, watching part Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 18/26] file-watcher: inotify support, notification part Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 19/26] Wrap CE_VALID test with ce_valid() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 20/26] read-cache: new variable to verify file-watcher results Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 21/26] Support running file watcher with the test suite Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 22/26] file-watcher: quit if $WATCHER/socket is gone Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 23/26] file-watcher: tests for the daemon Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 24/26] ls-files: print CE_WATCHED as W (or "w" with CE_VALID) Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 25/26] file-watcher: tests for the client side Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-03 4:29 ` [PATCH v3 26/26] Disable file-watcher with system inotify on some tests Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-02-08 8:04 ` [PATCH v3 00/26] inotify support Torsten Bögershausen
2014-02-08 8:53 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-02-09 20:19 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2014-02-10 10:37 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-02-10 16:55 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2014-02-10 23:34 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-02-17 12:36 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-02-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 0/6] " Shawn Pearce
2014-02-19 23:45 ` Duy Nguyen
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