From: "Martin Ågren" <martin.agren@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] read-cache: require flags for `write_locked_index()`
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 12:16:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0heSpRqicsghBd5WruG9kyPqQbx8MHOP0afW9HNEpNDyp9eg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN0heSqPVpgYSfUpmiBaCVtZkMiqWC3rgzFcBu2TVr3m7Gq4UA@mail.gmail.com>
On 2 October 2017 at 06:14, Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 October 2017 at 05:49, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> ... Instead, require that one of the
>>> flags is set. Adjust documentation and the assert we already have for
>>> checking that we don't have too many flags. Add a macro `HAS_SINGLE_BIT`
>>> (inspired by `HAS_MULTI_BITS`) to simplify this check and similar checks
>>> in the future.
>>
>> I do not have a strong opinion against this approach, but if
>> something can take only one of two values, wouldn't it make more
>> sense to express it as a single boolean, I wonder. Then there is no
>> need to invent a cute HAS_SINGLE_BIT() macro, either.
>>
>> "commit and leave it open" cannot be expressed with such a scheme,
>> but with the HAS_SINGLE_BIT() scheme it can't anyway, so...
>
> I did briefly consider renaming `flags` to `commit` and re-#defining the
> two flags to 0 and 1 (or even updating all the callers to use literal
> zeros and ones). It felt a bit awkward to downgrade `flags` to a bool
> -- normally we'd to the reverse change. But maybe I shouldn't have
> rejected that so easily. If we have a feeling we won't need other flags
> (or the "don't even close the file") any time soon, maybe it'd be good
> to tighten things up a bit. Thanks for looking at these.
Of course it wouldn't have to be as invasive. It could be "the lock will
always be closed and with COMMIT_LOCK, it will also be committed".
CLOSE_LOCK would be removed and the few current users of CLOSE_LOCK
would be converted to use 0.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-02 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-01 14:56 [PATCH 00/11] various lockfile-leaks and -fixes Martin Ågren
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 01/11] sha1_file: do not leak `lock_file` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 5:26 ` Jeff King
2017-10-02 10:15 ` Martin Ågren
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 02/11] treewide: prefer lockfiles on the stack Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 3:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-02 4:12 ` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 5:34 ` Jeff King
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 03/11] lockfile: fix documentation on `close_lock_file_gently()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 5:35 ` Jeff King
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 04/11] tempfile: fix documentation on `delete_tempfile()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 5:38 ` Jeff King
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 05/11] cache-tree: simplify locking logic Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 3:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-02 5:41 ` Jeff King
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 06/11] apply: move lockfile into `apply_state` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 5:48 ` Jeff King
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 07/11] apply: remove `newfd` from `struct apply_state` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 5:50 ` Jeff King
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 08/11] cache.h: document `write_locked_index()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 09/11] read-cache: require flags for `write_locked_index()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 3:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-02 4:14 ` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 10:16 ` Martin Ågren [this message]
2017-10-02 6:00 ` Jeff King
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 10/11] read-cache: don't leave dangling pointer in `do_write_index()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 6:15 ` Jeff King
2017-10-02 6:20 ` Jeff King
2017-10-01 14:56 ` [PATCH 11/11] read-cache: roll back lock on error with `COMMIT_LOCK` Martin Ågren
2017-10-02 4:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-02 2:37 ` [PATCH 00/11] various lockfile-leaks and -fixes Junio C Hamano
2017-10-02 6:22 ` Jeff King
2017-10-02 6:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-02 10:19 ` Martin Ågren
2017-10-03 6:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] " Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] sha1_file: do not leak `lock_file` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 1:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] treewide: prefer lockfiles on the stack Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] lockfile: fix documentation on `close_lock_file_gently()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] tempfile: fix documentation on `delete_tempfile()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] checkout-index: simplify locking logic Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 1:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] cache-tree: " Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] apply: move lockfile into `apply_state` Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] apply: remove `newfd` from `struct apply_state` Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] cache.h: document `write_locked_index()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] read-cache: drop explicit `CLOSE_LOCK`-flag Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 1:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-06 11:02 ` Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] read-cache: leave lock in right state in `write_locked_index()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 2:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-06 11:04 ` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 12:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-06 19:44 ` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 00/12] Re: various lockfile-leaks and -fixes Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 01/12] sha1_file: do not leak `lock_file` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 02/12] treewide: prefer lockfiles on the stack Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 03/12] lockfile: fix documentation on `close_lock_file_gently()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 04/12] tempfile: fix documentation on `delete_tempfile()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 05/12] checkout-index: simplify locking logic Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 06/12] cache-tree: " Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 07/12] apply: move lockfile into `apply_state` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 08/12] apply: remove `newfd` from `struct apply_state` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 09/12] cache.h: document `write_locked_index()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 10/12] read-cache: drop explicit `CLOSE_LOCK`-flag Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 11/12] read-cache: leave lock in right state in `write_locked_index()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-06 20:12 ` [PATCH v3 12/12] read_cache: roll back lock in `update_index_if_able()` Martin Ågren
2017-10-05 20:32 ` [PATCH v2 " Martin Ågren
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