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From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, vdye@github.com, jonathantanmy@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] pack-objects: fix a pair of MIDX bitmap-related races
Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 20:16:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yo11Yv9jgn5kDouL@nand.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfskyfw68.fsf@gitster.g>

On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 02:38:39PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> >          verbatim reuse (c.f., `write_reused_pack_verbatim()`).
>
> Unlike "e.g." and "i.e.", I think these should all be "cf." (there
> are many others).

Oops. You learn something new everyday! ;-)

> >     +    This patch handles the "preferred" pack (c.f., the section
> >     +    "multi-pack-index reverse indexes" in
> >     +    Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt) specially, since pack-objects
> >     +    depends on reusing exact chunks of that pack verbatim in
> >     +    reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap(). So if that pack cannot be loaded,
> >     +    the utility of a bitmap is significantly diminished.
>
> It explains why we care about the "preferred" pack, which is a nice
> clarification.  It hints that the other packs do not matter as much,
> and it is clearly stated that how they are handled is ...
>
> >     +    Similar to dc1daacdcc, we could technically just add this check in
> >     +    reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap(), since it's possible to use a MIDX
> >     +    .bitmap without needing to open any of its packs. But it's simpler to do
> >     +    the check as early as possible, covering all direct uses of the
> >     +    preferred pack. Note that doing this check early requires us to call
> >     +    prepare_midx_pack() early, too, so move the relevant part of that loop
> >     +    from load_reverse_index() into open_midx_bitmap_1().
> >     +
> >     +    Subsequent patches handle the non-preferred packs in a slightly
> >     +    different fashion.
>
> ... left for later steps.
>
> Excellent write-up.

Thanks very much!

Taylor

      reply	other threads:[~2022-05-25  0:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-13 16:23 [PATCH 0/2] pack-objects: fix a pair of MIDX bitmap-related races Taylor Blau
2022-05-13 16:23 ` [PATCH 1/2] pack-bitmap: check preferred pack validity when opening MIDX bitmap Taylor Blau
2022-05-13 18:19   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-13 19:55     ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-13 16:23 ` [PATCH 2/2] builtin/pack-objects.c: ensure pack validity from MIDX bitmap objects Taylor Blau
2022-05-13 23:06   ` Jonathan Tan
2022-05-14 13:17     ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-16  6:07       ` Jonathan Tan
2022-05-14 13:34     ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-16  6:11       ` Jonathan Tan
2022-05-24 18:54 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] pack-objects: fix a pair of MIDX bitmap-related races Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 18:54   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] pack-bitmap.c: check preferred pack validity when opening MIDX bitmap Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 19:36     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-05-24 21:38       ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 21:51         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-05-24 18:54   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] builtin/pack-objects.c: avoid redundant NULL check Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 21:44     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-25  0:11       ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 18:54   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] builtin/pack-objects.c: ensure included `--stdin-packs` exist Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 19:46     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-05-24 21:33       ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 21:49         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-05-24 22:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-25  0:14       ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-26 19:21     ` Victoria Dye
2022-05-26 20:05       ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 18:54   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] builtin/pack-objects.c: ensure pack validity from MIDX bitmap objects Taylor Blau
2022-05-24 21:38   ` [PATCH v2 0/4] pack-objects: fix a pair of MIDX bitmap-related races Junio C Hamano
2022-05-25  0:16     ` Taylor Blau [this message]

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