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Junio C Hamano
a97222978a Merge branch 'mh/tidy-ref-update-flags'
Code clean-up in refs API implementation.

* mh/tidy-ref-update-flags:
  refs: update some more docs to use "oid" rather than "sha1"
  write_packed_entry(): take `object_id` arguments
  refs: rename constant `REF_ISPRUNING` to `REF_IS_PRUNING`
  refs: rename constant `REF_NODEREF` to `REF_NO_DEREF`
  refs: tidy up and adjust visibility of the `ref_update` flags
  ref_transaction_add_update(): remove a check
  ref_transaction_update(): die on disallowed flags
  prune_ref(): call `ref_transaction_add_update()` directly
  files_transaction_prepare(): don't leak flags to packed transaction
2017-11-15 12:14:29 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
ffb0b5762e Merge branch 'mh/avoid-rewriting-packed-refs'
Recent update to the refs infrastructure implementation started
rewriting packed-refs file more often than before; this has been
optimized again for most trivial cases.

* mh/avoid-rewriting-packed-refs:
  files-backend: don't rewrite the `packed-refs` file unnecessarily
  t1409: check that `packed-refs` is not rewritten unnecessarily
2017-11-15 12:14:27 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
78fb457968 refs: update some more docs to use "oid" rather than "sha1"
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-11-06 10:31:08 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
4170188262 write_packed_entry(): take object_id arguments
Change `write_packed_entry()` to take `struct object_id *` rather than
`unsigned char *` arguments.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-11-06 10:31:08 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
7c6bd25c7d files-backend: don't rewrite the packed-refs file unnecessarily
Even when we are deleting references, we needn't overwrite the
`packed-refs` file if the references that we are deleting only exist
as loose references. Implement this optimization as follows:

* Add a function `is_packed_transaction_needed()`, which checks
  whether a given packed-refs transaction actually needs to be carried
  out (i.e., it returns false if the transaction obviously wouldn't
  have any effect). This function must be called while holding the
  `packed-refs` lock to avoid races.

* Change `files_transaction_prepare()` to check whether the
  packed-refs transaction is actually needed. If not, squelch it, but
  continue holding the `packed-refs` lock until the end of the
  transaction to avoid races.

This fixes a mild regression caused by dc39e09942 (files_ref_store:
use a transaction to update packed refs, 2017-09-08). Before that
commit, unnecessary rewrites of `packed-refs` were suppressed by
`repack_without_refs()`. But the transaction-based writing introduced
by that commit didn't perform that optimization.

Note that the pre-dc39e09942 code still had to *read* the whole
`packed-refs` file to determine that the rewrite could be skipped, so
the performance for the cases that the write could be elided was
`O(N)` in the number of packed references both before and after
dc39e09942. But after that commit the constant factor increased.

This commit reimplements the optimization of eliding unnecessary
`packed-refs` rewrites. That, plus the fact that since
cfa2e29c34 (packed_ref_store: get rid of the `ref_cache` entirely,
2017-03-17) we don't necessarily have to read the whole `packed-refs`
file at all, means that deletes of one or a few loose references can
now be done with `O(n lg N)` effort, where `n` is the number of loose
references being deleted and `N` is the total number of packed
references.

This commit fixes two tests in t1409.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-10-30 09:45:15 +09:00
brian m. carlson
99afe91a6c refs: convert read_raw_ref backends to struct object_id
Convert the unsigned char * parameter to struct object_id * for
files_read_raw_ref and packed_read_raw_ref.  Update the documentation.
Switch from using get_sha1_hex and a hard-coded 40 to using
parse_oid_hex.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-10-16 11:05:52 +09:00
brian m. carlson
ac2ed0d7d5 refs: convert peel_object to struct object_id
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-10-16 11:05:52 +09:00
brian m. carlson
0155f710b8 refs: convert reflog_expire parameter to struct object_id
reflog_expire already used struct object_id internally, but it did not
take it as a parameter.  Adjust the parameter (and the callers) to pass
a pointer to struct object_id instead of a pointer to unsigned char.
Remove the temporary inserted earlier as it is no longer required.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-10-16 11:05:51 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
e46ebc2754 Merge branch 'rs/cleanup-strbuf-users'
Code clean-up.

* rs/cleanup-strbuf-users:
  graph: use strbuf_addchars() to add spaces
  use strbuf_addstr() for adding strings to strbufs
  path: use strbuf_add_real_path()
2017-10-05 13:48:19 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
1a2e1a76ec Merge branch 'mh/mmap-packed-refs'
Operations that do not touch (majority of) packed refs have been
optimized by making accesses to packed-refs file lazy; we no longer
pre-parse everything, and an access to a single ref in the
packed-refs does not touch majority of irrelevant refs, either.

* mh/mmap-packed-refs: (21 commits)
  packed-backend.c: rename a bunch of things and update comments
  mmapped_ref_iterator: inline into `packed_ref_iterator`
  ref_cache: remove support for storing peeled values
  packed_ref_store: get rid of the `ref_cache` entirely
  ref_store: implement `refs_peel_ref()` generically
  packed_read_raw_ref(): read the reference from the mmapped buffer
  packed_ref_iterator_begin(): iterate using `mmapped_ref_iterator`
  read_packed_refs(): ensure that references are ordered when read
  packed_ref_cache: keep the `packed-refs` file mmapped if possible
  packed-backend.c: reorder some definitions
  mmapped_ref_iterator_advance(): no peeled value for broken refs
  mmapped_ref_iterator: add iterator over a packed-refs file
  packed_ref_cache: remember the file-wide peeling state
  read_packed_refs(): read references with minimal copying
  read_packed_refs(): make parsing of the header line more robust
  read_packed_refs(): only check for a header at the top of the file
  read_packed_refs(): use mmap to read the `packed-refs` file
  die_unterminated_line(), die_invalid_line(): new functions
  packed_ref_cache: add a backlink to the associated `packed_ref_store`
  prefix_ref_iterator: break when we leave the prefix
  ...
2017-10-03 15:42:50 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
3b48045c6c Merge branch 'sd/branch-copy'
"git branch" learned "-c/-C" to create a new branch by copying an
existing one.

* sd/branch-copy:
  branch: fix "copy" to never touch HEAD
  branch: add a --copy (-c) option to go with --move (-m)
  branch: add test for -m renaming multiple config sections
  config: create a function to format section headers
2017-10-03 15:42:48 +09:00
René Scharfe
72d4a9a721 use strbuf_addstr() for adding strings to strbufs
Use strbuf_addstr() instead of strbuf_addf() for adding strings.  That's
simpler and makes the intent clearer.

Patch generated by Coccinelle and contrib/coccinelle/strbuf.cocci;
adjusted indentation in refs/packed-backend.c manually.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-10-02 13:13:46 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
cff28ca94c packed-backend.c: rename a bunch of things and update comments
We've made huge changes to this file, and some of the old names and
comments are no longer very fitting. So rename a bunch of things:

* `struct packed_ref_cache` → `struct snapshot`
* `acquire_packed_ref_cache()` → `acquire_snapshot()`
* `release_packed_ref_buffer()` → `clear_snapshot_buffer()`
* `release_packed_ref_cache()` → `release_snapshot()`
* `clear_packed_ref_cache()` → `clear_snapshot()`
* `struct packed_ref_entry` → `struct snapshot_record`
* `cmp_packed_ref_entries()` → `cmp_packed_ref_records()`
* `cmp_entry_to_refname()` → `cmp_record_to_refname()`
* `sort_packed_refs()` → `sort_snapshot()`
* `read_packed_refs()` → `create_snapshot()`
* `validate_packed_ref_cache()` → `validate_snapshot()`
* `get_packed_ref_cache()` → `get_snapshot()`
* Renamed local variables and struct members accordingly.

Also update a bunch of comments to reflect the renaming and the
accumulated changes that the code has undergone.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:46 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
523ee2d785 mmapped_ref_iterator: inline into packed_ref_iterator
Since `packed_ref_iterator` is now delegating to
`mmapped_ref_iterator` rather than `cache_ref_iterator` to do the
heavy lifting, there is no need to keep the two iterators separate. So
"inline" `mmapped_ref_iterator` into `packed_ref_iterator`. This
removes a bunch of boilerplate.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:46 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
a6e19bcdad ref_cache: remove support for storing peeled values
Now that the `packed-refs` backend doesn't use `ref_cache`, there is
nobody left who might want to store peeled values of references in
`ref_cache`. So remove that feature.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:46 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
9dd389f3d8 packed_ref_store: get rid of the ref_cache entirely
Now that everything has been changed to read what it needs directly
out of the `packed-refs` file, `packed_ref_store` doesn't need to
maintain a `ref_cache` at all. So get rid of it.

First of all, this will save a lot of memory and lots of little
allocations. Instead of needing to store complicated parsed data
structures in memory, we just mmap the file (potentially sharing
memory with other processes) and parse only what we need.

Moreover, since the mmapped access to the file reads only the parts of
the file that it needs, this might save reading all of the data from
disk at all (at least if the file starts out sorted).

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:46 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
ba1c052fa6 ref_store: implement refs_peel_ref() generically
We're about to stop storing packed refs in a `ref_cache`. That means
that the only way we have left to optimize `peel_ref()` is by checking
whether the reference being peeled is the one currently being iterated
over (in `current_ref_iter`), and if so, using `ref_iterator_peel()`.
But this can be done generically; it doesn't have to be implemented
per-backend.

So implement `refs_peel_ref()` in `refs.c` and remove the `peel_ref()`
method from the refs API.

This removes the last callers of a couple of functions, so delete
them. More cleanup to come...

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:46 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
f3987ab36d packed_read_raw_ref(): read the reference from the mmapped buffer
Instead of reading the reference from the `ref_cache`, read it
directly from the mmapped buffer.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
d1cf15516f packed_ref_iterator_begin(): iterate using mmapped_ref_iterator
Now that we have an efficient way to iterate, in order, over the
mmapped contents of the `packed-refs` file, we can use that directly
to implement reference iteration for the `packed_ref_store`, rather
than iterating over the `ref_cache`. This is the next step towards
getting rid of the `ref_cache` entirely.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
02b920f3f7 read_packed_refs(): ensure that references are ordered when read
It doesn't actually matter now, because the references are only
iterated over to fill the associated `ref_cache`, which itself puts
them in the correct order. But we want to get rid of the `ref_cache`,
so we want to be able to iterate directly over the `packed-refs`
buffer, and then the iteration will need to be ordered correctly.

In fact, we already write the `packed-refs` file sorted, but it is
possible that other Git clients don't get it right. So let's not
assume that a `packed-refs` file is sorted unless it is explicitly
declared to be so via a `sorted` trait in its header line.

If it is *not* declared to be sorted, then scan quickly through the
file to check. If it is found to be out of order, then sort the
records into a new memory-only copy. This checking and sorting is done
quickly, without parsing the full file contents. However, it needs a
little bit of care to avoid reading past the end of the buffer even if
the `packed-refs` file is corrupt.

Since *we* always write the file correctly sorted, include that trait
when we write or rewrite a `packed-refs` file. This means that the
scan described in the previous paragraph should only have to be done
for `packed-refs` files that were written by older versions of the Git
command-line client, or by other clients that haven't yet learned to
write the `sorted` trait.

If `packed-refs` was already sorted, then (if the system allows it) we
can use the mmapped file contents directly. But if the system doesn't
allow a file that is currently mmapped to be replaced using
`rename()`, then it would be bad for us to keep the file mmapped for
any longer than necessary. So, on such systems, always make a copy of
the file contents, either as part of the sorting process, or
afterwards.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
5b633610ec packed_ref_cache: keep the packed-refs file mmapped if possible
Keep a copy of the `packed-refs` file contents in memory for as long
as a `packed_ref_cache` object is in use:

* If the system allows it, keep the `packed-refs` file mmapped.

* If not (either because the system doesn't support `mmap()` at all,
  or because a file that is currently mmapped cannot be replaced via
  `rename()`), then make a copy of the file's contents in
  heap-allocated space, and keep that around instead.

We base the choice of behavior on a new build-time switch,
`MMAP_PREVENTS_DELETE`. By default, this switch is set for Windows
variants.

After this commit, `MMAP_NONE` and `MMAP_TEMPORARY` are still handled
identically. But the next commit will introduce a difference.

This whole change is still pointless, because we only read the
`packed-refs` file contents immediately after instantiating the
`packed_ref_cache`. But that will soon change.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
14b3c344ea packed-backend.c: reorder some definitions
No code has been changed. This will make subsequent patches more
self-contained.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
81b9b5aea7 mmapped_ref_iterator_advance(): no peeled value for broken refs
If a reference is broken, suppress its peeled value.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
9cfb3dc0d1 mmapped_ref_iterator: add iterator over a packed-refs file
Add a new `mmapped_ref_iterator`, which can iterate over the
references in an mmapped `packed-refs` file directly. Use this
iterator from `read_packed_refs()` to fill the packed refs cache.

Note that we are not yet willing to promise that the new iterator
generates its output in order. That doesn't matter for now, because
the packed refs cache doesn't care what order it is filled.

This change adds a lot of boilerplate without providing any obvious
benefits. The benefits will come soon, when we get rid of the
`ref_cache` for packed references altogether.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
daa45408c1 packed_ref_cache: remember the file-wide peeling state
Rather than store the peeling state (i.e., the one defined by traits
in the `packed-refs` file header line) in a local variable in
`read_packed_refs()`, store it permanently in `packed_ref_cache`. This
will be needed when we stop reading all packed refs at once.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
6a9bc4034a read_packed_refs(): read references with minimal copying
Instead of copying data from the `packed-refs` file one line at time
and then processing it, process the data in place as much as possible.

Also, instead of processing one line per iteration of the main loop,
process a reference line plus its corresponding peeled line (if
present) together.

Note that this change slightly tightens up the parsing of the
`packed-refs` file. Previously, the parser would have accepted
multiple "peeled" lines for a single reference (ignoring all but the
last one). Now it would reject that.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-25 18:02:45 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
07f0542da3 Merge branch 'mh/packed-ref-transactions'
Implement transactional update to the packed-ref representation of
references.

* mh/packed-ref-transactions:
  files_transaction_finish(): delete reflogs before references
  packed-backend: rip out some now-unused code
  files_ref_store: use a transaction to update packed refs
  t1404: demonstrate two problems with reference transactions
  files_initial_transaction_commit(): use a transaction for packed refs
  prune_refs(): also free the linked list
  files_pack_refs(): use a reference transaction to write packed refs
  packed_delete_refs(): implement method
  packed_ref_store: implement reference transactions
  struct ref_transaction: add a place for backends to store data
  packed-backend: don't adjust the reference count on lock/unlock
2017-09-19 10:47:56 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
a8811695e3 read_packed_refs(): make parsing of the header line more robust
The old code parsed the traits in the `packed-refs` header by looking
for the string " trait " (i.e., the name of the trait with a space on
either side) in the header line. This is fragile, because if any other
implementation of Git forgets to write the trailing space, the last
trait would silently be ignored (and the error might never be
noticed).

So instead, use `string_list_split_in_place()` to split the traits
into tokens then use `unsorted_string_list_has_string()` to look for
the tokens we are interested in. This means that we can read the
traits correctly even if the header line is missing a trailing
space (or indeed, if it is missing the space after the colon, or if it
has multiple spaces somewhere).

However, older Git clients (and perhaps other Git implementations)
still require the surrounding spaces, so we still have to output the
header with a trailing space.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-14 15:19:07 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
36f23534ae read_packed_refs(): only check for a header at the top of the file
This tightens up the parsing a bit; previously, stray header-looking
lines would have been processed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-14 15:19:07 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
49a03ef466 read_packed_refs(): use mmap to read the packed-refs file
It's still done in a pretty stupid way, involving more data copying
than necessary. That will improve in future commits.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-14 15:19:07 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
735267aa10 die_unterminated_line(), die_invalid_line(): new functions
Extract some helper functions for reporting errors. While we're at it,
prevent them from spewing unlimited output to the terminal. These
functions will soon have more callers.

These functions accept the problematic line as a `(ptr, len)` pair
rather than a NUL-terminated string, and `die_invalid_line()` checks
for an EOL itself, because these calling conventions will be
convenient for future callers. (Efficiency is not a concern here
because these functions are only ever called if the `packed-refs` file
is corrupt.)

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-14 15:19:07 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
f0a7dc86d2 packed_ref_cache: add a backlink to the associated packed_ref_store
It will prove convenient in upcoming patches.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-14 15:19:07 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
8738a8a4df ref_iterator: keep track of whether the iterator output is ordered
References are iterated over in order by refname, but reflogs are not.
Some consumers of reference iteration care about the difference. Teach
each `ref_iterator` to keep track of whether its output is ordered.

`overlay_ref_iterator` is one of the picky consumers. Add a sanity
check in `overlay_ref_iterator_begin()` to verify that its inputs are
ordered.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-14 15:19:07 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
9939b33d6a packed-backend: rip out some now-unused code
Now the outside world interacts with the packed ref store only via the
generic refs API plus a few lock-related functions. This allows us to
delete some functions that are no longer used, thereby completing the
encapsulation of the packed ref store.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-09 03:18:04 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
2fb330ca72 packed_delete_refs(): implement method
Implement `packed_delete_refs()` using a reference transaction. This
means that `files_delete_refs()` can use `refs_delete_refs()` instead
of `repack_without_refs()` to delete any packed references, decreasing
the coupling between the classes.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-09 03:18:04 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
2775d8724d packed_ref_store: implement reference transactions
Implement the methods needed to support reference transactions for
the packed-refs backend. The new methods are not yet used.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-09 03:18:03 +09:00
Michael Haggerty
39c8df0cfe packed-backend: don't adjust the reference count on lock/unlock
The old code incremented the packed ref cache reference count when
acquiring the packed-refs lock, and decremented the count when
releasing the lock. This is unnecessary because:

* Another process cannot change the packed-refs file because it is
  locked.

* When we ourselves change the packed-refs file, we do so by first
  modifying the packed ref-cache, and then writing the data from the
  ref-cache to disk. So the packed ref-cache remains fresh because any
  changes that we plan to make to the file are made in the cache first
  anyway.

So there is no reason for the cache to become stale.

Moreover, the extra reference count causes a problem if we
intentionally clear the packed refs cache, as we sometimes need to do
if we change the cache in anticipation of writing a change to disk,
but then the write to disk fails. In that case, `packed_refs_unlock()`
would have no easy way to find the cache whose reference count it
needs to decrement.

This whole issue will soon become moot due to upcoming changes that
avoid changing the in-memory cache as part of updating the packed-refs
on disk, but this change makes that transition easier.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-09 03:18:03 +09:00
Jeff King
076aa2cbda tempfile: auto-allocate tempfiles on heap
The previous commit taught the tempfile code to give up
ownership over tempfiles that have been renamed or deleted.
That makes it possible to use a stack variable like this:

  struct tempfile t;

  create_tempfile(&t, ...);
  ...
  if (!err)
          rename_tempfile(&t, ...);
  else
          delete_tempfile(&t);

But doing it this way has a high potential for creating
memory errors. The tempfile we pass to create_tempfile()
ends up on a global linked list, and it's not safe for it to
go out of scope until we've called one of those two
deactivation functions.

Imagine that we add an early return from the function that
forgets to call delete_tempfile(). With a static or heap
tempfile variable, the worst case is that the tempfile hangs
around until the program exits (and some functions like
setup_shallow_temporary rely on this intentionally, creating
a tempfile and then leaving it for later cleanup).

But with a stack variable as above, this is a serious memory
error: the variable goes out of scope and may be filled with
garbage by the time the tempfile code looks at it.  Let's
see if we can make it harder to get this wrong.

Since many callers need to allocate arbitrary numbers of
tempfiles, we can't rely on static storage as a general
solution. So we need to turn to the heap. We could just ask
all callers to pass us a heap variable, but that puts the
burden on them to call free() at the right time.

Instead, let's have the tempfile code handle the heap
allocation _and_ the deallocation (when the tempfile is
deactivated and removed from the list).

This changes the return value of all of the creation
functions. For the cleanup functions (delete and rename),
we'll add one extra bit of safety: instead of taking a
tempfile pointer, we'll take a pointer-to-pointer and set it
to NULL after freeing the object. This makes it safe to
double-call functions like delete_tempfile(), as the second
call treats the NULL input as a noop. Several callsites
follow this pattern.

The resulting patch does have a fair bit of noise, as each
caller needs to be converted to handle:

  1. Storing a pointer instead of the struct itself.

  2. Passing the pointer instead of taking the struct
     address.

  3. Handling a "struct tempfile *" return instead of a file
     descriptor.

We could play games to make this less noisy. For example, by
defining the tempfile like this:

  struct tempfile {
	struct heap_allocated_part_of_tempfile {
                int fd;
                ...etc
        } *actual_data;
  }

Callers would continue to have a "struct tempfile", and it
would be "active" only when the inner pointer was non-NULL.
But that just makes things more awkward in the long run.
There aren't that many callers, so we can simply bite
the bullet and adjust all of them. And the compiler makes it
easy for us to find them all.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-06 17:19:54 +09:00
Jeff King
83a3069a38 lockfile: do not rollback lock on failed close
Since the lockfile code is based on the tempfile code, it
has some of the same problems, including that close_lock_file()
erases the tempfile's filename buf, making it hard for the
caller to write a good error message.

In practice this comes up less for lockfiles than for
straight tempfiles, since we usually just report the
refname. But there is at least one buggy case in
write_ref_to_lockfile(). Besides, given the coupling between
the lockfile and tempfile modules, it's less confusing if
their close() functions have the same semantics.

Just as the previous commit did for close_tempfile(), let's
teach close_lock_file() and its wrapper close_ref() not to
rollback on error. And just as before, we'll give them new
"gently" names to catch any new callers that are added.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-06 17:19:53 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
44c2339e55 Merge branch 'mh/packed-ref-store'
The "ref-store" code reorganization continues.

* mh/packed-ref-store: (32 commits)
  files-backend: cheapen refname_available check when locking refs
  packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink
  read_packed_refs(): die if `packed-refs` contains bogus data
  t3210: add some tests of bogus packed-refs file contents
  repack_without_refs(): don't lock or unlock the packed refs
  commit_packed_refs(): remove call to `packed_refs_unlock()`
  clear_packed_ref_cache(): don't protest if the lock is held
  packed_refs_unlock(), packed_refs_is_locked(): new functions
  packed_refs_lock(): report errors via a `struct strbuf *err`
  packed_refs_lock(): function renamed from lock_packed_refs()
  commit_packed_refs(): use a staging file separate from the lockfile
  commit_packed_refs(): report errors rather than dying
  packed_ref_store: make class into a subclass of `ref_store`
  packed-backend: new module for handling packed references
  packed_read_raw_ref(): new function, replacing `resolve_packed_ref()`
  packed_ref_store: support iteration
  packed_peel_ref(): new function, extracted from `files_peel_ref()`
  repack_without_refs(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  get_packed_ref(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  rollback_packed_refs(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  ...
2017-08-22 10:29:16 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
198b808e20 packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink
One of the tricks that `contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir` plays is to
making `packed-refs` in the new workdir a symlink to the `packed-refs`
file in the original repository. Before
42dfa7ecef ("commit_packed_refs(): use a staging file separate from
the lockfile", 2017-06-23), a lockfile was used as the staging file,
and because the `LOCK_NO_DEREF` was not used, the pointed-to file was
locked and modified.

But after that commit, the staging file was created using a tempfile,
with the end result that rewriting the `packed-refs` file in the
workdir overwrote the symlink rather than the original `packed-refs`
file.

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.

Also add a test case to document this use case and prevent a
regression like this from recurring.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-07-27 10:19:56 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
9308b7f3ca read_packed_refs(): die if packed-refs contains bogus data
The old code ignored any lines that it didn't understand, including
unterminated lines. This is dangerous. Instead, `die()` if the
`packed-refs` file contains any unterminated lines or lines that we
don't know how to handle.

This fixes the tests added in the last commit.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-07-03 10:01:57 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
e5cc7d7d2b repack_without_refs(): don't lock or unlock the packed refs
Change `repack_without_refs()` to expect the packed-refs lock to be
held already, and not to release the lock before returning. Change the
callers to deal with lock management.

This change makes it possible for callers to hold the packed-refs lock
for a longer span of time, a possibility that will eventually make it
possible to fix some longstanding races.

The only semantic change here is that `repack_without_refs()` used to
forget to release the lock in the `if (!removed)` exit path. That
omission is now fixed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-07-03 10:01:56 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
42c7f7ff96 commit_packed_refs(): remove call to packed_refs_unlock()
Instead, change the callers of `commit_packed_refs()` to call
`packed_refs_unlock()`.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-23 13:27:33 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
9051198214 clear_packed_ref_cache(): don't protest if the lock is held
The existing callers already check that the lock isn't held just
before calling `clear_packed_ref_cache()`, and in the near future we
want to be able to call this function when the lock is held.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-23 13:27:33 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
49aebcf432 packed_refs_unlock(), packed_refs_is_locked(): new functions
Add two new public functions, `packed_refs_unlock()` and
`packed_refs_is_locked()`, with which callers can manage and query the
`packed-refs` lock externally.

Call `packed_refs_unlock()` from `commit_packed_refs()` and
`rollback_packed_refs()`.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-23 13:27:33 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
c8bed835c2 packed_refs_lock(): report errors via a struct strbuf *err
That way the callers don't have to come up with error messages
themselves.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-23 13:27:33 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
b7de57d8d1 packed_refs_lock(): function renamed from lock_packed_refs()
Rename `lock_packed_refs()` to `packed_refs_lock()` for consistency
with how other methods are named. Also, it's about to get some
companions.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-23 13:27:33 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
42dfa7ecef commit_packed_refs(): use a staging file separate from the lockfile
We will want to be able to hold the lockfile for `packed-refs` even
after we have activated the new values. So use a separate tempfile,
`packed-refs.new`, as a place to stage the new contents of the
`packed-refs` file. For now this is all done within
`commit_packed_refs()`, but that will change shortly.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-23 13:27:33 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
3478983b51 commit_packed_refs(): report errors rather than dying
Report errors via a `struct strbuf *err` rather than by calling
`die()`. To enable this goal, change `write_packed_entry()` to report
errors via a return value and `errno` rather than dying.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-23 13:27:33 -07:00