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[PATCH 13/14] Avoid a dup2(2) in apply_filter() - start_command() can do it for us.

From
Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Date
Oct 13, 2007, 20:06 UTC
Message-ID
<1192305984-22594-14-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
In-Reply-To
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When apply_filter() runs the external (clean or smudge) filter program, it needs to pass the writable end of a pipe as its stdout. For this purpose, it used to dup2(2) the file descriptor explicitly to stdout. Now we use the facilities of start_command() to do it for us.

Furthermore, the path argument of a subordinate function, filter_buffer(), was not used, so here we replace it to pass the fd instead.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
---
 convert.c |    7 +++----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index 6d64994..c870817 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static char *crlf_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *
 	return buffer;
 }
 
-static int filter_buffer(const char *path, const char *src,
+static int filter_buffer(int fd, const char *src,
 			 unsigned long size, const char *cmd)
 {
 	/*
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ static int filter_buffer(const char *path, const char *src,
 	memset(&child_process, 0, sizeof(child_process));
 	child_process.argv = argv;
 	child_process.in = -1;
+	child_process.out = fd;
 
 	if (start_command(&child_process))
 		return error("cannot fork to run external filter %s", cmd);
@@ -265,10 +266,8 @@ static char *apply_filter(const char *path, const char *src,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (!child_process.pid) {
-		dup2(pipe_feed[1], 1);
 		close(pipe_feed[0]);
-		close(pipe_feed[1]);
-		exit(filter_buffer(path, src, *sizep, cmd));
+		exit(filter_buffer(pipe_feed[1], src, *sizep, cmd));
 	}
 	close(pipe_feed[1]);
 
-- 
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Message 14 of 30 in “fork/exec removal series”
  1. 0/14 fork/exec removal seriesJohannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  2. 01/14 Change git_connect() to return a struct child_process instead of a pid_t.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  3. 02/14 Use start_command() in git_connect() instead of explicit fork/exec.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  4. 03/14 Use start_command() to run content filters instead of explicit fork/exec.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  5. 04/14 Use run_command() to spawn external diff programs instead of fork/exec.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  6. 05/14 Use start_comand() in builtin-fetch-pack.c instead of explicit fork/exec.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  7. 06/14 Have start_command() create a pipe to read the stderr of the child.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  8. 07/14 upload-pack: Use start_command() to run pack-objects in create_pack_file().Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  9. 08/14 Add infrastructure to run a function asynchronously.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  10. 09/14 Use the asyncronous function infrastructure in builtin-fetch-pack.c.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  11. 10/14 upload-pack: Move the revision walker into a separate function.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  12. 11/14 upload-pack: Run rev-list in an asynchronous function.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  13. 12/14 t0021-conversion.sh: Test that the clean filter really cleans content.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  14. 13/14 Avoid a dup2(2) in apply_filter() - start_command() can do it for us.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  15. 14/14 Use the asyncronous function infrastructure to run the content filter.Johannes Sixt, Oct 13, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2007
  17. Johannes SixtOct 14, 2007
  18. 14/14 Use the asyncronous function infrastructure to run the content filter.Johannes Sixt, Oct 14, 2007
  19. 08/14 Add infrastructure to run a function asynchronously.Johannes Sixt, Oct 14, 2007
  20. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2007
  21. Johannes SixtOct 14, 2007
  22. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2007
  23. Shawn O. PearceOct 14, 2007
  24. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2007
  25. Shawn O. PearceOct 14, 2007
  26. Pierre HabouzitOct 14, 2007
  27. Pierre HabouzitOct 14, 2007
  28. Pierre HabouzitOct 14, 2007
  29. Andreas EricssonOct 14, 2007
  30. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2007

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