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[PATCH v5 21/28] Discover refs via smart HTTP server when available

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Oct 31, 2009, 00:47 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Instead of loading the cached info/refs, try to use the smart HTTP version when the server supports it. Since the smart variant is actually the pkt-line stream from the start of either upload-pack or receive-pack we need to parse these through get_remote_heads, which requires a background thread to feed its pipe.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
CC: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
---
 remote-curl.c |  148 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 5c9dd97..3917d45 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "http.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "pkt-line.h"
 
 static struct remote *remote;
 static const char *url;
@@ -75,21 +76,46 @@ static int set_option(const char *name, const char *value)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct ref *get_refs(void)
+struct discovery {
+	const char *service;
+	char *buf_alloc;
+	char *buf;
+	size_t len;
+	unsigned proto_git : 1;
+};
+static struct discovery *last_discovery;
+
+static void free_discovery(struct discovery *d)
+{
+	if (d) {
+		if (d == last_discovery)
+			last_discovery = NULL;
+		free(d->buf_alloc);
+		free(d);
+	}
+}
+
+static struct discovery* discover_refs(const char *service)
 {
 	struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
-	char *data, *start, *mid;
-	char *ref_name;
+	struct discovery *last = last_discovery;
 	char *refs_url;
-	int i = 0;
-	int http_ret;
+	int http_ret, is_http = 0;
 
-	struct ref *refs = NULL;
-	struct ref *ref = NULL;
-	struct ref *last_ref = NULL;
+	if (last && !strcmp(service, last->service))
+		return last;
+	free_discovery(last);
 
-	refs_url = xmalloc(strlen(url) + 11);
-	sprintf(refs_url, "%s/info/refs", url);
+	strbuf_addf(&buffer, "%s/info/refs", url);
+	if (!prefixcmp(url, "http://") || !prefixcmp(url, "https://")) {
+		is_http = 1;
+		if (!strchr(url, '?'))
+			strbuf_addch(&buffer, '?');
+		else
+			strbuf_addch(&buffer, '&');
+		strbuf_addf(&buffer, "service=%s", service);
+	}
+	refs_url = strbuf_detach(&buffer, NULL);
 
 	init_walker();
 	http_ret = http_get_strbuf(refs_url, &buffer, HTTP_NO_CACHE);
@@ -104,10 +130,86 @@ static struct ref *get_refs(void)
 		die("HTTP request failed");
 	}
 
-	data = buffer.buf;
+	last= xcalloc(1, sizeof(*last_discovery));
+	last->service = service;
+	last->buf_alloc = strbuf_detach(&buffer, &last->len);
+	last->buf = last->buf_alloc;
+
+	if (is_http && 5 <= last->len && last->buf[4] == '#') {
+		/* smart HTTP response; validate that the service
+		 * pkt-line matches our request.
+		 */
+		struct strbuf exp = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		if (packet_get_line(&buffer, &last->buf, &last->len) <= 0)
+			die("%s has invalid packet header", refs_url);
+		if (buffer.len && buffer.buf[buffer.len - 1] == '\n')
+			strbuf_setlen(&buffer, buffer.len - 1);
+
+		strbuf_addf(&exp, "# service=%s", service);
+		if (strbuf_cmp(&exp, &buffer))
+			die("invalid server response; got '%s'", buffer.buf);
+		strbuf_release(&exp);
+
+		/* The header can include additional metadata lines, up
+		 * until a packet flush marker.  Ignore these now, but
+		 * in the future we might start to scan them.
+		 */
+		strbuf_reset(&buffer);
+		while (packet_get_line(&buffer, &last->buf, &last->len) > 0)
+			strbuf_reset(&buffer);
+
+		last->proto_git = 1;
+	}
+
+	free(refs_url);
+	strbuf_release(&buffer);
+	last_discovery = last;
+	return last;
+}
+
+static int write_discovery(int fd, void *data)
+{
+	struct discovery *heads = data;
+	int err = 0;
+	if (write_in_full(fd, heads->buf, heads->len) != heads->len)
+		err = 1;
+	close(fd);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static struct ref *parse_git_refs(struct discovery *heads)
+{
+	struct ref *list = NULL;
+	struct async async;
+
+	memset(&async, 0, sizeof(async));
+	async.proc = write_discovery;
+	async.data = heads;
+
+	if (start_async(&async))
+		die("cannot start thread to parse advertised refs");
+	get_remote_heads(async.out, &list, 0, NULL, 0, NULL);
+	close(async.out);
+	if (finish_async(&async))
+		die("ref parsing thread failed");
+	return list;
+}
+
+static struct ref *parse_info_refs(struct discovery *heads)
+{
+	char *data, *start, *mid;
+	char *ref_name;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	struct ref *refs = NULL;
+	struct ref *ref = NULL;
+	struct ref *last_ref = NULL;
+
+	data = heads->buf;
 	start = NULL;
 	mid = data;
-	while (i < buffer.len) {
+	while (i < heads->len) {
 		if (!start) {
 			start = &data[i];
 		}
@@ -131,8 +233,7 @@ static struct ref *get_refs(void)
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	strbuf_release(&buffer);
-
+	init_walker();
 	ref = alloc_ref("HEAD");
 	if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, ref) &&
 	    !resolve_remote_symref(ref, refs)) {
@@ -142,11 +243,23 @@ static struct ref *get_refs(void)
 		free(ref);
 	}
 
-	strbuf_release(&buffer);
-	free(refs_url);
 	return refs;
 }
 
+static struct ref *get_refs(int for_push)
+{
+	struct discovery *heads;
+
+	if (for_push)
+		heads = discover_refs("git-receive-pack");
+	else
+		heads = discover_refs("git-upload-pack");
+
+	if (heads->proto_git)
+		return parse_git_refs(heads);
+	return parse_info_refs(heads);
+}
+
 static void output_refs(struct ref *refs)
 {
 	struct ref *posn;
@@ -317,7 +430,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			parse_fetch(&buf);
 
 		} else if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "list") || !prefixcmp(buf.buf, "list ")) {
-			output_refs(get_refs());
+			int for_push = !!strstr(buf.buf + 4, "for-push");
+			output_refs(get_refs(for_push));
 
 		} else if (!prefixcmp(buf.buf, "push ")) {
 			parse_push(&buf);
-- 
1.6.5.2.181.gd6f41
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Message 23 of 31 in “Return of smart HTTP”
  1. 00/28 Return of smart HTTPShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  2. 00/28 interdiff to v4Shawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  3. 01/28 http-push: fix check condition on http.c::finish_http_pack_request()Shawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  4. 02/28 pkt-line: Add strbuf based functionsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  5. 03/28 pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debugShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  6. 04/28 fetch-pack: Use a strbuf to compose the want listShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  7. 05/28 Move "get_ack()" back to fetch-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  8. 06/28 Add multi_ack_detailed capability to fetch-pack/upload-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  9. 07/28 remote-curl: Refactor walker initializationShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  10. 08/28 fetch: Allow transport -v -v -v to set verbosity to 3Shawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  11. 09/28 remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batchShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  12. 10/28 remote-helpers: Support custom transport optionsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  13. 11/28 Move WebDAV HTTP push under remote-curlShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  14. 12/28 remote-helpers: return successfully if everything up-to-dateShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  15. 13/28 Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transportShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  16. 14/28 Add stateless RPC options to upload-pack, receive-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  17. 15/28 Smart fetch and push over HTTP: server sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  18. 16/28 http-backend: add GIT_PROJECT_ROOT environment varShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  19. 17/28 http-backend: reword some documentationShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  20. 18/28 http-backend: use mod_alias instead of mod_rewriteShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  21. 19/28 http-backend: add example for gitweb on same URLShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  22. 20/28 http-backend: more explict LocationMatchShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  23. 21/28 Discover refs via smart HTTP server when availableShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  24. 22/28 Smart push over HTTP: client sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  25. 23/28 Smart fetch over HTTP: client sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  26. 24/28 Smart HTTP fetch: gzip requestsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  27. 25/28 t5540-http-push: remove redundant fetchesShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  28. 26/28 set httpd port before sourcing lib-httpdShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  29. 27/28 http tests: use /dumb/ URL prefixShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009
  30. Tay Ray ChuanNov 1, 2009
  31. 28/28 test smart http fetch and pushShawn O. Pearce, Oct 31, 2009

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