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[PATCH 3/3] fast-import: prevent producing bad delta

From
Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2011, 10:32 UTC
Message-ID
<1313145170-24471-4-git-send-email-divanorama@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1313145170-24471-1-git-send-email-divanorama@gmail.com>

To produce deltas for tree objects fast-import tracks two versions of tree's entries - base and current one. Base version stands both for a delta base of this tree, and for a entry inside a delta base of a parent tree. So care should be taken to keep it in sync.

tree_content_set cuts away a whole subtree and replaces it with a new one (or NULL for lazy load of a tree with known sha1). It keeps a base sha1 for this subtree (needed for parent tree). And here is the problem, 'subtree' tree root doesn't have the implied base version entries.

Adjusting the subtree to include them would mean a deep rewrite of subtree. Invalidating the subtree base version would mean recursive invalidation of parents' base versions. So just mark this tree as do-not-delta me. Abuse setuid bit for this purpose.

tree_content_replace is the same as tree_content_set except that is is used to replace the root, so just clearing base sha1 here (instead of setting the bit) is fine.

[di: log message]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com>
---
 fast-import.c          |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 t/t9300-fast-import.sh |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 8196d1b..d9049af 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ Format of STDIN stream:
 #define DEPTH_BITS 13
 #define MAX_DEPTH ((1<<DEPTH_BITS)-1)
 
+/*
+ * We abuse the setuid bit on directories to mean "do not delta".
+ */
+#define NO_DELTA S_ISUID
+
 struct object_entry {
 	struct pack_idx_entry idx;
 	struct object_entry *next;
@@ -1434,8 +1439,9 @@ static void mktree(struct tree_content *t, int v, struct strbuf *b)
 		struct tree_entry *e = t->entries[i];
 		if (!e->versions[v].mode)
 			continue;
-		strbuf_addf(b, "%o %s%c", (unsigned int)e->versions[v].mode,
-					e->name->str_dat, '\0');
+		strbuf_addf(b, "%o %s%c",
+			(unsigned int)(e->versions[v].mode & ~NO_DELTA),
+			e->name->str_dat, '\0');
 		strbuf_add(b, e->versions[v].sha1, 20);
 	}
 }
@@ -1445,7 +1451,7 @@ static void store_tree(struct tree_entry *root)
 	struct tree_content *t = root->tree;
 	unsigned int i, j, del;
 	struct last_object lo = { STRBUF_INIT, 0, 0, /* no_swap */ 1 };
-	struct object_entry *le;
+	struct object_entry *le = NULL;
 
 	if (!is_null_sha1(root->versions[1].sha1))
 		return;
@@ -1456,6 +1462,7 @@ static void store_tree(struct tree_entry *root)
 	}
 
 	if (!is_null_sha1(root->versions[0].sha1)
+					&& !(root->versions[0].mode & NO_DELTA)
 					&& S_ISDIR(root->versions[0].mode)) {
 		unsigned char old_tree_sha1[20];
 		mktree(t, 0, &old_tree);
@@ -1499,6 +1506,7 @@ static void tree_content_replace(
 {
 	if (!S_ISDIR(mode))
 		die("Root cannot be a non-directory");
+	hashclr(root->versions[0].sha1);
 	hashcpy(root->versions[1].sha1, sha1);
 	if (root->tree)
 		release_tree_content_recursive(root->tree);
@@ -1543,6 +1551,23 @@ static int tree_content_set(
 				if (e->tree)
 					release_tree_content_recursive(e->tree);
 				e->tree = subtree;
+
+				/*
+				 * We need to leave e->versions[0].sha1 alone
+				 * to avoid modifying the preimage tree used
+				 * when writing out the parent directory.
+				 * But after replacing the subdir with a
+				 * completely different one, it's not a good
+				 * delta base any more, and besides, we've
+				 * thrown away the tree entries needed to
+				 * make a delta against it.
+				 *
+				 * So let's just explicitly disable deltas
+				 * for the subtree.
+				 */
+				if (S_ISDIR(e->versions[0].mode))
+					e->versions[0].mode |= NO_DELTA;
+
 				hashclr(root->versions[1].sha1);
 				return 1;
 			}
@@ -2957,7 +2982,7 @@ static void print_ls(int mode, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *path)
 		/* mode SP type SP object_name TAB path LF */
 		strbuf_reset(&line);
 		strbuf_addf(&line, "%06o %s %s\t",
-				mode, type, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+				mode & ~NO_DELTA, type, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 		quote_c_style(path, &line, NULL, 0);
 		strbuf_addch(&line, '\n');
 	}
diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index c70e489..50b22f0 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ M 040000 @E g/b
 M 040000 @E g/b/h
 INPUT_END
 
-test_expect_failure \
+test_expect_success \
     'L: verify internal tree delta base' \
 	'git fast-import <input &&
 	A=$(git ls-tree L2 a | tr " " "\t" | cut -f 3) &&
-- 
1.7.3.4
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  2. 1/3 fast-import: extract object preparation functionDmitry Ivankov, Aug 12, 2011
  3. 2/3 fast-import: add a check for tree delta base sha1Dmitry Ivankov, Aug 12, 2011
  4. Jonathan NiederAug 13, 2011
  5. 3/3 fast-import: prevent producing bad deltaDmitry Ivankov, Aug 12, 2011
  6. 0/2 fix data corruption in fast-importDmitry Ivankov, Aug 14, 2011
  7. 1/2 fast-import: add a test for tree delta base corruptionDmitry Ivankov, Aug 14, 2011
  8. 2/2 fast-import: prevent producing bad deltaDmitry Ivankov, Aug 14, 2011
  9. fast-import: do not write bad delta for replaced subtreesJonathan Nieder, Aug 20, 2011
  10. Andreas SchwabAug 20, 2011
  11. Jonathan NiederAug 20, 2011
  12. fast-import: do not write bad delta for replaced subtreesDmitry Ivankov, Aug 20, 2011
  13. Jonathan NiederAug 20, 2011
  14. Dmitry IvankovAug 20, 2011

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