[PATCH v3 15/17] rename_tmp_log(): handle a possible mkdir/rmdir race

From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Jan 18, 2014, 22:48 UTC
Message-ID: <1390085341-2553-16-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1390085341-2553-1-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

If a directory vanishes while renaming the temporary reflog file, retry (up to 3 times). This could happen if another process deletes the directory created by safe_create_leading_directories() just before we rename the file into the directory.

As far as I can tell, this race could not occur internal to git. The only time that a directory under $GIT_DIR/logs is deleted is if room has to be made for a log file for a reference with the same name; for example, in the following sequence:

    git branch foo/bar    # Creates file .git/logs/refs/heads/foo/bar
    git branch -d foo/bar # Deletes file but leaves .git/logs/refs/heads/foo/
    git branch foo        # Deletes .git/logs/refs/heads/foo/

But the only reason the last command deletes the directory is because it wants to create a file with the same name. So if another process (e.g.,

    git branch foo/baz

) wants to create that directory, one of the two is doomed to failure anyway because of a D/F conflict.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 refs.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index d0fab39..a90904b 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2530,12 +2530,14 @@ int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int delopt)
 
 static int rename_tmp_log(const char *newrefname)
 {
+	int attempts_remaining = 3;
+
+ retry:
 	if (safe_create_leading_directories(git_path("logs/%s", newrefname))) {
 		error("unable to create directory for %s", newrefname);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
- retry:
 	if (rename(git_path(TMP_RENAMED_LOG), git_path("logs/%s", newrefname))) {
 		if (errno==EISDIR || errno==ENOTDIR) {
 			/*
@@ -2548,6 +2550,13 @@ static int rename_tmp_log(const char *newrefname)
 				return -1;
 			}
 			goto retry;
+		} else if (errno == ENOENT && --attempts_remaining > 0) {
+			/*
+			 * Maybe another process just deleted one of
+			 * the directories in the path to newrefname.
+			 * Try again from the beginning.
+			 */
+			goto retry;
 		} else {
 			error("unable to move logfile "TMP_RENAMED_LOG" to logs/%s: %s",
 				newrefname, strerror(errno));

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1.8.5.2