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[PATCH v12 16/41] refs.c: add transaction.status and track OPEN/CLOSED/ERROR

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Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Date
May 29, 2014, 16:07 UTC
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Track the status of a transaction in a new status field. Check the field for sanity, i.e. that status must be OPEN when _commit/_create/_delete or _update is called or else die(BUG:...)

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
---
 refs.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index b5186cd..00d8fc9 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -3331,6 +3331,30 @@ struct ref_update {
 };
 
 /*
+ * Transaction states.
+ * OPEN:   The transaction is in a valid state and can accept new updates.
+ *         An OPEN transaction can be committed.
+ * CLOSED: If an open transaction is successfully committed the state will
+ *         change to CLOSED. No further changes can be made to a CLOSED
+ *         transaction.
+ *         CLOSED means that all updates have been successfully committed and
+ *         the only thing that remains is to free the completed transaction.
+ * ERROR:  The transaction has failed and is no longer committable.
+ *         Eventhough the transaction can no longer be committed it is still
+ *         possible to add additional updates to the transaction. The reason
+ *         for this is to allow a caller to continue trying more updates
+ *         so that a caller can report a list of ALL updates that would fail
+ *         instead of just the first update that fails.
+ *         An ERRORed transaction can not be committed and must be rolled
+ *         back using transaction_free.
+ */
+enum ref_transaction_state {
+	REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN   = 0,
+	REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED = 1,
+	REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR  = 2,
+};
+
+/*
  * Data structure for holding a reference transaction, which can
  * consist of checks and updates to multiple references, carried out
  * as atomically as possible.  This structure is opaque to callers.
@@ -3339,6 +3363,8 @@ struct ref_transaction {
 	struct ref_update **updates;
 	size_t alloc;
 	size_t nr;
+	enum ref_transaction_state state;
+	int status;
 };
 
 struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err)
@@ -3476,8 +3502,13 @@ int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 	int n = transaction->nr;
 	struct ref_update **updates = transaction->updates;
 
-	if (!n)
+	if (transaction->state != REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN)
+		return transaction->status;
+
+	if (!n) {
+		transaction->state = REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/* Allocate work space */
 	delnames = xmalloc(sizeof(*delnames) * n);
@@ -3540,6 +3571,9 @@ int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 	clear_loose_ref_cache(&ref_cache);
 
 cleanup:
+	transaction->state = ret ? REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR
+		: REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		if (updates[i]->lock)
 			unlock_ref(updates[i]->lock);
-- 
2.0.0.rc3.474.g3833130
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  1. 00/44 Use ref transactions for all ref updatesRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  2. 06/41 refs.c: add an err argument to repack_without_refsRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  3. Jonathan NiederMay 29, 2014
  4. Ronnie SahlbergJun 3, 2014
  5. 08/41 refs.c: add an err argument to delete_ref_looseRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  6. 16/41 refs.c: add transaction.status and track OPEN/CLOSED/ERRORRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  7. 24/41 receive-pack.c: use a reference transaction for updating the refsRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  8. 25/41 fast-import.c: use a ref transaction when dumping tagsRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  9. 26/41 walker.c: use ref transaction for ref updatesRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  10. 31/41 refs.c: make prune_ref use a transaction to delete the refRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  11. 32/41 refs.c: make delete_ref use a transactionRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  12. 33/41 refs.c: pass the ref log message to _create/delete/update instead of _commitRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  13. 36/41 refs.c: move the check for valid refname to lock_ref_sha1_basicRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  14. 38/41 refs.c: pass a skip list to name_conflict_fnRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  15. 39/41 refs.c: propagate any errno==ENOTDIR from _commit back to the callersRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  16. 40/41 fetch.c: change s_update_ref to use a ref transactionRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  17. 41/41 refs.c: make write_ref_sha1 staticRonnie Sahlberg, May 29, 2014
  18. Ronnie SahlbergMay 29, 2014

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