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[PATCH v12 26/41] walker.c: use ref transaction for ref updates

From
Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Date
May 29, 2014, 16:07 UTC
Message-ID
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Switch to using ref transactions in walker_fetch(). As part of the refactoring to use ref transactions we also fix a potential memory leak where in the original code if write_ref_sha1() would fail we would end up returning from the function without free()ing the msg string.

Note that this function is only called when fetching from a remote HTTP repository onto the local (most of the time single-user) repository which likely means that the type of collissions that the previous locking would protect against and cause the fetch to fail for to be even more rare.

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
---
 walker.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index 1dd86b8..60d9f9e 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -251,39 +251,36 @@ void walker_targets_free(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref)
 int walker_fetch(struct walker *walker, int targets, char **target,
 		 const char **write_ref, const char *write_ref_log_details)
 {
-	struct ref_lock **lock = xcalloc(targets, sizeof(struct ref_lock *));
+	struct strbuf ref_name = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct ref_transaction *transaction = NULL;
 	unsigned char *sha1 = xmalloc(targets * 20);
-	char *msg;
-	int ret;
+	char *msg = NULL;
 	int i;
 
 	save_commit_buffer = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < targets; i++) {
-		if (!write_ref || !write_ref[i])
-			continue;
-
-		lock[i] = lock_ref_sha1(write_ref[i], NULL);
-		if (!lock[i]) {
-			error("Can't lock ref %s", write_ref[i]);
-			goto unlock_and_fail;
+	if (write_ref) {
+		transaction = ref_transaction_begin(&err);
+		if (!transaction) {
+			error("%s", err.buf);
+			goto rollback_and_fail;
 		}
 	}
-
 	if (!walker->get_recover)
 		for_each_ref(mark_complete, NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < targets; i++) {
 		if (interpret_target(walker, target[i], &sha1[20 * i])) {
 			error("Could not interpret response from server '%s' as something to pull", target[i]);
-			goto unlock_and_fail;
+			goto rollback_and_fail;
 		}
 		if (process(walker, lookup_unknown_object(&sha1[20 * i])))
-			goto unlock_and_fail;
+			goto rollback_and_fail;
 	}
 
 	if (loop(walker))
-		goto unlock_and_fail;
+		goto rollback_and_fail;
 
 	if (write_ref_log_details) {
 		msg = xmalloc(strlen(write_ref_log_details) + 12);
@@ -294,19 +291,33 @@ int walker_fetch(struct walker *walker, int targets, char **target,
 	for (i = 0; i < targets; i++) {
 		if (!write_ref || !write_ref[i])
 			continue;
-		ret = write_ref_sha1(lock[i], &sha1[20 * i], msg ? msg : "fetch (unknown)");
-		lock[i] = NULL;
-		if (ret)
-			goto unlock_and_fail;
+		strbuf_reset(&ref_name);
+		strbuf_addf(&ref_name, "refs/%s", write_ref[i]);
+		if (ref_transaction_update(transaction, ref_name.buf,
+					   &sha1[20 * i], NULL, 0, 0,
+					   &err)) {
+			error("%s", err.buf);
+			goto rollback_and_fail;
+		}
+	}
+	if (write_ref) {
+		if (ref_transaction_commit(transaction,
+					   msg ? msg : "fetch (unknown)",
+					   &err)) {
+			error("%s", err.buf);
+			goto rollback_and_fail;
+		}
+		ref_transaction_free(transaction);
 	}
-	free(msg);
 
+	free(msg);
 	return 0;
 
-unlock_and_fail:
-	for (i = 0; i < targets; i++)
-		if (lock[i])
-			unlock_ref(lock[i]);
+rollback_and_fail:
+	ref_transaction_free(transaction);
+	free(msg);
+	strbuf_release(&err);
+	strbuf_release(&ref_name);
 
 	return -1;
 }
-- 
2.0.0.rc3.474.g3833130
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  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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