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[PATCH v14 35/40] refs.c: move the check for valid refname to lock_ref_sha1_basic

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Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Date
Jun 6, 2014, 22:29 UTC
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Move the check for check_refname_format from lock_any_ref_for_update to lock_ref_sha1_basic. At some later stage we will get rid of lock_any_ref_for_update completely.

If lock_ref_sha1_basic fails the check_refname_format test, set errno to EINVAL before returning NULL. This to guarantee that we will not return an error without updating errno.

This leaves lock_any_ref_for_updates as a no-op wrapper which could be removed. But this wrapper is also called from an external caller and we will soon make changes to the signature to lock_ref_sha1_basic that we do not want to expose to that caller.

This changes semantics for lock_ref_sha1_basic slightly. With this change it is no longer possible to open a ref that has a badly name which breaks any codepaths that tries to open and repair badly named refs. The normal refs API should not allow neither creating nor accessing refs with invalid names. If we need such recovery code we could add it as an option to git fsck and have git fsck be the only sanctioned way of bypassing the normal API and checks.

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
---
 refs.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 8848dbf..7da5357 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2058,6 +2058,11 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
 	int missing = 0;
 	int attempts_remaining = 3;
 
+	if (check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_lock));
 	lock->lock_fd = -1;
 
@@ -2149,8 +2154,6 @@ struct ref_lock *lock_any_ref_for_update(const char *refname,
 					 const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 					 int flags, int *type_p)
 {
-	if (check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL))
-		return NULL;
 	return lock_ref_sha1_basic(refname, old_sha1, flags, type_p);
 }
 
-- 
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  1. 00/40 Use ref transactionsRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  2. 01/40 refs.c: remove ref_transaction_rollbackRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  3. 02/40 refs.c: ref_transaction_commit should not free the transactionRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  4. 03/40 refs.c: constify the sha arguments for ref_transaction_create|delete|updateRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  5. 04/40 refs.c: allow passing NULL to ref_transaction_freeRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  6. 05/40 refs.c: add a strbuf argument to ref_transaction_commit for error loggingRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  7. 06/40 refs.c: add an err argument to repack_without_refsRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  8. Jonathan NiederJun 10, 2014
  9. Ronnie SahlbergJun 10, 2014
  10. 07/40 refs.c: make ref_update_reject_duplicates take a strbuf argument for errorsRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  11. 08/40 refs.c: add an err argument to delete_ref_looseRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  12. Jonathan NiederJun 10, 2014
  13. Ronnie SahlbergJun 11, 2014
  14. 09/40 refs.c: make update_ref_write update a strbuf on failureRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  15. 10/40 update-ref: use err argument to get error from ref_transaction_commitRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  16. 11/40 refs.c: remove the onerr argument to ref_transaction_commitRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  17. 12/40 refs.c: change ref_transaction_update() to do error checking and return statusRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  18. 13/40 refs.c: change ref_transaction_create to do error checking and return statusRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  19. 14/40 refs.c: update ref_transaction_delete to check for error and return statusRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  20. 15/40 refs.c: make ref_transaction_begin take an err argumentRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  21. 16/40 refs.c: add transaction.status and track OPEN/CLOSED/ERRORRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  22. Jonathan NiederJun 10, 2014
  23. 17/40 tag.c: use ref transactions when doing updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  24. 18/40 replace.c: use the ref transaction functions for updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  25. 19/40 commit.c: use ref transactions for updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  26. 20/40 sequencer.c: use ref transactions for all ref updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  27. 21/40 fast-import.c: change update_branch to use ref transactionsRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  28. 22/40 branch.c: use ref transaction for all ref updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  29. 23/40 refs.c: change update_ref to use a transactionRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  30. 24/40 receive-pack.c: use a reference transaction for updating the refsRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  31. Jonathan NiederJun 10, 2014
  32. Ronnie SahlbergJun 11, 2014
  33. 25/40 fast-import.c: use a ref transaction when dumping tagsRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  34. Jonathan NiederJun 10, 2014
  35. 26/40 walker.c: use ref transaction for ref updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  36. Jonathan NiederJun 10, 2014
  37. 27/40 refs.c: make lock_ref_sha1 staticRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  38. 28/40 refs.c: remove the update_ref_lock functionRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  39. 29/40 refs.c: remove the update_ref_write functionRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  40. 30/40 refs.c: remove lock_ref_sha1Ronnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  41. 31/40 refs.c: make prune_ref use a transaction to delete the refRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  42. Jonathan NiederJun 10, 2014
  43. 32/40 refs.c: make delete_ref use a transactionRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  44. 33/40 refs.c: pass the ref log message to _create/delete/update instead of _commitRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  45. 34/40 refs.c: pass NULL as *flags to read_ref_fullRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  46. 35/40 refs.c: move the check for valid refname to lock_ref_sha1_basicRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  47. 36/40 refs.c: call lock_ref_sha1_basic directly from commitRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  48. 37/40 refs.c: pass a skip list to name_conflict_fnRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  49. 38/40 refs.c: propagate any errno==ENOTDIR from _commit back to the callersRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  50. 39/40 fetch.c: change s_update_ref to use a ref transactionRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014
  51. 40/40 refs.c: make write_ref_sha1 staticRonnie Sahlberg, Jun 6, 2014

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