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[PATCH v21 06/19] lockfile.c: add a new public function unable_to_lock_message

From
Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Date
Jul 14, 2014, 20:58 UTC
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Introducing a new unable_to_lock_message helper, which has nicer semantics than unable_to_lock_error and cleans up lockfile.c a little.

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 cache.h    |  2 ++
 lockfile.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index df65231..8a46294 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ struct lock_file {
 #define LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR 1
 #define LOCK_NODEREF 2
 extern int unable_to_lock_error(const char *path, int err);
+extern void unable_to_lock_message(const char *path, int err,
+				   struct strbuf *buf);
 extern NORETURN void unable_to_lock_index_die(const char *path, int err);
 extern int hold_lock_file_for_update(struct lock_file *, const char *path, int);
 extern int hold_lock_file_for_append(struct lock_file *, const char *path, int);
diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 8fbcb6a..464031b 100644
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -157,33 +157,35 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
 	return lk->fd;
 }
 
-static char *unable_to_lock_message(const char *path, int err)
+void unable_to_lock_message(const char *path, int err, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
-	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-
 	if (err == EEXIST) {
-		strbuf_addf(&buf, "Unable to create '%s.lock': %s.\n\n"
+		strbuf_addf(buf, "Unable to create '%s.lock': %s.\n\n"
 		    "If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a\n"
 		    "git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git\n"
 		    "process is running and remove the file manually to continue.",
 			    absolute_path(path), strerror(err));
 	} else
-		strbuf_addf(&buf, "Unable to create '%s.lock': %s",
+		strbuf_addf(buf, "Unable to create '%s.lock': %s",
 			    absolute_path(path), strerror(err));
-	return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 }
 
 int unable_to_lock_error(const char *path, int err)
 {
-	char *msg = unable_to_lock_message(path, err);
-	error("%s", msg);
-	free(msg);
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	unable_to_lock_message(path, err, &buf);
+	error("%s", buf.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return -1;
 }
 
 NORETURN void unable_to_lock_index_die(const char *path, int err)
 {
-	die("%s", unable_to_lock_message(path, err));
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	unable_to_lock_message(path, err, &buf);
+	die("%s", buf.buf);
 }
 
 int hold_lock_file_for_update(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)

-- 
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  2. 01/19 refs.c: remove ref_transaction_rollbackRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  3. 02/19 refs.c: ref_transaction_commit should not free the transactionRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  4. 03/19 refs.c: constify the sha arguments for ref_transaction_create|delete|updateRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  5. 04/19 refs.c: allow passing NULL to ref_transaction_freeRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  6. 05/19 refs.c: add a strbuf argument to ref_transaction_commit for error loggingRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  7. 06/19 lockfile.c: add a new public function unable_to_lock_messageRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  8. 07/19 lockfile.c: make lock_file return a meaningful errno on failureRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  9. 08/19 refs.c: add an err argument to repack_without_refsRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  10. 09/19 refs.c: make sure log_ref_setup returns a meaningful errnoRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  11. 10/19 refs.c: verify_lock should set errno to something meaningfulRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  12. 11/19 refs.c: make remove_empty_directories always set errno to something saneRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  13. 12/19 refs.c: commit_packed_refs to return a meaningful errno on failureRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  14. 13/19 refs.c: make resolve_ref_unsafe set errno to something meaningful on errorRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  15. 14/19 refs.c: log_ref_write should try to return meaningful errnoRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  16. 15/19 refs.c: make ref_update_reject_duplicates take a strbuf argument for errorsRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  17. 16/19 refs.c: make update_ref_write update a strbuf on failureRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  18. 17/19 update-ref: use err argument to get error from ref_transaction_commitRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  19. 18/19 refs.c: remove the onerr argument to ref_transaction_commitRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014
  20. 19/19 refs.c: change ref_transaction_update() to do error checking and return statusRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 14, 2014

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