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[PATCH 04/20] refs.c: add transaction.status and track OPEN/CLOSED/ERROR

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Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Date
Jul 15, 2014, 23:34 UTC
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Track the state of a transaction in a new state field. Check the field for sanity, i.e. that state 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 | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 9cb7908..d015285 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -3387,6 +3387,25 @@ 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.
+ *         No further changes can be made to a CLOSED transaction and it 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.
@@ -3395,6 +3414,7 @@ struct ref_transaction {
 	struct ref_update **updates;
 	size_t alloc;
 	size_t nr;
+	enum ref_transaction_state state;
 };
 
 struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err)
@@ -3437,6 +3457,9 @@ int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 {
 	struct ref_update *update;
 
+	if (transaction->state != REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN)
+		die("BUG: update called for transaction that is not open");
+
 	if (have_old && !old_sha1)
 		die("BUG: have_old is true but old_sha1 is NULL");
 
@@ -3457,6 +3480,9 @@ int ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 {
 	struct ref_update *update;
 
+	if (transaction->state != REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN)
+		die("BUG: create called for transaction that is not open");
+
 	if (!new_sha1 || is_null_sha1(new_sha1))
 		die("BUG: create ref with null new_sha1");
 
@@ -3477,6 +3503,9 @@ int ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 {
 	struct ref_update *update;
 
+	if (transaction->state != REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN)
+		die("BUG: delete called for transaction that is not open");
+
 	if (have_old && !old_sha1)
 		die("BUG: have_old is true but old_sha1 is NULL");
 
@@ -3532,8 +3561,13 @@ 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)
+		die("BUG: commit called for transaction that is not open");
+
+	if (!n) {
+		transaction->state = REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/* Allocate work space */
 	delnames = xmalloc(sizeof(*delnames) * n);
@@ -3595,6 +3629,9 @@ 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);
-- 
2.0.1.442.g7fe6834.dirty
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  1. 00/20 ref transactions part 2Ronnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  2. 01/20 refs.c: change ref_transaction_create to do error checking and return statusRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  3. 02/20 refs.c: update ref_transaction_delete to check for error and return statusRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  4. 03/20 refs.c: make ref_transaction_begin take an err argumentRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  5. 04/20 refs.c: add transaction.status and track OPEN/CLOSED/ERRORRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  6. 05/20 tag.c: use ref transactions when doing updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  7. 06/20 replace.c: use the ref transaction functions for updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  8. 07/20 commit.c: use ref transactions for updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  9. 08/20 sequencer.c: use ref transactions for all ref updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  10. 09/20 fast-import.c: change update_branch to use ref transactionsRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  11. 10/20 branch.c: use ref transaction for all ref updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  12. 11/20 refs.c: change update_ref to use a transactionRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  13. 12/20 receive-pack.c: use a reference transaction for updating the refsRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  14. 13/20 fast-import.c: use a ref transaction when dumping tagsRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  15. 14/20 walker.c: use ref transaction for ref updatesRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  16. 15/20 refs.c: make lock_ref_sha1 staticRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  17. 16/20 refs.c: remove the update_ref_lock functionRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  18. 17/20 refs.c: remove the update_ref_write functionRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  19. 18/20 refs.c: remove lock_ref_sha1Ronnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  20. 19/20 refs.c: make prune_ref use a transaction to delete the refRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  21. 20/20 refs.c: make delete_ref use a transactionRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 15, 2014
  22. Ronnie SahlbergJul 15, 2014
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2014
  24. Ronnie SahlbergJul 16, 2014

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