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[PATCH v5 06/15] index-helper: add --detach

From
David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Date
Apr 19, 2016, 23:28 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>

We detach after creating and opening the socket, because otherwise we might return control to the shell before index-helper is ready to accept commands. This might lead to flaky tests.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
---
 Documentation/git-index-helper.txt | 3 +++
 index-helper.c                     | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt b/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
index a5c058f..f6aa525 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	for reading an index, but because it will happen in the
 	background, it's not noticable. `--strict` is enabled by default.
 
+--detach::
+	Detach from the shell.
+
 NOTES
 -----
 
diff --git a/index-helper.c b/index-helper.c
index e8d6b64..80b1dbe 100644
--- a/index-helper.c
+++ b/index-helper.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct shm {
 
 static struct shm shm_index;
 static struct shm shm_base_index;
-static int to_verify = 1;
+static int daemonized, to_verify = 1;
 
 static void release_index_shm(struct shm *is)
 {
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ static void cleanup_shm(void)
 
 static void cleanup(void)
 {
+	if (daemonized)
+		return;
 	unlink(git_path("index-helper.sock"));
 	cleanup_shm();
 }
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ static const char * const usage_text[] = {
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	const char *prefix;
-	int idle_in_seconds = 600;
+	int idle_in_seconds = 600, detach = 0;
 	int fd;
 	struct strbuf socket_path = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -294,6 +296,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			    N_("exit if not used after some seconds")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "strict", &to_verify,
 			 "verify shared memory after creating"),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &detach, "detach the process"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -317,6 +320,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (fd < 0)
 		die_errno(_("could not set up index-helper socket"));
 
+	if (detach && daemonize(&daemonized))
+		die_errno(_("unable to detach"));
 	loop(fd, idle_in_seconds);
 
 	close(fd);
-- 
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc
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Message 14 of 35 in “index-helper/watchman”
  1. 00/15 index-helper/watchmanDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  2. 01/15 read-cache.c: fix constness of verify_hdr()David Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  3. 02/15 read-cache: allow to keep mmap'd memory after readingDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2016
  5. David TurnerApr 20, 2016
  6. Duy NguyenApr 20, 2016
  7. David TurnerApr 20, 2016
  8. 03/15 index-helper: new daemon for caching index and related stuffDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  9. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2016
  10. Duy NguyenApr 20, 2016
  11. David TurnerApr 20, 2016
  12. 04/15 index-helper: add --strictDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  13. 05/15 daemonize(): set a flag before exiting the main processDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  14. 06/15 index-helper: add --detachDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  15. Duy NguyenApr 19, 2016
  16. David TurnerApr 20, 2016
  17. Duy NguyenApr 20, 2016
  18. David TurnerApr 25, 2016
  19. 07/15 read-cache: add watchman 'WAMA' extensionDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  20. 08/15 Add watchman support to reduce index refresh costDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  21. 09/15 index-helper: use watchman to avoid refreshing index with lstat()David Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  22. Duy NguyenApr 20, 2016
  23. David TurnerApr 20, 2016
  24. Duy NguyenApr 20, 2016
  25. 10/15 update-index: enable/disable watchman supportDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  26. Duy NguyenApr 19, 2016
  27. David TurnerApr 20, 2016
  28. 11/15 unpack-trees: preserve index extensionsDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  29. 12/15 index-helper: kill modeDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  30. 13/15 index-helper: don't run if already runningDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  31. 14/15 index-helper: autorun modeDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  32. 15/15 index-helper: optionally automatically runDavid Turner, Apr 19, 2016
  33. 16/15 Add tracing to measure where most of the time is spentNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 20, 2016
  34. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2016
  35. Duy NguyenApr 20, 2016

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