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[PATCH 2/7] Switch git_mmap to use pread.

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Dec 24, 2006, 05:45 UTC
Message-ID
<20061224054547.GB8146@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<487c7d0ea81f2f82f330e277e0aea38a66ca7cfe.1166939109.git.spearce@spearce.org>

Now that Git depends on pread in index-pack its safe to say we can also depend on it within the git_mmap emulation we activate when NO_MMAP is set. On most systems pread should be slightly faster than an lseek/read/lseek sequence as its one system call vs. three system calls.

We also now honor EAGAIN and EINTR error codes from pread and restart the prior read.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---
 compat/mmap.c |   17 ++++-------------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/compat/mmap.c b/compat/mmap.c
index bb34c7e..98056f0 100644
--- a/compat/mmap.c
+++ b/compat/mmap.c
@@ -2,17 +2,11 @@
 
 void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset)
 {
-	int n = 0;
-	off_t current_offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+	size_t n = 0;
 
 	if (start != NULL || !(flags & MAP_PRIVATE))
 		die("Invalid usage of mmap when built with NO_MMAP");
 
-	if (lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return MAP_FAILED;
-	}
-
 	start = xmalloc(length);
 	if (start == NULL) {
 		errno = ENOMEM;
@@ -20,7 +14,7 @@ void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t of
 	}
 
 	while (n < length) {
-		int count = read(fd, start+n, length-n);
+		ssize_t count = pread(fd, start + n, length - n, offset + n);
 
 		if (count == 0) {
 			memset(start+n, 0, length-n);
@@ -28,6 +22,8 @@ void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t of
 		}
 
 		if (count < 0) {
+			if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
 			free(start);
 			errno = EACCES;
 			return MAP_FAILED;
@@ -36,11 +32,6 @@ void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t of
 		n += count;
 	}
 
-	if (current_offset != lseek(fd, current_offset, SEEK_SET)) {
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return MAP_FAILED;
-	}
-
 	return start;
 }
 
-- 
1.4.4.3.g2e63
Next: Johannes Schindelin
Message 1 of 13 in “Switch git_mmap to use pread.”
  1. 2/7 Switch git_mmap to use pread.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2006
  3. Alon ZivDec 24, 2006
  4. Shawn PearceDec 24, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsDec 24, 2006
  6. 3/7 Ensure packed_git.next is initialized to NULL.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  7. 4/7 Default core.packdGitWindowSize to 1 MiB if NO_MMAP.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  8. 5/7 Don't exit successfully on EPIPE in read_or_die.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  9. 6/7 Release pack windows before reporting out of memory.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2006
  11. 7/7 Replace mmap with xmmap, better handling MAP_FAILED.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  12. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2006
  13. Shawn PearceDec 24, 2006

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