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[PATCH v2 1/2] usage: allow pluggable die-recursion checks

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 16, 2013, 19:46 UTC
Message-ID
<20130416194621.GA11185@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20130416194418.GA7187@sigill.intra.peff.net>

When any git code calls die or die_errno, we use a counter to detect recursion into the die functions from any of the helper functions. However, such a simple counter is not good enough for threaded programs, which may call die from a sub-thread, killing only the sub-thread (but incrementing the counter for everyone).

Rather than try to deal with threads ourselves here, let's just allow callers to plug in their own recursion-detection function. This is similar to how we handle the die routine (the caller plugs in a die routine which may kill only the sub-thread).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 git-compat-util.h |  1 +
 usage.c           | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index cde442f..e955bb5 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ extern void set_error_routine(void (*routine)(const char *err, va_list params));
 
 extern void set_die_routine(NORETURN_PTR void (*routine)(const char *err, va_list params));
 extern void set_error_routine(void (*routine)(const char *err, va_list params));
+extern void set_die_is_recursing_routine(int (*routine)(void));
 
 extern int prefixcmp(const char *str, const char *prefix);
 extern int suffixcmp(const char *str, const char *suffix);
diff --git a/usage.c b/usage.c
index 40b3de5..ed14645 100644
--- a/usage.c
+++ b/usage.c
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 
-static int dying;
-
 void vreportf(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
 {
 	char msg[4096];
@@ -49,12 +47,19 @@ static void (*warn_routine)(const char *err, va_list params) = warn_builtin;
 	vreportf("warning: ", warn, params);
 }
 
+static int die_is_recursing_builtin(void)
+{
+	static int dying;
+	return dying++;
+}
+
 /* If we are in a dlopen()ed .so write to a global variable would segfault
  * (ugh), so keep things static. */
 static NORETURN_PTR void (*usage_routine)(const char *err, va_list params) = usage_builtin;
 static NORETURN_PTR void (*die_routine)(const char *err, va_list params) = die_builtin;
 static void (*error_routine)(const char *err, va_list params) = error_builtin;
 static void (*warn_routine)(const char *err, va_list params) = warn_builtin;
+static int (*die_is_recursing)(void) = die_is_recursing_builtin;
 
 void set_die_routine(NORETURN_PTR void (*routine)(const char *err, va_list params))
 {
@@ -66,6 +71,11 @@ void set_error_routine(void (*routine)(const char *err, va_list params))
 	error_routine = routine;
 }
 
+void set_die_is_recursing_routine(int (*routine)(void))
+{
+	die_is_recursing = routine;
+}
+
 void NORETURN usagef(const char *err, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
@@ -84,11 +94,10 @@ void NORETURN die(const char *err, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
 
-	if (dying) {
+	if (die_is_recursing()) {
 		fputs("fatal: recursion detected in die handler\n", stderr);
 		exit(128);
 	}
-	dying = 1;
 
 	va_start(params, err);
 	die_routine(err, params);
@@ -102,12 +111,11 @@ void NORETURN die_errno(const char *fmt, ...)
 	char str_error[256], *err;
 	int i, j;
 
-	if (dying) {
+	if (die_is_recursing()) {
 		fputs("fatal: recursion detected in die_errno handler\n",
 			stderr);
 		exit(128);
 	}
-	dying = 1;
 
 	err = strerror(errno);
 	for (i = j = 0; err[i] && j < sizeof(str_error) - 1; ) {
-- 
1.8.2.8.g44e4c28
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  2. 1/3 usage: refactor die-recursion checksJeff King, Apr 15, 2013
  3. Eric SunshineApr 15, 2013
  4. Jeff KingApr 15, 2013
  5. Brandon CaseyApr 16, 2013
  6. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  7. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2013
  8. Brandon CaseyApr 16, 2013
  9. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  10. Johannes SixtApr 16, 2013
  11. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  12. Johannes SixtApr 16, 2013
  13. 0/2 avoid bogus "recursion detected in die handler" messageJeff King, Apr 16, 2013
  14. 1/2 usage: allow pluggable die-recursion checksJeff King, Apr 16, 2013
  15. 2/2 run-command: use thread-aware die_is_recursing routineJeff King, Apr 16, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  17. Jonathan NiederApr 17, 2013
  18. Jeff KingApr 17, 2013
  19. Erik Faye-LundApr 23, 2013
  20. 2/3 run-command: factor out running_main_thread functionJeff King, Apr 15, 2013
  21. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2013
  22. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  23. 3/3 usage: do not check die recursion outside main threadJeff King, Apr 15, 2013

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