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[PATCH] CYGWIN: Use a TCP socket for pipe()

From
Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date
Jun 27, 2013, 16:31 UTC
Message-ID
<201306271831.13865.tboegi@web.de>

Work around issues that git hangs when doing fetch or pull under various protocols under CYGWIN.

Replace pipe() with a socket connection using a TCP/IP. Introduce a new function socket_pipe() in compat/socket_pipe.c

Re-define the pipe() function into socket_pipe() for CYGWIN.

(This redefinition does not work for MinGW, because here a socket can not be mixed with a file handle)

Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
---
 compat/socket_pipe.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 config.mak.uname     |  2 ++
 git-compat-util.h    |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 74 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 compat/socket_pipe.c
diff --git a/compat/socket_pipe.c b/compat/socket_pipe.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eee43b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/socket_pipe.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+
+int socket_pipe(int filedes[2])
+{
+	int fd_listen, fd_rd;
+	int fd_wr = -1;
+	struct sockaddr_in sin;
+	socklen_t length;
+	struct linger linger;
+	int reuse_on = 1;
+
+	memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(sin));
+	sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	sin.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+
+	fd_listen = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (fd_listen == -1)
+		die_errno("pipe fd_listen socket");
+	(void)setsockopt(fd_listen, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
+									 (char*)&reuse_on, sizeof(reuse_on));
+	if (bind(fd_listen, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)))
+		die_errno("pipe bind socket");
+
+	length = sizeof(sin);
+	if(getsockname(fd_listen, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, &length))
+		die_errno("pipe getsockname");
+	if (listen(fd_listen, SOMAXCONN))
+		die_errno("pipe listen");
+	fd_rd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (fd_rd == -1)
+		die_errno("pipe fd_rd socket");
+	if (connect(fd_rd, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)))
+		die_errno("pipe connect");
+
+	length = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
+	if(getsockname(fd_rd, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, &length))
+		die_errno("pipe getsockname");
+
+	while (fd_wr == -1) {
+		struct sockaddr_in sacc;
+		length = sizeof(sacc);
+		memset(&sacc, 0, sizeof(sacc));
+		fd_wr = accept(fd_listen, (struct sockaddr *)&sacc, &length);
+		if(fd_wr == -1)
+			die_errno("pipe accept");
+		if (sacc.sin_port != sin.sin_port) {
+			// Wrong connecting socket
+			close(fd_wr);
+			fd_wr = -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	close(fd_listen);
+
+	linger.l_onoff = 1;
+	linger.l_linger = 5;
+	if (setsockopt(fd_wr, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER,
+								 (char*)&linger, sizeof(linger)))
+		die_errno("pipe socket linger");
+	if (shutdown(fd_rd, SHUT_WR))
+		die_errno("pipe socket shutdown fd_rd");
+	if (shutdown(fd_wr, SHUT_RD))
+		die_errno("pipe socket shutdown fd_wr");
+
+	filedes[0] = fd_rd;
+	filedes[1] = fd_wr;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index d78fd3d..66bf446 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin)
 	# Try commenting this out if you suspect MMAP is more efficient
 	NO_MMAP = YesPlease
 	X = .exe
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DGIT_USE_SOCKET_PIPE
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/cygwin.o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/socket_pipe.o
 	UNRELIABLE_FSTAT = UnfortunatelyYes
 	SPARSE_FLAGS = -isystem /usr/include/w32api -Wno-one-bit-signed-bitfield
 endif
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index c1f8a47..88632ab 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode);
 #endif
 #endif
 
+int socket_pipe(int filedes[2]);
+#ifdef GIT_USE_SOCKET_PIPE
+#define pipe(a) socket_pipe(a)
+#endif
 /* used on Mac OS X */
 #ifdef PRECOMPOSE_UNICODE
 #include "compat/precompose_utf8.h"
-- 
1.8.3
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