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Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mingw: ensure temporary file handles are not inherited by child processes

From
EWEric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date
Aug 22, 2016, 17:58 UTC
Message-ID
<20160822175805.GA10495@starla>
In-Reply-To
<b31d13befa305e46bd51f8c168f42071ce2dc663.1471869985.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> As Eric Wong pointed out, we need to be careful to handle the case where
> the Linux headers used to compile Git support O_CLOEXEC but the Linux
> kernel used to run Git does not: it returns an EINVAL.
Show 8 quoted lines
> +++ b/git-compat-util.h
> @@ -667,6 +667,10 @@ void *gitmemmem(const void *haystack, size_t haystacklen,
>  #define getpagesize() sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)
>  #endif
>  
> +#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
> +#define O_CLOEXEC 0
> +#endif
Show 15 quoted lines
> +++ b/tempfile.c
> @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ int create_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *path)
>  	prepare_tempfile_object(tempfile);
>  
>  	strbuf_add_absolute_path(&tempfile->filename, path);
> -	tempfile->fd = open(tempfile->filename.buf, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
> +	tempfile->fd = open(tempfile->filename.buf,
> +			    O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_CLOEXEC, 0666);
> +	if (O_CLOEXEC && tempfile->fd < 0 && errno == EINVAL)
> +		/* Try again w/o O_CLOEXEC: the kernel might not support it */
> +		tempfile->fd = open(tempfile->filename.buf,
> +				    O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
>  	if (tempfile->fd < 0) {
>  		strbuf_reset(&tempfile->filename);
>  		return -1;
Looks good to me from a Linux standpoint.  Thanks.
Previous: Johannes Schindelin
Message 21 of 21 in “Do not lock temporary files via child processes on Windows”
  1. 0/2 Do not lock temporary files via child processes on WindowsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 17, 2016
  2. 1/2 t6026-merge-attr: child processes must not inherit index.lock handlesJohannes Schindelin, Aug 17, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2016
  4. 2/2 mingw: ensure temporary file handles are not inherited by child processesJohannes Schindelin, Aug 17, 2016
  5. Eric SunshineAug 17, 2016
  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2016
  7. Lars SchneiderAug 17, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2016
  9. Johannes SchindelinAug 18, 2016
  10. Eric WongAug 18, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2016
  12. Eric WongAug 18, 2016
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2016
  14. Johannes SchindelinAug 22, 2016
  15. 0/2 Do not lock temporary files via child processes on WindowsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 18, 2016
  16. 2/2 mingw: ensure temporary file handles are not inherited by child processesJohannes Schindelin, Aug 18, 2016
  17. 1/2 t6026-merge-attr: child processes must not inherit index.lock handlesJohannes Schindelin, Aug 18, 2016
  18. 0/2 Do not lock temporary files via child processes on WindowsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 22, 2016
  19. 1/2 t6026-merge-attr: child processes must not inherit index.lock handlesJohannes Schindelin, Aug 22, 2016
  20. 2/2 mingw: ensure temporary file handles are not inherited by child processesJohannes Schindelin, Aug 22, 2016
  21. Eric WongAug 22, 2016

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