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[HOLD 3/4] check_packed_git_idx: attempt to handle ENOMEM from mmap

From
EWEric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date
Jun 29, 2021, 20:21 UTC
Message-ID
<20210629202101.GA18279@dcvr>
In-Reply-To
<20210629081108.28657-4-e@80x24.org>
Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
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> --- a/packfile.c
> +++ b/packfile.c
> @@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ static int check_packed_git_idx(const char *path, struct packed_git *p)
>  		close(fd);
>  		return error("index file %s is too small", path);
>  	}
> -	idx_map = xmmap(NULL, idx_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
> +	do {
> +		idx_map = xmmap_gently(NULL, idx_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE,
> +					fd, 0);
> +	} while (idx_map == MAP_FAILED && errno == ENOMEM
> +		&& unuse_one_window(p));
Oops, I dropped extra error handling here :x
>  	close(fd);
>  
>  	ret = load_idx(path, hashsz, idx_map, idx_size, p);
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Message 8 of 15 in “gracefully handling mmap failures”
  1. 0/4 gracefully handling mmap failuresEric Wong, Jun 29, 2021
  2. 2/4 map_loose_object_1: attempt to handle ENOMEM from mmapEric Wong, Jun 29, 2021
  3. Jeff KingJun 30, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 30, 2021
  5. 1/4 use_pack: attempt to handle ENOMEM from mmapEric Wong, Jun 29, 2021
  6. Jeff KingJun 30, 2021
  7. 3/4 check_packed_git_idx: attempt to handle ENOMEM from mmapEric Wong, Jun 29, 2021
  8. 3/4 check_packed_git_idx: attempt to handle ENOMEM from mmapEric Wong, Jun 29, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2021
  10. Eric WongJun 29, 2021
  11. 4/4 xmmap: inform Linux users of tuning knobs on ENOMEMEric Wong, Jun 29, 2021
  12. xmmap: inform Linux users of tuning knobs on ENOMEMEric Wong, Jun 30, 2021
  13. Jeff KingJun 30, 2021
  14. Eric WongJun 30, 2021
  15. Jeff KingJun 30, 2021

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