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Re: [PATCH v5 22/35] git_config_set_multivar_in_file(): avoid call to rollback_lock_file()

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Sep 23, 2014, 13:08 UTC
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<542170DF.8050205@alum.mit.edu>
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<20140916222814.GV29050@google.com>
On 09/17/2014 12:28 AM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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> Michael Haggerty wrote:
> 
>> After commit_lock_file() is called, then the lock_file object is
>> necessarily either committed or rolled back.  So there is no need to
>> call rollback_lock_file() again in either of these cases.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
> 
> This seems to involve an unadvertised behavior change: before
> it wouldn't call git_config_clear() on failure, and after the
> patch it would.  Intended?
> 
> I think it would be clearer with the goto for exception handling
> maintained (and just a second 'lock = NULL' assignment).
Good catch; will fix.
Michael
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Michael Haggerty
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Message 58 of 73 in “Lockfile correctness and refactoring”
  1. 00/35 Lockfile correctness and refactoringMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  2. 01/35 unable_to_lock_die(): rename function from unable_to_lock_index_die()Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  3. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  4. 02/35 api-lockfile: expand the documentationMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  5. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  6. Michael HaggertySep 22, 2014
  7. 03/35 rollback_lock_file(): do not clear filename redundantlyMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  8. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  9. 04/35 rollback_lock_file(): exit early if lock is not activeMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  10. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  11. 05/35 rollback_lock_file(): set fd to -1Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  12. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  13. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  14. Michael HaggertySep 17, 2014
  15. 06/35 lockfile: unlock file if lockfile permissions cannot be adjustedMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  16. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  17. 07/35 hold_lock_file_for_append(): release lock on errorsMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  18. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  19. Michael HaggertySep 17, 2014
  20. 08/35 lock_file(): always add lock_file object to lock_file_listMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  21. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  22. Michael HaggertySep 17, 2014
  23. Torsten BögershausenSep 18, 2014
  24. Michael HaggertySep 18, 2014
  25. 09/35 lockfile.c: document the various states of lock_file objectsMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  26. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  27. Michael HaggertySep 22, 2014
  28. Jonathan NiederSep 22, 2014
  29. 10/35 cache.h: define constants LOCK_SUFFIX and LOCK_SUFFIX_LENMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  30. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  31. Michael HaggertySep 22, 2014
  32. 11/35 delete_ref_loose(): don't muck around in the lock_file's filenameMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  33. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  34. 12/35 prepare_index(): declare return value to be (const char *)Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  35. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  36. 13/35 write_packed_entry_fn(): convert cb_data into a (const int *)Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  37. 14/35 lock_file(): exit early if lockfile cannot be openedMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  38. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  39. 15/35 remove_lock_file(): call rollback_lock_file()Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  40. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  41. 16/35 commit_lock_file(): inline temporary variableMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  42. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  43. 17/35 commit_lock_file(): die() if called for unlocked lockfile objectMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  44. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  45. 18/35 commit_lock_file(): if close fails, roll backMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  46. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  47. Michael HaggertySep 23, 2014
  48. 19/35 commit_lock_file(): rollback lock file on failure to renameMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  49. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  50. Michael HaggertySep 23, 2014
  51. 20/35 api-lockfile: document edge casesMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  52. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  53. Michael HaggertySep 23, 2014
  54. 21/35 dump_marks(): remove a redundant call to rollback_lock_file()Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  55. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  56. 22/35 git_config_set_multivar_in_file(): avoid call to rollback_lock_file()Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  57. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  58. Michael HaggertySep 23, 2014
  59. 23/35 lockfile: avoid transitory invalid statesMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  60. Jonathan NiederSep 16, 2014
  61. Michael HaggertySep 23, 2014
  62. 24/35 struct lock_file: declare some fields volatileMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  63. 25/35 try_merge_strategy(): remove redundant lock_file allocationMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  64. 26/35 try_merge_strategy(): use a statically-allocated lock_file objectMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  65. 27/35 commit_lock_file(): use a strbuf to manage temporary spaceMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  66. 28/35 Change lock_file::filename into a strbufMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  67. 29/35 resolve_symlink(): use a strbuf for internal scratch spaceMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  68. 30/35 resolve_symlink(): take a strbuf parameterMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  69. 31/35 trim_last_path_component(): replace last_path_elm()Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  70. 32/35 Extract a function commit_lock_file_to()Michael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  71. 33/35 Rename LOCK_NODEREF to LOCK_NO_DEREFMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  72. 34/35 lockfile.c: rename static functionsMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014
  73. 35/35 get_locked_file_path(): new functionMichael Haggerty, Sep 16, 2014

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