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Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fix a race condition when reading loose refs

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 11, 2013, 20:57 UTC
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<1370960780-1055-1-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

I've read the series while on a bus and found all of them sensible. I do share the worry of retry storm you expressed in the last one, and I agree that giving up after N times is a reasonable way out, when it becomes necessary.

Thanks.
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Message 29 of 45 in “another packed-refs race”
  1. Jeff KingMay 3, 2013
  2. Johan HerlandMay 3, 2013
  3. Jeff KingMay 3, 2013
  4. Jeff KingMay 3, 2013
  5. Johan HerlandMay 3, 2013
  6. Michael HaggertyMay 6, 2013
  7. Jeff KingMay 6, 2013
  8. Jeff KingMay 3, 2013
  9. Michael HaggertyMay 6, 2013
  10. Jeff KingMay 6, 2013
  11. Jeff KingMay 6, 2013
  12. Michael HaggertyMay 7, 2013
  13. Jeff KingMay 7, 2013
  14. Michael HaggertyMay 7, 2013
  15. 0/4 fix packed-refs racesJeff King, May 7, 2013
  16. 1/4 resolve_ref: close race condition for packed refsJeff King, May 7, 2013
  17. Michael HaggertyMay 12, 2013
  18. Jeff KingMay 16, 2013
  19. Michael HaggertyMay 16, 2013
  20. Michael HaggertyMay 12, 2013
  21. 0/4 Fix a race condition when reading loose refsMichael Haggerty, Jun 11, 2013
  22. 1/4 resolve_ref_unsafe(): extract function handle_missing_loose_ref()Michael Haggerty, Jun 11, 2013
  23. 2/4 resolve_ref_unsafe(): handle the case of an SHA-1 within loopMichael Haggerty, Jun 11, 2013
  24. 3/4 resolve_ref_unsafe(): nest reference-reading code in an infinite loopMichael Haggerty, Jun 11, 2013
  25. 4/4 resolve_ref_unsafe(): close race condition reading loose refsMichael Haggerty, Jun 11, 2013
  26. Jeff KingJun 12, 2013
  27. Thomas RastJun 13, 2013
  28. Michael HaggertyJun 14, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2013
  30. 2/4 add a stat_validity structJeff King, May 7, 2013
  31. Michael HaggertyMay 13, 2013
  32. 0/2 Separate stat_data from cache_entryMichael Haggerty, May 13, 2013
  33. 1/2 Extract a struct stat_data from cache_entryMichael Haggerty, May 13, 2013
  34. 2/2 add a stat_validity structMichael Haggerty, May 13, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2013
  36. Jeff KingMay 16, 2013
  37. 3/4 get_packed_refs: reload packed-refs file when it changesJeff King, May 7, 2013
  38. 0/2 peel_ref cleanups changesJeff King, May 7, 2013
  39. 1/2 peel_ref: rename "sha1" argument to "peeled"Jeff King, May 7, 2013
  40. 2/2 peel_ref: refactor for safety with simultaneous updateJeff King, May 7, 2013
  41. Eric SunshineMay 9, 2013
  42. Michael HaggertyMay 13, 2013
  43. 4/4 for_each_ref: load all loose refs before packed refsJeff King, May 7, 2013
  44. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2013
  45. Jeff KingMay 7, 2013

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