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Re: [PATCHv2 3/4] bundle: don't leak an fd in case of early return

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Apr 1, 2016, 00:25 UTC
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> wrote:
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> From: "Stefan Beller" <sbeller@google.com>
>>
>> In successful operation `write_pack_data` will close the `bundle_fd`,
>> but when we exit early, we need to take care of the file descriptor
>> as well as the lock file ourselves. The lock file may be deleted at the
>> end of running the program, but we are in library code, so we should
>> not rely on that.
>>
>> Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
>
>
> Has this been tested on Windows? I had a similar problem very recently
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/git-for-windows/6LPxf9xZKhI/-s7XD18yCwAJ
> where a bad rev-list-arg would cause the `bundle create` to die, and, on
> windows, leave the incomplete bundle file locked.
>
> dscho suggested one possible solution for that, but I haven't had any time
> to try any patches.

I think with Jeffs suggestion to only rollback the lock in case of (!bundle_to_stdout) we're not making it worse. I do not have a Windows machine at hand to test it :(

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Message 15 of 20 in “[PATCHv2 0/4] Some cleanups”
  1. Stefan BellerMar 30, 2016
  2. 1/4 notes: don't leak memory in git_config_get_notes_strategyStefan Beller, Mar 30, 2016
  3. Eric SunshineMar 30, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2016
  5. Stefan BellerMar 30, 2016
  6. Jeff KingMar 31, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2016
  8. 2/4 abbrev_sha1_in_line: don't leak memoryStefan Beller, Mar 30, 2016
  9. Eric SunshineMar 30, 2016
  10. 3/4 bundle: don't leak an fd in case of early returnStefan Beller, Mar 30, 2016
  11. Jeff KingMar 30, 2016
  12. Eric SunshineMar 30, 2016
  13. Stefan BellerMar 31, 2016
  14. Philip OakleyMar 31, 2016
  15. Stefan BellerApr 1, 2016
  16. Philip OakleyApr 1, 2016
  17. 4/4 credential-cache, send_request: close fd when doneStefan Beller, Mar 30, 2016
  18. Jeff KingMar 30, 2016
  19. Stefan BellerMar 30, 2016
  20. Jeff KingMar 30, 2016

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