Re: [PATCH 14/20] unpack_entry(): convert to new revindex API
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Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
- Date
- Jan 12, 2021, 16:56 UTC
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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 04:22:26AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> We have "pos" and "nr". What's the difference? :) > > I think pack_pos and index_pos might be harder to get confused.
Much clearer, thanks.
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> > + off_t len;
> > +
> > + if (offset_to_pack_pos(p, obj_offset, &pos) < 0) {
> > + data = NULL;
> > + goto out;
> > + }
>
> Nice to see the error check here. As with the previous commit, we
> probably want to error(), just as we would for errors below.Yup, good call.
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> Do we also need to call mark_bad_packed_object()? I guess we can't, > because we only have the offset, and not the oid (the code below uses > nth_packed_object_id(), but it is relying on the revindex, which we know > just failed to work). > > I'm just wondering if an error here is going to put us into an infinite > loop of retrying the lookup in the same pack over and over. Let's > see...our caller is ultimately packed_object_info(), but it too does not > have the oid. It returns an error up to do_oid_object_info_extended(). > Which yes, does mark_bad_packed_object() itself. Good. So I think we are > fine, and arguably these lower-level calls to mark_bad_packed_object() > are not necessary. But they do not hurt either.
Thanks, this rationale is helpful to have. I included an abridged version of it in the patch message.
> -Peff
Thanks, Taylor