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Re: [PATCH 3/4] repack: use tempfiles for signal cleanup

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 22, 2022, 00:11 UTC
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 07:24:46PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> > > @@ -1020,14 +1011,14 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> > >  			fname_old = mkpathdup("%s-%s%s",
> > >  					packtmp, item->string, exts[ext].name);
> > >  
> > > -			if (data->exts[ext]) {
> > > +			if (data->tempfiles[ext]) {
> > >  				struct stat statbuffer;
> > >  				if (!stat(fname_old, &statbuffer)) {
> > >  					statbuffer.st_mode &= ~(S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH);
> > >  					chmod(fname_old, statbuffer.st_mode);
> > >  				}
> > >  
> > > -				if (rename(fname_old, fname))
> > > +				if (rename_tempfile(&data->tempfiles[ext], fname))
> > >  					die_errno(_("renaming '%s' failed"), fname_old);
> > 
> > It now got a bit confusing that we have 'fname', 'fname_old', and
> > the tempfile.  The path.buf used as the argument to register_tempfile()
> > matches what is used to compute fname_old above.  I wonder if tempfile
> > API does not give us that name so that we can stop using fname_old here?
> 
> It does, and we probably should use get_tempfile_path() in the error
> message here.

Gah, this is not quite true. If the rename fails, we clean up the tempfile struct entirely, and that invalidates the pointer. I think it is OK to just report "fname" in this case, though, which is what most callers do. Arguably the tempfile API should leave the tempfile in place on a failed rename, letting the callers decide themselves how to handle things. In most cases they'll just exit anyway, which will clean up the tempfile.

I also didn't notice that we do some mode-twiddling on fname_old. But I think if the code becomes (inside this conditional block, once we stop using it in the other half):

  const char *fname_old = get_tempfile_path(data->tempfiles[ext]);
then those lines don't even need to change.
-Peff
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  1. 0/4 repack tempfile-cleanup signal deadlockJeff King, Oct 21, 2022
  2. 1/4 repack: convert "names" util bitfield to arrayJeff King, Oct 21, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2022
  4. Taylor BlauOct 21, 2022
  5. Jeff KingOct 21, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2022
  7. Jeff KingOct 21, 2022
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2022
  9. Jeff KingOct 22, 2022
  10. 2/4 repack: populate extension bits incrementallyJeff King, Oct 21, 2022
  11. Taylor BlauOct 21, 2022
  12. Jeff KingOct 21, 2022
  13. Taylor BlauOct 21, 2022
  14. Jeff KingOct 21, 2022
  15. 3/4 repack: use tempfiles for signal cleanupJeff King, Oct 21, 2022
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2022
  17. Jeff KingOct 21, 2022
  18. Taylor BlauOct 21, 2022
  19. Jeff KingOct 22, 2022
  20. Jeff KingOct 22, 2022
  21. 4/4 repack: drop remove_temporary_files()Jeff King, Oct 21, 2022
  22. Taylor BlauOct 21, 2022
  23. 0/5 repack tempfile-cleanup signal deadlockJeff King, Oct 22, 2022
  24. 1/5 repack: convert "names" util bitfield to arrayJeff King, Oct 22, 2022
  25. 2/5 repack: populate extension bits incrementallyJeff King, Oct 22, 2022
  26. 3/5 repack: expand error message for missing pack filesJeff King, Oct 22, 2022
  27. 4/5 repack: use tempfiles for signal cleanupJeff King, Oct 22, 2022
  28. Jeff KingOct 22, 2022
  29. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2022
  30. Jeff KingOct 23, 2022
  31. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2022
  32. Jeff KingOct 23, 2022
  33. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2022
  34. 5/5 repack: drop remove_temporary_files()Jeff King, Oct 22, 2022

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