[PATCH v8 2/9] tmp-objdir: disable ref updates when replacing the primary odb

From: Neeraj Singh via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 4, 2021, 16:57 UTC
Message-ID: <bc08513734099decc96e7e4d8747e6e93aa435c6.1633366667.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1076.v8.git.git.1633366667.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Neeraj Singh <neerajsi@microsoft.com>

When creating a subprocess with a temporary ODB, we set the GIT_QUARANTINE_ENVIRONMENT env var to tell child Git processes not to update refs, since the tmp-objdir may go away.

Introduce a similar mechanism for in-process temporary ODBs when we call tmp_objdir_replace_primary_odb. Now both mechanisms set the disable_ref_updates flag on the odb, which is queried by the ref_transaction_prepare function.

Note: This change adds an assumption that the state of
the_repository is relevant for any ref transaction that might
be initiated. Unwinding this assumption should be straightforward
by saving the relevant repository to query in the transaction or
the ref_store.

Peff's test case was invoking ref updates via the cachetextconv setting. That particular code silently does nothing when a ref update is forbidden. See the call to notes_cache_put in fill_textconv where errors are ignored.

Reported-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>

Signed-off-by: Neeraj Singh <neerajsi@microsoft.com>
---
 environment.c  | 4 ++++
 object-file.c  | 6 ++++++
 object-store.h | 9 ++++++++-
 refs.c         | 2 +-
 repository.c   | 2 ++
 repository.h   | 1 +
 6 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index b4ba4fa22db..46ec5072c05 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ void setup_git_env(const char *git_dir)
 	args.graft_file = getenv_safe(&to_free, GRAFT_ENVIRONMENT);
 	args.index_file = getenv_safe(&to_free, INDEX_ENVIRONMENT);
 	args.alternate_db = getenv_safe(&to_free, ALTERNATE_DB_ENVIRONMENT);
+	if (getenv(GIT_QUARANTINE_ENVIRONMENT)) {
+		args.disable_ref_updates = 1;
+	}
+
 	repo_set_gitdir(the_repository, git_dir, &args);
 	strvec_clear(&to_free);
 
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index 990381abee5..f16441afb93 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -767,6 +767,12 @@ struct object_directory *set_temporary_primary_odb(const char *dir, int will_des
 	 */
 	new_odb = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*new_odb));
 	new_odb->path = xstrdup(dir);
+
+	/*
+	 * Disable ref updates while a temporary odb is active, since
+	 * the objects in the database may roll back.
+	 */
+	new_odb->disable_ref_updates = 1;
 	new_odb->will_destroy = will_destroy;
 	new_odb->next = the_repository->objects->odb;
 	the_repository->objects->odb = new_odb;
diff --git a/object-store.h b/object-store.h
index 74b1b5872a6..bd53bdf2f2e 100644
--- a/object-store.h
+++ b/object-store.h
@@ -27,10 +27,17 @@ struct object_directory {
 	uint32_t loose_objects_subdir_seen[8]; /* 256 bits */
 	struct oidtree *loose_objects_cache;
 
+	/*
+	 * This is a temporary object store created by the tmp_objdir
+	 * facility. Disable ref updates since the objects in the store
+	 * might be discarded on rollback.
+	 */
+	unsigned int disable_ref_updates : 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * This object store is ephemeral, so there is no need to fsync.
 	 */
-	int will_destroy;
+	unsigned int will_destroy : 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Path to the alternative object store. If this is a relative path,
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 8b9f7c3a80a..7c182607dcf 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@ int ref_transaction_prepare(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (getenv(GIT_QUARANTINE_ENVIRONMENT)) {
+	if (the_repository->objects->odb->disable_ref_updates) {
 		strbuf_addstr(err,
 			      _("ref updates forbidden inside quarantine environment"));
 		return -1;
diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
index 710a3b4bf87..18e0526da01 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ void repo_set_gitdir(struct repository *repo,
 	expand_base_dir(&repo->objects->odb->path, o->object_dir,
 			repo->commondir, "objects");
 
+	repo->objects->odb->disable_ref_updates = o->disable_ref_updates;
+
 	free(repo->objects->alternate_db);
 	repo->objects->alternate_db = xstrdup_or_null(o->alternate_db);
 	expand_base_dir(&repo->graft_file, o->graft_file,
diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h
index 3740c93bc0f..77316367d99 100644
--- a/repository.h
+++ b/repository.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ struct set_gitdir_args {
 	const char *graft_file;
 	const char *index_file;
 	const char *alternate_db;
+	int disable_ref_updates;
 };
 
 void repo_set_gitdir(struct repository *repo, const char *root,

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