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[PATCH 5/9] wrapper: add support for timeout and deadline in read helpers

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Siddh Raman Pant <siddh.raman.pant@oracle.com>
Date
May 19, 2026, 16:30 UTC
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Add read helpers which allow a caller to enforce a timeout per read, and a deadline for the read in case multiple reads have to be done under a common timeout.

Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5-xhigh-fast
Signed-off-by: Siddh Raman Pant <siddh.raman.pant@oracle.com>
---
 strbuf.c  |  26 +++++++++-
 strbuf.h  |   4 ++
 wrapper.c | 139 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 wrapper.h |  23 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 3e04addc22fe..b3fc7c624aa2 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -749,13 +749,15 @@ int strbuf_getline_nul(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp)
 	return strbuf_getdelim(sb, fp, '\0');
 }
 
-int strbuf_getwholeline_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term)
+static int strbuf_getwholeline_fd_with(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term,
+				       xread_cb_t xread_cb,
+				       void *cb_data)
 {
 	strbuf_reset(sb);
 
 	while (1) {
 		char ch;
-		ssize_t len = xread(fd, &ch, 1);
+		ssize_t len = xread_cb(fd, &ch, 1, cb_data);
 		if (len <= 0)
 			return EOF;
 		strbuf_addch(sb, ch);
@@ -765,6 +767,26 @@ int strbuf_getwholeline_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int strbuf_getwholeline_fd_deadline(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term,
+				    uint64_t deadline_ns)
+{
+	return strbuf_getwholeline_fd_with(sb, fd, term, xread_deadline_fn,
+					   &deadline_ns);
+}
+
+int strbuf_getwholeline_fd_timeout(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term,
+				   int timeout_ms)
+{
+	return strbuf_getwholeline_fd_with(sb, fd, term, xread_timeout_fn,
+					   &timeout_ms);
+}
+
+/* Non-timeout version for compatibility. */
+int strbuf_getwholeline_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term)
+{
+	return strbuf_getwholeline_fd_timeout(sb, fd, term, 0);
+}
+
 ssize_t strbuf_read_file(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 {
 	int fd;
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 06e284f9cca4..f896da1277a6 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -535,6 +535,10 @@ int strbuf_appendwholeline(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *file, int term);
  * descriptor.
  */
 int strbuf_getwholeline_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term);
+int strbuf_getwholeline_fd_timeout(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term,
+				   int timeout_ms);
+int strbuf_getwholeline_fd_deadline(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term,
+				    uint64_t deadline_ns);
 
 /**
  * Set the buffer to the path of the current working directory.
diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index 1349255f1eb4..3e0d65724e47 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "parse.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include <time.h>
 
@@ -221,28 +222,129 @@ static int handle_nonblock(int fd, short poll_events, int err)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/*
- * xread() is the same a read(), but it automatically restarts read()
- * operations with a recoverable error (EAGAIN and EINTR). xread()
+static int wait_for_fd(int fd, short poll_events, int timeout_ms)
+{
+	struct pollfd pfd;
+
+	if (timeout_ms < 0) {
+		/* Negative timeout makes no sense. */
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	pfd.fd = fd;
+	pfd.events = poll_events;
+
+	while(1) {
+		int ret = poll(&pfd, 1, timeout_ms);
+
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			/* Retry if interrupted. */
+			if (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+
+			/* Set errno if timeout happened. */
+			if (ret == 0)
+				errno = ETIMEDOUT;
+
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		/* Invalid FD passed. */
+		if (pfd.revents & POLLNVAL) {
+			errno = EBADF;
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		/* Some error happened. */
+		if (pfd.revents & POLLERR) {
+			errno = EIO;
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		/* HangUp => We are ready to consume output till EOF. */
+		if (pfd.revents & (poll_events | POLLHUP))
+			return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * xread_timeout() is the same as read(), but it automatically restarts read()
+ * operations with a recoverable error (EAGAIN and EINTR). xread_timeout()
  * DOES NOT GUARANTEE that "len" bytes is read even if the data is available.
+ *
+ * Fails with ETIMEDOUT when no bytes become available within timeout_ms
+ * milliseconds. A zero timeout disables timeout handling, so reads can
+ * block until the file descriptor is readable. Negative timeouts are invalid.
  */
-ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len)
+ssize_t xread_timeout(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, int timeout_ms)
 {
 	ssize_t nr;
+
 	if (len > MAX_IO_SIZE)
 		len = MAX_IO_SIZE;
+
 	while (1) {
+		if (timeout_ms && wait_for_fd(fd, POLLIN, timeout_ms))
+			return -1;
+
 		nr = read(fd, buf, len);
+
 		if (nr < 0) {
 			if (errno == EINTR)
 				continue;
-			if (handle_nonblock(fd, POLLIN, errno))
-				continue;
+
+			if (timeout_ms) {
+				if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+					continue;
+			} else {
+				if (handle_nonblock(fd, POLLIN, errno))
+					continue;
+			}
 		}
+
 		return nr;
 	}
 }
 
+/* Non-timeout version for compatibility. */
+ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	return xread_timeout(fd, buf, len, 0);
+}
+
+static int remaining_timeout_ms(uint64_t deadline_ns)
+{
+	uint64_t now, remaining_ns;
+
+	if (!deadline_ns)
+		return 0;
+
+	now = getnanotime();
+	if (now >= deadline_ns) {
+		errno = ETIMEDOUT;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	remaining_ns = deadline_ns - now;
+	return (int)((remaining_ns + 999999ULL) / 1000000ULL);
+}
+
+/* (deadline_ns = 0) disables the deadline and short-circuits to xread(). */
+ssize_t xread_deadline(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, uint64_t deadline_ns)
+{
+	int timeout_ms;
+
+	if (deadline_ns == 0)
+		return xread(fd, buf, len);
+
+	timeout_ms = remaining_timeout_ms(deadline_ns);
+	if (timeout_ms < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return xread_timeout(fd, buf, len, timeout_ms);
+}
+
 /*
  * xwrite() is the same a write(), but it automatically restarts write()
  * operations with a recoverable error (EAGAIN and EINTR). xwrite() DOES NOT
@@ -284,13 +386,15 @@ ssize_t xpread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
 	}
 }
 
-ssize_t read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t read_in_full_with(int fd, void *buf, size_t count,
+				 xread_cb_t xread_cb,
+				 void *cb_data)
 {
 	char *p = buf;
 	ssize_t total = 0;
 
 	while (count > 0) {
-		ssize_t loaded = xread(fd, p, count);
+		ssize_t loaded = xread_cb(fd, p, count, cb_data);
 		if (loaded < 0)
 			return -1;
 		if (loaded == 0)
@@ -303,6 +407,25 @@ ssize_t read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
 	return total;
 }
 
+ssize_t read_in_full_deadline(int fd, void *buf, size_t count,
+			      uint64_t deadline_ns)
+{
+	return read_in_full_with(fd, buf, count, xread_deadline_fn,
+				 &deadline_ns);
+}
+
+ssize_t read_in_full_timeout(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, int timeout_ms)
+{
+	return read_in_full_with(fd, buf, count, xread_timeout_fn,
+				 &timeout_ms);
+}
+
+/* Non-timeout version for compatibility. */
+ssize_t read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	return read_in_full_timeout(fd, buf, count, 0);
+}
+
 ssize_t write_in_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	const char *p = buf;
diff --git a/wrapper.h b/wrapper.h
index c39992893a81..f8592599216a 100644
--- a/wrapper.h
+++ b/wrapper.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const char *mmap_os_err(void);
 void *xmmap_gently(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);
 int xopen(const char *path, int flags, ...);
 ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len);
+ssize_t xread_timeout(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, int timeout_ms);
+ssize_t xread_deadline(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, uint64_t deadline_ns);
 ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len);
 ssize_t xpread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset);
 int xdup(int fd);
@@ -44,9 +46,30 @@ int git_mkstemps_mode(char *pattern, int suffix_len, int mode);
 int git_mkstemp_mode(char *pattern, int mode);
 
 ssize_t read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
+ssize_t read_in_full_timeout(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, int timeout_ms);
+ssize_t read_in_full_deadline(int fd, void *buf, size_t count,
+			      uint64_t deadline_ns);
 ssize_t write_in_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
 ssize_t pread_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
 
+typedef ssize_t xread_cb_t(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, const void *cb_data);
+
+static inline ssize_t xread_timeout_fn(int fd, void *buf, size_t len,
+				       const void *cb_data)
+{
+	const int *timeout_ms = cb_data;
+
+	return xread_timeout(fd, buf, len, *timeout_ms);
+}
+
+static inline ssize_t xread_deadline_fn(int fd, void *buf, size_t len,
+					const void *cb_data)
+{
+	const uint64_t *deadline_ns = cb_data;
+
+	return xread_deadline(fd, buf, len, *deadline_ns);
+}
+
 static inline ssize_t write_str_in_full(int fd, const char *str)
 {
 	return write_in_full(fd, str, strlen(str));
-- 
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