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Re: [PATCH v2] dir.c: ignore paths containing .git when invalidating untracked cache

From
Ben Peart <peartben@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 7, 2018, 16:59 UTC
Message-ID
<c755e388-89a5-fc0f-f872-16fd5d5686b0@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20180207092141.4312-2-pclouds@gmail.com>
On 2/7/2018 4:21 AM, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
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> read_directory() code ignores all paths named ".git" even if it's not
> a valid git repository. See treat_path() for details. Since ".git" is
> basically invisible to read_directory(), when we are asked to
> invalidate a path that contains ".git", we can safely ignore it
> because the slow path would not consider it anyway.
> 
> This helps when fsmonitor is used and we have a real ".git" repo at
> worktree top. Occasionally .git/index will be updated and if the
> fsmonitor hook does not filter it, untracked cache is asked to
> invalidate the path ".git/index".
> 
> Without this patch, we invalidate the root directory unncessarily,
> which:
> 
> - makes read_directory() fall back to slow path for root directory
>    (slower)
> 
> - makes the index dirty (because UNTR extension is updated). Depending
>    on the index size, writing it down could also be slow.
> 
Thank you again, this patch makes much more sense to me.
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> A note about the new "safe_path" knob. Since this new check could be
> relatively expensive, avoid it when we know it's not needed. If the
> path comes from the index, it can't contain ".git". If it does
> contain, we may be screwed up at many more levels, not just this one.
> 

I do have a simplifying suggestion to make. I noticed that other uses of verify_path() check when the potentially erroneous path is passed in and then all the underlying code can assume it is valid. I think that makes sense here as well and it makes for a smaller patch.

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> diff --git a/fsmonitor.h b/fsmonitor.h
> index cd3cc0ccf2..65f3743636 100644
> --- a/fsmonitor.h
> +++ b/fsmonitor.h
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static inline void mark_fsmonitor_invalid(struct index_state *istate, struct cac
>   {
>   	if (core_fsmonitor) {
>   		ce->ce_flags &= ~CE_FSMONITOR_VALID;
> -		untracked_cache_invalidate_path(istate, ce->name);
> +		untracked_cache_invalidate_path(istate, ce->name, 1);

This test isn't needed because we're pulling the name right out of the cache entry so it doesn't need to be verified.

Here is a modified version of your patch for consideration:
================

read_directory() code ignores all paths named ".git" even if it's not a valid git repository. See treat_path() for details. Since ".git" is basically invisible to read_directory(), when we are asked to invalidate a path that contains ".git", we can safely ignore it because the slow path would not consider it anyway.

This helps when fsmonitor is used and we have a real ".git" repo at worktree top. Occasionally .git/index will be updated and if the fsmonitor hook does not filter it, untracked cache is asked to invalidate the path ".git/index".

Without this patch, we invalidate the root directory unnecessarily, which:

- makes read_directory() fall back to slow path for root directory
   (slower)
- makes the index dirty (because UNTR extension is updated). Depending
   on the index size, writing it down could also be slow.
Noticed-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>
---
Notes:
     Base Ref: master
     Web-Diff: https://github.com/benpeart/git/commit/218a577618
     Checkout: git fetch https://github.com/benpeart/git verify_path-v1 
&& git checkout 218a577618
  dir.c                       |  2 +-
  fsmonitor.c                 |  6 +++++-
  t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 7c4b45e30e..d431da46f5 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ static enum path_treatment treat_path(struct 
dir_struct *dir,
  	if (!de)
  		return treat_path_fast(dir, untracked, cdir, istate, path,
  				       baselen, pathspec);
-	if (is_dot_or_dotdot(de->d_name) || !strcmp(de->d_name, ".git"))
+	if (is_dot_or_dotdot(de->d_name) || !fspathcmp(de->d_name, ".git"))
  		return path_none;
  	strbuf_setlen(path, baselen);
  	strbuf_addstr(path, de->d_name);
diff --git a/fsmonitor.c b/fsmonitor.c
index 0af7c4edba..019576f306 100644
--- a/fsmonitor.c
+++ b/fsmonitor.c
@@ -118,8 +118,12 @@ static int query_fsmonitor(int version, uint64_t 
last_update, struct strbuf *que

  static void fsmonitor_refresh_callback(struct index_state *istate, 
const char *name)
  {
-	int pos = index_name_pos(istate, name, strlen(name));
+	int pos;

+	if (!verify_path(name))
+		return;
+
+	pos = index_name_pos(istate, name, strlen(name));
  	if (pos >= 0) {
  		struct cache_entry *ce = istate->cache[pos];
  		ce->ce_flags &= ~CE_FSMONITOR_VALID;
diff --git a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
index eb2d13bbcf..756beb0d8e 100755
--- a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
+++ b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
@@ -314,4 +314,43 @@ test_expect_success 'splitting the index results in 
the same state' '
  	test_cmp expect actual
  '

+test_expect_success UNTRACKED_CACHE 'ignore .git changes when 
invalidating UNTR' '
+	test_create_repo dot-git &&
+	(
+		cd dot-git &&
+		mkdir -p .git/hooks &&
+		: >tracked &&
+		: >modified &&
+		mkdir dir1 &&
+		: >dir1/tracked &&
+		: >dir1/modified &&
+		mkdir dir2 &&
+		: >dir2/tracked &&
+		: >dir2/modified &&
+		write_integration_script &&
+		git config core.fsmonitor .git/hooks/fsmonitor-test &&
+		git update-index --untracked-cache &&
+		git update-index --fsmonitor &&
+		GIT_TRACE_UNTRACKED_STATS="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace-before" \
+		git status &&
+		test-dump-untracked-cache >../before
+	) &&
+	cat >>dot-git/.git/hooks/fsmonitor-test <<-\EOF &&
+	printf ".git\0"
+	printf ".git/index\0"
+	printf "dir1/.git\0"
+	printf "dir1/.git/index\0"
+	EOF
+	(
+		cd dot-git &&
+		GIT_TRACE_UNTRACKED_STATS="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace-after" \
+		git status &&
+		test-dump-untracked-cache >../after
+	) &&
+	grep "directory invalidation" trace-before >>before &&
+	grep "directory invalidation" trace-after >>after &&
+	# UNTR extension unchanged, dir invalidation count unchanged
+	test_cmp before after
+'
+
  test_done

base-commit: 5be1f00a9a701532232f57958efab4be8c959a29
-- 
2.15.0.windows.1
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  14. Johannes SchindelinJan 28, 2018
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 28, 2018
  16. Ben PeartJan 30, 2018
  17. Duy NguyenJan 31, 2018
  18. dir.c: ignore paths containing .git when invalidating untracked cacheNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2018
  19. Ben PeartFeb 5, 2018
  20. Duy NguyenFeb 6, 2018
  21. dir.c: ignore paths containing .git when invalidating untracked cacheNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 7, 2018
  22. dir.c: ignore paths containing .git when invalidating untracked cacheNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 7, 2018
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  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2018
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