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[PATCH 2/6] fetch-pack: truly stop negotiation upon ACK ready

From
JTJonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Date
Jun 4, 2018, 17:29 UTC
Message-ID
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When "ACK %s ready" is received, find_common() clears rev_list in an attempt to stop further "have" lines from being sent [1]. This appears to work, despite the invocation to mark_common() in the "while" loop. Though it is possible for mark_common() to invoke rev_list_push() (thus making rev_list non-empty once more), it is more likely that the commits in rev_list that have un-SEEN parents are also unparsed, meaning that mark_common() is not invoked on them.

To avoid all this uncertainty, it is better to explicitly end the loop when "ACK %s ready" is received instead of clearing rev_list. Remove the clearing of rev_list and write "if (got_ready) break;" instead.

The corresponding code for protocol v2 in process_acks() does not have the same problem, because the invoker of process_acks() (do_fetch_pack_v2()) proceeds immediately to processing the packfile upon "ACK %s ready". The clearing of rev_list here is thus redundant, and this patch also removes it.

[1] The rationale is further described in the originating commit f2cba9299b ("fetch-pack: Finish negotation if remote replies "ACK %s ready"", 2011-03-14).

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
---
 fetch-pack.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 1358973a4..2d090f612 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -517,10 +517,8 @@ static int find_common(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 					mark_common(commit, 0, 1);
 					retval = 0;
 					got_continue = 1;
-					if (ack == ACK_ready) {
-						clear_prio_queue(&rev_list);
+					if (ack == ACK_ready)
 						got_ready = 1;
-					}
 					break;
 					}
 				}
@@ -530,6 +528,8 @@ static int find_common(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 				print_verbose(args, _("giving up"));
 				break; /* give up */
 			}
+			if (got_ready)
+				break;
 		}
 	}
 done:
@@ -1281,7 +1281,6 @@ static int process_acks(struct packet_reader *reader, struct oidset *common)
 		}
 
 		if (!strcmp(reader->line, "ready")) {
-			clear_prio_queue(&rev_list);
 			received_ready = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
2.17.0.768.g1526ddbba1.dirty
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  2. 1/6 fetch-pack: clear marks before everything_local()Jonathan Tan, Jun 4, 2018
  3. Jonathan NiederJun 5, 2018
  4. Jonathan TanJun 6, 2018
  5. 2/6 fetch-pack: truly stop negotiation upon ACK readyJonathan Tan, Jun 4, 2018
  6. Jonathan NiederJun 5, 2018
  7. Jonathan NiederJun 5, 2018
  8. Jonathan TanJun 6, 2018
  9. 3/6 fetch-pack: in protocol v2, enqueue commons firstJonathan Tan, Jun 4, 2018
  10. Jonathan NiederJun 5, 2018
  11. Jonathan TanJun 6, 2018
  12. 4/6 fetch-pack: make negotiation-related vars localJonathan Tan, Jun 4, 2018
  13. Jonathan NiederJun 5, 2018
  14. Jonathan TanJun 6, 2018
  15. 5/6 fetch-pack: move common check and marking togetherJonathan Tan, Jun 4, 2018
  16. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2018
  17. Jonathan TanJun 6, 2018
  18. 6/6 fetch-pack: introduce negotiator APIJonathan Tan, Jun 4, 2018
  19. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2018
  20. Jonathan TanJun 6, 2018
  21. 0/8 Refactor fetch negotiation into its own APIJonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  22. 1/8 fetch-pack: split up everything_local()Jonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  23. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2018
  24. 2/8 fetch-pack: clear marks before re-markingJonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  25. 4/8 fetch-pack: use ref adv. to prune "have" sentJonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  26. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2018
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2018
  28. 5/8 fetch-pack: make negotiation-related vars localJonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  29. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2018
  30. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2018
  31. 6/8 fetch-pack: move common check and marking togetherJonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  32. 8/8 negotiator/default: use better style in commentsJonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  33. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2018
  34. 7/8 fetch-pack: introduce negotiator APIJonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  35. 3/8 fetch-pack: directly end negotiation if ACK readyJonathan Tan, Jun 6, 2018
  36. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2018
  37. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2018
  38. 0/7 Refactor fetch negotiation into its own APIJonathan Tan, Jun 14, 2018
  39. 1/7 fetch-pack: split up everything_local()Jonathan Tan, Jun 14, 2018
  40. 2/7 fetch-pack: clear marks before re-markingJonathan Tan, Jun 14, 2018
  41. 3/7 fetch-pack: directly end negotiation if ACK readyJonathan Tan, Jun 14, 2018
  42. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2018
  43. 4/7 fetch-pack: use ref adv. to prune "have" sentJonathan Tan, Jun 14, 2018
  44. 5/7 fetch-pack: make negotiation-related vars localJonathan Tan, Jun 14, 2018
  45. 6/7 fetch-pack: move common check and marking togetherJonathan Tan, Jun 14, 2018
  46. 7/7 fetch-pack: introduce negotiator APIJonathan Tan, Jun 14, 2018
  47. Brandon WilliamsJun 25, 2018

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