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[PATCH v2 0/2] When fetching, die if in commit graph but not obj db

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JTJonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Date
Oct 31, 2024, 21:18 UTC
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Thanks everyone for your review comments. I've updated the patch 1 commit message as Josh requested. I'll reply individually to comments on patch 2.

Jonathan Tan (2):
  Revert "fetch-pack: add a deref_without_lazy_fetch_extended()"
  fetch-pack: warn if in commit graph but not obj db
 fetch-pack.c                               | 42 +++++++++++-----------
 t/t5330-no-lazy-fetch-with-commit-graph.sh |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v1:
1:  4dea8933cf ! 1:  34e87b8388 Revert "fetch-pack: add a deref_without_lazy_fetch_extended()"
    @@ Commit message
     
         This reverts commit a6e65fb39caf18259c660c1c7910d5bf80bc15cb.
     
    +    This revert simplifies the next patch in this patch set.
    +
         The commit message of that commit mentions that the new function "will
         be used for the bundle-uri client in a subsequent commit", but it seems
         that eventually it wasn't used.
2:  1027ff2cb7 ! 2:  631b9a8677 fetch-pack: warn if in commit graph but not obj db
    @@ Commit message
         action, because the object is present in the commit graph file but not in
         the object DB.
     
    -    Therefore, detect when this occurs and print a warning. (Note that
    -    we cannot proceed to include this object in the list of objects to
    -    be fetched without changing at least the fetch negotiation code:
    -    what would happen is that the client will send "want X" and "have X"
    -    and when I tested at $DAYJOB with a work server that uses JGit, the
    -    server reasonably returned an empty packfile. And changing the fetch
    -    negotiation code to only use the object DB when deciding what to report
    -    as "have" would be an unnecessary slowdown, I think.)
    +    Therefore, make it a fatal error when this occurs. (Note that we cannot
    +    proceed to include this object in the list of objects to be fetched
    +    without changing at least the fetch negotiation code: what would happen
    +    is that the client will send "want X" and "have X" and when I tested
    +    at $DAYJOB with a work server that uses JGit, the server reasonably
    +    returned an empty packfile. And changing the fetch negotiation code to
    +    only use the object DB when deciding what to report as "have" would be
    +    an unnecessary slowdown, I think.)
     
         This was discovered when a lazy fetch of a missing commit completed with
         nothing actually fetched, and the writing of the commit graph file after
         every fetch then attempted to read said missing commit, triggering a
         lazy fetch of said missing commit, resulting in an infinite loop with no
         user-visible indication (until they check the list of processes running
    -    on their computer). With this fix, at least a warning message will be
    -    printed. Note that although the repo corruption we discovered was caused
    -    by a bug in GC in a partial clone, the behavior that this patch teaches
    -    Git to warn about applies to any repo with commit graph enabled and with
    -    a missing commit, whether it is a partial clone or not.
    +    on their computer). With this fix, there is no infinite loop. Note that
    +    although the repo corruption we discovered was caused by a bug in GC in
    +    a partial clone, the behavior that this patch teaches Git to warn about
    +    applies to any repo with commit graph enabled and with a missing commit,
    +    whether it is a partial clone or not.
    +
    +    t5330, introduced in 3a1ea94a49 (commit-graph.c: no lazy fetch in
    +    lookup_commit_in_graph(), 2022-07-01), tests that an interaction between
    +    fetch and the commit graph does not cause an infinite loop. This patch
    +    changes the exit code in that situation, so that test had to be changed.
     
         Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
     
      ## fetch-pack.c ##
    -@@ fetch-pack.c: static struct string_list uri_protocols = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
    - #define ALTERNATE	(1U << 1)
    - #define COMMON		(1U << 6)
    - #define REACH_SCRATCH	(1U << 7)
    -+#define COMPLETE_FROM_COMMIT_GRAPH	(1U << 8)
    - 
    - /*
    -  * After sending this many "have"s if we do not get any new ACK , we
     @@ fetch-pack.c: static void for_each_cached_alternate(struct fetch_negotiator *negotiator,
    + 		cb(negotiator, cache.items[i]);
      }
      
    ++static void die_in_commit_graph_only(const struct object_id *oid)
    ++{
    ++	die(_("You are attempting to fetch %s, which is in the commit graph file but not in the object database.\n"
    ++	      "This is probably due to repo corruption.\n"
    ++	      "If you are attempting to repair this repo corruption by refetching the missing object, use 'git fetch --refetch' with the missing object."),
    ++	      oid_to_hex(oid));
    ++}
    ++
      static struct commit *deref_without_lazy_fetch(const struct object_id *oid,
     -					       int mark_tags_complete)
    -+					       int mark_additional_complete_information)
    ++					       int mark_tags_complete_and_check_obj_db)
      {
      	enum object_type type;
      	struct object_info info = { .typep = &type };
    @@ fetch-pack.c: static void for_each_cached_alternate(struct fetch_negotiator *neg
      	commit = lookup_commit_in_graph(the_repository, oid);
     -	if (commit)
     +	if (commit) {
    -+		if (mark_additional_complete_information)
    -+			commit->object.flags |= COMPLETE_FROM_COMMIT_GRAPH;
    ++		if (mark_tags_complete_and_check_obj_db) {
    ++			if (!has_object(the_repository, oid, 0))
    ++				die_in_commit_graph_only(oid);
    ++		}
      		return commit;
     +	}
      
    @@ fetch-pack.c: static struct commit *deref_without_lazy_fetch(const struct object
      			if (!tag->tagged)
      				return NULL;
     -			if (mark_tags_complete)
    -+			if (mark_additional_complete_information)
    ++			if (mark_tags_complete_and_check_obj_db)
      				tag->object.flags |= COMPLETE;
      			oid = &tag->tagged->oid;
      		} else {
    -@@ fetch-pack.c: static void mark_complete_and_common_ref(struct fetch_negotiator *negotiator,
    - 	save_commit_buffer = old_save_commit_buffer;
    - }
    - 
    -+static void warn_in_commit_graph_only(const struct object_id *oid)
    -+{
    -+	warning(_("You are attempting to fetch %s, which is in the commit graph file but not in the object database."),
    -+		oid_to_hex(oid));
    -+	warning(_("This is probably due to repo corruption."));
    -+	warning(_("If you are attempting to repair this repo corruption by refetching the missing object, use 'git fetch --refetch' with the missing object."));
    -+}
    -+
    - /*
    -  * Returns 1 if every object pointed to by the given remote refs is available
    -  * locally and reachable from a local ref, and 0 otherwise.
    -@@ fetch-pack.c: static int everything_local(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
    - 				      ref->name);
    - 			continue;
    - 		}
    -+		if (o->flags & COMPLETE_FROM_COMMIT_GRAPH) {
    -+			if (!has_object(the_repository, remote, 0))
    -+				warn_in_commit_graph_only(remote);
    -+		}
    - 		print_verbose(args, _("already have %s (%s)"), oid_to_hex(remote),
    - 			      ref->name);
    - 	}
     
    - ## object.h ##
    -@@ object.h: void object_array_init(struct object_array *array);
    - /*
    -  * object flag allocation:
    -  * revision.h:               0---------10         15               23------27
    -- * fetch-pack.c:             01    67
    -+ * fetch-pack.c:             01    6-8
    -  * negotiator/default.c:       2--5
    -  * walker.c:                 0-2
    -  * upload-pack.c:                4       11-----14  16-----19
    + ## t/t5330-no-lazy-fetch-with-commit-graph.sh ##
    +@@ t/t5330-no-lazy-fetch-with-commit-graph.sh: test_expect_success 'fetch any commit from promisor with the usage of the commit
    + 	test_commit -C with-commit any-commit &&
    + 	anycommit=$(git -C with-commit rev-parse HEAD) &&
    + 	GIT_TRACE="$(pwd)/trace.txt" \
    +-		git -C with-commit-graph fetch origin $anycommit 2>err &&
    ++		test_must_fail git -C with-commit-graph fetch origin $anycommit 2>err &&
    + 	! grep "fatal: promisor-remote: unable to fork off fetch subprocess" err &&
    + 	grep "git fetch origin" trace.txt >actual &&
    + 	test_line_count = 1 actual
-- 
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  1. promisor-remote: always JIT fetch with --refetchEmily Shaffer, Oct 3, 2024
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2024
  3. Robert CoupOct 7, 2024
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2024
  5. Emily ShafferOct 11, 2024
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  7. fetch-pack: don't mark COMPLETE unless we have the full objectEmily Shaffer, Oct 23, 2024
  8. Emily ShafferOct 23, 2024
  9. Taylor BlauOct 23, 2024
  10. Jonathan TanOct 28, 2024
  11. 0/2 When fetching, warn if in commit graph but not obj dbJonathan Tan, Oct 29, 2024
  12. 1/2 Revert "fetch-pack: add a deref_without_lazy_fetch_extended()"Jonathan Tan, Oct 29, 2024
  13. Josh SteadmonOct 30, 2024
  14. 2/2 fetch-pack: warn if in commit graph but not obj dbJonathan Tan, Oct 29, 2024
  15. Josh SteadmonOct 30, 2024
  16. Jonathan TanOct 31, 2024
  17. Taylor BlauOct 31, 2024
  18. Jonathan TanOct 31, 2024
  19. Taylor BlauNov 1, 2024
  20. Jonathan TanNov 1, 2024
  21. Josh SteadmonOct 30, 2024
  22. 0/2 When fetching, die if in commit graph but not obj dbJonathan Tan, Oct 31, 2024
  23. 1/2 Revert "fetch-pack: add a deref_without_lazy_fetch_extended()"Jonathan Tan, Oct 31, 2024
  24. 2/2 fetch-pack: warn if in commit graph but not obj dbJonathan Tan, Oct 31, 2024
  25. Junio C HamanoNov 1, 2024
  26. Junio C HamanoNov 1, 2024
  27. Han XinNov 1, 2024
  28. Jonathan TanNov 1, 2024
  29. Jonathan TanNov 1, 2024
  30. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2024
  31. Jonathan TanNov 1, 2024
  32. Taylor BlauNov 1, 2024
  33. Jonathan TanNov 1, 2024
  34. Josh SteadmonOct 31, 2024
  35. 0/2 When fetching, die if in commit graph but not obj dbJonathan Tan, Nov 5, 2024
  36. 1/2 Revert "fetch-pack: add a deref_without_lazy_fetch_extended()"Jonathan Tan, Nov 5, 2024
  37. 2/2 fetch-pack: die if in commit graph but not obj dbJonathan Tan, Nov 5, 2024
  38. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2024

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