From: Johannes Sixt Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:35:22 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 21/25] sequencer: refactor write_message() Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Am 11.09.2016 um 12:55 schrieb Johannes Schindelin: > -static int write_message(struct strbuf *msgbuf, const char *filename) > +static int write_with_lock_file(const char *filename, > + const void *buf, size_t len, int append_eol) > { > static struct lock_file msg_file; > > int msg_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&msg_file, filename, 0); > if (msg_fd < 0) > return error_errno(_("Could not lock '%s'"), filename); > - if (write_in_full(msg_fd, msgbuf->buf, msgbuf->len) < 0) > - return error_errno(_("Could not write to %s"), filename); > - strbuf_release(msgbuf); > + if (write_in_full(msg_fd, buf, len) < 0) > + return error_errno(_("Could not write to '%s'"), filename); > + if (append_eol && write(msg_fd, "\n", 1) < 0) > + return error_errno(_("Could not write eol to '%s"), filename); > if (commit_lock_file(&msg_file) < 0) > return error(_("Error wrapping up %s."), filename); > > return 0; > } The two error paths in the added lines should both rollback_lock_file(&msg_file); , I think. But I do notice that this is not exactly new, so... -- Hannes