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[PATCH 10/20] refs API: make files_copy_or_rename_ref() et al not set errno

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 14, 2021, 00:06 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-10.20-8753210f9cc-20211013T235900Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-00.20-00000000000-20211013T235900Z-avarab@gmail.com>

None of the callers of rename_ref() and copy_ref() care about errno, and as seen in the context here we already emit our own non-errno using error() in the case where we'd use it.

So let's have it explicitly ignore errno, and do the same in commit_ref_update(), which is only used within other code in files_copy_or_rename_ref() itself which doesn't care about errno either.

It might actually be sensible to have the callers use errno if the failure was filesystem-specific, and with the upcoming reftable backend we don't want to rely on that sort of thing, so let's keep ignoring that for now.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 refs/files-backend.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 1d27f915638..b3d4544dcf0 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -1410,9 +1410,9 @@ static int files_copy_or_rename_ref(struct ref_store *ref_store,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(&refs->base, oldrefname,
+	if (!refs_werrres_ref_unsafe(&refs->base, oldrefname,
 				     RESOLVE_REF_READING | RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE,
-				&orig_oid, &flag)) {
+				     &orig_oid, &flag, &ignore_errno)) {
 		ret = error("refname %s not found", oldrefname);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1823,10 +1823,12 @@ static int commit_ref_update(struct files_ref_store *refs,
 		 */
 		int head_flag;
 		const char *head_ref;
+		int ignore_errno;
 
-		head_ref = refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(&refs->base, "HEAD",
+		head_ref = refs_werrres_ref_unsafe(&refs->base, "HEAD",
 						   RESOLVE_REF_READING,
-						   NULL, &head_flag);
+						   NULL, &head_flag,
+						   &ignore_errno);
 		if (head_ref && (head_flag & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
 		    !strcmp(head_ref, lock->ref_name)) {
 			struct strbuf log_err = STRBUF_INIT;
-- 
2.33.1.1346.g48288c3c089
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Message 13 of 45 in “refs: stop having the API set "errno"”
  1. 00/20 refs: stop having the API set "errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  2. 01/20 branch tests: test for errno propagating on failing readÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  3. Eric SunshineOct 14, 2021
  4. 02/20 refs API: add a version of refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() with "errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  5. 03/20 refs API: make refs_read_raw_ref() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  6. 04/20 refs API: make parse_loose_ref_contents() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  7. 05/20 refs API: make refs_rename_ref_available() staticÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  8. 06/20 refs/files: remove "name exist?" check in lock_ref_oid_basic()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2021
  10. 07/20 refs API: remove refs_read_ref_full() wrapperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  11. 08/20 refs API: make resolve_gitlink_ref() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  12. 09/20 refs API: make loose_fill_ref_dir() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  13. 10/20 refs API: make files_copy_or_rename_ref() et al not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  14. 11/20 refs API: ignore errno in worktree.c's add_head_info()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  15. 12/20 refs API: ignore errno in worktree.c's find_shared_symref()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  16. 14/20 refs API: make refs_resolve_refdup() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  17. 13/20 refs tests: ignore ignore errno in test-ref-store helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  18. 15/20 refs API: make refs_ref_exists() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  19. 16/20 refs API: make resolve_ref_unsafe() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  20. 17/20 refs API: make expand_ref() & repo_dwim_log() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  21. 18/20 refs API: don't expose "errno" in run_transaction_hook()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  22. 20/20 refs API: post-migration API renaming [2/2]Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  23. 19/20 refs API: post-migration API renaming [1/2]Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 14, 2021
  24. 00/21 refs: stop having the API set "errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  25. 04/21 refs API: make parse_loose_ref_contents() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  26. 06/21 reflog tests: add --updateref testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  27. 03/21 refs API: make refs_read_raw_ref() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  28. 01/21 branch tests: test for errno propagating on failing readÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  29. 08/21 refs API: remove refs_read_ref_full() wrapperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  30. 02/21 refs API: add a version of refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() with "errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  31. 05/21 refs API: make refs_rename_ref_available() staticÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  32. 07/21 refs/files: remove "name exist?" check in lock_ref_oid_basic()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  33. 09/21 refs API: make resolve_gitlink_ref() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  34. 10/21 refs API: make loose_fill_ref_dir() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  35. 12/21 refs API: ignore errno in worktree.c's add_head_info()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  36. 11/21 refs API: make files_copy_or_rename_ref() et al not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  37. 14/21 refs tests: ignore ignore errno in test-ref-store helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  38. 17/21 refs API: make resolve_ref_unsafe() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  39. 13/21 refs API: ignore errno in worktree.c's find_shared_symref()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  40. 16/21 refs API: make refs_ref_exists() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  41. 15/21 refs API: make refs_resolve_refdup() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  42. 20/21 refs API: post-migration API renaming [1/2]Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  43. 18/21 refs API: make expand_ref() & repo_dwim_log() not set errnoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  44. 19/21 refs API: don't expose "errno" in run_transaction_hook()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021
  45. 21/21 refs API: post-migration API renaming [2/2]Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 16, 2021

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