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[PATCH 19/20] submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, return

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2022, 16:17 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-19.20-5a26c9428be-20220728T161116Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-00.20-00000000000-20220728T161116Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Change code downstream of module_update() to short-circuit and return to the top-level on failure, rather than calling exit().

To do so we need to diligently check whether we "must_die_on_failure", which is a pattern started in c51f8f94e5b (submodule--helper: run update procedures from C, 2021-08-24), but which hadn't been completed to the point where we could avoid calling exit() here.

This introduces no functional changes, but makes it easier to both call these routines as a library in the future, and to eventually avoid leaking memory.

This and similar control flow in submodule--helper.c could be made simpler by properly "libifying" it, i.e. to have it consistently return -1 on failures, and to early return on any non-success.

But let's leave that larger project for now, and (mostly) emulate what were doing with the "exit(128)" before this change.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/submodule--helper.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 68aa10a26cd..d3f22f03766 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -2121,7 +2121,8 @@ static int fetch_in_submodule(const char *module_path, int depth, int quiet, str
 	return run_command(&cp);
 }
 
-static int run_update_command(struct update_data *ud, int subforce)
+static int run_update_command(struct update_data *ud, int subforce,
+			      int *must_die_on_failurep)
 {
 	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	char *oid = oid_to_hex(&ud->oid);
@@ -2183,8 +2184,10 @@ static int run_update_command(struct update_data *ud, int subforce)
 			BUG("unexpected update strategy type: %s",
 			    submodule_strategy_to_string(&ud->update_strategy));
 		}
-		if (must_die_on_failure)
-			exit(128);
+		if (must_die_on_failure) {
+			*must_die_on_failurep = 1;
+			return 128;
+		}
 
 		/* the command failed, but update must continue */
 		return 1;
@@ -2218,7 +2221,8 @@ static int run_update_command(struct update_data *ud, int subforce)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int run_update_procedure(struct update_data *ud)
+static int run_update_procedure(struct update_data *ud,
+				int *must_die_on_failure)
 {
 	int subforce = is_null_oid(&ud->suboid) || ud->force;
 
@@ -2245,7 +2249,7 @@ static int run_update_procedure(struct update_data *ud)
 			    ud->displaypath, oid_to_hex(&ud->oid));
 	}
 
-	return run_update_command(ud, subforce);
+	return run_update_command(ud, subforce, must_die_on_failure);
 }
 
 static const char *remote_submodule_branch(const char *path)
@@ -2381,7 +2385,8 @@ static void update_data_to_args(struct update_data *update_data, struct strvec *
 				    "--no-single-branch");
 }
 
-static int update_submodule(struct update_data *update_data)
+static int update_submodule(struct update_data *update_data,
+			    int *must_die_on_failure)
 {
 	int ret = 1;
 
@@ -2420,8 +2425,13 @@ static int update_submodule(struct update_data *update_data)
 	}
 
 	if (!oideq(&update_data->oid, &update_data->suboid) || update_data->force) {
-		if (run_update_procedure(update_data))
+		ret = run_update_procedure(update_data, must_die_on_failure);
+		if (ret && *must_die_on_failure) {
+			goto cleanup;
+		} else if (ret) {
+			ret = 1;
 			goto cleanup;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (update_data->recursive) {
@@ -2444,7 +2454,8 @@ static int update_submodule(struct update_data *update_data)
 		die_message(_("Failed to recurse into submodule path '%s'"),
 			    update_data->displaypath);
 		if (ret == 128) {
-			exit(ret);
+			*must_die_on_failure = 1;
+			goto cleanup;
 		} else if (ret) {
 			ret = 1;
 			goto cleanup;
@@ -2482,13 +2493,18 @@ static int update_submodules(struct update_data *update_data)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < suc.update_clone_nr; i++) {
 		struct update_clone_data ucd = suc.update_clone[i];
+		int code;
+		int must_die_on_failure = 0;
 
 		oidcpy(&update_data->oid, &ucd.oid);
 		update_data->just_cloned = ucd.just_cloned;
 		update_data->sm_path = ucd.sub->path;
 
-		if (update_submodule(update_data))
-			res = 1;
+		code = update_submodule(update_data, &must_die_on_failure);
+		if (code)
+			res = code;
+		if (must_die_on_failure)
+			goto cleanup;
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-- 
2.37.1.1167.g38fda70d8c4
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Message 28 of 142 in “submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prep”
  1. 00/20 submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prepÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  2. 01/20 submodule tests: test usage behaviorÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  3. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  4. 02/20 submodule tests: test for "add <repository> <abs-path>"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  5. 03/20 submodule--helper: remove unused "name" helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  6. 04/20 submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  7. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  8. 05/20 test-tool submodule-config: remove unused "--url" handlingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  9. 06/20 submodule--helper: move "is-active" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  10. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  11. 08/20 submodule--helper: move "resolve-relative-url-test" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  12. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  13. 07/20 submodule--helper: move "check-name" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  14. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  15. 09/20 submodule--helper style: don't separate declared variables with \n\nÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  16. 10/20 submodule--helper style: add \n\n after variable declarationsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  17. 11/20 submodule--helper: replace memset() with { 0 }-initializationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  18. 12/20 submodule--helper: convert a strbuf_detach() to xstrfmt()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  19. 13/20 submodule--helper: stop conflating "sb" in clone_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  20. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  21. 14/20 submodule--helper: pass a "const struct module_clone_data" to clone_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  22. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 1, 2022
  24. 15/20 submodule--helper: add "const" to copy of "update_data"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  25. 16/20 submodule--helper: refactor "errmsg_str" to be a "struct strbuf"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  26. 17/20 submodule--helper: rename "int res" to "int ret"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  27. 18/20 submodule--helper: add skeleton "goto cleanup" to update_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  28. 19/20 submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  29. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  30. 20/20 submodule--helper: fix bad config API usageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
  31. Glen ChooJul 29, 2022
  32. 00/28 submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prepÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  33. 02/28 submodule tests: test for "add <repository> <abs-path>"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  34. 01/28 submodule tests: test usage behaviorÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  35. Glen ChooAug 2, 2022
  36. 03/28 submodule--helper: remove unused "name" helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  37. 05/28 test-tool submodule-config: remove unused "--url" handlingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  38. 04/28 submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  39. 06/28 submodule--helper: move "is-active" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  40. 07/28 submodule--helper: move "check-name" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  41. 08/28 submodule--helper: move "resolve-relative-url-test" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  42. Glen ChooAug 2, 2022
  43. 11/28 submodule--helper: replace memset() with { 0 }-initializationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  44. 10/28 submodule--helper style: add \n\n after variable declarationsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  45. 09/28 submodule--helper style: don't separate declared variables with \n\nÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  46. 13/28 submodule--helper: move "sb" in clone_submodule() to its own scopeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  47. 12/28 submodule--helper: use xstrfmt() in clone_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  48. 15/28 submodule--helper: add "const" to copy of "update_data"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  49. 14/28 submodule--helper: pass a "const struct module_clone_data" to clone_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  50. 17/28 submodule--helper: don't redundantly check "else if (res)"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  51. 16/28 submodule--helper: refactor "errmsg_str" to be a "struct strbuf"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  52. 18/28 submodule--helper: rename "int res" to "int ret"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  53. 19/28 submodule--helper: return "ret", not "1" from update_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  54. 20/28 submodule--helper: add missing braces to "else" armÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  55. 21/28 submodule--helper: don't call submodule_strategy_to_string() in BUG()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  56. Glen ChooAug 2, 2022
  57. 22/28 submodule--helper: move submodule_strategy_to_string() to only userÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  58. Glen ChooAug 2, 2022
  59. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 3, 2022
  60. 24/28 submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  61. 25/28 submodule--helper: libify determine_submodule_update_strategy()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  62. 23/28 submodule--helper: use "code" in run_update_command()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  63. 27/28 submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths (for die)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  64. Glen ChooAug 3, 2022
  65. 26/28 submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code pathsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  66. Glen ChooAug 3, 2022
  67. 28/28 submodule--helper: fix bad config API usageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 2, 2022
  68. 00/32 submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prepÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  69. 01/32 submodule tests: test usage behaviorÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  70. Glen ChooAug 23, 2022
  71. 02/32 submodule tests: test for "add <repository> <abs-path>"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  72. 03/32 submodule--helper: remove unused "name" helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  73. 04/32 submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  74. 05/32 test-tool submodule-config: remove unused "--url" handlingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  75. 06/32 submodule--helper: move "is-active" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  76. 07/32 submodule--helper: move "check-name" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  77. 08/32 submodule--helper: move "resolve-relative-url-test" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  78. 09/32 submodule--helper style: don't separate declared variables with \n\nÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  79. 10/32 submodule--helper style: add \n\n after variable declarationsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  80. 11/32 submodule--helper: replace memset() with { 0 }-initializationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  81. 13/32 submodule--helper: move "sb" in clone_submodule() to its own scopeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  82. 12/32 submodule--helper: use xstrfmt() in clone_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  83. 14/32 submodule--helper: add "const" to passed "module_clone_data"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  84. 15/32 submodule--helper: add "const" to copy of "update_data"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  85. 16/32 submodule--helper: refactor "errmsg_str" to be a "struct strbuf"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  86. 17/32 submodule--helper: don't redundantly check "else if (res)"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  87. Eric SunshineAug 21, 2022
  88. 19/32 submodule--helper: return "ret", not "1" from update_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  89. 18/32 submodule--helper: rename "int res" to "int ret"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  90. 20/32 submodule--helper: add missing braces to "else" armÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  91. 21/32 submodule--helper: don't call submodule_strategy_to_string() in BUG()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  92. 22/32 submodule API: don't handle SM_..{UNSPECIFIED,COMMAND} in to_string()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  93. 23/32 submodule--helper: use "code" in run_update_command()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  94. 24/32 submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  95. 25/32 submodule--helper: libify determine_submodule_update_strategy()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  96. 27/32 submodule--helper update: don't override 'checkout' exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  97. 26/32 submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code pathsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  98. 28/32 submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths (for die)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  99. Glen ChooAug 23, 2022
  100. 31/32 submodule--helper: libify even more "die" paths for module_update()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  101. Glen ChooAug 24, 2022
  102. 29/32 submodule--helper: check repo{_submodule,}_init() return valuesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  103. Glen ChooAug 23, 2022
  104. 32/32 submodule--helper: fix bad config API usageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  105. 30/32 submodule--helper: libify more "die" paths for module_update()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 21, 2022
  106. Glen ChooAug 24, 2022
  107. 00/33 submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prepÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  108. 01/33 submodule tests: test usage behaviorÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  109. 02/33 submodule tests: test for "add <repository> <abs-path>"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  110. 03/33 submodule--helper: remove unused "name" helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  111. 04/33 submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helperÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  112. 05/33 test-tool submodule-config: remove unused "--url" handlingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  113. 07/33 submodule--helper: move "check-name" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  114. 08/33 submodule--helper: move "resolve-relative-url-test" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  115. 09/33 submodule--helper style: don't separate declared variables with \n\nÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  116. 12/33 submodule--helper: use xstrfmt() in clone_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  117. 11/33 submodule--helper: replace memset() with { 0 }-initializationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  118. 06/33 submodule--helper: move "is-active" to a test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  119. 10/33 submodule--helper style: add \n\n after variable declarationsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  120. 16/33 submodule--helper: add "const" to passed "struct update_data"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  121. 14/33 submodule--helper: add "const" to passed "module_clone_data"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  122. 13/33 submodule--helper: move "sb" in clone_submodule() to its own scopeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  123. 19/33 submodule--helper: rename "int res" to "int ret"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  124. 17/33 submodule--helper: refactor "errmsg_str" to be a "struct strbuf"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  125. 18/33 submodule--helper: don't redundantly check "else if (res)"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  126. 15/33 submodule--helper: add "const" to copy of "update_data"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  127. 21/33 submodule--helper: add missing braces to "else" armÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  128. 22/33 submodule--helper: don't call submodule_strategy_to_string() in BUG()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  129. 20/33 submodule--helper: return "ret", not "1" from update_submodule()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  130. 23/33 submodule API: don't handle SM_..{UNSPECIFIED,COMMAND} in to_string()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  131. 24/33 submodule--helper: use "code" in run_update_command()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  132. 26/33 submodule--helper: libify determine_submodule_update_strategy()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  133. 27/33 submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code pathsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  134. 25/33 submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  135. 28/33 submodule--helper update: don't override 'checkout' exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  136. 29/33 submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths (for die)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  137. 30/33 submodule--helper: check repo{_submodule,}_init() return valuesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  138. 32/33 submodule--helper: libify even more "die" paths for module_update()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  139. 31/33 submodule--helper: libify more "die" paths for module_update()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  140. Glen ChooSep 1, 2022
  141. 33/33 submodule--helper: fix bad config API usageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2022
  142. Glen ChooSep 1, 2022

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