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[PATCH v4 0/1] Properly peel tags in can_all_from_reach_with_flags()

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Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 24, 2018, 20:57 UTC
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<pull.39.v4.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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As Peff reported [1], the refactored can_all_from_reach_with_flags() method does not properly peel tags. Since the helper method can_all_from_reach() and code in t/helper/test-reach.c all peel tags before getting to this method, it is not super-simple to create a test that demonstrates this.

I modified t/helper/test-reach.c to allow calling can_all_from_reach_with_flags() directly, and added a test in t6600-test-reach.sh that demonstrates the segfault without the fix.

For V2, I compared the loop that inspects the 'from' commits in commit ba3ca1edce "commit-reach: move can_all_from_reach_with_flags" to the version here and got the following diff:

3c3 < if (from_one->flags & assign_flag) ---

>                 if (!from_one || from_one->flags & assign_flag)

5c5,7 < from_one = deref_tag(the_repository, from_one, "a from object", 0); ---

>
>                 from_one = deref_tag(the_repository, from_one,
>                                      "a from object", 0);
14a17,22
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>
>                 list[nr_commits] = (struct commit *)from_one;
>                 if (parse_commit(list[nr_commits]) ||
>                     list[nr_commits]->generation < min_generation)
>                         return 0; /* is this a leak? */
>                 nr_commits++;

This diff includes the early termination we had before 'deref_tag' and the comment for why we can ignore non-commit objects.

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/0bf9103c-9377-506b-7ad7-e5273d8e94fc@gmail.com/T/#u

Derrick Stolee (1):
  commit-reach: properly peel tags and clear flags
 commit-reach.c        | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 t/helper/test-reach.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 t/t6600-test-reach.sh | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
base-commit: 6621c838743812aaba96e55cfec8524ea1144c2d
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tags/pr-39%2Fderrickstolee%2Ftag-fix-v4
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-39/derrickstolee/tag-fix-v4
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/39
Range-diff vs v3:
 1:  0a1e661271 ! 1:  a0a3cf0134 commit-reach: properly peel tags
     @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
      Author: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
      
     -    commit-reach: properly peel tags
     +    commit-reach: properly peel tags and clear flags
      
          The can_all_from_reach_with_flag() algorithm was refactored in 4fbcca4e
          "commit-reach: make can_all_from_reach... linear" but incorrectly
     @@ -14,6 +14,19 @@
          Correct the issue by peeling tags when investigating the initial list
          of objects in the 'from' array.
      
     +    The can_all_from_reach_with_flag() method uses 'assign_flag' as a
     +    value we can use to mark objects temporarily during our commit walk.
     +    The intent is that these flags are removed from all objects before
     +    returning. However, this is not the case.
     +
     +    The 'from' array could also contain objects that are not commits, and
     +    we mark those objects with 'assign_flag'. Add a loop to the 'cleanup'
     +    section that removes these markers.
     +
     +    Also, we forgot to free() the memory for 'list', so add that to the
     +    'cleanup' section. Also, use a cleaner mechanism for clearing those
     +    flags.
     +
          Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
          Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
      
     @@ -74,10 +87,18 @@
       
       cleanup:
      -	for (i = 0; i < from->nr; i++) {
     -+	for (i = 0; i < nr_commits; i++) {
     - 		clear_commit_marks(list[i], RESULT);
     - 		clear_commit_marks(list[i], assign_flag);
     - 	}
     +-		clear_commit_marks(list[i], RESULT);
     +-		clear_commit_marks(list[i], assign_flag);
     +-	}
     ++	clear_commit_marks_many(nr_commits, list, RESULT | assign_flag);
     ++	free(list);
     ++
     ++	for (i = 0; i < from->nr; i++)
     ++		from->objects[i].item->flags &= ~assign_flag;
     ++
     + 	return result;
     + }
     + 
      
      diff --git a/t/helper/test-reach.c b/t/helper/test-reach.c
      --- a/t/helper/test-reach.c
 2:  b2e0ee4978 < -:  ---------- commit-reach: fix memory and flag leaks
-- 
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  1. 0/1 Properly peel tags in can_all_from_reach_with_flags()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 12, 2018
  2. 1/1 commit-reach: properly peel tagsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 12, 2018
  3. Jeff KingSep 12, 2018
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2018
  5. Jeff KingSep 12, 2018
  6. 0/1 Properly peel tags in can_all_from_reach_with_flags()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 13, 2018
  7. 1/1 commit-reach: properly peel tagsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 13, 2018
  8. Derrick StoleeSep 13, 2018
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2018
  10. 0/2 Properly peel tags in can_all_from_reach_with_flags()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 21, 2018
  11. 1/2 commit-reach: properly peel tagsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 21, 2018
  12. Jeff KingSep 21, 2018
  13. Derrick StoleeSep 24, 2018
  14. 2/2 commit-reach: fix memory and flag leaksDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 21, 2018
  15. Jeff KingSep 21, 2018
  16. Derrick StoleeSep 24, 2018
  17. Jeff KingSep 24, 2018
  18. 0/1 Properly peel tags in can_all_from_reach_with_flags()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 24, 2018
  19. 1/1 commit-reach: properly peel tags and clear flagsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 24, 2018
  20. Jeff KingSep 24, 2018
  21. Eric SunshineSep 25, 2018
  22. commit-reach: cleanups in can_all_from_reach...Derrick Stolee, Sep 25, 2018
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2018
  24. Derrick StoleeSep 25, 2018
  25. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2018

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