Re: [PATCH 1/1] builtin/receive-pack: avoid spinning no-op sideband async threads

From

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Date

Mar 2, 2026, 21:40 UTC

Message-ID

<xmqq4imxzz90.fsf@gitster.g>

In-Reply-To

<20260302191704.1814567-2-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>

Adrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu@collabora.com> writes:

> @@ -980,6 +983,9 @@ static int run_update_hook(struct command *cmd)
>  	int saved_stderr = -1;
>  	int code;
>  
> +	if (!hook_exists(the_repository, "update"))
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	strvec_pushl(&opt.args,
>  		     cmd->ref_name,
>  		     oid_to_hex(&cmd->old_oid),

	static const char hook_name[] = "update";

in the function scope and using it?

> @@ -1674,6 +1680,9 @@ static void run_update_post_hook(struct command *commands)
>  	int sideband_async_started = 0;
>  	int saved_stderr = -1;
>  
> +	if (!hook_exists(the_repository, "post-update"))
> +		return;
> +
>  	for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
>  		if (cmd->error_string || cmd->did_not_exist)
>  			continue;

Ditto for "post-update".

Will queue with the following change squashed in.

 builtin/receive-pack.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git c/builtin/receive-pack.c w/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 62c576c247..bf5d7e6dd0 100644
--- c/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ w/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -977,13 +977,14 @@ static int run_receive_hook(struct command *commands,
 
 static int run_update_hook(struct command *cmd)
 {
+	static const char hook_name[] = "update";
 	struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT;
 	struct async sideband_async;
 	int sideband_async_started = 0;
 	int saved_stderr = -1;
 	int code;
 
-	if (!hook_exists(the_repository, "update"))
+	if (!hook_exists(the_repository, hook_name))
 		return 0;
 
 	strvec_pushl(&opt.args,
@@ -994,7 +995,7 @@ static int run_update_hook(struct command *cmd)
 
 	prepare_sideband_async(&sideband_async, &saved_stderr, &sideband_async_started);
 
-	code = run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "update", &opt);
+	code = run_hooks_opt(the_repository, hook_name, &opt);
 
 	finish_sideband_async(&sideband_async, saved_stderr, sideband_async_started);
 
@@ -1674,13 +1675,14 @@ static const char *update(struct command *cmd, struct shallow_info *si)
 
 static void run_update_post_hook(struct command *commands)
 {
+	static const char hook_name[] = "post-update";
 	struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT;
 	struct async sideband_async;
 	struct command *cmd;
 	int sideband_async_started = 0;
 	int saved_stderr = -1;
 
-	if (!hook_exists(the_repository, "post-update"))
+	if (!hook_exists(the_repository, hook_name))
 		return;
 
 	for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
@@ -1693,7 +1695,7 @@ static void run_update_post_hook(struct command *commands)
 
 	prepare_sideband_async(&sideband_async, &saved_stderr, &sideband_async_started);
 
-	run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "post-update", &opt);
+	run_hooks_opt(the_repository, hook_name, &opt);
 
 	finish_sideband_async(&sideband_async, saved_stderr, sideband_async_started);
 }