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From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1•demon.co.uk>
To: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail•com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger•kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg•org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Make locked paths absolute when current directory is changed
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:23:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53CD227F.5070708@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8AXc4jvLPNpGyGdY9uzrnN-SbEeiksLDpS_=29gJ1KMnQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 21/07/14 14:47, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Ramsay Jones
> <ramsay@ramsay1•demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> +void make_locked_paths_absolute(void)
>>> +{
>>> +     struct lock_file *lk;
>>> +     for (lk = lock_file_list; lk != NULL; lk = lk->next) {
>>> +             if (lk->filename && !is_absolute_path(lk->filename)) {
>>> +                     char *to_free = lk->filename;
>>> +                     lk->filename = xstrdup(absolute_path(lk->filename));
>>> +                     free(to_free);
>>> +             }
>>> +     }
>>> +}
>>
>> I just have to ask, why are we putting relative pathnames in this
>> list to begin with? Why not use an absolute path when taking the
>> lock in all cases? (calling absolute_path() and using the result
>> to take the lock, storing it in the lock_file list, should not be
>> in the critical path, right? Not that I have measured it, of course! :)
> 
> Conservative :) I'm still scared from 044bbbc (Make git_dir a path
> relative to work_tree in setup_work_tree() - 2008-06-19). But yeah
> looking through "grep hold_" I think none of the locks is in critical
> path. absolute_path() can die() if cwd is longer than PATH_MAX (and
> doing this reduces the chances of that happening). But René is adding
> strbuf_getcwd() that can remove that PATH_MAX. So I guess we should be
> fine with putting absolute_path() in hold_lock_file_...*

Hmm, yes, thank you for reminding me about 044bbbc. So, yes it could
cause a (small) performance hit and a change in behaviour (die) in
deeply nested working directories. Hmm, OK.

ATB,
Ramsay Jones

  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-21 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-18 13:08 [PATCH] Make locked paths absolute when current directory is changed Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-07-18 17:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-07-19 12:40   ` Duy Nguyen
2014-07-18 20:44 ` Johannes Sixt
2014-07-20 12:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] lockfile.c: remove PATH_MAX limitation (except in resolve_symlink) Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-07-20 12:13   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Make locked paths absolute when current directory is changed Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-07-21 13:27     ` Ramsay Jones
2014-07-21 13:47       ` Duy Nguyen
2014-07-21 14:23         ` Ramsay Jones [this message]
2014-07-21 17:04         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-07-23 11:55           ` Duy Nguyen
2014-07-31  3:01             ` Yue Lin Ho
2014-07-31  9:58               ` Duy Nguyen
2014-07-20 12:47   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] lockfile.c: remove PATH_MAX limitation (except in resolve_symlink) Philip Oakley
2014-07-20 12:50     ` Duy Nguyen
2014-07-31 13:43   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Keep .lock file paths absolute Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-07-31 13:43     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] lockfile.c: remove PATH_MAX limitation (except in resolve_symlink) Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-08-01 16:53       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-01 17:55         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-02 18:13           ` Torsten Bögershausen
2014-08-04 10:13             ` Duy Nguyen
2014-08-04 17:42               ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-05 16:10               ` Michael Haggerty
2014-09-03  8:00                 ` Yue Lin Ho
2014-08-01 17:34       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-07-31 13:43     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] lockfile.c: remove PATH_MAX limit in resolve_symlink() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-07-31 13:43     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] lockfile.c: store absolute path Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy

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