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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum•mit.edu>
Cc: "Stefan Beller" <sbeller@google•com>,
	"Ronnie Sahlberg" <ronniesahlberg@gmail•com>,
	"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail•com>,
	"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail•com>,
	git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] write_ref_sha1(): Move write elision test to callers
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:58:40 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq386asxzj.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1423473164-6011-3-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu> (Michael Haggerty's message of "Mon, 9 Feb 2015 10:12:38 +0100")

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum•mit.edu> writes:

> write_ref_sha1() previously skipped the write if the reference already
> had the desired value, unless lock->force_write was set. Instead,
> perform that test at the callers.
>
> Two of the callers (in rename_ref()) unconditionally set force_write
> just before calling write_ref_sha1(), so they don't need the extra
> check at all. Nor do they need to set force_write anymore.

Good.  I recall that this convoluted "the callee checks if the
values are the same so we need to tell it not to do that" logic
looked very disturbing.



> The last caller, in ref_transaction_commit(), still needs the test.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum•mit.edu>
> ---
>  refs.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index d1130e2..651e37e 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -2878,7 +2878,6 @@ int rename_ref(const char *oldrefname, const char *newrefname, const char *logms
>  		error("unable to lock %s for update", newrefname);
>  		goto rollback;
>  	}
> -	lock->force_write = 1;
>  	hashcpy(lock->old_sha1, orig_sha1);
>  	if (write_ref_sha1(lock, orig_sha1, logmsg)) {
>  		error("unable to write current sha1 into %s", newrefname);
> @@ -2894,7 +2893,6 @@ int rename_ref(const char *oldrefname, const char *newrefname, const char *logms
>  		goto rollbacklog;
>  	}
>  
> -	lock->force_write = 1;
>  	flag = log_all_ref_updates;
>  	log_all_ref_updates = 0;
>  	if (write_ref_sha1(lock, orig_sha1, NULL))
> @@ -3080,10 +3078,6 @@ static int write_ref_sha1(struct ref_lock *lock,
>  	static char term = '\n';
>  	struct object *o;
>  
> -	if (!lock->force_write && !hashcmp(lock->old_sha1, sha1)) {
> -		unlock_ref(lock);
> -		return 0;
> -	}
>  	o = parse_object(sha1);
>  	if (!o) {
>  		error("Trying to write ref %s with nonexistent object %s",
> @@ -3797,15 +3791,21 @@ int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
>  		struct ref_update *update = updates[i];
>  
>  		if (!is_null_sha1(update->new_sha1)) {
> -			if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1,
> -					   update->msg)) {
> +			if (!update->lock->force_write &&
> +			    !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
> +				unlock_ref(update->lock);
> +				update->lock = NULL;
> +			} else if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1,
> +						  update->msg)) {
>  				update->lock = NULL; /* freed by write_ref_sha1 */
>  				strbuf_addf(err, "Cannot update the ref '%s'.",
>  					    update->refname);
>  				ret = TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR;
>  				goto cleanup;
> +			} else {
> +				/* freed by write_ref_sha1(): */
> +				update->lock = NULL;
>  			}
> -			update->lock = NULL; /* freed by write_ref_sha1 */
>  		}
>  	}

  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-12 19:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-09  9:12 [PATCH 0/8] Fix some problems with reflog expiration Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09  9:12 ` [PATCH 1/8] write_ref_sha1(): remove check for lock == NULL Michael Haggerty
2015-02-10 22:52   ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-11  0:06     ` Jeff King
2015-02-09  9:12 ` [PATCH 2/8] write_ref_sha1(): Move write elision test to callers Michael Haggerty
2015-02-12 19:58   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-02-09  9:12 ` [PATCH 3/8] lock_ref_sha1_basic(): do not set force_write for missing references Michael Haggerty
2015-02-10 23:24   ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-11  0:05     ` Jeff King
2015-02-11  0:07       ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 12:09       ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09  9:12 ` [PATCH 4/8] reflog: fix documentation Michael Haggerty
2015-02-10 23:25   ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-09  9:12 ` [PATCH 5/8] reflog: rearrange the manpage Michael Haggerty
2015-02-10 23:42   ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 15:17     ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-12 20:09       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-09  9:12 ` [PATCH 6/8] reflog_expire(): ignore --updateref for symbolic references Michael Haggerty
2015-02-11  0:44   ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 16:08     ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-12 17:04       ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 20:16       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-12 21:54   ` Jeff King
2015-02-13 14:34     ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09  9:12 ` [PATCH 7/8] reflog_expire(): never update a reference to null_sha1 Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09 20:55   ` Eric Sunshine
2015-02-12 11:51     ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09  9:12 ` [PATCH 8/8] reflog_expire(): lock symbolic refs themselves, not their referent Michael Haggerty
2015-02-11  0:49   ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-11 22:49     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-11 23:25       ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 16:52         ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-12 18:04           ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-13 16:26             ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-13 17:16               ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-13 18:05               ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-13 18:21                 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-13 18:26                   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-13 18:32                     ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-13 19:12                       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-13 20:11                         ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-13 21:53                           ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-14  5:58                             ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09 18:57 ` [PATCH 0/8] Fix some problems with reflog expiration Stefan Beller
2015-02-10 23:12 ` [PATCH] refs.c: get rid of force_write flag Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 15:35   ` Michael Haggerty

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