| commit | 249e8dc73ea54aa09d828cf83f5a5de6bf5702f9 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | Thu Mar 21 05:28:44 2019 -0400 |
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | Fri Mar 22 15:52:49 2019 +0900 |
| tree | 5504fdf203fdf5d6c09d2debf68749417aa7ef94 | |
| parent | aeb582a98374c094361cba1bd756dc6307432c42 [diff] |
refs/files-backend: handle packed transaction prepare failure
In files_transaction_prepare(), if we have to delete some refs, we use a
subordinate packed_transaction to do so. It's rare for that
sub-transaction's prepare step to fail, since we hold the packed-refs
lock. But if it does, we trigger a BUG() due to these steps:
- we've attached the packed transaction to the files transaction as
backend_data->packed_transaction
- when the prepare step fails, the packed transaction cleans itself
up, putting itself into the CLOSED state
- the error value from preparing the packed transaction lets us know
in files_transaction_prepare() that we should also clean up and
return an error. We call files_transaction_cleanup(), which tries to
abort backend_data->packed_transaction. Since it's already CLOSED,
that triggers an assertion in ref_transaction_abort().
We can fix that by disconnecting the packed transaction from the outer
files transaction, and then free-ing (not aborting!) it ourselves.
A few other options/alternatives I considered:
- we could just make it a noop to abort a CLOSED transaction. But that
seems less safe, since clearly this code expects (and enforces) a
particular set of state transitions.
- we could have files_transaction_cleanup() selectively call abort()
vs free() based on the state of the on the packed transaction.
That's basically a more restricted version of the above, but also
potentially unsafe.
- instead of disconnecting backend_data->packed_transaction on error,
we could wait to install it until we successfully prepare. That
might make the flow a little simpler, but it introduces a hassle.
Earlier parts of files_transaction_prepare() that encounter an error
will jump to the cleanup label, and expect that cleaning up the
outer transaction will clean up the packed transaction, too. We'd
have to adjust those sites to clean up the packed transaction.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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