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Re: svn commit: r1040832 - Port a fix for a FSFS packing race

From: Stefan Fuhrmann <eqfox_at_web.de>
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:45:50 +0100

On 01.12.2010 14:16, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Julian Foad wrote on Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 12:32:45 +0000:
>> On Wed, 2010-12-01, stefan2_at_apache.org wrote:
>>> Port (not merge) a fix for a FSFS packing race condition from the
>>> performance branch to /trunk: There is a slight time window
>>> between finding the name of a rev file and actually open it. If
>>> the revision in question gets packed just within this window,
>>> we will find the new (and final) file name with just one retry.
>>>
>>> * subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs_fs.c
>>> (open_pack_or_rev_file): retry once upon "missing file" error
>> Hi Stefan.
>>
>> (1) I think the doc string of svn_fs_fs__path_rev_absolute() should note
>> that the returned path may no longer be valid by the time you come to
>> use it, and the reason for that. Does my patch below sound right?
>>
> Well, yes, and Stefan already added such a comment at the definition at
> my suggestion. But +1 to move that to the declaration.
>

>> Patch for (1) above:
>> [[[
>> Index: subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs_fs.h
>> ===================================================================
>> --- subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs_fs.h (revision 1040662)
>> +++ subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs_fs.h (working copy)
>> @@ -404,13 +404,16 @@ svn_error_t *svn_fs_fs__txn_changes_fetc
>> PERMS_REFERENCE. Temporary allocations are from POOL. */
>> svn_error_t *svn_fs_fs__move_into_place(const char *old_filename,
>> const char *new_filename,
>> const char *perms_reference,
>> apr_pool_t *pool);
>>
>> -/* Sets *PATH to the path of REV in FS, whether in a pack file or not.
>> +/* Set *PATH to the path of REV in FS, whether in a pack file or not.
>> + The path is not guaranteed to remain correct after the function returns,
>> + because it is possible that the revision will become packed just after
>> + this call, so the caller should re-try once if the path is not found.
>> Allocate in POOL. */
> Sounds right.
>
> Bordering on bikeshed, I would suggest some changes:
>
> * Separate describing what the function does ("Sets *PATH to FOO and
> allocates in POOL") from describing the conditions the caller should
> beware of / check for ("sometimes the return value will be out-of-date
> by the time you receive it").
>
> * Mention that the non-guarantee is not in effect if the caller has the
> write lock.
>
I took the comment from the performance branch and added the
info about guarantees in presence of a write lock in r1042479.

-- Stefan^2.
Received on 2010-12-05 23:46:24 CET

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