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@@ -263,36 +263,105 @@ </div> <div id="preamble"> <div class="sectionbody"> -<p>Talk about <lockfile.c>, things like:</p> +<p>The lockfile API serves two purposes:</p> <ul> <li> <p> -lockfile lifetime — atexit(3) looks at them, do not put them on the - stack; +Mutual exclusion. When we write out a new index file, first + we create a new file <tt>$GIT_DIR/index.lock</tt>, write the new + contents into it, and rename it to the final destination + <tt>$GIT_DIR/index</tt>. We try to create the <tt>$GIT_DIR/index.lock</tt> + file with O_EXCL so that we can notice and fail when somebody + else is already trying to update the index file. </p> </li> <li> <p> -hold_lock_file_for_update() -</p> -</li> -<li> -<p> -commit_lock_file() -</p> -</li> -<li> -<p> -rollback_rock_file() +Automatic cruft removal. After we create the "lock" file, we + may decide to <tt>die()</tt>, and we would want to make sure that we + remove the file that has not been committed to its final + destination. This is done by remembering the lockfiles we + created in a linked list and cleaning them up from an + <tt>atexit(3)</tt> handler. Outstanding lockfiles are also removed + when the program dies on a signal. </p> </li> </ul> -<p>(JC, Dscho, Shawn)</p> </div> </div> +<h2>The functions</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<dl> +<dt> +hold_lock_file_for_update +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + Take a pointer to <tt>struct lock_file</tt>, the filename of + the final destination (e.g. <tt>$GIT_DIR/index</tt>) and a flag + <tt>die_on_error</tt>. Attempt to create a lockfile for the + destination and return the file descriptor for writing + to the file. If <tt>die_on_error</tt> flag is true, it dies if + a lock is already taken for the file; otherwise it + returns a negative integer to the caller on failure. +</p> +</dd> +<dt> +commit_lock_file +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + Take a pointer to the <tt>struct lock_file</tt> initialized + with an earlier call to <tt>hold_lock_file_for_update()</tt>, + close the file descriptor and rename the lockfile to its + final destination. Returns 0 upon success, a negative + value on failure to close(2) or rename(2). +</p> +</dd> +<dt> +rollback_lock_file +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + Take a pointer to the <tt>struct lock_file</tt> initialized + with an earlier call to <tt>hold_lock_file_for_update()</tt>, + close the file descriptor and remove the lockfile. +</p> +</dd> +<dt> +close_lock_file +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + Take a pointer to the <tt>struct lock_file</tt> initialized + with an earlier call to <tt>hold_lock_file_for_update()</tt>, + and close the file descriptor. Returns 0 upon success, + a negative value on failure to close(2). +</p> +</dd> +</dl> +<p>Because the structure is used in an <tt>atexit(3)</tt> handler, its +storage has to stay throughout the life of the program. It +cannot be an auto variable allocated on the stack.</p> +<p>Call <tt>commit_lock_file()</tt> or <tt>rollback_lock_file()</tt> when you are +done writing to the file descriptor. If you do not call either +and simply <tt>exit(3)</tt> from the program, an <tt>atexit(3)</tt> handler +will close and remove the lockfile.</p> +<p>If you need to close the file descriptor you obtained from +<tt>hold_lock_file_for_update</tt> function yourself, do so by calling +<tt>close_lock_file()</tt>. You should never call <tt>close(2)</tt> yourself! +Otherwise the <tt>struct +lock_file</tt> structure still remembers that the file descriptor +needs to be closed, and a later call to <tt>commit_lock_file()</tt> or +<tt>rollback_lock_file()</tt> will result in duplicate calls to +<tt>close(2)</tt>. Worse yet, if you <tt>close(2)</tt>, open another file +descriptor for completely different purpose, and then call +<tt>commit_lock_file()</tt> or <tt>rollback_lock_file()</tt>, they may close +that unrelated file descriptor.</p> +</div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> -Last updated 07-Jan-2008 07:51:27 UTC +Last updated 17-Jan-2008 02:42:45 UTC </div> </div> </body>
