From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Max Kirillov <max@max630.net>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/2] sha1_file: set packfile to O_CLOEXEC at open
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:08:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16e4ef29524283f51b2fa00e536cf153@dscho.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1443670163-31193-3-git-send-email-max@max630.net>
Hi Max,
On 2015-10-01 05:29, Max Kirillov wrote:
> Windows does not support setting O_CLOEXEC by fcntl,
> but there is an open flag O_NOINHERIT which results in same
> behaviour. Use it in git_open_noatime() and also bring
> setting O_CLOEXEC there also to make it consistent. Rename
> the function to git_open_noatime_cloexec(), to avoid confusion.
Which problem does this solve? I am actually suspecting that this will rather cause problems because now `exec()`ing children might cause bogus file descriptors to be still held on.
So I would recommend to drop this patch. It is not needed to fix the reported bug.
Ciao,
Dscho
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-02 10:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-28 19:44 [PATCH] clone --dissociate: avoid locking pack files Johannes Schindelin
2015-09-30 19:28 ` Max Kirillov
2015-09-30 19:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-10-01 3:29 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/2] close packs files when they are not needed Max Kirillov
2015-10-01 3:29 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/2] sha1_file: close all pack files after running Max Kirillov
2015-10-02 10:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-02 10:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-02 19:21 ` Max Kirillov
2015-10-04 14:53 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 4:57 ` Max Kirillov
2015-10-05 9:03 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-02 19:06 ` Max Kirillov
2015-10-02 20:06 ` Max Kirillov
2015-10-01 3:29 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/2] sha1_file: set packfile to O_CLOEXEC at open Max Kirillov
2015-10-02 10:08 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2015-10-01 4:39 ` [PATCH] clone --dissociate: avoid locking pack files Max Kirillov
2015-10-05 18:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 20:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Fix locking issues on Windows with `git clone --dissociate` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 20:29 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] Demonstrate a Windows file locking issue " Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 20:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Consolidate code to close a pack's file descriptor Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 20:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-10-05 21:52 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 22:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-10-06 13:42 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 20:33 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] Add a function to release all packs Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 20:33 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] clone --dissociate: avoid locking pack files Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-05 21:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-10-06 13:17 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Fix locking issues on Windows with `git clone --dissociate` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-06 13:18 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] Demonstrate a Windows file locking issue " Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-06 13:18 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] Consolidate code to close a pack's file descriptor Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-06 13:18 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] Add a function to release all packs Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-07 17:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-10-08 19:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-06 13:18 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] clone --dissociate: avoid locking pack files Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-11 10:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Fix locking issues on Windows with `git clone --dissociate` Max Kirillov
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