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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sequencer: reschedule pick if index can't be locked
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:03:45 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1.1711152301510.6482@virtualbox> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171115104125.1686-1-phillip.wood@talktalk.net>

Hi Phillip,

On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Phillip Wood wrote:

> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index 6d027b06c8d8dc69b14d05752637a65aa121ab24..8c10442b84068d3fb7ec809ef1faa0203cb83e60 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ static int do_recursive_merge(struct commit *base, struct commit *next,
>  	char **xopt;
>  	static struct lock_file index_lock;
>  
> -	hold_locked_index(&index_lock, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
> +	if (hold_locked_index(&index_lock, LOCK_REPORT_ON_ERROR))

If you test the return value for *negative* values, I am fully on board
with the change.

As far as I understand the code, hold_locked_index() returns -1 on error,
but *a file descriptor* (which is usually not 0) upon success...

Ciao,
Dscho

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-11-15 22:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-15 10:41 [PATCH] sequencer: reschedule pick if index can't be locked Phillip Wood
2017-11-15 18:44 ` Martin Ågren
2017-11-16 10:43   ` Phillip Wood
2017-11-16 10:55     ` Martin Ågren
2017-11-15 22:03 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2017-11-16  5:22 ` [PATCH v2] " Junio C Hamano
2017-11-16 14:19   ` Phillip Wood

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