From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>,
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>,
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>, Tian Yuchen <cat@malon.dev>,
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GSoC PATCH v5 2/6] repack-promisor add helper to fill promisor file after repack
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:27:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqo6jolmla.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3558bb38956b522c91057598db645eb42ffb48b2.1775861047.git.lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com> (LorenzoPegorari's message of "Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:55:11 +0200")
LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com> writes:
> +/*
> + * Go through all .promisor files contained in repo (excluding those whose name
> + * appears in not_repacked_basenames, which acts as a ignorelist), and copies
> + * their content inside the destination file "<packtmp>-<dest_hex>.promisor".
> + * Each line of a never repacked .promisor file is: "<oid> <ref>" (as described
> + * in the write_promisor_file() function).
> + * After a repack, the copied lines will be: "<oid> <ref> <time>", where <time>
> + * is the time (in Unix time) at which the .promisor file was last modified.
> + * Only the lines whose <oid> is present inside "<packtmp>-<dest_hex>.idx" will
> + * be copied.
> + * The contents of all .promisor files are assumed to be correctly formed.
> + */
> +static void copy_promisor_content(struct repository *repo,
> + const char *dest_hex,
> + const char *packtmp,
> + struct strset *not_repacked_basenames)
> +{
> + char *dest_idx_name;
> + char *dest_promisor_name;
> + FILE *dest;
> + struct strset dest_content = STRSET_INIT;
> + struct strbuf dest_to_write = STRBUF_INIT;
> + struct strbuf source_promisor_name = STRBUF_INIT;
> + struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
> + struct object_id dest_oid;
> + struct packed_git *dest_pack, *p;
> + int err;
> +
> + dest_idx_name = mkpathdup("%s-%s.idx", packtmp, dest_hex);
> + get_oid_hex_algop(dest_hex, &dest_oid, repo->hash_algo);
This needs to prepare for a corrupt input in dest_hex, which would
result in garbage dest_oid. The helper function should signal a
failure with its return value, right?
> + dest_pack = parse_pack_index(repo, dest_oid.hash, dest_idx_name);
As you earlier mentioned, this use of parse_pack_index() is
perfectly fine. The call chains that reach here are both from
cmd_repack() that calls either repack_promisor_objects() or
pack_geometry_repack_promisors(), and both ran "pack-objects" to
create a new pack and called finish_repacking_promisor_objects(),
which in turn calls us, so the dest_hex/packtmp we are dealing with
point newly created packfile that is about to become but not yet
completed as a part of this repository. We know we created it, and
we know "pack-objects" did not fail, so parse_pack_index() being
loose in validation does not pose a practical problem.
This still needs to prepare for parse_pack_index() to return NULL,
though.
In the above two cases, we should make sure that dest_idx_name gets
freed before we return control to the caller (possibly signaling an
error by returning -1, but the current caller is not expecting to
hear a failure from us and that may be OK).
> + /* Open the .promisor dest file, and fill dest_content with its content */
> + dest_promisor_name = mkpathdup("%s-%s.promisor", packtmp, dest_hex);
> + dest = xfopen(dest_promisor_name, "r+");
> + while (strbuf_getline(&line, dest) != EOF)
> + strset_add(&dest_content, line.buf);
> +
> + repo_for_each_pack(repo, p) {
> + FILE *source;
> + struct stat source_stat;
> +
> + if (!p->pack_promisor)
> + continue;
> +
> + if (not_repacked_basenames &&
> + strset_contains(not_repacked_basenames, pack_basename(p)))
> + continue;
> +
> + strbuf_reset(&source_promisor_name);
> + strbuf_addstr(&source_promisor_name, p->pack_name);
> + strbuf_strip_suffix(&source_promisor_name, ".pack");
> + strbuf_addstr(&source_promisor_name, ".promisor");
> +
> + if (stat(source_promisor_name.buf, &source_stat))
> + die(_("File not found: %s"), source_promisor_name.buf);
> +
> + source = xfopen(source_promisor_name.buf, "r");
> +
> + while (strbuf_getline(&line, source) != EOF) {
> + struct string_list line_sections = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
> + struct object_id oid;
> +
> + /* Split line into <oid>, <ref> and <time> (if <time> exists) */
> + string_list_split(&line_sections, line.buf, " ", 3);
The strbuf's contents line.buf[] is read/write, so we could use
line_sections that is initialized with NODUP and call
split_in_place() to avoid unnecessary small allocations and
deallocations, no?
More importantly, we say "split into up to 3 pieces". What happens
if this is totally malformed and there is only one word? Should we
still trust this line and try to carry it forward? I doubt it.
> + /* Ignore the lines where <oid> doesn't appear in the dest_pack */
> + get_oid_hex_algop(line_sections.items[0].string, &oid, repo->hash_algo);
Or the first word split is not a sane hexadecimal string that
get_oid_hex() fails?
It would be the simplest to ignore/skip the line, just like what you
do to a correctly formated line about an irrelevant <oid> (iow, the
if() statement immediately below).
> + if (!find_pack_entry_one(&oid, dest_pack)) {
Assuming that the object name was read correctly, if the pack we
just created does not have the <oid> we read from the existing
.promisor file, this line we just read has nothing to do with the
repacked result, so we ignore it, which sounds fine.
> + string_list_clear(&line_sections, 0);
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + /* If <time> doesn't exist, retrieve it and add it to line */
> + if (line_sections.nr < 3)
> + strbuf_addf(&line, " %" PRItime, (timestamp_t)source_stat.st_mtime);
Should we also validate line_sections[1] in some way? I am not sure
if we want to call check_ref_format() on it.
If we insist that .nr is at least 2 immediately after we split the
string, and make sure the line begins with <oid> (i.e., parsable as
hex object name) that might be sufficient. I dunno.
> + /*
> + * Add the finalized line to dest_to_write and dest_content if it
> + * wasn't already present inside dest_content
> + */
> + if (strset_add(&dest_content, line.buf)) {
> + strbuf_addbuf(&dest_to_write, &line);
> + strbuf_addch(&dest_to_write, '\n');
> + }
> +
> + string_list_clear(&line_sections, 0);
> + }
> +
> + err = ferror(source);
> + err |= fclose(source);
> + if (err)
> + die(_("Could not read '%s' promisor file"), source_promisor_name.buf);
> + }
> +
> + /* If dest_to_write is not empty, then there are new lines to append */
> + if (dest_to_write.len) {
> + if (fseek(dest, 0L, SEEK_END))
> + die_errno(_("fseek failed"));
> + fprintf(dest, "%s", dest_to_write.buf);
> + }
> +
> + err = ferror(dest);
> + err |= fclose(dest);
> + if (err)
> + die(_("Could not write '%s' promisor file"), dest_promisor_name);
> +
> + close_pack_index(dest_pack);
As we discussed,
free(dest_pack);
is missing.
> + free(dest_idx_name);
> + free(dest_promisor_name);
> + strset_clear(&dest_content);
> + strbuf_release(&dest_to_write);
> + strbuf_release(&source_promisor_name);
> + strbuf_release(&line);
> +}
> +
> static void finish_repacking_promisor_objects(struct repository *repo,
> struct child_process *cmd,
> struct string_list *names,
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Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-21 21:28 [GSoC PATCH 0/3] preserve promisor files content after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-21 21:28 ` [GSoC PATCH 1/3] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-21 21:28 ` [GSoC PATCH 2/3] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-22 2:04 ` Eric Sunshine
2026-03-22 18:50 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-21 21:29 ` [GSoC PATCH 3/3] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-22 19:16 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 0/4] preserve promisor files content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-22 19:16 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 1/4] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-23 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-25 21:33 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-22 19:18 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 2/4] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-23 20:27 ` Eric Sunshine
2026-03-26 16:15 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-23 21:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-26 2:01 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-22 19:18 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 3/4] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-23 21:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-26 2:12 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-22 19:18 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 4/4] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 0:23 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 0/5] preserve promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 0:24 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 1/5] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 0:24 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 2/5] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 17:22 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-04-06 18:40 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-06 21:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 21:46 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-07 2:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 21:52 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-07 22:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-06 21:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 22:07 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-06 0:25 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 3/5] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 0:25 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 4/5] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 22:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 23:28 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-07 18:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 23:11 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-08 0:38 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-06 0:25 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 5/5] t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:01 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 0/5] preserve promisor files content after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:02 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 1/5] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:02 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 2/5] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 16:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 16:34 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 18:10 ` [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: st_mtimespec vs st_mtim vs st_mtime Junio C Hamano
2026-04-16 23:46 ` Elijah Newren
2026-04-17 4:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 15:03 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 3/5] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:04 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 4/5] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:04 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 5/5] t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:47 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 0/5] preserve promisor files content after repack Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 16:44 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 22:54 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 0/6] " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 22:54 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 1/6] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 22:55 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 2/6] repack-promisor add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 23:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-11 1:59 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-12 6:27 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-04-17 0:30 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 22:55 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 3/6] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-11 18:25 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-04-17 0:34 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 22:55 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 4/6] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 22:56 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 5/6] t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-11 18:49 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-04-17 0:46 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 22:56 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 6/6] repack-promisor: add missing headers LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:16 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 0/6] preserve promisor files content after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:16 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 1/6] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 2/6] repack-promisor add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 3/6] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 4/6] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 5/6] t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 6/6] repack-promisor: add missing headers LorenzoPegorari
2026-05-12 6:49 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 0/6] preserve promisor files content after repack Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 23:05 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 0/5] " Junio C Hamano
2026-04-11 2:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-11 14:05 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
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