Merge branch 'mh/safe-create-leading-directories'

Code clean-up and protection against concurrent write access to the
ref namespace.

* mh/safe-create-leading-directories:
  rename_tmp_log(): on SCLD_VANISHED, retry
  rename_tmp_log(): limit the number of remote_empty_directories() attempts
  rename_tmp_log(): handle a possible mkdir/rmdir race
  rename_ref(): extract function rename_tmp_log()
  remove_dir_recurse(): handle disappearing files and directories
  remove_dir_recurse(): tighten condition for removing unreadable dir
  lock_ref_sha1_basic(): if locking fails with ENOENT, retry
  lock_ref_sha1_basic(): on SCLD_VANISHED, retry
  safe_create_leading_directories(): add new error value SCLD_VANISHED
  cmd_init_db(): when creating directories, handle errors conservatively
  safe_create_leading_directories(): introduce enum for return values
  safe_create_leading_directories(): always restore slash at end of loop
  safe_create_leading_directories(): split on first of multiple slashes
  safe_create_leading_directories(): rename local variable
  safe_create_leading_directories(): add explicit "slash" pointer
  safe_create_leading_directories(): reduce scope of local variable
  safe_create_leading_directories(): fix format of "if" chaining

builtin/init-db.c

@@ -515,13 +515,14 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				saved = shared_repository;
 				shared_repository = 0;
 				switch (safe_create_leading_directories_const(argv[0])) {
-				case -3:
+				case SCLD_OK:
+				case SCLD_PERMS:
+					break;
+				case SCLD_EXISTS:
 					errno = EEXIST;
 					/* fallthru */
-				case -1:
-					die_errno(_("cannot mkdir %s"), argv[0]);
-					break;
 				default:
+					die_errno(_("cannot mkdir %s"), argv[0]);
 					break;
 				}
 				shared_repository = saved;

cache.h

@@ -737,8 +737,29 @@ enum sharedrepo {
 };
 int git_config_perm(const char *var, const char *value);
 int adjust_shared_perm(const char *path);
-int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path);
+
-int safe_create_leading_directories_const(const char *path);
+/*
+ * Create the directory containing the named path, using care to be
+ * somewhat safe against races.  Return one of the scld_error values
+ * to indicate success/failure.
+ *
+ * SCLD_VANISHED indicates that one of the ancestor directories of the
+ * path existed at one point during the function call and then
+ * suddenly vanished, probably because another process pruned the
+ * directory while we were working.  To be robust against this kind of
+ * race, callers might want to try invoking the function again when it
+ * returns SCLD_VANISHED.
+ */
+enum scld_error {
+	SCLD_OK = 0,
+	SCLD_FAILED = -1,
+	SCLD_PERMS = -2,
+	SCLD_EXISTS = -3,
+	SCLD_VANISHED = -4
+};
+enum scld_error safe_create_leading_directories(char *path);
+enum scld_error safe_create_leading_directories_const(const char *path);
+
 int mkdir_in_gitdir(const char *path);
 extern void home_config_paths(char **global, char **xdg, char *file);
 extern char *expand_user_path(const char *path);

dir.c

@@ -1511,8 +1511,13 @@ static int remove_dir_recurse(struct strbuf *path, int flag, int *kept_up)
 	flag &= ~REMOVE_DIR_KEEP_TOPLEVEL;
 	dir = opendir(path->buf);
 	if (!dir) {
-		/* an empty dir could be removed even if it is unreadble */
+		if (errno == ENOENT)
-		if (!keep_toplevel)
+			return keep_toplevel ? -1 : 0;
+		else if (errno == EACCES && !keep_toplevel)
+			/*
+			 * An empty dir could be removable even if it
+			 * is unreadable:
+			 */
 			return rmdir(path->buf);
 		else
 			return -1;
@@ -1528,13 +1533,21 @@ static int remove_dir_recurse(struct strbuf *path, int flag, int *kept_up)
 
 		strbuf_setlen(path, len);
 		strbuf_addstr(path, e->d_name);
-		if (lstat(path->buf, &st))
+		if (lstat(path->buf, &st)) {
-			; /* fall thru */
+			if (errno == ENOENT)
-		else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+				/*
+				 * file disappeared, which is what we
+				 * wanted anyway
+				 */
+				continue;
+			/* fall thru */
+		} else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
 			if (!remove_dir_recurse(path, flag, &kept_down))
 				continue; /* happy */
-		} else if (!only_empty && !unlink(path->buf))
+		} else if (!only_empty &&
+			   (!unlink(path->buf) || errno == ENOENT)) {
 			continue; /* happy, too */
+		}
 
 		/* path too long, stat fails, or non-directory still exists */
 		ret = -1;
@@ -1544,7 +1557,7 @@ static int remove_dir_recurse(struct strbuf *path, int flag, int *kept_up)
 
 	strbuf_setlen(path, original_len);
 	if (!ret && !keep_toplevel && !kept_down)
-		ret = rmdir(path->buf);
+		ret = (!rmdir(path->buf) || errno == ENOENT) ? 0 : -1;
 	else if (kept_up)
 		/*
 		 * report the uplevel that it is not an error that we

merge-recursive.c

@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ static int make_room_for_path(struct merge_options *o, const char *path)
 	/* Make sure leading directories are created */
 	status = safe_create_leading_directories_const(path);
 	if (status) {
-		if (status == -3) {
+		if (status == SCLD_EXISTS) {
 			/* something else exists */
 			error(msg, path, _(": perhaps a D/F conflict?"));
 			return -1;

refs.c

@@ -2039,6 +2039,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
 	int type, lflags;
 	int mustexist = (old_sha1 && !is_null_sha1(old_sha1));
 	int missing = 0;
+	int attempts_remaining = 3;
 
 	lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_lock));
 	lock->lock_fd = -1;
@@ -2080,7 +2081,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
 
 	lock->lk = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
 
-	lflags = LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR;
+	lflags = 0;
 	if (flags & REF_NODEREF) {
 		refname = orig_refname;
 		lflags |= LOCK_NODEREF;
@@ -2093,13 +2094,32 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
 	if ((flags & REF_NODEREF) && (type & REF_ISSYMREF))
 		lock->force_write = 1;
 
-	if (safe_create_leading_directories(ref_file)) {
+ retry:
+	switch (safe_create_leading_directories(ref_file)) {
+	case SCLD_OK:
+		break; /* success */
+	case SCLD_VANISHED:
+		if (--attempts_remaining > 0)
+			goto retry;
+		/* fall through */
+	default:
 		last_errno = errno;
 		error("unable to create directory for %s", ref_file);
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
 	lock->lock_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(lock->lk, ref_file, lflags);
+	if (lock->lock_fd < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENOENT && --attempts_remaining > 0)
+			/*
+			 * Maybe somebody just deleted one of the
+			 * directories leading to ref_file.  Try
+			 * again:
+			 */
+			goto retry;
+		else
+			unable_to_lock_index_die(ref_file, errno);
+	}
 	return old_sha1 ? verify_lock(lock, old_sha1, mustexist) : lock;
 
  error_return:
@@ -2508,6 +2528,51 @@ int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int delopt)
  */
 #define TMP_RENAMED_LOG  "logs/refs/.tmp-renamed-log"
 
+static int rename_tmp_log(const char *newrefname)
+{
+	int attempts_remaining = 4;
+
+ retry:
+	switch (safe_create_leading_directories(git_path("logs/%s", newrefname))) {
+	case SCLD_OK:
+		break; /* success */
+	case SCLD_VANISHED:
+		if (--attempts_remaining > 0)
+			goto retry;
+		/* fall through */
+	default:
+		error("unable to create directory for %s", newrefname);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (rename(git_path(TMP_RENAMED_LOG), git_path("logs/%s", newrefname))) {
+		if ((errno==EISDIR || errno==ENOTDIR) && --attempts_remaining > 0) {
+			/*
+			 * rename(a, b) when b is an existing
+			 * directory ought to result in ISDIR, but
+			 * Solaris 5.8 gives ENOTDIR.  Sheesh.
+			 */
+			if (remove_empty_directories(git_path("logs/%s", newrefname))) {
+				error("Directory not empty: logs/%s", newrefname);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			goto retry;
+		} else if (errno == ENOENT && --attempts_remaining > 0) {
+			/*
+			 * Maybe another process just deleted one of
+			 * the directories in the path to newrefname.
+			 * Try again from the beginning.
+			 */
+			goto retry;
+		} else {
+			error("unable to move logfile "TMP_RENAMED_LOG" to logs/%s: %s",
+				newrefname, strerror(errno));
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int rename_ref(const char *oldrefname, const char *newrefname, const char *logmsg)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20], orig_sha1[20];
@@ -2555,30 +2620,9 @@ int rename_ref(const char *oldrefname, const char *newrefname, const char *logms
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (log && safe_create_leading_directories(git_path("logs/%s", newrefname))) {
+	if (log && rename_tmp_log(newrefname))
-		error("unable to create directory for %s", newrefname);
 		goto rollback;
-	}
 
- retry:
-	if (log && rename(git_path(TMP_RENAMED_LOG), git_path("logs/%s", newrefname))) {
-		if (errno==EISDIR || errno==ENOTDIR) {
-			/*
-			 * rename(a, b) when b is an existing
-			 * directory ought to result in ISDIR, but
-			 * Solaris 5.8 gives ENOTDIR.  Sheesh.
-			 */
-			if (remove_empty_directories(git_path("logs/%s", newrefname))) {
-				error("Directory not empty: logs/%s", newrefname);
-				goto rollback;
-			}
-			goto retry;
-		} else {
-			error("unable to move logfile "TMP_RENAMED_LOG" to logs/%s: %s",
-				newrefname, strerror(errno));
-			goto rollback;
-		}
-	}
 	logmoved = log;
 
 	lock = lock_ref_sha1_basic(newrefname, NULL, 0, NULL);

sha1_file.c

@@ -105,50 +105,59 @@ int mkdir_in_gitdir(const char *path)
 	return adjust_shared_perm(path);
 }
 
-int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path)
+enum scld_error safe_create_leading_directories(char *path)
 {
-	char *pos = path + offset_1st_component(path);
+	char *next_component = path + offset_1st_component(path);
-	struct stat st;
+	enum scld_error ret = SCLD_OK;
 
-	while (pos) {
+	while (ret == SCLD_OK && next_component) {
-		pos = strchr(pos, '/');
+		struct stat st;
-		if (!pos)
+		char *slash = strchr(next_component, '/');
+
+		if (!slash)
 			break;
-		while (*++pos == '/')
+
-			;
+		next_component = slash + 1;
-		if (!*pos)
+		while (*next_component == '/')
+			next_component++;
+		if (!*next_component)
 			break;
-		*--pos = '\0';
+
+		*slash = '\0';
 		if (!stat(path, &st)) {
 			/* path exists */
-			if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+			if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-				*pos = '/';
+				ret = SCLD_EXISTS;
-				return -3;
+		} else if (mkdir(path, 0777)) {
-			}
-		}
-		else if (mkdir(path, 0777)) {
 			if (errno == EEXIST &&
-			    !stat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+			    !stat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
 				; /* somebody created it since we checked */
-			} else {
+			else if (errno == ENOENT)
-				*pos = '/';
+				/*
-				return -1;
+				 * Either mkdir() failed because
-			}
+				 * somebody just pruned the containing
+				 * directory, or stat() failed because
+				 * the file that was in our way was
+				 * just removed.  Either way, inform
+				 * the caller that it might be worth
+				 * trying again:
+				 */
+				ret = SCLD_VANISHED;
+			else
+				ret = SCLD_FAILED;
+		} else if (adjust_shared_perm(path)) {
+			ret = SCLD_PERMS;
 		}
-		else if (adjust_shared_perm(path)) {
+		*slash = '/';
-			*pos = '/';
-			return -2;
-		}
-		*pos++ = '/';
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
-int safe_create_leading_directories_const(const char *path)
+enum scld_error safe_create_leading_directories_const(const char *path)
 {
 	/* path points to cache entries, so xstrdup before messing with it */
 	char *buf = xstrdup(path);
-	int result = safe_create_leading_directories(buf);
+	enum scld_error result = safe_create_leading_directories(buf);
 	free(buf);
 	return result;
 }