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| -rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sha1_file.c | 11 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -741,12 +741,20 @@ int adjust_shared_perm(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_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); diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c index 2a86912e1..ed814e546 100644 --- a/sha1_file.c +++ b/sha1_file.c @@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ enum scld_error safe_create_leading_directories(char *path) if (errno == EEXIST && !stat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) ; /* somebody created it since we checked */ + else if (errno == ENOENT) + /* + * 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)) { |