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diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c index 81143e55a..2680dc949 100644 --- a/lockfile.c +++ b/lockfile.c @@ -4,6 +4,48 @@ #include "cache.h" #include "sigchain.h" +/* + * File write-locks as used by Git. + * + * For an overview of how to use the lockfile API, please see + * + * Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt + * + * This module keeps track of all locked files in lock_file_list for + * use at cleanup. This list and the lock_file objects that comprise + * it must be kept in self-consistent states at all time, because the + * program can be interrupted any time by a signal, in which case the + * signal handler will walk through the list attempting to clean up + * any open lock files. + * + * A lockfile is owned by the process that created it. The lock_file + * object has an "owner" field that records its owner. This field is + * used to prevent a forked process from closing a lockfile created by + * its parent. + * + * A lock_file object can be in several states: + * + * - Uninitialized. In this state the object's on_list field must be + * zero but the rest of its contents need not be initialized. As + * soon as the object is used in any way, it is irrevocably + * registered in the lock_file_list, and on_list is set. + * + * - Locked, lockfile open (after hold_lock_file_for_update(), + * hold_lock_file_for_append(), or reopen_lock_file()). In this + * state, the lockfile exists, filename holds the filename of the + * lockfile, fd holds a file descriptor open for writing to the + * lockfile, and owner holds the PID of the process that locked the + * file. + * + * - Locked, lockfile closed (after close_lock_file()). Same as the + * previous state, except that the lockfile is closed and fd is -1. + * + * - Unlocked (after commit_lock_file(), rollback_lock_file(), or a + * failed attempt to lock). In this state, filename[0] == '\0' and + * fd is -1. The object is left registered in the lock_file_list, + * and on_list is set. + */ + static struct lock_file *lock_file_list; static void remove_lock_file(void) |