By closing the pack index, a caller can later overwrite the index
with an updated index file, possibly after converting from v1 to
the v2 format. Because p->index_data is NULL after close, on the
next access the index will be opened again and the other members
will be updated with new data.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
No change from v3.
cache.h | 1 +
sha1_file.c | 11 +++++++++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 6e54993..0eba039 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@ extern struct packed_git *find_sha1_pack(const unsigned char *sha1,
extern void pack_report(void);
extern int open_pack_index(struct packed_git *);
+extern void close_pack_index(struct packed_git *);
extern unsigned char *use_pack(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t, unsigned int *);
extern void close_pack_windows(struct packed_git *);
extern void unuse_pack(struct pack_window **);
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index c23cc5e..4e82654 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -606,6 +606,14 @@ void unuse_pack(struct pack_window **w_cursor)
}
}
+void close_pack_index(struct packed_git *p)
+{
+ if (p->index_data) {
+ munmap((void *)p->index_data, p->index_size);
+ p->index_data = NULL;
+ }
+}
+
/*
* This is used by git-repack in case a newly created pack happens to
* contain the same set of objects as an existing one. In that case
@@ -627,8 +635,7 @@ void free_pack_by_name(const char *pack_name)
close_pack_windows(p);
if (p->pack_fd != -1)
close(p->pack_fd);
- if (p->index_data)
- munmap((void *)p->index_data, p->index_size);
+ close_pack_index(p);
free(p->bad_object_sha1);
*pp = p->next;
free(p);
--
1.7.1.rc1.279.g22727
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