Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] index-pack: Disable threading on cygwin

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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>    - renamed FAKE_PREAD_NOT_THREAD_SAFE to NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD

Sensible.

>    - when NO_PREAD, set NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD in the Makefile, rather
>      than in git-compat-util.h

I think it is a bad change.  When compat/ pread gets improved to be
thread-safe, this will surely be missed.

>    - set NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD in the non-conditional part of the
>      cygwin config section (ie not just versions before 1.7.x)

Sorry that I missed it, and thanks for fixing it.

> I can only test this by using it (all relevant tests pass with or without
> this patch, after all), so I have installed it for day-to-day use. I don't
> anticipate any problems, but I guess this patch has not actually been
> tested yet ... :-D
>
> HTH
>
> ATB,
> Ramsay Jones
>
>  Makefile             | 8 ++++++++
>  builtin/index-pack.c | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 4592f1f..67d761e 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ all::
>  # Define NO_PREAD if you have a problem with pread() system call (e.g.
>  # cygwin1.dll before v1.5.22).
>  #
> +# Define NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD if your pread() implementation is not
> +# thread-safe. (e.g. compat/pread.c or cygwin)
> +#
>  # Define NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY if accessing objects in pack files is
>  # generally faster on your platform than accessing the working directory.
>  #
> @@ -1051,6 +1054,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin)
>  		NO_IPV6 = YesPlease
>  		OLD_ICONV = UnfortunatelyYes
>  	endif
> +	NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD = YesPlease
>  	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
>  	NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY = UnfortunatelyYes
>  	NO_TRUSTABLE_FILEMODE = UnfortunatelyYes
> @@ -1659,6 +1663,10 @@ endif
>  ifdef NO_PREAD
>  	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_PREAD
>  	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/pread.o
> +	NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD = YesPlease
> +endif
> +ifdef NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD
> +	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD
>  endif
>  ifdef NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
>  	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
> diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
> index dc2cfe6..4705478 100644
> --- a/builtin/index-pack.c
> +++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
> @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ struct base_data {
>  	int ofs_first, ofs_last;
>  };
>  
> -#if !defined(NO_PTHREADS) && defined(NO_PREAD)
> -/* NO_PREAD uses compat/pread.c, which is not thread-safe. Disable threading. */
> +#if !defined(NO_PTHREADS) && defined(NO_THREAD_SAFE_PREAD)
> +/* pread() emulation is not thread-safe. Disable threading. */
>  #define NO_PTHREADS
>  #endif
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