On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> +void make_locked_paths_absolute(void) >> +{ >> + struct lock_file *lk; >> + for (lk = lock_file_list; lk != NULL; lk = lk->next) { >> + if (lk->filename && !is_absolute_path(lk->filename)) { >> + char *to_free = lk->filename; >> + lk->filename = xstrdup(absolute_path(lk->filename)); >> + free(to_free); >> + } >> + } >> +} > > I just have to ask, why are we putting relative pathnames in this > list to begin with? Why not use an absolute path when taking the > lock in all cases? (calling absolute_path() and using the result > to take the lock, storing it in the lock_file list, should not be > in the critical path, right? Not that I have measured it, of course! :) Conservative :) I'm still scared from 044bbbc (Make git_dir a path relative to work_tree in setup_work_tree() - 2008-06-19). But yeah looking through "grep hold_" I think none of the locks is in critical path. absolute_path() can die() if cwd is longer than PATH_MAX (and doing this reduces the chances of that happening). But René is adding strbuf_getcwd() that can remove that PATH_MAX. So I guess we should be fine with putting absolute_path() in hold_lock_file_...* -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html