* Document the behavior of commit_lock_file() when it fails, namely that it rolls back the lock_file object and sets errno appropriately. * Document the behavior of rollback_lock_file() when called for a lock_file object that has already been committed or rolled back, namely that it is a NOOP. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt index 7f04db2..d7882df 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt @@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ unable_to_lock_die:: Emit an appropriate error message and `die()`. +Similarly, `commit_lock_file` and `close_lock_file` return 0 on +success. On failure they set `errno` appropriately, do their best to +roll back the lockfile, and return -1. + Flags ----- @@ -143,18 +147,22 @@ commit_lock_file:: Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized with an earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update` or - `hold_lock_file_for_append`, close the file descriptor and + `hold_lock_file_for_append`, close the file descriptor, and rename the lockfile to its final destination. Return 0 upon - success or a negative value on failure to `close(2)` or - `rename(2)`. It is a bug to call `commit_lock_file()` for a - `lock_file` object that is not currently locked. + success. On failure, roll back the lock file and return -1, + with `errno` set to the value from the failing call to + `close(2)` or `rename(2)`. It is a bug to call + `commit_lock_file` for a `lock_file` object that is not + currently locked. rollback_lock_file:: Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized with an earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update` or `hold_lock_file_for_append`, close the file descriptor and - remove the lockfile. + remove the lockfile. It is a NOOP to call + `rollback_lock_file()` for a `lock_file` object that has + already been committed or rolled back. close_lock_file:: @@ -162,6 +170,6 @@ close_lock_file:: earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update` or `hold_lock_file_for_append`, and close the file descriptor. Return 0 upon success. On failure to `close(2)`, return a - negative value and rollback the lock file. Usually + negative value and roll back the lock file. Usually `commit_lock_file` or `rollback_lock_file` should eventually be called if `close_lock_file` succeeds. -- 2.1.0 -- 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