In read_sha1_file_extended we die if read_object fails with a fatal
error. We detect a fatal error if errno is non-zero and is not
ENOENT. If the object could not be read because it does not exist,
this is not considered a fatal error and we want to return NULL.
Somewhere down the line, read_object calls git_open_noatime to open
a pack index file, for example. We first try open with O_NOATIME.
If O_NOATIME fails with EPERM, we retry without O_NOATIME. When the
second open succeeds, errno is however still set to EPERM from the
first attempt. When we finally determine that the object does not
exist, read_object returns NULL and read_sha1_file_extended dies
with a fatal error:
fatal: failed to read object <sha1>: Operation not permitted
Fix this by resetting errno to zero before we call open again.
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <clemens.buchacher@xxxxxxxxx>
---
This is a re-submission without changes except for a typo fix in the
comments (thanks Eric). The original submission received no other
comments, but I think it is a clear improvement and I hope it was just
missed the first time.
Best regards,
Clemens
sha1_file.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 77cd81d..62b7ad6 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -1453,6 +1453,7 @@ int git_open_noatime(const char *name)
static int sha1_file_open_flag = O_NOATIME;
for (;;) {
+ errno = 0;
int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | sha1_file_open_flag);
if (fd >= 0)
return fd;
--
1.9.4
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