From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> All processes that the Git main process spawns inherit the open file descriptors of the main process. These leaked file descriptors can cause problems. Use the O_CLOEXEC flag similar to 05d1ed61 to fix the leaked file descriptors. Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- * And the remainder of original 1/2, again taking suggestion by DScho. sha1_file.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c index 5d2bcd3ed1..09045df1dc 100644 --- a/sha1_file.c +++ b/sha1_file.c @@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ int check_sha1_signature(const unsigned char *sha1, void *map, int git_open(const char *name) { - static int sha1_file_open_flag = O_NOATIME; + static int sha1_file_open_flag = O_NOATIME | O_CLOEXEC; for (;;) { int fd; @@ -1571,12 +1571,17 @@ int git_open(const char *name) if (fd >= 0) return fd; - /* Might the failure be due to O_NOATIME? */ - if (errno != ENOENT && sha1_file_open_flag) { - sha1_file_open_flag = 0; + /* Try again w/o O_CLOEXEC: the kernel might not support it */ + if ((sha1_file_open_flag & O_CLOEXEC) && errno == EINVAL) { + sha1_file_open_flag &= ~O_CLOEXEC; continue; } + /* Might the failure be due to O_NOATIME? */ + if (errno != ENOENT && (sha1_file_open_flag & O_NOATIME)) { + sha1_file_open_flag &= ~O_NOATIME; + continue; + } return -1; } } -- 2.10.1-777-gd068e6bde7