In commit 42c7f7ff9685 ("commit_packed_refs(): remove call to `packed_refs_unlock()`", 2017-06-23), a call to packed_refs_unlock() was added to files_initial_transaction_commit() in order to compensate for removing that call from commit_packed_refs(). However, that call was added in the cleanup section, which is run even if the packed_ref_store was never locked (which happens if an error occurs earlier in the function). Create a new cleanup goto target which runs packed_refs_unlock(), and ensure that only goto statements after a successful invocation of packed_refs_lock() jump there. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- I noticed this when one of our servers sent duplicate refs in its ref advertisement (noticed through GIT_TRACE_PACKET). With this change (and before the aforementioned commit 42c7f7ff9685), the error message is "fatal: multiple updates for ref '<ref>' not allowed", which gives a bigger clue to the problem. Currently, it is "fatal: BUG: packed_refs_unlock() called when not locked". (I couldn't replicate this problem in C Git.) --- refs/files-backend.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index f75d960e1..89bc5584a 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -2931,13 +2931,14 @@ static int files_initial_transaction_commit(struct ref_store *ref_store, if (initial_ref_transaction_commit(packed_transaction, err)) { ret = TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR; - goto cleanup; + goto locked_cleanup; } +locked_cleanup: + packed_refs_unlock(refs->packed_ref_store); cleanup: if (packed_transaction) ref_transaction_free(packed_transaction); - packed_refs_unlock(refs->packed_ref_store); transaction->state = REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED; string_list_clear(&affected_refnames, 0); return ret; -- 2.16.0.rc1.238.g530d649a79-goog