close_lock_file(): new function in the lockfile API

The lockfile API is a handy way to obtain a file that is cleaned
up if you die().  But sometimes you would need this sequence to
work:

 1. hold_lock_file_for_update() to get a file descriptor for
    writing;

 2. write the contents out, without being able to decide if the
    results should be committed or rolled back;

 3. do something else that makes the decision --- and this
    "something else" needs the lockfile not to have an open file
    descriptor for writing (e.g. Windows do not want a open file
    to be renamed);

 4. call commit_lock_file() or rollback_lock_file() as
    appropriately.

This adds close_lock_file() you can call between step 2 and 3 in
the above sequence.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Brandon Casey
2008-01-16 11:05:32 -08:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 0c0478cac8
commit d6cf61bfd4
3 changed files with 35 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ commit_lock_file::
Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized
with an earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update()`,
close the file descriptor and rename the lockfile to its
final destination.
final destination. Returns 0 upon success, a negative
value on failure to close(2) or rename(2).
rollback_lock_file::
@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ rollback_lock_file::
with an earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update()`,
close the file descriptor and remove the lockfile.
close_lock_file::
Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized
with an earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update()`,
and close the file descriptor. Returns 0 upon success,
a negative value on failure to close(2).
Because the structure is used in an `atexit(3)` handler, its
storage has to stay throughout the life of the program. It
cannot be an auto variable allocated on the stack.
@ -54,8 +61,10 @@ done writing to the file descriptor. If you do not call either
and simply `exit(3)` from the program, an `atexit(3)` handler
will close and remove the lockfile.
You should not close the file descriptor you obtained from
`hold_lock_file_for_update` function yourself. The `struct
If you need to close the file descriptor you obtained from
`hold_lock_file_for_update` function yourself, do so by calling
`close_lock_file()`. You should never call `close(2)` yourself!
Otherwise the `struct
lock_file` structure still remembers that the file descriptor
needs to be closed, and a later call to `commit_lock_file()` or
`rollback_lock_file()` will result in duplicate calls to