[PATCH 2/3] new: Handle fatal errors in remove_filename and _remove_directory

Austin Clements amdragon at MIT.EDU
Sat Apr 21 21:21:05 PDT 2012


Quoth Mark Walters on Apr 16 at  5:02 pm:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, Austin Clements <amdragon at MIT.EDU> wrote:
> > Previously such errors were simply ignored.  Now they cause an
> > immediate cleanup and abort.
> 
> This one looks fine except for a minor query.
> 
> > ---
> >  notmuch-new.c |   24 ++++++++++++++++++------
> >  1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
> > index bd9786a..0cbd479 100644
> > --- a/notmuch-new.c
> > +++ b/notmuch-new.c
> > @@ -780,8 +780,10 @@ remove_filename (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> >  	add_files_state->renamed_messages++;
> >  	if (add_files_state->synchronize_flags == TRUE)
> >  	    notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags (message);
> > -    } else
> > +	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
> > +    } else if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
> >  	add_files_state->removed_messages++;
> > +    }
> >      notmuch_message_destroy (message);
> >      notmuch_database_end_atomic (notmuch);
> >      return status;
> > @@ -789,12 +791,13 @@ remove_filename (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> >  
> >  /* Recursively remove all filenames from the database referring to
> >   * 'path' (or to any of its children). */
> > -static void
> > +static notmuch_status_t
> >  _remove_directory (void *ctx,
> >  		   notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
> >  		   const char *path,
> >  		   add_files_state_t *add_files_state)
> >  {
> > +    notmuch_status_t status;
> >      notmuch_directory_t *directory;
> >      notmuch_filenames_t *files, *subdirs;
> >      char *absolute;
> > @@ -807,8 +810,10 @@ _remove_directory (void *ctx,
> >      {
> >  	absolute = talloc_asprintf (ctx, "%s/%s", path,
> >  				    notmuch_filenames_get (files));
> > -	remove_filename (notmuch, absolute, add_files_state);
> > +	status = remove_filename (notmuch, absolute, add_files_state);
> >  	talloc_free (absolute);
> > +	if (status)
> > +	    return status;
> >      }
> >  
> >      for (subdirs = notmuch_directory_get_child_directories (directory);
> > @@ -817,11 +822,14 @@ _remove_directory (void *ctx,
> >      {
> >  	absolute = talloc_asprintf (ctx, "%s/%s", path,
> >  				    notmuch_filenames_get (subdirs));
> > -	_remove_directory (ctx, notmuch, absolute, add_files_state);
> > +	status = _remove_directory (ctx, notmuch, absolute, add_files_state);
> >  	talloc_free (absolute);
> > +	if (status)
> > +	    return status;
> >      }
> >  
> >      notmuch_directory_destroy (directory);
> > +    return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
> >  }
> 
> In the two "return status" lines above seem to mean we don't call
> notmuch_directory_destroy. Does that matter?

Good point.  I've fixed this to use the usual goto DONE cleanup idiom.

> The other query is not actually about this patch: just something that
> came up when reading it. Should notmuch_database_begin_atomic and
> notmuch_database_end_atomic always be paired? One of the (existing)
> error cases in remove_filename seems to return without calling end.

Yes, they should be.  I've added a patch to fix that.

> Best wishes
> 
> Mark
> 
> >  int
> > @@ -939,7 +947,9 @@ notmuch_new_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
> >  
> >      gettimeofday (&tv_start, NULL);
> >      for (f = add_files_state.removed_files->head; f && !interrupted; f = f->next) {
> > -	remove_filename (notmuch, f->filename, &add_files_state);
> > +	ret = remove_filename (notmuch, f->filename, &add_files_state);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +	    goto DONE;
> >  	if (do_print_progress) {
> >  	    do_print_progress = 0;
> >  	    generic_print_progress ("Cleaned up", "messages",
> > @@ -950,7 +960,9 @@ notmuch_new_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
> >  
> >      gettimeofday (&tv_start, NULL);
> >      for (f = add_files_state.removed_directories->head, i = 0; f && !interrupted; f = f->next, i++) {
> > -	_remove_directory (ctx, notmuch, f->filename, &add_files_state);
> > +	ret = _remove_directory (ctx, notmuch, f->filename, &add_files_state);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +	    goto DONE;
> >  	if (do_print_progress) {
> >  	    do_print_progress = 0;
> >  	    generic_print_progress ("Cleaned up", "directories",


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