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| -rw-r--r-- | refs/files-backend.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index 29514392b0..c4bc9550d3 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -342,13 +342,18 @@ static void files_ref_path(struct files_ref_store *refs, /* * Get the packed_ref_cache for the specified files_ref_store, - * creating it if necessary. + * creating and populating it if it hasn't been read before or if the + * file has been changed (according to its `validity` field) since it + * was last read. On the other hand, if we hold the lock, then assume + * that the file hasn't been changed out from under us, so skip the + * extra `stat()` call in `stat_validity_check()`. */ static struct packed_ref_cache *get_packed_ref_cache(struct files_ref_store *refs) { const char *packed_refs_file = files_packed_refs_path(refs); if (refs->packed && + !is_lock_file_locked(&refs->packed_refs_lock) && !stat_validity_check(&refs->packed->validity, packed_refs_file)) clear_packed_ref_cache(refs); @@ -1288,10 +1293,11 @@ static int lock_packed_refs(struct files_ref_store *refs, int flags) flags, timeout_value) < 0) return -1; /* - * Get the current packed-refs while holding the lock. If the - * packed-refs file has been modified since we last read it, - * this will automatically invalidate the cache and re-read - * the packed-refs file. + * Get the current packed-refs while holding the lock. It is + * important that we call `get_packed_ref_cache()` before + * setting `packed_ref_cache->lock`, because otherwise the + * former will see that the file is locked and assume that the + * cache can't be stale. */ packed_ref_cache = get_packed_ref_cache(refs); /* Increment the reference count to prevent it from being freed: */ |