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-rw-r--r--refs/files-backend.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 0709f60b8e..f9023939d5 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static void sort_ref_dir(struct ref_dir *dir)
if (dir->sorted == dir->nr)
return;
- qsort(dir->entries, dir->nr, sizeof(*dir->entries), ref_entry_cmp);
+ QSORT(dir->entries, dir->nr, ref_entry_cmp);
/* Remove any duplicates: */
for (i = 0, j = 0; j < dir->nr; j++) {
@@ -1353,6 +1353,7 @@ static int files_read_raw_ref(struct ref_store *ref_store,
int fd;
int ret = -1;
int save_errno;
+ int remaining_retries = 3;
*type = 0;
strbuf_reset(&sb_path);
@@ -1373,8 +1374,14 @@ stat_ref:
* <-> symlink) between the lstat() and reading, then
* we don't want to report that as an error but rather
* try again starting with the lstat().
+ *
+ * We'll keep a count of the retries, though, just to avoid
+ * any confusing situation sending us into an infinite loop.
*/
+ if (remaining_retries-- <= 0)
+ goto out;
+
if (lstat(path, &st) < 0) {
if (errno != ENOENT)
goto out;
@@ -1403,6 +1410,11 @@ stat_ref:
ret = 0;
goto out;
}
+ /*
+ * It doesn't look like a refname; fall through to just
+ * treating it like a non-symlink, and reading whatever it
+ * points to.
+ */
}
/* Is it a directory? */
@@ -1426,7 +1438,7 @@ stat_ref:
*/
fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) {
- if (errno == ENOENT)
+ if (errno == ENOENT && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
/* inconsistent with lstat; retry */
goto stat_ref;
else