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diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c index 63f4e94bce..d27e61cafc 100644 --- a/lockfile.c +++ b/lockfile.c @@ -2,59 +2,9 @@ * Copyright (c) 2005, Junio C Hamano */ #include "cache.h" +#include "lockfile.h" #include "sigchain.h" -/* - * File write-locks as used by Git. - * - * For an overview of how to use the lockfile API, please see - * - * Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt - * - * This module keeps track of all locked files in lock_file_list for - * use at cleanup. This list and the lock_file objects that comprise - * it must be kept in self-consistent states at all time, because the - * program can be interrupted any time by a signal, in which case the - * signal handler will walk through the list attempting to clean up - * any open lock files. - * - * A lockfile is owned by the process that created it. The lock_file - * object has an "owner" field that records its owner. This field is - * used to prevent a forked process from closing a lockfile created by - * its parent. - * - * The possible states of a lock_file object are as follows: - * - * - Uninitialized. In this state the object's on_list field must be - * zero but the rest of its contents need not be initialized. As - * soon as the object is used in any way, it is irrevocably - * registered in the lock_file_list, and on_list is set. - * - * - Locked, lockfile open (after hold_lock_file_for_update(), - * hold_lock_file_for_append(), or reopen_lock_file()). In this - * state: - * - the lockfile exists - * - active is set - * - filename holds the filename of the lockfile - * - fd holds a file descriptor open for writing to the lockfile - * - owner holds the PID of the process that locked the file - * - * - Locked, lockfile closed (after successful close_lock_file()). - * Same as the previous state, except that the lockfile is closed - * and fd is -1. - * - * - Unlocked (after commit_lock_file(), commit_lock_file_to(), - * rollback_lock_file(), a failed attempt to lock, or a failed - * close_lock_file()). In this state: - * - active is unset - * - filename is empty (usually, though there are transitory - * states in which this condition doesn't hold). Client code should - * *not* rely on the filename being empty in this state. - * - fd is -1 - * - the object is left registered in the lock_file_list, and - * on_list is set. - */ - static struct lock_file *volatile lock_file_list; static void remove_lock_files(void) |