start_command(), .in/.out/.err = -1: Callers must close the file descriptor

By setting .in, .out, or .err members of struct child_process to -1, the
callers of start_command() can request that a pipe is allocated that talks
to the child process and one end is returned by replacing -1 with the
file descriptor.

Previously, a flag was set (for .in and .out, but not .err) to signal
finish_command() to close the pipe end that start_command() had handed out,
so it was optional for callers to close the pipe, and many already do so.
Now we make it mandatory to close the pipe.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/receive-pack.c b/receive-pack.c
index 3267495832..a971433db1 100644
--- a/receive-pack.c
+++ b/receive-pack.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ static int run_hook(const char *hook_name)
 				break;
 		}
 	}
+	close(proc.in);
 	return hook_status(finish_command(&proc), hook_name);
 }
 
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ static const char *unpack(void)
 		if (start_command(&ip))
 			return "index-pack fork failed";
 		pack_lockfile = index_pack_lockfile(ip.out);
+		close(ip.out);
 		status = finish_command(&ip);
 		if (!status) {
 			reprepare_packed_git();