Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-06 Thread Kyle J. McKay

On Sep 5, 2013, at 11:48, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Uli Heller uli.hel...@daemons-point.com writes:


When using git-svn in combination with serf-1.2.1 core dumps are
created on termination. This is caused by a bug in serf, a fix for
the bug exists (see https://code.google.com/p/serf/source/detail?r=2146) 
.

Nevertheless, I think it makes sense to fix the issue within the
git perl module Ra.pm, too. The change frees the private copy of
the remote access object on termination which prevents the error
from happening.

Note: Since subversion-1.8.0 and later do require serf-1.2.1 or  
later,
the core dumps typically do show up when upgrading to a recent  
version

of subversion.

Credits: Jonathan Lambrechts for proposing a fix to Ra.pm.
Evgeny Kotkov and Ivan Zhakov for fixing the issue in serf and
pointing me to that fix.
---


Thanks.  Please sign-off your patch.

I am Cc'ing Kyle McKay who apparently had some experience working
with git-svn with newer svn that can only use serf, hoping that we
can get an independent opinion/test just to be sure.  Also Cc'ed is
Eric Wong who has been the official git-svn area expert, but I
understand that Eric hasn't needed to use git-svn for quite a while,
so it is perfectly fine if he does not have any comment on this one.

We may want to find a volunteer to move git svn forward as a new
area expert (aka subsystem maintainer), by the way.


perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm | 5 +
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
index 75ecc42..78dd346 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ BEGIN {
}
}

+END {
+   $RA = undef;
+   $ra_invalid = 1;
+}
+
sub _auth_providers () {
my @rv = (
  SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),


I have not, as of yet, been able to reproduce the problem, so I cannot  
verify the solution.  Maybe Uli can provide an example of a git-svn  
command that demonstrates the failure?


I am running a fresh build of subversion 1.8.3 with serf version 1.3.1  
(the most recent serf release).


According to the serf library history, version 1.3.1 of serf was  
tagged at revision 2139 from revision 2138, but the serf fix mentioned  
above was checked in at revision 2146, so it cannot possibly be in the  
serf 1.3.1 release.


I'm using Git built from master (57e4c1783).  I see the same behavior  
both with and without the SVN/Ra.pm patch (and using both bulk updates  
and skelta mode).  Does the problem not happen on a git svn clone?  I  
can force serf back to version 1.2.1 and try that version just to see,  
but I would like to have an example of a known failing git svn command  
for testing purposes.  Thanks.

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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-06 Thread Uli Heller
On Fri, September 6, 2013 1:46 pm, Kyle J. McKay wrote:
 On Sep 5, 2013, at 11:48, Junio C Hamano wrote:
 Uli Heller uli.hel...@daemons-point.com writes:

 When using git-svn in combination with serf-1.2.1 core dumps are
 created on termination. This is caused by a bug in serf, a fix for
 the bug exists (see
 https://code.google.com/p/serf/source/detail?r=2146)
 .
 Nevertheless, I think it makes sense to fix the issue within the
 git perl module Ra.pm, too. The change frees the private copy of
 the remote access object on termination which prevents the error
 from happening.

 Note: Since subversion-1.8.0 and later do require serf-1.2.1 or
 later,
 the core dumps typically do show up when upgrading to a recent
 version
 of subversion.

 Credits: Jonathan Lambrechts for proposing a fix to Ra.pm.
 Evgeny Kotkov and Ivan Zhakov for fixing the issue in serf and
 pointing me to that fix.
 ---

 Thanks.  Please sign-off your patch.

 I am Cc'ing Kyle McKay who apparently had some experience working
 with git-svn with newer svn that can only use serf, hoping that we
 can get an independent opinion/test just to be sure.  Also Cc'ed is
 Eric Wong who has been the official git-svn area expert, but I
 understand that Eric hasn't needed to use git-svn for quite a while,
 so it is perfectly fine if he does not have any comment on this one.

 We may want to find a volunteer to move git svn forward as a new
 area expert (aka subsystem maintainer), by the way.

 perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm | 5 +
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

 diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
 index 75ecc42..78dd346 100644
 --- a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
 +++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
 @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 }

 +END {
 +   $RA = undef;
 +   $ra_invalid = 1;
 +}
 +
 sub _auth_providers () {
 my @rv = (
   SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),

 I have not, as of yet, been able to reproduce the problem, so I cannot
 verify the solution.  Maybe Uli can provide an example of a git-svn
 command that demonstrates the failure?

 I am running a fresh build of subversion 1.8.3 with serf version 1.3.1
 (the most recent serf release).

 According to the serf library history, version 1.3.1 of serf was
 tagged at revision 2139 from revision 2138, but the serf fix mentioned
 above was checked in at revision 2146, so it cannot possibly be in the
 serf 1.3.1 release.

 I'm using Git built from master (57e4c1783).  I see the same behavior
 both with and without the SVN/Ra.pm patch (and using both bulk updates
 and skelta mode).  Does the problem not happen on a git svn clone?  I
 can force serf back to version 1.2.1 and try that version just to see,
 but I would like to have an example of a known failing git svn command
 for testing purposes.  Thanks.

I think this command should produce the error:

  git svn clone --stdlayout https://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper

You can use any other svn repo as well, you only have to specify an HTTPS
url.

[Yes, I know you typically don't clone github via git svn]

I'll do some more tests using git HEAD and serf 1.3.1 when I'm back home.

Thanks + best regards, Uli

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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-06 Thread Kyle J. McKay

On Sep 6, 2013, at 05:06, Uli Heller wrote:

I'm using Git built from master (57e4c1783).  I see the same behavior
both with and without the SVN/Ra.pm patch (and using both bulk  
updates

and skelta mode).  Does the problem not happen on a git svn clone?  I
can force serf back to version 1.2.1 and try that version just to  
see,
but I would like to have an example of a known failing git svn  
command

for testing purposes.  Thanks.


I think this command should produce the error:

 git svn clone --stdlayout https://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper

You can use any other svn repo as well, you only have to specify an  
HTTPS

url.


Yes, that does it.  Interesting that cloning from https://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper 
 core dumps while cloning from http://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper 
 does not even though the latter redirects to https://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper 
.


In any case, I can now reproduce the problem (serf 1.3.1 still breaks  
since it does not yet contain the fix and it is the most recent serf  
release available).


And the Git/SVN/Ra.pm fix does eliminate the problem for me (both with  
bulk updates and with skelta updates -- the crash occurs with either).

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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-06 Thread Kyle J. McKay

On Sep 5, 2013, at 11:48, Junio C Hamano wrote:

I am Cc'ing Kyle McKay who apparently had some experience working
with git-svn with newer svn that can only use serf, hoping that we
can get an independent opinion/test just to be sure.


On Sep 3, 2013, at 00:35, Uli Heller wrote:

When using git-svn in combination with serf-1.2.1 core dumps are
created on termination. This is caused by a bug in serf, a fix for
the bug exists (see https://code.google.com/p/serf/source/detail?r=2146) 
.

Nevertheless, I think it makes sense to fix the issue within the
git perl module Ra.pm, too. The change frees the private copy of
the remote access object on termination which prevents the error
from happening.

Note: Since subversion-1.8.0 and later do require serf-1.2.1 or later,
the core dumps typically do show up when upgrading to a recent version
of subversion.

Credits: Jonathan Lambrechts for proposing a fix to Ra.pm.
Evgeny Kotkov and Ivan Zhakov for fixing the issue in serf and
pointing me to that fix.
---


In addition to the needed 'Signed-off-by:' a mention should be made  
here of the need to use 'https:' to reproduce the problem.



perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm | 5 +
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
index 75ecc42..78dd346 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ BEGIN {
}
}

+END {
+   $RA = undef;
+   $ra_invalid = 1;
+}
+
sub _auth_providers () {
my @rv = (
  SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
--
1.8.4


Tested-by: Kyle J. McKay mack...@gmail.com

I was able to reproduce the core dumps using subversion 1.8.3 (the  
most recent subversion release) with serf 1.3.1 (the most recent serf  
release) and verify that this patch eliminates the core dump at git- 
svn termination time.

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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-06 Thread Uli Heller
On Fri, September 6, 2013 2:44 pm, Kyle J. McKay wrote:
 On Sep 6, 2013, at 05:06, Uli Heller wrote:
 I'm using Git built from master (57e4c1783).  I see the same behavior
 both with and without the SVN/Ra.pm patch (and using both bulk
 updates
 and skelta mode).  Does the problem not happen on a git svn clone?  I
 can force serf back to version 1.2.1 and try that version just to
 see,
 but I would like to have an example of a known failing git svn
 command
 for testing purposes.  Thanks.

 I think this command should produce the error:

  git svn clone --stdlayout https://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper

 You can use any other svn repo as well, you only have to specify an
 HTTPS
 url.

 Yes, that does it.  Interesting that cloning from
 https://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper
  core dumps while cloning from
 http://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper
  does not even though the latter redirects to
 https://github.com/uli-heller/uli-javawrapper
 .

 In any case, I can now reproduce the problem (serf 1.3.1 still breaks
 since it does not yet contain the fix and it is the most recent serf
 release available).

 And the Git/SVN/Ra.pm fix does eliminate the problem for me (both with
 bulk updates and with skelta updates -- the crash occurs with either).

Great. So I don't have to run any more tests ;)

What shall I do next? Add some inline comments to the patch?

---
Best regards, Uli.

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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-06 Thread Junio C Hamano
Uli Heller uli.hel...@daemons-point.com writes:

 On Fri, September 6, 2013 2:44 pm, Kyle J. McKay wrote:
 ...
 In any case, I can now reproduce the problem (serf 1.3.1 still breaks
 since it does not yet contain the fix and it is the most recent serf
 release available).

 And the Git/SVN/Ra.pm fix does eliminate the problem for me (both with
 bulk updates and with skelta updates -- the crash occurs with either).

 Great. So I don't have to run any more tests ;)

 What shall I do next? Add some inline comments to the patch?

Something like this?

-- 8 --

From: Uli Heller uli.hel...@daemons-point.com
Subject: [PATCH] git-svn: fix termination issues for remote svn connections

git-svn used in combination with serf to talk to svn repository
served over HTTPS dumps core on termination.

This is caused by a bug in serf, and the most recent serf release
1.3.1 still exhibits the problem; a fix for the bug exists (see
https://code.google.com/p/serf/source/detail?r=2146).

Until the bug is fixed, work around the issue within the git perl
module Ra.pm by freeing the private copy of the remote access object
on termination, which seems to be sufficient to prevent the error
from happening.

Note: Since subversion-1.8.0 and later do require serf-1.2.1 or
later, this issue typically shows up when upgrading to a recent
version of subversion.

Credits go to Jonathan Lambrechts for proposing a fix to Ra.pm,
Evgeny Kotkov and Ivan Zhakov for fixing the issue in serf and
pointing me to that fix.

Signed-off-by: Uli Heller uli.hel...@daemons-point.com
Tested-by: Kyle J. McKay mack...@gmail.com
---
 perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm | 5 +
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
index 75ecc42..78dd346 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ BEGIN {
}
 }
 
+# serf has a bug that leads to a coredump upon termination if the
+# remote access object is left around (not fixed yet in serf 1.3.1).
+# Explicitly free it to work around the issue.
+END {
+   $RA = undef;
+   $ra_invalid = 1;
+}
+
 sub _auth_providers () {
my @rv = (
  SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
-- 
1.8.4-431-g94f3a6b
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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-05 Thread Junio C Hamano
Uli Heller uli.hel...@daemons-point.com writes:

 When using git-svn in combination with serf-1.2.1 core dumps are
 created on termination. This is caused by a bug in serf, a fix for
 the bug exists (see https://code.google.com/p/serf/source/detail?r=2146).
 Nevertheless, I think it makes sense to fix the issue within the
 git perl module Ra.pm, too. The change frees the private copy of
 the remote access object on termination which prevents the error
 from happening.

 Note: Since subversion-1.8.0 and later do require serf-1.2.1 or later,
 the core dumps typically do show up when upgrading to a recent version
 of subversion.

 Credits: Jonathan Lambrechts for proposing a fix to Ra.pm.
 Evgeny Kotkov and Ivan Zhakov for fixing the issue in serf and
 pointing me to that fix.
 ---

Thanks.  Please sign-off your patch.

I am Cc'ing Kyle McKay who apparently had some experience working
with git-svn with newer svn that can only use serf, hoping that we
can get an independent opinion/test just to be sure.  Also Cc'ed is
Eric Wong who has been the official git-svn area expert, but I
understand that Eric hasn't needed to use git-svn for quite a while,
so it is perfectly fine if he does not have any comment on this one.

We may want to find a volunteer to move git svn forward as a new
area expert (aka subsystem maintainer), by the way.



  perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm | 5 +
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

 diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
 index 75ecc42..78dd346 100644
 --- a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
 +++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
 @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ BEGIN {
   }
  }

 +END {
 + $RA = undef;
 + $ra_invalid = 1;
 +}
 +
  sub _auth_providers () {
   my @rv = (
 SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-05 Thread Eric Wong
Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com wrote:
 Uli Heller uli.hel...@daemons-point.com writes:
  Nevertheless, I think it makes sense to fix the issue within the
  git perl module Ra.pm, too. The change frees the private copy of
  the remote access object on termination which prevents the error
  from happening.

 Thanks.  Please sign-off your patch.
 
 I am Cc'ing Kyle McKay who apparently had some experience working
 with git-svn with newer svn that can only use serf, hoping that we
 can get an independent opinion/test just to be sure.  Also Cc'ed is
 Eric Wong who has been the official git-svn area expert, but I
 understand that Eric hasn't needed to use git-svn for quite a while,
 so it is perfectly fine if he does not have any comment on this one.
 
 We may want to find a volunteer to move git svn forward as a new
 area expert (aka subsystem maintainer), by the way.

Correct, git-svn has the effect of being self-obsoleting.

I agree with adding a workaround for broken things, however
I suggest a code comment explaining why it is necessary.
The commit message is important, too, but might get harder to track
down if there's code movement/refactoring in the future.

  +END {
  +   $RA = undef;
  +   $ra_invalid = 1;
  +}
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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-05 Thread Junio C Hamano
Eric Wong normalper...@yhbt.net writes:

 Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com wrote:
 Uli Heller uli.hel...@daemons-point.com writes:
  Nevertheless, I think it makes sense to fix the issue within the
  git perl module Ra.pm, too. The change frees the private copy of
  the remote access object on termination which prevents the error
  from happening.

 Thanks.  Please sign-off your patch.
 
 I am Cc'ing Kyle McKay who apparently had some experience working
 with git-svn with newer svn that can only use serf, hoping that we
 can get an independent opinion/test just to be sure.  Also Cc'ed is
 Eric Wong who has been the official git-svn area expert, but I
 understand that Eric hasn't needed to use git-svn for quite a while,
 so it is perfectly fine if he does not have any comment on this one.
 
 We may want to find a volunteer to move git svn forward as a new
 area expert (aka subsystem maintainer), by the way.

 Correct, git-svn has the effect of being self-obsoleting.

 I agree with adding a workaround for broken things, however
 I suggest a code comment explaining why it is necessary.
 The commit message is important, too, but might get harder to track
 down if there's code movement/refactoring in the future.

Thanks for a good suggestion.  I agree that this addition is a good
example where in-code comment would really help the future readers.


  +END {
  +  $RA = undef;
  +  $ra_invalid = 1;
  +}
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[PATCH] git-svn: Fix termination issues for remote svn connections

2013-09-03 Thread Uli Heller
When using git-svn in combination with serf-1.2.1 core dumps are
created on termination. This is caused by a bug in serf, a fix for
the bug exists (see https://code.google.com/p/serf/source/detail?r=2146).
Nevertheless, I think it makes sense to fix the issue within the
git perl module Ra.pm, too. The change frees the private copy of
the remote access object on termination which prevents the error
from happening.

Note: Since subversion-1.8.0 and later do require serf-1.2.1 or later,
the core dumps typically do show up when upgrading to a recent version
of subversion.

Credits: Jonathan Lambrechts for proposing a fix to Ra.pm.
Evgeny Kotkov and Ivan Zhakov for fixing the issue in serf and
pointing me to that fix.
---
 perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm | 5 +
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
index 75ecc42..78dd346 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ BEGIN {
}
 }

+END {
+   $RA = undef;
+   $ra_invalid = 1;
+}
+
 sub _auth_providers () {
my @rv = (
  SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
-- 
1.8.4


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