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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH 1/3] lib: make compact to keep backup until new database in\r
+ place\r
+Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:55:36 +0200\r
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+It is less error prone and window of failure opportunity is smaller\r
+if the old database is always renamed (instead of sometimes rmtree'd)\r
+before new database is put into its place.\r
+Finally rmtree() old database in case old database backup is not kept.\r
+---\r
+ lib/database.cc | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------\r
+ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc\r
+index a021bf1..6b656e9 100644\r
+--- a/lib/database.cc\r
++++ b/lib/database.cc\r
+@@ -871,6 +871,7 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,\r
+ notmuch_status_t ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;\r
+ notmuch_database_t *notmuch = NULL;\r
+ struct stat statbuf;\r
++ bool keep_backup;\r
+ \r
+ local = talloc_new (NULL);\r
+ if (! local)\r
+@@ -896,17 +897,25 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+- if (backup_path != NULL) {\r
+- if (stat(backup_path, &statbuf) != -1) {\r
+- fprintf (stderr, "Backup path already exists: %s\n", backup_path);\r
+- ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+- goto DONE;\r
+- }\r
+- if (errno != ENOENT) {\r
+- fprintf (stderr, "Unknown error while stat()ing backup path: %s\n",\r
+- strerror(errno));\r
++ if (backup_path == NULL) {\r
++ if (! (backup_path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s.old", xapian_path))) {\r
++ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
++ keep_backup = FALSE;\r
++ }\r
++ else\r
++ keep_backup = TRUE;\r
++\r
++ if (stat (backup_path, &statbuf) != -1) {\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Backup path already exists: %s\n", backup_path);\r
++ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
++ goto DONE;\r
++ }\r
++ if (errno != ENOENT) {\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Unknown error while stat()ing backup path: %s\n",\r
++ strerror(errno));\r
++ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ try {\r
+@@ -922,14 +931,10 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+- if (backup_path) {\r
+- if (rename(xapian_path, backup_path)) {\r
+- fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way\n");\r
+- ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+- goto DONE;\r
+- }\r
+- } else {\r
+- rmtree(xapian_path);\r
++ if (rename(xapian_path, backup_path)) {\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way\n");\r
++ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
++ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ if (rename(compact_xapian_path, xapian_path)) {\r
+@@ -938,6 +943,9 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
++ if (! keep_backup)\r
++ rmtree (backup_path);\r
++\r
+ DONE:\r
+ if (notmuch)\r
+ notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);\r
+@@ -1538,7 +1546,7 @@ _notmuch_database_generate_doc_id (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)\r
+ notmuch->last_doc_id++;\r
+ \r
+ if (notmuch->last_doc_id == 0)\r
+- INTERNAL_ERROR ("Xapian document IDs are exhausted.\n"); \r
++ INTERNAL_ERROR ("Xapian document IDs are exhausted.\n");\r
+ \r
+ return notmuch->last_doc_id;\r
+ }\r
+-- \r
+1.8.3.1\r
+\r