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+On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Peter Wang <novalazy@gmail.com> wrote:\r
+> After moving the file from the 'tmp' to the 'new' directory,\r
+> fsync on the 'new' directory for durability.\r
+> ---\r
+> notmuch-insert.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------\r
+> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)\r
+>\r
+> diff --git a/notmuch-insert.c b/notmuch-insert.c\r
+> index f09c579..831b322 100644\r
+> --- a/notmuch-insert.c\r
+> +++ b/notmuch-insert.c\r
+> @@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ maildir_create_folder (void *ctx, const char *dir)\r
+> /* Open a unique file in the Maildir 'tmp' directory.\r
+> * Returns the file descriptor on success, or -1 on failure.\r
+> * On success, file paths into the 'tmp' and 'new' directories are returned\r
+> - * via tmppath and newpath. */\r
+> + * via tmppath and newpath, and the path of the 'new' directory in newdir. */\r
+\r
+I found this comment very difficult to understand since it looks like\r
+the 'new' directory gets returned twice. Perhaps something like\r
+\r
+"On success, file paths for the message in the 'tmp' and 'new'\r
+directories are returned via tmppath and newpath, and the path of the\r
+'new' directory itself in newdir."\r
+\r
+\r
+Best wishes\r
+\r
+Mark\r
+\r
+> static int\r
+> maildir_open_tmp_file (void *ctx, const char *dir,\r
+> - char **tmppath, char **newpath)\r
+> + char **tmppath, char **newpath, char **newdir)\r
+> {\r
+> pid_t pid;\r
+> char hostname[256];\r
+> @@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ maildir_open_tmp_file (void *ctx, const char *dir,\r
+> return -1;\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> + *newdir = talloc_asprintf (ctx, "%s/new", dir);\r
+> *newpath = talloc_asprintf (ctx, "%s/new/%s", dir, filename);\r
+> - if (! *newpath) {\r
+> + if (! *newdir || ! *newpath) {\r
+> fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory\n");\r
+> close (fd);\r
+> unlink (*tmppath);\r
+> @@ -204,14 +205,31 @@ maildir_open_tmp_file (void *ctx, const char *dir,\r
+> * http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir#Mail_delivery\r
+> */\r
+> static notmuch_bool_t\r
+> -maildir_move_tmp_to_new (const char *tmppath, const char *newpath)\r
+> +maildir_move_tmp_to_new (const char *tmppath, const char *newpath,\r
+> + const char *newdir)\r
+> {\r
+> + notmuch_bool_t ret;\r
+> + int fd;\r
+> +\r
+> if (rename (tmppath, newpath) != 0) {\r
+> fprintf (stderr, "Error: rename() failed: %s\n", strerror (errno));\r
+> return FALSE;\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> - return TRUE;\r
+> + /* Sync the 'new' directory after rename for durability. */\r
+> + ret = TRUE;\r
+> + fd = open (newdir, O_RDONLY);\r
+> + if (fd == -1) {\r
+> + fprintf (stderr, "Error: open() dir failed: %s\n", strerror (errno));\r
+> + ret = FALSE;\r
+> + }\r
+> + if (ret && fsync (fd) != 0) {\r
+> + fprintf (stderr, "Error: fsync() dir failed: %s\n", strerror (errno));\r
+> + ret = FALSE;\r
+> + }\r
+> + if (fd != -1)\r
+> + close (fd);\r
+> + return ret;\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> /* Copy the contents of fdin into fdout. */\r
+> @@ -307,6 +325,12 @@ add_file_to_database (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char *path,\r
+> \r
+> notmuch_message_thaw (message);\r
+> \r
+> + /* notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags may rename the message file\r
+> + * once more, and does so without fsyncing the directory afterwards.\r
+> + * rename() is atomic so after a crash the file should appear under\r
+> + * the old or new name. notmuch new should be able to rename the file\r
+> + * again if required, so another fsync is not required, I think.\r
+> + */\r
+> notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags (message);\r
+> \r
+> notmuch_message_destroy (message);\r
+> @@ -321,10 +345,11 @@ insert_message (void *ctx, notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int fdin,\r
+> {\r
+> char *tmppath;\r
+> char *newpath;\r
+> + char *newdir;\r
+> int fdout;\r
+> notmuch_bool_t ret;\r
+> \r
+> - fdout = maildir_open_tmp_file (ctx, dir, &tmppath, &newpath);\r
+> + fdout = maildir_open_tmp_file (ctx, dir, &tmppath, &newpath, &newdir);\r
+> if (fdout < 0) {\r
+> return FALSE;\r
+> }\r
+> @@ -335,7 +360,7 @@ insert_message (void *ctx, notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int fdin,\r
+> }\r
+> close (fdout);\r
+> if (ret) {\r
+> - ret = maildir_move_tmp_to_new (tmppath, newpath);\r
+> + ret = maildir_move_tmp_to_new (tmppath, newpath, newdir);\r
+> }\r
+> if (!ret) {\r
+> unlink (tmppath);\r
+> -- \r
+> 1.7.12.1\r
+>\r
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