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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+To: Istvan Marko <notmuch@kismala.com>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use the Xapian::DB_RETRY_LOCK flag when available\r
+In-Reply-To: <m38tzr2n6v.fsf@zsu.kismala.com>\r
+References: <m38tzr2n6v.fsf@zsu.kismala.com>\r
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+Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 19:31:24 +0300\r
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+On Tue, 03 May 2016, Istvan Marko <notmuch@kismala.com> wrote:\r
+> Xapian 1.3 has introduced the DB_RETRY_LOCK flag (Xapian bug\r
+> 275). Detect it in configure and use it if available. With this flag\r
+> commands that need the write lock will wait for their turn instead of\r
+> aborting when it's not immediately available.\r
+> ---\r
+> configure | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-\r
+> lib/database.cc | 5 +++++\r
+> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)\r
+>\r
+> diff --git a/configure b/configure\r
+> index 6231d2b..0c1d5bc 100755\r
+> --- a/configure\r
+> +++ b/configure\r
+> @@ -371,6 +371,21 @@ if [ ${have_xapian} = "1" ]; then\r
+> esac\r
+> fi\r
+> \r
+> +# DB_RETRY_LOCK is only supported on Xapian > 1.3.2\r
+> +have_xapian_db_retry_lock=0\r
+> +if [ ${have_xapian} = "1" ]; then\r
+> + printf "Checking for Xapian lock retry support... "\r
+> + case "${xapian_version}" in\r
+> + 0.*|1.[012].*|1.3.[0-2])\r
+> + printf "No (only available with Xapian > 1.3.2).\n" ;;\r
+> + [1-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*)\r
+> + have_xapian_db_retry_lock=1\r
+> + printf "Yes.\n" ;;\r
+> + *)\r
+> + printf "Unknown version.\n" ;;\r
+> + esac\r
+> +fi\r
+> +\r
+> default_xapian_backend=""\r
+> if [ ${have_xapian} = "1" ]; then\r
+> printf "Testing default Xapian backend... "\r
+> @@ -998,6 +1013,9 @@ HAVE_D_TYPE = ${have_d_type}\r
+> # Whether the Xapian version in use supports compaction\r
+> HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT = ${have_xapian_compact}\r
+> \r
+> +# Whether the Xapian version in use supports DB_RETRY_LOCK\r
+> +HAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK = ${have_xapian_db_retry_lock}\r
+> +\r
+> # Whether the getpwuid_r function is standards-compliant\r
+> # (if not, then notmuch will #define _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS\r
+> # to enable the standards-compliant version -- needed for Solaris)\r
+> @@ -1072,6 +1090,7 @@ CONFIGURE_CFLAGS = -DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE) \$(GMIME_CFLAGS) \\\r
+> -DSTD_GETPWUID=\$(STD_GETPWUID) \\\r
+> -DSTD_ASCTIME=\$(STD_ASCTIME) \\\r
+> -DHAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT) \\\r
+> + -DHAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK) \\\r
+> -DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER)\r
+> \r
+> CONFIGURE_CXXFLAGS = -DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE) \$(GMIME_CFLAGS) \\\r
+> @@ -1086,6 +1105,7 @@ CONFIGURE_CXXFLAGS = -DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE) \$(GMIME_CFLAGS) \\\r
+> -DSTD_GETPWUID=\$(STD_GETPWUID) \\\r
+> -DSTD_ASCTIME=\$(STD_ASCTIME) \\\r
+> -DHAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT) \\\r
+> + -DHAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK) \\\r
+> -DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER)\r
+> \r
+> CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS = \$(GMIME_LDFLAGS) \$(TALLOC_LDFLAGS) \$(ZLIB_LDFLAGS) \$(XAPIAN_LDFLAGS)\r
+> @@ -1097,7 +1117,10 @@ cat > sh.config <<EOF\r
+> # script of notmuch.\r
+> \r
+> # Whether the Xapian version in use supports compaction\r
+> -NOTMUCH_HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=${have_xapian_compact}\r
+> +NOTMUCH_HAVE_XAPIAN_ =${have_xapian_compact}\r
+\r
+Ooops?\r
+\r
+> +\r
+> +# Whether the Xapian version in use supports DB_RETRY_LOCK\r
+> +NOTMUCH_HAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK=${have_xapian_db_retry_lock}\r
+\r
+You don't need to update sh.config unless you need this in a shell\r
+script, typically in the tests. Which brings us to the question, how can\r
+you test this?\r
+\r
+> \r
+> # Which backend will Xapian use by default?\r
+> NOTMUCH_DEFAULT_XAPIAN_BACKEND=${default_xapian_backend}\r
+> diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc\r
+> index c8c5e26..4b503a2 100644\r
+> --- a/lib/database.cc\r
+> +++ b/lib/database.cc\r
+> @@ -929,8 +929,13 @@ notmuch_database_open_verbose (const char *path,\r
+> string last_mod;\r
+> \r
+> if (mode == NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE) {\r
+> + #if HAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK\r
+> + notmuch->xapian_db = new Xapian::WritableDatabase (xapian_path,\r
+> + Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN|Xapian::DB_RETRY_LOCK);\r
+> + #else\r
+> notmuch->xapian_db = new Xapian::WritableDatabase (xapian_path,\r
+> Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN);\r
+> + #endif\r
+\r
+Please no #ifdefs like this in the middle of the code.\r
+\r
+A better alternative is to define something like this above the\r
+function:\r
+\r
+#if HAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK\r
+#define DB_ACTION (Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN | Xapian::DB_RETRY_LOCK)\r
+#else\r
+#define DB_ACTION Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN\r
+#endif\r
+\r
+and use that in new Xapian::WritableDatabase().\r
+\r
+\r
+BR,\r
+Jani.\r
+\r
+\r
+> } else {\r
+> notmuch->xapian_db = new Xapian::Database (xapian_path);\r
+> }\r
+> -- \r
+> 2.4.10\r
+>\r
+>\r
+> -- \r
+> Istvan\r
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