config.c: avoid xmmap error messages
The config-writing code uses xmmap to map the existing
config file, which will die if the map fails. This has two
downsides:
1. The error message is not very helpful, as it lacks any
context about the file we are mapping:
$ mkdir foo
$ git config --file=foo some.key value
fatal: Out of memory? mmap failed: No such device
2. We normally do not die in this code path; instead, we'd
rather report the error and return an appropriate exit
status (which is part of the public interface
documented in git-config.1).
This patch introduces a "gentle" form of xmmap which lets us
produce our own error message. We do not want to use mmap
directly, because we would like to use the other
compatibility elements of xmmap (e.g., handling 0-length
maps portably).
The end result is:
$ git.compile config --file=foo some.key value
error: unable to mmap 'foo': No such device
$ echo $?
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Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 400e921..dc1948a 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@
extern void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
extern void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
extern void *xmmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);
+extern void *xmmap_gently(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);
extern ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len);
extern ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len);
extern ssize_t xpread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset);
