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From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Cc: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] database/close: remove misleading code / comment
Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 22:20:36 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210522012040.1412467-2-david@tethera.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210522012040.1412467-1-david@tethera.net>

Unfortunately, it doesn't make a difference if we call
cancel_transaction or not, all uncommited changes are discarded if
there is an open (unflushed) transaction.
---
 lib/database.cc | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc
index 96458f6f..db7feca2 100644
--- a/lib/database.cc
+++ b/lib/database.cc
@@ -502,17 +502,9 @@ notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)
      * close it.  Thus, we explicitly close it here. */
     if (notmuch->open) {
 	try {
-	    /* If there's an outstanding transaction, it's unclear if
-	     * closing the Xapian database commits everything up to
-	     * that transaction, or may discard committed (but
-	     * unflushed) transactions.  To be certain, explicitly
-	     * cancel any outstanding transaction before closing. */
-	    if (_notmuch_database_mode (notmuch) == NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE &&
-		notmuch->atomic_nesting)
-		notmuch->writable_xapian_db->cancel_transaction ();
-
 	    /* Close the database.  This implicitly flushes
-	     * outstanding changes. */
+	     * outstanding changes. If there is an open (non-flushed)
+	     * transaction, ALL pending changes will be discarded */
 	    notmuch->xapian_db->close ();
 	} catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
 	    status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION;
-- 
2.30.2

  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-22  1:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-22  1:20 Commit after some number of transactions David Bremner
2021-05-22  1:20 ` David Bremner [this message]
2021-05-22  1:20 ` [PATCH 2/5] lib/config: add NOTMUCH_CONFIG_AUTOCOMMIT David Bremner
2021-05-22  1:20 ` [PATCH 3/5] test: add known broken test for closing with open transaction David Bremner
2021-05-22  1:20 ` [PATCH 4/5] lib: autocommit after some number of completed transactions David Bremner
2021-05-22  1:20 ` [PATCH 5/5] doc: document database.autocommit variable David Bremner
2021-05-22 11:10   ` [PATCH] lib: update transaction documentation David Bremner
2021-05-24 17:14 ` Commit after some number of transactions David Bremner
2021-06-27 17:11 ` David Bremner

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