{"thread":{"id":"19250","subject":"Out of memory, malloc failed","startedAt":"2009-05-08T20:33:25Z","lastAt":"2009-05-09T00:41:52Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["sham","Sham Rao"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"113370","messageId":"4A049715.10407@styk.net","threadId":"19250","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Out of memory, malloc failed","fromName":"sham","fromEmail":"sham@styk.net","sentAt":"2009-05-08T20:33:25Z","receivedAt":"2009-05-08T20:33:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sham@styk.net","avatar":null},"body":"Can anyone shed some light on this?  What can I do to get past this...\n\n#0  die (err=0x4bfb09 \"Out of memory, malloc failed\") at usage.c:71\n#1  0x000000000049ac8c in xmalloc (size=555680492) at wrapper.c:29\n#2  0x000000000048e59f in unpack_compressed_entry (p=0x71d690,\nw_curs=0x1f420, curpos=-88, size=18446744073709551528) at sha1_file.c:1504\n#3  0x000000000048f4e1 in unpack_entry (p=0x71d690,\nobj_offset=4809147218, type=0x7fffffffd6cc, sizep=0x7fffffffd6c0) at\nsha1_file.c:1704\n#4  0x000000000048f21a in read_packed_sha1 (sha1=0x7ffff4d730a4\n\"8��\\227�brhI:\\023b���c�6��\", type=0x7fffffffd6cc, size=0x7fffffffd6c0)\nat sha1_file.c:1957\n#5  0x000000000048f416 in read_object (sha1=0x7ffff4d730a4\n\"8��\\227�brhI:\\023b���c�6��\", type=0x7fffffffd6cc, size=0x7fffffffd6c0)\nat sha1_file.c:2047\n#6  0x000000000048f9a5 in read_sha1_file (sha1=0x4bfb09 \"Out of memory,\nmalloc failed\", type=0x1f420, size=0xffffffffffffffa8) at sha1_file.c:2063\n#7  0x000000000046aeac in write_entry (ce=0x7ffff4d73080, path=0x7007e0\n\"Mail/Local Folders/Inbox\", state=0x7fffffffdb10, to_tempfile=0) at\nentry.c:91\n#8  0x000000000046b42a in checkout_entry (ce=0x7ffff4d73080,\nstate=0x7fffffffdb10, topath=<value optimized out>) at entry.c:233\n#9  0x000000000041488d in cmd_checkout (argc=<value optimized out>,\nargv=<value optimized out>, prefix=0x0) at builtin-checkout.c:141\n#10 0x0000000000404843 in handle_internal_command (argc=2,\nargv=0x7fffffffdde0) at git.c:241\n#11 0x0000000000404a5c in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffdde0) at git.c:481\n\nThanks,\nSham\n"},{"id":"113387","messageId":"loom.20090509T003749-604@post.gmane.org","threadId":"19250","inReplyTo":"4A049715.10407@styk.net","subject":"Re: Out of memory, malloc failed","fromName":"Sham Rao","fromEmail":"sham@styk.net","sentAt":"2009-05-09T00:41:52Z","receivedAt":"2009-05-09T00:41:52Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sham@styk.net","avatar":null},"body":"sham <sham <at> styk.net> writes:\n\n> \n> Can anyone shed some light on this?  What can I do to get past this...\n> \n> #0  die (err=0x4bfb09 \"Out of memory, malloc failed\") at usage.c:71\n> #1  0x000000000049ac8c in xmalloc (size=555680492) at wrapper.c:29\n> #2  0x000000000048e59f in unpack_compressed_entry (p=0x71d690,\n> ...Snip...\n> #8  0x000000000046b42a in checkout_entry (ce=0x7ffff4d73080,\n> state=0x7fffffffdb10, topath=<value optimized out>) at entry.c:233\n> #9  0x000000000041488d in cmd_checkout (argc=<value optimized out>,\n> argv=<value optimized out>, prefix=0x0) at builtin-checkout.c:141\n> #10 0x0000000000404843 in handle_internal_command (argc=2,\n> argv=0x7fffffffdde0) at git.c:241\n> #11 0x0000000000404a5c in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffdde0) at git.c:481\n> \n> Thanks,\n> Sham\n> \n\n\nI was able to resolve this issue by changing limits via the ulimit command. \nUpon increasing the values using ulimit -m WWWW and ulimit -v XXXX, the git\ncheckout worked (although slow).\n\n-Sham\n"}]}