RE: [PATCH v2 1/1] upload-pack.c: increase output buffer size

From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Dec 15, 2021, 20:38 UTC
Message-ID: <003301d7f1f3$c1e24f20$45a6ed60$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <CADMWQoPUEMGvhg-gqZHvsModKGomTYOP7h0SGv=9CaLMJdEm0g@mail.gmail.com>

On December 15, 2021 3:24 PM, Jacob Vosmaer wrote:

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> To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com
> Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>; git@vger.kernel.org;
> avarab@gmail.com; peff@peff.net
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] upload-pack.c: increase output buffer size
> 
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 8:59 PM <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:
> 
> > This is likely to break NonStop as our sideband packet size is less
> > than 64K.
> 
> Could you elaborate on what you expect to break?

The maximum I/O size on the platform is 56Kb. Anything larger will fail. That's why we use xread and xwrite for non-buffered I/O. -Randall