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Re: [PATCH] cvsimport: introduce -L<imit> option to workaround memory leaks

From
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Date
May 23, 2006, 15:36 UTC
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<20060523153636.GA21506@thunk.org>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0605221926270.3697@g5.osdl.org>
On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 07:28:37PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> 
> This stupid patch on top of yours seems to make git happier. It's 
> disgusting, I know, but it just repacks things every kilo-commit.
> 
> I actually think that I found a real ext3 performance bug from trying to 
> determine why git sometimes slows down ridiculously when the tree has been 
> allowed to go too long without a repack.
Do you have dir_index (the hashed btree) feature enabled by any chance?
						- Ted
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Message 4 of 10 in “cvsimport: introduce -L<imit> option to workaround memory leaks”
  1. cvsimport: introduce -L<imit> option to workaround memory leaksMartin Langhoff, May 22, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 23, 2006
  3. Martin Langhoff (CatalystIT)May 23, 2006
  4. Theodore TsoMay 23, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsMay 23, 2006
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 23, 2006
  7. Martin LanghoffMay 26, 2006
  8. Linus TorvaldsMay 26, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiMay 26, 2006
  10. Martin LanghoffMay 26, 2006

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