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[PATCH 6/7] Release pack windows before reporting out of memory.

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Dec 24, 2006, 05:47 UTC
Message-ID
<20061224054719.GF8146@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<487c7d0ea81f2f82f330e277e0aea38a66ca7cfe.1166939109.git.spearce@spearce.org>

If we are about to fail because this process has run out of memory we should first try to automatically control our appetite for address space by releasing enough least-recently-used pack windows to gain back enough memory such that we might actually be able to meet the current allocation request.

This should help users who have fairly large repositories but are working on systems with relatively small virtual address space. Many times we see reports on the mailing list of these users running out of memory during various Git operations. Dynamically decreasing the amount of pack memory used when the demand for heap memory is increasing is an intelligent solution to this problem.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---
 git-compat-util.h |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 sha1_file.c       |    7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index e056339..4a417be 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -120,11 +120,17 @@ extern char *gitstrcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
 extern size_t gitstrlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
 #endif
 
+extern void release_pack_memory(size_t);
+
 static inline char* xstrdup(const char *str)
 {
 	char *ret = strdup(str);
-	if (!ret)
-		die("Out of memory, strdup failed");
+	if (!ret) {
+		release_pack_memory(strlen(str) + 1);
+		ret = strdup(str);
+		if (!ret)
+			die("Out of memory, strdup failed");
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -133,8 +139,14 @@ static inline void *xmalloc(size_t size)
 	void *ret = malloc(size);
 	if (!ret && !size)
 		ret = malloc(1);
-	if (!ret)
-		die("Out of memory, malloc failed");
+	if (!ret) {
+		release_pack_memory(size);
+		ret = malloc(size);
+		if (!ret && !size)
+			ret = malloc(1);
+		if (!ret)
+			die("Out of memory, malloc failed");
+	}
 #ifdef XMALLOC_POISON
 	memset(ret, 0xA5, size);
 #endif
@@ -146,8 +158,14 @@ static inline void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
 	void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
 	if (!ret && !size)
 		ret = realloc(ptr, 1);
-	if (!ret)
-		die("Out of memory, realloc failed");
+	if (!ret) {
+		release_pack_memory(size);
+		ret = realloc(ptr, size);
+		if (!ret && !size)
+			ret = realloc(ptr, 1);
+		if (!ret)
+			die("Out of memory, realloc failed");
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -156,8 +174,14 @@ static inline void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 	void *ret = calloc(nmemb, size);
 	if (!ret && (!nmemb || !size))
 		ret = calloc(1, 1);
-	if (!ret)
-		die("Out of memory, calloc failed");
+	if (!ret) {
+		release_pack_memory(nmemb * size);
+		ret = calloc(nmemb, size);
+		if (!ret && (!nmemb || !size))
+			ret = calloc(1, 1);
+		if (!ret)
+			die("Out of memory, calloc failed");
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 8de8ce0..fb1032b 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -522,6 +522,13 @@ static int unuse_one_window(struct packed_git *current)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void release_pack_memory(size_t need)
+{
+	size_t cur = pack_mapped;
+	while (need >= (cur - pack_mapped) && unuse_one_window(NULL))
+		; /* nothing */
+}
+
 void unuse_pack(struct pack_window **w_cursor)
 {
 	struct pack_window *w = *w_cursor;
-- 
1.4.4.3.g2e63
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  1. 2/7 Switch git_mmap to use pread.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2006
  3. Alon ZivDec 24, 2006
  4. Shawn PearceDec 24, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsDec 24, 2006
  6. 3/7 Ensure packed_git.next is initialized to NULL.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  7. 4/7 Default core.packdGitWindowSize to 1 MiB if NO_MMAP.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  8. 5/7 Don't exit successfully on EPIPE in read_or_die.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  9. 6/7 Release pack windows before reporting out of memory.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2006
  11. 7/7 Replace mmap with xmmap, better handling MAP_FAILED.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 24, 2006
  12. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2006
  13. Shawn PearceDec 24, 2006

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