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Re: [PATCH 2/2] lock_packed_refs(): allow retries when acquiring the packed-refs lock

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 11, 2015, 16:49 UTC
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On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 12:26:23PM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote:
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> > So something like 100ms max backoff makes sense to me, in that it keeps
> > us in the same order of magnitude as the expected time that the lock is
> > held. [...]
> 
> I don't understand your argument. If another process blocks us for on
> the order of 100 ms, the backoff time (reading from my table) is less
> than half of that.

I think it is just that I was agreeing with you, but communicated it badly. I think your series is fine as-is.

-Peff
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Message 15 of 18 in “Retry attempts to acquire the packed-refs lock”
  1. 0/2 Retry attempts to acquire the packed-refs lockMichael Haggerty, May 1, 2015
  2. 1/2 lockfile: allow file locking to be retried with a timeoutMichael Haggerty, May 1, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2015
  4. 2/2 lock_packed_refs(): allow retries when acquiring the packed-refs lockMichael Haggerty, May 1, 2015
  5. Johannes SixtMay 1, 2015
  6. Michael HaggertyMay 2, 2015
  7. Johannes SixtMay 2, 2015
  8. Michael HaggertyMay 11, 2015
  9. Stefan BellerMay 1, 2015
  10. Jeff KingMay 1, 2015
  11. Michael HaggertyMay 2, 2015
  12. Stefan BellerMay 4, 2015
  13. Jeff KingMay 5, 2015
  14. Michael HaggertyMay 11, 2015
  15. Jeff KingMay 11, 2015
  16. Stefan BellerMay 11, 2015
  17. Stefan BellerMay 11, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2015

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