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Re: epic fsck SIGSEGV!

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 11, 2008, 07:53 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> It has gotten no real testing. Caveat emptor. And I didn't even bother to 
> check that it can run with less stack or that it makes any other 
> difference.

A quick "git fsck --full" in a copy of git.git (eh, "not-so-quick" on a not-so-quick machine, obviously) shows that the patch does reduce minor faults significantly.

(without patch) 83.03user 0.60system 1:23.62elapsed 100%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+158275minor)pagefaults 0swaps

(with object_array patch) 82.88user 0.40system 1:23.28elapsed 100%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+95397minor)pagefaults 0swaps

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  1. R. Tyler BallanceDec 10, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2008
  3. R. Tyler BallanceDec 10, 2008
  4. Johannes SixtDec 10, 2008
  5. epic fsck SIGSEGV! (was Recovering from epic fail (deleted .git/objects/pack))R. Tyler Ballance, Dec 10, 2008
  6. Linus TorvaldsDec 10, 2008
  7. R. Tyler BallanceDec 11, 2008
  8. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  9. R. Tyler BallanceDec 11, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2008
  11. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 11, 2008
  12. Shawn O. PearceDec 11, 2008
  13. Nicolas PitreDec 11, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2008
  15. Nicolas PitreDec 11, 2008
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  18. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2008
  19. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  20. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2008
  22. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 11, 2008

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