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Re: [fuse-devel] [sshfs] inode problem when using git on a sshfs filesystem

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Feb 18, 2011, 07:41 UTC
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"Yann Droneaud" <yann@droneaud.fr> writes:
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>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Yann Droneaud wrote:
>> Fuse version 2.8.x has a "noforget" option that should provide stable
>> inode numbers, at the cost of unbounded memory use.  Could you please
>> try if this option fixes these issues?
>>
>
> Yes, this option seems to fix the problem.
>
> I will try it for a while to see if this is stable enough for a full day
> of git working. (How can I check memory usage ?)

The memory usage comes from the inodes. Fuse will never forget an inode (unless you delete the dile/dir) that was once visited (thereby giving allways the same inode number). As long as you don't have a billion files that generally doesn't matter.

MfG
        Goswin
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Message 9 of 9 in “inode problem when using git on a sshfs filesystem”
  1. Yann DroneaudFeb 16, 2011
  2. Michael J GruberFeb 17, 2011
  3. Yann DroneaudFeb 17, 2011
  4. Miklos SzerediFeb 17, 2011
  5. Yann DroneaudFeb 17, 2011
  6. Miklos SzerediFeb 17, 2011
  7. Yann DroneaudFeb 17, 2011
  8. Miklos SzerediFeb 17, 2011
  9. Goswin von BrederlowFeb 18, 2011

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