Re: RAM consumption when working with the gcc repo

> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 03:07:05PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:
>
> > I noticed two things when doing a repack of the gcc repo. First is
> > that the git process is getting to be way too big. Turning off the
> > delta caches had minimal impact. Why does the process still grow to
> > 4.8GB?
> >
> > Putting this in perspective, this is a 4.8GB process constructing a
> > 330MB file. Something isn't right. Memory leak or inefficient data
> > structure?
>
> Keep in mind that you are trying many different deltas, which are being
> held in memory, to find the right one and generate the 330MB file. And
> when you multiply that times N threads going at once, _each one_ is
> using a bunch of memory.
>
> As Nico suggested, you could probably drop the memory usage by reducing
> the size of the delta cache.