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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Another approach to large transactions

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 21, 2015, 17:19 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
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> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On the core management side, xmalloc() and friends retry upon
>> failure, after attempting to free the resource.  I wonder if your
>> codepath can do something similar to that, perhaps?
>
> But then we'd need to think about which fds can be 'garbage collected'.
> The lock files certainly can be closed and reopened.

... and that is the natural thing to garbage collect, no? After all, this approach allows lock-file subsystem to keep fds open even when they do not absolutely have to, so they are the best candidates to be shot down first when things gets tight.

A good thing is that you have a list of all them already for use by the atexit handler ;-)

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Message 26 of 28 in “Another approach to large transactions”
  1. 0/3 Another approach to large transactionsStefan Beller, Apr 16, 2015
  2. 1/3 refs.c: remove lock_fd from struct ref_lockStefan Beller, Apr 16, 2015
  3. 2/3 Move get_max_fd_limit(void) to git_compat_util.hStefan Beller, Apr 16, 2015
  4. 3/3 refs.c: enable large transactionsStefan Beller, Apr 16, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  7. Stefan BellerApr 17, 2015
  8. Stefan BellerApr 17, 2015
  9. Stefan BellerApr 20, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2015
  11. Stefan BellerApr 20, 2015
  12. Stefan BellerApr 21, 2015
  13. refs.c: enable large transactionsStefan Beller, Apr 21, 2015
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2015
  15. Stefan BellerApr 21, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2015
  17. [PATCHv2] refs.c: enable large transactionsStefan Beller, Apr 21, 2015
  18. Stefan BellerApr 21, 2015
  19. Michael HaggertyApr 22, 2015
  20. Stefan BellerApr 22, 2015
  21. Michael HaggertyApr 22, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2015
  23. Jeff KingApr 21, 2015
  24. Stefan BellerApr 22, 2015
  25. Jeff KingApr 22, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2015
  27. Stefan BellerApr 21, 2015
  28. Michael HaggertyApr 21, 2015

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