From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 18:18:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 12/16] pathspec: create parse_long_magic function
Message-ID: <xmqqk2b7ps08.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79ka0P0rKF8QH3V0jC-O19eT0oaE+fJLGifbfmm3jC_SijA@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> Jonathan Nieder mentioned off list that he prefers to see that
> series rerolled without mutexes if possible. That is possible by
> creating the questions "struct attr_check" before preloading the
> index and then using the read only questions in the threaded code,
> to obtain answers fast; also no need for a mutex.

I do not see how it would work without further splitting the
attr_stack.  I think you made it per check[], but you would further
split it per <check, thread> before losing the mutex, no?