From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:08:54 GMT
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2015, #08; Mon, 23)
Message-ID: <xmqqoani5fah.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmw338khu.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> [Stalled]
>
> * mh/fdopen-with-retry (2015-03-06) 6 commits
>  - buffer_fdinit(): use fdopen_with_retry()
>  - update_info_file(): use fdopen_with_retry()
>  - copy_to_log(): use fdopen_with_retry()
>  - fdopen_lock_file(): use fdopen_with_retry()
>  - SQUASH??? $gmane/264889
>  - xfdopen(): if first attempt fails, free memory and try again
>
>  Various parts of the code where they call fdopen() can fail when
>  they run out of memory; attempt to proceed by retrying the
>  operation after freeing some resource.
>
>  Waiting for further comments.

Sorry, but I lost track.  Is this one still viable, or have we
decided that it is not worth doing it?