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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>,
	Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de, spyderous@gentoo.org,
	smurf@smurf.noris.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvsimport: introduce -L<imit> option to workaround memory leaks
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:36:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060523153636.GA21506@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605221926270.3697@g5.osdl.org>

On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 07:28:37PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> This stupid patch on top of yours seems to make git happier. It's 
> disgusting, I know, but it just repacks things every kilo-commit.
> 
> I actually think that I found a real ext3 performance bug from trying to 
> determine why git sometimes slows down ridiculously when the tree has been 
> allowed to go too long without a repack.

Do you have dir_index (the hashed btree) feature enabled by any chance?

						- Ted

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-05-23 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-22 11:38 [PATCH] cvsimport: introduce -L<imit> option to workaround memory leaks Martin Langhoff
2006-05-23  2:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-05-23  3:15   ` Martin Langhoff (CatalystIT)
2006-05-23 15:36   ` Theodore Tso [this message]
2006-05-23 16:05     ` Linus Torvalds
2006-05-23 16:25       ` Linus Torvalds
2006-05-26  0:42   ` Martin Langhoff
2006-05-26  5:20     ` Linus Torvalds
2006-05-26  5:29       ` Jakub Narebski
2006-05-26  6:02       ` Martin Langhoff

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