Re: [RFC] Avaiable disk space when automatic garbage collection kicks in

[Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>]

[Maybe this RFC deserves a "bump", so let me try.]

On 2024-04-08 18:29, Dragan Simic wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> A few days ago I've noticed a rather unusual issue, but still
> a realistic one.  When automatic garbage collection kicks in,
> as a result of gc.auto >= 0, which is also the default, the
> local repository can be left in a rather strange state if there
> isn't enough free space available on the respective filesystem
> for writing the objects, etc.
> 
> It might be a good idea to estimate the required amount of free
> filesystem space before starting the garbage collection, be it
> automatic or manual, and refuse the operation if there isn't
> enough free space available.
> 
> As a note, the need_to_gc() function already does something a bit
> similar with the available system RAM.
> 
> Any thoughts?