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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>,
	"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Another approach to large transactions
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 16:11:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150422201126.GB29282@peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kY_1JqKBiAL14me8ktqdQMJ1UuTy1_MgBY4jy5i_qX0uA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:14:08PM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:

> > FWIW, we already use a magic value of "25 extra" in open_packed_git_1. I
> > don't know if that means the number has been proven in practice, or if
> > it is simply that nobody actually exercises the pack_max_fds code. I
> > suspect it is the latter, especially since d131b7a (sha1_file.c: Don't
> > retain open fds on small packs, 2011-03-02).
> 
> 25 is equally sound as I could not find any hard calculation on that
> number in the
> history or code. I will change it to 25 in the next version of the patch.

FWIW, I think 32 is just fine, too, and the patch doesn't need re-rolled
because of this. I mostly wanted to point out that yes, indeed, we use
this "eh, a few dozen is probably enough" strategy elsewhere. Which
maybe, sort-of validates it. :)

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2015-04-22 20:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-16 23:17 [PATCH 0/3] Another approach to large transactions Stefan Beller
2015-04-16 23:17 ` [PATCH 1/3] refs.c: remove lock_fd from struct ref_lock Stefan Beller
2015-04-16 23:17 ` [PATCH 2/3] Move get_max_fd_limit(void) to git_compat_util.h Stefan Beller
2015-04-16 23:17 ` [PATCH 3/3] refs.c: enable large transactions Stefan Beller
2015-04-17 17:09 ` [PATCH 0/3] Another approach to " Junio C Hamano
2015-04-17 22:12   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-04-17 22:17     ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-17 23:31       ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-20 22:26         ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-20 22:51           ` Junio C Hamano
2015-04-20 23:07             ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-21  0:31               ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-21  0:35                 ` [PATCH] refs.c: enable " Stefan Beller
2015-04-21 17:16                   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-04-21 17:24                     ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-21 18:00                       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-04-21 19:06                         ` [PATCHv2] " Stefan Beller
2015-04-21 19:56                           ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-22 14:11                           ` Michael Haggerty
2015-04-22 19:09                             ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-22 20:12                               ` Michael Haggerty
2015-04-21 17:22                   ` [PATCH] " Junio C Hamano
2015-04-21 23:21                 ` [PATCH 0/3] Another approach to " Jeff King
2015-04-22 19:14                   ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-22 20:11                     ` Jeff King [this message]
2015-04-21 17:19               ` Junio C Hamano
2015-04-21 17:31                 ` Stefan Beller
2015-04-21 12:37             ` Michael Haggerty

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