From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwenn@gmail.com>,
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] reftable/stack: perform auto-compaction with transactional interface
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 17:14:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZXOVVWGyUtrGWYMB@nand.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <77b9ae8aa675dd96dd10f4a5369f1f994fa59939.1702047081.git.ps@pks.im>
On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 03:53:14PM +0100, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> [...] It can thus happen quite fast that the stack grows very long, which
> results in performance issues when trying to read records.
This sentence was a little confusing to read at first glance. Perhaps
instead:
The stack can grow to become quite long rather quickly, leading to
performance issues when trying to read records.
> But besides
> performance issues, this can also lead to exhaustion of file descriptors
> very rapidly as every single table requires a separate descriptor when
> opening the stack.
Well explained, thanks. Everything else here looks good to me.
Thanks,
Taylor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-08 22:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-21 7:04 [PATCH 0/8] reftable: small set of fixes Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-21 7:04 ` [PATCH 1/8] reftable: wrap EXPECT macros in do/while Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-21 7:04 ` [PATCH 2/8] reftable: handle interrupted reads Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-21 7:04 ` [PATCH 3/8] reftable: handle interrupted writes Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-21 7:04 ` [PATCH 4/8] reftable/stack: verify that `reftable_stack_add()` uses auto-compaction Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-21 7:04 ` [PATCH 5/8] reftable/stack: perform auto-compaction with transactional interface Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-21 10:29 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2023-12-21 10:45 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-21 7:04 ` [PATCH 6/8] reftable/stack: reuse buffers when reloading stack Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-21 7:04 ` [PATCH 7/8] reftable/merged: reuse buffer to compute record keys Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-21 10:48 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2023-11-21 7:04 ` [PATCH 8/8] reftable/stack: fix stale lock when dying Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:52 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] reftable: small set of fixes Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:52 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] reftable: wrap EXPECT macros in do/while Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] reftable: handle interrupted reads Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 21:30 ` Taylor Blau
2023-12-11 9:08 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] reftable: handle interrupted writes Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] reftable/stack: verify that `reftable_stack_add()` uses auto-compaction Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 21:35 ` Taylor Blau
2023-12-08 23:46 ` Eric Sunshine
2023-12-11 9:08 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:36 ` Eric Sunshine
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] reftable/stack: perform auto-compaction with transactional interface Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 22:14 ` Taylor Blau [this message]
2023-12-11 9:08 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] reftable/stack: reuse buffers when reloading stack Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 22:17 ` Taylor Blau
2023-12-11 9:08 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-21 10:58 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] reftable/stack: fix stale lock when dying Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 22:24 ` Taylor Blau
2023-12-11 9:08 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] reftable/stack: fix use of unseeded randomness Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-21 10:49 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] reftable/merged: reuse buffer to compute record keys Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] reftable/block: introduce macro to initialize `struct block_iter` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 14:53 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] reftable/block: reuse buffer to compute record keys Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-21 10:43 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2023-12-28 5:53 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-08 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] reftable: small set of fixes Taylor Blau
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 " Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 01/11] reftable: wrap EXPECT macros in do/while Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 02/11] reftable: handle interrupted reads Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 03/11] reftable: handle interrupted writes Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 04/11] reftable/stack: verify that `reftable_stack_add()` uses auto-compaction Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 20:15 ` Taylor Blau
2023-12-12 3:44 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 05/11] reftable/stack: perform auto-compaction with transactional interface Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 06/11] reftable/stack: reuse buffers when reloading stack Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 07/11] reftable/stack: fix stale lock when dying Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 08/11] reftable/stack: fix use of unseeded randomness Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:08 ` [PATCH v3 09/11] reftable/merged: reuse buffer to compute record keys Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:08 ` [PATCH v3 10/11] reftable/block: introduce macro to initialize `struct block_iter` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 9:08 ` [PATCH v3 11/11] reftable/block: reuse buffer to compute record keys Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-11 20:16 ` [PATCH v3 00/11] reftable: small set of fixes Taylor Blau
2023-12-12 3:45 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-12-21 11:08 ` [PATCH 0/8] " Han-Wen Nienhuys
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