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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: "Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gc --auto: do not run 'pack-refs' and 'reflog expire' twice
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:16:22 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtx4pzvcp.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzjeh28p0.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:12:11 -0700")

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

> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail•com> writes:
>
>> In the --auto code path, gc_before_repack() is called once in parent
>> process then again in the forked process. Stop the second run.
>
> Hmph.  Is the true reason why this happens because we have two calls
> to gc_before_repack() in the main, and one is before daemonize()?
> Shouldn't this protection be in the caller?

Actually, I think the function already is protecting wastage of
getting called twice by saying "I've done pack-refs already" and
"I've done prune-reflogs already" by setting the two variables to
zero.  Isn't that sufficient?

What problem is this patch trying to fix?

>> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail•com>
>> ---
>>  builtin/gc.c | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
>> index 8d219d8..fb0cff3 100644
>> --- a/builtin/gc.c
>> +++ b/builtin/gc.c
>> @@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force, pid_t* ret_pid)
>>  
>>  static int gc_before_repack(void)
>>  {
>> +	static int nr_runs;
>> +
>> +	if (nr_runs++)
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>>  	if (pack_refs && run_command_v_opt(pack_refs_cmd.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD))
>>  		return error(FAILED_RUN, pack_refs_cmd.argv[0]);

  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-02 19:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-31  4:33 [PATCH] gc --auto: do not run 'pack-refs' and 'reflog expire' twice Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-09-02 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-02 19:16   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-09-04 14:13     ` Duy Nguyen

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