From: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] reftable: expose write options as config
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 16:29:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2rozmhwf2jpyqmy5vtf2t664ko7ztinbzdmwirrqxspjwzgj7t@jctxour2o73r> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1714630191.git.ps@pks.im>
On 24/05/02 08:51AM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the reftable format has some flexibility with regards to how exactly it
> writes the respective tables:
>
> - The block size allows you to control how large each block is
> supposed to be. The bigger the block, the more records you can fit
> into it.
>
> - Restart intervals control how often a restart point is written that
> breaks prefix compression. The lower the interval, the less disk
> space savings you get.
>
> - Object indices can be enabled or disabled. These are optional and
> Git doesn't use them right now, so disabling them may be a sensible
> thing to do if you want to save some disk space.
>
> - The geometric factor controls when we compact tables during auto
> compaction.
>
> This patch series exposes all of these via a new set of configs so that
> they can be tweaked by the user as-needed. It's not expected that those
> are really of much importance for the "normal" user -- the defaults
> should be good enough. But for edge cases (huge repos with millions of
> refs) and for hosting providers these knobs can be helpful.
>
> This patch series applies on top of d4cc1ec35f (Start the 2.46 cycle,
> 2024-04-30).
I have reviewed these patches and I have nothing to add. Thanks Patrick!
-Justin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-06 21:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-02 6:51 [PATCH 00/11] reftable: expose write options as config Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:51 ` [PATCH 01/11] reftable: consistently refer to `reftable_write_options` as `opts` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 9:00 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-10 10:13 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:51 ` [PATCH 02/11] reftable: consistently pass write opts as value Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:51 ` [PATCH 03/11] reftable/writer: drop static variable used to initialize strbuf Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:51 ` [PATCH 04/11] reftable/writer: improve error when passed an invalid block size Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:51 ` [PATCH 05/11] reftable/dump: support dumping a table's block structure Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:51 ` [PATCH 06/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring block size Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 9:29 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-10 10:13 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:52 ` [PATCH 07/11] reftable: use `uint16_t` to track restart interval Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:52 ` [PATCH 08/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:52 ` [PATCH 09/11] refs/reftable: allow disabling writing the object index Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:52 ` [PATCH 10/11] reftable: make the compaction factor configurable Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 9:55 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-10 10:13 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 6:52 ` [PATCH 11/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring geometric factor Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 9:58 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-10 10:13 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 7:29 ` [PATCH 00/11] reftable: expose write options as config Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-03 20:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-06 6:51 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-06 21:29 ` Justin Tobler [this message]
2024-05-10 10:00 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-10 10:14 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] reftable: consistently refer to `reftable_write_options` as `opts` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 21:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] reftable: consistently pass write opts as value Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 21:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 7:53 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] reftable/writer: drop static variable used to initialize strbuf Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 21:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] reftable/writer: improve error when passed an invalid block size Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 21:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 7:53 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] reftable/dump: support dumping a table's block structure Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 22:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring block size Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] reftable: use `uint16_t` to track restart interval Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 22:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14 4:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 21:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 7:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:30 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] refs/reftable: allow disabling writing the object index Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:30 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] reftable: make the compaction factor configurable Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 22:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13 7:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 16:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14 4:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 10:30 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring geometric factor Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 11:43 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] reftable: expose write options as config Karthik Nayak
2024-05-13 8:17 ` [PATCH v3 " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:17 ` [PATCH v3 01/11] reftable: consistently refer to `reftable_write_options` as `opts` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:17 ` [PATCH v3 02/11] reftable: pass opts as constant pointer Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-17 8:02 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-21 23:22 ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-22 7:19 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 03/11] reftable/writer: drop static variable used to initialize strbuf Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 04/11] reftable/writer: improve error when passed an invalid block size Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 05/11] reftable/dump: support dumping a table's block structure Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-21 23:35 ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-22 7:19 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 06/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring block size Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-17 8:09 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 07/11] reftable: use `uint16_t` to track restart interval Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 08/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-21 23:50 ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-22 7:19 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 09/11] refs/reftable: allow disabling writing the object index Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 10/11] reftable: make the compaction factor configurable Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 11/11] refs/reftable: allow configuring geometric factor Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-17 8:14 ` [PATCH v3 00/11] reftable: expose write options as config Karthik Nayak
2024-05-17 8:26 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-21 23:54 ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-22 7:19 ` Patrick Steinhardt
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