From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Goswin von Brederlow Subject: Re: [fuse-devel] [sshfs] inode problem when using git on a sshfs filesystem Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:41:16 +0100 Message-ID: <87ei75ssbn.fsf@frosties.localnet> References: <1297893854.4097.43.camel@dworkin.quest-ce.net> <7f02c4cb5ca13dae6de7caa1b6f90cfe.squirrel@webmail.ocsa-data.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Miklos Szeredi" , fuse-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, fuse-sshfs@lists.sourceforge.net, git@vger.kernel.org To: "Yann Droneaud" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 18 08:41:26 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PqKxw-0007bX-Eb for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:41:24 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755826Ab1BRHlU (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:41:20 -0500 Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:52174 "EHLO fmmailgate01.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752991Ab1BRHlT (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:41:19 -0500 Received: from smtp02.web.de ( [172.20.0.184]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BB8B1890DC2C; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:41:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from [78.43.204.177] (helo=frosties.localnet) by smtp02.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (WEB.DE 4.110 #2) id 1PqKxp-0004Zr-00; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:41:17 +0100 Received: from mrvn by frosties.localnet with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PqKxp-0003FT-0P; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:41:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: <7f02c4cb5ca13dae6de7caa1b6f90cfe.squirrel@webmail.ocsa-data.net> (Yann Droneaud's message of "Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:54:43 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110009 (No Gnus v0.9) XEmacs/21.4.22 (linux, no MULE) X-Sender: goswin-v-b@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+2o58iRxNzYUASvPtDeZXJ/eNTxDQ5OWzbZ76k DWhJ4CarCgHVlPqxPlwqe2kBpGHLwnBSLK8m66BZGwmPnMnNQ5 QWbTnTtH0= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: "Yann Droneaud" writes: >> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Yann Droneaud wrote: >> Fuse version 2.8.x has a "noforget" option that should provide stable >> inode numbers, at the cost of unbounded memory use. Could you please >> try if this option fixes these issues? >> > > Yes, this option seems to fix the problem. > > I will try it for a while to see if this is stable enough for a full day > of git working. (How can I check memory usage ?) The memory usage comes from the inodes. Fuse will never forget an inode (unless you delete the dile/dir) that was once visited (thereby giving allways the same inode number). As long as you don't have a billion files that generally doesn't matter. MfG Goswin