> From: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:05:32AM -0500, Dale R. Worley wrote: > > > # git fsck > > Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done. > > fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed (tried to allocate 80530636801 bytes) > > # > > Can you give you give us a backtrace from the die() call? It would help > to know what it was trying to allocate 80G for. Further information: # git --version git version 1.8.3.1 # Here's the basic backtrace information, and the values of the "size" variables, which seem to be the immediate culprits: # gdb GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora 7.6.1-46.fc19 Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. (gdb) file /usr/bin/git Reading symbols from /usr/bin/git...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/git.debug...done. done. (gdb) break wrapper.c:59 Breakpoint 1 at 0x4f35ef: file wrapper.c, line 59. (gdb) break die_child Breakpoint 2 at 0x4d0ca0: file run-command.c, line 211. (gdb) break die_async Breakpoint 3 at 0x4d1020: file run-command.c, line 604. (gdb) run fsck Starting program: /usr/bin/git fsck [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done. Checking objects: 0% (0/526211) Breakpoint 1, xmalloc (size=size@entry=80530636801) at wrapper.c:59 59 die("Out of memory, malloc failed (tried to allocate %lu bytes)", (gdb) bt #0 xmalloc (size=size@entry=80530636801) at wrapper.c:59 #1 0x00000000004f3633 in xmallocz (size=size@entry=80530636800) at wrapper.c:73 #2 0x00000000004d922f in unpack_compressed_entry (p=p@entry=0x7e4020, w_curs=w_curs@entry=0x7fffffffc9f0, curpos=654214694, size=80530636800) at sha1_file.c:1797 #3 0x00000000004db4cb in unpack_entry (p=p@entry=0x7e4020, obj_offset=654214688, final_type=final_type@entry=0x7fffffffd088, final_size=final_size@entry=0x7fffffffd098) at sha1_file.c:2072 #4 0x00000000004b1e3f in verify_packfile (base_count=0, progress=0x9bdd80, fn=0x42fc00 <fsck_obj_buffer>, w_curs=0x7fffffffd090, p=0x7e4020) at pack-check.c:119 #5 verify_pack (p=p@entry=0x7e4020, fn=fn@entry=0x42fc00 <fsck_obj_buffer>, progress=0x9bdd80, base_count=base_count@entry=0) at pack-check.c:177 #6 0x0000000000430724 in cmd_fsck (argc=0, argv=0x7fffffffe400, prefix=<optimized out>) at builtin/fsck.c:678 #7 0x0000000000405cfd in run_builtin (argv=0x7fffffffe400, argc=1, p=0x75fa68 <commands.23748+840>) at git.c:284 #8 handle_internal_command (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe400) at git.c:446 #9 0x000000000040511f in run_argv (argv=0x7fffffffe2a0, argcp=0x7fffffffe2ac) at git.c:492 #10 main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe400) at git.c:567 (gdb) frame 2 #2 0x00000000004d922f in unpack_compressed_entry (p=p@entry=0x7e4020, w_curs=w_curs@entry=0x7fffffffc9f0, curpos=654214694, size=80530636800) at sha1_file.c:1797 1797 buffer = xmallocz(size); (gdb) p size $29 = 80530636800 (gdb) p/x size $30 = 0x12c0000000 (gdb) frame 3 #3 0x00000000004db4cb in unpack_entry (p=p@entry=0x7e4020, obj_offset=654214688, final_type=final_type@entry=0x7fffffffd088, final_size=final_size@entry=0x7fffffffd098) at sha1_file.c:2072 2072 data = unpack_compressed_entry(p, &w_curs, curpos, size); (gdb) p size $31 = 80530636800 (gdb) p/x size $32 = 0x12c0000000 (gdb) I did a further test to see where the value of "size" came from: (gdb) break sha1_file.c:2023 Breakpoint 4 at 0x4db073: file sha1_file.c, line 2023. (gdb) cond 4 size == 0x12c0000000 (gdb) break sha1_file.c:2029 Breakpoint 5 at 0x4daee7: file sha1_file.c, line 2029. (gdb) cond 5 size == 0x12c0000000 (gdb) break sha1_file.c:2072 Breakpoint 6 at 0x4db4b4: file sha1_file.c, line 2072. (gdb) cond 6 size == 0x12c0000000 (gdb) break unpack_object_header_buffer Breakpoint 7 at 0x4d9ea0: file sha1_file.c, line 1399. (gdb) comm 7 Type commands for breakpoint(s) 7, one per line. End with a line saying just "end". >continue >end (gdb) run The program being debugged has been started already. Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y Starting program: /usr/bin/git fsck [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done. Breakpoint 7, unpack_object_header_buffer ( buf=0x7fffc4d3e00c "\265\334\352\277\023x\234", len=733530087, type=type@entry=0x7fffffffc984, sizep=sizep@entry=0x7fffffffca00) at sha1_file.c:1399 1399 { Checking objects: 0% (0/526211) Breakpoint 7, unpack_object_header_buffer ( buf=0x7fffebd26620 "\260\200\200\200\340\022x\234\354\301\001\001", len=79315411, type=type@entry=0x7fffffffc984, sizep=sizep@entry=0x7fffffffca00) at sha1_file.c:1399 1399 { Breakpoint 5, unpack_entry (p=p@entry=0x7e4020, obj_offset=654214688, final_type=final_type@entry=0x7fffffffd088, final_size=final_size@entry=0x7fffffffd098) at sha1_file.c:2029 2029 if (type != OBJ_OFS_DELTA && type != OBJ_REF_DELTA) (gdb) If I understand the code correctly, the object header buffer \260\200\200\200\340\022x\234\354\301\001\001 really does encode the size value 0x12c0000000. I will see if I can experiment with the new version you mention. 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