Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > All that extra memory is just for SHA1 commit ID information. > > I don't see where that might be. The only thing that the paranoia check > triggers is: > > foo = read_sha1_file(blah); > memcmp(foo with bar); > free(foo); > > So where is that commit ID information actually stored when using > read_sha1_file()? That might just be the mmap code in sha1_file.c. We are mmaping the existing packfile, to fetch the object. That counts as virtual memory. ;-) -- Shawn. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html