Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> >> This introduces make variable NO_PTHREADS for platforms that lack the >> support for pthreads library or people who do not want to use it for >> whatever reason. When defined, it makes the multi-threaded index >> preloading into a no-op, and also disables threaded delta searching by >> pack-objects. > > Ack. Makes sense. Hmm, I started getting random segfaults that sometimes reproduces. For example, this is what I just got from "git diff --stat $some_commit". #0 0x00002b952568b090 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x000000000044ed42 in git_checkattr (path=0x2b95284b3970 "parse-options.c", num=3, check=0x41000e90) at attr.c:512 #2 0x0000000000458921 in convert_to_git ( path=0x2b95284b3970 "parse-options.c", src=0x2aaaaaabb000 <Address 0x2aaaaaabb000 out of bounds>, len=12594, dst=0x41000f30, checksafe=SAFE_CRLF_FALSE) at convert.c:578 #3 0x0000000000489ac3 in index_mem ( sha1=0x41000ff0 "\210f�⽡x�\207�� 7R}\217\032��", buf=0x2aaaaaabb000, size=12594, write_object=0, type=<value optimized out>, path=0x2f2f2f2f2f2f2f2f <Address 0x2f2f2f2f2f2f2f2f out of bounds>) at sha1_file.c:2451 #4 0x0000000000489c3d in index_fd ( sha1=0x41000ff0 "\210f�⽡x�\207�� 7R}\217\032��", fd=5, st=<value optimized out>, write_object=0, type=OBJ_BLOB, path=0x2b95284b3970 "parse-options.c") at sha1_file.c:2483 #5 0x000000000047857a in ce_modified_check_fs (ce=0x2b95284b3930, st=0x41001080) at read-cache.c:92 #6 0x00000000004786a2 in ie_match_stat (istate=0x71c860, ce=0x2b95284b3930, st=0x41001080, options=<value optimized out>) at read-cache.c:282 #7 0x0000000000497e65 in preload_thread (_data=<value optimized out>) at preload-index.c:46 #8 0x00002b9525964017 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #9 0x00002b95256da5bd in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6 #10 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () I suspect that the callpath around ce_modified_check_fs() uses a buffer obtained from path.c:get_pathname() and parallel threads stomp on each other, but I do not have time to debug this right now (I will be on a 14-hour flight in a few hours). -- 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