Julian Foad wrote on Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 13:30:42 +0000: > I (Julian Foad) wrote: > [...] > > Studying the FSFS source code for the issues raised in this thread has > > given me confidence that it seems to be doing the right thing, in > > practice, at the moment. > > > > In 1043360 I added some comments about how to remove one source of > > fragility in using the cached value. Again I'll say this looks > > perfectly correct in its current usage. > >
Agreed, the current uses of get_root_changes_offset() will always use the same ffd->min_unpacked_rev as open_pack_or_rev_file() used. > > I'll go ahead and apply the remove-retry-logic-from-path-rev-absolute > > patch now. > > Committed revision 1043408. > Thank you! (for not letting the length of this thread bury the patch) > - Julian > >