From: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:37:10 -0800 (PST)
> I'm not saying that particular case happens in git, I'm just saying that > it's not unheard of. And with the delta cache and the object lookup, it's > not at _all_ impossible that we hit the "allocate in one thread, free in > another" case! One thing that supports these theories is that, while running these large repacks, I notice that the RSS is roughly 2/3 of the amount of virtual address space allocated. I personally don't think it's unreasonable for GIT to have it's own customized allocator at least for certain object types.
