Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:10:56 +0000 From: "Dave Cottlehuber" <dch@skunkwerks.at> To: "bob prohaska" <fbsd@www.zefox.net>, "Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: "Brad Davis" <brd@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Git and buildworld running at the same time Message-ID: <1f592824-baa2-4c03-b978-0299ea6ca867@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <aMbvLynVUTQEnd1k@www.zefox.net> References: <aMWGWbI-8TwnAPnP@www.zefox.net> <f9ae18ca-13d9-4fdc-8ee4-6b1870ad67ad@app.fastmail.com> <CANCZdfrNw=AHLUcKxGzYoPQ7Zs=E2Wjp6Kqq4E3aU_LyBh_snA@mail.gmail.com> <e786ed05-5ce5-42dc-92bc-d6cfdd3ccc3d@app.fastmail.com> <aMWW6GpzUwSufCTE@www.zefox.net> <CANCZdfpR7ZEUEOMZio1aXAwOiU_yLbn8TgBGk-3UsamjnRw9tA@mail.gmail.com> <aMbsfSvVt6xp8JbW@www.zefox.net> <aMbvLynVUTQEnd1k@www.zefox.net>
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2025, at 16:37, bob prohaska wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 09:25:33AM -0700, bob prohaska wrote: >> >> Top does not show any flags applied to git, and a >> ps -aux | grep git >> reports only the "grep git" process, nothing else. > > This claim now seems wrong. A repeat of ps -aux reports: > > root@www:/usr/src # ps -aux | grep git > root 9398 8.9 80.5 1346480 768984 - R 09:07 8:34.59 > /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git pack-objects --local --delta-base-of > root 9396 0.0 0.1 9132 860 - Is 09:07 0:00.01 > /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git gc --auto --no-quiet > root 9397 0.0 0.1 9100 868 - I 09:07 0:00.05 > /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git repack -d -l -A --unpack-unreachable > root 9499 0.0 0.2 4800 1688 1 S+ 09:29 0:00.02 grep > git > [lines are wrapped] > > So, git definitely returns a shell prompt before it's finished working. > At the moment git occupies 1.3 GB RAM, 505 MB swap and 10-15% CPU. > > Apologies for the misinformation, thanks for reading! > > bob prohaska Hi Bob Try running this `git config gc.auto 0` in your /usr/src and see if it stops doing this in future. On the down side you may need to run it explicitly occasionally. An alternative might be `git config gc.autodetach false` but I've not tried this myself. A+ Dave
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