Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/08/13/14:02:03
On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 06:20:05PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>* Corinna Vinschen (Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:12:39 +0200)
>> On Aug 10 15:33, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> > On Aug 10 14:14, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>> > > * Corinna Vinschen (Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:30:45 +0200)
>> > > > On Aug 9 19:23, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>> > > > > rsync: recv_generator: failed to stat "/cygdrive/j/thorsten/backup/usb/data/in
>> > > > > stall/thebat/imap/IMAP-Einstellungen und Erkl\#344rung der verschiedenen Punkt
>> > > > > e/atb_team.gif": Bad address (14)
>> > > >
>> > > > Erm... you didn't tell about this "Bad address" error.
>> > >
>> > > These are just German Umlauts and in my opinion not connected to the "too many open files" errors.
>> >
>> > "Bad address" is a serious error message (accessing an invalid memory
>> > address) and, even *if* they are due to the german umlauts, it's probably
>> > worth to find out what's causing it.
>> >
>> > > > > rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/cygdrive/j/thorsten/backup/usb/data/install/usb
>> > > > > 2" failed: Too many open files (24)
>> Ok, I'm almost sure I found the cause of the problem. Due to an unlucky
>> combination of function calls, my new code filled up the internal heap
>> of the DLL without ever freeing the mmeory again, for each file access.
>> Since the internal heap is rather big by default, you only encounter this
>> problem for long running processes accessing lots of files.
>>
>> I've checked in a patch. Please give the next developer snapshot
>> another try.
>
>Yes, it's fixed now, thanks. You've also done some magic because the
>whole rsync file transfer runs about 2 - 6 times faster than it used
>to. It's amazing.
Does rsync use pipes by any chance? If so, that may be at least part of the reason
since that code has been revamped.
cgf
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