Re: [PATCH v8 27/44] walker.c: use ref transaction for ref updates

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Ronnie Sahlberg wrote: > >> This changes the locking slightly for walker_fetch. Previously the code would >> lock all refs before writing them but now we do not lock the refs until the >> commit stage. There is thus a very short window wher

Re: [PATCH v8 27/44] walker.c: use ref transaction for ref updates

Ronnie Sahlberg wrote: > This changes the locking slightly for walker_fetch. Previously the code would > lock all refs before writing them but now we do not lock the refs until the > commit stage. There is thus a very short window where changes could be done > locally during the fetch which would