[SVN-678] 'svn rm <manyfiles>' runs out of RAM

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: all
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: src

Environment

other

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ben Collins-Sussman
• Created: 17/Apr/02 13:07
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:43
• Resolved: 15/Sep/04 08:43

Description

From a mail from Nathan Fiedler <[e-mail]>:

% svn rm parser

'parser' is the directory containing several directories which contain
the many files. svn prints out what appears to be most, but not all, of
the file names like so:

D  parser/java/node/TLteq.java
D  parser/java/node/PFormalParameterList.java
D  parser/java/node/TGt.java
D  parser/java/node/PExtendsInterfaces.java
D  parser/java/node/TImplements.java
D  parser/java/node/ANullLiteralLiteral.java
D  parser/java/node/AStarMultiplicativeExpression.java

At this point the disk starts thrashing and I check out the memory
stats:

chip (nfiedler) 502 > cat /proc/meminfo 
        total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
Mem:  526618624 523259904  3358720        0   663552 20860928
Swap: 542826496 541130752  1695744
MemTotal:       514276 kB
MemFree:          3280 kB
MemShared:           0 kB
Buffers:           648 kB
Cached:           8172 kB
SwapCached:      12200 kB
Active:         337836 kB
Inactive:       149488 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
HighFree:            0 kB
LowTotal:       514276 kB
LowFree:          3280 kB
SwapTotal:      530104 kB
SwapFree:         1656 kB

Sure enough, memory is nearly completed utilized. At this point, the svn
console displays "Killed" and returns to the prompt.