Re: [RFC] Dynamic window size on repack?

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:

In other words, just look at how the variables "struct unpacked *array" 
(the whole window array) and the "struct unpacked *n" (the "next entry" in 
the array using a simple circular queue using "idx") are accessed.

Side note: a limit based on object sizes is likely a much better way to 
handle the window than just a "number of objects" thing ever was. Doing 
the size in number of objects was easier, and is fine for source code that 
tends to have a reasonably normal distribution of sized, but yeah, if you 
have a few really big objects with lots of history, then it's likely the 
wrong thing to do just because it can get really expensive.

		Linus