From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <e@80x24.org>
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on dcvr.yhbt.net
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-ASN:  
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00,
	T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
	version=3.4.6
Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1])
	by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A7731F44D
	for <meta@public-inbox.org>; Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:58:16 +0000 (UTC)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:58:16 +0000
From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] viewvcs: parallelize commit display
Message-ID: <20240212195816.M307182@dcvr>
References: <20240212131350.3443394-1-e@80x24.org>
 <20240212131350.3443394-2-e@80x24.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20240212131350.3443394-2-e@80x24.org>
List-Id: <meta.public-inbox.org>

Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
> times down to ~6s (still slow).  Avoiding patch generation for
> root commits (like cgit also does) brings it down to a few
> hundred milliseconds on a public-facing server.

Actually, the "(like cgit also does)" bit is wrong: cgit
generates a full patch, 355MB worth of HTML!

I got mixed up since I was testing cgit via shell script and set
QUERY_STRING incorrectly :x.

In any case, a 355MB HTML file isn't useful for anything but a
DoS attack against clients.