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Backup does not work with 8.14.0 for large Repos

Summary

Backup fails while backing up a large repository (linux kernel)

Steps to reproduce

Push linux kernel from kernel.org to a new project and run a backup

Expected behavior

backup works fine

Actual behavior

Backup aborts with [FAILED] on the repository hinting at a "pack-objects died of signal 9"

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

see attachments

Output of checks

Results of GitLab application Check

Checking GitLab Shell ...

GitLab Shell version >= 4.0.0 ? ... OK (4.0.0) Repo base directory exists? default... yes Repo storage directories are symlinks? default... no Repo paths owned by git:git? default... yes Repo paths access is drwxrws---? default... yes hooks directories in repos are links: ... 1/1 ... ok 5/3 ... ok 4/4 ... ok 5/11 ... ok 4/12 ... ok 11/13 ... ok 8/14 ... ok 11/19 ... ok 5/20 ... ok 5/21 ... ok 5/22 ... ok 5/23 ... ok 5/24 ... ok 5/25 ... ok 16/27 ... ok 5/28 ... ok 17/29 ... ok 5/30 ... ok 11/31 ... ok 22/32 ... ok 17/33 ... ok 35/34 ... ok 35/35 ... ok 5/36 ... ok 35/39 ... ok 19/40 ... ok 5/41 ... ok 11/43 ... ok 4/44 ... ok 4/45 ... ok 4/46 ... ok 4/47 ... ok 4/48 ... ok 11/49 ... ok 35/50 ... ok 5/51 ... ok 5/52 ... ok 5/53 ... ok 5/55 ... ok 5/56 ... ok 32/57 ... ok 32/58 ... ok 16/59 ... ok 17/62 ... ok 17/65 ... ok 4/66 ... ok 4/74 ... ok 4/75 ... ok 4/76 ... ok 35/77 ... ok 4/78 ... ok 11/79 ... ok 44/80 ... ok 35/81 ... ok 35/82 ... ok 16/84 ... ok 4/85 ... repository is empty 17/86 ... ok 32/88 ... ok 49/91 ... ok 4/92 ... ok 19/97 ... ok 17/99 ... ok 44/100 ... ok 32/105 ... ok 7/113 ... ok 44/114 ... ok 52/115 ... ok 55/117 ... ok 11/120 ... ok 5/121 ... ok 8/122 ... ok 11/123 ... ok 51/124 ... ok 17/125 ... ok 11/126 ... ok 16/127 ... ok 51/128 ... repository is empty 32/129 ... ok 32/135 ... ok 11/140 ... ok 21/141 ... ok 9/142 ... ok 27/143 ... ok 62/144 ... ok 61/146 ... ok 49/149 ... ok 4/150 ... ok 63/151 ... ok 65/153 ... ok 8/154 ... ok 4/155 ... ok 11/158 ... ok 12/159 ... ok 32/161 ... ok 7/162 ... ok 51/163 ... ok 11/164 ... ok 11/165 ... ok 8/166 ... ok 32/167 ... ok 17/168 ... ok 32/169 ... ok 11/170 ... ok 11/171 ... ok 11/174 ... ok 11/176 ... ok 11/177 ... ok 32/178 ... ok 32/179 ... ok 32/181 ... ok 32/182 ... ok 4/183 ... ok 70/185 ... ok 32/186 ... ok 7/187 ... ok 32/188 ... ok 4/189 ... ok 32/190 ... ok 32/191 ... ok 32/192 ... ok 32/193 ... ok 32/195 ... ok 5/196 ... repository is empty 32/197 ... ok 32/198 ... ok 32/199 ... ok 32/200 ... ok 32/201 ... ok 32/202 ... ok 32/203 ... ok 78/204 ... ok 32/205 ... ok 26/206 ... ok 16/207 ... ok 32/208 ... ok 32/209 ... ok 4/210 ... ok 58/211 ... ok 11/212 ... ok 32/214 ... ok 32/215 ... ok 32/216 ... ok 32/217 ... ok 32/218 ... ok 32/219 ... ok 16/220 ... ok 32/222 ... ok 32/223 ... ok 8/224 ... ok 11/225 ... ok 26/226 ... ok 32/227 ... ok 44/230 ... ok 44/231 ... ok 52/232 ... ok 4/233 ... ok 26/234 ... ok 4/235 ... ok 32/236 ... ok 32/237 ... ok 32/238 ... ok 4/239 ... ok 52/240 ... ok 16/241 ... ok 8/242 ... ok 32/243 ... ok 17/244 ... ok 32/245 ... ok 11/246 ... ok 4/247 ... ok 27/248 ... ok 32/249 ... ok 32/250 ... ok 16/251 ... ok 32/252 ... ok 32/253 ... ok 32/254 ... ok 8/256 ... ok 79/257 ... ok 32/258 ... ok 32/259 ... ok 11/260 ... ok 32/261 ... ok 79/262 ... ok 83/263 ... ok 32/264 ... ok 32/265 ... ok 79/266 ... ok 32/267 ... ok 8/268 ... ok 32/269 ... ok 78/271 ... ok 5/272 ... ok 8/273 ... ok 4/274 ... ok 11/275 ... ok 83/276 ... ok 5/278 ... ok 32/280 ... ok 8/281 ... ok 78/282 ... ok 83/283 ... repository is empty 16/284 ... ok 5/286 ... ok 4/287 ... ok 4/288 ... ok 16/289 ... ok 5/290 ... ok 32/291 ... ok 32/292 ... ok 39/293 ... ok 32/294 ... ok 5/295 ... ok 110/296 ... ok 32/297 ... ok 32/298 ... ok 32/299 ... ok 32/300 ... ok 5/301 ... ok 32/302 ... ok 78/303 ... ok 83/304 ... ok 83/306 ... repository is empty 83/308 ... repository is empty 83/309 ... repository is empty 79/318 ... ok 79/319 ... ok 32/320 ... ok 50/321 ... ok 32/322 ... ok 32/323 ... ok 79/325 ... repository is empty 32/326 ... repository is empty 8/327 ... repository is empty 32/329 ... ok 32/330 ... ok 16/331 ... ok 32/332 ... ok 4/333 ... ok 55/334 ... ok 4/335 ... ok 110/336 ... ok 110/337 ... ok 111/338 ... ok 111/339 ... ok 110/340 ... ok 111/341 ... ok 110/342 ... ok 32/343 ... ok 63/344 ... ok 32/345 ... ok 50/346 ... ok 32/347 ... ok 5/348 ... ok 11/349 ... ok 110/350 ... repository is empty 4/351 ... ok 32/352 ... ok 83/353 ... repository is empty 12/354 ... ok 8/355 ... ok 83/356 ... ok 4/357 ... ok 5/358 ... ok 78/361 ... ok 71/362 ... ok 118/363 ... ok 4/364 ... ok 42/365 ... ok 121/366 ... ok 32/367 ... ok 78/368 ... ok 32/369 ... ok 122/371 ... ok 118/372 ... ok 119/373 ... repository is empty 122/374 ... ok 32/375 ... ok 10/376 ... ok 11/377 ... ok 79/378 ... ok 15/379 ... ok 5/380 ... ok 122/381 ... ok 71/382 ... ok 79/383 ... ok 59/385 ... ok 11/386 ... ok 32/387 ... ok 32/388 ... ok 32/389 ... ok 32/391 ... ok 32/392 ... ok 32/393 ... ok 32/394 ... ok 32/395 ... ok 79/396 ... ok 32/397 ... ok 44/398 ... ok 32/399 ... ok 122/400 ... ok 79/401 ... ok 57/402 ... ok 32/403 ... ok 122/404 ... ok 35/405 ... ok 8/406 ... ok 5/407 ... ok 32/408 ... ok 122/409 ... ok 4/410 ... ok 122/411 ... ok 122/412 ... ok 122/413 ... ok 32/414 ... ok 5/415 ... ok 5/416 ... ok 5/417 ... ok 32/418 ... ok Running /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/bin/check Check GitLab API access: OK Access to /var/opt/gitlab/.ssh/authorized_keys: OK Send ping to redis server: OK gitlab-shell self-check successful

Checking GitLab Shell ... Finished

Checking Sidekiq ...

Running? ... yes Number of Sidekiq processes ... 1

Checking Sidekiq ... Finished

Checking Reply by email ...

Reply by email is disabled in config/gitlab.yml

Checking Reply by email ... Finished

Checking LDAP ...

Server: ldapmain LDAP authentication... Success LDAP users with access to your GitLab server (only showing the first 100 results) -- snipped due to confidelity ---

Checking LDAP ... Finished

Checking GitLab ...

Git configured with autocrlf=input? ... yes Database config exists? ... yes All migrations up? ... yes Database contains orphaned GroupMembers? ... no GitLab config exists? ... yes GitLab config outdated? ... no Log directory writable? ... yes Tmp directory writable? ... yes Uploads directory setup correctly? ... no Try fixing it: sudo chown -R git /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads sudo find /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} ; sudo find /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -type d -not -path /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads -exec chmod 0700 {} ; For more information see: doc/install/installation.md in section "GitLab" Please fix the error above and rerun the checks. Init script exists? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script) Init script up-to-date? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script) projects have namespace: ... 1/1 ... yes 5/3 ... yes 4/4 ... yes 5/11 ... yes 4/12 ... yes 11/13 ... yes 8/14 ... yes 11/19 ... yes 5/20 ... yes 5/21 ... yes 5/22 ... yes 5/23 ... yes 5/24 ... yes 5/25 ... yes 16/27 ... yes 5/28 ... yes 17/29 ... yes 5/30 ... yes 11/31 ... yes 22/32 ... yes 17/33 ... yes 35/34 ... yes 35/35 ... yes 5/36 ... yes 35/39 ... yes 19/40 ... yes 5/41 ... yes 11/43 ... yes 4/44 ... yes 4/45 ... yes 4/46 ... yes 4/47 ... yes 4/48 ... yes 11/49 ... yes 35/50 ... yes 5/51 ... yes 5/52 ... yes 5/53 ... yes 5/55 ... yes 5/56 ... yes 32/57 ... yes 32/58 ... yes 16/59 ... yes 17/62 ... yes 17/65 ... yes 4/66 ... yes 4/74 ... yes 4/75 ... yes 4/76 ... yes 35/77 ... yes 4/78 ... yes 11/79 ... yes 44/80 ... yes 35/81 ... yes 35/82 ... yes 16/84 ... yes 4/85 ... yes 17/86 ... yes 32/88 ... yes 49/91 ... yes 4/92 ... yes 19/97 ... yes 17/99 ... yes 44/100 ... yes 32/105 ... yes 7/113 ... yes 44/114 ... yes 52/115 ... yes 55/117 ... yes 11/120 ... yes 5/121 ... yes 8/122 ... yes 11/123 ... yes 51/124 ... yes 17/125 ... yes 11/126 ... yes 16/127 ... yes 51/128 ... yes 32/129 ... yes 32/135 ... yes 11/140 ... yes 21/141 ... yes 9/142 ... yes 27/143 ... yes 62/144 ... yes 61/146 ... yes 49/149 ... yes 4/150 ... yes 63/151 ... yes 65/153 ... yes 8/154 ... yes 4/155 ... yes 11/158 ... yes 12/159 ... yes 32/161 ... yes 7/162 ... yes 51/163 ... yes 11/164 ... yes 11/165 ... yes 8/166 ... yes 32/167 ... yes 17/168 ... yes 32/169 ... yes 11/170 ... yes 11/171 ... yes 11/174 ... yes 11/176 ... yes 11/177 ... yes 32/178 ... yes 32/179 ... yes 32/181 ... yes 32/182 ... yes 4/183 ... yes 70/185 ... yes 32/186 ... yes 7/187 ... yes 32/188 ... yes 4/189 ... yes 32/190 ... yes 32/191 ... yes 32/192 ... yes 32/193 ... yes 32/195 ... yes 5/196 ... yes 32/197 ... yes 32/198 ... yes 32/199 ... yes 32/200 ... yes 32/201 ... yes 32/202 ... yes 32/203 ... yes 78/204 ... yes 32/205 ... yes 26/206 ... yes 16/207 ... yes 32/208 ... yes 32/209 ... yes 4/210 ... yes 58/211 ... yes 11/212 ... yes 32/214 ... yes 32/215 ... yes 32/216 ... yes 32/217 ... yes 32/218 ... yes 32/219 ... yes 16/220 ... yes 32/222 ... yes 32/223 ... yes 8/224 ... yes 11/225 ... yes 26/226 ... yes 32/227 ... yes 44/230 ... yes 44/231 ... yes 52/232 ... yes 4/233 ... yes 26/234 ... yes 4/235 ... yes 32/236 ... yes 32/237 ... yes 32/238 ... yes 4/239 ... yes 52/240 ... yes 16/241 ... yes 8/242 ... yes 32/243 ... yes 17/244 ... yes 32/245 ... yes 11/246 ... yes 4/247 ... yes 27/248 ... yes 32/249 ... yes 32/250 ... yes 16/251 ... yes 32/252 ... yes 32/253 ... yes 32/254 ... yes 8/256 ... yes 79/257 ... yes 32/258 ... yes 32/259 ... yes 11/260 ... yes 32/261 ... yes 79/262 ... yes 83/263 ... yes 32/264 ... yes 32/265 ... yes 79/266 ... yes 32/267 ... yes 8/268 ... yes 32/269 ... yes 78/271 ... yes 5/272 ... yes 8/273 ... yes 4/274 ... yes 11/275 ... yes 83/276 ... yes 5/278 ... yes 32/280 ... yes 8/281 ... yes 78/282 ... yes 83/283 ... yes 16/284 ... yes 5/286 ... yes 4/287 ... yes 4/288 ... yes 16/289 ... yes 5/290 ... yes 32/291 ... yes 32/292 ... yes 39/293 ... yes 32/294 ... yes 5/295 ... yes 110/296 ... yes 32/297 ... yes 32/298 ... yes 32/299 ... yes 32/300 ... yes 5/301 ... yes 32/302 ... yes 78/303 ... yes 83/304 ... yes 83/306 ... yes 83/308 ... yes 83/309 ... yes 79/318 ... yes 79/319 ... yes 32/320 ... yes 50/321 ... yes 32/322 ... yes 32/323 ... yes 79/325 ... yes 32/326 ... yes 8/327 ... yes 32/329 ... yes 32/330 ... yes 16/331 ... yes 32/332 ... yes 4/333 ... yes 55/334 ... yes 4/335 ... yes 110/336 ... yes 110/337 ... yes 111/338 ... yes 111/339 ... yes 110/340 ... yes 111/341 ... yes 110/342 ... yes 32/343 ... yes 63/344 ... yes 32/345 ... yes 50/346 ... yes 32/347 ... yes 5/348 ... yes 11/349 ... yes 110/350 ... yes 4/351 ... yes 32/352 ... yes 83/353 ... yes 12/354 ... yes 8/355 ... yes 83/356 ... yes 4/357 ... yes 5/358 ... yes 78/361 ... yes 71/362 ... yes 118/363 ... yes 4/364 ... yes 42/365 ... yes 121/366 ... yes 32/367 ... yes 78/368 ... yes 32/369 ... yes 122/371 ... yes 118/372 ... yes 119/373 ... yes 122/374 ... yes 32/375 ... yes 10/376 ... yes 11/377 ... yes 79/378 ... yes 15/379 ... yes 5/380 ... yes 122/381 ... yes 71/382 ... yes 79/383 ... yes 59/385 ... yes 11/386 ... yes 32/387 ... yes 32/388 ... yes 32/389 ... yes 32/391 ... yes 32/392 ... yes 32/393 ... yes 32/394 ... yes 32/395 ... yes 79/396 ... yes 32/397 ... yes 44/398 ... yes 32/399 ... yes 122/400 ... yes 79/401 ... yes 57/402 ... yes 32/403 ... yes 122/404 ... yes 35/405 ... yes 8/406 ... yes 5/407 ... yes 32/408 ... yes 122/409 ... yes 4/410 ... yes 122/411 ... yes 122/412 ... yes 122/413 ... yes 32/414 ... yes 5/415 ... yes 5/416 ... yes 5/417 ... yes 32/418 ... yes Redis version >= 2.8.0? ... yes Ruby version >= 2.1.0 ? ... yes (2.3.1) Your git bin path is "/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git" Git version >= 2.7.3 ? ... yes (2.7.4) Active users: 109

Checking GitLab ... Finished

Results of GitLab environment info

System information System: Ubuntu 14.04 Current User: git Using RVM: no Ruby Version: 2.3.1p112 Gem Version: 2.6.6 Bundler Version:1.13.6 Rake Version: 10.5.0 Sidekiq Version:4.2.1

GitLab information Version: 8.14.0 Revision: cde955c9 Directory: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails DB Adapter: postgresql URL: http://SNIPPED HTTP Clone URL: http://SNIPPED/some-group/some-project.git SSH Clone URL: git@SNIPPED:some-group/some-project.git Using LDAP: yes Using Omniauth: no

GitLab Shell Version: 4.0.0 Repository storage paths:

  • default: /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories Hooks: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/hooks/ Git: /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git

Possible fixes

don´t know