Commit 58d06cf120eb9bb9247bb807bb105981bb3482a8

Vicent Marti 2011-03-10T01:06:24

Rewrite the Pack backend The new pack backend is an adaptation of the original git.git code in `sha1_file.c`. It's slightly faster than the previous version and severely less memory-hungry. The call-stack of a normal pack backend query has been properly documented in the top of the header for future reference. And by properly I mean with ASCII diagrams 'n shit.

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diff --git a/src/odb_pack.c b/src/odb_pack.c
index 664b001..3067179 100644
--- a/src/odb_pack.c
+++ b/src/odb_pack.c
@@ -33,503 +33,625 @@
 
 #include "git2/odb_backend.h"
 
-/** First 4 bytes of a pack-*.idx file header.
- *
- * Note this header exists only in idx v2 and later.  The idx v1
- * file format does not have a magic sequence at the front, and
- * must be detected by the first four bytes *not* being this value
- * and the first 8 bytes matching the following expression:
+#define DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE \
+	(sizeof(void*) >= 8 \
+		?  1 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 \
+		: 32 * 1024 * 1024)
+
+#define DEFAULT_MAPPED_LIMIT \
+	((1024L * 1024L) * (sizeof(void*) >= 8 ? 8192 : 256))
+
+#define PACK_SIGNATURE 0x5041434b	/* "PACK" */
+#define PACK_VERSION 2
+#define pack_version_ok(v) ((v) == htonl(2) || (v) == htonl(3))
+struct pack_header {
+	uint32_t hdr_signature;
+	uint32_t hdr_version;
+	uint32_t hdr_entries;
+};
+
+/*
+ * The first four bytes of index formats later than version 1 should
+ * start with this signature, as all older git binaries would find this
+ * value illegal and abort reading the file.
  *
- *   uint32_t *fanout = ... the file data at offset 0 ...
- *   ntohl(fanout[0]) < ntohl(fanout[1])
+ * This is the case because the number of objects in a packfile
+ * cannot exceed 1,431,660,000 as every object would need at least
+ * 3 bytes of data and the overall packfile cannot exceed 4 GiB with
+ * version 1 of the index file due to the offsets limited to 32 bits.
+ * Clearly the signature exceeds this maximum.
  *
- * The value chosen here for PACK_TOC is such that the above
- * cannot be true for an idx v1 file.
+ * Very old git binaries will also compare the first 4 bytes to the
+ * next 4 bytes in the index and abort with a "non-monotonic index"
+ * error if the second 4 byte word is smaller than the first 4
+ * byte word.  This would be true in the proposed future index
+ * format as idx_signature would be greater than idx_version.
  */
-#define PACK_TOC 0xff744f63 /* -1tOc */
+#define PACK_IDX_SIGNATURE 0xff744f63	/* "\377tOc" */
 
-/** First 4 bytes of a pack-*.pack file header. */
-#define PACK_SIG 0x5041434b /* PACK */
+struct pack_idx_header {
+	uint32_t idx_signature;
+	uint32_t idx_version;
+};
 
-#define GIT_PACK_NAME_MAX (5 + 40 + 1)
+struct pack_window {
+	struct pack_window *next;
+	git_map window_map;
+	off_t offset;
+	unsigned int last_used;
+	unsigned int inuse_cnt;
+};
 
-struct pack_backend;
+struct pack_file {
+	struct pack_window *windows;
+	off_t pack_size;
 
-typedef struct {
-	uint32_t      n;
-	unsigned char *oid;
-	git_off_t     offset;
-	git_off_t     size;
-} index_entry;
+	git_map index_map;
 
-typedef struct { /* '.pack' file header */
-	uint32_t sig; /* PACK_SIG */
-	uint32_t ver; /* pack version */
-	uint32_t cnt; /* object count */
-} pack_hdr;
+	uint32_t num_objects;
+	uint32_t num_bad_objects;
+	git_oid *bad_object_sha1; /* array of git_oid */
 
-typedef struct git_pack {
-	struct pack_backend *backend;
-	git_lck lock;
-
-	/** Functions to access idx_map. */
-	int (*idx_search)(
-		uint32_t *,
-		struct git_pack *,
-		const git_oid *);
-	int (*idx_search_offset)(
-		uint32_t *,
-		struct git_pack *,
-		git_off_t);
-	int (*idx_get)(
-		index_entry *,
-		struct git_pack *,
-		uint32_t n);
-
-	/** The .idx file, mapped into memory. */
-	git_file idx_fd;
-	git_map idx_map;
-	uint32_t *im_fanout;
-	unsigned char *im_oid;
-	uint32_t *im_crc;
-	uint32_t *im_offset32;
-	uint32_t *im_offset64;
-	uint32_t *im_off_idx;
-	uint32_t *im_off_next;
-
-	/** Number of objects in this pack. */
-	uint32_t obj_cnt;
-
-	/** File descriptor for the .pack file. */
-	git_file pack_fd;
-
-	/** Memory map of the pack's contents */
-	git_map pack_map;
-
-	/** The size of the .pack file. */
-	git_off_t pack_size;
-
-	/** The mtime of the .pack file. */
-	time_t pack_mtime;
-
-	/** Number of git_packlist we appear in. */
-	unsigned int refcnt;
-
-	/** Number of active users of the idx_map data. */
-	unsigned int idxcnt;
-	unsigned
-		invalid:1 /* the pack is unable to be read by libgit2 */
-		;
-
-	/** Name of the pack file(s), without extension ("pack-abc"). */
-	char pack_name[GIT_PACK_NAME_MAX];
-} git_pack;
-
-typedef struct {
-	size_t n_packs;
-	unsigned int refcnt;
-	git_pack *packs[GIT_FLEX_ARRAY];
-} git_packlist;
-
-typedef struct pack_backend {
-	git_odb_backend parent;
+	int index_version;
+	time_t mtime;
+	int pack_fd;
+	unsigned pack_local:1, pack_keep:1;
+	git_oid sha1;
 
-	git_lck lock;
-	char *objects_dir;
-	git_packlist *packlist;
-} pack_backend;
+	/* something like ".git/objects/pack/xxxxx.pack" */
+	char pack_name[GIT_FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
+};
 
+struct pack_entry {
+	off_t offset;
+	git_oid sha1;
+	struct pack_file *p;
+};
 
-typedef struct pack_location {
-	git_pack *ptr;
-	uint32_t n;
-} pack_location;
+struct pack__dirent {
+	struct pack_backend *backend;
+	int is_pack_local;
+};
 
-static int pack_stat(git_pack *p);
-static int pack_openidx(git_pack *p);
-static void pack_decidx(git_pack *p);
-static int read_pack_hdr(pack_hdr *out, git_file fd);
-static int check_pack_hdr(git_pack *p);
-static int check_pack_sha1(git_pack *p);
-static int open_pack(git_pack *p);
+struct pack_backend {
+	git_odb_backend parent;
+	git_vector packs;
+	struct pack_file *last_found;
 
+	size_t window_size; /* needs default value */
 
-static int pack_openidx_map(git_pack *p);
-static int pack_openidx_v1(git_pack *p);
-static int pack_openidx_v2(git_pack *p);
+	size_t mapped_limit; /* needs default value */
+	size_t peak_mapped;
+	size_t mapped;
 
+	size_t used_ctr;
 
-GIT_INLINE(uint32_t) decode32(void *b)
-{
-	return ntohl(*((uint32_t *)b));
-}
+	unsigned int peak_open_windows;
+	unsigned int open_windows;
 
-GIT_INLINE(uint64_t) decode64(void *b)
-{
-	uint32_t *p = b;
-	return (((uint64_t)ntohl(p[0])) << 32) | ntohl(p[1]);
-}
+	unsigned int mmap_calls;
+};
+
+/**
+ * The wonderful tale of a Packed Object lookup query
+ * ===================================================
+ *   A riveting and epic story of epicness and ASCII
+ *          art, presented by yours truly,
+ *               Sir Vicent of Marti
+ *
+ *
+ *	Chapter 1: Once upon a time...
+ *	Initialization of the Pack Backend
+ *	--------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ *	# git_odb_backend_pack
+ *	| Creates the pack backend structure, initializes the
+ *	| callback pointers to our default read() and exist() methods,
+ *	| and tries to preload all the known packfiles in the ODB.
+ *  |
+ *	|-# packfile_load_all
+ *	  | Tries to find the `pack` folder, if it exists. ODBs without
+ *	  | a pack folder are ignored altogether. If there's a `pack` folder
+ *	  | we run a `dirent` callback through every file in the pack folder
+ *	  | to find our packfiles. The packfiles are then sorted according
+ *	  | to a sorting callback.
+ * 	  |
+ *	  |-# packfile_load__cb
+ *	  | | This callback is called from `dirent` with every single file
+ *	  | | inside the pack folder. We find the packs by actually locating
+ *	  | | their index (ends in ".idx"). From that index, we verify that
+ *	  | | the corresponding packfile exists and is valid, and if so, we
+ *    | | add it to the pack list.
+ *	  | |
+ *	  | |-# packfile_check
+ *	  |     Make sure that there's a packfile to back this index, and store
+ *	  |     some very basic information regarding the packfile itself,
+ *	  |     such as the full path, the size, and the modification time.
+ *	  |     We don't actually open the packfile to check for internal consistency.
+ *    |
+ *    |-# packfile_sort__cb
+ *        Sort all the preloaded packs according to some specific criteria:
+ *        we prioritize the "newer" packs because it's more likely they
+ *        contain the objects we are looking for, and we prioritize local
+ *        packs over remote ones.
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *	Chapter 2: To be, or not to be...
+ *	A standard packed `exist` query for an OID
+ *	--------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ *  # pack_backend__exists
+ *  | Check if the given SHA1 oid exists in any of the packs
+ *  | that have been loaded for our ODB.
+ *  |
+ *  |-# pack_entry_find
+ *    | Iterate through all the packs that have been preloaded
+ *    | (starting by the pack where the latest object was found)
+ *    | to try to find the OID in one of them.
+ *    |
+ *    |-# pack_entry_find1
+ *      | Check the index of an individual pack to see if the SHA1
+ *      | OID can be found. If we can find the offset to that SHA1
+ *      | inside of the index, that means the object is contained
+ *      | inside of the packfile and we can stop searching.
+ *      | Before returning, we verify that the packfile behing the
+ *      | index we are searching still exists on disk.
+ *      |
+ *      |-# pack_entry_find_offset
+ *      | | Mmap the actual index file to disk if it hasn't been opened
+ *      | | yet, and run a binary search through it to find the OID.
+ *      | | See <http://book.git-scm.com/7_the_packfile.html> for specifics
+ *      | | on the Packfile Index format and how do we find entries in it.
+ *      | |
+ *      | |-# pack_index_open
+ *      |   | Guess the name of the index based on the full path to the
+ *      |   | packfile, open it and verify its contents. Only if the index
+ *      |   | has not been opened already.
+ *      |   |
+ *      |   |-# pack_index_check
+ *      |       Mmap the index file and do a quick run through the header
+ *      |       to guess the index version (right now we support v1 and v2),
+ *      |       and to verify that the size of the index makes sense.
+ *      |
+ *      |-# packfile_open
+ *          See `packfile_open` in Chapter 3
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *	Chapter 3: The neverending story...
+ *	A standard packed `lookup` query for an OID
+ *	--------------------------------------------------
+ *	TODO
+ *
+ */
 
 
 
+ 
 /***********************************************************
  *
- * PACKFILE FUNCTIONS
- *
- * Locate, open and access the contents of a packfile
+ * FORWARD DECLARATIONS
  *
  ***********************************************************/
 
-static int pack_stat(git_pack *p)
-{
-	char pb[GIT_PATH_MAX];
-	struct stat sb;
+static void pack_window_free_all(struct pack_backend *backend, struct pack_file *p);
+static int pack_window_contains(struct pack_window *win, off_t offset);
 
-	if (git__fmt(pb, sizeof(pb), "%s/pack/%s.pack",
-			p->backend->objects_dir,
-			p->pack_name) < 0)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+static void pack_window_scan_lru(struct pack_file *p, struct pack_file **lru_p,
+		struct pack_window **lru_w, struct pack_window **lru_l);
 
-	if (gitfo_stat(pb, &sb) || !S_ISREG(sb.st_mode))
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+static int pack_window_close_lru( struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *current, git_file keep_fd);
 
-	if (sb.st_size < (3 * 4 + GIT_OID_RAWSZ))
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+static void pack_window_close(struct pack_window **w_cursor);
 
-	p->pack_size = sb.st_size;
-	p->pack_mtime = sb.st_mtime;
+static unsigned char *pack_window_open( struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p, struct pack_window **w_cursor, off_t offset,
+		unsigned int *left);
 
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
-}
+static int packfile_sort__cb(const void *a_, const void *b_);
 
-static int pack_openidx(git_pack *p)
-{
-	gitlck_lock(&p->lock);
+static void pack_index_free(struct pack_file *p);
 
-	if (p->invalid) {
-		gitlck_unlock(&p->lock);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	}
+static int pack_index_check(const char *path,  struct pack_file *p);
+static int pack_index_open(struct pack_file *p);
 
-	if (++p->idxcnt == 1 && !p->idx_search) {
-		int status, version;
-		uint32_t *data;
+static struct pack_file *packfile_alloc(int extra);
+static int packfile_open(struct pack_file *p);
+static int packfile_check(struct pack_file **pack_out, const char *path, int local);
+static int packfile_load__cb(void *_data, char *path);
+static int packfile_load_all(struct pack_backend *backend, const char *odb_path, int local);
 
-		if (pack_stat(p) || pack_openidx_map(p)) {
-			p->invalid = 1;
-			p->idxcnt--;
-			gitlck_unlock(&p->lock);
-			return GIT_ERROR;
-		}
-		data = p->idx_map.data;
-		status = GIT_SUCCESS;
-		version = 1;
+static off_t nth_packed_object_offset(const struct pack_file *p, uint32_t n);
 
-		if (decode32(&data[0]) == PACK_TOC)
-			version = decode32(&data[1]);
-
-		switch (version) {
-		case 1:
-			status = pack_openidx_v1(p);
-			break;
-		case 2:
-			status = pack_openidx_v2(p);
-			break;
-		default:
-			status = GIT_ERROR;
-		}
+static int pack_entry_find_offset(off_t *offset_out,
+		struct pack_file *p, const git_oid *oid);
 
-		if (status != GIT_SUCCESS) {
-			gitfo_free_map(&p->idx_map);
-			p->invalid = 1;
-			p->idxcnt--;
-			gitlck_unlock(&p->lock);
-			return status;
-		}
-	}
+static int pack_entry_find1(struct pack_entry *e,
+		struct pack_file *p, const git_oid *oid);
 
-	gitlck_unlock(&p->lock);
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
-}
+static int pack_entry_find(struct pack_entry *e,
+		struct pack_backend *backend, const git_oid *oid);
 
-static void pack_decidx(git_pack *p)
-{
-	gitlck_lock(&p->lock);
-	p->idxcnt--;
-	gitlck_unlock(&p->lock);
-}
+static off_t get_delta_base(struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p, struct pack_window **w_curs,
+		off_t *curpos, git_otype type,
+		off_t delta_obj_offset);
 
-static int read_pack_hdr(pack_hdr *out, git_file fd)
-{
-	pack_hdr hdr;
+static unsigned long packfile_unpack_header1(
+		size_t *sizep,
+		git_otype *type, 
+		const unsigned char *buf,
+		unsigned long len);
 
-	if (gitfo_read(fd, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)))
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+static int packfile_unpack_header(
+		size_t *size_p,
+		git_otype *type_p,
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		struct pack_window **w_curs,
+		off_t *curpos);
 
-	out->sig = decode32(&hdr.sig);
-	out->ver = decode32(&hdr.ver);
-	out->cnt = decode32(&hdr.cnt);
+static int packfile_unpack_compressed(
+		git_rawobj *obj,
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		struct pack_window **w_curs,
+		off_t curpos,
+		size_t size,
+		git_otype type);
 
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
-}
+static int packfile_unpack_delta(
+		git_rawobj *obj,
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		struct pack_window **w_curs,
+		off_t curpos,
+		size_t delta_size,
+		git_otype delta_type,
+		off_t obj_offset);
+
+static int packfile_unpack(git_rawobj *obj, struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p, off_t obj_offset);
+
+
+
+
+
+/***********************************************************
+ *
+ * PACK WINDOW MANAGEMENT
+ *
+ ***********************************************************/
 
-static int check_pack_hdr(git_pack *p)
+void pack_window_free_all(struct pack_backend *backend, struct pack_file *p)
 {
-	pack_hdr hdr;
+	while (p->windows) {
+		struct pack_window *w = p->windows;
+		assert(w->inuse_cnt == 0);
 
-	if (read_pack_hdr(&hdr, p->pack_fd))
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+		backend->mapped -= w->window_map.len;
+		backend->open_windows--;
 
-	if (hdr.sig != PACK_SIG
-		|| (hdr.ver != 2 && hdr.ver != 3)
-		|| hdr.cnt != p->obj_cnt)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+		gitfo_free_map(&w->window_map);
 
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
+		p->windows = w->next;
+		free(w);
+	}
 }
 
-static int check_pack_sha1(git_pack *p)
+GIT_INLINE(int) pack_window_contains(struct pack_window *win, off_t offset)
 {
-	unsigned char *data = p->idx_map.data;
-	git_off_t pack_sha1_off = p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ;
-	size_t idx_pack_sha1_off = p->idx_map.len - 2 * GIT_OID_RAWSZ;
-	git_oid pack_id, idx_pack_id;
+	/* We must promise at least 20 bytes (one hash) after the
+	 * offset is available from this window, otherwise the offset
+	 * is not actually in this window and a different window (which
+	 * has that one hash excess) must be used.  This is to support
+	 * the object header and delta base parsing routines below.
+	 */
+	off_t win_off = win->offset;
+	return win_off <= offset
+		&& (offset + 20) <= (off_t)(win_off + win->window_map.len);
+}
 
-	if (gitfo_lseek(p->pack_fd, pack_sha1_off, SEEK_SET) == -1)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+static void pack_window_scan_lru(
+	struct pack_file *p,
+	struct pack_file **lru_p,
+	struct pack_window **lru_w,
+	struct pack_window **lru_l)
+{
+	struct pack_window *w, *w_l;
+
+	for (w_l = NULL, w = p->windows; w; w = w->next) {
+		if (!w->inuse_cnt) {
+			if (!*lru_w || w->last_used < (*lru_w)->last_used) {
+				*lru_p = p;
+				*lru_w = w;
+				*lru_l = w_l;
+			}
+		}
+		w_l = w;
+	}
+}
 
-	if (gitfo_read(p->pack_fd, pack_id.id, sizeof(pack_id.id)))
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+static int pack_window_close_lru(
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *current,
+		git_file keep_fd)
+{
+	struct pack_file *lru_p = NULL;
+	struct pack_window *lru_w = NULL, *lru_l = NULL;
+	size_t i;
+
+	if (current)
+		pack_window_scan_lru(current, &lru_p, &lru_w, &lru_l);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < backend->packs.length; ++i)
+		pack_window_scan_lru(git_vector_get(&backend->packs, i), &lru_p, &lru_w, &lru_l);
+
+	if (lru_p) {
+		backend->mapped -= lru_w->window_map.len;
+		gitfo_free_map(&lru_w->window_map);
+
+		if (lru_l)
+			lru_l->next = lru_w->next;
+		else {
+			lru_p->windows = lru_w->next;
+			if (!lru_p->windows && lru_p->pack_fd != keep_fd) {
+				gitfo_close(lru_p->pack_fd);
+				lru_p->pack_fd = -1;
+			}
+		}
 
-	git_oid_mkraw(&idx_pack_id, data + idx_pack_sha1_off);
+		free(lru_w);
+		backend->open_windows--;
+		return GIT_SUCCESS;
+	}
 
-	if (git_oid_cmp(&pack_id, &idx_pack_id))
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+	return GIT_ERROR;
+}
 
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
+static void pack_window_close(struct pack_window **w_cursor)
+{
+	struct pack_window *w = *w_cursor;
+	if (w) {
+		w->inuse_cnt--;
+		*w_cursor = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
-static int open_pack(git_pack *p)
+static unsigned char *pack_window_open(
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		struct pack_window **w_cursor,
+		off_t offset,
+		unsigned int *left)
 {
-	char pb[GIT_PATH_MAX];
-	struct stat sb;
+	struct pack_window *win = *w_cursor;
 
-	if (p->pack_fd != -1)
-		return GIT_SUCCESS;
+	if (p->pack_fd == -1 && packfile_open(p) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return NULL;
 
-	if (git__fmt(pb, sizeof(pb), "%s/pack/%s.pack",
-			p->backend->objects_dir,
-			p->pack_name) < 0)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+	/* Since packfiles end in a hash of their content and it's
+	 * pointless to ask for an offset into the middle of that
+	 * hash, and the pack_window_contains function above wouldn't match
+	 * don't allow an offset too close to the end of the file.
+	 */
+	if (offset > (p->pack_size - 20))
+		return NULL;
 
-	if (pack_openidx(p))
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+	if (!win || !pack_window_contains(win, offset)) {
 
-	if ((p->pack_fd = gitfo_open(pb, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		goto error_cleanup;
+		if (win)
+			win->inuse_cnt--;
 
-	if (gitfo_fstat(p->pack_fd, &sb)
-		|| !S_ISREG(sb.st_mode) || p->pack_size != sb.st_size
-		|| check_pack_hdr(p) || check_pack_sha1(p))
-		goto error_cleanup;
+		for (win = p->windows; win; win = win->next) {
+			if (pack_window_contains(win, offset))
+				break;
+		}
 
-	if (!git__is_sizet(p->pack_size) ||
-		gitfo_map_ro(&p->pack_map, p->pack_fd, 0, (size_t)p->pack_size) < 0)
-		goto error_cleanup;
+		if (!win) {
+			size_t window_align = backend->window_size / 2;
+			size_t len;
 
-	pack_decidx(p);
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
+			win = git__calloc(1, sizeof(*win));
+			win->offset = (offset / window_align) * window_align;
 
-error_cleanup:
-	gitfo_close(p->pack_fd);
-	p->pack_fd = -1;
-	pack_decidx(p);
-	return GIT_ERROR;
-}
+			len = (size_t)(p->pack_size - win->offset);
+			if (len > backend->window_size)
+				len = backend->window_size;
 
-static void pack_dec(git_pack *p)
-{
-	int need_free;
-
-	gitlck_lock(&p->lock);
-	need_free = !--p->refcnt;
-	gitlck_unlock(&p->lock);
-
-	if (need_free) {
-		if (p->idx_search) {
-			gitfo_free_map(&p->idx_map);
-			gitfo_close(p->idx_fd);
-			free(p->im_fanout);
-			free(p->im_off_idx);
-			free(p->im_off_next);
-			if (p->pack_fd != -1) {
-				gitfo_close(p->pack_fd);
-				gitfo_free_map(&p->pack_map);
-			}
+			backend->mapped += len;
+
+			while (backend->mapped_limit < backend->mapped &&
+				pack_window_close_lru(backend, p, p->pack_fd) == GIT_SUCCESS) {}
+
+			if (gitfo_map_ro(&win->window_map, p->pack_fd,
+					win->offset, len) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+				return NULL;
+
+			backend->mmap_calls++;
+			backend->open_windows++;
+
+			if (backend->mapped > backend->peak_mapped)
+				backend->peak_mapped = backend->mapped;
+
+			if (backend->open_windows > backend->peak_open_windows)
+				backend->peak_open_windows = backend->open_windows;
+
+			win->next = p->windows;
+			p->windows = win;
 		}
+	}
 
-		gitlck_free(&p->lock);
-		free(p);
+	if (win != *w_cursor) {
+		win->last_used = backend->used_ctr++;
+		win->inuse_cnt++;
+		*w_cursor = win;
 	}
+
+	offset -= win->offset;
+	assert(git__is_sizet(offset));
+
+	if (left)
+		*left = win->window_map.len - (size_t)offset;
+
+	return (unsigned char *)win->window_map.data + offset;
 }
 
-static void packlist_dec(pack_backend *backend, git_packlist *pl)
-{
-	int need_free;
 
-	assert(backend && pl);
 
-	gitlck_lock(&backend->lock);
-	need_free = !--pl->refcnt;
-	gitlck_unlock(&backend->lock);
 
-	if (need_free) {
-		size_t j;
-		for (j = 0; j < pl->n_packs; j++)
-			pack_dec(pl->packs[j]);
-		free(pl);
+
+
+
+/***********************************************************
+ *
+ * PACK INDEX METHODS
+ *
+ ***********************************************************/
+
+static void pack_index_free(struct pack_file *p)
+{
+	if (p->index_map.data) {
+		gitfo_free_map(&p->index_map);
+		p->index_map.data = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
-static git_pack *alloc_pack(const char *pack_name)
+static int pack_index_check(const char *path,  struct pack_file *p)
 {
-	git_pack *p = git__calloc(1, sizeof(*p));
-	if (!p)
-		return NULL;
+	struct pack_idx_header *hdr;
+	uint32_t version, nr, i, *index;
 
-	gitlck_init(&p->lock);
-	strcpy(p->pack_name, pack_name);
-	p->refcnt = 1;
-	p->pack_fd = -1;
-	return p;
-}
+	void *idx_map;
+	size_t idx_size;
 
-struct scanned_pack {
-	struct scanned_pack *next;
-	git_pack *pack;
-};
+	struct stat st;
 
-static int scan_one_pack(void *state, char *name)
-{
-	struct scanned_pack **ret = state, *r;
-	char *s = strrchr(name, '/'), *d;
+	/* TODO: properly open the file without access time */
+	git_file fd = gitfo_open(path, O_RDONLY /*| O_NOATIME */);
 
-	if (git__prefixcmp(s + 1, "pack-")
-	 || git__suffixcmp(s, ".pack")
-	 || strlen(s + 1) != GIT_PACK_NAME_MAX + 4)
-		return 0;
-
-	d = strrchr(s + 1, '.');
-	strcpy(d + 1, "idx");    /* "pack-abc.pack" -> "pack-abc.idx" */
-	if (gitfo_exists(name))
-		return 0;
+	int error;
 
-	if ((r = git__malloc(sizeof(*r))) == NULL)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return GIT_EOSERR;
 
-	*d = '\0';               /* "pack-abc.pack" -_> "pack-abc" */
-	if ((r->pack = alloc_pack(s + 1)) == NULL) {
-		free(r);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+	if (gitfo_fstat(fd, &st) < GIT_SUCCESS) {
+		gitfo_close(fd);
+		return GIT_EOSERR;
 	}
 
-	r->next = *ret;
-	*ret = r;
-	return 0;
-}
+	if (!git__is_sizet(st.st_size))
+		return GIT_ENOMEM;
 
-static git_packlist *scan_packs(pack_backend *backend)
-{
-	char pb[GIT_PATH_MAX];
-	struct scanned_pack *state = NULL, *c;
-	size_t cnt;
-	git_packlist *new_list;
+	idx_size = (size_t)st.st_size;
 
-	if (git__fmt(pb, sizeof(pb), "%s/pack", backend->objects_dir) < 0)
-		return NULL;
-	gitfo_dirent(pb, sizeof(pb), scan_one_pack, &state);
-
-	/* TODO - merge old entries into the new array */
-	for (cnt = 0, c = state; c; c = c->next)
-		cnt++;
-	new_list = git__malloc(sizeof(*new_list)
-		+ (sizeof(new_list->packs[0]) * cnt));
-	if (!new_list)
-		goto fail;
-
-	for (cnt = 0, c = state; c; ) {
-		struct scanned_pack *n = c->next;
-		c->pack->backend = backend;
-		new_list->packs[cnt++] = c->pack;
-		free(c);
-		c = n;
-	}
-	new_list->n_packs = cnt;
-	new_list->refcnt = 2;
-	backend->packlist = new_list;
-	return new_list;
-
-fail:
-	while (state) {
-		struct scanned_pack *n = state->next;
-		pack_dec(state->pack);
-		free(state);
-		state = n;
+	if (idx_size < 4 * 256 + 20 + 20) {
+		gitfo_close(fd);
+		return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
 	}
-	return NULL;
-}
 
-static git_packlist *packlist_get(pack_backend *backend)
-{
-	git_packlist *pl;
-
-	gitlck_lock(&backend->lock);
-	if ((pl = backend->packlist) != NULL)
-		pl->refcnt++;
-	else
-		pl = scan_packs(backend);
-	gitlck_unlock(&backend->lock);
-	return pl;
-}
+	error = gitfo_map_ro(&p->index_map, fd, 0, idx_size);
+	gitfo_close(fd);
 
-static int locate_packfile(pack_location *location, pack_backend *backend, const git_oid *id)
-{
-	git_packlist *pl = packlist_get(backend);
-	size_t j;
+	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return error;
 
-	if (!pl)
-		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+	hdr = idx_map = p->index_map.data;
 
-	for (j = 0; j < pl->n_packs; j++) {
+	if (hdr->idx_signature == htonl(PACK_IDX_SIGNATURE)) {
+		version = ntohl(hdr->idx_version);
 
-		git_pack *pack = pl->packs[j];
-		uint32_t pos;
-		int res;
+		if (version < 2 || version > 2) {
+			gitfo_free_map(&p->index_map);
+			return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED; /* unsupported index version */
+		}
 
-		if (pack_openidx(pack))
-			continue;
+	} else
+		version = 1;
 
-		res = pack->idx_search(&pos, pack, id);
-		pack_decidx(pack);
+	nr = 0;
+	index = idx_map;
 
-		if (!res) {
-			packlist_dec(backend, pl);
+	if (version > 1)
+		index += 2;  /* skip index header */
 
-			location->ptr = pack;
-			location->n = pos;
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		uint32_t n = ntohl(index[i]);
+		if (n < nr) {
+			gitfo_free_map(&p->index_map);
+			return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED; /* non-monotonic index */
+		}
+		nr = n;
+	}
 
-			return GIT_SUCCESS;
+	if (version == 1) {
+		/*
+		 * Total size:
+		 *  - 256 index entries 4 bytes each
+		 *  - 24-byte entries * nr (20-byte sha1 + 4-byte offset)
+		 *  - 20-byte SHA1 of the packfile
+		 *  - 20-byte SHA1 file checksum
+		 */
+		if (idx_size != 4*256 + nr * 24 + 20 + 20) {
+			gitfo_free_map(&p->index_map);
+			return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
+		}
+	} else if (version == 2) {
+		/*
+		 * Minimum size:
+		 *  - 8 bytes of header
+		 *  - 256 index entries 4 bytes each
+		 *  - 20-byte sha1 entry * nr
+		 *  - 4-byte crc entry * nr
+		 *  - 4-byte offset entry * nr
+		 *  - 20-byte SHA1 of the packfile
+		 *  - 20-byte SHA1 file checksum
+		 * And after the 4-byte offset table might be a
+		 * variable sized table containing 8-byte entries
+		 * for offsets larger than 2^31.
+		 */
+		unsigned long min_size = 8 + 4*256 + nr*(20 + 4 + 4) + 20 + 20;
+		unsigned long max_size = min_size;
+
+		if (nr)
+			max_size += (nr - 1)*8;
+
+		if (idx_size < min_size || idx_size > max_size) {
+			gitfo_free_map(&p->index_map);
+			return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
 		}
 
+		/* Make sure that off_t is big enough to access the whole pack...
+		 * Is this an issue in libgit2? It shouldn't. */
+		if (idx_size != min_size && (sizeof(off_t) <= 4)) {
+			gitfo_free_map(&p->index_map);
+			return GIT_EOSERR;
+		}
 	}
 
-	packlist_dec(backend, pl);
-	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+	p->index_version = version;
+	p->num_objects = nr;
+	return GIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static int pack_index_open(struct pack_file *p)
+{
+	char *idx_name;
+	int error;
+
+	if (p->index_map.data)
+		return GIT_SUCCESS;
 
+	idx_name = git__strdup(p->pack_name);
+	strcpy(idx_name + strlen(idx_name) - STRLEN(".pack"), ".idx");
 
+	error = pack_index_check(idx_name, p);
+	free(idx_name);
 
+	return error;
+}
 
 
 
@@ -541,350 +663,225 @@ static int locate_packfile(pack_location *location, pack_backend *backend, const
 
 /***********************************************************
  *
- * PACKFILE INDEX FUNCTIONS
- *
- * Get index formation for packfile indexes v1 and v2
+ * PACKFILE METHODS
  *
  ***********************************************************/
 
-static int pack_openidx_map(git_pack *p)
+static int packfile_sort__cb(const void *a_, const void *b_)
 {
-	char pb[GIT_PATH_MAX];
-	git_off_t len;
-
-	if (git__fmt(pb, sizeof(pb), "%s/pack/%s.idx",
-			p->backend->objects_dir,
-			p->pack_name) < 0)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-
-	if ((p->idx_fd = gitfo_open(pb, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-
-	if ((len = gitfo_size(p->idx_fd)) < 0
-		|| !git__is_sizet(len)
-		|| gitfo_map_ro(&p->idx_map, p->idx_fd, 0, (size_t)len)) {
-		gitfo_close(p->idx_fd);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	}
+	struct pack_file *a = *((struct pack_file **)a_);
+	struct pack_file *b = *((struct pack_file **)b_);
+	int st;
 
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
+	/*
+	 * Local packs tend to contain objects specific to our
+	 * variant of the project than remote ones.  In addition,
+	 * remote ones could be on a network mounted filesystem.
+	 * Favor local ones for these reasons.
+	 */
+	st = a->pack_local - b->pack_local;
+	if (st)
+		return -st;
+
+	/*
+	 * Younger packs tend to contain more recent objects,
+	 * and more recent objects tend to get accessed more
+	 * often.
+	 */
+	if (a->mtime < b->mtime)
+		return 1;
+	else if (a->mtime == b->mtime)
+		return 0;
+
+	return -1;
 }
 
-typedef struct {
-	git_off_t offset;
-	uint32_t n;
-} offset_idx_info;
+static struct pack_file *packfile_alloc(int extra)
+{
+	struct pack_file *p = git__malloc(sizeof(*p) + extra);
+	memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
+	p->pack_fd = -1;
+	return p;
+}
 
-static int cmp_offset_idx_info(const void *lhs, const void *rhs)
+
+static void packfile_free(struct pack_backend *backend, struct pack_file *p)
 {
-	const offset_idx_info *a = lhs;
-	const offset_idx_info *b = rhs;
-	return (a->offset < b->offset) ? -1 : (a->offset > b->offset) ? 1 : 0;
+	assert(p);
+
+	/* clear_delta_base_cache(); */
+	pack_window_free_all(backend, p);
+
+	if (p->pack_fd != -1)
+		gitfo_close(p->pack_fd);
+
+	pack_index_free(p);
+
+	free(p->bad_object_sha1);
+	free(p);
 }
 
-static int make_offset_index(git_pack *p, offset_idx_info *data)
+static int packfile_open(struct pack_file *p)
 {
-	git_off_t min_off = 3 * 4, max_off = p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ;
-	uint32_t *idx, *next;
-	uint32_t j;
+	struct stat st;
+	struct pack_header hdr;
+	git_oid sha1;
+	unsigned char *idx_sha1;
 
-	qsort(data, p->obj_cnt, sizeof(*data), cmp_offset_idx_info);
+	if (!p->index_map.data && pack_index_open(p) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 
-	if (data[0].offset < min_off || data[p->obj_cnt].offset > max_off)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+	/* TODO: open with noatime */
+	p->pack_fd = gitfo_open(p->pack_name, O_RDONLY);
+	if (p->pack_fd < 0 || gitfo_fstat(p->pack_fd, &st) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return GIT_EOSERR;
+
+	/* If we created the struct before we had the pack we lack size. */
+	if (!p->pack_size) {
+		if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+			goto cleanup;
+		p->pack_size = (off_t)st.st_size;
+	} else if (p->pack_size != st.st_size)
+		goto cleanup;
 
-	if ((idx = git__malloc(sizeof(*idx) * (p->obj_cnt+1))) == NULL)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	if ((next = git__malloc(sizeof(*next) * p->obj_cnt)) == NULL) {
-		free(idx);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	}
+#if 0
+	/* We leave these file descriptors open with sliding mmap;
+	 * there is no point keeping them open across exec(), though.
+	 */
+	fd_flag = fcntl(p->pack_fd, F_GETFD, 0);
+	if (fd_flag < 0)
+		return error("cannot determine file descriptor flags");
 
-	for (j = 0; j < p->obj_cnt+1; j++)
-		idx[j] = data[j].n;
+	fd_flag |= FD_CLOEXEC;
+	if (fcntl(p->pack_fd, F_SETFD, fd_flag) == -1)
+		return GIT_EOSERR;
+#endif
 
-	for (j = 0; j < p->obj_cnt; j++) {
-		assert(idx[j]   < p->obj_cnt);
-		assert(idx[j+1] < p->obj_cnt+1);
+	/* Verify we recognize this pack file format. */
+	if (gitfo_read(p->pack_fd, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		goto cleanup;
 
-		next[idx[j]] = idx[j+1];
-	}
+	if (hdr.hdr_signature != htonl(PACK_SIGNATURE))
+		goto cleanup;
 
-	p->im_off_idx = idx;
-	p->im_off_next = next;
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
-}
+	if (!pack_version_ok(hdr.hdr_version))
+		goto cleanup;
 
-static int idxv1_search(uint32_t *out, git_pack *p, const git_oid *id)
-{
-	unsigned char *data = p->im_oid;
-	uint32_t lo = id->id[0] ? p->im_fanout[id->id[0] - 1] : 0;
-	uint32_t hi = p->im_fanout[id->id[0]];
+	/* Verify the pack matches its index. */
+	if (p->num_objects != ntohl(hdr.hdr_entries))
+		goto cleanup;
 
-	do {
-		uint32_t mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
-		uint32_t pos = 24 * mid;
-		int cmp = memcmp(id->id, data + pos + 4, 20);
-		if (cmp < 0)
-			hi = mid;
-		else if (!cmp) {
-			*out = mid;
-			return GIT_SUCCESS;
-		} else
-			lo = mid + 1;
-	} while (lo < hi);
-	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-}
+	if (gitfo_lseek(p->pack_fd, p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ, SEEK_SET) == -1)
+		goto cleanup;
 
-static int idxv1_search_offset(uint32_t *out, git_pack *p, git_off_t offset)
-{
-	if (offset > 0 && offset < (p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ)) {
-		uint32_t lo = 0, hi = p->obj_cnt+1;
-		unsigned char *data = p->im_oid;
-		uint32_t *idx = p->im_off_idx;
-		do {
-			uint32_t mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
-			uint32_t n = idx[mid];
-			uint32_t pos = n * (GIT_OID_RAWSZ + 4);
-			git_off_t here = decode32(data + pos);
-			if (offset < here)
-				hi = mid;
-			else if (offset == here) {
-				*out = n;
-				return GIT_SUCCESS;
-			} else
-				lo = mid + 1;
-		} while (lo < hi);
-	}
-	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-}
+	if (gitfo_read(p->pack_fd, sha1.id, GIT_OID_RAWSZ) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		goto cleanup;
 
-static int idxv1_get(index_entry *e, git_pack *p, uint32_t n)
-{
-	unsigned char *data = p->im_oid;
-	uint32_t *next = p->im_off_next;
-
-	if (n < p->obj_cnt) {
-		uint32_t pos = n * (GIT_OID_RAWSZ + 4);
-		git_off_t next_off = p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ;
-		e->n = n;
-		e->oid = data + pos + 4;
-		e->offset = decode32(data + pos);
-		if (next[n] < p->obj_cnt) {
-			pos = next[n] * (GIT_OID_RAWSZ + 4);
-			next_off = decode32(data + pos);
-		}
-		e->size = next_off - e->offset;
-		return GIT_SUCCESS;
-	}
-	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+	idx_sha1 = ((unsigned char *)p->index_map.data) + p->index_map.len - 40;
+
+	if (git_oid_cmp(&sha1, (git_oid *)idx_sha1) != 0)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	return GIT_SUCCESS;	
+
+cleanup:
+	gitfo_close(p->pack_fd);
+	p->pack_fd = -1;
+	return GIT_EPACKCORRUPTED;
 }
 
-static int pack_openidx_v1(git_pack *p)
+static int packfile_check(struct pack_file **pack_out, const char *path, int local)
 {
-	uint32_t *src_fanout = p->idx_map.data;
-	uint32_t *im_fanout;
-	offset_idx_info *info;
-	size_t expsz;
-	uint32_t j;
-
-
-	if ((im_fanout = git__malloc(sizeof(*im_fanout) * 256)) == NULL)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-
-	im_fanout[0] = decode32(&src_fanout[0]);
-	for (j = 1; j < 256; j++) {
-		im_fanout[j] = decode32(&src_fanout[j]);
-		if (im_fanout[j] < im_fanout[j - 1]) {
-			free(im_fanout);
-			return GIT_ERROR;
-		}
-	}
-	p->obj_cnt = im_fanout[255];
+	struct stat st;
+	struct pack_file *p;
+	size_t path_len;
+
+	*pack_out = NULL;
+	path_len = strlen(path);
+	p = packfile_alloc(path_len + 2);
 
-	expsz = 4 * 256 + 24 * p->obj_cnt + 2 * 20;
-	if (expsz != p->idx_map.len) {
-		free(im_fanout);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+	/*
+	 * Make sure a corresponding .pack file exists and that
+	 * the index looks sane.
+	 */
+	path_len -= STRLEN(".idx");
+	if (path_len < 1) {
+		free(p);
+		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 	}
 
-	p->idx_search = idxv1_search;
-	p->idx_search_offset = idxv1_search_offset;
-	p->idx_get = idxv1_get;
-	p->im_fanout = im_fanout;
-	p->im_oid = (unsigned char *)(src_fanout + 256);
+	memcpy(p->pack_name, path, path_len);
 
-	if ((info = git__malloc(sizeof(*info) * (p->obj_cnt+1))) == NULL) {
-		free(im_fanout);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	}
+	strcpy(p->pack_name + path_len, ".keep");
+	if (gitfo_exists(p->pack_name) == GIT_SUCCESS)
+		p->pack_keep = 1;
 
-	for (j = 0; j < p->obj_cnt; j++) {
-		uint32_t pos = j * (GIT_OID_RAWSZ + 4);
-		info[j].offset = decode32(p->im_oid + pos);
-		info[j].n = j;
+	strcpy(p->pack_name + path_len, ".pack");
+	if (gitfo_stat(p->pack_name, &st) < GIT_SUCCESS || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+		free(p);
+		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 	}
-	info[p->obj_cnt].offset = p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ;
-	info[p->obj_cnt].n = p->obj_cnt;
 
-	if (make_offset_index(p, info)) {
-		free(im_fanout);
-		free(info);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	}
-	free(info);
+	/* ok, it looks sane as far as we can check without
+	 * actually mapping the pack file.
+	 */
+	p->pack_size = (off_t)st.st_size;
+	p->pack_local = local;
+	p->mtime = st.st_mtime;
 
+	/* see if we can parse the sha1 oid in the packfile name */
+	if (path_len < 40 ||
+		git_oid_mkstr(&p->sha1, path + path_len - GIT_OID_HEXSZ) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		memset(&p->sha1, 0x0, GIT_OID_RAWSZ);
+
+	*pack_out = p;
 	return GIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-static int idxv2_search(uint32_t *out, git_pack *p, const git_oid *id)
+static int packfile_load__cb(void *_data, char *path)
 {
-	unsigned char *data = p->im_oid;
-	uint32_t lo = id->id[0] ? p->im_fanout[id->id[0] - 1] : 0;
-	uint32_t hi = p->im_fanout[id->id[0]];
+	struct pack__dirent *data = (struct pack__dirent *)_data;
+	struct pack_file *pack;
+	int error;
 
-	do {
-		uint32_t mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
-		uint32_t pos = 20 * mid;
-		int cmp = memcmp(id->id, data + pos, 20);
-		if (cmp < 0)
-			hi = mid;
-		else if (!cmp) {
-			*out = mid;
-			return GIT_SUCCESS;
-		} else
-			lo = mid + 1;
-	} while (lo < hi);
-	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-}
+	if (git__suffixcmp(path, ".idx") != 0)
+		return GIT_SUCCESS; /* not an index */
 
-static int idxv2_search_offset(uint32_t *out, git_pack *p, git_off_t offset)
-{
-	if (offset > 0 && offset < (p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ)) {
-		uint32_t lo = 0, hi = p->obj_cnt+1;
-		uint32_t *idx = p->im_off_idx;
-		do {
-			uint32_t mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
-			uint32_t n = idx[mid];
-			uint32_t o32 = decode32(p->im_offset32 + n);
-			git_off_t here = o32;
-
-			if (o32 & 0x80000000) {
-				uint32_t o64_idx = (o32 & ~0x80000000);
-				here = decode64(p->im_offset64 + 2*o64_idx);
-			}
+	/* FIXME: git.git checks for duplicate packs.
+	 * But that makes no fucking sense. Our dirent is not
+	 * going to generate dupicate entries */
 
-			if (offset < here)
-				hi = mid;
-			else if (offset == here) {
-				*out = n;
-				return GIT_SUCCESS;
-			} else
-				lo = mid + 1;
-		} while (lo < hi);
-	}
-	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-}
+	error = packfile_check(&pack, path, data->is_pack_local);
+	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return error;
 
-static int idxv2_get(index_entry *e, git_pack *p, uint32_t n)
-{
-	unsigned char *data = p->im_oid;
-	uint32_t *next = p->im_off_next;
-
-	if (n < p->obj_cnt) {
-		uint32_t o32 = decode32(p->im_offset32 + n);
-		git_off_t next_off = p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ;
-		e->n = n;
-		e->oid = data + n * GIT_OID_RAWSZ;
-		e->offset = o32;
-		if (o32 & 0x80000000) {
-			uint32_t o64_idx = (o32 & ~0x80000000);
-			e->offset = decode64(p->im_offset64 + 2*o64_idx);
-		}
-		if (next[n] < p->obj_cnt) {
-			o32 = decode32(p->im_offset32 + next[n]);
-			next_off = o32;
-			if (o32 & 0x80000000) {
-				uint32_t o64_idx = (o32 & ~0x80000000);
-				next_off = decode64(p->im_offset64 + 2*o64_idx);
-			}
-		}
-		e->size = next_off - e->offset;
-		return GIT_SUCCESS;
+	if (git_vector_insert(&data->backend->packs, pack) < GIT_SUCCESS) {
+		free(pack);
+		return GIT_ENOMEM;
 	}
-	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+
+	return GIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-static int pack_openidx_v2(git_pack *p)
+static int packfile_load_all(struct pack_backend *backend, const char *odb_path, int local)
 {
-	unsigned char *data = p->idx_map.data;
-	uint32_t *src_fanout = (uint32_t *)(data + 8);
-	uint32_t *im_fanout;
-	offset_idx_info *info;
-	size_t sz, o64_sz, o64_len;
-	uint32_t j;
-
-	if ((im_fanout = git__malloc(sizeof(*im_fanout) * 256)) == NULL)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-
-	im_fanout[0] = decode32(&src_fanout[0]);
-	for (j = 1; j < 256; j++) {
-		im_fanout[j] = decode32(&src_fanout[j]);
-		if (im_fanout[j] < im_fanout[j - 1]) {
-			free(im_fanout);
-			return GIT_ERROR;
-		}
-	}
-	p->obj_cnt = im_fanout[255];
+	int error;
+	char path[GIT_PATH_MAX];
+	struct pack__dirent data;
 
-	/* minimum size of .idx file (with empty 64-bit offsets table): */
-	sz = 4 + 4 + 256 * 4 + p->obj_cnt * (20 + 4 + 4) + 2 * 20;
-	if (p->idx_map.len < sz) {
-		free(im_fanout);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	}
+	data.backend = backend;
+	data.is_pack_local = local;
 
-	p->idx_search = idxv2_search;
-	p->idx_search_offset = idxv2_search_offset;
-	p->idx_get = idxv2_get;
-	p->im_fanout = im_fanout;
-	p->im_oid = (unsigned char *)(src_fanout + 256);
-	p->im_crc = (uint32_t *)(p->im_oid + 20 * p->obj_cnt);
-	p->im_offset32 = p->im_crc + p->obj_cnt;
-	p->im_offset64 = p->im_offset32 + p->obj_cnt;
-
-	if ((info = git__malloc(sizeof(*info) * (p->obj_cnt+1))) == NULL) {
-		free(im_fanout);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	}
+	git__joinpath(path, odb_path, "pack");
+	if (gitfo_isdir(path) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return GIT_SUCCESS;
 
-	/* check 64-bit offset table index values are within bounds */
-	o64_sz = p->idx_map.len - sz;
-	o64_len = o64_sz / 8;
-	for (j = 0; j < p->obj_cnt; j++) {
-		uint32_t o32 = decode32(p->im_offset32 + j);
-		git_off_t offset = o32;
-		if (o32 & 0x80000000) {
-			uint32_t o64_idx = (o32 & ~0x80000000);
-			if (o64_idx >= o64_len) {
-				free(im_fanout);
-				free(info);
-				return GIT_ERROR;
-			}
-			offset = decode64(p->im_offset64 + 2*o64_idx);
-		}
-		info[j].offset = offset;
-		info[j].n = j;
-	}
-	info[p->obj_cnt].offset = p->pack_size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ;
-	info[p->obj_cnt].n = p->obj_cnt;
+	error = gitfo_dirent(path, GIT_PATH_MAX, packfile_load__cb, (void *)&data);
+	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return error;
 
-	if (make_offset_index(p, info)) {
-		free(im_fanout);
-		free(info);
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-	}
-	free(info);
+	git_vector_sort(&backend->packs);
+	backend->last_found = git_vector_get(&backend->packs, 0);
 
 	return GIT_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -898,221 +895,421 @@ static int pack_openidx_v2(git_pack *p)
 
 /***********************************************************
  *
- * PACKFILE READING FUNCTIONS
- *
- * Read the contents of a packfile
+ * PACKFILE ENTRY SEARCH INTERNALS
  *
  ***********************************************************/
 
+static off_t nth_packed_object_offset(const struct pack_file *p, uint32_t n)
+{
+	const unsigned char *index = p->index_map.data;
+	index += 4 * 256;
+	if (p->index_version == 1) {
+		return ntohl(*((uint32_t *)(index + 24 * n)));
+	} else {
+		uint32_t off;
+		index += 8 + p->num_objects * (20 + 4);
+		off = ntohl(*((uint32_t *)(index + 4 * n)));
+		if (!(off & 0x80000000))
+			return off;
+		index += p->num_objects * 4 + (off & 0x7fffffff) * 8;
+		return (((uint64_t)ntohl(*((uint32_t *)(index + 0)))) << 32) |
+				   ntohl(*((uint32_t *)(index + 4)));
+	}
+}
 
-static int unpack_object(git_rawobj *out, git_pack *p, index_entry *e);
-
-static int unpack_object_delta(git_rawobj *out, git_pack *p,
-		index_entry *base_entry,
-		uint8_t *delta_buffer,
-		size_t delta_deflated_size,
-		size_t delta_inflated_size)
+static int pack_entry_find_offset(
+		off_t *offset_out,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		const git_oid *oid)
 {
-	int res = 0;
-	uint8_t *delta = NULL;
-	git_rawobj base_obj;
+	const uint32_t *level1_ofs = p->index_map.data;
+	const unsigned char *index = p->index_map.data;
+	unsigned hi, lo, stride;
 
-	base_obj.data = NULL;
-	base_obj.type = GIT_OBJ_BAD;
-	base_obj.len = 0;
+	*offset_out = 0;
 
-	if ((res = unpack_object(&base_obj, p, base_entry)) < 0)
-		goto cleanup;
+	if (index == NULL) {
+		int error;
 
-	delta = git__malloc(delta_inflated_size + 1);
+		if ((error = pack_index_open(p)) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+			return error;
 
-	if ((res = git_odb__inflate_buffer(delta_buffer, delta_deflated_size,
-			delta, delta_inflated_size)) < 0)
-		goto cleanup;
+		assert(p->index_map.data);
 
-	res = git__delta_apply(out, base_obj.data, base_obj.len, delta, delta_inflated_size);
+		index = p->index_map.data;
+		level1_ofs = p->index_map.data;
+	}
 
-	out->type = base_obj.type;
+	if (p->index_version > 1) {
+		level1_ofs += 2;
+		index += 8;
+	}
 
-cleanup:
-	free(delta);
-	git_rawobj_close(&base_obj);
-	return res;
-}
+	index += 4 * 256;
+	hi = ntohl(level1_ofs[(int)oid->id[0]]);
+	lo = ((oid->id[0] == 0x0) ? 0 : ntohl(level1_ofs[(int)oid->id[0] - 1]));
 
-static int unpack_object(git_rawobj *out, git_pack *p, index_entry *e)
-{
-	git_otype object_type;
-	size_t inflated_size, deflated_size, shift;
-	uint8_t *buffer, byte;
+	if (p->index_version > 1) {
+		stride = 20;
+	} else {
+		stride = 24;
+		index += 4;
+	}
 
-	assert(out && p && e && git__is_sizet(e->size));
+#ifdef INDEX_DEBUG_LOOKUP
+	printf("%02x%02x%02x... lo %u hi %u nr %d\n",
+		oid->id[0], oid->id[1], oid->id[2], lo, hi, p->num_objects);
+#endif
 
-	if (open_pack(p))
-		return GIT_ERROR;
+#ifdef GIT2_INDEX_LOOKUP /* TODO: use the advanced lookup method from git.git */
 
-	buffer = (uint8_t *)p->pack_map.data + e->offset;
-	deflated_size = (size_t)e->size;
+	int pos = sha1_entry_pos(index, stride, 0, lo, hi, p->num_objects, oid);
+	if (pos < 0)
+		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 
-	if (deflated_size == 0)
-		deflated_size = (size_t)(p->pack_size - e->offset);
+	*offset_out = nth_packed_object_offset(p, pos);
+	return GIT_SUCCESS;
 
-	byte = *buffer++ & 0xFF;
-	deflated_size--;
-	object_type = (byte >> 4) & 0x7;
-	inflated_size = byte & 0xF;
-	shift = 4;
+#else /* use an old and boring binary search */
 
-	while (byte & 0x80) {
-		byte = *buffer++ & 0xFF;
-		deflated_size--;
-		inflated_size += (byte & 0x7F) << shift;
-		shift += 7;
-	}
+	do {
+		unsigned mi = (lo + hi) / 2;
+		int cmp = memcmp(index + mi * stride, oid->id, GIT_OID_RAWSZ);
 
-	switch (object_type) {
-		case GIT_OBJ_COMMIT:
-		case GIT_OBJ_TREE:
-		case GIT_OBJ_BLOB:
-		case GIT_OBJ_TAG: {
+		if (!cmp) {
+			*offset_out = nth_packed_object_offset(p, mi);
+			return GIT_SUCCESS;
+		}
 
-			/* Handle a normal zlib stream */
-			out->len = inflated_size;
-			out->type = object_type;
-			out->data = git__malloc(inflated_size + 1);
+		if (cmp > 0)
+			hi = mi;
+		else
+			lo = mi+1;
 
-			if (git_odb__inflate_buffer(buffer, deflated_size, out->data, out->len) < 0) {
-				free(out->data);
-				out->data = NULL;
+	} while (lo < hi);
+
+	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+#endif
+}
+
+static int pack_entry_find1(
+		struct pack_entry *e,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		const git_oid *oid)
+{
+	off_t offset;
+
+	assert(p);
+
+	if (p->num_bad_objects) {
+		unsigned i;
+		for (i = 0; i < p->num_bad_objects; i++)
+			if (git_oid_cmp(oid, &p->bad_object_sha1[i]) == 0)
 				return GIT_ERROR;
-			}
+	}
 
-			return GIT_SUCCESS;
-		}
+	if (pack_entry_find_offset(&offset, p, oid) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+	
+	/* we found an entry in the index;
+	 * make sure the packfile backing the index 
+	 * still exists on disk */
+	if (p->pack_fd == -1 && packfile_open(p) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return GIT_EOSERR;
 
-		case GIT_OBJ_OFS_DELTA: {
+	e->offset = offset;
+	e->p = p;
 
-			git_off_t delta_offset;
-			index_entry entry;
+	git_oid_cpy(&e->sha1, oid);
+	return GIT_SUCCESS;
+}
 
-			byte = *buffer++ & 0xFF;
-			delta_offset = byte & 0x7F;
+static int pack_entry_find(struct pack_entry *e, struct pack_backend *backend, const git_oid *oid)
+{
+	size_t i;
 
-			while (byte & 0x80) {
-				delta_offset += 1;
-				byte = *buffer++ & 0xFF;
-				delta_offset <<= 7;
-				delta_offset += (byte & 0x7F);
-			}
+	if (backend->last_found &&
+		pack_entry_find1(e, backend->last_found, oid) == GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return GIT_SUCCESS;
 
-			entry.n = 0;
-			entry.oid = NULL;
-			entry.offset = e->offset - delta_offset;
-			entry.size = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < backend->packs.length; ++i) {
+		struct pack_file *p;
 
-			if (unpack_object_delta(out, p, &entry,
-					buffer, deflated_size, inflated_size) < 0)
-				return GIT_ERROR;
+		p = git_vector_get(&backend->packs, i);
+		if (p == backend->last_found)
+			continue;
 
+		if (pack_entry_find1(e, p, oid) == GIT_SUCCESS) {
+			backend->last_found = p;
 			return GIT_SUCCESS;
 		}
+	}
+
+	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+}
+
+
 
-		case GIT_OBJ_REF_DELTA: {
 
-			git_oid base_id;
-			uint32_t n;
-			index_entry entry;
-			int res = GIT_ERROR;
 
-			git_oid_mkraw(&base_id, buffer);
 
-			if (!p->idx_search(&n, p, &base_id) &&
-				!p->idx_get(&entry, p, n)) {
 
-				res = unpack_object_delta(out, p, &entry,
-					buffer + GIT_OID_RAWSZ, deflated_size, inflated_size);
-			}
 
-			return res;
-		}
 
-		default:
-			return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
-	}
-}
 
-static int read_packed(git_rawobj *out, const pack_location *loc)
-{
-	index_entry e;
-	int res;
 
-	assert(out && loc);
 
-	if (pack_openidx(loc->ptr) < 0)
-		return GIT_EPACKCORRUPTED;
+/***********************************************************
+ *
+ * PACKFILE ENTRY UNPACK INTERNALS
+ *
+ ***********************************************************/
 
-	res = loc->ptr->idx_get(&e, loc->ptr, loc->n);
+static unsigned long packfile_unpack_header1(
+		size_t *sizep,
+		git_otype *type, 
+		const unsigned char *buf,
+		unsigned long len)
+{
+	unsigned shift;
+	unsigned long size, c;
+	unsigned long used = 0;
 
-	if (!res)
-		res = unpack_object(out, loc->ptr, &e);
+	c = buf[used++];
+	*type = (c >> 4) & 7;
+	size = c & 15;
+	shift = 4;
+	while (c & 0x80) {
+		if (len <= used || bitsizeof(long) <= shift)
+			return 0;
 
-	pack_decidx(loc->ptr);
+		c = buf[used++];
+		size += (c & 0x7f) << shift;
+		shift += 7;
+	}
 
-	return res;
+	*sizep = (size_t)size;
+	return used;
 }
 
-static int read_header_packed(git_rawobj *out, const pack_location *loc)
+static int packfile_unpack_header(
+		size_t *size_p,
+		git_otype *type_p,
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		struct pack_window **w_curs,
+		off_t *curpos)
 {
-	git_pack *pack;
-	index_entry e;
-	int error = GIT_SUCCESS, shift;
-	uint8_t *buffer, byte;
+	unsigned char *base;
+	unsigned int left;
+	unsigned long used;
+
+	/* pack_window_open() assures us we have [base, base + 20) available
+	 * as a range that we can look at at.  (Its actually the hash
+	 * size that is assured.)  With our object header encoding
+	 * the maximum deflated object size is 2^137, which is just
+	 * insane, so we know won't exceed what we have been given.
+	 */
+	base = pack_window_open(backend, p, w_curs, *curpos, &left);
+	if (base == NULL)
+		return GIT_ENOMEM;
 
-	assert(out && loc);
+	used = packfile_unpack_header1(size_p, type_p, base, left);
 
-	pack = loc->ptr;
+	if (used == 0)
+		return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
 
-	if (pack_openidx(pack))
-		return GIT_EPACKCORRUPTED;
+	*curpos += used;
+	return GIT_SUCCESS;
+}
 
-	if (pack->idx_get(&e, pack, loc->n) < 0 ||
-		open_pack(pack) < 0) {
-		error = GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-		goto cleanup;
+static int packfile_unpack_compressed(
+		git_rawobj *obj,
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		struct pack_window **w_curs,
+		off_t curpos,
+		size_t size,
+		git_otype type)
+{
+	int st;
+	z_stream stream;
+	unsigned char *buffer, *in;
+
+	buffer = git__malloc(size);
+
+	memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
+	stream.next_out = buffer;
+	stream.avail_out = size + 1;
+
+	st = inflateInit(&stream);
+	if (st != Z_OK) {
+		free(buffer);
+		return GIT_EZLIB;
 	}
 
-	buffer = (uint8_t *)pack->pack_map.data + e.offset;
+	do {
+		in = pack_window_open(backend, p, w_curs, curpos, &stream.avail_in);
+		stream.next_in = in;
+		st = inflate(&stream, Z_FINISH);
 
-	byte = *buffer++ & 0xFF;
-	out->type = (byte >> 4) & 0x7;
-	out->len = byte & 0xF;
-	shift = 4;
+		if (!stream.avail_out)
+			break; /* the payload is larger than it should be */
 
-	while (byte & 0x80) {
-		byte = *buffer++ & 0xFF;
-		out->len += (byte & 0x7F) << shift;
-		shift += 7;
+		curpos += stream.next_in - in;
+	} while (st == Z_OK || st == Z_BUF_ERROR);
+
+	inflateEnd(&stream);
+
+	if ((st != Z_STREAM_END) || stream.total_out != size) {
+		free(buffer);
+		return GIT_EZLIB;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * FIXME: if the object is not packed as a whole,
-	 * we need to do a full load and apply the deltas before
-	 * being able to read the header.
-	 *
-	 * I don't think there are any workarounds for this.'
+	obj->type = type;
+	obj->len = size;
+	obj->data = buffer;
+	return GIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static off_t get_delta_base(
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		struct pack_window **w_curs,
+		off_t *curpos,
+		git_otype type,
+		off_t delta_obj_offset)
+{
+	unsigned char *base_info = pack_window_open(backend, p, w_curs, *curpos, NULL);
+	off_t base_offset;
+
+	/* pack_window_open() assured us we have [base_info, base_info + 20)
+	 * as a range that we can look at without walking off the
+	 * end of the mapped window.  Its actually the hash size
+	 * that is assured.  An OFS_DELTA longer than the hash size
+	 * is stupid, as then a REF_DELTA would be smaller to store.
 	 */
+	if (type == GIT_OBJ_OFS_DELTA) {
+		unsigned used = 0;
+		unsigned char c = base_info[used++];
+		base_offset = c & 127;
+		while (c & 128) {
+			base_offset += 1;
+			if (!base_offset || MSB(base_offset, 7))
+				return 0;  /* overflow */
+			c = base_info[used++];
+			base_offset = (base_offset << 7) + (c & 127);
+		}
+		base_offset = delta_obj_offset - base_offset;
+		if (base_offset <= 0 || base_offset >= delta_obj_offset)
+			return 0;  /* out of bound */
+		*curpos += used;
+	} else if (type == GIT_OBJ_REF_DELTA) {
+		/* The base entry _must_ be in the same pack */
+		if (pack_entry_find_offset(&base_offset, p, (git_oid *)base_info) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+			return GIT_EPACKCORRUPTED;
+		*curpos += 20;
+	} else
+		return 0;
 
-	if (out->type == GIT_OBJ_OFS_DELTA || out->type == GIT_OBJ_REF_DELTA) {
-		error = unpack_object(out, pack, &e);
-		git_rawobj_close(out);
+	return base_offset;
+}
+
+static int packfile_unpack_delta(
+		git_rawobj *obj,
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		struct pack_window **w_curs,
+		off_t curpos,
+		size_t delta_size,
+		git_otype delta_type,
+		off_t obj_offset)
+{
+	off_t base_offset;
+	git_rawobj base, delta;
+	int error;
+
+	base_offset = get_delta_base(backend, p, w_curs, &curpos, delta_type, obj_offset);
+	if (base_offset == 0)
+		return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
+
+	pack_window_close(w_curs);
+	error = packfile_unpack(&base, backend, p, base_offset);
+
+	/* TODO: git.git tries to load the base from other packfiles
+	 * or loose objects */
+	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return error;
+
+	error = packfile_unpack_compressed(&delta, backend, p, w_curs, curpos, delta_size, delta_type);
+	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS) {
+		git_rawobj_close(&base);
+		return error;
 	}
 
-cleanup:
-	pack_decidx(loc->ptr);
+	obj->type = base.type;
+	error = git__delta_apply(obj,
+			base.data, base.len,
+			delta.data, delta.len);
+
+	git_rawobj_close(&base);
+	git_rawobj_close(&delta);
+
+	/* TODO: we might want to cache this shit. eventually */
+	//add_delta_base_cache(p, base_offset, base, base_size, *type);
 	return error;
 }
 
+static int packfile_unpack(
+		git_rawobj *obj,
+		struct pack_backend *backend,
+		struct pack_file *p,
+		off_t obj_offset)
+{
+	struct pack_window *w_curs = NULL;
+	off_t curpos = obj_offset;
+	int error;
+
+	size_t size;
+	git_otype type;
 
+	/* 
+	 * TODO: optionally check the CRC on the packfile
+	 */
+
+	obj->data = NULL;
+	obj->len = 0;
+	obj->type = GIT_OBJ_BAD;
+
+	error = packfile_unpack_header(&size, &type, backend, p, &w_curs, &curpos);
+	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return error;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case GIT_OBJ_OFS_DELTA:
+	case GIT_OBJ_REF_DELTA:
+		error = packfile_unpack_delta(
+				obj, backend, p, &w_curs, curpos,
+				size, type, obj_offset);
+		break;
+
+	case GIT_OBJ_COMMIT:
+	case GIT_OBJ_TREE:
+	case GIT_OBJ_BLOB:
+	case GIT_OBJ_TAG:
+		error = packfile_unpack_compressed(
+				obj, backend, p, &w_curs, curpos,
+				size, type);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		error = GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	pack_window_close(&w_curs);
+	return error;
+}
 
 
 
@@ -1126,79 +1323,80 @@ cleanup:
  *
  ***********************************************************/
 
+/*
 int pack_backend__read_header(git_rawobj *obj, git_odb_backend *backend, const git_oid *oid)
 {
 	pack_location location;
 
 	assert(obj && backend && oid);
 
-	if (locate_packfile(&location, (pack_backend *)backend, oid) < 0)
+	if (locate_packfile(&location, (struct pack_backend *)backend, oid) < 0)
 		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 
 	return read_header_packed(obj, &location);
 }
+*/
 
 int pack_backend__read(git_rawobj *obj, git_odb_backend *backend, const git_oid *oid)
 {
-	pack_location location;
-
-	assert(obj && backend && oid);
+	struct pack_entry e;
+	int error;
 
-	if (locate_packfile(&location, (pack_backend *)backend, oid) < 0)
-		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+	if ((error = pack_entry_find(&e, (struct pack_backend *)backend, oid)) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		return error;
 
-	return read_packed(obj, &location);
+	return packfile_unpack(obj, (struct pack_backend *)backend, e.p, e.offset);
 }
 
 int pack_backend__exists(git_odb_backend *backend, const git_oid *oid)
 {
-	pack_location location;
-	assert(backend && oid);
-	return locate_packfile(&location, (pack_backend *)backend, oid) == GIT_SUCCESS;
+	struct pack_entry e;
+	return pack_entry_find(&e, (struct pack_backend *)backend, oid) == GIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 void pack_backend__free(git_odb_backend *_backend)
 {
-	pack_backend *backend;
-	git_packlist *pl;
+	struct pack_backend *backend;
+	size_t i;
 
 	assert(_backend);
 
-	backend = (pack_backend *)_backend;
-
-	gitlck_lock(&backend->lock);
-
-	pl = backend->packlist;
-	backend->packlist = NULL;
+	backend = (struct pack_backend *)_backend;
 
-	gitlck_unlock(&backend->lock);
-	if (pl)
-		packlist_dec(backend, pl);
-
-	gitlck_free(&backend->lock);
+	for (i = 0; i < backend->packs.length; ++i) {
+		struct pack_file *p = git_vector_get(&backend->packs, i);
+		packfile_free(backend, p);
+	}
 
-	free(backend->objects_dir);
+	git_vector_free(&backend->packs);
 	free(backend);
 }
 
 int git_odb_backend_pack(git_odb_backend **backend_out, const char *objects_dir)
 {
-	pack_backend *backend;
+	int error;
+	struct pack_backend *backend;
 
-	backend = git__calloc(1, sizeof(pack_backend));
+	backend = git__calloc(1, sizeof(struct pack_backend));
 	if (backend == NULL)
 		return GIT_ENOMEM;
 
-	backend->objects_dir = git__strdup(objects_dir);
-	if (backend->objects_dir == NULL) {
+	if (git_vector_init(&backend->packs, 8, packfile_sort__cb) < GIT_SUCCESS) {
 		free(backend);
 		return GIT_ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	gitlck_init(&backend->lock);
+	backend->window_size = DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE;
+	backend->mapped_limit = DEFAULT_MAPPED_LIMIT;
+
+	error = packfile_load_all(backend, objects_dir, 1);
+	if (error < GIT_SUCCESS) {
+		pack_backend__free((git_odb_backend *)backend);
+		return error;
+	}
 
 	backend->parent.read = &pack_backend__read;
-	backend->parent.read_header = &pack_backend__read_header;
+	backend->parent.read_header = NULL;
 	backend->parent.write = NULL;
 	backend->parent.exists = &pack_backend__exists;
 	backend->parent.free = &pack_backend__free;
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index fab93c1..e0dfd7b 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #define INCLUDE_util_h__
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]))
+#define bitsizeof(x)  (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(x))
+#define MSB(x, bits) ((x) & (~0ULL << (bitsizeof(x) - (bits))))
 
 /* 
  * Don't wrap malloc/calloc.