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[PATCH 5/6] Allow to use crc32 as a lighter checksum on index

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2012, 05:48 UTC
Message-ID
<1328507319-24687-5-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-update-index.txt |   12 +++++++-
 builtin/update-index.c             |   11 +++++++
 cache.h                            |    2 +
 read-cache.c                       |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 4 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index a3081f4..2574a4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	     [--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace]
 	     [--refresh] [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing]
 	     [(--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>)...]
-	     [--chmod=(+|-)x]
+	     [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--[no-]crc32]
 	     [--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
 	     [--skip-worktree | --no-skip-worktree]
 	     [--ignore-submodules]
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually.
 	set and unset the "skip-worktree" bit for the paths. See
 	section "Skip-worktree bit" below for more information.
 
+--crc32::
+--no-crc32::
+	Normally SHA-1 is used to check for index integrity. When the
+	index is large, SHA-1 computation cost can be significant.
+	--crc32 will convert current index to use (cheaper) crc32
+	instead. Note that later writes to index by other commands can
+	convert the index back to SHA-1. Older git versions may not
+	understand crc32 index, --no-crc32 can be used to convert it
+	back to SHA-1.
+
 -g::
 --again::
 	Runs 'git update-index' itself on the paths whose index
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index a6a23fa..6913226 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int newfd, entries, has_errors = 0, line_termination = '\n';
 	int read_from_stdin = 0;
+	int do_crc = -1;
 	int prefix_length = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
 	char set_executable_bit = 0;
 	struct refresh_params refresh_args = {0, &has_errors};
@@ -791,6 +792,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			"(for porcelains) forget saved unresolved conflicts",
 			PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
 			resolve_undo_clear_callback},
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "crc32", &do_crc,
+			 "use crc32 as checksum instead of sha1"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -852,6 +855,14 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	argc = parse_options_end(&ctx);
 
+	if (do_crc != -1) {
+		if (do_crc)
+			the_index.hdr_flags |= CACHE_F_CRC;
+		else
+			the_index.hdr_flags &= ~CACHE_F_CRC;
+		active_cache_changed = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (read_from_stdin) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, nbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index c2e884a..7352402 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ struct cache_header {
 	unsigned int hdr_entries;
 };
 
+#define CACHE_F_CRC	1	/* use crc32 instead of sha1 for index checksum */
+
 struct ext_cache_header {
 	struct cache_header h;
 	unsigned int hdr_flags;
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index fd21af6..a34878e 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1185,20 +1185,33 @@ static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, int reall
 
 static int verify_hdr(struct cache_header *hdr, unsigned long size)
 {
+	int do_crc;
 	git_SHA_CTX c;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 
 	if (hdr->hdr_signature != htonl(CACHE_SIGNATURE))
 		return error("bad signature");
-	if (hdr->hdr_version != htonl(2) &&
-	    hdr->hdr_version != htonl(3) &&
-	    hdr->hdr_version != htonl(4))
+	if (hdr->hdr_version == htonl(2) ||
+	    hdr->hdr_version == htonl(3))
+		do_crc = 0;
+	else if (hdr->hdr_version == htonl(4)) {
+		struct ext_cache_header *ehdr = (struct ext_cache_header *)hdr;
+		do_crc = ntohl(ehdr->hdr_flags) & CACHE_F_CRC;
+	}
+	else
 		return error("bad index version");
-	git_SHA1_Init(&c);
-	git_SHA1_Update(&c, hdr, size - 20);
-	git_SHA1_Final(sha1, &c);
-	if (hashcmp(sha1, (unsigned char *)hdr + size - 20))
-		return error("bad index file sha1 signature");
+	if (do_crc) {
+		uint32_t crc = crc32(0, NULL, 0);
+		crc = crc32(crc,(void *) hdr, size - sizeof(uint32_t));
+		if (crc != *(uint32_t*)((unsigned char *)hdr + size - sizeof(uint32_t)))
+			return error("bad index file crc32 signature");
+	} else {
+		git_SHA1_Init(&c);
+		git_SHA1_Update(&c, hdr, size - 20);
+		git_SHA1_Final(sha1, &c);
+		if (hashcmp(sha1, (unsigned char *)hdr + size - 20))
+			return error("bad index file sha1 signature");
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1421,11 +1434,24 @@ static int write_index_ext_header(struct sha1file *f,
 static int ce_flush(struct sha1file *f)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
-	int fd = sha1close(f, sha1, 0);
+	int fd;
 
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return -1;
-	return (write_in_full(fd, sha1, 20) != 20) ? -1 : 0;
+	if (f->do_crc) {
+		uint32_t crc;
+
+		assert(f->do_sha1 == 0);
+		sha1flush(f);
+		crc = crc32_end(f);
+		fd = sha1close(f, sha1, 0);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			return -1;
+		return (write_in_full(fd, &crc, sizeof(crc)) != sizeof(crc)) ? -1 : 0;
+	} else {
+		fd = sha1close(f, sha1, 0);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			return -1;
+		return (write_in_full(fd, sha1, 20) != 20) ? -1 : 0;
+	}
 }
 
 static void ce_smudge_racily_clean_entry(struct cache_entry *ce)
@@ -1568,6 +1594,10 @@ int write_index(struct index_state *istate, int newfd)
 	hdr.h.hdr_entries = htonl(entries - removed);
 
 	f = sha1fd(newfd, NULL);
+	if (istate->hdr_flags & CACHE_F_CRC) {
+		crc32_begin(f);
+		f->do_sha1 = 0;
+	}
 	if (ce_write(f, &hdr, hdr_size) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-- 
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  1. 1/6 read-cache: use sha1file for sha1 calculationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  2. 2/6 csum-file: make sha1 calculation optionalNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  3. 3/6 Stop producing index version 2Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  5. Shawn PearceFeb 7, 2012
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 7, 2012
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 7, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2012
  9. Thomas RastFeb 7, 2012
  10. 4/6 Introduce index version 4 with global flagsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  11. 5/6 Allow to use crc32 as a lighter checksum on indexNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  12. Shawn PearceFeb 7, 2012
  13. Dave ZarzyckiFeb 7, 2012
  14. Dave ZarzyckiFeb 7, 2012
  15. 6/6 Automatically switch to crc32 checksum for index when it's too largeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  16. Dave ZarzyckiFeb 6, 2012
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 6, 2012
  18. Dave ZarzyckiFeb 6, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  20. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 6, 2012

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