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[PATCH v2 3/6] match_basename: use strncmp instead of strcmp

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 10, 2013, 06:14 UTC
Message-ID
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strncmp is provided length information which could be taken advantage by the underlying implementation. Even better, we need to check if the lengths are equal before calling strncmp, eliminating a bit of strncmp calls.

        before      after
user    0m0.548s    0m0.516s
user    0m0.549s    0m0.523s
user    0m0.554s    0m0.532s
user    0m0.557s    0m0.533s
user    0m0.558s    0m0.535s
user    0m0.559s    0m0.542s
user    0m0.562s    0m0.546s
user    0m0.564s    0m0.551s
user    0m0.566s    0m0.556s
user    0m0.569s    0m0.561s

While at there, fix an inconsistency about pattern/patternlen in how attr handles EXC_FLAG_MUSTBEDIR. When parse_exclude_pattern detects this flag, it sets patternlen _not_ to include the trailing slash and expects the caller to trim it. add_exclude does, parse_attr_line does not.

In attr.c, the pattern could be "foo/" while patternlen tells us it only has 3 chars. Some functions do not care about patternlen and will see the pattern as "foo/" while others may see it as "foo". This patch makes patternlen 4 in this case. (Although for a piece of mind, perhaps we should trim it to "foo" like exclude, and never pass a pathname like "abc/" to match_{base,path}name)

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 attr.c | 2 ++
 dir.c  | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index e2f9377..1818ba5 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ static struct match_attr *parse_attr_line(const char *line, const char *src,
 				      &res->u.pat.patternlen,
 				      &res->u.pat.flags,
 				      &res->u.pat.nowildcardlen);
+		if (res->u.pat.flags & EXC_FLAG_MUSTBEDIR)
+			res->u.pat.patternlen++;
 		if (res->u.pat.flags & EXC_FLAG_NEGATIVE) {
 			warning(_("Negative patterns are ignored in git attributes\n"
 				  "Use '\\!' for literal leading exclamation."));
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 9960a37..46b24db 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -610,12 +610,14 @@ int match_basename(const char *basename, int basenamelen,
 		   int flags)
 {
 	if (prefix == patternlen) {
-		if (!strcmp_icase(pattern, basename))
+		if (patternlen == basenamelen &&
+		    !strncmp_icase(pattern, basename, patternlen))
 			return 1;
 	} else if (flags & EXC_FLAG_ENDSWITH) {
 		if (patternlen - 1 <= basenamelen &&
-		    !strcmp_icase(pattern + 1,
-				  basename + basenamelen - patternlen + 1))
+		    !strncmp_icase(pattern + 1,
+				   basename + basenamelen - patternlen + 1,
+				   patternlen - 1))
 			return 1;
 	} else {
 		if (fnmatch_icase(pattern, basename, 0) == 0)
-- 
1.8.1.2.536.gf441e6d
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Message 12 of 48 in “Trivial (and small) exclude optimizations”
  1. 0/3 Trivial (and small) exclude optimizationsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 9, 2013
  2. 1/3 match_pathname: avoid calling strncmp if baselen is 0Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 9, 2013
  3. Antoine PelisseMar 9, 2013
  4. 2/3 dir.c: inline convenient *_icase helpersNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 9, 2013
  5. 3/3 match_basename: use strncmp instead of strcmpNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 9, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2013
  7. Fredrik GustafssonMar 9, 2013
  8. Duy NguyenMar 9, 2013
  9. 0/6 Exclude optimizationsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 10, 2013
  10. 1/6 match_pathname: avoid calling strncmp if baselen is 0Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 10, 2013
  11. 2/6 dir.c: inline convenient *_icase helpersNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 10, 2013
  12. 3/6 match_basename: use strncmp instead of strcmpNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 10, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2013
  14. Duy NguyenMar 10, 2013
  15. Antoine PelisseMar 10, 2013
  16. Antoine PelisseMar 10, 2013
  17. Duy NguyenMar 10, 2013
  18. Antoine PelisseMar 10, 2013
  19. Duy NguyenMar 10, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2013
  21. Duy NguyenMar 13, 2013
  22. 4/6 match_{base,path}name: replace strncmp_icase with strnequal_icaseNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 10, 2013
  23. 5/6 dir.c: pass pathname length to last_exclude_matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 10, 2013
  24. 6/6 exclude: filter patterns by directory levelNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 10, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2013
  26. Duy NguyenMar 10, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2013
  28. Duy NguyenMar 10, 2013
  29. Duy NguyenMar 11, 2013
  30. 00/13 Exclude optimizationsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  31. 01/13 dir.c: add MEASURE_EXCLUDE code for tracking exclude performanceNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  32. 02/13 match_pathname: avoid calling strncmp if baselen is 0Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  33. 03/13 dir.c: inline convenient *_icase helpersNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  34. 04/13 match_basename: use strncmp instead of strcmpNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  35. Antoine PelisseMar 12, 2013
  36. Duy NguyenMar 13, 2013
  37. 05/13 match_{base,path}name: replace strncmp_icase with memequal_icaseNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  38. Duy NguyenMar 13, 2013
  39. 06/13 dir: pass pathname length to last_exclude_matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  40. 07/13 exclude: avoid calling prep_exclude on entries of the same directoryNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  41. 08/13 exclude: record baselen in the patternNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  42. 09/13 exclude: filter out patterns not applicable to the current directoryNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  43. Eric SunshineMar 12, 2013
  44. 10/13 read_directory: avoid invoking exclude machinery on tracked filesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  45. 11/13 Preallocate hash tables when the number of inserts are known in advanceNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  46. 12/13 name-hash: allow to lookup a name with precalculated base hashNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  47. 13/13 read_directory: calculate name hashes incrementallyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 12, 2013
  48. Duy NguyenMar 14, 2013

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