git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCH v3 4/4] clone: open a shortcut for connectivity check

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
May 3, 2013, 12:35 UTC
Message-ID
<1367584514-19806-5-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1367584514-19806-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

In order to make sure the cloned repository is good, we run "rev-list --objects --not --all $new_refs" on the repository. This is expensive on large repositories. This patch attempts to mitigate the impact in this special case.

In the "good" clone case, we only have one pack. If all of the following are met, we can be sure that all objects reachable from the new refs exist, which is the intention of running "rev-list ...":

 - all refs point to an object in the pack
 - there are no dangling pointers in any object in the pack
 - no objects in the pack point to objects outside the pack

The second and third checks can be done with the help of index-pack as a slight variation of --strict check (which introduces a new condition for the shortcut: pack transfer must be used and the number of objects large enough to call index-pack). The first is checked in check_everything_connected after we get an "ok" from index-pack.

"index-pack + new checks" is still faster than the current "index-pack
+ rev-list", which is the whole point of this patch. If any of the
conditions fails, we fall back to the good old but expensive "rev-list
..". In that case it's even more expensive because we have to pay for
the new checks in index-pack. But that should only happen when the
other side is either buggy or malicious.
Cloning linux-2.6 over file://
        before         after
real    3m25.693s      2m53.050s
user    5m2.037s       4m42.396s
sys     0m13.750s      0m16.574s
A more realistic test with ssh:// over wireless
        before         after
real    11m26.629s     10m4.213s
user    5m43.196s      5m19.444s
sys     0m35.812s      0m37.630s

This shortcut is not applied to shallow clones, partly because shallow clones should have no more objects than a usual fetch and the cost of rev-list is acceptable, partly to avoid dealing with corner cases when grafting is involved.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-index-pack.txt |  3 +++
 builtin/clone.c                  | 11 ++++++++---
 builtin/index-pack.c             | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 connected.c                      | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 connected.h                      |  5 +++++
 fetch-pack.c                     | 11 ++++++++++-
 fetch-pack.h                     |  4 +++-
 transport.c                      |  4 ++++
 transport.h                      |  2 ++
 9 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
index bde8eec..7a4e055 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --strict::
 	Die, if the pack contains broken objects or links.
 
+--check-self-contained-and-connected::
+	Die if the pack contains broken links. For internal use only.
+
 --threads=<n>::
 	Specifies the number of threads to spawn when resolving
 	deltas. This requires that index-pack be compiled with
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index dad4265..069e81e 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -542,13 +542,15 @@ static void update_remote_refs(const struct ref *refs,
 			       const struct ref *mapped_refs,
 			       const struct ref *remote_head_points_at,
 			       const char *branch_top,
-			       const char *msg)
+			       const char *msg,
+			       struct transport *transport)
 {
 	const struct ref *rm = mapped_refs;
 
 	if (0 <= option_verbosity)
 		printf(_("Checking connectivity... "));
-	if (check_everything_connected(iterate_ref_map, 0, &rm))
+	if (check_everything_connected_with_transport(iterate_ref_map,
+						      0, &rm, transport))
 		die(_("remote did not send all necessary objects"));
 	if (0 <= option_verbosity)
 		printf(_("done\n"));
@@ -893,6 +895,9 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (option_upload_pack)
 			transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_UPLOADPACK,
 					     option_upload_pack);
+
+		if (transport->smart_options && !option_depth)
+			transport->smart_options->check_self_contained_and_connected = 1;
 	}
 
 	refs = transport_get_remote_refs(transport);
@@ -954,7 +959,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		transport_fetch_refs(transport, mapped_refs);
 
 	update_remote_refs(refs, mapped_refs, remote_head_points_at,
-			   branch_top.buf, reflog_msg.buf);
+			   branch_top.buf, reflog_msg.buf, transport);
 
 	update_head(our_head_points_at, remote_head, reflog_msg.buf);
 
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index f52a04f..9c1cfac 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ static int nr_threads;
 
 static int from_stdin;
 static int strict;
+static int do_fsck_object;
 static int verbose;
 static int show_stat;
+static int check_self_contained_and_connected;
 
 static struct progress *progress;
 
@@ -187,13 +189,13 @@ static int mark_link(struct object *obj, int type, void *data)
 
 /* The content of each linked object must have been checked
    or it must be already present in the object database */
-static void check_object(struct object *obj)
+static unsigned check_object(struct object *obj)
 {
 	if (!obj)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (!(obj->flags & FLAG_LINK))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (!(obj->flags & FLAG_CHECKED)) {
 		unsigned long size;
@@ -201,17 +203,20 @@ static void check_object(struct object *obj)
 		if (type != obj->type || type <= 0)
 			die(_("object of unexpected type"));
 		obj->flags |= FLAG_CHECKED;
-		return;
+		return 1;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void check_objects(void)
+static unsigned check_objects(void)
 {
-	unsigned i, max;
+	unsigned i, max, foreign_nr = 0;
 
 	max = get_max_object_index();
 	for (i = 0; i < max; i++)
-		check_object(get_indexed_object(i));
+		foreign_nr += check_object(get_indexed_object(i));
+	return foreign_nr;
 }
 
 
@@ -756,7 +761,8 @@ static void sha1_object(const void *data, struct object_entry *obj_entry,
 			obj = parse_object_buffer(sha1, type, size, buf, &eaten);
 			if (!obj)
 				die(_("invalid %s"), typename(type));
-			if (fsck_object(obj, 1, fsck_error_function))
+			if (do_fsck_object &&
+			    fsck_object(obj, 1, fsck_error_function))
 				die(_("Error in object"));
 			if (fsck_walk(obj, mark_link, NULL))
 				die(_("Not all child objects of %s are reachable"), sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
@@ -1490,6 +1496,7 @@ int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct pack_idx_entry **idx_objects;
 	struct pack_idx_option opts;
 	unsigned char pack_sha1[20];
+	unsigned foreign_nr = 1;	/* zero is a "good" value, assume bad */
 
 	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
 		usage(index_pack_usage);
@@ -1511,6 +1518,10 @@ int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				fix_thin_pack = 1;
 			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--strict")) {
 				strict = 1;
+				do_fsck_object = 1;
+			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--check-self-contained-and-connected")) {
+				strict = 1;
+				check_self_contained_and_connected = 1;
 			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--verify")) {
 				verify = 1;
 			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--verify-stat")) {
@@ -1624,7 +1635,7 @@ int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	conclude_pack(fix_thin_pack, curr_pack, pack_sha1);
 	free(deltas);
 	if (strict)
-		check_objects();
+		foreign_nr = check_objects();
 
 	if (show_stat)
 		show_pack_info(stat_only);
@@ -1650,5 +1661,11 @@ int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (index_name == NULL)
 		free((void *) curr_index);
 
+	/*
+	 * Let the caller know this pack is not self contained
+	 */
+	if (check_self_contained_and_connected && foreign_nr)
+		return 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/connected.c b/connected.c
index 1e89c1c..fae8d64 100644
--- a/connected.c
+++ b/connected.c
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "connected.h"
+#include "transport.h"
 
+int check_everything_connected(sha1_iterate_fn fn, int quiet, void *cb_data)
+{
+	return check_everything_connected_with_transport(fn, quiet, cb_data, NULL);
+}
 /*
  * If we feed all the commits we want to verify to this command
  *
@@ -14,7 +19,10 @@
  *
  * Returns 0 if everything is connected, non-zero otherwise.
  */
-int check_everything_connected(sha1_iterate_fn fn, int quiet, void *cb_data)
+int check_everything_connected_with_transport(sha1_iterate_fn fn,
+					      int quiet,
+					      void *cb_data,
+					      struct transport *transport)
 {
 	struct child_process rev_list;
 	const char *argv[] = {"rev-list", "--objects",
@@ -22,10 +30,23 @@ int check_everything_connected(sha1_iterate_fn fn, int quiet, void *cb_data)
 	char commit[41];
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	int err = 0;
+	struct packed_git *new_pack = NULL;
 
 	if (fn(cb_data, sha1))
 		return err;
 
+	if (transport && transport->smart_options &&
+	    transport->smart_options->self_contained_and_connected &&
+	    transport->pack_lockfile &&
+	    !suffixcmp(transport->pack_lockfile, ".keep")) {
+		struct strbuf idx_file = STRBUF_INIT;
+		strbuf_addstr(&idx_file, transport->pack_lockfile);
+		strbuf_setlen(&idx_file, idx_file.len - 5); /* ".keep" */
+		strbuf_addstr(&idx_file, ".idx");
+		new_pack = add_packed_git(idx_file.buf, idx_file.len, 1);
+		strbuf_release(&idx_file);
+	}
+
 	if (quiet)
 		argv[5] = "--quiet";
 
@@ -42,6 +63,17 @@ int check_everything_connected(sha1_iterate_fn fn, int quiet, void *cb_data)
 
 	commit[40] = '\n';
 	do {
+		/*
+		 * If index-pack already checked that:
+		 * - there are no dangling pointers in the new pack
+		 * - the pack is self contained
+		 * Then if the updated ref is in the new pack, then we
+		 * are sure the ref is good and not sending it to
+		 * rev-list for verification.
+		 */
+		if (new_pack && find_pack_entry_one(sha1, new_pack))
+			continue;
+
 		memcpy(commit, sha1_to_hex(sha1), 40);
 		if (write_in_full(rev_list.in, commit, 41) < 0) {
 			if (errno != EPIPE && errno != EINVAL)
diff --git a/connected.h b/connected.h
index 7e4585a..0b060b7 100644
--- a/connected.h
+++ b/connected.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef CONNECTED_H
 #define CONNECTED_H
 
+struct transport;
+
 /*
  * Take callback data, and return next object name in the buffer.
  * When called after returning the name for the last object, return -1
@@ -16,5 +18,8 @@ typedef int (*sha1_iterate_fn)(void *, unsigned char [20]);
  * Return 0 if Ok, non zero otherwise (i.e. some missing objects)
  */
 extern int check_everything_connected(sha1_iterate_fn, int quiet, void *cb_data);
+extern int check_everything_connected_with_transport(sha1_iterate_fn, int quiet,
+						     void *cb_data,
+						     struct transport *transport);
 
 #endif /* CONNECTED_H */
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 1ca4f6b..6b7e701 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ static int get_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 	const char **av;
 	int do_keep = args->keep_pack;
 	struct child_process cmd;
+	int ret;
 
 	memset(&demux, 0, sizeof(demux));
 	if (use_sideband) {
@@ -747,11 +748,14 @@ static int get_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 				strcpy(keep_arg + s, "localhost");
 			*av++ = keep_arg;
 		}
+		if (args->check_self_contained_and_connected)
+			*av++ = "--check-self-contained-and-connected";
 	}
 	else {
 		*av++ = "unpack-objects";
 		if (args->quiet || args->no_progress)
 			*av++ = "-q";
+		args->check_self_contained_and_connected = 0;
 	}
 	if (*hdr_arg)
 		*av++ = hdr_arg;
@@ -772,7 +776,12 @@ static int get_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 		close(cmd.out);
 	}
 
-	if (finish_command(&cmd))
+	ret = finish_command(&cmd);
+	if (!ret || (args->check_self_contained_and_connected && ret == 1))
+		args->self_contained_and_connected =
+			args->check_self_contained_and_connected &&
+			ret == 0;
+	else
 		die("%s failed", argv[0]);
 	if (use_sideband && finish_async(&demux))
 		die("error in sideband demultiplexer");
diff --git a/fetch-pack.h b/fetch-pack.h
index dc5266c..40f08ba 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.h
+++ b/fetch-pack.h
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ struct fetch_pack_args {
 		verbose:1,
 		no_progress:1,
 		include_tag:1,
-		stateless_rpc:1;
+		stateless_rpc:1,
+		check_self_contained_and_connected:1,
+		self_contained_and_connected:1;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index ba5d8af..359a671 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -534,6 +534,8 @@ static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
 	args.quiet = (transport->verbose < 0);
 	args.no_progress = !transport->progress;
 	args.depth = data->options.depth;
+	args.check_self_contained_and_connected =
+		data->options.check_self_contained_and_connected;
 
 	if (!data->got_remote_heads) {
 		connect_setup(transport, 0, 0);
@@ -551,6 +553,8 @@ static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
 		refs = NULL;
 	data->conn = NULL;
 	data->got_remote_heads = 0;
+	data->options.self_contained_and_connected =
+		args.self_contained_and_connected;
 
 	free_refs(refs_tmp);
 
diff --git a/transport.h b/transport.h
index fcb1d25..4edebc5 100644
--- a/transport.h
+++ b/transport.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ struct git_transport_options {
 	unsigned thin : 1;
 	unsigned keep : 1;
 	unsigned followtags : 1;
+	unsigned check_self_contained_and_connected : 1;
+	unsigned self_contained_and_connected : 1;
 	int depth;
 	const char *uploadpack;
 	const char *receivepack;
-- 
1.8.2.83.gc99314b
Previous: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc DuyNext: Eric Sunshine
Message 32 of 35 in “check_everything_connected replacement”
  1. 0/4 check_everything_connected replacementNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 31, 2013
  2. 1/4 fetch-pack: save shallow file before fetching the packNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 31, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 1, 2013
  4. Duy NguyenApr 5, 2013
  5. 2/4 index-pack: remove dead code (it should never happen)Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 31, 2013
  6. 3/4 index-pack, unpack-objects: add --not-so-strict for connectivity checkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 31, 2013
  7. 4/4 Use --not-so-strict on all pack transfer for connectivity checkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 31, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 1, 2013
  9. 0/5 check_everything_connected replacementNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 1, 2013
  10. 1/5 clone: let the user know when check_everything_connected is runNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 1, 2013
  11. 2/5 fetch-pack: prepare updated shallow file before fetching the packNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 1, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  13. Duy NguyenMay 2, 2013
  14. 3/5 index-pack: remove dead code (it should never happen)Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 1, 2013
  15. 4/5 index-pack, unpack-objects: add --not-so-strict for connectivity checkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 1, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  17. Duy NguyenMay 2, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2013
  19. Duy NguyenMay 3, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2013
  22. Duy NguyenMay 3, 2013
  23. Eric SunshineMay 3, 2013
  24. 5/5 Use --not-so-strict on all pack transfer for connectivity checkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 1, 2013
  25. 0/4 check_everything_connected replacementNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 3, 2013
  26. 1/4 clone: let the user know when check_everything_connected is runNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 3, 2013
  27. 2/4 fetch-pack: prepare updated shallow file before fetching the packNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 3, 2013
  28. Eric SunshineMay 3, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2013
  30. Duy NguyenMay 26, 2013
  31. 3/4 index-pack: remove dead code (it should never happen)Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 3, 2013
  32. 4/4 clone: open a shortcut for connectivity checkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 3, 2013
  33. Eric SunshineMay 3, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2013
  35. Duy NguyenMay 4, 2013

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.