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[PATCH] do_compare_entry: use already-computed path

From
David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Date
Dec 19, 2015, 01:40 UTC
Message-ID
<1450489227-4771-1-git-send-email-dturner@twopensource.com>

In traverse_trees, we generate the complete traverse path for a traverse_info. Later, in do_compare_entry, we used to go do a bunch of work to compare the traverse_info to a cache_entry's name without computing that path. But since we already have that path, we don't need to do all that work. Instead, we can just stuff the generated path into the traverse_info, and do the comparison more directly. This makes git checkout much faster -- about 25% on Twitter's monorepo. Deeper directory trees are likely to benefit more than shallower ones.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
---
 tree-walk.c    |  4 ++++
 tree-walk.h    |  1 +
 unpack-trees.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tree-walk.c b/tree-walk.c
index 6dccd2d..4cab3e1 100644
--- a/tree-walk.c
+++ b/tree-walk.c
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ int traverse_trees(int n, struct tree_desc *t, struct traverse_info *info)
 		make_traverse_path(base.buf, info->prev, &info->name);
 		base.buf[info->pathlen-1] = '/';
 		strbuf_setlen(&base, info->pathlen);
+		info->traverse_path = base.buf;
+	} else {
+		info->traverse_path = info->name.path;
 	}
 	for (;;) {
 		int trees_used;
@@ -411,6 +414,7 @@ int traverse_trees(int n, struct tree_desc *t, struct traverse_info *info)
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		free_extended_entry(tx + i);
 	free(tx);
+	info->traverse_path = NULL;
 	strbuf_release(&base);
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/tree-walk.h b/tree-walk.h
index 3b2f7bf..174eb61 100644
--- a/tree-walk.h
+++ b/tree-walk.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ enum follow_symlinks_result {
 enum follow_symlinks_result get_tree_entry_follow_symlinks(unsigned char *tree_sha1, const char *name, unsigned char *result, struct strbuf *result_path, unsigned *mode);
 
 struct traverse_info {
+	const char *traverse_path;
 	struct traverse_info *prev;
 	struct name_entry name;
 	int pathlen;
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 8e2032f..127dd4d 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -498,13 +498,14 @@ static int traverse_trees_recursive(int n, unsigned long dirmask,
  * itself - the caller needs to do the final check for the cache
  * entry having more data at the end!
  */
-static int do_compare_entry(const struct cache_entry *ce, const struct traverse_info *info, const struct name_entry *n)
+static int do_compare_entry_piecewise(const struct cache_entry *ce, const struct traverse_info *info, const struct name_entry *n)
 {
 	int len, pathlen, ce_len;
 	const char *ce_name;
 
 	if (info->prev) {
-		int cmp = do_compare_entry(ce, info->prev, &info->name);
+		int cmp = do_compare_entry_piecewise(ce, info->prev,
+						     &info->name);
 		if (cmp)
 			return cmp;
 	}
@@ -522,6 +523,42 @@ static int do_compare_entry(const struct cache_entry *ce, const struct traverse_
 	return df_name_compare(ce_name, ce_len, S_IFREG, n->path, len, n->mode);
 }
 
+static int do_compare_entry(const struct cache_entry *ce,
+			    const struct traverse_info *info,
+			    const struct name_entry *n)
+{
+	int len, pathlen, ce_len;
+	const char *ce_name;
+	int cmp;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have not precomputed the traverse path, it is quicker
+	 * to avoid doing so.  But if we have precomputed it,
+	 * it is quicker to use the precomputed version.
+	 */
+	if (!info->traverse_path)
+		return do_compare_entry_piecewise(ce, info, n);
+
+	cmp = strncmp(ce->name, info->traverse_path, info->pathlen);
+	if (cmp)
+		return cmp;
+
+	pathlen = info->pathlen;
+	ce_len = ce_namelen(ce);
+
+	if (ce_len < pathlen) {
+		if (do_compare_entry_piecewise(ce, info, n) >= 0)
+			die("pathlen");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ce_len -= pathlen;
+	ce_name = ce->name + pathlen;
+
+	len = tree_entry_len(n);
+	return df_name_compare(ce_name, ce_len, S_IFREG, n->path, len, n->mode);
+}
+
 static int compare_entry(const struct cache_entry *ce, const struct traverse_info *info, const struct name_entry *n)
 {
 	int cmp = do_compare_entry(ce, info, n);
-- 
2.4.2.749.g730654d-twtrsrc
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