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[PATCH 07/16] bisect: replace clear_distance() by unique markers

From
Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
Date
Feb 26, 2016, 02:04 UTC
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clear_distance() was a O(#commits)-time function to clear the COUNTED flag from commits counted in count_distance(). The functions count_distance() and clear_distance() were called for each merge commit.

This commit gets rid of the clear_distance() function by making count_distance() use unique marker ids that do not need to be cleared afterwards. This speeds up the bisecting process on large repositories with a huge amount of merges.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
---

Yaaay, this is our first gain of performance! My test: ~30 seconds

 bisect.c | 29 +++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index bcb58ed..6df13b0 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ static const char *argv_show_branch[] = {"show-branch", NULL, NULL};
 static const char *term_bad;
 static const char *term_good;
 
+static unsigned marker;
+
 struct node_data {
 	int weight;
+	unsigned marked;
 };
 
-/* Remember to update object flag allocation in object.h */
-#define COUNTED		(1u<<16)
-
 #define DEBUG_BISECT 0
 
 static inline struct node_data *node_data(struct commit *elem)
@@ -43,15 +43,17 @@ static int count_distance(struct commit_list *entry)
 	int nr = 0;
 	struct commit_list *todo = NULL;
 	commit_list_append(entry->item, &todo);
+	marker++;
 
 	while (todo) {
 		struct commit *commit = pop_commit(&todo);
 
-		if (!(commit->object.flags & (UNINTERESTING | COUNTED))) {
+		if (!(commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
+		 && node_data(commit)->marked != marker) {
 			struct commit_list *p;
 			if (!(commit->object.flags & TREESAME))
 				nr++;
-			commit->object.flags |= COUNTED;
+			node_data(commit)->marked = marker;
 
 			for (p = commit->parents; p; p = p->next) {
 				commit_list_insert(p->item, &todo);
@@ -62,15 +64,6 @@ static int count_distance(struct commit_list *entry)
 	return nr;
 }
 
-static void clear_distance(struct commit_list *list)
-{
-	while (list) {
-		struct commit *commit = list->item;
-		commit->object.flags &= ~COUNTED;
-		list = list->next;
-	}
-}
-
 static int count_interesting_parents(struct commit *commit)
 {
 	struct commit_list *p;
@@ -123,10 +116,9 @@ static void show_list(const char *debug, int counted, int nr,
 		const char *subject_start;
 		int subject_len;
 
-		fprintf(stderr, "%c%c%c ",
+		fprintf(stderr, "%c%c ",
 			(flags & TREESAME) ? ' ' : 'T',
-			(flags & UNINTERESTING) ? 'U' : ' ',
-			(flags & COUNTED) ? 'C' : ' ');
+			(flags & UNINTERESTING) ? 'U' : ' ');
 		if (commit->util)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%3d", node_data(commit)->weight);
 		else
@@ -289,7 +281,6 @@ static struct commit_list *do_find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
 		if (!(p->item->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
 		 && (node_data(p->item)->weight == -2)) {
 			node_data(p->item)->weight = count_distance(p);
-			clear_distance(list);
 
 			/* Does it happen to be at exactly half-way? */
 			if (!find_all && halfway(p, nr))
@@ -351,6 +342,8 @@ struct commit_list *find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
 	struct commit_list *p, *best, *next, *last;
 	struct node_data *weights;
 
+	marker = 0;
+
 	show_list("bisection 2 entry", 0, 0, list);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.7.1.354.gd492730.dirty
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Message 18 of 34 in “git bisect improvements”
  1. 00/16 git bisect improvementsStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  2. 01/16 bisect: write about `bisect next` in documentationStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  3. Jacob KellerFeb 26, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2016
  5. Stephan BeyerFeb 27, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2016
  7. Stephan BeyerFeb 27, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2016
  9. 02/16 bisect: add test for the bisect algorithmStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  10. Christian CouderFeb 26, 2016
  11. Stephan BeyerFeb 26, 2016
  12. Christian CouderFeb 27, 2016
  13. Matthieu MoyFeb 27, 2016
  14. 03/16 bisect: make bisect compile if DEBUG_BISECT is setStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  15. 04/16 bisect: make algorithm behavior independent of DEBUG_BISECTStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  16. 05/16 bisect: get rid of recursion in count_distance()Stephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  17. 06/16 bisect: use struct node_data array instead of int arrayStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  18. 07/16 bisect: replace clear_distance() by unique markersStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  19. 08/16 bisect: use commit instead of commit list as arguments when appropriateStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2016
  21. 09/16 bisect: extract get_distance() function from code duplicationStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  22. 10/16 bisect: introduce distance_direction()Stephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  23. 11/16 bisect: make total number of commits globalStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  24. 12/16 bisect: rename count_distance() to compute_weight()Stephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  25. 13/16 bisect: prepare for different algorithms based on find_allStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  26. 14/16 bisect: use a modified breadth-first search to find relevant weightsStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2016
  28. Stephan BeyerFeb 26, 2016
  29. 15/16 bisect: compute best bisection in compute_relevant_weights()Stephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  30. 16/16 bisect: get back halfway shortcutStephan Beyer, Feb 26, 2016
  31. Pranit BauvaMar 20, 2016
  32. Stephan BeyerMar 21, 2016
  33. Christian CouderMar 22, 2016
  34. Pranit BauvaMar 22, 2016

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