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[PATCH 05/10] Add string-specific memory pool

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 9, 2010, 22:34 UTC
Message-ID
<20100809223442.GA4429@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20100809215719.GA4203@burratino>
From: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com>

Intern strings so they can be compared by address and stored without wasting space.

This library uses the macros in the obj_pool.h and trp.h to create a memory pool for strings and expose an API for handling them.

[rr: added API docs] [jn: with some API simplifications, new documentation and tests]

Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com>
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
New test.  The return value from pool_tok_seq is not checked by
the vcs-svn lib but trying to use it in tests revealed it was not
so intuitive.  pool_tok_seq() was behaving strangely when passed
an array of size 0; I think there is nothing sane to do in that
case --- maybe it should abort().  The API was passing around
char * that cannot be modified; changed to const char *.
Another set of eyes on this would be welcome.
 .gitignore              |    1 +
 Makefile                |    9 +++-
 t/t0080-vcs-svn.sh      |   16 +++++++
 test-string-pool.c      |   31 ++++++++++++++
 vcs-svn/string_pool.c   |  102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 vcs-svn/string_pool.h   |   11 +++++
 vcs-svn/string_pool.txt |   43 ++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test-string-pool.c
 create mode 100644 vcs-svn/string_pool.c
 create mode 100644 vcs-svn/string_pool.h
 create mode 100644 vcs-svn/string_pool.txt
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af47653..9f109db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
 /test-run-command
 /test-sha1
 /test-sigchain
+/test-string-pool
 /test-treap
 /common-cmds.h
 *.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e7c33ec..24103c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-path-utils
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-run-command
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-sha1
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-sigchain
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-string-pool
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-treap
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-index-version
 
@@ -1742,7 +1743,7 @@ ifndef NO_CURL
 endif
 XDIFF_OBJS = xdiff/xdiffi.o xdiff/xprepare.o xdiff/xutils.o xdiff/xemit.o \
 	xdiff/xmerge.o xdiff/xpatience.o
-VCSSVN_OBJS =
+VCSSVN_OBJS = vcs-svn/string_pool.o
 OBJECTS := $(GIT_OBJS) $(XDIFF_OBJS) $(VCSSVN_OBJS)
 
 dep_files := $(foreach f,$(OBJECTS),$(dir $f).depend/$(notdir $f).d)
@@ -1866,7 +1867,7 @@ xdiff-interface.o $(XDIFF_OBJS): \
 	xdiff/xutils.h xdiff/xprepare.h xdiff/xdiffi.h xdiff/xemit.h
 
 $(VCSSVN_OBJS): \
-	vcs-svn/obj_pool.h vcs-svn/trp.h
+	vcs-svn/obj_pool.h vcs-svn/trp.h vcs-svn/string_pool.h
 endif
 
 exec_cmd.s exec_cmd.o: EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = \
@@ -2017,10 +2018,12 @@ test-delta$X: diff-delta.o patch-delta.o
 
 test-parse-options$X: parse-options.o
 
+test-string-pool$X: vcs-svn/lib.a
+
 .PRECIOUS: $(TEST_OBJS)
 
 test-%$X: test-%.o $(GITLIBS)
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) $(filter %.a,$^) $(LIBS)
 
 check-sha1:: test-sha1$X
 	./test-sha1.sh
diff --git a/t/t0080-vcs-svn.sh b/t/t0080-vcs-svn.sh
index ce02c58..99a314b 100755
--- a/t/t0080-vcs-svn.sh
+++ b/t/t0080-vcs-svn.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@ test_expect_success 'obj pool: high-water mark' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'string pool' '
+	echo a does not equal b >expected.differ &&
+	echo a equals a >expected.match &&
+	echo equals equals equals >expected.matchmore &&
+
+	test-string-pool "a,--b" >actual.differ &&
+	test-string-pool "a,a" >actual.match &&
+	test-string-pool "equals-equals" >actual.matchmore &&
+	test_must_fail test-string-pool a,a,a &&
+	test_must_fail test-string-pool a &&
+
+	test_cmp expected.differ actual.differ &&
+	test_cmp expected.match actual.match &&
+	test_cmp expected.matchmore actual.matchmore
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'treap sort' '
 	cat <<-\EOF >unsorted &&
 	68
diff --git a/test-string-pool.c b/test-string-pool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2adf84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-string-pool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * test-string-pool.c: code to exercise the svn importer's string pool
+ */
+
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "vcs-svn/string_pool.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	const uint32_t unequal = pool_intern("does not equal");
+	const uint32_t equal = pool_intern("equals");
+	uint32_t buf[3];
+	uint32_t n;
+
+	if (argc != 2)
+		usage("test-string-pool <string>,<string>");
+
+	n = pool_tok_seq(3, buf, ",-", argv[1]);
+	if (n >= 3)
+		die("too many strings");
+	if (n <= 1)
+		die("too few strings");
+
+	buf[2] = buf[1];
+	buf[1] = (buf[0] == buf[2]) ? equal : unequal;
+	pool_print_seq(3, buf, ' ', stdout);
+	fputc('\n', stdout);
+
+	pool_reset();
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/vcs-svn/string_pool.c b/vcs-svn/string_pool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..550f0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcs-svn/string_pool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed under a two-clause BSD-style license.
+ * See LICENSE for details.
+ */
+
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "trp.h"
+#include "obj_pool.h"
+#include "string_pool.h"
+
+static struct trp_root tree = { ~0 };
+
+struct node {
+	uint32_t offset;
+	struct trp_node children;
+};
+
+/* Two memory pools: one for struct node, and another for strings */
+obj_pool_gen(node, struct node, 4096)
+obj_pool_gen(string, char, 4096)
+
+static char *node_value(struct node *node)
+{
+	return node ? string_pointer(node->offset) : NULL;
+}
+
+static int node_cmp(struct node *a, struct node *b)
+{
+	return strcmp(node_value(a), node_value(b));
+}
+
+/* Build a Treap from the node structure (a trp_node w/ offset) */
+trp_gen(static, tree_, struct node, children, node, node_cmp);
+
+const char *pool_fetch(uint32_t entry)
+{
+	return node_value(node_pointer(entry));
+}
+
+uint32_t pool_intern(const char *key)
+{
+	/* Canonicalize key */
+	struct node *match = NULL;
+	uint32_t key_len;
+	if (key == NULL)
+		return ~0;
+	key_len = strlen(key) + 1;
+	struct node *node = node_pointer(node_alloc(1));
+	node->offset = string_alloc(key_len);
+	strcpy(node_value(node), key);
+	match = tree_search(&tree, node);
+	if (!match) {
+		tree_insert(&tree, node);
+	} else {
+		node_free(1);
+		string_free(key_len);
+		node = match;
+	}
+	return node_offset(node);
+}
+
+uint32_t pool_tok_r(char *str, const char *delim, char **saveptr)
+{
+	char *token = strtok_r(str, delim, saveptr);
+	return token ? pool_intern(token) : ~0;
+}
+
+void pool_print_seq(uint32_t len, uint32_t *seq, char delim, FILE *stream)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+	for (i = 0; i < len && ~seq[i]; i++) {
+		fputs(pool_fetch(seq[i]), stream);
+		if (i < len - 1 && ~seq[i + 1])
+			fputc(delim, stream);
+	}
+}
+
+uint32_t pool_tok_seq(uint32_t sz, uint32_t *seq, const char *delim, char *str)
+{
+	char *context = NULL;
+	uint32_t token = ~0;
+	uint32_t length;
+
+	if (sz == 0)
+		return ~0;
+	if (str)
+		token = pool_tok_r(str, delim, &context);
+	for (length = 0; length < sz; length++) {
+		seq[length] = token;
+		if (token == ~0)
+			return length;
+		token = pool_tok_r(NULL, delim, &context);
+	}
+	seq[sz - 1] = ~0;
+	return sz;
+}
+
+void pool_reset(void)
+{
+	node_reset();
+	string_reset();
+}
diff --git a/vcs-svn/string_pool.h b/vcs-svn/string_pool.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..222fb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcs-svn/string_pool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef STRING_POOL_H_
+#define STRING_POOL_H_
+
+uint32_t pool_intern(const char *key);
+const char *pool_fetch(uint32_t entry);
+uint32_t pool_tok_r(char *str, const char *delim, char **saveptr);
+void pool_print_seq(uint32_t len, uint32_t *seq, char delim, FILE *stream);
+uint32_t pool_tok_seq(uint32_t sz, uint32_t *seq, const char *delim, char *str);
+void pool_reset(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/vcs-svn/string_pool.txt b/vcs-svn/string_pool.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b41f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcs-svn/string_pool.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+string_pool API
+===============
+
+The string_pool API provides facilities for replacing strings
+with integer keys that can be more easily compared and stored.
+The facilities are designed so that one could teach Git without
+too much trouble to store the information needed for these keys to
+remain valid over multiple executions.
+
+Functions
+---------
+
+pool_intern::
+	Include a string in the string pool and get its key.
+	If that string is already in the pool, retrieves its
+	existing key.
+
+pool_fetch::
+	Retrieve the string associated to a given key.
+
+pool_tok_r::
+	Extract the key of the next token from a string.
+	Interface mimics strtok_r.
+
+pool_print_seq::
+	Print a sequence of strings named by key to a file, using the
+	specified delimiter to separate them.
+
+	If NULL (key ~0) appears in the sequence, the sequence ends
+	early.
+
+pool_tok_seq::
+	Split a string into tokens, storing the keys of segments
+	into a caller-provided array.
+
+	Unless sz is 0, the array will always be ~0-terminated.
+	If there is not enough room for all the tokens, the
+	array holds as many tokens as fit in the entries before
+	the terminating ~0.  Return value is the index after the
+	last token, or sz if the tokens did not fit.
+
+pool_reset::
+	Deallocate storage for the string pool.
-- 
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  5. 2/8 Introduce vcs-svn libRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 15, 2010
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  8. 3/8 Add memory pool libraryRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 15, 2010
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  11. 4/8 Add treap implementationRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 15, 2010
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  15. 6/8 Add stream helper libraryRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 15, 2010
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  17. 7/8 Add infrastructure to write revisions in fast-export formatRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 15, 2010
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  19. 8/8 Add SVN dump parserRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 15, 2010
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  23. 3/9 Add memory pool libraryJonathan Nieder, Jul 16, 2010
  24. 4/9 Add treap implementationJonathan Nieder, Jul 16, 2010
  25. Jonathan NiederJul 16, 2010
  26. 0/10 rr/svn-export rerollJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  27. 01/10 Export parse_date_basic() to convert a date string to timestampJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  28. 02/10 Introduce vcs-svn libJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  29. 03/10 Add memory pool libraryJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  30. 04/10 Add treap implementationJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
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  35. 05/10 Add string-specific memory poolJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
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  38. 06/10 Add stream helper libraryJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  39. 07/10 Infrastructure to write revisions in fast-export formatJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  40. 08/10 SVN dump parserJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  41. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2010
  42. PATCH 09/10] Update svn-fe manualJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  43. 10/10 svn-fe manual: Clarify warning about deltas in dump filesJonathan Nieder, Aug 9, 2010
  44. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 10, 2010
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  46. 00/16 svn delta applierJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  47. 01/16 vcs-svn: Eliminate global byte_buffer[] arrayJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  48. 03/16 vcs-svn: Collect line_buffer data in a structJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  49. 04/16 vcs-svn: Teach line_buffer to handle multiple input filesJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  50. 05/16 vcs-svn: Make buffer_skip_bytes() report partial readsJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  51. 06/16 vcs-svn: Improve support for reading large filesJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  52. 07/16 vcs-svn: Add binary-safe read() functionJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  53. 08/16 vcs-svn: Let callers peek ahead to find stream endJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  54. 09/16 vcs-svn: Allow input errors to be detected earlyJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  55. 10/16 vcs-svn: Allow character-oriented inputJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  56. 11/16 vcs-svn: Add code to maintain a sliding view of a fileJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  57. 12/16 vcs-svn: Learn to parse variable-length integersJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  58. 13/16 vcs-svn: Learn to check for SVN\0 magicJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  59. 14/16 compat: helper for detecting unsigned overflowJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  60. 15/16 t9010 (svn-fe): Eliminate dependency on svn perl bindingsJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  61. 02/16 vcs-svn: Replace buffer_read_string() memory pool with a strbufJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  62. vcs-svn: Add svn delta parserJonathan Nieder, Oct 11, 2010
  63. 0/11 Building up the delta parserJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  64. 01/11 fixup! vcs-svn: Learn to parse variable-length integersJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  65. 02/11 vcs-svn: Skeleton of an svn delta parserJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  66. 03/11 vcs-svn: Read the preimage while applying deltasJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
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  68. Jonathan NiederOct 14, 2010
  69. 04/11 vcs-svn: Read inline data from deltasJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  70. 05/11 vcs-svn: Read instructions from deltasJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  71. 06/11 vcs-svn: Implement copyfrom_data delta instructionJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  72. 07/11 vcs-svn: Check declared number of output bytesJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  73. 08/11 vcs-svn: Reject deltas that do not consume all inline dataJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  74. 09/11 vcs-svn: Let deltas use data from postimageJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  75. 10/11 vcs-svn: Reject deltas that read past end of preimageJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
  76. 11/11 vcs-svn: Allow deltas to copy from preimageJonathan Nieder, Oct 13, 2010
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