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Re: [PATCH] refs.c: get_ref_cache: use a bucket hash

From
Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 16, 2015, 17:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20150316171909.GA8618@hank>
In-Reply-To
<20150316142026.GJ7847@inner.h.apk.li>
Hi,
On 03/16, Andreas Krey wrote:
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> get_ref_cache used a linear list, which obviously is O(n^2).
> Use a fixed bucket hash which just takes a factor of 100000
> (~ 317^2) out of the n^2 - which is enough.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de>
> ---
>
> This brings 'git clean -ndx' times down from 17 minutes
> to 11 seconds on one of our workspaces (which accumulated
> a lot of ignored directories). Actuallly using adaptive
> hashing or other structures seems overkill.
>
>  refs.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index e23542b..8198d9e 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ struct packed_ref_cache {
>  	struct stat_validity validity;
>  };
>
> +#define REF_CACHE_HASH 317
> +
>  /*
>   * Future: need to be in "struct repository"
>   * when doing a full libification.
> @@ -996,7 +998,7 @@ static struct ref_cache {
>  	 * is initialized correctly.
>  	 */
>  	char name[1];
> -} ref_cache, *submodule_ref_caches;
> +} ref_cache, *submodule_ref_caches[REF_CACHE_HASH];
>
>  /* Lock used for the main packed-refs file: */
>  static struct lock_file packlock;
> @@ -1065,18 +1067,19 @@ static struct ref_cache *create_ref_cache(const char *submodule)
>   */
>  static struct ref_cache *get_ref_cache(const char *submodule)
>  {
> -	struct ref_cache *refs;
> +	struct ref_cache *refs, **bucketp;
> +	bucketp = submodule_ref_caches + strhash(submodule) % REF_CACHE_HASH;
>

This breaks the test-suite for me, in the cases where submodule is NULL. How about something like this on top?

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 8198d9e..311faf2 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,9 @@ static struct ref_cache *create_ref_cache(const char *submodule)
 static struct ref_cache *get_ref_cache(const char *submodule)
 {
        struct ref_cache *refs, **bucketp;
-       bucketp = submodule_ref_caches + strhash(submodule) % REF_CACHE_HASH;
+       bucketp = submodule_ref_caches;
+       if (submodule)
+               bucketp += strhash(submodule) % REF_CACHE_HASH;

        if (!submodule || !*submodule)
                return &ref_cache;

>  	if (!submodule || !*submodule)
>  		return &ref_cache;
>
> -	for (refs = submodule_ref_caches; refs; refs = refs->next)
> +	for (refs = *bucketp; refs; refs = refs->next)
>  		if (!strcmp(submodule, refs->name))
>  			return refs;
>
>  	refs = create_ref_cache(submodule);
> -	refs->next = submodule_ref_caches;
> -	submodule_ref_caches = refs;
> +	refs->next = *bucketp;
> +	*bucketp = refs;
>  	return refs;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.3.2.223.g7a9409c
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  1. refs.c: get_ref_cache: use a bucket hashAndreas Krey, Mar 16, 2015
  2. Thomas GummererMar 16, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2015
  4. Andreas KreyMar 16, 2015
  5. Jeff KingMar 17, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2015
  7. Jeff KingMar 17, 2015
  8. Andreas KreyNov 13, 2015
  9. Jeff KingNov 14, 2015
  10. Andreas KreyNov 14, 2015
  11. Andreas KreyNov 14, 2015
  12. Jeff KingNov 16, 2015

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