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[PATCH 17/29] perf: add a performance comparison of fixed-string grep

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
May 11, 2017, 09:18 UTC
Message-ID
<20170511091829.5634-18-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170511091829.5634-1-avarab@gmail.com>

Add a performance comparison test which compares both case-sensitive & case-insensitive fixed-string grep, as well as non-ASCII case-sensitive & case-insensitive grep.

Currently only the "-i æ" performance test doesn't go through the same kwset.[ch] codepath, see the "Even when -F..." comment in grep.c.

    $ GIT_PERF_REPEAT_COUNT=10 GIT_PERF_LARGE_REPO=~/g/linux ./run p7821-grep-engines-fixed.sh
    ----------------------------------------------
    7821.1: fixed grep int         1.75(1.39+0.34)
    7821.2: basic grep int         1.68(1.38+0.28)
    7821.3: extended grep int      1.75(1.41+0.29)
    7821.4: perl grep int          1.73(1.40+0.30)
    7821.6: fixed grep -i int      1.94(1.54+0.35)
    7821.7: basic grep -i int      1.92(1.57+0.32)
    7821.8: extended grep -i int   1.90(1.54+0.30)
    7821.9: perl grep -i int       1.91(1.53+0.36)
    7821.11: fixed grep æ          1.35(1.14+0.18)
    7821.12: basic grep æ          1.34(1.16+0.16)
    7821.13: extended grep æ       1.33(1.15+0.17)
    7821.14: perl grep æ           1.35(1.12+0.20)
    7821.16: fixed grep -i æ       0.72(0.49+0.22)
    7821.17: basic grep -i æ       0.74(0.49+0.21)
    7821.18: extended grep -i æ    0.72(0.48+0.22)
    7821.19: perl grep -i æ        0.71(0.44+0.23)

I'm planning to make that not be the case, this performance test gives a baseline for comparing performance before & after any such change.

See commit ("perf: add a performance comparison test of grep -G, -E and -P", 2017-04-19) for details on the machine the above test run was executed on.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 t/perf/p7821-grep-engines-fixed.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 t/perf/p7821-grep-engines-fixed.sh
diff --git a/t/perf/p7821-grep-engines-fixed.sh b/t/perf/p7821-grep-engines-fixed.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..66a78d225d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/perf/p7821-grep-engines-fixed.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description="Comparison of fixed string grep under git-grep's regex engines"
+
+. ./perf-lib.sh
+
+test_perf_large_repo
+test_checkout_worktree
+
+for args in 'int' '-i int' 'æ' '-i æ'
+do
+	for engine in fixed basic extended perl
+	do
+		test_perf "$engine grep $args" "
+			git -c grep.patternType=$engine grep $args >'out.$engine.$args' || :
+		"
+	done
+
+	test_expect_success "assert that all engines found the same for $args" "
+		test_cmp 'out.fixed.$args' 'out.basic.$args' &&
+		test_cmp 'out.fixed.$args' 'out.extended.$args' &&
+		test_cmp 'out.fixed.$args' 'out.extended.$args' &&
+		test_cmp 'out.fixed.$args' 'out.perl.$args'
+	"
+done
+
+test_done
-- 
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  1. 00/29 Easy to review grep & pre-PCRE changesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  2. 02/29 grep & rev-list doc: stop promising libpcre for --perl-regexpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  3. 03/29 test-lib: rename the LIBPCRE prerequisite to PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  4. 01/29 Makefile & configure: reword inaccurate comment about PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  5. 04/29 log: add exhaustive tests for pattern style options & configÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2017
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 13, 2017
  8. 06/29 grep: add a test for backreferences in PCRE patternsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  9. 05/29 grep: add a test asserting that --perl-regexp dies when !PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  10. 08/29 grep: add tests for --threads=N and grep.threadsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  11. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  13. 09/29 grep: amend submodule recursion test for regex engine testingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2017
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 13, 2017
  16. 10/29 grep: add tests for grep pattern types being passed to submodulesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  17. 07/29 grep: change non-ASCII -i test to stop using --debugÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  18. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  20. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  21. 12/29 grep: prepare for testing binary regexes containing rx metacharactersÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  22. 13/29 grep: add tests to fix blind spots with \0 patternsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  23. 14/29 perf: add a GIT_PERF_MAKE_COMMAND for when *_MAKE_OPTS won't doÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  24. 11/29 grep: add a test helper function for less verbose -f \0 testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2017
  26. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 13, 2017
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2017
  28. 15/29 perf: emit progress output when unpacking & buildingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  29. 16/29 perf: add a performance comparison test of grep -G, -E and -PÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  30. 18/29 grep: catch a missing enum in switch statementÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  31. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  32. Stefan BellerMay 11, 2017
  33. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  34. 17/29 perf: add a performance comparison of fixed-string grepÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  35. 19/29 grep: remove redundant regflags assignment under PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  36. 20/29 grep: remove redundant `regflags &= ~REG_EXTENDED` assignmentsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  37. 21/29 grep: factor test for \0 in grep patterns into a functionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  38. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  39. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  40. 22/29 grep: change the internal PCRE macro names to be PCRE1Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  41. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  42. 23/29 grep: change internal *pcre* variable & function names to be *pcre1*Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  43. 24/29 grep: move two functions to avoid forward declarationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  44. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  45. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  46. 25/29 test-lib: add a PTHREADS prerequisiteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  47. 26/29 pack-objects & index-pack: add test for --threads warningÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  48. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  49. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  50. 28/29 grep: given --threads with NO_PTHREADS=YesPlease, warnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  51. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  52. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  53. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  54. C style: use standard style for "TRANSLATORS" commentsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  55. Jonathan NiederMay 11, 2017
  56. Brandon WilliamsMay 11, 2017
  57. Johannes SixtMay 12, 2017
  58. Jiang XinMay 30, 2017
  59. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2017
  60. 27/29 pack-objects: fix buggy warning about threadsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017
  61. 29/29 grep: assert that threading is enabled when calling grep_{lock,unlock}Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 11, 2017

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