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[PATCH v2 5/5] sha1_name: Minimize OID comparisons during disambiguation

From
Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Date
Sep 25, 2017, 09:54 UTC
Message-ID
<20170925095452.66833-6-dstolee@microsoft.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170925095452.66833-1-dstolee@microsoft.com>
Minimize OID comparisons during disambiguatiosn of packfile OIDs.

Teach git to use binary search with the full OID to find the object's position (or insertion position, if not present) in the pack-index. The object before and immediately after (or the one at the insertion position) give the maximum common prefix. No subsequent linear search is required.

Take care of which two to inspect, in case the object id exists in the packfile.

If the input to find_unique_abbrev_r() is a partial prefix, then the OID used for the binary search is padded with zeroes so the object will not exist in the repo (with high probability) and the same logic applies.

p0008.1: find_unique_abbrev() for existing objects --------------------------------------------------

For 10 repeated tests, each checking 100,000 known objects, we find the following results when running in a Linux VM:

|       | Pack  | Packed  | Loose  | Base   | New    |        |
| Repo  | Files | Objects | Objects| Time   | Time   | Rel%   |
|-------|-------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Git   |     1 |  230078 |      0 | 0.08 s | 0.05 s | -37.5% |
| Git   |     5 |  230162 |      0 | 0.16 s | 0.15 s | - 6.3% |
| Git   |     4 |  154310 |  75852 | 0.12 s | 0.11 s | - 8.3% |
| Linux |     1 | 5606645 |      0 | 0.25 s | 0.10 s | -60.0% |
| Linux |    24 | 5606645 |      0 | 2.08 s | 2.00 s | - 3.8% |
| Linux |    23 | 5283204 | 323441 | 1.69 s | 1.62 s | - 4.1% |
| VSTS  |     1 | 4355923 |      0 | 0.22 s | 0.09 s | -59.1% |
| VSTS  |    32 | 4355923 |      0 | 1.99 s | 2.01 s | + 1.0% |
| VSTS  |    31 | 4276829 |  79094 | 3.20 s | 3.02 s | - 5.6% |
For the Windows repo running in Windows Subsystem for Linux:
    Pack Files: 50
Packed Objects: 22,385,898
 Loose Objects: 492
     Base Time: 4.62 s
      New Time: 4.09 s
         Rel %: -11.5%

p0008.2: find_unique_abbrev() for missing objects -------------------------------------------------

For 10 repeated tests, each checking 100,000 missing objects, we find the following results when running in a Linux VM:

|       | Pack  | Packed  | Loose  | Base   | New    |        |
| Repo  | Files | Objects | Objects| Time   | Time   | Rel%   |
|-------|-------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Git   |     1 |  230078 |      0 | 0.05 s | 0.04 s | -20.0% |
| Git   |     5 |  230162 |      0 | 0.15 s | 0.15 s |   0.0% |
| Git   |     4 |  154310 |  75852 | 0.12 s | 0.12 s |   0.0% |
| Linux |     1 | 5606645 |      0 | 0.17 s | 0.05 s | -70.6% |
| Linux |    24 | 5606645 |      0 | 1.30 s | 1.28 s | - 1.5% |
| Linux |    23 | 5283204 | 323441 | 1.10 s | 0.96 s | -12.7% |
| VSTS  |     1 | 4355923 |      0 | 0.12 s | 0.05 s | -58.3% |
| VSTS  |    32 | 4355923 |      0 | 1.34 s | 1.36 s | + 1.5% |
| VSTS  |    31 | 4276829 |  79094 | 1.34 s | 1.36 s | + 1.5% |
For the Windows repo running in Windows Subsystem for Linux:
    Pack Files: 50
Packed Objects: 22,385,898
 Loose Objects: 492
     Base Time: 3.08 s
      New Time: 2.72 s
         Rel %: -11.8
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
---
 sha1_name.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index bb47b6702..1566cd4fc 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ struct min_abbrev_data {
 	unsigned int init_len;
 	unsigned int cur_len;
 	char *hex;
+	const unsigned char *hash;
 };
 
 static inline char get_hex_char_from_oid(const struct object_id *oid, int i)
@@ -504,6 +505,65 @@ static int extend_abbrev_len(const struct object_id *oid, void *cb_data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void find_abbrev_len_for_pack(struct packed_git *p,
+				     struct min_abbrev_data *mad)
+{
+	int match = 0;
+	uint32_t num, last, first = 0;
+	struct object_id oid;
+
+	open_pack_index(p);
+	num = p->num_objects;
+	last = num;
+	while (first < last) {
+		uint32_t mid = (first + last) / 2;
+		const unsigned char *current;
+		int cmp;
+
+		current = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, mid);
+		cmp = hashcmp(mad->hash, current);
+		if (!cmp) {
+			match = 1;
+			first = mid;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (cmp > 0) {
+			first = mid + 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		last = mid;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * first is now the position in the packfile where we would insert
+	 * mad->hash if it does not exist (or the position of mad->hash if
+	 * it does exist). Hence, we consider a maximum of three objects
+	 * nearby for the abbreviation length.
+	 */
+	mad->init_len = 0;
+	if (!match) {
+		nth_packed_object_oid(&oid, p, first);
+		extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
+	} else if (first < num - 1) {
+		nth_packed_object_oid(&oid, p, first + 1);
+		extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
+	}
+	if (first > 0) {
+		nth_packed_object_oid(&oid, p, first - 1);
+		extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
+	}
+	mad->init_len = mad->cur_len;
+}
+
+static void find_abbrev_len_packed(struct min_abbrev_data *mad)
+{
+	struct packed_git *p;
+
+	prepare_packed_git();
+	for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next)
+		find_abbrev_len_for_pack(p, mad);
+}
+
 int find_unique_abbrev_r(char *hex, const unsigned char *sha1, int len)
 {
 	struct disambiguate_state ds;
@@ -535,19 +595,21 @@ int find_unique_abbrev_r(char *hex, const unsigned char *sha1, int len)
 	if (len == GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ || !len)
 		return GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ;
 
-	if (init_object_disambiguation(hex, len, &ds) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
 	mad.init_len = len;
 	mad.cur_len = len;
 	mad.hex = hex;
+	mad.hash = sha1;
+
+	find_abbrev_len_packed(&mad);
+
+	if (init_object_disambiguation(hex, mad.cur_len, &ds) < 0)
+		return -1;
 
 	ds.fn = extend_abbrev_len;
 	ds.always_call_fn = 1;
 	ds.cb_data = (void*)&mad;
 
 	find_short_object_filename(&ds);
-	find_short_packed_object(&ds);
 	(void)finish_object_disambiguation(&ds, &oid_ret);
 
 	hex[mad.cur_len] = 0;
-- 
2.14.1.538.g56ec8fc98.dirty
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  1. 0/5 Improve abbreviation disambiguationDerrick Stolee, Sep 25, 2017
  2. 2/5 p0008-abbrev.sh: Test find_unique_abbrev() perfDerrick Stolee, Sep 25, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2017
  4. Jeff KingOct 5, 2017
  5. Jeff KingOct 5, 2017
  6. 5/5 sha1_name: Minimize OID comparisons during disambiguationDerrick Stolee, Sep 25, 2017
  7. 1/5 test-list-objects: List a subset of object idsDerrick Stolee, Sep 25, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2017
  9. Jeff KingOct 5, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2017
  11. Jeff KingOct 5, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2017
  13. Derrick StoleeOct 5, 2017
  14. Jeff KingOct 6, 2017
  15. Derrick StoleeOct 7, 2017
  16. Jeff KingOct 7, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2017
  18. 4/5 sha1_name: Parse less while finding common prefixDerrick Stolee, Sep 25, 2017
  19. Stefan BellerSep 25, 2017
  20. Derrick StoleeOct 2, 2017
  21. 3/5 sha1_name: Unroll len loop in find_unique_abbrev_rDerrick Stolee, Sep 25, 2017
  22. 1/5 test-list-objects: List a subset of object idsDerrick Stolee, Oct 2, 2017
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2017
  24. 2/5 p0008-abbrev.sh: Test find_unique_abbrev() perfDerrick Stolee, Oct 2, 2017
  25. 0/5 Improve abbreviation disambituationDerrick Stolee, Oct 2, 2017
  26. Jeff KingOct 5, 2017
  27. 4/5 sha1_name: Parse less while finding common prefixDerrick Stolee, Oct 2, 2017
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017
  29. 3/5 sha1_name: Unroll len loop in find_unique_abbrev_rDerrick Stolee, Oct 2, 2017
  30. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2017
  31. Derrick StoleeOct 3, 2017
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017
  33. Derrick StoleeOct 4, 2017
  34. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017
  35. Derrick StoleeOct 4, 2017
  36. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2017
  37. Jeff KingOct 5, 2017
  38. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2017
  39. 5/5 sha1_name: Minimize OID comparisons during disambiguationDerrick Stolee, Oct 2, 2017
  40. Stefan BellerOct 3, 2017
  41. Derrick StoleeOct 3, 2017
  42. Jeff KingOct 5, 2017
  43. cleanup: fix possible overflow errors in binary searchDerrick Stolee, Oct 6, 2017
  44. Jeff KingOct 6, 2017
  45. Derrick StoleeOct 6, 2017
  46. cleanup: fix possible overflow errors in binary searchDerrick Stolee, Oct 8, 2017
  47. Jeff KingOct 9, 2017

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