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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] diff: restrict when prefetching occurs

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JTJonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Date
Apr 2, 2020, 23:09 UTC
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> > +	int output_formats_to_prefetch = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT |
> > +		DIFF_FORMAT_NUMSTAT |
> > +		DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH |
> > +		DIFF_FORMAT_SHORTSTAT |
> > +		DIFF_FORMAT_DIRSTAT;
> 
> Would this want to be a "const int" (or even #define), I wonder.  I
> do not care too much between the two, but leaving it as a variable
> makes me a bit nervous.
OK, will switch to "const int".
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> > +	if (options->repo == the_repository && has_promisor_remote() &&
> > +	    (options->output_format & output_formats_to_prefetch ||
> > +	     (!options->found_follow && options->break_opt != -1))) {
> >  		int i;
> >  		struct diff_queue_struct *q = &diff_queued_diff;
> >  		struct oid_array to_fetch = OID_ARRAY_INIT;
> >  
> >  		for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
> >  			struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
> > -			add_if_missing(options->repo, &to_fetch, p->one);
> > -			add_if_missing(options->repo, &to_fetch, p->two);
> > +			diff_add_if_missing(options->repo, &to_fetch, p->one);
> > +			diff_add_if_missing(options->repo, &to_fetch, p->two);
> >  		}
> > +
> > +		prefetched = 1;
> > +
> 
> Wouldn't it logically make more sense to do this after calling
> promisor_remote_get_direct() and if to_fetch.nr is not 0, ...
> 
> >  		/*
> >  		 * NEEDSWORK: Consider deduplicating the OIDs sent.
> >  		 */
> >  		promisor_remote_get_direct(options->repo,
> >  					   to_fetch.oid, to_fetch.nr);
> > +
> 
> ... namely, here?
> 
> When (q->nr != 0), to_fetch.nr may not be zero, I suspect, but the
> original code before [1/2] protected against to_fetch.nr==0 case, so
> ...?

My idea is that this prefetch is a superset of what diffcore_rebase() wants to prefetch, so if we have already done the necessary logic here (even if nothing gets prefetched - which might be the case if we have all objects), we do not need to do it in diffcore_rebase().

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> > +	if (!prefetched) {
> > +		/*
> > +		 * At this point we know there's actual work to do: we have rename
> > +		 * destinations that didn't find an exact match, and we have potential
> > +		 * sources. So we'll have to do inexact rename detection, which
> > +		 * requires looking at the blobs.
> > +		 *
> > +		 * If we haven't already prefetched, it's worth pre-fetching
> > +		 * them as a group now.
> > +		 */
> 
> This comment makes me wonder if it would be even better to
> 
>  - prepare an empty to_fetch OID array in the caller,
> 
>  - if the output format is one of the ones that wants prefetch, add
>    object names to to_fetch in the caller, BUT not fetch there.
> 
>  - pass &to_fetch by the caller to this function, and this code here
>    may add even more objects,
> 
>  - then do the prefetch here (so a single promisor interaction will
>    grab objects the caller would have fetched before calling us and
>    the ones we want here), and then clear the to_fetch array.
> 
>  - the caller, after seeing this function returns, checks to_fetch
>    and if it is not empty, fetches (i.e. the caller prepared list of
>    objects based on the output type, we ended up not calling this
>    helper, and then finally the caller does the prefetch).
> 
> That way, the "unless we have already prefetched" logic can go, and
> we can lose one indentation level, no?

This means that the only prefetch occurs in diffcore_rename()? I don't think this will work for 2 reasons:

 - diffcore_std() calls diffcore_break() (which also reads blobs) before
   diffcore_rename()
 - (more importantly) there's a code path in diffcore_std() that does
   not call diffcore_rename(), so we would still need some prefetching
   logic in diffcore_std() in case diffcore_rename() is not called
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> > +		if (to_fetch.nr)
> > +			promisor_remote_get_direct(options->repo,
> > +						   to_fetch.oid, to_fetch.nr);
> 
> You no longer need the if(), no?
Ah...I'll remove the if().
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Message 13 of 26 in “diff: restrict when prefetching occurs”
  1. diff: restrict when prefetching occursJonathan Tan, Mar 31, 2020
  2. Derrick StoleeMar 31, 2020
  3. Jonathan TanMar 31, 2020
  4. Derrick StoleeMar 31, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2020
  7. 0/2 Restrict when prefetcing occursJonathan Tan, Apr 2, 2020
  8. 1/2 promisor-remote: accept 0 as oid_nr in functionJonathan Tan, Apr 2, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2020
  10. Jonathan TanApr 2, 2020
  11. 2/2 diff: restrict when prefetching occursJonathan Tan, Apr 2, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2020
  13. Jonathan TanApr 2, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2020
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2020
  16. Jonathan TanApr 3, 2020
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 3, 2020
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2020
  19. Derrick StoleeApr 6, 2020
  20. Garima SinghApr 6, 2020
  21. 0/4 Restrict when prefetcing occursJonathan Tan, Apr 7, 2020
  22. 1/4 promisor-remote: accept 0 as oid_nr in functionJonathan Tan, Apr 7, 2020
  23. 2/4 diff: make diff_populate_filespec_options structJonathan Tan, Apr 7, 2020
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2020
  25. 3/4 diff: refactor object readJonathan Tan, Apr 7, 2020
  26. 4/4 diff: restrict when prefetching occursJonathan Tan, Apr 7, 2020

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