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[PATCH 20/27] bisect: Compute probability a particular commit is bad

From
JKJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date
Nov 18, 2021, 16:49 UTC
Message-ID
<20211118164940.8818-21-jack@suse.cz>
In-Reply-To
<20211118164940.8818-1-jack@suse.cz>

Compute conditional probability a commit is bad given results of tests performed so far, for each commit in commit list.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 bisect.c | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 124 insertions(+)
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index cf11926d6f4e..680b96654fd4 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -576,6 +576,128 @@ static struct commit_list *reverse_list(struct commit_list *list)
 	return last;
 }
 
+struct sw_rev_bmp_hash_entry {
+	struct hashmap_entry entry;
+	struct st_weight *commit_weight;
+	fpnum_t cluster_p_bad;
+	unsigned int count;
+};
+
+static int sw_rev_bmp_cmp(const void *data, const struct hashmap_entry *ap,
+			  const struct hashmap_entry *bp, const void *keydata)
+{
+	int i;
+	const struct sw_rev_bmp_hash_entry *a, *b;
+
+	a = container_of(ap, const struct sw_rev_bmp_hash_entry, entry);
+	b = container_of(bp, const struct sw_rev_bmp_hash_entry, entry);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sw_rev_bmp_longs; i++)
+		if (a->commit_weight->rev_bitmap[i] !=
+		    b->commit_weight->rev_bitmap[i])
+			return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Compute for each commit a probability it is the bad one given tests
+ * performed so far.
+ */
+static void compute_commit_weights(struct commit_list *list)
+{
+	struct commit_list *p;
+	struct hashmap reach_map;
+	struct sw_rev_bmp_hash_entry *found_entry, entry;
+	struct hashmap_iter reach_iter, trev_iter;
+	fpnum_t cluster_prob_sum = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We call a "cluster" a set of commits which have identical set of
+	 * tested revisions that can reach to it. We compute the size of each
+	 * cluster here - we count only tree-changing nodes as only those can
+	 * be the bad ones.
+	 */
+	hashmap_init(&reach_map, sw_rev_bmp_cmp, NULL, ptest_revs.nr + 1);
+	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
+		struct st_weight *pweight;
+		unsigned int hashval;
+
+		if (p->item->object.flags & TREESAME)
+			continue;
+
+		pweight = *commit_weight_at(&commit_weight, p->item);
+		hashval = memhash(pweight->rev_bitmap,
+				sw_rev_bmp_longs * sizeof(unsigned long));
+		hashmap_entry_init(&entry.entry, hashval);
+		entry.commit_weight = pweight;
+		found_entry = hashmap_get_entry(&reach_map, &entry, entry, NULL);
+		if (!found_entry) {
+			found_entry = xmalloc(
+					sizeof(struct sw_rev_bmp_hash_entry));
+			hashmap_entry_init(&found_entry->entry, hashval);
+			found_entry->commit_weight = pweight;
+			found_entry->count = 0;
+			hashmap_add(&reach_map, &found_entry->entry);
+		}
+		found_entry->count++;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Compute probability bad commit is in a particular cluster. The
+	 * probability is:
+	 * P(error in cluster C) =
+	 *   \Pi_{i\in 'tested rev not reaching C'} P(test at i good) *
+	 *   \Pi_{i\in 'tested rev reaching C'} P(test at i bad)
+	 */
+	hashmap_for_each_entry(&reach_map, &reach_iter, found_entry, entry) {
+		fpnum_t cluster_prob = FP_ONE;
+		struct tested_rev *trev;
+
+		hashmap_for_each_entry(&tested_revs_map, &trev_iter, trev,
+				       entry) {
+			if (sw_rev_bmp_test(found_entry->commit_weight,
+					    trev->index)) {
+				cluster_prob = fp_mul(cluster_prob,
+						FP_ONE - trev->confidence);
+			} else {
+				cluster_prob = fp_mul(cluster_prob,
+						trev->confidence);
+			}
+		}
+		found_entry->cluster_p_bad = cluster_prob;
+		cluster_prob_sum += cluster_prob;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Normalize the probabilities to sum to 1 - we need this normalization
+	 * because in fact we compute conditional probability of bad commit
+	 * being in a particular cluster given test results we already
+	 * obtained.
+	 */
+	hashmap_for_each_entry(&reach_map, &reach_iter, found_entry, entry) {
+		found_entry->cluster_p_bad = fp_div(found_entry->cluster_p_bad,
+						    cluster_prob_sum);
+	}
+
+	/* Uniformly distribute the probability among all nodes of a cluster */
+	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
+		struct st_weight *pweight;
+
+		if (p->item->object.flags & TREESAME)
+			continue;
+
+		pweight = *commit_weight_at(&commit_weight, p->item);
+		hashmap_entry_init(&entry.entry,
+			memhash(pweight->rev_bitmap,
+				sw_rev_bmp_longs * sizeof(unsigned long)));
+		entry.commit_weight = pweight;
+		found_entry = hashmap_get_entry(&reach_map, &entry, entry, NULL);
+		pweight->node_weight =
+			found_entry->cluster_p_bad / found_entry->count;
+	}
+
+	hashmap_clear_and_free(&reach_map, struct sw_rev_bmp_hash_entry, entry);
+}
+
 void find_bisection(struct commit_list **commit_list, int *reaches,
 		    int *all, unsigned bisect_flags)
 {
@@ -615,6 +737,8 @@ void find_bisection(struct commit_list **commit_list, int *reaches,
 	if (result_confidence)
 		compute_tested_descendants(list);
 	list = reverse_list(list);
+	if (result_confidence)
+		compute_commit_weights(list);
 	show_list("bisection 2 sorted", 0, nr, list);
 
 	/* Do the real work of finding bisection commit. */
-- 
2.26.2
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  2. 04/27 bisect: Fixup bisect-porcelain/32Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  3. 02/27 bisect: Fixup bisect-porcelain/17Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  4. Taylor BlauNov 18, 2021
  5. Jan KaraNov 22, 2021
  6. 03/27 bisect: Fixup test bisect-porcelain/20Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  7. Chris TorekNov 18, 2021
  8. Taylor BlauNov 18, 2021
  9. Jan KaraNov 22, 2021
  10. 01/27 bisect: Fixup test rev-list-bisect/02Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  11. Chris TorekNov 18, 2021
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2021
  13. Jan KaraNov 22, 2021
  14. 10/27 bisect: Fixup bisect-porcelain/58Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  15. 08/27 bisect: Fixup bisect-porcelain/50Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  16. 05/27 bisect: Fixup bisect-porcelain/34Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  17. 09/27 bisect: Fixup bisect-porcelain/54Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  18. 06/27 bisect: Fixup bisect-porcelain/40Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  19. 15/27 bisect: Rename clear_distance() to clear_counted_flag()Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  20. 20/27 bisect: Compute probability a particular commit is badJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  21. 23/27 bisect: Find bisection point for stochastic weightsJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  22. 11/27 bisect: Fix bisection debuggingJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  23. 13/27 bisect: Allow specifying desired result confidenceJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  24. 22/27 bisect: Move count_distance()Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  25. 19/27 bisect: Compute reachability of tested revsJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  26. 07/27 bisect: Remove duplicated bisect-porcelain/48Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  27. 16/27 bisect: Separate commit list reversalJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  28. 14/27 bisect: Use void * for commit_weightJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  29. 17/27 bisect: Allow more complex commit weightsJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  30. 18/27 bisect: Terminate early if there are no eligible commitsJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  31. 21/27 bisect: Reorganize commit weight computationJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  32. 12/27 bisect: Accept and store confidence with each decisionJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  33. 24/27 bisect: Stop bisection when we are confident about bad commitJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  34. 26/27 bisect: Debug stochastic bisectionJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  35. 25/27 bisect: Report commit with the highest probabilityJan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  36. 27/27 bisect: Allow bisection debugging of approx_halfway()Jan Kara, Nov 18, 2021
  37. Taylor BlauNov 18, 2021
  38. Jan KaraNov 22, 2021
  39. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2021
  40. Chris TorekNov 20, 2021
  41. Jan KaraNov 22, 2021
  42. Christian CouderNov 22, 2021
  43. Jan KaraNov 22, 2021

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