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[PATCH 7/7] reftable/reader: add comments to `table_iter_next()`

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Feb 1, 2024, 10:25 UTC
Message-ID
<2f1f1dd95e1cc360bde3547bd18e227a9c326e13.1706782841.git.ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
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While working on the optimizations in the preceding patches I stumbled upon `table_iter_next()` multiple times. It is quite easy to miss the fact that we don't call `table_iter_next_in_block()` twice, but that the second call is in fact `table_iter_next_block()`.

Add comments to explain what exactly is going on here to make things more obvious. While at it, touch up the code to conform to our code style better.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 reftable/reader.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/reftable/reader.c b/reftable/reader.c
index 64dc366fb1..add7d57f0b 100644
--- a/reftable/reader.c
+++ b/reftable/reader.c
@@ -357,24 +357,32 @@ static int table_iter_next(struct table_iter *ti, struct reftable_record *rec)
 
 	while (1) {
 		struct table_iter next = TABLE_ITER_INIT;
-		int err = 0;
-		if (ti->is_finished) {
+		int err;
+
+		if (ti->is_finished)
 			return 1;
-		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Check whether the current block still has more records. If
+		 * so, return it. If the iterator returns positive then the
+		 * current block has been exhausted.
+		 */
 		err = table_iter_next_in_block(ti, rec);
-		if (err <= 0) {
+		if (err <= 0)
 			return err;
-		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Otherwise, we need to continue to the next block in the
+		 * table and retry. If there are no more blocks then the
+		 * iterator is drained.
+		 */
 		err = table_iter_next_block(&next, ti);
-		if (err != 0) {
-			ti->is_finished = 1;
-		}
 		table_iter_block_done(ti);
-		if (err != 0) {
+		if (err) {
+			ti->is_finished = 1;
 			return err;
 		}
+
 		table_iter_copy_from(ti, &next);
 		block_iter_close(&next.bi);
 	}
-- 
2.43.GIT
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  1. 0/7 reftable: improve ref iteration performancePatrick Steinhardt, Feb 1, 2024
  2. 1/7 reftable/record: introduce function to compare records by keyPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 1, 2024
  3. Eric SunshineFeb 1, 2024
  4. 2/7 reftable/merged: allocation-less dropping of shadowed recordsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 1, 2024
  5. 3/7 reftable/merged: skip comparison for records of the same subiterPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 1, 2024
  6. Eric SunshineFeb 1, 2024
  7. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 2, 2024
  8. 4/7 reftable/pq: allocation-less comparison of entry keysPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 1, 2024
  9. 5/7 reftable/block: swap buffers instead of copyingPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 1, 2024
  10. 6/7 reftable/record: don't try to reallocate ref record namePatrick Steinhardt, Feb 1, 2024
  11. 7/7 reftable/reader: add comments to `table_iter_next()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 1, 2024
  12. John CaiFeb 9, 2024
  13. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 12, 2024
  14. 0/7 reftable: improve ref iteration performancePatrick Steinhardt, Feb 12, 2024
  15. 1/7 reftable/record: introduce function to compare records by keyPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 12, 2024
  16. 2/7 reftable/merged: allocation-less dropping of shadowed recordsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 12, 2024
  17. 3/7 reftable/merged: skip comparison for records of the same subiterPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 12, 2024
  18. 4/7 reftable/pq: allocation-less comparison of entry keysPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 12, 2024
  19. 5/7 reftable/block: swap buffers instead of copyingPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 12, 2024
  20. 6/7 reftable/record: don't try to reallocate ref record namePatrick Steinhardt, Feb 12, 2024
  21. 7/7 reftable/reader: add comments to `table_iter_next()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 12, 2024
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2024
  23. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 13, 2024

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