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[PATCH 1/3] diff histogram: intern strings

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PGPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 17, 2021, 11:20 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>

Histogram is the only diff algorithm not to call xdl_classify_record(). xdl_classify_record() ensures that the hash values of two strings that are not equal differ which means that it is not necessary to use xdl_recmatch() when comparing lines, all that is necessary is to compare the hash values. This gives a 7% reduction in the runtime of "git log --patch" when using the histogram diff algorithm.

Test HEAD^ HEAD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4000.1: log -3000 (baseline) 0.18(0.14+0.04) 0.19(0.17+0.02) +5.6% 4000.2: log --raw -3000 (tree-only) 0.99(0.77+0.21) 0.98(0.78+0.20) -1.0% 4000.3: log -p -3000 (Myers) 4.84(4.31+0.51) 4.81(4.15+0.64) -0.6% 4000.4: log -p -3000 --histogram 6.34(5.86+0.46) 5.87(5.19+0.66) -7.4% 4000.5: log -p -3000 --patience 5.39(4.60+0.76) 5.35(4.60+0.73) -0.7%

Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
---
 xdiff/xhistogram.c |  5 ++---
 xdiff/xprepare.c   | 24 ++++++++----------------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xdiff/xhistogram.c b/xdiff/xhistogram.c
index e694bfd9e31..6c1c88a69a1 100644
--- a/xdiff/xhistogram.c
+++ b/xdiff/xhistogram.c
@@ -91,9 +91,8 @@ struct region {
 static int cmp_recs(xpparam_t const *xpp,
 	xrecord_t *r1, xrecord_t *r2)
 {
-	return r1->ha == r2->ha &&
-		xdl_recmatch(r1->ptr, r1->size, r2->ptr, r2->size,
-			    xpp->flags);
+	return r1->ha == r2->ha;
+
 }
 
 #define CMP_ENV(xpp, env, s1, l1, s2, l2) \
diff --git a/xdiff/xprepare.c b/xdiff/xprepare.c
index abeb8fb84e6..7fae0727a02 100644
--- a/xdiff/xprepare.c
+++ b/xdiff/xprepare.c
@@ -181,15 +181,11 @@ static int xdl_prepare_ctx(unsigned int pass, mmfile_t *mf, long narec, xpparam_
 	if (!(recs = (xrecord_t **) xdl_malloc(narec * sizeof(xrecord_t *))))
 		goto abort;
 
-	if (XDF_DIFF_ALG(xpp->flags) == XDF_HISTOGRAM_DIFF)
-		hbits = hsize = 0;
-	else {
-		hbits = xdl_hashbits((unsigned int) narec);
-		hsize = 1 << hbits;
-		if (!(rhash = (xrecord_t **) xdl_malloc(hsize * sizeof(xrecord_t *))))
-			goto abort;
-		memset(rhash, 0, hsize * sizeof(xrecord_t *));
-	}
+	hbits = xdl_hashbits((unsigned int) narec);
+	hsize = 1 << hbits;
+	if (!(rhash = (xrecord_t **) xdl_malloc(hsize * sizeof(xrecord_t *))))
+		goto abort;
+	memset(rhash, 0, hsize * sizeof(xrecord_t *));
 
 	nrec = 0;
 	if ((cur = blk = xdl_mmfile_first(mf, &bsize)) != NULL) {
@@ -208,9 +204,7 @@ static int xdl_prepare_ctx(unsigned int pass, mmfile_t *mf, long narec, xpparam_
 			crec->size = (long) (cur - prev);
 			crec->ha = hav;
 			recs[nrec++] = crec;
-
-			if ((XDF_DIFF_ALG(xpp->flags) != XDF_HISTOGRAM_DIFF) &&
-			    xdl_classify_record(pass, cf, rhash, hbits, crec) < 0)
+			if (xdl_classify_record(pass, cf, rhash, hbits, crec) < 0)
 				goto abort;
 		}
 	}
@@ -279,8 +273,7 @@ int xdl_prepare_env(mmfile_t *mf1, mmfile_t *mf2, xpparam_t const *xpp,
 	enl1 = xdl_guess_lines(mf1, sample) + 1;
 	enl2 = xdl_guess_lines(mf2, sample) + 1;
 
-	if (XDF_DIFF_ALG(xpp->flags) != XDF_HISTOGRAM_DIFF &&
-	    xdl_init_classifier(&cf, enl1 + enl2 + 1, xpp->flags) < 0)
+	if (xdl_init_classifier(&cf, enl1 + enl2 + 1, xpp->flags) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (xdl_prepare_ctx(1, mf1, enl1, xpp, &cf, &xe->xdf1) < 0) {
@@ -305,8 +298,7 @@ int xdl_prepare_env(mmfile_t *mf1, mmfile_t *mf2, xpparam_t const *xpp,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (XDF_DIFF_ALG(xpp->flags) != XDF_HISTOGRAM_DIFF)
-		xdl_free_classifier(&cf);
+	xdl_free_classifier(&cf);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
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  1. 0/3 xdiff: speedup histogram diffPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 17, 2021
  2. 1/3 diff histogram: intern stringsPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 17, 2021
  3. Derrick StoleeNov 17, 2021
  4. Jeff KingNov 17, 2021
  5. Phillip WoodNov 17, 2021
  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 18, 2021
  7. Jeff KingNov 18, 2021
  8. Phillip WoodNov 19, 2021
  9. Jeff KingNov 19, 2021
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 19, 2021
  11. Jeff KingNov 19, 2021
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2021
  13. 2/3 xdiff: avoid unnecessary memory allocationsPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 17, 2021
  14. 3/3 xdiff: simplify comparisonPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 17, 2021
  15. Johannes SchindelinNov 18, 2021

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