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[PATCH v3 4/5] commit-reach: use heuristic in remove_redundant()

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Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 19, 2021, 12:34 UTC
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From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>

Reachability algorithms in commit-reach.c frequently benefit from using the first-parent history as a heuristic for satisfying reachability queries. The most obvious example was implemented in 4fbcca4e (commit-reach: make can_all_from_reach... linear, 2018-07-20).

Update the walk in remove_redundant() to use this same heuristic. Here, we are walking starting at the parents of the input commits. Sort those parents and walk from the highest generation to lower. Each time, use the heuristic of searching the first parent history before continuing to expand the walk.

The order in which we explore the commits matters, so update compare_commits_by_gen to break generation number ties with commit date. This has no effect when the commits are in a commit-graph file with corrected commit dates computed, but it will assist when the commits are in the region "above" the commit-graph with "infinite" generation number. Note that we cannot shift to use compare_commits_by_gen_then_commit_date as the method prototype is different. We use compare_commits_by_gen for QSORT() as opposed to as a priority function.

The important piece is to ensure we short-circuit the walk when we find that there is a single non-redundant commit. This happens frequently when looking for merge-bases or comparing several tags with 'git merge-base --independent'. Use a new count 'count_still_independent' and if that hits 1 we can stop walking.

To update 'count_still_independent' properly, we add use of the RESULT flag on the input commits. Then we can detect when we reach one of these commits and decrease the count. We need to remove the RESULT flag at that moment because we might re-visit that commit when popping the stack.

We use the STALE flag to mark parents that have been added to the new walk_start list, but we need to clear that flag before we start walking so those flags don't halt our depth-first-search walk.

On my copy of the Linux kernel repository, the performance of 'git merge-base --independent <all-tags>' goes from 1.1 seconds to 0.11 seconds.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
---
 commit-reach.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/commit-reach.c b/commit-reach.c
index a34c5ba09e81..399f2a8673e0 100644
--- a/commit-reach.c
+++ b/commit-reach.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ static int compare_commits_by_gen(const void *_a, const void *_b)
 		return -1;
 	if (generation_a > generation_b)
 		return 1;
+	if (a->date < b->date)
+		return -1;
+	if (a->date > b->date)
+		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -228,11 +232,10 @@ static int remove_redundant_no_gen(struct repository *r,
 static int remove_redundant_with_gen(struct repository *r,
 				     struct commit **array, int cnt)
 {
-	int i, count_non_stale = 0;
+	int i, count_non_stale = 0, count_still_independent = cnt;
 	timestamp_t min_generation = GENERATION_NUMBER_INFINITY;
 	struct commit **walk_start;
 	size_t walk_start_nr = 0, walk_start_alloc = cnt;
-	struct prio_queue queue = { compare_commits_by_gen_then_commit_date };
 
 	ALLOC_ARRAY(walk_start, walk_start_alloc);
 
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ static int remove_redundant_with_gen(struct repository *r,
 		timestamp_t generation;
 
 		repo_parse_commit(r, array[i]);
+		array[i]->object.flags |= RESULT;
 		parents = array[i]->parents;
 
 		while (parents) {
@@ -250,7 +254,6 @@ static int remove_redundant_with_gen(struct repository *r,
 				parents->item->object.flags |= STALE;
 				ALLOC_GROW(walk_start, walk_start_nr + 1, walk_start_alloc);
 				walk_start[walk_start_nr++] = parents->item;
-				prio_queue_put(&queue, parents->item);
 			}
 			parents = parents->next;
 		}
@@ -261,26 +264,63 @@ static int remove_redundant_with_gen(struct repository *r,
 			min_generation = generation;
 	}
 
-	/* push the STALE bits up to min generation */
-	while (queue.nr) {
-		struct commit_list *parents;
-		struct commit *c = prio_queue_get(&queue);
+	QSORT(walk_start, walk_start_nr, compare_commits_by_gen);
 
-		repo_parse_commit(r, c);
+	/* remove STALE bit for now to allow walking through parents */
+	for (i = 0; i < walk_start_nr; i++)
+		walk_start[i]->object.flags &= ~STALE;
 
-		if (commit_graph_generation(c) < min_generation)
-			continue;
+	/*
+	 * Start walking from the highest generation. Hopefully, it will
+	 * find all other items during the first-parent walk, and we can
+	 * terminate early. Otherwise, we will do the same amount of work
+	 * as before.
+	 */
+	for (i = walk_start_nr - 1; i >= 0 && count_still_independent > 1; i--) {
+		/* push the STALE bits up to min generation */
+		struct commit_list *stack = NULL;
 
-		parents = c->parents;
-		while (parents) {
-			if (!(parents->item->object.flags & STALE)) {
-				parents->item->object.flags |= STALE;
-				prio_queue_put(&queue, parents->item);
+		commit_list_insert(walk_start[i], &stack);
+		walk_start[i]->object.flags |= STALE;
+
+		while (stack) {
+			struct commit_list *parents;
+			struct commit *c = stack->item;
+
+			repo_parse_commit(r, c);
+
+			if (c->object.flags & RESULT) {
+				c->object.flags &= ~RESULT;
+				if (--count_still_independent <= 1)
+					break;
 			}
-			parents = parents->next;
+
+			if (commit_graph_generation(c) < min_generation) {
+				pop_commit(&stack);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			parents = c->parents;
+			while (parents) {
+				if (!(parents->item->object.flags & STALE)) {
+					parents->item->object.flags |= STALE;
+					commit_list_insert(parents->item, &stack);
+					break;
+				}
+				parents = parents->next;
+			}
+
+			/* pop if all parents have been visited already */
+			if (!parents)
+				pop_commit(&stack);
 		}
+		free_commit_list(stack);
 	}
 
+	/* clear result */
+	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
+		array[i]->object.flags &= ~RESULT;
+
 	/* rearrange array */
 	for (i = count_non_stale = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
 		if (!(array[i]->object.flags & STALE))
-- 
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  1. 0/3 Speed up remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Jan 28, 2021
  2. 2/3 commit-reach: move compare_commits_by_genDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Jan 28, 2021
  3. 1/3 commit-reach: use one walk in remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Jan 28, 2021
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2021
  5. René ScharfeJan 29, 2021
  6. Derrick StoleeJan 31, 2021
  7. Derrick StoleeJan 31, 2021
  8. Derrick StoleeJan 31, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2021
  10. Derrick StoleeFeb 1, 2021
  11. René ScharfeJan 29, 2021
  12. 3/3 commit-reach: use heuristic in remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Jan 28, 2021
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2021
  14. 0/5 Speed up remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 1, 2021
  15. 1/5 commit-reach: reduce requirements for remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 1, 2021
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2021
  17. 3/5 commit-reach: move compare_commits_by_genDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 1, 2021
  18. 2/5 commit-reach: use one walk in remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 1, 2021
  19. René Scharfe.Feb 1, 2021
  20. Derrick StoleeFeb 1, 2021
  21. 4/5 commit-reach: use heuristic in remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 1, 2021
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2021
  23. Derrick StoleeFeb 1, 2021
  24. 5/5 commit-reach: stale commits may prune generation furtherDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 1, 2021
  25. Taylor BlauFeb 3, 2021
  26. Derrick StoleeFeb 1, 2021
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2021
  28. Derrick StoleeFeb 19, 2021
  29. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2021
  30. 0/5 Speed up remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2021
  31. 1/5 commit-reach: reduce requirements for remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2021
  32. 5/5 commit-reach: stale commits may prune generation furtherDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2021
  33. 4/5 commit-reach: use heuristic in remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2021
  34. 3/5 commit-reach: move compare_commits_by_genDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2021
  35. 2/5 commit-reach: use one walk in remove_redundant()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2021

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