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[PATCH v3 0/4] multi-pack-index: fix verify on large repos

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JGJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 21, 2019, 19:36 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.166.v3.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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Version 3 drops the packed-git commit I mentioned earlier, simplifies the finish_if_sparse API as suggested by Eric, and splits the object sort commit into 2 commits: one to add the additional progress indicators and one to sort the objects by packfile. This makes it easier to follow.

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Version 2 addresses progress-related concerns raised in the previous version of the midx verify code.

This version also extends the existing progress.[ch] code and adds a "sparse" mode that automatically ensures the 100% message is issued.

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Teach "multi-pack-index verify" to handle cases where the number of packfiles exceeds the open file handle limit.

The first commit fixes a problem that prevented the LRU-style close_one_pack() mechanism from working which caused midx verify to run out of file descriptors.

The second commit teaches midx verify to sort the set of objects to verify by packfile rather than verifying them in OID order. This eliminates the need to have more than one packfile/idx open at the same time.

With the second commit, runtime on 3600 packfiles went from 12 minutes to 25 seconds.

Thanks, Jeff
Cc: dstolee@microsoft.com
Jeff Hostetler (4):
  progress: add sparse mode to force 100% complete message
  trace2:data: add trace2 data to midx
  midx: add progress indicators in multi-pack-index verify
  midx: during verify group objects by packfile to speed verification
 builtin/multi-pack-index.c |  3 ++
 midx.c                     | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 packfile.c                 |  2 +-
 packfile.h                 |  2 +
 progress.c                 | 38 ++++++++++++++++--
 progress.h                 |  3 ++
 6 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
base-commit: e902e9bcae2010bc42648c80ab6adc6c5a16a4a5
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-166%2Fjeffhostetler%2Fupstream-midx-verify-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-166/jeffhostetler/upstream-midx-verify-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/166
Range-diff vs v2:
 1:  e1da1f84a8 ! 1:  5595e019c8 progress: add sparse mode to force 100% complete message
     @@ -80,10 +80,8 @@
      +	return start_progress_delay(title, total, 2, 1);
      +}
      +
     -+static void finish_if_sparse(struct progress **p_progress)
     ++static void finish_if_sparse(struct progress *progress)
      +{
     -+	struct progress *progress = *p_progress;
     -+
      +	if (progress &&
      +	    progress->sparse &&
      +	    progress->last_value != progress->total)
     @@ -92,7 +90,7 @@
       
       void stop_progress(struct progress **p_progress)
       {
     -+	finish_if_sparse(p_progress);
     ++	finish_if_sparse(*p_progress);
      +
       	stop_progress_msg(p_progress, _("done"));
       }
 2:  11c88845e7 = 2:  498258b120 trace2:data: add trace2 data to midx
 3:  ced7f1cb34 < -:  ---------- midx: verify: add midx packfiles to the packed_git list
 -:  ---------- > 3:  8a60902d65 midx: add progress indicators in multi-pack-index verify
 4:  e2dd99911f ! 4:  7e98ea005a midx: verify: group objects by packfile to speed up object verification
     @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
      Author: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>
      
     -    midx: verify: group objects by packfile to speed up object verification
     +    midx: during verify group objects by packfile to speed verification
      
     -    Teach `multi-pack-index verify` to sort the set of objects by
     +    Teach `multi-pack-index verify` to sort the set of object by
          packfile so that only one packfile needs to be open at a time.
      
          This is a performance improvement.  Previously, objects were
     @@ -34,64 +34,21 @@
      +	return b->pack_int_id - a->pack_int_id;
      +}
      +
     -+/*
     -+ * Limit calls to display_progress() for performance reasons.
     -+ * The interval here was arbitrarily chosen.
     -+ */
     -+#define SPARSE_PROGRESS_INTERVAL (1 << 12)
     -+#define midx_display_sparse_progress(progress, n) \
     -+	do { \
     -+		uint64_t _n = (n); \
     -+		if ((_n & (SPARSE_PROGRESS_INTERVAL - 1)) == 0)	\
     -+			display_progress(progress, _n); \
     -+	} while (0)
     -+
     + /*
     +  * Limit calls to display_progress() for performance reasons.
     +  * The interval here was arbitrarily chosen.
     +@@
     + 
       int verify_midx_file(const char *object_dir)
       {
     --	uint32_t i;
      +	struct pair_pos_vs_id *pairs = NULL;
     -+	uint32_t i, k;
     + 	uint32_t i;
       	struct progress *progress;
       	struct multi_pack_index *m = load_multi_pack_index(object_dir, 1);
     - 	verify_midx_error = 0;
     -@@
     - 	if (!m)
     - 		return 0;
     - 
     -+	progress = start_progress(_("Looking for referenced packfiles"),
     -+				  m->num_packs);
     - 	for (i = 0; i < m->num_packs; i++) {
     - 		if (prepare_midx_pack(m, i))
     - 			midx_report("failed to load pack in position %d", i);
     - 
     - 		if (m->packs[i])
     - 			install_packed_git(the_repository, m->packs[i]);
     -+
     -+		display_progress(progress, i + 1);
     - 	}
     -+	stop_progress(&progress);
     - 
     - 	for (i = 0; i < 255; i++) {
     - 		uint32_t oid_fanout1 = ntohl(m->chunk_oid_fanout[i]);
      @@
     - 				    i, oid_fanout1, oid_fanout2, i + 1);
       	}
     + 	stop_progress(&progress);
       
     -+	progress = start_sparse_progress(_("Verifying OID order in MIDX"),
     -+					 m->num_objects - 1);
     - 	for (i = 0; i < m->num_objects - 1; i++) {
     - 		struct object_id oid1, oid2;
     - 
     -@@
     - 		if (oidcmp(&oid1, &oid2) >= 0)
     - 			midx_report(_("oid lookup out of order: oid[%d] = %s >= %s = oid[%d]"),
     - 				    i, oid_to_hex(&oid1), oid_to_hex(&oid2), i + 1);
     -+
     -+		midx_display_sparse_progress(progress, i + 1);
     - 	}
     -+	stop_progress(&progress);
     - 
     --	progress = start_progress(_("Verifying object offsets"), m->num_objects);
      +	/*
      +	 * Create an array mapping each object to its packfile id.  Sort it
      +	 * to group the objects by packfile.  Use this permutation to visit
     @@ -99,37 +56,37 @@
      +	 * time.
      +	 */
      +	ALLOC_ARRAY(pairs, m->num_objects);
     - 	for (i = 0; i < m->num_objects; i++) {
     ++	for (i = 0; i < m->num_objects; i++) {
      +		pairs[i].pos = i;
      +		pairs[i].pack_int_id = nth_midxed_pack_int_id(m, i);
      +	}
      +
     -+	progress = start_sparse_progress(
     -+		_("Sorting objects by packfile"), m->num_objects);
     ++	progress = start_sparse_progress(_("Sorting objects by packfile"),
     ++					 m->num_objects);
      +	display_progress(progress, 0); /* TODO: Measure QSORT() progress */
      +	QSORT(pairs, m->num_objects, compare_pair_pos_vs_id);
      +	stop_progress(&progress);
      +
     -+	progress = start_sparse_progress(_("Verifying object offsets"),
     -+					 m->num_objects);
     -+	for (k = 0; k < m->num_objects; k++) {
     + 	progress = start_sparse_progress(_("Verifying object offsets"), m->num_objects);
     + 	for (i = 0; i < m->num_objects; i++) {
       		struct object_id oid;
       		struct pack_entry e;
       		off_t m_offset, p_offset;
       
      -		nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m, i);
     -+		if (k > 0 && pairs[k-1].pack_int_id != pairs[k].pack_int_id &&
     -+		    m->packs[pairs[k-1].pack_int_id])
     ++		if (i > 0 && pairs[i-1].pack_int_id != pairs[i].pack_int_id &&
     ++		    m->packs[pairs[i-1].pack_int_id])
      +		{
     -+			close_pack_fd(m->packs[pairs[k-1].pack_int_id]);
     -+			close_pack_index(m->packs[pairs[k-1].pack_int_id]);
     ++			close_pack_fd(m->packs[pairs[i-1].pack_int_id]);
     ++			close_pack_index(m->packs[pairs[i-1].pack_int_id]);
      +		}
      +
     -+		nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m, pairs[k].pos);
     ++		nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m, pairs[i].pos);
     ++
       		if (!fill_midx_entry(&oid, &e, m)) {
       			midx_report(_("failed to load pack entry for oid[%d] = %s"),
      -				    i, oid_to_hex(&oid));
     -+				    pairs[k].pos, oid_to_hex(&oid));
     ++				    pairs[i].pos, oid_to_hex(&oid));
       			continue;
       		}
       
     @@ -138,10 +95,9 @@
       		if (m_offset != p_offset)
       			midx_report(_("incorrect object offset for oid[%d] = %s: %"PRIx64" != %"PRIx64),
      -				    i, oid_to_hex(&oid), m_offset, p_offset);
     -+				    pairs[k].pos, oid_to_hex(&oid), m_offset, p_offset);
     ++				    pairs[i].pos, oid_to_hex(&oid), m_offset, p_offset);
       
     --		display_progress(progress, i + 1);
     -+		midx_display_sparse_progress(progress, k + 1);
     + 		midx_display_sparse_progress(progress, i + 1);
       	}
       	stop_progress(&progress);
       
-- 
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  1. 0/3 multi-pack-index: fix verify on large reposJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 18, 2019
  2. 1/3 midx: verify: add midx packfiles to the packed_git listJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 18, 2019
  3. 3/3 trace2:data: add trace2 data to midxJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 18, 2019
  4. 2/3 midx: verify: group objects by packfile to speed up object verificationJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 18, 2019
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 18, 2019
  6. Jeff HostetlerMar 18, 2019
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 18, 2019
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2019
  9. Jeff HostetlerMar 19, 2019
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 19, 2019
  11. 0/4 multi-pack-index: fix verify on large reposJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 19, 2019
  12. 1/4 progress: add sparse mode to force 100% complete messageJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 19, 2019
  13. Eric SunshineMar 19, 2019
  14. Jeff HostetlerMar 19, 2019
  15. Eric SunshineMar 19, 2019
  16. 3/4 midx: verify: add midx packfiles to the packed_git listJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 19, 2019
  17. Jeff HostetlerMar 19, 2019
  18. 2/4 trace2:data: add trace2 data to midxJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 19, 2019
  19. 4/4 midx: verify: group objects by packfile to speed up object verificationJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 19, 2019
  20. 0/4 multi-pack-index: fix verify on large reposJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2019
  21. 2/4 trace2:data: add trace2 data to midxJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2019
  22. 3/4 midx: add progress indicators in multi-pack-index verifyJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2019
  23. 1/4 progress: add sparse mode to force 100% complete messageJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2019
  24. 4/4 midx: during verify group objects by packfile to speed verificationJeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2019
  25. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2019
  26. Jeff HostetlerMar 25, 2019

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