Re: [PATCH 2/2] pack-objects: prefetch objects to be packed

> OK - how about:
>
> [start]
> When an object to be packed is noticed to be missing, prefetch all
> to-be-packed objects in one batch.
>
> Most of the time (typically, when serving a fetch or when pushing),
> packs consist only of objects that the repo has. To maintain the
> performance in this case, the existing object type read is made to also
> serve as the object existence check: if the read fails, then we do the
> prefetch.
>
> An alternative design is to loop over all the entries in to_pack,
> checking the existence of each object, and prefetching if we notice any
> missing. This would result in clearer code, but would incur some
> performance degradation in the aforementioned most common case due to
> the additional object existence checks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
> [end]
>
> The first paragraph is already in the original, and the rest are
> additions.