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Re: [PATCH v1 0/3] [RFC] Speeding up checkout (and merge, rebase, etc)

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 27, 2018, 17:14 UTC
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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> diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
> index 66741130ae..9c791b55b2 100644
> --- a/unpack-trees.c
> +++ b/unpack-trees.c
> @@ -642,6 +642,110 @@ static inline int are_same_oid(struct name_entry *name_j, struct name_entry *nam
>  	return name_j->oid && name_k->oid && !oidcmp(name_j->oid, name_k->oid);
>  }
>  
> +static int all_trees_same_as_cache_tree(int n, unsigned long dirmask,
> +					struct name_entry *names,
> +					struct traverse_info *info)
> +{
> +	struct unpack_trees_options *o = info->data;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	if (dirmask != ((1 << n) - 1) || !S_ISDIR(names->mode) || !o->merge)
> +		return 0;

In other words, punt if (1) not all are directories, (2) the first name entry given by the caller in names[] is not ISDIR(), or (3) we are not merging i.e. not "Are we supposed to look at the index too?" in unpack_callback().

I am not sure if the second one is doing us any good. When S_ISDIR(names->mode) is not true, then the bit in dirmask that corresponds to the one in the entry[] traverse_trees() filled and passed to us must be zero, so the dirmask check would reject such a case anyway, no?

I would have moved !o->merge to the front, not for performance reasons but to make it clear that this function helps an optimization that matters only when we are walking tree(s) together with the index.

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> +	for (i = 1; i < n; i++)
> +		if (!are_same_oid(names, names + i))
> +			return 0;
> +
> +	return cache_tree_matches_traversal(o->src_index->cache_tree, names, info);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Fast path if we detect that all trees are the same as cache-tree at this
> + * path. We'll walk these trees recursively using cache-tree/index instead of
> + * ODB since already know what these trees contain.
> + */
> +static int traverse_by_cache_tree(int pos, int nr_entries, int nr_names,
> +				  struct name_entry *names,
> +				  struct traverse_info *info)
> +{
> +	struct cache_entry *src[MAX_UNPACK_TREES + 1] = { NULL, };
> +	struct unpack_trees_options *o = info->data;
> +	int i, d;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Do what unpack_callback() and unpack_nondirectories() normally
> +	 * do. But we do it in one function call (for even nested trees)
> +	 * instead.
> +	 *
> +	 * D/F conflicts and staged entries are not a concern because cache-tree
> +	 * would be invalidated and we would never get here in the first place.
> +	 */
We want to at least have
	if (!o->merge || ARRAY_SIZE(src) <= nr_names)
		BUG("");
here, I'd think.
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> +	for (i = 0; i < nr_entries; i++) {
> +		struct cache_entry *tree_ce;
> +		int len, rc;
> +
> +		src[0] = o->src_index->cache[pos + i];
> +
> +		/* Do what unpack_nondirectories() normally does */
> +		len = ce_namelen(src[0]);
> +		tree_ce = xcalloc(1, cache_entry_size(len));

unpack_nondirectories() uses create_ce_entry() here. Any reason why we shouldn't use it and tell it to make a transient one?

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> +		tree_ce->ce_mode = src[0]->ce_mode;
> +		tree_ce->ce_flags = create_ce_flags(0);
> +		tree_ce->ce_namelen = len;
> +		oidcpy(&tree_ce->oid, &src[0]->oid);
> +		memcpy(tree_ce->name, src[0]->name, len + 1);
> +
> +		for (d = 1; d <= nr_names; d++)
> +			src[d] = tree_ce;
> +
> +		rc = call_unpack_fn((const struct cache_entry * const *)src, o);
> +		free(tree_ce);
> +		if (rc < 0)
> +			return rc;
> +
> +		mark_ce_used(src[0], o);
> +	}
> +	trace_printf("Quick traverse over %d entries from %s to %s\n",
> +		     nr_entries,
> +		     o->src_index->cache[pos]->name,
> +		     o->src_index->cache[pos + nr_entries - 1]->name);
> +	return 0;
> +}

When I invented the cache-tree originally, primarily to speed up writing of deeply nested trees, I had the "diff-index --cached" optimization where a subtree with contents known to be the same as the corresponding span in the index is entirely skipped without getting even looked at. I didn't realize this (now obvious) optimization that scanning the index is faster than opening and traversing trees (I was more focused on not even scanning, which is what "diff-index --cached" optimization was about).

Nice.
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> +static int index_pos_by_traverse_info(struct name_entry *names,
> +				      struct traverse_info *info)
> +{
> +	struct unpack_trees_options *o = info->data;
> +	int len = traverse_path_len(info, names);
> +	char *name = xmalloc(len + 1);
> +	int pos;
> +
> +	make_traverse_path(name, info, names);
> +	pos = index_name_pos(o->src_index, name, len);
> +	if (pos >= 0)
> +		BUG("This is so wrong. This is a directory and should not exist in index");
> +	pos = -pos - 1;
> +	/*
> +	 * There's no guarantee that pos points to the first entry of the
> +	 * directory. If the directory name is "letters" and there's another
> +	 * file named "letters.txt" in the index, pos will point to that file
> +	 * instead.
> +	 */

Is this trying to address the issue o->cache_bottom, next_cache_entry(), etc. are trying to address? i.e. an entry "letters" appears at a different place relative to other entries in a tree, depending on the type of the entry itself, so linear and parallel scan of the index and the trees may miss matching entries without backtracking? If so, I am not sure if the loop below is sufficient.

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> +	while (pos < o->src_index->cache_nr) {
> +		const struct cache_entry *ce = o->src_index->cache[pos];
> +		if (ce_namelen(ce) > len &&
> +		    ce->name[len] == '/' &&
> +		    !memcmp(ce->name, name, len))
> +			break;
> +		pos++;
> +	}
> +	if (pos == o->src_index->cache_nr)
> +		BUG("This is still wrong");
> +	free(name);
> +	return pos;
> +}
> +
In anycase, nice progress.
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Message 22 of 121 in “[RFC] Speeding up checkout (and merge, rebase, etc)”
  1. 0/3 [RFC] Speeding up checkout (and merge, rebase, etc)Ben Peart, Jul 18, 2018
  2. 1/3 add unbounded Multi-Producer-Multi-Consumer queueBen Peart, Jul 18, 2018
  3. Stefan BellerJul 18, 2018
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2018
  5. 2/3 add performance tracing around traverse_trees() in unpack_trees()Ben Peart, Jul 18, 2018
  6. 3/3 Add initial parallel version of unpack_trees()Ben Peart, Jul 18, 2018
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2018
  8. Stefan BellerJul 18, 2018
  9. Jeff KingJul 18, 2018
  10. Ben PeartJul 23, 2018
  11. Duy NguyenJul 23, 2018
  12. Ben PeartJul 23, 2018
  13. Jeff KingJul 24, 2018
  14. Duy NguyenJul 24, 2018
  15. Ben PeartJul 25, 2018
  16. Duy NguyenJul 26, 2018
  17. Duy NguyenJul 26, 2018
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2018
  19. Duy NguyenJul 27, 2018
  20. Ben PeartJul 27, 2018
  21. Duy NguyenJul 27, 2018
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2018
  23. Duy NguyenJul 27, 2018
  24. Duy NguyenJul 29, 2018
  25. 0/4 Speed up unpack_trees()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 29, 2018
  26. 1/4 unpack-trees.c: add performance tracingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 29, 2018
  27. Ben PeartJul 30, 2018
  28. 2/4 unpack-trees: optimize walking same trees with cache-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 29, 2018
  29. Ben PeartJul 30, 2018
  30. 3/4 unpack-trees: reduce malloc in cache-tree walkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 29, 2018
  31. Ben PeartJul 30, 2018
  32. 4/4 unpack-trees: cheaper index update when walking by cache-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 29, 2018
  33. Elijah NewrenAug 8, 2018
  34. Duy NguyenAug 10, 2018
  35. Elijah NewrenAug 10, 2018
  36. Duy NguyenAug 10, 2018
  37. Elijah NewrenAug 10, 2018
  38. Duy NguyenAug 10, 2018
  39. Ben PeartJul 30, 2018
  40. Duy NguyenJul 31, 2018
  41. Ben PeartJul 31, 2018
  42. Ben PeartJul 31, 2018
  43. Duy NguyenAug 1, 2018
  44. Ben PeartAug 8, 2018
  45. Ben PeartAug 9, 2018
  46. Duy NguyenAug 10, 2018
  47. Duy NguyenAug 10, 2018
  48. Ben PeartJul 30, 2018
  49. 0/4 Speed up unpack_trees()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 4, 2018
  50. 1/4 unpack-trees: add performance tracingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 4, 2018
  51. 2/4 unpack-trees: optimize walking same trees with cache-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 4, 2018
  52. Elijah NewrenAug 8, 2018
  53. Duy NguyenAug 10, 2018
  54. Elijah NewrenAug 10, 2018
  55. 3/4 unpack-trees: reduce malloc in cache-tree walkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 4, 2018
  56. Elijah NewrenAug 8, 2018
  57. 4/4 unpack-trees: cheaper index update when walking by cache-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 4, 2018
  58. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2018
  59. Duy NguyenAug 6, 2018
  60. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2018
  61. Ben PeartAug 8, 2018
  62. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2018
  63. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2018
  64. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2018
  65. Duy NguyenAug 10, 2018
  66. 0/5 Speed up unpack_trees()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 12, 2018
  67. 3/5 unpack-trees: optimize walking same trees with cache-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 12, 2018
  68. Ben PeartAug 13, 2018
  69. Duy NguyenAug 15, 2018
  70. 1/5 trace.h: support nested performance tracingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 12, 2018
  71. Ben PeartAug 13, 2018
  72. 2/5 unpack-trees: add performance tracingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 12, 2018
  73. Thomas AdamAug 12, 2018
  74. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2018
  75. Ben PeartAug 13, 2018
  76. Jeff KingAug 13, 2018
  77. Stefan BellerAug 13, 2018
  78. Ben PeartAug 13, 2018
  79. Duy NguyenAug 13, 2018
  80. Jeff KingAug 13, 2018
  81. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2018
  82. Jeff HostetlerAug 14, 2018
  83. Duy NguyenAug 14, 2018
  84. Stefan BellerAug 14, 2018
  85. Duy NguyenAug 14, 2018
  86. Jeff KingAug 14, 2018
  87. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2018
  88. Duy NguyenAug 15, 2018
  89. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2018
  90. Jeff HostetlerAug 14, 2018
  91. 4/5 unpack-trees: reduce malloc in cache-tree walkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 12, 2018
  92. 5/5 unpack-trees: reuse (still valid) cache-tree from src_indexNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 12, 2018
  93. Elijah NewrenAug 13, 2018
  94. Duy NguyenAug 13, 2018
  95. Ben PeartAug 13, 2018
  96. Duy NguyenAug 13, 2018
  97. Ben PeartAug 13, 2018
  98. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2018
  99. Ben PeartAug 14, 2018
  100. 0/7 Speed up unpack_trees()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 18, 2018
  101. 1/7 trace.h: support nested performance tracingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 18, 2018
  102. 2/7 unpack-trees: add performance tracingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 18, 2018
  103. 3/7 unpack-trees: optimize walking same trees with cache-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 18, 2018
  104. Ben PeartAug 20, 2018
  105. 5/7 unpack-trees: reuse (still valid) cache-tree from src_indexNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 18, 2018
  106. 6/7 unpack-trees: add missing cache invalidationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 18, 2018
  107. 4/7 unpack-trees: reduce malloc in cache-tree walkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 18, 2018
  108. 7/7 cache-tree: verify valid cache-tree in the test suiteNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 18, 2018
  109. Elijah NewrenAug 18, 2018
  110. Elijah NewrenAug 18, 2018
  111. Duy NguyenAug 19, 2018
  112. Document update for nd/unpack-trees-with-cache-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 25, 2018
  113. Martin ÅgrenAug 25, 2018
  114. Document update for nd/unpack-trees-with-cache-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 25, 2018
  115. Ben PeartJul 27, 2018
  116. Duy NguyenJul 26, 2018
  117. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2018
  118. Duy NguyenJul 24, 2018
  119. Jeff KingJul 24, 2018
  120. Ben PeartJul 25, 2018
  121. Jeff KingJul 24, 2018

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