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Subject: [PATCH v2] fsm-listen-darwin: combine bit operations

## tl;dr

5 messages between Jan 17, 2023 and Jan 20, 2023. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Rose via GitGitGadget· Jan 17, 2023, 21:25 UTC · lore

[PATCH] fsm-listen-daarwin: combine bit operations

From: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
---
    fsm-listen-daarwin: combine bit operations
    
    Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin doremylover123@gmail.com
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1437%2FAtariDreams%2Fdarwin-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1437/AtariDreams/darwin-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1437
 compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Show changes to compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c +3 −3
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
index 97a55a6f0a4..fccdd21d858 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ static int ef_is_root_renamed(const FSEventStreamEventFlags ef)
 
 static int ef_is_dropped(const FSEventStreamEventFlags ef)
 {
-	return (ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs ||
-		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped ||
-		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped);
+	return (ef & (kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs |
+		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped |
+		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped));
 }
 
 /*

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Rose via GitGitGadget· Jan 17, 2023, 21:54 UTC · re: Rose via GitGitGadget · lore
From: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
---
    fsm-listen-darwin: combine bit operations
    
    Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin doremylover123@gmail.com
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1437%2FAtariDreams%2Fdarwin-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1437/AtariDreams/darwin-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1437
Range-diff vs v1:
 1:  a98654c7507 ! 1:  9943d52654f fsm-listen-daarwin: combine bit operations
     @@ Metadata
      Author: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
      
       ## Commit message ##
     -    fsm-listen-daarwin: combine bit operations
     +    fsm-listen-darwin: combine bit operations
      
          Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
      
 compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Show changes to compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c +3 −3
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
index 97a55a6f0a4..fccdd21d858 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ static int ef_is_root_renamed(const FSEventStreamEventFlags ef)
 
 static int ef_is_dropped(const FSEventStreamEventFlags ef)
 {
-	return (ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs ||
-		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped ||
-		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped);
+	return (ef & (kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs |
+		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped |
+		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped));
 }
 
 /*

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Jeff Hostetler· Jan 20, 2023, 15:48 UTC · re: Rose via GitGitGadget · lore

Re: [PATCH v2] fsm-listen-darwin: combine bit operations

On 1/17/23 4:54 PM, Rose via GitGitGadget wrote:
Show 44 quoted lines
> From: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
> ---
>      fsm-listen-darwin: combine bit operations
>      
>      Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin doremylover123@gmail.com
> 
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1437%2FAtariDreams%2Fdarwin-v2
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1437/AtariDreams/darwin-v2
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1437
> 
> Range-diff vs v1:
> 
>   1:  a98654c7507 ! 1:  9943d52654f fsm-listen-daarwin: combine bit operations
>       @@ Metadata
>        Author: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
>        
>         ## Commit message ##
>       -    fsm-listen-daarwin: combine bit operations
>       +    fsm-listen-darwin: combine bit operations
>        
>            Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
>        
> 
> 
>   compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
> index 97a55a6f0a4..fccdd21d858 100644
> --- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
> +++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
> @@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ static int ef_is_root_renamed(const FSEventStreamEventFlags ef)
>   
>   static int ef_is_dropped(const FSEventStreamEventFlags ef)
>   {
> -	return (ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs ||
> -		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped ||
> -		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped);
> +	return (ef & (kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs |
> +		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped |
> +		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped));
>   }

Technically, the returned value is slightly different, but the only caller is just checking for non-zero, so it doesn't matter.

So this is fine.

Thanks, Jeff

Junio C Hamano· Jan 20, 2023, 17:52 UTC · re: Jeff Hostetler · lore

Re: [PATCH v2] fsm-listen-darwin: combine bit operations

Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com> writes:
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>>     static int ef_is_dropped(const FSEventStreamEventFlags ef)
>>   {
>> -	return (ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs ||
>> -		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped ||
>> -		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped);
>> +	return (ef & (kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs |
>> +		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped |
>> +		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped));
>>   }
>
> Technically, the returned value is slightly different, but
> the only caller is just checking for non-zero, so it doesn't
> matter.
>
> So this is fine.

But is it worth the code churn and reviewer bandwidth? Don't we have better things to spend our time on?

I would not be surprised if a smart enough compiler used the same transformartion as this patch does manually as an optimization.

Then it matters more which one of the two is more readable by our developers. And the original matches how we humans would think, I would imagine. ef might have MustScanSubdirs bit, KernelDropped bit, or UserDropped bit and in these cases we want to say that ef is dropped. Arguably, the original is more readble, and it would be a good change to adopt if there is an upside, like the updated code resulting in markedly more efficient binary.

So, this might be technically fine, but I am not enthused to see these kind of code churning patches with dubious upside. An optimization patch should be able to demonstrate its benefit with a solid benchmark, or at least a clear difference in generated code.

In fact.

Compiler explorer godbolt.org tells me that gcc 12 with -O2 compiles the following two functions into identical assembly. The !! prefix used in the second example is different from the postimage of what Seija posted, but this being a file-scope static function, I would expect the compiler to notice that the actual value would not matter to the callers, only the truth value, does.

* Input *
int one(unsigned int num) {
    return ((num & 01) ||
            (num & 02) || (num & 04));
}
int two(unsigned int num) {
    return !!((num) & (01|02|04));
}
* Assembly *
one(unsigned int):
        xor     eax, eax
        and     edi, 7
        setne   al
        ret
two(unsigned int):
        xor     eax, eax
        and     edi, 7
        setne   al
        ret
Jeff Hostetler· Jan 20, 2023, 19:48 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

Re: [PATCH v2] fsm-listen-darwin: combine bit operations

On 1/20/23 12:52 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Show 68 quoted lines
> Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com> writes:
> 
>>>      static int ef_is_dropped(const FSEventStreamEventFlags ef)
>>>    {
>>> -	return (ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs ||
>>> -		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped ||
>>> -		ef & kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped);
>>> +	return (ef & (kFSEventStreamEventFlagMustScanSubDirs |
>>> +		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagKernelDropped |
>>> +		      kFSEventStreamEventFlagUserDropped));
>>>    }
>>
>> Technically, the returned value is slightly different, but
>> the only caller is just checking for non-zero, so it doesn't
>> matter.
>>
>> So this is fine.
> 
> But is it worth the code churn and reviewer bandwidth?  Don't we
> have better things to spend our time on?
> 
> I would not be surprised if a smart enough compiler used the same
> transformartion as this patch does manually as an optimization.
> 
> Then it matters more which one of the two is more readable by our
> developers.  And the original matches how we humans would think, I
> would imagine.  ef might have MustScanSubdirs bit, KernelDropped
> bit, or UserDropped bit and in these cases we want to say that ef is
> dropped.  Arguably, the original is more readble, and it would be a
> good change to adopt if there is an upside, like the updated code
> resulting in markedly more efficient binary.
> 
> So, this might be technically fine, but I am not enthused to see
> these kind of code churning patches with dubious upside.  An
> optimization patch should be able to demonstrate its benefit with a
> solid benchmark, or at least a clear difference in generated code.
> 
> In fact.
> 
> Compiler explorer godbolt.org tells me that gcc 12 with -O2 compiles
> the following two functions into identical assembly.  The !! prefix
> used in the second example is different from the postimage of what
> Seija posted, but this being a file-scope static function, I would
> expect the compiler to notice that the actual value would not matter
> to the callers, only the truth value, does.
> 
> 
> * Input *
> int one(unsigned int num) {
>      return ((num & 01) ||
>              (num & 02) || (num & 04));
> }
> 
> int two(unsigned int num) {
>      return !!((num) & (01|02|04));
> }
> 
> * Assembly *
> one(unsigned int):
>          xor     eax, eax
>          and     edi, 7
>          setne   al
>          ret
> two(unsigned int):
>          xor     eax, eax
>          and     edi, 7
>          setne   al
>          ret

agreed. i didn't think the change was really worth the bother and churn. personally, i prefer the conceptual clarity of the code the way I wrote it.

and i was wondering if the compiler would generate the same result, but didn't take the time (read: was too lazy) to actually verify that.

all i was intending to say was that it wasn't a wrong change.
jeff

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