From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] revision.c: refactor basic topo-order logic
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 05:43:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181025094345.GA18794@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1c0eb7d3-7f31-9377-d42f-4ac2f36ac26a@gmail.com>
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:21:44PM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote:
> > > 2. INDEGREE: using the indegree_queue priority queue (ordered
> > > by maximizing the generation number), add one to the in-
> > > degree of each parent for each commit that is walked. Since
> > > we walk in order of decreasing generation number, we know
> > > that discovering an in-degree value of 0 means the value for
> > > that commit was not initialized, so should be initialized to
> > > two. (Recall that in-degree value "1" is what we use to say a
> > > commit is ready for output.) As we iterate the parents of a
> > > commit during this walk, ensure the EXPLORE walk has walked
> > > beyond their generation numbers.
> > I wondered how this would work for INFINITY. We can't know the order of
> > a bunch of INFINITY nodes at all, so we never know when their in-degree
> > values are "done". But if I understand the EXPLORE walk, we'd basically
> > walk all of INFINITY down to something with a real generation number. Is
> > that right?
> >
> > But after that, I'm not totally clear on why we need this INDEGREE walk.
>
> The INDEGREE walk is an important element for Kahn's algorithm. The final
> output order is dictated by peeling commits of "indegree zero" to ensure all
> children are output before their parents. (Note: since we use literal 0 to
> mean "uninitialized", we peel commits when the indegree slab has value 1.)
>
> This walk replaces the indegree logic from sort_in_topological_order(). That
> method performs one walk that fills the indegree slab, then another walk
> that peels the commits with indegree 0 and inserts them into a list.
I guess my big question here was: if we have generation numbers, do we
need Kahn's algorithm? That is, in a fully populated set of generation
numbers (i.e., no INFINITY), we could always just pick a commit with the
highest generation number to show.
So if we EXPLORE down to a real generation number in phase 1, why do we
need to care about INDEGREE anymore? Or am I wrong that we always have a
real generation number (i.e., not INFINITY) after EXPLORE? (And if so,
why is exploring to a real generation number a bad idea; presumably
it's due to a worst-case that goes deeper than we'd otherwise need to
here).
> [...]
Everything else you said here made perfect sense.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-25 9:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-27 20:41 [PATCH 0/6] Use generation numbers for --topo-order Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-08-27 20:41 ` [PATCH 1/6] prio-queue: add 'peek' operation Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-08-27 20:41 ` [PATCH 2/6] test-reach: add run_three_modes method Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-08-27 20:41 ` [PATCH 3/6] test-reach: add rev-list tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-08-27 20:41 ` [PATCH 4/6] revision.c: begin refactoring --topo-order logic Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-08-27 20:41 ` [PATCH 5/6] commit/revisions: bookkeeping before refactoring Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-08-27 20:41 ` [PATCH 6/6] revision.c: refactor basic topo-order logic Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-08-27 21:23 ` [PATCH 0/6] Use generation numbers for --topo-order Junio C Hamano
2018-09-18 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-18 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] prio-queue: add 'peek' operation Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-18 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] test-reach: add run_three_modes method Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-18 18:02 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-09-19 19:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-19 19:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-20 21:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-18 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] test-reach: add rev-list tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-18 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] revision.c: begin refactoring --topo-order logic Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-18 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] commit/revisions: bookkeeping before refactoring Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-18 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] revision.c: refactor basic topo-order logic Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-18 5:51 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-18 6:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Use generation numbers for --topo-order Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-21 15:47 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-09-21 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-21 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] prio-queue: add 'peek' operation Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-26 19:15 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-10-11 13:54 ` Jeff King
2018-09-21 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] test-reach: add run_three_modes method Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-11 13:57 ` Jeff King
2018-09-21 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] test-reach: add rev-list tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-11 13:58 ` Jeff King
2018-10-12 4:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-21 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] revision.c: begin refactoring --topo-order logic Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-11 14:06 ` Jeff King
2018-10-12 6:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-12 12:32 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-10-12 16:15 ` Johannes Sixt
2018-10-13 8:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-21 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] commit/revisions: bookkeeping before refactoring Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-11 14:21 ` Jeff King
2018-09-21 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] revision.h: add whitespace in flag definitions Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-21 17:39 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] revision.c: refactor basic topo-order logic Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-09-27 17:57 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-10-06 16:56 ` Jakub Narebski
2018-10-11 15:35 ` Jeff King
2018-10-11 16:21 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-10-25 9:43 ` Jeff King [this message]
2018-10-25 13:00 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-10-11 22:32 ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-21 21:22 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] Use generation numbers for --topo-order Junio C Hamano
2018-10-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v4 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] prio-queue: add 'peek' operation Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] test-reach: add run_three_modes method Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] test-reach: add rev-list tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-21 10:21 ` Jakub Narebski
2018-10-21 15:28 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-10-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] revision.c: begin refactoring --topo-order logic Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-21 15:55 ` Jakub Narebski
2018-10-22 1:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-22 1:51 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-10-22 1:55 ` [RFC PATCH] revision.c: use new algorithm in A..B case Derrick Stolee
2018-10-25 8:28 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] revision.c: begin refactoring --topo-order logic Junio C Hamano
2018-10-26 20:56 ` Jakub Narebski
2018-10-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] commit/revisions: bookkeeping before refactoring Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-21 21:17 ` Jakub Narebski
2018-10-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] revision.c: generation-based topo-order algorithm Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-22 13:37 ` Jakub Narebski
2018-10-23 13:54 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-10-26 16:55 ` Jakub Narebski
2018-10-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] t6012: make rev-list tests more interesting Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2018-10-23 15:48 ` Jakub Narebski
2018-10-21 12:57 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] Use generation numbers for --topo-order Jakub Narebski
2018-11-01 5:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-01 13:49 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-11-01 23:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-01 13:46 ` [PATCH v5 " Derrick Stolee
2018-11-01 13:46 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] prio-queue: add 'peek' operation Derrick Stolee
2018-11-01 13:46 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] test-reach: add run_three_modes method Derrick Stolee
2018-11-01 13:46 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] test-reach: add rev-list tests Derrick Stolee
2018-11-01 13:46 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] revision.c: begin refactoring --topo-order logic Derrick Stolee
2018-11-01 13:46 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] commit/revisions: bookkeeping before refactoring Derrick Stolee
2018-11-01 13:46 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] revision.c: generation-based topo-order algorithm Derrick Stolee
2018-11-01 15:48 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-11-01 16:12 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-11-08 2:50 ` Mike Hommey
2019-11-11 1:07 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-11-18 23:04 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-11-01 13:46 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] t6012: make rev-list tests more interesting Derrick Stolee
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