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From: Srinidhi Kaushik <shrinidhi.kaushik@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] push: add reflog check for "--force-if-includes"
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 17:57:45 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200927122745.GA6641@mail.clickyotomy.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqwo0ggl65.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,

On 09/26/2020 16:42, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Srinidhi Kaushik <shrinidhi.kaushik@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > @@ -2252,11 +2263,11 @@ int is_empty_cas(const struct push_cas_option *cas)
> >  /*
> >   * Look at remote.fetch refspec and see if we have a remote
> >   * tracking branch for the refname there.  Fill its current
> > - * value in sha1[].
> > + * value in sha1[], and as a string.
> 
> I think the array being referred to was renamed to oid[] sometime
> ago.  "and as a string" makes it sound as if sha1[] gets the value
> as 40-hex object name text, but that is not what is being done.
> 
>     Fill the name of the remote-tracking branch in *dst_refname,
>     and the name of the commit object at tis tip in oid[].
> 
> perhaps?

Of course, that sounds better; will update.
 
> > + * The struct "reflog_commit_list" and related helper functions
> > + * for list manipulation are used for collecting commits into a
> > + * list during reflog traversals in "if_exists_or_grab_until()".
> 
> Has the name of that function changed since this comment was
> written?

Heh, it sure has. It should have been "check_and_collect_until()".
 
> > + */
> > +struct reflog_commit_list {
> > +	struct commit **items;
> 
> Name an array in singular when its primary use is to work on an
> element at a time---that will let you say item[4] to call the 4-th
> item, instead of items[4] that smells awkward.
> 
> An array that is used mostly to pass around a collection as a whole
> is easier to think about when given a plural name, though.

Yup.

> > +
> > +/* Get the timestamp of the latest entry. */
> > +static int peek_reflog(struct object_id *o_oid, struct object_id *n_oid,
> > +		       const char *ident, timestamp_t timestamp,
> > +		       int tz, const char *message, void *cb_data)
> > +{
> > +	timestamp_t *ts = cb_data;
> > +	*ts = timestamp;
> > +	return 1;
> > +}
> 
> The idea is to use a callback that immediately says "no more" to
> grab the data from the first item in the iteration.  It feels
> somewhat awkward but because there is no "give us the Nth entry" API
> function, it is the cleanest way we can do this.

I considered using "grab_1st_entry_timestamp()" briefy, but
"peek_reflog" is shorter compared to that.

> > +	/* Look-up the commit and append it to the list. */
> > +	if ((commit = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, n_oid)))
> > +		add_commit(cb->local_commits, commit);
> 
> This is merely a minor naming thing, but if you rename add_commit()
> to append_commit(), you probably do not even need the comment before
> this statement.

Will do.

> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +#define MERGE_BASES_BATCH_SIZE 8
> 
> Hmph.  Do we still need batching?
> 
> > +/*
> > + * Iterate through the reflog of the local ref to check if there is an entry
> > + * for the given remote-tracking ref; runs until the timestamp of an entry is
> > + * older than latest timestamp of remote-tracking ref's reflog. Any commits
> > + * are that seen along the way are collected into a list to check if the
> > + * remote-tracking ref is reachable from any of them.
> > + */
> > +static int is_reachable_in_reflog(const char *local, const struct ref *remote)
> > +{
> > +	timestamp_t date;
> > +	struct commit *commit;
> > +	struct commit **chunk;
> > +	struct check_and_collect_until_cb_data cb;
> > +	struct reflog_commit_list list = { NULL, 0, 0 };
> > +	size_t count = 0, batch_size = 0;
> > +	int ret = 0;
> > +
> > +	commit = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, &remote->old_oid);
> > +	if (!commit)
> > +		goto cleanup_return;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Get the timestamp from the latest entry
> > +	 * of the remote-tracking ref's reflog.
> > +	 */
> > +	for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(remote->tracking_ref, peek_reflog, &date);
> > +
> > +	cb.remote_commit = commit;
> > +	cb.local_commits = &list;
> > +	cb.remote_reflog_timestamp = date;
> > +	ret = for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(local, check_and_collect_until, &cb);
> > +
> > +	/* We found an entry in the reflog. */
> > +	if (ret > 0)
> > +		goto cleanup_return;
> 
> Good.  So '1' from the callback is "we found one, no need to look
> further and no need to do merge-base", and '-1' from the callback is
> "we looked at all entries that are young enough to matter and we
> didn't find exact match".  Makes sense.
> 
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Check if the remote commit is reachable from any
> > +	 * of the commits in the collected list, in batches.
> > +	 */
> 
> I do not know if batching would help (have you measured it?), but if
> we were to batch, it is more common to arrange the loop like this:
> 
> 	for (chunk = list.items;
>              chunk < list.items + list.nr;
> 	     chunk += size) {
>              	size = list.items + list.nr - chunk;
>                 if (MERGE_BASES_BATCH_SIZE < size)
> 			size = MERGE_BASES_BATCH_SIZE;
> 		... use chunk[0..size] ...
> 		chunk += size;
> 	}
> 
> That is, assume that we can grab everything during this round, and
> if that bites off too many, clamp it to the maximum value.  If you
> are not comfortable with pointer arithmetic, it is also fine to use
> an auxiliary variable 'count', but ...

Actually, the "for" version looks much cleaner and avoids the use
of "count". However, I think ...

>               chunk += size;

... should be skipped because "for ( ... ; chunk += size)" is already
doing it for us; otherwise we would offset 16 entries instead of 8
per iteration, no?

> > +	chunk = list.items;
> > +	while (count < list.nr) {
> > +		batch_size = MERGE_BASES_BATCH_SIZE;
> > +
> > +		/* For any leftover entries. */
> > +		if ((count + MERGE_BASES_BATCH_SIZE) > list.nr)
> > +			batch_size = list.nr - count;
> > +
> > +		if ((ret = in_merge_bases_many(commit, batch_size, chunk)))
> > +			break;
> > +
> > +		chunk += batch_size;
> > +		count += MERGE_BASES_BATCH_SIZE;
> 
> ... you are risking chunk and count to go out of sync here.
> 
> It does not matter within this loop (count will point beyond the end
> of list.item[] while chunk will never go past the array), but future
> developers can be confused into thinking that they can use chunk and
> count interchangeably after this loop exits, and at that point the
> discrepancy may start to matter.

I agree, it should have been "count += batch_size;". But, I think the
"for" version looks cleaner; I will change it to that the next set.
 
> But all of the above matters if it is a good idea to batch.  Does it
> make a difference?
> 
>     ... goes and looks at in_merge_bases_many() ...
> 
> Ah, it probably would.  
> 
> I thought in_merge_bases_many() would stop early as soon as any of
> the traversal from chunk[] reaches commit, but it uses a rather more
> generic paint_down_to_common() so extra items in chunk[] that are
> topologically older than commit would result in additional traversal
> from commit down to them, which would not contribute much to the end
> result.  It may be a good #leftovebit idea for future improvement to
> teach in_merge_bases_many() to use a custom replacement for
> paint_down_to_common() that stops early as soon as we find the
> answer is true.

If we consider the amount of time it takes when "in_merge_bases_many()"
has to be run for all the entries, there isn't much of a difference in
performance between batching and non-batching -- they took about the
same. But, as you said if the remote is reachable in the first few
entries, batching would help with returning early if a descendant is
found.

Making the function stop early when a descendent is found
does sound like a good #leftoverbits idea. :)

Thanks again, for a detailed review.
-- 
Srinidhi Kaushik

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-27 12:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-04 18:51 [PATCH] push: make `--force-with-lease[=<ref>]` safer Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-07 15:23 ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-08 15:48   ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-07 16:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-08 16:00   ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-08 21:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-07 19:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-08 15:58   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-09  3:40     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-08 16:59   ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-16 11:55     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-08 19:34   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-09  3:44     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-10 10:22       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-10 14:44         ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-11 22:16           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-14 11:06             ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-14 20:08             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-16  5:31               ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-16 10:20                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-19 17:48                   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-10 14:46         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-11 22:17           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-14 20:07             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-12 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] push: make "--force-with-lease" safer Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-12 15:04   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-12 18:20     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-12 21:25       ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-12 15:04   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] push: enable "forceIfIncludesWithLease" by default Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-12 18:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-12 18:15   ` [PATCH v2 0/2] push: make "--force-with-lease" safer Junio C Hamano
2020-09-12 21:03     ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-13 14:54   ` [PATCH v3 0/7] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-13 14:54     ` [PATCH v3 1/7] remote: add reflog check for "force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-14 20:17       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-16 10:51         ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-14 20:31       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-14 21:13       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-16 12:35       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-19 17:01         ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-13 14:54     ` [PATCH v3 2/7] transport: add flag for "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-13 14:54     ` [PATCH v3 3/7] send-pack: check ref status for "force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-13 14:54     ` [PATCH v3 4/7] transport-helper: update " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-13 14:54     ` [PATCH v3 5/7] builtin/push: add option "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-16 12:36       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-13 14:54     ` [PATCH v3 6/7] doc: add reference for "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-14 21:01       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-16  5:35         ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-13 14:54     ` [PATCH v3 7/7] t: add tests for "force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-16 12:47     ` [PATCH v3 0/7] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-19 17:03   ` [PATCH v4 0/3] " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-19 17:03     ` [PATCH v4 1/3] push: add reflog check for "--force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-19 20:03       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-21  8:42         ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-21 18:48           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-23 10:22             ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-23 16:47               ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-21 13:19         ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-21 16:12           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-21 18:11             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-23 10:27           ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-19 17:03     ` [PATCH v4 2/3] push: parse and set flag " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-19 20:26       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-19 17:03     ` [PATCH v4 3/3] t, doc: update tests, reference " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-19 20:42       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-23  7:30     ` [PATCH v5 0/3] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-23  7:30       ` [PATCH v5 1/3] push: add reflog check for "--force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-23 10:18         ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-23 11:26           ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-23 16:24           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-23 16:29         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-23  7:30       ` [PATCH v5 2/3] push: parse and set flag " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-23  7:30       ` [PATCH v5 3/3] t, doc: update tests, reference " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-23 10:24         ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-26 10:13       ` [PATCH v6 0/3] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-26 10:13         ` [PATCH v6 1/3] push: add reflog check for "--force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-26 10:13         ` [PATCH v6 2/3] push: parse and set flag " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-26 10:13         ` [PATCH v6 3/3] t, doc: update tests, reference " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-26 10:21         ` [PATCH v6 0/3] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-26 11:46         ` [PATCH v7 " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-26 11:46           ` [PATCH v7 1/3] push: add reflog check for "--force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-26 23:42             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-27 12:27               ` Srinidhi Kaushik [this message]
2020-09-26 11:46           ` [PATCH v7 2/3] push: parse and set flag " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-26 11:46           ` [PATCH v7 3/3] t, doc: update tests, reference " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-27 14:17           ` [PATCH v8 0/3] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-27 14:17             ` [PATCH v8 1/3] push: add reflog check for "--force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-27 14:17             ` [PATCH v8 2/3] push: parse and set flag " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-27 14:17             ` [PATCH v8 3/3] t, doc: update tests, reference " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-30 12:54               ` Philip Oakley
2020-09-30 14:27                 ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-28 17:31             ` [PATCH v8 0/3] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Junio C Hamano
2020-09-28 17:46               ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-09-28 19:34                 ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-09-28 19:51                   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-28 20:00                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-01  8:21             ` [PATCH v9 " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-01  8:21               ` [PATCH v9 1/3] push: add reflog check for "--force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-02 13:52                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-10-02 14:50                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-10-02 16:22                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-02 15:07                   ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-02 16:41                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-02 19:39                       ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-02 20:14                         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-02 20:58                           ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-02 21:36                             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-02 16:26                   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-01  8:21               ` [PATCH v9 2/3] push: parse and set flag " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-01  8:21               ` [PATCH v9 3/3] t, doc: update tests, reference " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-01 15:46               ` [PATCH v9 0/3] push: add "--[no-]force-if-includes" Junio C Hamano
2020-10-01 17:12                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-01 17:54                   ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-01 18:32                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-02 16:50                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-02 19:42                       ` Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-03 12:10               ` [PATCH v10 " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-03 12:10                 ` [PATCH v10 1/3] push: add reflog check for "--force-if-includes" Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-03 12:10                 ` [PATCH v10 2/3] push: parse and set flag " Srinidhi Kaushik
2020-10-03 12:10                 ` [PATCH v10 3/3] t, doc: update tests, reference " Srinidhi Kaushik

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