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From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, dstolee@microsoft.com, peff@peff.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/23] ewah/ewah_bitmap.c: grow buffer past 1
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:22:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <X7vhrCbeFzxaEVvv@nand.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqblfpqj4e.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 11:36:17AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> > When the buffer size is exactly 1, we fail to grow it properly, since
> > the integer truncation means that 1 * 3 / 2 = 1. This can cause a bad
> > write on the line below.
>
> When the buffer_size is exactly (alloc_size - 1), we can fit the new
> element at the last word in the buffer array, but we still grow.  Is
> this because we anticipate that we would need to add more soon?

Right; the check 'if (self->buffer_size + 1 >= self->alloc_size)' could
probably be written as a strict inequality, but that check dates back to
the original ewah implementation that Vicent added.

But, that is not quite the point of this patch: instead we want to stop
the integer math on that line from preventing us from growing the
buffer.

I think that this paragraph would be clarified by adding "and we need to
grow" to the end of "when the buffer size is exactly 1".

> > Bandaid this by first padding the buffer by 16, and then growing it.
> > This still allows old blocks to fit into new ones, but fixes the case
> > where the block size equals 1.
>
> Adding 16 unconditionally is not "to pad".  If somebody really wants
> "to pad", a likely implementation would be that the size resulting
> from some computation (e.g. multiplying by 1.5) is round up to a
> multiple of some number, than rounding up the original number before
> multiplying it by 1.5, so the use of that verb in the explanation
> did not help me understand what is going on.
>
> Having said that, I see you used the word "bandaid" to signal that
> we shouldn't worry about this being optimal or even correct and we
> should be happy as long as it is not wrong ;-), but is there any
> reason behind this 16 (as opposed to picking, say, 8 or 31), or is
> that pulled out of thin air?

Any phrase that more accurately states what's going on is fine by me,
but...

> I think this probably mimics what alloc_nr() computes for ALLOC_GROW().
> I wonder why buffer_grow() cannot be built around ALLOC_GROW() instead?

I think that we probably could just use ALLOC_GROW() as you suggest.
Funny enough, reading through GitHub's chat logs, apparently this is
something that Peff and I talked about. So, 16 probably came from
alloc_nr(), but we probably stopped short of realizing that we could
just use ALLOC_GROW as-is.

So, maybe something along the lines of:

diff --git a/ewah/ewah_bitmap.c b/ewah/ewah_bitmap.c
index 3fae04ad00..9effcc0877 100644
--- a/ewah/ewah_bitmap.c
+++ b/ewah/ewah_bitmap.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "ewok.h"
 #include "ewok_rlw.h"
+#include "cache.h"

 static inline size_t min_size(size_t a, size_t b)
 {
@@ -33,12 +34,7 @@ static inline size_t max_size(size_t a, size_t b)
 static inline void buffer_grow(struct ewah_bitmap *self, size_t new_size)
 {
 	size_t rlw_offset = (uint8_t *)self->rlw - (uint8_t *)self->buffer;
-
-	if (self->alloc_size >= new_size)
-		return;
-
-	self->alloc_size = new_size;
-	REALLOC_ARRAY(self->buffer, self->alloc_size);
+	ALLOC_GROW(self->buffer, new_size, self->alloc_size);
 	self->rlw = self->buffer + (rlw_offset / sizeof(eword_t));
 }

> Nothing in the code is wrong per-se, but just what I noticed while
> re-reading the patch.
>
> Thanks.

Thanks,
Taylor

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-23 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 173+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-11 19:41 [PATCH 00/23] pack-bitmap: bitmap generation improvements Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:41 ` [PATCH 01/23] ewah/ewah_bitmap.c: grow buffer past 1 Taylor Blau
2020-11-22 19:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 16:22     ` Taylor Blau [this message]
2020-11-24  2:48       ` Jeff King
2020-11-24  2:51         ` Jeff King
2020-12-01 22:56           ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:41 ` [PATCH 02/23] pack-bitmap: fix header size check Taylor Blau
2020-11-12 17:39   ` Martin Ågren
2020-11-11 19:42 ` [PATCH 03/23] pack-bitmap: bounds-check size of cache extension Taylor Blau
2020-11-12 17:47   ` Martin Ågren
2020-11-13  4:57     ` Jeff King
2020-11-13  5:26       ` Martin Ågren
2020-11-13 21:29       ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-13 21:39         ` Jeff King
2020-11-13 21:49           ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-13 22:11             ` Jeff King
2020-11-11 19:42 ` [PATCH 04/23] t5310: drop size of truncated ewah bitmap Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:42 ` [PATCH 05/23] rev-list: die when --test-bitmap detects a mismatch Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:42 ` [PATCH 06/23] ewah: factor out bitmap growth Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:42 ` [PATCH 07/23] ewah: make bitmap growth less aggressive Taylor Blau
2020-11-22 20:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 16:49     ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-24  3:00       ` Jeff King
2020-11-24 20:11         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 08/23] ewah: implement bitmap_or() Taylor Blau
2020-11-22 20:34   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 16:52     ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 09/23] ewah: add bitmap_dup() function Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 10/23] pack-bitmap-write: reimplement bitmap writing Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 11/23] pack-bitmap-write: pass ownership of intermediate bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 12/23] pack-bitmap-write: fill bitmap with commit history Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 13/23] bitmap: add bitmap_diff_nonzero() Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 14/23] commit: implement commit_list_contains() Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 15/23] t5310: add branch-based checks Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 20:58   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-11 21:04     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-15 23:26       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 16/23] pack-bitmap-write: rename children to reverse_edges Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 17/23] pack-bitmap-write: build fewer intermediate bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-11-13 22:23   ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-11-13 23:03     ` Jeff King
2020-11-14  6:23       ` Jeff King
2020-11-11 19:43 ` [PATCH 18/23] pack-bitmap-write: ignore BITMAP_FLAG_REUSE Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:44 ` [PATCH 19/23] pack-bitmap: factor out 'bitmap_for_commit()' Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:44 ` [PATCH 20/23] pack-bitmap: factor out 'add_commit_to_bitmap()' Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:44 ` [PATCH 21/23] pack-bitmap-write: use existing bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:44 ` [PATCH 22/23] pack-bitmap-write: relax unique rewalk condition Taylor Blau
2020-11-11 19:44 ` [PATCH 23/23] pack-bitmap-write: better reuse bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 00/24] pack-bitmap: bitmap generation improvements Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:46   ` [PATCH v2 01/24] ewah/ewah_bitmap.c: grow buffer past 1 Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:46   ` [PATCH v2 02/24] pack-bitmap: fix header size check Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:46   ` [PATCH v2 03/24] pack-bitmap: bounds-check size of cache extension Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:46   ` [PATCH v2 04/24] t5310: drop size of truncated ewah bitmap Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:46   ` [PATCH v2 05/24] rev-list: die when --test-bitmap detects a mismatch Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:46   ` [PATCH v2 06/24] ewah: factor out bitmap growth Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 07/24] ewah: make bitmap growth less aggressive Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 08/24] ewah: implement bitmap_or() Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 09/24] ewah: add bitmap_dup() function Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 10/24] pack-bitmap-write: reimplement bitmap writing Taylor Blau
2020-11-25  0:53     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-28 17:27       ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 11/24] pack-bitmap-write: pass ownership of intermediate bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-11-25  1:00     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 12/24] pack-bitmap-write: fill bitmap with commit history Taylor Blau
2020-11-22 21:50     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 14:54       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-25  1:14     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-28 17:21       ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-30 18:33         ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 13/24] bitmap: add bitmap_diff_nonzero() Taylor Blau
2020-11-22 22:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 20:19       ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 14/24] commit: implement commit_list_contains() Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 15/24] t5310: add branch-based checks Taylor Blau
2020-11-25  1:17     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-28 17:30       ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 16/24] pack-bitmap-write: rename children to reverse_edges Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 17/24] pack-bitmap.c: check reads more aggressively when loading Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:48   ` [PATCH v2 18/24] pack-bitmap-write: build fewer intermediate bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-11-24  6:07     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-25  1:46     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-30 18:41       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 21:48   ` [PATCH v2 19/24] pack-bitmap-write: ignore BITMAP_FLAG_REUSE Taylor Blau
2020-12-02  7:13     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-17 21:48   ` [PATCH v2 20/24] pack-bitmap: factor out 'bitmap_for_commit()' Taylor Blau
2020-12-02  7:17     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-17 21:48   ` [PATCH v2 21/24] pack-bitmap: factor out 'add_commit_to_bitmap()' Taylor Blau
2020-12-02  7:20     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-11-17 21:48   ` [PATCH v2 22/24] pack-bitmap-write: use existing bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-02  7:28     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-02 16:21       ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-17 21:48   ` [PATCH v2 23/24] pack-bitmap-write: relax unique rewalk condition Taylor Blau
2020-12-02  7:44     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-02 16:30       ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-07 18:19         ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-07 18:43           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-07 18:45             ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-07 18:48           ` Jeff King
2020-11-17 21:48   ` [PATCH v2 24/24] pack-bitmap-write: better reuse bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-02  8:08     ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-02 16:35       ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-02 18:22         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-02 18:25           ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-07 18:26             ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-07 18:24           ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-07 19:20             ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-18 18:32   ` [PATCH v2 00/24] pack-bitmap: bitmap generation improvements SZEDER Gábor
2020-11-18 19:51     ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-22  2:17       ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-22  2:28         ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-20  6:34   ` Martin Ågren
2020-11-21 19:37     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-21 20:11       ` Martin Ågren
2020-11-22  2:31         ` Taylor Blau
2020-11-24  2:43           ` Jeff King
2020-12-01 23:04             ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-01 23:37               ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-01 23:43                 ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-02  8:11                   ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-08  0:04 ` [PATCH v3 " Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 01/24] ewah/ewah_bitmap.c: avoid open-coding ALLOC_GROW() Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 02/24] pack-bitmap: fix header size check Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 03/24] pack-bitmap: bounds-check size of cache extension Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 04/24] t5310: drop size of truncated ewah bitmap Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 05/24] rev-list: die when --test-bitmap detects a mismatch Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 06/24] ewah: factor out bitmap growth Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 07/24] ewah: make bitmap growth less aggressive Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 08/24] ewah: implement bitmap_or() Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 09/24] ewah: add bitmap_dup() function Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:04   ` [PATCH v3 10/24] pack-bitmap-write: reimplement bitmap writing Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 11/24] pack-bitmap-write: pass ownership of intermediate bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 12/24] pack-bitmap-write: fill bitmap with commit history Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 13/24] bitmap: implement bitmap_is_subset() Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 14/24] commit: implement commit_list_contains() Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 15/24] t5310: add branch-based checks Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 16/24] pack-bitmap-write: rename children to reverse_edges Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 17/24] pack-bitmap.c: check reads more aggressively when loading Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 18/24] pack-bitmap-write: build fewer intermediate bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 19/24] pack-bitmap-write: ignore BITMAP_FLAG_REUSE Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 20/24] pack-bitmap: factor out 'bitmap_for_commit()' Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 21/24] pack-bitmap: factor out 'add_commit_to_bitmap()' Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 22/24] pack-bitmap-write: use existing bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 23/24] pack-bitmap-write: relax unique rewalk condition Taylor Blau
2020-12-08  0:05   ` [PATCH v3 24/24] pack-bitmap-write: better reuse bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 20:56   ` [PATCH v3 00/24] pack-bitmap: bitmap generation improvements Junio C Hamano
2020-12-08 21:03     ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-08 22:03 ` [PATCH v4 " Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 01/24] ewah/ewah_bitmap.c: avoid open-coding ALLOC_GROW() Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 02/24] pack-bitmap: fix header size check Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 03/24] pack-bitmap: bounds-check size of cache extension Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 04/24] t5310: drop size of truncated ewah bitmap Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 05/24] rev-list: die when --test-bitmap detects a mismatch Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 06/24] ewah: factor out bitmap growth Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 07/24] ewah: make bitmap growth less aggressive Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 08/24] ewah: implement bitmap_or() Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 09/24] ewah: add bitmap_dup() function Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 10/24] pack-bitmap-write: reimplement bitmap writing Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:03   ` [PATCH v4 11/24] pack-bitmap-write: pass ownership of intermediate bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 12/24] pack-bitmap-write: fill bitmap with commit history Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 13/24] bitmap: implement bitmap_is_subset() Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 14/24] commit: implement commit_list_contains() Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 15/24] t5310: add branch-based checks Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 16/24] pack-bitmap-write: rename children to reverse_edges Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 17/24] pack-bitmap.c: check reads more aggressively when loading Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 18/24] pack-bitmap-write: build fewer intermediate bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 19/24] pack-bitmap-write: ignore BITMAP_FLAG_REUSE Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:04   ` [PATCH v4 20/24] pack-bitmap: factor out 'bitmap_for_commit()' Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:05   ` [PATCH v4 21/24] pack-bitmap: factor out 'add_commit_to_bitmap()' Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:05   ` [PATCH v4 22/24] pack-bitmap-write: use existing bitmaps Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:05   ` [PATCH v4 23/24] pack-bitmap-write: relax unique revwalk condition Taylor Blau
2020-12-08 22:05   ` [PATCH v4 24/24] pack-bitmap-write: better reuse bitmaps Taylor Blau

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