Re: [PATCH] commit.c: use the generic "sha1_pos" function for lookup sha1

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 02:07:47PM +0400, Dmitry S. Dolzhenko wrote:

> Refactor binary search in "commit_graft_pos" function: use
> generic "sha1_pos" function.

Sounds sensible.

A few administrative points for your patch:

  - we usually try to send patches inline, rather than as attachments.
    It almost looks like your mailer or a server on the path converted
    your mail to a multipart/mixed and stuck a useless empty attachment
    on the end.

  - Your patch did not apply for me, nor to the blobs mentioned in its
    header. Did you modify it after it was generated? I think this part
    in particular looks suspicious:


> diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
> index 6bf4fe0..8edaeb7 100644
> --- a/commit.c
> +++ b/commit.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>  #include "mergesort.h"
>  #include "commit-slab.h"
>  #include "prio-queue.h"
> +#include "sha1-lookup.h"
>   static struct commit_extra_header *read_commit_extra_header_lines(const char *buf, size_t len, const char **);

There are 3 context lines above, but only one below?

>  @@ -114,23 +115,16 @@ static unsigned long parse_commit_date(const char *buf, const char *tail)
>  static struct commit_graft **commit_graft;
>  static int commit_graft_alloc, commit_graft_nr;
>  +static const unsigned char *commit_graft_sha1_access(size_t index, void *table)
> +{
> +	struct commit_graft **commit_graft_table = table;
> +	return commit_graft_table[index]->sha1;
> +}
> +

And here we have only two context lines, and the first addition line is
indented (making it look like a context line).

>  static int commit_graft_pos(const unsigned char *sha1)
>  {
> -	int lo, hi;
> -	lo = 0;
> -	hi = commit_graft_nr;
> -	while (lo < hi) {
> -		int mi = (lo + hi) / 2;
> -		struct commit_graft *graft = commit_graft[mi];
> -		int cmp = hashcmp(sha1, graft->sha1);
> -		if (!cmp)
> -			return mi;
> -		if (cmp < 0)
> -			hi = mi;
> -		else
> -			lo = mi + 1;
> -	}
> -	return -lo - 1;
> +	return sha1_pos(sha1, commit_graft, commit_graft_nr,
> +			   commit_graft_sha1_access);

The patch itself looks correct.

-Peff