From: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] odb: introduce generic object counting
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:30:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fr66l6xh.fsf@iotcl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310-b4-pks-odb-source-count-objects-v1-6-109e07d425f4@pks.im>
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> Similar to the preceding commit, introduce counting of objects on the
> object database level, replacing the logic that we have in
> `repo_approximate_object_count()`.
>
> Note that the function knows to cache the object count. It's unclear
> whether this cache is really required as we shouldn't have that many
> cases where we count objects repeatedly. But to be on the safe side the
> caching mechanism is retained, with the only excepting being that we
> also have to use the passed flags as caching key.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---
> builtin/gc.c | 6 +++++-
> commit-graph.c | 3 ++-
> object-name.c | 6 +++++-
> odb.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> odb.h | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> packfile.c | 27 ---------------------------
> packfile.h | 6 ------
> 7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
> index 3a64d28da8..cb9ca89a97 100644
> --- a/builtin/gc.c
> +++ b/builtin/gc.c
> @@ -574,9 +574,13 @@ static uint64_t total_ram(void)
> static uint64_t estimate_repack_memory(struct gc_config *cfg,
> struct packed_git *pack)
> {
> - unsigned long nr_objects = repo_approximate_object_count(the_repository);
> + unsigned long nr_objects;
> size_t os_cache, heap;
>
> + if (odb_count_objects(the_repository->objects,
> + ODB_COUNT_OBJECTS_APPROXIMATE, &nr_objects) < 0)
> + return 0;
> +
> if (!pack || !nr_objects)
> return 0;
>
> diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
> index f8e24145a5..c030003330 100644
> --- a/commit-graph.c
> +++ b/commit-graph.c
> @@ -2607,7 +2607,8 @@ int write_commit_graph(struct odb_source *source,
> replace = ctx.opts->split_flags & COMMIT_GRAPH_SPLIT_REPLACE;
> }
>
> - ctx.approx_nr_objects = repo_approximate_object_count(r);
> + if (odb_count_objects(r->objects, ODB_COUNT_OBJECTS_APPROXIMATE, &ctx.approx_nr_objects) < 0)
> + ctx.approx_nr_objects = 0;
>
> if (ctx.append && g) {
> for (i = 0; i < g->num_commits; i++) {
> diff --git a/object-name.c b/object-name.c
> index 7b14c3bf9b..e5adec4c9d 100644
> --- a/object-name.c
> +++ b/object-name.c
> @@ -837,7 +837,11 @@ int repo_find_unique_abbrev_r(struct repository *r, char *hex,
> const unsigned hexsz = algo->hexsz;
>
> if (len < 0) {
> - unsigned long count = repo_approximate_object_count(r);
> + unsigned long count;
> +
> + if (odb_count_objects(r->objects, ODB_COUNT_OBJECTS_APPROXIMATE, &count) < 0)
> + count = 0;
> +
> /*
> * Add one because the MSB only tells us the highest bit set,
> * not including the value of all the _other_ bits (so "15"
> diff --git a/odb.c b/odb.c
> index 84a31084d3..350e23f3c0 100644
> --- a/odb.c
> +++ b/odb.c
> @@ -917,6 +917,41 @@ int odb_for_each_object(struct object_database *odb,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +int odb_count_objects(struct object_database *odb,
> + enum odb_count_objects_flags flags,
> + unsigned long *out)
> +{
> + struct odb_source *source;
> + unsigned long count = 0;
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (odb->object_count_valid && odb->object_count_flags == flags) {
> + *out = odb->object_count;
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + odb_prepare_alternates(odb);
> + for (source = odb->sources; source; source = source->next) {
> + unsigned long c;
> +
> + ret = odb_source_count_objects(source, flags, &c);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + goto out;
> +
> + count += c;
> + }
> +
> + odb->object_count = count;
> + odb->object_count_valid = 1;
> + odb->object_count_flags = flags;
> +
> + *out = count;
> + ret = 0;
> +
> +out:
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> void odb_assert_oid_type(struct object_database *odb,
> const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type expect)
> {
> @@ -1030,7 +1065,7 @@ void odb_reprepare(struct object_database *o)
> for (source = o->sources; source; source = source->next)
> odb_source_reprepare(source);
>
> - o->approximate_object_count_valid = 0;
> + o->object_count_valid = 0;
>
> obj_read_unlock();
> }
> diff --git a/odb.h b/odb.h
> index e6057477f6..7b004f1cf4 100644
> --- a/odb.h
> +++ b/odb.h
> @@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ struct object_database {
> * These two fields are not meant for direct access. Use
> * repo_approximate_object_count() instead.
This comment needs updating now.
Otherwise no comments here.
--
Cheers,
Toon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 15:18 [PATCH 0/6] odb: introduce generic object counting Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-10 15:18 ` [PATCH 1/6] odb: stop including "odb/source.h" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-10 15:18 ` [PATCH 2/6] packfile: extract logic to count number of objects Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-11 12:41 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-11 13:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-10 15:18 ` [PATCH 3/6] object-file: extract logic to approximate object count Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-10 17:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-11 12:47 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-11 13:58 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-10 15:18 ` [PATCH 4/6] object-file: generalize counting objects Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-11 13:53 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-11 14:01 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-10 15:18 ` [PATCH 5/6] odb/source: introduce generic object counting Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-10 17:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-11 6:44 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-11 15:03 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-10 15:18 ` [PATCH 6/6] odb: " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-11 15:30 ` Toon Claes [this message]
2026-03-12 6:57 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-12 8:42 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-12 8:42 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] odb: stop including "odb/source.h" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-12 8:42 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] packfile: extract logic to count number of objects Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-12 8:42 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] object-file: extract logic to approximate object count Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-12 8:42 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] object-file: generalize counting objects Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-12 8:43 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] odb/source: introduce generic object counting Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-12 8:43 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] odb: " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-13 11:52 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Toon Claes
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