From: "Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com>,
Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] t/perf: add perf test for ref tombstone scenarios
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:08:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <889d0d38bc9952a9f5f74063c685c72c299b1490.1783598912.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2166.v2.git.1783598912.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com>
Add performance tests for update-ref when many tombstones are present
in a reftable.
The first test exercises the scenario where all refs are deleted
(creating tombstones) and then re-created with the same names, which
currently exhibits quadratic behavior.
The second test uses a separate repository with an asymmetric variant
where refs are deleted and then new, differently-named refs are
created. When the tombstones sort after the new refs, every create
scans all tombstones, making this case even worse than re-creating
the same refs.
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com>
---
t/perf/p1401-ref-store-tombstones.sh | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 t/perf/p1401-ref-store-tombstones.sh
diff --git a/t/perf/p1401-ref-store-tombstones.sh b/t/perf/p1401-ref-store-tombstones.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9e3d8031aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/perf/p1401-ref-store-tombstones.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description="Tests performance of ref operations with many tombstones"
+
+. ./perf-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success "setup" '
+ git init --ref-format=reftable repo &&
+ blob=$(echo foo | git -C repo hash-object -w --stdin) &&
+ for i in $(test_seq 8000)
+ do
+ printf "create refs/tags/tag-%d %s\n" "$i" "$blob" ||
+ return 1
+ done >repo/input &&
+ git -C repo update-ref --stdin <repo/input &&
+ git -C repo for-each-ref --format="delete %(refname)" |
+ git -C repo update-ref --stdin
+'
+
+test_perf "recreate refs after mass delete" '
+ git -C repo update-ref --stdin <repo/input &&
+ git -C repo for-each-ref --format="delete %(refname)" |
+ git -C repo update-ref --stdin
+'
+
+test_expect_success "setup asymmetric" '
+ git init --ref-format=reftable repo2 &&
+ blob=$(echo foo | git -C repo2 hash-object -w --stdin) &&
+ for i in $(test_seq 8000)
+ do
+ printf "create refs/tags/old-%d %s\n" "$i" "$blob" ||
+ return 1
+ done >repo2/input-old &&
+ sed "s/old-/new-/" <repo2/input-old >repo2/input-new &&
+ git -C repo2 update-ref --stdin <repo2/input-old &&
+ git -C repo2 for-each-ref --format="delete %(refname)" |
+ git -C repo2 update-ref --stdin
+'
+
+test_perf "create new refs after deleting differently-named refs" '
+ git -C repo2 update-ref --stdin <repo2/input-new &&
+ git -C repo2 for-each-ref --format="delete %(refname)" refs/tags/ |
+ git -C repo2 update-ref --stdin
+'
+
+test_done
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-09 12:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-06 13:35 [PATCH 0/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior when re-creating deleted refs Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-06 13:35 ` [PATCH 1/2] t: add tests for ref tombstone scenarios Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-07 15:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-07 16:12 ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-08 5:59 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-08 7:28 ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-06 13:35 ` [PATCH 2/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior when re-creating deleted refs Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-07 15:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-07 16:04 ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-08 11:15 ` [PATCH 0/2] " brian m. carlson
2026-07-09 12:08 ` [PATCH v2 " Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-09 12:08 ` Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-07-09 12:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior in the presence of tombstones Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-09 13:53 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-09 14:48 ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-09 14:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-10 10:36 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior when re-creating deleted refs Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 10:36 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] t/perf: add perf test for ref tombstone scenarios Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 10:36 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior in the presence of tombstones Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 14:32 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-10 15:03 ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-13 5:14 ` Patrick Steinhardt
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