Running tests with GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 is supposed to turn on the
split index feature and trigger index splitting (mostly) randomly.
Alas, this has been broken since 6e37c8ed3c (read-cache.c: fix writing
"link" index ext with null base oid, 2019-02-13), and
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 hasn't triggered any index splitting since
then.
This patch makes GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX work again, though it doesn't
restore the pre-6e37c8ed3c behavior. To understand the bug, the fix,
and the behavior change we first have to look at how
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX used to work before 6e37c8ed3c:
There are two places where we check the value of
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX, and before 6e37c8ed3c they worked like this:
1) In the lower-level do_write_index(), where, if
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX is enabled, we call init_split_index().
This call merely allocates and zero-initializes
'istate->split_index', but does nothing else (i.e. doesn't fill
the base/shared index with cache entries, doesn't actually
write a shared index file, etc.). Pertinent to this issue, the
hash of the base index remains all zeroed out.
2) In the higher-level write_locked_index(), but only when
'istate->split_index' has already been initialized. Then, if
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX is enabled, it randomly sets the flag that
triggers index splitting later in this function. This
randomness comes from the first byte of the hash of the base
index via an 'if ((first_byte & 15) < 6)' condition.
However, if 'istate->split_index' hasn't been initialized (i.e.
it is still NULL), then write_locked_index() just calls
do_write_locked_index(), which internally calls the above
mentioned do_write_index().
This means that while GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 usually triggered index
splitting randomly, the first two index writes were always
deterministic (though I suspect this was unintentional):
- The initial index write never splits the index.
During the first index write write_locked_index() is called with
'istate->split_index' still uninitialized, so the check in 2) is
not executed. It still calls do_write_index(), though, which
then executes the check in 1). The resulting all zero base
index hash then leads to the 'link' extension being written to
'.git/index', though a shared index file is not written:
$ rm .git/index
$ GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 git update-index --add file
$ test-tool dump-split-index .git/index
own c6ef71168597caec8553c83d9d0048f1ef416170
base 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
100644 d00491fd7e5bb6fa28c517a0bb32b8b506539d4d 0 file
replacements:
deletions:
$ ls -l .git/sharedindex.*
ls: cannot access '.git/sharedindex.*': No such file or directory
- The second index write always splits the index.
When the index written in the previous point is read,
'istate->split_index' is initialized because of the presence of
the 'link' extension. So during the second write
write_locked_index() does run the check in 2), and the first
byte of the all zero base index hash always fulfills the
randomness condition, which in turn always triggers the index
splitting.
- Subsequent index writes will find the 'link' extension with a
real non-zero base index hash, so from then on the check in 2)
is executed and the first byte of the base index hash is as
random as it gets (coming from the SHA-1 of index data including
timestamps and inodes...).
All this worked until 6e37c8ed3c came along, and stopped writing the
'link' extension if the hash of the base index was all zero:
$ rm .git/index
$ GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 git update-index --add file
$ test-tool dump-split-index .git/index
own abbd6f6458d5dee73ae8e210ca15a68a390c6fd7
not a split index
$ ls -l .git/sharedindex.*
ls: cannot access '.git/sharedindex.*': No such file or directory
So, since the first index write with GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 doesn't
write a 'link' extension, in the second index write
'istate->split_index' remains uninitialized, and the check in 2) is
not executed, and ultimately the index is never split.
Fix this by modifying write_locked_index() to make sure to check
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX even if 'istate->split_index' is still
uninitialized, and initialize it if necessary. The check for
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX and separate init_split_index() call in
do_write_index() thus becomes unnecessary, so remove it. Furthermore,
add a test to 't1700-split-index.sh' to make sure that
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 will keep working (though only check the
index splitting on the first index write, because after that it will
be random).
Note that this change does not restore the pre-6e37c8ed3c behaviour,
as it will deterministically split the index already on the first
index write. Since GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX is purely a developer aid,
there is no backwards compatibility issue here. The new behaviour did
trigger test failures in 't0003-attributes.sh' and 't1600-index.sh',
though, which have been fixed in preparatory patches in this series.
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The sparse index and split index features are said to be currently
incompatible [1], and consequently GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 might
interfere with the test cases exercising the sparse index feature.
Therefore GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX is already explicitly disabled for the
whole of 't1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh'. There are,
however, two other test cases exercising sparse index, namely
'sparse-index enabled and disabled' in
't1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh' and 'status succeeds with sparse
index' in 't7519-status-fsmonitor.sh', and these two could fail with
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 as well [2].
Unset GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX and disable the split index in these two
test cases to avoid such interference.
Note that this is the minimal change to merely avoid failures when
these test cases are run with GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1. Interestingly,
though, without these changes the 'git sparse-checkout init --cone
--sparse-index' commands still succeed even with split index, and set
all the necessary configuration variables and create the initial
'$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout' file, but the test failures are caused
by later sanity checks finding that the index is not in fact a sparse
index. This indicates that 'git sparse-checkout init --sparse-index'
lacks some error checking and its tests lack coverage related to split
index, but fixing those issues is beyond the scope of this patch
series.
[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/48e9c3d6-407a-1843-2d91-22112410e3f8@gmail.com/
[2] Neither of these test cases fail at the moment, because
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 is broken and never splits the index, and
it broke long before the sparse index feature was added.
This patch series is about to fix GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX, and then
both test cases mentioned above would fail.
(The diff is best viewed with '--ignore-all-space')
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When reading a split index git always looks for its referenced shared
base index in the gitdir of the current repository, even when reading
an alternate index specified via GIT_INDEX_FILE, and even when that
alternate index file is the "main" '.git/index' file of an other
repository. However, if that split index and its referenced shared
index files were written by a git command running entirely in that
other repository, then, naturally, the shared index file is written to
that other repository's gitdir. Consequently, a git command
attempting to read that shared index file while running in a different
repository won't be able find it and will error out.
I'm not sure in what use case it is necessary to read the index of one
repository by a git command running in a different repository, but it
is certainly possible to do so, and in fact the test 'bare repository:
check that --cached honors index' in 't0003-attributes.sh' does
exactly that. If GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 were to split the index in
just the right moment [1], then this test would indeed fail, because
the referenced shared index file could not be found.
Let's look for the referenced shared index file not only in the gitdir
of the current directory, but, if the shared index is not there, right
next to the split index as well.
[1] We haven't seen this issue trigger a failure in t0003 yet,
because:
- While GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 is supposed to trigger index
splitting randomly, the first index write has always been
deterministic and it has never split the index.
- That alternate index file in the other repository is written
only once in the entire test script, so it's never split.
However, the next patch will fix GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX, and while
doing so it will slightly change its behavior to always split the
index already on the first index write, and t0003 would always
fail without this patch.
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tests in 't1600-index.sh' check that various bogus index version
values are recognized and an appropriate warning message is issued.
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 is supposed to trigger index splitting
randomly, and thus might interfere [1] with these tests: splitting the
index means that two index files are written (the shared base index
and the split '.git/index'), and the same warning message is then
issued twice, failing these tests.
Unset GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX in this test script to avoid such
interference.
[1] There is no such interference at the moment, because, alas,
GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 is broken and never split the index. There
was no such interference in the past (before it broke) either,
because the first index write with GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 never
split the index, only the second write did. A subsequent commit
fixing GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX will have all the details on this.
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In a helper function in the 't1600-index.sh' test script the stderr
of a 'git add' command is redirected to its stdout, but its stdout is
not redirected anywhere. So apparently this redirection is
unnecessary, remove it.
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* ds/sparse-index-ignored-files:
sparse-checkout: clear tracked sparse dirs
sparse-index: add SPARSE_INDEX_MEMORY_ONLY flag
attr: be careful about sparse directories
sparse-checkout: create helper methods
sparse-index: use WRITE_TREE_MISSING_OK
sparse-index: silently return when cache tree fails
unpack-trees: fix nested sparse-dir search
sparse-index: silently return when not using cone-mode patterns
t7519: rewrite sparse index test
When changing the scope of a sparse-checkout using cone mode, we might
have some tracked directories go out of scope. The current logic removes
the tracked files from within those directories, but leaves the ignored
files within those directories. This is a bit unexpected to users who
have given input to Git saying they don't need those directories
anymore.
This is something that is new to the cone mode pattern type: the user
has explicitly said "I want these directories and _not_ those
directories." The typical sparse-checkout patterns more generally apply
to "I want files with with these patterns" so it is natural to leave
ignored files as they are. This focus on directories in cone mode
provides us an opportunity to change the behavior.
Leaving these ignored files in the sparse directories makes it
impossible to gain performance benefits in the sparse index. When we
track into these directories, we need to know if the files are ignored
or not, which might depend on the _tracked_ .gitignore file(s) within
the sparse directory. This depends on the indexed version of the file,
so the sparse directory must be expanded.
We must take special care to look for untracked, non-ignored files in
these directories before deleting them. We do not want to delete any
meaningful work that the users were doing in those directories and
perhaps forgot to add and commit before switching sparse-checkout
definitions. Since those untracked files might be code files that
generated ignored build output, also do not delete any ignored files
from these directories in that case. The users can recover their state
by resetting their sparse-checkout definition to include that directory
and continue. Alternatively, they can see the warning that is presented
and delete the directory themselves to regain the performance they
expect.
By deleting the sparse directories when changing scope (or running 'git
sparse-checkout reapply') we regain these performance benefits as if the
repository was in a clean state.
Since these ignored files are frequently build output or helper files
from IDEs, the users should not need the files now that the tracked
files are removed. If the tracked files reappear, then they will have
newer timestamps than the build artifacts, so the artifacts will need to
be regenerated anyway.
Use the sparse-index as a data structure in order to find the sparse
directories that can be safely deleted. Re-expand the index to a full
one if it was full before.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The convert_to_sparse() method checks for the GIT_TEST_SPARSE_INDEX
environment variable or the "index.sparse" config setting before
converting the index to a sparse one. This is for ease of use since all
current consumers are preparing to compress the index before writing it
to disk. If these settings are not enabled, then convert_to_sparse()
silently returns without doing anything.
We will add a consumer in the next change that wants to use the sparse
index as an in-memory data structure, regardless of whether the on-disk
format should be sparse.
To that end, create the SPARSE_INDEX_MEMORY_ONLY flag that will skip
these config checks when enabled. All current consumers are modified to
pass '0' in the new 'flags' parameter.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
As we integrate the sparse index into more builtins, we occasionally
need to check the sparse-checkout patterns to see if a path is within
the sparse-checkout cone. Create some helper methods that help
initialize the patterns and check for pattern matching to make this
easier.
The existing callers of commands like get_sparse_checkout_patterns() use
a custom 'struct pattern_list' that is not necessarily the one in the
'struct index_state', so there are not many previous uses that could
adopt these helpers. There are just two in builtin/add.c and
sparse-index.c that can use path_in_sparse_checkout().
We add a path_in_cone_mode_sparse_checkout() as well that will only
return false if the path is outside of the sparse-checkout definition
_and_ the sparse-checkout patterns are in cone mode.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When updating the cache tree in convert_to_sparse(), the
WRITE_TREE_MISSING_OK flag indicates that trees might be computed that
do not already exist within the object database. This happens in cases
such as 'git add' creating new trees that it wants to store in
anticipation of a following 'git commit'. If this flag is not specified,
then it might trigger a promisor fetch or a failure due to the object
not existing locally.
Use WRITE_TREE_MISSING_OK during convert_to_sparse() to avoid these
possible reasons for the cache_tree_update() to fail.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
If cache_tree_update() returns a non-zero value, then it could not
create the cache tree. This is likely due to a path having a merge
conflict. Since we are already returning early, let's return silently to
avoid making it seem like we failed to write the index at all.
If we remove our dependence on the cache tree within
convert_to_sparse(), then we could still recover from this scenario and
have a sparse index.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The iterated search in find_cache_entry() was recently modified to
include a loop that searches backwards for a sparse directory entry that
matches the given traverse_info and name_entry. However, the string
comparison failed to actually concatenate those two strings, so this
failed to find a sparse directory when it was not a top-level directory.
This caused some errors in rare cases where a 'git checkout' spanned a
diff that modified files within the sparse directory entry, but we could
not correctly find the entry.
Helped-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Helped-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
While the sparse-index is only enabled when core.sparseCheckoutCone is
also enabled, it is possible for the user to modify the sparse-checkout
file manually in a way that does not match cone-mode patterns. In this
case, we should refuse to convert an index into a sparse index, since
the sparse_checkout_patterns will not be initialized with recursive and
parent path hashsets.
Also silently return if there are no cache entries, which is a simple
case: there are no paths to make sparse!
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The sparse index is tested with the FS Monitor hook and extension since
f8fe49e (fsmonitor: integrate with sparse index, 2021-07-14). This test
was very fragile because it shared an index across sparse and non-sparse
behavior. Since that expansion and contraction could cause the index to
lose its FS Monitor bitmap and token, behavior is fragile to changes in
'git sparse-checkout set'.
Rewrite the test to use two clones of the original repo: full and
sparse. This allows us to also keep the test files (actual, expect,
trace2.txt) out of the repos we are testing with 'git status'.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The most significant of this batch is of course "merge -sort".
Thanks, Elijah and everybody who helped the topic.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The current implementation of GIT_TEST_FAIL_PREREQS is broken in
that checking for the lack of a prerequisite would not work. Avoid
the use of "if ! test_have_prereq X" in a test script.
* bc/t5607-avoid-broken-test-fail-prereqs:
t5607: avoid using prerequisites to select algorithm
"git range-diff" code clean-up.
* jk/range-diff-fixes:
range-diff: use ssize_t for parsed "len" in read_patches()
range-diff: handle unterminated lines in read_patches()
range-diff: drop useless "offset" variable from read_patches()
"git apply" miscounted the bytes and failed to read to the end of
binary hunks.
* jk/apply-binary-hunk-parsing-fix:
apply: keep buffer/size pair in sync when parsing binary hunks
Remind developers that the userdiff patterns should be kept simple
and permissive, assuming that the contents they apply are always
syntactically correct.
* jc/userdiff-pattern-hint:
userdiff: comment on the builtin patterns
Use `ort` instead of `recursive` as the default merge strategy.
* en/ort-becomes-the-default:
Update docs for change of default merge backend
Change default merge backend from recursive to ort
Documentation updates.
* en/merge-strategy-docs:
Update error message and code comment
merge-strategies.txt: add coverage of the `ort` merge strategy
git-rebase.txt: correct out-of-date and misleading text about renames
merge-strategies.txt: fix simple capitalization error
merge-strategies.txt: avoid giving special preference to patience algorithm
merge-strategies.txt: do not imply using copy detection is desired
merge-strategies.txt: update wording for the resolve strategy
Documentation: edit awkward references to `git merge-recursive`
directory-rename-detection.txt: small updates due to merge-ort optimizations
git-rebase.txt: correct antiquated claims about --rebase-merges
"git pull" had various corner cases that were not well thought out
around its --rebase backend, e.g. "git pull --ff-only" did not stop
but went ahead and rebased when the history on other side is not a
descendant of our history. The series tries to fix them up.
* en/pull-conflicting-options:
pull: fix handling of multiple heads
pull: update docs & code for option compatibility with rebasing
pull: abort by default when fast-forwarding is not possible
pull: make --rebase and --no-rebase override pull.ff=only
pull: since --ff-only overrides, handle it first
pull: abort if --ff-only is given and fast-forwarding is impossible
t7601: add tests of interactions with multiple merge heads and config
t7601: test interaction of merge/rebase/fast-forward flags and options
Loading of ref tips to prepare for common ancestry negotiation in
"git fetch-pack" has been optimized by taking advantage of the
commit graph when available.
* ps/fetch-pack-load-refs-optim:
fetch-pack: speed up loading of refs via commit graph
Bugfix for common ancestor negotiation recently introduced in "git
push" code path.
* jt/push-negotiation-fixes:
fetch: die on invalid --negotiation-tip hash
send-pack: fix push nego. when remote has refs
send-pack: fix push.negotiate with remote helper
trace2 logs learned to show parent process name to see in what
context Git was invoked.
* es/trace2-log-parent-process-name:
tr2: log parent process name
tr2: make process info collection platform-generic
A handful of tests that assumed implementation details of files
backend for refs have been cleaned up.
* hn/refs-test-cleanup:
t6001: avoid direct file system access
t6500: use "ls -1" to snapshot ref database state
t7064: use update-ref -d to remove upstream branch
t1410: mark test as REFFILES
t1405: mark test for 'git pack-refs' as REFFILES
t1405: use 'git reflog exists' to check reflog existence
t2402: use ref-store test helper to create broken symlink
t3320: use git-symbolic-ref rather than filesystem access
t6120: use git-update-ref rather than filesystem access
t1503: mark symlink test as REFFILES
t6050: use git-update-ref rather than filesystem access
Final batch for "merge -sort" optimization.
* en/ort-perf-batch-15:
merge-ort: remove compile-time ability to turn off usage of memory pools
merge-ort: reuse path strings in pool_alloc_filespec
merge-ort: store filepairs and filespecs in our mem_pool
diffcore-rename, merge-ort: add wrapper functions for filepair alloc/dealloc
merge-ort: switch our strmaps over to using memory pools
merge-ort: set up a memory pool
merge-ort: add pool_alloc, pool_calloc, and pool_strndup wrappers
diffcore-rename: use a mem_pool for exact rename detection's hashmap
merge-ort: rename str{map,intmap,set}_func()
Pathname expansion (like "~username/") learned a way to specify a
location relative to Git installation (e.g. its $sharedir which is
$(prefix)/share), with "%(prefix)".
* js/expand-runtime-prefix:
expand_user_path: allow in-flight topics to keep using the old name
interpolate_path(): allow specifying paths relative to the runtime prefix
Use a better name for the function interpolating paths
expand_user_path(): clarify the role of the `real_home` parameter
expand_user_path(): remove stale part of the comment
tests: exercise the RUNTIME_PREFIX feature
Prepare the "ref-filter" machinery that drives the "--format"
option of "git for-each-ref" and its friends to be used in "git
cat-file --batch".
* zh/ref-filter-raw-data:
ref-filter: add %(rest) atom
ref-filter: use non-const ref_format in *_atom_parser()
ref-filter: --format=%(raw) support --perl
ref-filter: add %(raw) atom
ref-filter: add obj-type check in grab contents
Input validation of "git pack-objects --stdin-packs" has been
corrected.
* ab/pack-stdin-packs-fix:
pack-objects: fix segfault in --stdin-packs option
pack-objects tests: cover blindspots in stdin handling
Support for ancient versions of cURL library (pre 7.19.4) has been
dropped.
* ab/http-drop-old-curl:
http: rename CURLOPT_FILE to CURLOPT_WRITEDATA
http: drop support for curl < 7.19.3 and < 7.17.0 (again)
http: drop support for curl < 7.19.4
http: drop support for curl < 7.16.0
http: drop support for curl < 7.11.1
"git add" can work better with the sparse index.
* ds/add-with-sparse-index:
add: remove ensure_full_index() with --renormalize
add: ignore outside the sparse-checkout in refresh()
pathspec: stop calling ensure_full_index
add: allow operating on a sparse-only index
t1092: test merge conflicts outside cone
"git bisect" spawned "git show-branch" only to pretty-print the
title of the commit after checking out the next version to be
tested; this has been rewritten in C.
* jc/bisect-sans-show-branch:
bisect: simplify return code from bisect_checkout()
bisect: do not run show-branch just to show the current commit
Codepath to access recently added oidtree data structure had
to make unaligned accesses to oids, which has been corrected.
* rs/oidtree-alignment-fix:
oidtree: avoid unaligned access to crit-bit tree
Also fixed some typos reported by "git-po-helper".
Signed-off-by: Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>
The flexible array member "k" of struct cb_node is used to store the key
of the crit-bit tree node. It offers no alignment guarantees -- in fact
the current struct layout puts it one byte after a 4-byte aligned
address, i.e. guaranteed to be misaligned.
oidtree uses a struct object_id as cb_node key. Since cf0983213c (hash:
add an algo member to struct object_id, 2021-04-26) it requires 4-byte
alignment. The mismatch is reported by UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer at
runtime like this:
hash.h:277:2: runtime error: member access within misaligned address 0x00015000802d for type 'struct object_id', which requires 4 byte alignment
0x00015000802d: note: pointer points here
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
^
SUMMARY: UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer: undefined-behavior hash.h:277:2 in
We can fix that by:
1. eliminating the alignment requirement of struct object_id,
2. providing the alignment in struct cb_node, or
3. avoiding the issue by only using memcpy to access "k".
Currently we only store one of two values in "algo" in struct object_id.
We could use a uint8_t for that instead and widen it only once we add
support for our twohundredth algorithm or so. That would not only avoid
alignment issues, but also reduce the memory requirements for each
instance of struct object_id by ca. 9%.
Supporting keys with alignment requirements might be useful to spread
the use of crit-bit trees. It can be achieved by using a wider type for
"k" (e.g. uintmax_t), using different types for the members "byte" and
"otherbits" (e.g. uint16_t or uint32_t for each), or by avoiding the use
of flexible arrays like khash.h does.
This patch implements the third option, though, because it has the least
potential for causing side-effects and we're close to the next release.
If one of the other options is implemented later as well to get their
additional benefits we can get rid of the extra copies introduced here.
Reported-by: Andrzej Hunt <andrzej@ahunt.org>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
