Thanks, Daniel.
Johan:
I've found your notes trunk/notes/diff-optimizations.txt. As you may
have realized, my patch is a slightly different approach to the
problem you discuss in section I.5, "Discarding non-matching
lines before running the LCS (Longest Common Subsequence)
algorithm." - rather than discarding the lines before calling LCS, I
create count information that lets LCS skip the lines without
counting them as (avoidable) changes. I believe my approach
is easier to implement (not least now, when it's already done ;)
and has less overhead, although the potential speed-up is
somewhat less:
LCS has running time of O( N + P D ), where N is #tokens in
longest source, P is number of mismatches in smallest source
and D is total number of mismatches in both sources.
Discarding the non-matching tokens would replace both P and D
by their discarded versions P' and D', giving a potential speed-up
of the SQUARE of the inverse of the fraction of changed tokens
that are not unique to one source, whereas my approach
effectively only replaces P by P', not D, so you only get one
power, not two (at least I think so; I haven't checked carefully).
There is another possible enhancement that is somewhat
complementary to the one I've implemented: If the number of
changed tokens is smaller than the number of uniquely
matching tokens, and the changes are grouped in well-
separated sections, then whenever you have found more
unique matches than the number of changes you have "used",
you can "restart" the problem from that point: you are
guaranteed that there is no better match for the earlier
part of either source. This reduces the running time from
O( N + P' D ) to something like O( N + sum(P'n Dn)), I think,
where the sum is over the different changed sections. I
haven't worked out the details on how to best implement
this approach, but it should work well with my initial patch.
Morten
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> Please don't mix whitespace changes with functional changes.
>
> I'm attaching a version of the patch re-generated with -x-pw.
>
> [[[
> Index: subversion/libsvn_diff/diff.c
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/libsvn_diff/diff.c (revision 1104340)
> +++ subversion/libsvn_diff/diff.c (working copy)
> @@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ svn_diff_diff_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> {
> svn_diff__tree_t *tree;
> svn_diff__position_t *position_list[2];
> + apr_uint32_t num_tokens;
> + apr_uint32_t token_index;
> + svn_diff__position_t *current;
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts[2];
> svn_diff_datasource_e datasource[] = {svn_diff_datasource_original,
> svn_diff_datasource_modified};
> svn_diff__lcs_t *lcs;
> @@ -138,6 +142,8 @@ svn_diff_diff_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> prefix_lines,
> subpool));
>
> + num_tokens = svn_diff__get_node_count(tree);
> +
> /* The cool part is that we don't need the tokens anymore.
> * Allow the app to clean them up if it wants to.
> */
> @@ -147,8 +153,35 @@ svn_diff_diff_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> /* We don't need the nodes in the tree either anymore, nor the tree itself
> */
> svn_pool_destroy(treepool);
>
> + token_counts[0] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + token_counts[1] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + for (token_index = 0; token_index < num_tokens; token_index++)
> + token_counts[0][token_index] = token_counts[1][token_index] = 0;
> +
> + current = position_list[0];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[0][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[0]);
> + }
> + current = position_list[1];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[1][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[1]);
> + }
> +
> /* Get the lcs */
> - lcs = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[0], position_list[1], prefix_lines,
> + lcs = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[0], position_list[1], token_counts[0],
> + token_counts[1], num_tokens, prefix_lines,
> suffix_lines, subpool);
>
> /* Produce the diff */
> Index: subversion/libsvn_diff/diff.h
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/libsvn_diff/diff.h (revision 1104340)
> +++ subversion/libsvn_diff/diff.h (working copy)
> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct svn_diff_t {
> struct svn_diff__position_t
> {
> svn_diff__position_t *next;
> - svn_diff__node_t *node;
> + apr_int32_t node;
> apr_off_t offset;
> };
>
> @@ -91,12 +91,21 @@ typedef enum svn_diff__normalize_state_t
> svn_diff__lcs_t *
> svn_diff__lcs(svn_diff__position_t *position_list1, /* pointer to tail
> (ring) */
> svn_diff__position_t *position_list2, /* pointer to tail (ring)
> */
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts_list1, /* array of counts */
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts_list2, /* array of counts */
> + apr_uint32_t num_tokens,
> apr_off_t prefix_lines,
> apr_off_t suffix_lines,
> apr_pool_t *pool);
>
>
> /*
> + * Returns number of tokens in a tree
> + */
> +apr_uint32_t
> +svn_diff__get_node_count(svn_diff__tree_t *tree);
> +
> +/*
> * Support functions to build a tree of token positions
> */
> void
> @@ -128,6 +137,7 @@ void
> svn_diff__resolve_conflict(svn_diff_t *hunk,
> svn_diff__position_t **position_list1,
> svn_diff__position_t **position_list2,
> + apr_uint32_t num_tokens,
> apr_pool_t *pool);
>
>
> Index: subversion/libsvn_diff/token.c
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/libsvn_diff/token.c (revision 1104340)
> +++ subversion/libsvn_diff/token.c (working copy)
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct svn_diff__node_t
> svn_diff__node_t *right;
>
> apr_uint32_t hash;
> + apr_int32_t index;
> void *token;
> };
>
> @@ -53,10 +54,20 @@ struct svn_diff__tree_t
> {
> svn_diff__node_t *root[SVN_DIFF__HASH_SIZE];
> apr_pool_t *pool;
> + apr_uint32_t node_count;
> };
>
>
> /*
> + * Returns number of tokens in a tree
> + */
> +apr_uint32_t
> +svn_diff__get_node_count(svn_diff__tree_t *tree)
> +{
> + return tree->node_count;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> * Support functions to build a tree of token positions
> */
>
> @@ -65,6 +76,7 @@ svn_diff__tree_create(svn_diff__tree_t **tree, apr
> {
> *tree = apr_pcalloc(pool, sizeof(**tree));
> (*tree)->pool = pool;
> + (*tree)->node_count = 0;
> }
>
>
> @@ -122,6 +134,7 @@ tree_insert_token(svn_diff__node_t **node, svn_dif
> new_node->right = NULL;
> new_node->hash = hash;
> new_node->token = token;
> + new_node->index = tree->node_count++;
>
> *node = *node_ref = new_node;
>
> @@ -168,7 +181,7 @@ svn_diff__get_tokens(svn_diff__position_t **positi
> /* Create a new position */
> position = apr_palloc(pool, sizeof(*position));
> position->next = NULL;
> - position->node = node;
> + position->node = node->index;
> position->offset = offset;
>
> *position_ref = position;
> Index: subversion/libsvn_diff/lcs.c
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/libsvn_diff/lcs.c (revision 1104340)
> +++ subversion/libsvn_diff/lcs.c (working copy)
> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static APR_INLINE void
> svn_diff__snake(apr_off_t k,
> svn_diff__snake_t *fp,
> int idx,
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts[2],
> svn_diff__lcs_t **freelist,
> apr_pool_t *pool)
> {
> @@ -92,6 +93,11 @@ svn_diff__snake(apr_off_t k,
> }
>
>
> + if (previous_lcs)
> + {
> + previous_lcs->refcount++;
> + }
> +
> /* ### Optimization, skip all positions that don't have matchpoints
> * ### anyway. Beware of the sentinel, don't skip it!
> */
> @@ -99,6 +105,8 @@ svn_diff__snake(apr_off_t k,
> position[0] = start_position[0];
> position[1] = start_position[1];
>
> + while (1)
> + {
> while (position[0]->node == position[1]->node)
> {
> position[0] = position[0]->next;
> @@ -122,18 +130,19 @@ svn_diff__snake(apr_off_t k,
> lcs->length = position[1]->offset - start_position[1]->offset;
> lcs->next = previous_lcs;
> lcs->refcount = 1;
> - fp[k].lcs = lcs;
> + previous_lcs = lcs;
> + start_position[0] = position[0];
> + start_position[1] = position[1];
> }
> + if (position[0]->node >= 0 && token_counts[1][position[0]->node] == 0)
> + start_position[0] = position[0] = position[0]->next;
> + else if (position[1]->node >= 0 && token_counts[0][position[1]->node]
> == 0)
> + start_position[1] = position[1] = position[1]->next;
> else
> - {
> - fp[k].lcs = previous_lcs;
> + break;
> }
>
> - if (previous_lcs)
> - {
> - previous_lcs->refcount++;
> - }
> -
> + fp[k].lcs = previous_lcs;
> fp[k].position[0] = position[0];
> fp[k].position[1] = position[1];
>
> @@ -188,12 +197,18 @@ prepend_lcs(svn_diff__lcs_t *lcs, apr_off_t lines,
> svn_diff__lcs_t *
> svn_diff__lcs(svn_diff__position_t *position_list1, /* pointer to tail
> (ring) */
> svn_diff__position_t *position_list2, /* pointer to tail (ring)
> */
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts_list1, /* array of counts */
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts_list2, /* array of counts */
> + apr_uint32_t num_tokens,
> apr_off_t prefix_lines,
> apr_off_t suffix_lines,
> apr_pool_t *pool)
> {
> int idx;
> apr_off_t length[2];
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts[2];
> + apr_uint32_t unique_count[2];
> + apr_uint32_t token_index;
> svn_diff__snake_t *fp;
> apr_off_t d;
> apr_off_t k;
> @@ -231,10 +246,19 @@ svn_diff__lcs(svn_diff__position_t *position_list1
> return lcs;
> }
>
> + unique_count[1] = unique_count[0] = 0;
> + for (token_index = 0; token_index < num_tokens; token_index++)
> + {
> + if (token_counts_list1[token_index] == 0)
> + unique_count[1] += token_counts_list2[token_index];
> + if (token_counts_list2[token_index] == 0)
> + unique_count[0] += token_counts_list1[token_index];
> + }
> +
> /* Calculate length of both sequences to be compared */
> length[0] = position_list1->offset - position_list1->next->offset + 1;
> length[1] = position_list2->offset - position_list2->next->offset + 1;
> - idx = length[0] > length[1] ? 1 : 0;
> + idx = length[0] - unique_count[0] > length[1] - unique_count[1] ? 1 : 0;
>
> /* strikerXXX: here we allocate the furthest point array, which is
> * strikerXXX: sized M + N + 3 (!)
> @@ -246,18 +270,20 @@ svn_diff__lcs(svn_diff__position_t *position_list1
> sentinel_position[idx].next = position_list1->next;
> position_list1->next = &sentinel_position[idx];
> sentinel_position[idx].offset = position_list1->offset + 1;
> + token_counts[idx] = token_counts_list1;
>
> sentinel_position[abs(1 - idx)].next = position_list2->next;
> position_list2->next = &sentinel_position[abs(1 - idx)];
> sentinel_position[abs(1 - idx)].offset = position_list2->offset + 1;
> + token_counts[abs(1 - idx)] = token_counts_list2;
>
> - /* These are never dereferenced, only compared by value, so we
> - * can safely fake these up and the void* cast is OK.
> + /* Negative indices will not be used elsewhere
> */
> - sentinel_position[0].node = (void*)&sentinel_position[0];
> - sentinel_position[1].node = (void*)&sentinel_position[1];
> + sentinel_position[0].node = -1;
> + sentinel_position[1].node = -2;
>
> - d = length[abs(1 - idx)] - length[idx];
> + d = length[abs(1 - idx)] - unique_count[abs(1 - idx)]
> + - (length[idx] - unique_count[idx]);
>
> /* k = -1 will be the first to be used to get previous
> * position information from, make sure it holds sane
> @@ -272,12 +298,12 @@ svn_diff__lcs(svn_diff__position_t *position_list1
> /* Forward */
> for (k = -p; k < d; k++)
> {
> - svn_diff__snake(k, fp, idx, &lcs_freelist, pool);
> + svn_diff__snake(k, fp, idx, token_counts, &lcs_freelist, pool);
> }
>
> for (k = d + p; k >= d; k--)
> {
> - svn_diff__snake(k, fp, idx, &lcs_freelist, pool);
> + svn_diff__snake(k, fp, idx, token_counts, &lcs_freelist, pool);
> }
>
> p++;
> Index: subversion/libsvn_diff/diff3.c
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/libsvn_diff/diff3.c (revision 1104340)
> +++ subversion/libsvn_diff/diff3.c (working copy)
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void
> svn_diff__resolve_conflict(svn_diff_t *hunk,
> svn_diff__position_t **position_list1,
> svn_diff__position_t **position_list2,
> + apr_uint32_t num_tokens,
> apr_pool_t *pool)
> {
> apr_off_t modified_start = hunk->modified_start + 1;
> @@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ svn_diff__resolve_conflict(svn_diff_t *hunk,
> apr_off_t latest_length = hunk->latest_length;
> svn_diff__position_t *start_position[2];
> svn_diff__position_t *position[2];
> + apr_uint32_t token_index;
> + svn_diff__position_t *current;
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts[2];
> svn_diff__lcs_t *lcs = NULL;
> svn_diff__lcs_t **lcs_ref = &lcs;
> svn_diff_t **diff_ref = &hunk->resolved_diff;
> @@ -173,9 +177,29 @@ svn_diff__resolve_conflict(svn_diff_t *hunk,
> position[1]->next = start_position[1];
> }
>
> - *lcs_ref = svn_diff__lcs(position[0], position[1], 0, 0,
> - subpool);
> + token_counts[0] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + token_counts[1] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + for (token_index = 0; token_index < num_tokens; token_index++)
> + token_counts[0][token_index] = token_counts[1][token_index] = 0;
>
> + current = position[0];
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[0][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position[0]);
> + current = position[1];
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[1][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position[1]);
> +
> + *lcs_ref = svn_diff__lcs(position[0], position[1], token_counts[0],
> + token_counts[1], num_tokens, 0, 0, subpool);
> +
> /* Fix up the EOF lcs element in case one of
> * the two sequences was NULL.
> */
> @@ -251,6 +275,10 @@ svn_diff_diff3_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> {
> svn_diff__tree_t *tree;
> svn_diff__position_t *position_list[3];
> + apr_uint32_t num_tokens;
> + apr_uint32_t token_index;
> + svn_diff__position_t *current;
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts[3];
> svn_diff_datasource_e datasource[] = {svn_diff_datasource_original,
> svn_diff_datasource_modified,
> svn_diff_datasource_latest};
> @@ -292,6 +320,8 @@ svn_diff_diff3_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> prefix_lines,
> subpool));
>
> + num_tokens = svn_diff__get_node_count(tree);
> +
> /* Get rid of the tokens, we don't need them to calc the diff */
> if (vtable->token_discard_all != NULL)
> vtable->token_discard_all(diff_baton);
> @@ -299,10 +329,52 @@ svn_diff_diff3_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> /* We don't need the nodes in the tree either anymore, nor the tree itself
> */
> svn_pool_destroy(treepool);
>
> + token_counts[0] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + token_counts[1] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + token_counts[2] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + for (token_index = 0; token_index < num_tokens; token_index++)
> + {
> + token_counts[0][token_index] = token_counts[1][token_index] = 0;
> + token_counts[2][token_index] = 0;
> + }
> +
> + current = position_list[0];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[0][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[0]);
> + }
> + current = position_list[1];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[1][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[1]);
> + }
> + current = position_list[2];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[2][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[2]);
> + }
> +
> /* Get the lcs for original-modified and original-latest */
> - lcs_om = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[0], position_list[1], prefix_lines,
> + lcs_om = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[0], position_list[1], token_counts[0],
> + token_counts[1], num_tokens, prefix_lines,
> suffix_lines, subpool);
> - lcs_ol = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[0], position_list[2], prefix_lines,
> + lcs_ol = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[0], position_list[2], token_counts[0],
> + token_counts[2], num_tokens, prefix_lines,
> suffix_lines, subpool);
>
> /* Produce a merged diff */
> @@ -435,6 +507,7 @@ svn_diff_diff3_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> svn_diff__resolve_conflict(*diff_ref,
> &position_list[1],
> &position_list[2],
> + num_tokens,
> pool);
> }
> else if (is_modified)
> Index: subversion/libsvn_diff/diff4.c
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/libsvn_diff/diff4.c (revision 1104340)
> +++ subversion/libsvn_diff/diff4.c (working copy)
> @@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ svn_diff_diff4_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> {
> svn_diff__tree_t *tree;
> svn_diff__position_t *position_list[4];
> + apr_uint32_t num_tokens;
> + apr_uint32_t token_index;
> + svn_diff__position_t *current;
> + apr_uint32_t *token_counts[4];
> svn_diff_datasource_e datasource[] = {svn_diff_datasource_original,
> svn_diff_datasource_modified,
> svn_diff_datasource_latest,
> @@ -227,6 +231,8 @@ svn_diff_diff4_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> prefix_lines,
> subpool2));
>
> + num_tokens = svn_diff__get_node_count(tree);
> +
> /* Get rid of the tokens, we don't need them to calc the diff */
> if (vtable->token_discard_all != NULL)
> vtable->token_discard_all(diff_baton);
> @@ -234,8 +240,61 @@ svn_diff_diff4_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> /* We don't need the nodes in the tree either anymore, nor the tree itself
> */
> svn_pool_clear(subpool3);
>
> + token_counts[0] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + token_counts[1] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + token_counts[2] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + token_counts[3] = apr_palloc(subpool, num_tokens * sizeof(**token_counts));
> + for (token_index = 0; token_index < num_tokens; token_index++)
> + {
> + token_counts[0][token_index] = token_counts[1][token_index] = 0;
> + token_counts[2][token_index] = token_counts[3][token_index] = 0;
> + }
> +
> + current = position_list[0];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[0][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[0]);
> + }
> + current = position_list[1];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[1][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[1]);
> + }
> + current = position_list[2];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[2][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[2]);
> + }
> + current = position_list[3];
> + if (current != NULL)
> + {
> + do
> + {
> + token_counts[3][current->node]++;
> + current = current->next;
> + }
> + while (current != position_list[3]);
> + }
> +
> /* Get the lcs for original - latest */
> - lcs_ol = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[0], position_list[2], prefix_lines,
> + lcs_ol = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[0], position_list[2],
> + token_counts[0], token_counts[2],
> + num_tokens, prefix_lines,
> suffix_lines, subpool3);
> diff_ol = svn_diff__diff(lcs_ol, 1, 1, TRUE, pool);
>
> @@ -257,7 +316,9 @@ svn_diff_diff4_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> /* Get the lcs for common ancestor - original
> * Do reverse adjustements
> */
> - lcs_adjust = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[3], position_list[2],
> prefix_lines,
> + lcs_adjust = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[3], position_list[2],
> + token_counts[3], token_counts[2],
> + num_tokens, prefix_lines,
> suffix_lines, subpool3);
> diff_adjust = svn_diff__diff(lcs_adjust, 1, 1, FALSE, subpool3);
> adjust_diff(diff_ol, diff_adjust);
> @@ -267,7 +328,9 @@ svn_diff_diff4_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> /* Get the lcs for modified - common ancestor
> * Do forward adjustments
> */
> - lcs_adjust = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[1], position_list[3],
> prefix_lines,
> + lcs_adjust = svn_diff__lcs(position_list[1], position_list[3],
> + token_counts[1], token_counts[3],
> + num_tokens, prefix_lines,
> suffix_lines, subpool3);
> diff_adjust = svn_diff__diff(lcs_adjust, 1, 1, FALSE, subpool3);
> adjust_diff(diff_ol, diff_adjust);
> @@ -283,7 +346,7 @@ svn_diff_diff4_2(svn_diff_t **diff,
> if (hunk->type == svn_diff__type_conflict)
> {
> svn_diff__resolve_conflict(hunk, &position_list[1],
> - &position_list[2], pool);
> + &position_list[2], num_tokens, pool);
> }
> }
>
> ]]]
>
> Morten Kloster wrote on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:31:13 +0200:
>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Johan Corveleyn <jcor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Morten Kloster <mor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Log message:
>> >>
>> >> Speed-up of libsvn_diff using token counts
>> >> By using indices, not node pointers, to refer to tokens, and counting
>> >> the number of each token, the longest common subsequence (lcs)
>> >> algorithm at the heart of libsvn_diff becomes much faster in many
>> >> situations by skipping tokens that are unique to one source or the other.
>> >>
>> >> * subversion/libsvn_diff/token.c
>> >> (svn_diff__node_t): Added 'index' member.
>> >> (svn_diff__tree_t): Added 'node_count' member.
>> >> (svn_diff__get_token_count): New method.
>> >> (tree_insert_token): Assigns indices to nodes.
>> >> (svn_diff__get_tokens): Uses index, not pointer,
>> >> to identify node in position struct.
>> >>
>> >> * subversion/libsvn_diff/lcs.c
>> >> (svn_diff__snake): Takes token counts as additional argument.
>> >> Skips tokens that are unique to one or the other file.
>> >> (svn_diff__lcs): Takes token counts and number of different tokens
>> >> as additional arguments. Calculates number of tokens unique to
>> >> each source and uses this to compute effective length difference.
>> >>
>> >> * subversion/libsvn_diff/diff.h
>> >> (svn_diff__position_t): Changed node member from being
>> >> a pointer to the node to an integer index for the node.
>> >> Updated method declarations.
>> >>
>> >> * subversion/libsvn_diff/diff.c
>> >> * subversion/libsvn_diff/diff3.c
>> >> * subversion/libsvn_diff/diff4.c
>> >> (svn_diff_diff_2, svn_diff_diff_3, svn_diff_diff_4): Count the
>> >> number of times each token appears in each source.
>> >> (svn_diff__resolve_conflict): Takes number of different tokens
>> >> as additional argument. Counts the number of times
>> >> each token appears in each (partial) source.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Comments:
>> >> This patch can reduce the time required for a diff by a large factor
>> >> when comparing long files with large differences. As an extreme case,
>> >> splitting sqlite.c into two roughly equal parts and diffing them against
>> >> each other took about a minute on my laptop with the original code,
>> >> and 7-8 seconds with my patch. The speed-up is gained only if a
>> >> large fraction of the changed tokens are unique to one source or the
>> >> other. I can not see that the change would cause a significant
>> >> performance degradation in any reasonable case.
>> >>
>> >> Counting the number of times each token appears is also useful for
>> >> potential additional features in the future, such as identifying moved
>> >> blocks outside of the longest common subsequence.
>> >>
>> >> I have tested only svn_diff_diff_2 (that it gives identical results as
>> >> before), but the changes to svn_diff_diff3 and svn_diff_diff4 are
>> >> completely analogous. Tested on a Windows 7 64-bit machine,
>> >> TortoiseSVN build script.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Morten Kloster (first patch)
>> >
>> > Interesting! The patch seems to be missing though. The list software
>> > tends to strip off attachments if they don't have a text/plain
>> > mime-type. Can you try sending it again with a .txt extension?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Johan
>> >
>>
>> Sorry, here's the patch with .txt extension. I found a bug in the
>> first version anyway, so it was just as well. :)
>>
>> And of course I meant sqlite3.c for the stress test.
>>
>> Morten
>
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