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2014-07-15prio-queue: make output stable with respect to insertionLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+7
If two items are added to a prio_queue and compare equal, they currently come out in an apparently random order (this order is deterministic for a particular sequence of insertions and removals, but does not necessarily match the insertion order). This makes it unlike using a date-ordered commit_list, which is one of the main types we would like to replace with it (because prio_queue does not suffer from O(n) insertions). We can make the priority queue stable by keeping an insertion counter for each element, and using it to break ties. This does increase the memory usage of the structure (one int per element), but in practice it does not seem to affect runtime. A best-of-five "git rev-list --topo-order" on linux.git showed less than 1% difference (well within the run-to-run noise). In an ideal world, we would offer both stable and unstable priority queues (the latter to try to maximize performance). However, given the lack of a measurable performance difference, it is not worth the extra code. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-06-11sort-in-topological-order: use prio-queueLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
Use the prio-queue data structure to implement a priority queue of commits sorted by committer date, when handling --date-order. The structure can also be used as a simple LIFO stack, which is a good match for --topo-order processing. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-06-11prio-queue: priority queue of pointers to structsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+45
Traditionally we used a singly linked list of commits to hold a set of in-flight commits while traversing history. The most typical use of the list is to add commits that are newly discovered to it, keep the list sorted by commit timestamp, pick up the newest one from the list, and keep digging. The cost of keeping the singly linked list sorted is nontrivial, and this typical use pattern better matches a priority queue. Introduce a prio-queue structure, that can be used either as a LIFO stack, or a priority queue. This will be used in the next patch to hold in-flight commits during sort-in-topological-order. Tests and the idea to make it usable for any "void *" pointers to "things" are by Jeff King. Bugs are mine. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>