Very cool work!
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 5:03 AM, Stefan Fuhrmann <stefan2_at_apache.org> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> When the server needs to transmit the list of changed paths
> in a revision, its memory usage is O(#changes), i.e. practically
> unbound. The problems are:
>
> * FS and repos API require a full collection of all changes
> Most consumers simply scan that data once. So, they can
> just as well work on a one change at a time basis as a
> callback.
>
> * The data types are different, so we end up with two copies.
> A revised svn_fs_path_change_t with identical
> svn_repo_path_change3_t can fix this. Minor adjustments
> to the element data types further improve efficiency.
>
> I've played with a revised version of svn_fs_paths_changed
> and svn_repos_get_logs to use callbacks for the individual
> path changes. Effectively, the FS layer can now pump the
> info through the repos / authz filter into the RA layer.
>
> I'll commit the changes to /trunk over the next couple of weeks,
> mostly on weekends. There will be two-way conversion between
> old and new APIs to facilitate regression testing. The old API will
> get deprecated once all users have migrated.
>
> -- Stefan^2.
>
Received on 2016-02-03 02:38:59 CET