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From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/23] pack-bitmap-write.c: select pseudo-merge commits
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 13:47:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zj4JQQa0aBHkgXSn@tanuki> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zjk4EqblA5M6BbFV@nand.local>

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On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 04:05:38PM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote:
> On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 01:53:07PM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > I think the same is true for most of the other parts of the docs here,
> > as well. We explain what those configs do, but basically leave the
> > reader on their own to figure out what the real-world consequences are
> > and why they would even want to configure those in the first place.
> 
> I think that's a fair point, and I'm in the same boat as you are to a
> large extent. I have an idea of what these settings do and why you
> might want to set them, but since there is no real-world deployment of
> this series, I don't have any solid guidelines on when you
> should/shouldn't set these settings.
> 
> My hope is that there are enough knobs to tweak here that anyone
> deploying this feature could find a configuration that works for them.
> 
> But I'll try and add some general guidance on why you would want to
> change certain settings, etc.

Fair enough, I can certainly relate to that. It's also the same for me
in my patch series that introduces config knobs for the reftable writer
[1]. I have of course benchmarked things, but benchmarking only goes so
far and thus isn't quite reflective of the real world.

Patrick

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/cover.1714630191.git.ps@pks.im/

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-10 11:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-20 22:04 [PATCH 00/24] pack-bitmap: pseudo-merge reachability bitmaps Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 01/24] Documentation/technical: describe pseudo-merge bitmaps format Taylor Blau
2024-03-21 21:24   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-03-21 22:13     ` Taylor Blau
2024-03-21 22:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 02/24] config: repo_config_get_expiry() Taylor Blau
2024-04-10 17:54   ` Jeff King
2024-04-29 19:39     ` Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 03/24] ewah: implement `ewah_bitmap_is_subset()` Taylor Blau
2024-04-10 18:05   ` Jeff King
2024-04-29 19:47     ` Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 04/24] pack-bitmap: drop unused `max_bitmaps` parameter Taylor Blau
2024-04-10 18:06   ` Jeff King
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 05/24] pack-bitmap: move some initialization to `bitmap_writer_init()` Taylor Blau
2024-04-10 18:10   ` Jeff King
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 06/24] pseudo-merge.ch: initial commit Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 07/24] pack-bitmap-write: support storing pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 08/24] pack-bitmap: implement `bitmap_writer_has_bitmapped_object_id()` Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 09/24] pack-bitmap: make `bitmap_writer_push_bitmapped_commit()` public Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 10/24] pseudo-merge: implement support for selecting pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 11/24] pack-bitmap-write.c: select " Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 12/24] pack-bitmap-write.c: write pseudo-merge table Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 13/24] pack-bitmap: extract `read_bitmap()` function Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 14/24] pseudo-merge: scaffolding for reads Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 15/24] pack-bitmap.c: read pseudo-merge extension Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 16/24] pseudo-merge: implement support for reading pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 17/24] ewah: implement `ewah_bitmap_popcount()` Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 18/24] pack-bitmap: implement test helpers for pseudo-merge Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 19/24] t/test-lib-functions.sh: support `--date` in `test_commit_bulk()` Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 20/24] pack-bitmap.c: use pseudo-merges during traversal Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:06 ` [PATCH 21/24] pack-bitmap: extra trace2 information Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:06 ` [PATCH 22/24] ewah: `bitmap_equals_ewah()` Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:06 ` [PATCH 23/24] pseudo-merge: implement support for finding existing merges Taylor Blau
2024-03-20 22:06 ` [PATCH 24/24] t/perf: implement performace tests for pseudo-merge bitmaps Taylor Blau
2024-03-21 19:50 ` [PATCH 00/24] pack-bitmap: pseudo-merge reachability bitmaps Junio C Hamano
2024-04-29 20:42 ` [PATCH v2 00/23] " Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:42   ` [PATCH v2 01/23] Documentation/technical: describe pseudo-merge bitmaps format Taylor Blau
2024-05-06 11:52     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-06 16:37       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-10 11:46         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 19:47           ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-14  6:33             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 02/23] ewah: implement `ewah_bitmap_is_subset()` Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 03/23] pack-bitmap: drop unused `max_bitmaps` parameter Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 04/23] pack-bitmap: move some initialization to `bitmap_writer_init()` Taylor Blau
2024-05-06 11:52     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-06 18:24       ` Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 05/23] pseudo-merge.ch: initial commit Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 06/23] pack-bitmap-write: support storing pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-05-06 11:52     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-06 18:48       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-10 11:47         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13 18:42     ` Jeff King
2024-05-13 20:19       ` Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 07/23] pack-bitmap: implement `bitmap_writer_has_bitmapped_object_id()` Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 08/23] pack-bitmap: make `bitmap_writer_push_bitmapped_commit()` public Taylor Blau
2024-05-13 18:50     ` Jeff King
2024-05-14  0:54       ` Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 09/23] pseudo-merge: implement support for selecting pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-05-06 11:53     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-06 19:58       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-13 19:03     ` Jeff King
2024-05-14  0:58       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-16  8:07         ` Jeff King
2024-05-16 22:43           ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 10/23] pack-bitmap-write.c: select " Taylor Blau
2024-05-06 11:53     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-06 20:05       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-10 11:47         ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 11/23] pack-bitmap-write.c: write pseudo-merge table Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 12/23] pack-bitmap: extract `read_bitmap()` function Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 13/23] pseudo-merge: scaffolding for reads Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:43   ` [PATCH v2 14/23] pack-bitmap.c: read pseudo-merge extension Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 15/23] pseudo-merge: implement support for reading pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 16/23] ewah: implement `ewah_bitmap_popcount()` Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 17/23] pack-bitmap: implement test helpers for pseudo-merge Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 18/23] t/test-lib-functions.sh: support `--date` in `test_commit_bulk()` Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 19/23] pack-bitmap.c: use pseudo-merges during traversal Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 20/23] pack-bitmap: extra trace2 information Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 21/23] ewah: `bitmap_equals_ewah()` Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 22/23] pseudo-merge: implement support for finding existing merges Taylor Blau
2024-04-29 20:44   ` [PATCH v2 23/23] t/perf: implement performace tests for pseudo-merge bitmaps Taylor Blau
2024-04-30 20:03   ` [PATCH v2 00/23] pack-bitmap: pseudo-merge reachability bitmaps Junio C Hamano
2024-05-01 14:40     ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:01 ` [PATCH v3 00/30] " Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:01   ` [PATCH v3 01/30] object.h: add flags allocated by pack-bitmap.h Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:06     ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:01   ` [PATCH v3 07/30] Documentation/gitpacking.txt: initial commit Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 08/30] Documentation/gitpacking.txt: describe pseudo-merge bitmaps Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 09/30] Documentation/technical: describe pseudo-merge bitmaps format Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 10/30] ewah: implement `ewah_bitmap_is_subset()` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 11/30] pack-bitmap: move some initialization to `bitmap_writer_init()` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 12/30] pseudo-merge.ch: initial commit Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 13/30] pack-bitmap-write: support storing pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 14/30] pack-bitmap: implement `bitmap_writer_has_bitmapped_object_id()` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 15/30] pack-bitmap: make `bitmap_writer_push_bitmapped_commit()` public Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 16/30] config: introduce git_config_float() Taylor Blau
2024-05-23 10:02     ` Jeff King
2024-05-23 17:51       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 17/30] pseudo-merge: implement support for selecting pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-05-23 10:12     ` Jeff King
2024-05-23 17:56       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 18/30] pack-bitmap-write.c: write pseudo-merge table Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 19/30] pack-bitmap: extract `read_bitmap()` function Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 20/30] pseudo-merge: scaffolding for reads Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 21/30] pack-bitmap.c: read pseudo-merge extension Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 22/30] pseudo-merge: implement support for reading pseudo-merge commits Taylor Blau
2024-05-23 10:40     ` Jeff King
2024-05-23 18:09       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 23/30] ewah: implement `ewah_bitmap_popcount()` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 24/30] pack-bitmap: implement test helpers for pseudo-merge Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:02   ` [PATCH v3 25/30] t/test-lib-functions.sh: support `--date` in `test_commit_bulk()` Taylor Blau
2024-05-23 10:42     ` Jeff King
2024-05-23 15:45       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-23 18:23         ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:03   ` [PATCH v3 26/30] pack-bitmap.c: use pseudo-merges during traversal Taylor Blau
2024-05-23 10:48     ` Jeff King
2024-05-23 18:23       ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:03   ` [PATCH v3 27/30] pack-bitmap: extra trace2 information Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:03   ` [PATCH v3 28/30] ewah: `bitmap_equals_ewah()` Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:03   ` [PATCH v3 29/30] pseudo-merge: implement support for finding existing merges Taylor Blau
2024-05-21 19:03   ` [PATCH v3 30/30] t/perf: implement performace tests for pseudo-merge bitmaps Taylor Blau
2024-05-23 10:54     ` Jeff King
2024-05-23 11:05   ` [PATCH v3 00/30] pack-bitmap: pseudo-merge reachability bitmaps Jeff King

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