tests/test-cache-abuse.t

bdiff: use Python memory allocator in fixws

Python has its own memory allocation APIs. For allocations
<= 512 bytes, it allocates memory from arenas. This means that
average small allocations don't call the system allocator, which
makes them faster. Also, arena allocations cut down on memory
fragmentation, which can matter for performance in long-running
processes.

Another advantage of using the Python memory allocator is that
allocations are tracked by Python. This is a bigger deal in
Python 3, as modern versions of Python have some decent built-in
tools for examining memory usage, leaks, etc.

This patch converts a trivial malloc() + free() in the bdiff code
to use the Python allocator APIs. Since the object being
operated on is a line, chances are it will use an arena. So,
this could have a net positive impact on performance (although
I didn't measure it).

Enable obsolete markers

  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
  > [experimental]
  > evolution=createmarkers
  > [phases]
  > publish=False
  > EOF

Build a repo with some cacheable bits:

  $ hg init a
  $ cd a

  $ echo a > a
  $ hg ci -qAm0
  $ hg tag t1
  $ hg book -i bk1

  $ hg branch -q b2
  $ hg ci -Am1
  $ hg tag t2

  $ echo dumb > dumb
  $ hg ci -qAmdumb
  $ hg debugobsolete b1174d11b69e63cb0c5726621a43c859f0858d7f

  $ hg phase -pr t1
  $ hg phase -fsr t2

Make a helper function to check cache damage invariants:

- command output shouldn't change
- cache should be present after first use
- corruption/repair should be silent (no exceptions or warnings)
- cache should survive deletion, overwrite, and append
- unreadable / unwriteable caches should be ignored
- cache should be rebuilt after corruption

  $ damage() {
  >  CMD=$1
  >  CACHE=.hg/cache/$2
  >  CLEAN=$3
  >  hg $CMD > before
  >  test -f $CACHE || echo "not present"
  >  echo bad > $CACHE
  >  test -z "$CLEAN" || $CLEAN
  >  hg $CMD > after
  >  diff -u before after || echo "*** overwrite corruption"
  >  echo corruption >> $CACHE
  >  test -z "$CLEAN" || $CLEAN
  >  hg $CMD > after
  >  diff -u before after || echo "*** append corruption"
  >  rm $CACHE
  >  mkdir $CACHE
  >  test -z "$CLEAN" || $CLEAN
  >  hg $CMD > after
  >  diff -u before after || echo "*** read-only corruption"
  >  test -d $CACHE || echo "*** directory clobbered"
  >  rmdir $CACHE
  >  test -z "$CLEAN" || $CLEAN
  >  hg $CMD > after
  >  diff -u before after || echo "*** missing corruption"
  >  test -f $CACHE || echo "not rebuilt"
  > }

Beat up tags caches:

  $ damage "tags --hidden" tags2
  $ damage tags tags2-visible
  $ damage "tag -f t3" hgtagsfnodes1

Beat up hidden cache:

  $ damage log hidden

Beat up branch caches:

  $ damage branches branch2-base "rm .hg/cache/branch2-[vs]*"
  $ damage branches branch2-served "rm .hg/cache/branch2-[bv]*"
  $ damage branches branch2-visible
  $ damage "log -r branch(.)" rbc-names-v1
  $ damage "log -r branch(default)" rbc-names-v1
  $ damage "log -r branch(b2)" rbc-revs-v1

We currently can't detect an rbc cache with unknown names:

  $ damage "log -qr branch(b2)" rbc-names-v1
  --- before	* (glob)
  +++ after	* (glob)
  @@ -1,8 +?,0 @@ (glob)
  -2:5fb7d38b9dc4
  -3:60b597ffdafa
  -4:b1174d11b69e
  -5:6354685872c0
  -6:5ebc725f1bef
  -7:7b76eec2f273
  -8:ef3428d9d644
  -9:ba7a936bc03c
  *** append corruption