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).
#require serve
$ hgserve()
> {
> hg serve -a localhost -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E errors.log -v $@ \
> | sed -e "s/:$HGPORT1\\([^0-9]\\)/:HGPORT1\1/g" \
> -e "s/:$HGPORT2\\([^0-9]\\)/:HGPORT2\1/g" \
> -e 's/http:\/\/[^/]*\//http:\/\/localhost\//'
> cat hg.pid >> "$DAEMON_PIDS"
> echo % errors
> cat errors.log
> killdaemons.py hg.pid
> }
$ hg init test
$ cd test
$ echo '[web]' > .hg/hgrc
$ echo 'accesslog = access.log' >> .hg/hgrc
$ echo "port = $HGPORT1" >> .hg/hgrc
Without -v
$ hg serve -a localhost -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E errors.log
$ cat hg.pid >> "$DAEMON_PIDS"
$ if [ -f access.log ]; then
> echo 'access log created - .hg/hgrc respected'
> fi
access log created - .hg/hgrc respected
errors
$ cat errors.log
With -v
$ hgserve
listening at http://localhost/ (bound to *$LOCALIP*:HGPORT1) (glob)
% errors
With -v and -p HGPORT2
$ hgserve -p "$HGPORT2"
listening at http://localhost/ (bound to *$LOCALIP*:HGPORT2) (glob)
% errors
With -v and -p daytime (should fail because low port)
#if no-root
$ KILLQUIETLY=Y
$ hgserve -p daytime
abort: cannot start server at 'localhost:13': Permission denied
abort: child process failed to start
% errors
$ KILLQUIETLY=N
#endif
With --prefix foo
$ hgserve --prefix foo
listening at http://localhost/foo/ (bound to *$LOCALIP*:HGPORT1) (glob)
% errors
With --prefix /foo
$ hgserve --prefix /foo
listening at http://localhost/foo/ (bound to *$LOCALIP*:HGPORT1) (glob)
% errors
With --prefix foo/
$ hgserve --prefix foo/
listening at http://localhost/foo/ (bound to *$LOCALIP*:HGPORT1) (glob)
% errors
With --prefix /foo/
$ hgserve --prefix /foo/
listening at http://localhost/foo/ (bound to *$LOCALIP*:HGPORT1) (glob)
% errors
$ cd ..