diff mercurial/localrepo.py @ 38717:aa21a9ad46ea

sparse-revlog: new requirement enabled with format.sparse-revlog

The meaning of the new 'sparse-revlog' requirement is that the revlogs are
allowed to contain wider delta chains with larger holes between the interesting
chunks. These sparse delta chains should be read in several chunks to avoid a
potential explosion of memory usage.

Former version won't know how to read a delta chain in several chunks. They
would keep reading them in a single read, and therefore would be subject to the
potential memory explosion. Hence this new requirement: only versions having
support of sparse-revlog reading should be allowed to read such a revlog.

Implementation of this new algorithm and tools to enable or disable the
requirement will follow in the next changesets.

--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Mon Jun 04 12:12:00 2018 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Mon Jun 04 22:23:18 2018 +0200
@@ -354,6 +354,15 @@
 # clients.
 REVLOGV2_REQUIREMENT = 'exp-revlogv2.0'
 
+# A repository with the sparserevlog feature will have delta chains that
+# can spread over a larger span. Sparse reading cuts these large spans into
+# pieces, so that each piece isn't too big.
+# Without the sparserevlog capability, reading from the repository could use
+# huge amounts of memory, because the whole span would be read at once,
+# including all the intermediate revisions that aren't pertinent for the chain.
+# This is why once a repository has enabled sparse-read, it becomes required.
+SPARSEREVLOG_REQUIREMENT = 'sparserevlog'
+
 # Functions receiving (ui, features) that extensions can register to impact
 # the ability to load repositories with custom requirements. Only
 # functions defined in loaded extensions are called.
@@ -376,6 +385,7 @@
         'generaldelta',
         'treemanifest',
         REVLOGV2_REQUIREMENT,
+        SPARSEREVLOG_REQUIREMENT,
     }
     _basesupported = supportedformats | {
         'store',
@@ -678,6 +688,8 @@
         self.svfs.options['with-sparse-read'] = withsparseread
         self.svfs.options['sparse-read-density-threshold'] = srdensitythres
         self.svfs.options['sparse-read-min-gap-size'] = srmingapsize
+        sparserevlog = SPARSEREVLOG_REQUIREMENT in self.requirements
+        self.svfs.options['sparse-revlog'] = sparserevlog
 
         for r in self.requirements:
             if r.startswith('exp-compression-'):
@@ -2370,6 +2382,9 @@
         requirements.add('generaldelta')
     if ui.configbool('experimental', 'treemanifest'):
         requirements.add('treemanifest')
+    # experimental config: format.sparse-revlog
+    if ui.configbool('format', 'sparse-revlog'):
+        requirements.add(SPARSEREVLOG_REQUIREMENT)
 
     revlogv2 = ui.config('experimental', 'revlogv2')
     if revlogv2 == 'enable-unstable-format-and-corrupt-my-data':