posix: give checklink a fast path that cache the check file and is read only
util.checklink would create a symlink and remove it again. That would sometimes
happen multiple times. Write operations are relatively expensive and give disk
tear and noise for applications monitoring file system activity.
Instead of creating a symlink and deleting it again, just create it once and
leave it in .hg/cache/check-link . If the file exists, just verify that
os.islink reports true. We will assume that this check is as good as symlink
creation not failing.
Note: The symlink left in .hg/cache has to resolve to a file - otherwise 'make
dist' will fail ...
test-symlink-os-yes-fs-no.py does some monkey patching to simulate a platform
without symlink support. The slightly different testing method requires
additional monkeying.
=== property cache ===
calllog: []
cached value (unfiltered): NOCACHE
= first access on unfiltered, should do a call
access: 0
calllog: [0]
cached value (unfiltered): 0
= second access on unfiltered, should not do call
access 0
calllog: [0]
cached value (unfiltered): 0
= first access on "visible" view, should do a call
cached value ("visible" view): NOCACHE
access: 7
calllog: [0, 7]
cached value (unfiltered): 0
cached value ("visible" view): 7
= second access on "visible view", should not do call
access: 7
calllog: [0, 7]
cached value (unfiltered): 0
cached value ("visible" view): 7
= no effect on other view
cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
access: 9
calllog: [0, 7, 9]
cached value (unfiltered): 0
cached value ("visible" view): 7
cached value ("immutable" view): 9
=== unfiltered property cache ===
unficalllog: []
cached value (unfiltered): NOCACHE
cached value ("visible" view): NOCACHE
cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
= first access on unfiltered, should do a call
access (unfiltered): 100
unficalllog: [100]
cached value (unfiltered): 100
= second access on unfiltered, should not do call
access (unfiltered): 100
unficalllog: [100]
cached value (unfiltered): 100
= access on view should use the unfiltered cache
access (unfiltered): 100
access ("visible" view): 100
access ("immutable" view): 100
unficalllog: [100]
cached value (unfiltered): 100
cached value ("visible" view): NOCACHE
cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
= even if we clear the unfiltered cache
cached value (unfiltered): NOCACHE
cached value ("visible" view): NOCACHE
cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
unficalllog: [100]
access ("visible" view): 100
unficalllog: [100, 100]
cached value (unfiltered): 100
cached value ("visible" view): NOCACHE
cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
access ("immutable" view): 100
unficalllog: [100, 100]
cached value (unfiltered): 100
cached value ("visible" view): NOCACHE
cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
access (unfiltered): 100
unficalllog: [100, 100]
cached value (unfiltered): 100
cached value ("visible" view): NOCACHE
cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE