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py3: make stdout line-buffered if connected to a TTY

Status messages that are to be shown on the terminal should be written to the
file descriptor before anything further is done, to keep the user updated.

One common way to achieve this is to make stdout line-buffered if it is
connected to a TTY. This is done on Python 2 (except on Windows, where libc,
which the CPython 2 streams depend on, does not properly support this).

Python 3 rolls it own I/O streams. On Python 3, buffered binary streams can't be
set line-buffered. The previous code (added in 227ba1afcb65) incorrectly
assumed that on Python 3, pycompat.stdout (sys.stdout.buffer) is already
line-buffered. However the interpreter initializes it with a block-buffered
stream or an unbuffered stream (when the -u option or the PYTHONUNBUFFERED
environment variable is set), never with a line-buffered stream.

One example where the current behavior is unacceptable is when running
`hg pull https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg` on Python 3, where the line
"pulling from https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg" does not appear on the
terminal before the hg process blocks while waiting for the server.

Various approaches to fix this problem are possible, including:

1. Weaken the contract of procutil.stdout to not give any guarantees about
   buffering behavior. In this case, users of procutil.stdout need to be
   changed to do enough flushes. In particular,
  1. either ui must insert enough flushes for ui.write() and friends, or
  2. ui.write() and friends get split into flushing and fully buffered
     methods, or
  3. users of ui.write() and friends must flush explicitly.
2. Make stdout unbuffered.
3. Make stdout line-buffered. Since Python 3 does not natively support that for
   binary streams, we must implement it ourselves.

(2.) is problematic because using unbuffered I/O changes the performance
characteristics significantly compared to line-buffered (which is used on
Python 2) and this would be a regression.

(1.2.) and (1.3) are a substantial amount of work. It’s unclear whether the
added complexity would be justified, given that raw performance doesn’t matter
that much when writing to a terminal much faster than the user could read it.

(1.1.) pushes complexity into the ui class instead of separating the concern of
how stdout is buffered. Other users of procutil.stdout would still need to take
care of the flushes.

This patch implements (3.). The general performance considerations are very
similar to (1.1.). The extra method invocation and method forwarding add a
little more overhead if the class is used. In exchange, it doesn’t add overhead
if not used.


For the benchmarks, I compared the previous implementation (incorrect on Python
3), (1.1.), (3.) and (2.). The command was chosen so that the streams were
configured as if they were writing to a TTY, but actually write to a pager,
which is also the default:
HGRCPATH=/dev/null python3 ./hg --cwd ~/vcs/mozilla-central --time --pager yes --config pager.pager='cat > /dev/null' status --all

previous:
time: real 7.880 secs (user 7.290+0.050 sys 0.580+0.170)
time: real 7.830 secs (user 7.220+0.070 sys 0.590+0.140)
time: real 7.800 secs (user 7.210+0.050 sys 0.570+0.170)

(1.1.) using Yuya Nishihara’s patch:
time: real 9.860 secs (user 8.670+0.350 sys 1.160+0.830)
time: real 9.540 secs (user 8.430+0.370 sys 1.100+0.770)
time: real 9.830 secs (user 8.630+0.370 sys 1.180+0.840)

(3.) using this patch:
time: real 9.580 secs (user 8.480+0.350 sys 1.090+0.770)
time: real 9.670 secs (user 8.480+0.330 sys 1.170+0.860)
time: real 9.640 secs (user 8.500+0.350 sys 1.130+0.810)

(2.) using a previous patch by me:
time: real 10.480 secs (user 8.850+0.720 sys 1.590+1.500)
time: real 10.490 secs (user 8.750+0.750 sys 1.710+1.470)
time: real 10.240 secs (user 8.600+0.700 sys 1.590+1.510)


As expected, there’s no difference on Python 2, as exactly the same code paths
are used:

previous:
time: real 6.950 secs (user 5.870+0.330 sys 1.070+0.770)
time: real 7.040 secs (user 6.040+0.360 sys 0.980+0.750)
time: real 7.070 secs (user 5.950+0.360 sys 1.100+0.760)

this patch:
time: real 7.010 secs (user 5.900+0.390 sys 1.070+0.730)
time: real 7.000 secs (user 5.850+0.350 sys 1.120+0.760)
time: real 7.000 secs (user 5.790+0.380 sys 1.170+0.710)

  $ hg init repo
  $ cd repo
  $ echo a > a
  $ hg add a
  $ hg commit -m test

Do we ever miss a sub-second change?:

  $ for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20; do
  >     hg co -qC 0
  >     echo b > a
  >     hg st
  > done
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a
  M a

  $ echo test > b
  $ mkdir dir1
  $ echo test > dir1/c
  $ echo test > d

  $ echo test > e
#if execbit
A directory will typically have the execute bit -- make sure it doesn't get
confused with a file with the exec bit set
  $ chmod +x e
#endif

  $ hg add b dir1 d e
  adding dir1/c
  $ hg commit -m test2

  $ cat >> $TESTTMP/dirstaterace.py << EOF
  > from mercurial import (
  >     context,
  >     extensions,
  > )
  > def extsetup(ui):
  >     extensions.wrapfunction(context.workingctx, '_checklookup', overridechecklookup)
  > def overridechecklookup(orig, self, files):
  >     # make an update that changes the dirstate from underneath
  >     self._repo.ui.system(br"sh '$TESTTMP/dirstaterace.sh'",
  >                          cwd=self._repo.root)
  >     return orig(self, files)
  > EOF

  $ hg debugrebuilddirstate
  $ hg debugdirstate
  n   0         -1 unset               a
  n   0         -1 unset               b
  n   0         -1 unset               d
  n   0         -1 unset               dir1/c
  n   0         -1 unset               e

XXX Note that this returns M for files that got replaced by directories. This is
definitely a bug, but the fix for that is hard and the next status run is fine
anyway.

  $ cat > $TESTTMP/dirstaterace.sh <<EOF
  > rm b && rm -r dir1 && rm d && mkdir d && rm e && mkdir e
  > EOF

  $ hg status --config extensions.dirstaterace=$TESTTMP/dirstaterace.py
  M d
  M e
  ! b
  ! dir1/c
  $ hg debugdirstate
  n 644          2 * a (glob)
  n   0         -1 unset               b
  n   0         -1 unset               d
  n   0         -1 unset               dir1/c
  n   0         -1 unset               e

  $ hg status
  ! b
  ! d
  ! dir1/c
  ! e

  $ rmdir d e
  $ hg update -C -q .

Test that dirstate changes aren't written out at the end of "hg
status", if .hg/dirstate is already changed simultaneously before
acquisition of wlock in workingctx._poststatusfixup().

This avoidance is important to keep consistency of dirstate in race
condition (see issue5584 for detail).

  $ hg parents -q
  1:* (glob)

  $ hg debugrebuilddirstate
  $ hg debugdirstate
  n   0         -1 unset               a
  n   0         -1 unset               b
  n   0         -1 unset               d
  n   0         -1 unset               dir1/c
  n   0         -1 unset               e

  $ cat > $TESTTMP/dirstaterace.sh <<EOF
  > # This script assumes timetable of typical issue5584 case below:
  > #
  > # 1. "hg status" loads .hg/dirstate
  > # 2. "hg status" confirms clean-ness of FILE
  > # 3. "hg update -C 0" updates the working directory simultaneously
  > #    (FILE is removed, and FILE is dropped from .hg/dirstate)
  > # 4. "hg status" acquires wlock
  > #    (.hg/dirstate is re-loaded = no FILE entry in dirstate)
  > # 5. "hg status" marks FILE in dirstate as clean
  > #    (FILE entry is added to in-memory dirstate)
  > # 6. "hg status" writes dirstate changes into .hg/dirstate
  > #    (FILE entry is written into .hg/dirstate)
  > #
  > # To reproduce similar situation easily and certainly, #2 and #3
  > # are swapped.  "hg cat" below ensures #2 on "hg status" side.
  > 
  > hg update -q -C 0
  > hg cat -r 1 b > b
  > EOF

"hg status" below should excludes "e", of which exec flag is set, for
portability of test scenario, because unsure but missing "e" is
treated differently in _checklookup() according to runtime platform.

- "missing(!)" on POSIX, "pctx[f].cmp(self[f])" raises ENOENT
- "modified(M)" on Windows, "self.flags(f) != pctx.flags(f)" is True

  $ hg status --config extensions.dirstaterace=$TESTTMP/dirstaterace.py --debug -X path:e
  skip updating dirstate: identity mismatch
  M a
  ! d
  ! dir1/c

  $ hg parents -q
  0:* (glob)
  $ hg files
  a
  $ hg debugdirstate
  n * * * a (glob)

  $ rm b

#if fsmonitor

Create fsmonitor state.

  $ hg status
  $ f --type .hg/fsmonitor.state
  .hg/fsmonitor.state: file

Test that invalidating fsmonitor state in the middle (which doesn't require the
wlock) causes the fsmonitor update to be skipped.
hg debugrebuilddirstate ensures that the dirstaterace hook will be called, but
it also invalidates the fsmonitor state. So back it up and restore it.

  $ mv .hg/fsmonitor.state .hg/fsmonitor.state.tmp
  $ hg debugrebuilddirstate
  $ mv .hg/fsmonitor.state.tmp .hg/fsmonitor.state

  $ cat > $TESTTMP/dirstaterace.sh <<EOF
  > rm .hg/fsmonitor.state
  > EOF

  $ hg status --config extensions.dirstaterace=$TESTTMP/dirstaterace.py --debug
  skip updating fsmonitor.state: identity mismatch
  $ f .hg/fsmonitor.state
  .hg/fsmonitor.state: file not found

#endif

Set up a rebase situation for issue5581.

  $ echo c2 > a
  $ echo c2 > b
  $ hg add b
  $ hg commit -m c2
  created new head
  $ echo c3 >> a
  $ hg commit -m c3
  $ hg update 2
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo c4 >> a
  $ echo c4 >> b
  $ hg commit -m c4
  created new head

Configure a merge tool that runs status in the middle of the rebase. The goal of
the status call is to trigger a potential bug if fsmonitor's state is written
even though the wlock is held by another process. The output of 'hg status' in
the merge tool goes to /dev/null because we're more interested in the results of
'hg status' run after the rebase.

  $ cat >> $TESTTMP/mergetool-race.sh << EOF
  > echo "custom merge tool"
  > printf "c2\nc3\nc4\n" > \$1
  > hg --cwd "$TESTTMP/repo" status > /dev/null
  > echo "custom merge tool end"
  > EOF
  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
  > [extensions]
  > rebase =
  > [merge-tools]
  > test.executable=sh
  > test.args=$TESTTMP/mergetool-race.sh \$output
  > EOF

  $ hg rebase -s . -d 3 --tool test
  rebasing 4:b08445fd6b2a "c4" (tip)
  merging a
  custom merge tool
  custom merge tool end
  saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/repo/.hg/strip-backup/* (glob)

This hg status should be empty, whether or not fsmonitor is enabled (issue5581).

  $ hg status