sort: FEATURE_SORT_OPTIMIZE_MEMORY

On sorting all kernel/linux/arch/ *.[ch] files,
this reduces memory usage by 6%.

	yes | head -99999999 | sort

goes down from 1900Mb to 380 Mb.

function                                             old     new   delta
sort_main                                            862    1098    +236

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Denys Vlasenko 2018-04-04 17:02:32 +02:00
parent ee1fd1246e
commit c29c2e60d8

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@ -18,16 +18,24 @@
//config: sort is used to sort lines of text in specified files.
//config:
//config:config FEATURE_SORT_BIG
//config: bool "Full SuSv3 compliant sort (support -ktcsbdfiozgM)"
//config: bool "Full SuSv3 compliant sort (support -ktcbdfiozgM)"
//config: default y
//config: depends on SORT
//config: help
//config: Without this, sort only supports -r, -u, and an integer version
//config: Without this, sort only supports -r, -u, -s, and an integer version
//config: of -n. Selecting this adds sort keys, floating point support, and
//config: more. This adds a little over 3k to a nonstatic build on x86.
//config:
//config: The SuSv3 sort standard is available at:
//config: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/sort.html
//config:
//config:config FEATURE_SORT_OPTIMIZE_MEMORY
//config: bool "Use less memory (but might be slower)"
//config: default n # defaults to N since we are size-paranoid tribe
//config: depends on SORT
//config: help
//config: Attempt to use less memory (by storing only one copy
//config: of duplicated lines, and such). Useful if you work on huge files.
//applet:IF_SORT(APPLET_NOEXEC(sort, sort, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP, sort))
@ -46,19 +54,17 @@
//usage: "\n -f Ignore case"
//usage: "\n -i Ignore unprintable characters"
//usage: "\n -d Dictionary order (blank or alphanumeric only)"
//usage: "\n -g General numerical sort"
//usage: "\n -M Sort month"
//usage: )
//-h, --human-numeric-sort: compare human readable numbers (e.g., 2K 1G)
//usage: "\n -n Sort numbers"
//usage: IF_FEATURE_SORT_BIG(
//usage: "\n -g General numerical sort"
//usage: "\n -M Sort month"
//usage: "\n -t CHAR Field separator"
//usage: "\n -k N[,M] Sort by Nth field"
//usage: )
//usage: "\n -r Reverse sort order"
//usage: IF_FEATURE_SORT_BIG(
//usage: "\n -s Stable (don't sort ties alphabetically)"
//usage: )
//usage: "\n -u Suppress duplicate lines"
//usage: IF_FEATURE_SORT_BIG(
//usage: "\n -z Lines are terminated by NUL, not newline"
@ -404,6 +410,14 @@ int sort_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
int i;
int linecount;
unsigned opts;
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_SORT_OPTIMIZE_MEMORY
bool can_drop_dups;
size_t prev_len = 0;
/* Postpone optimizing if the input is small, < 16k lines:
* even just free()ing duplicate lines takes time.
*/
size_t count_to_optimize_dups = 0x3fff;
#endif
xfunc_error_retval = 2;
@ -412,6 +426,29 @@ int sort_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
sort_opt_str,
&str_ignored, &str_ignored, &str_o, &lst_k, &str_t
);
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_SORT_OPTIMIZE_MEMORY
/* Can drop dups only if -u but no "complicating" options,
* IOW: if we do a full line compares. Safe options:
* -o FILE Output to FILE
* -z Lines are terminated by NUL, not newline
* -r Reverse sort order
* -s Stable (don't sort ties alphabetically)
* Not sure about these:
* -b Ignore leading blanks
* -f Ignore case
* -i Ignore unprintable characters
* -d Dictionary order (blank or alphanumeric only)
* -n Sort numbers
* -g General numerical sort
* -M Sort month
*/
can_drop_dups = ((opts & ~(FLAG_o|FLAG_z|FLAG_r|FLAG_s)) == FLAG_u);
/* Stable sort needs every line to be uniquely allocated,
* disable optimization to reuse strings:
*/
if (opts & FLAG_s)
count_to_optimize_dups = (size_t)-1L;
#endif
/* global b strips leading and trailing spaces */
if (opts & FLAG_b)
option_mask32 |= FLAG_bb;
@ -489,6 +526,41 @@ int sort_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
char *line = GET_LINE(fp);
if (!line)
break;
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_SORT_OPTIMIZE_MEMORY
if (count_to_optimize_dups != 0)
count_to_optimize_dups--;
if (count_to_optimize_dups == 0) {
size_t len;
char *new_line;
char first = *line;
/* On kernel/linux/arch/ *.[ch] files,
* this reduces memory usage by 6%.
* yes | head -99999999 | sort
* goes down from 1900Mb to 380 Mb.
*/
if (first == '\0' || first == '\n') {
len = !(first == '\0');
new_line = (char*)"\n" + 1 - len;
goto replace;
}
len = strlen(line);
if (len <= prev_len) {
new_line = lines[linecount-1] + (prev_len - len);
if (strcmp(line, new_line) == 0) {
if (can_drop_dups && prev_len == len) {
free(line);
continue;
}
replace:
free(line);
line = new_line;
}
}
prev_len = len;
}
#endif
lines = xrealloc_vector(lines, 6, linecount);
lines[linecount++] = line;
}
@ -510,6 +582,8 @@ int sort_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
#else
//TODO: lighter version which only drops total dups if can_drop_dups == true
#endif
/* For stable sort, store original line position beyond terminating NUL */