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).

mercurial/bdiff_module.c

@@ -1,213 +1,213
 /*
  bdiff.c - efficient binary diff extension for Mercurial
 
  Copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>
 
  This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of
  the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
 
  Based roughly on Python difflib
 */
 
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 #include <Python.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
 #include "bdiff.h"
 #include "bitmanipulation.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 
 static PyObject *blocks(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	PyObject *sa, *sb, *rl = NULL, *m;
 	struct bdiff_line *a, *b;
 	struct bdiff_hunk l, *h;
 	int an, bn, count, pos = 0;
 
 	l.next = NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "SS:bdiff", &sa, &sb))
 		return NULL;
 
 	an = bdiff_splitlines(PyBytes_AsString(sa), PyBytes_Size(sa), &a);
 	bn = bdiff_splitlines(PyBytes_AsString(sb), PyBytes_Size(sb), &b);
 
 	if (!a || !b)
 		goto nomem;
 
 	count = bdiff_diff(a, an, b, bn, &l);
 	if (count < 0)
 		goto nomem;
 
 	rl = PyList_New(count);
 	if (!rl)
 		goto nomem;
 
 	for (h = l.next; h; h = h->next) {
 		m = Py_BuildValue("iiii", h->a1, h->a2, h->b1, h->b2);
 		PyList_SetItem(rl, pos, m);
 		pos++;
 	}
 
 nomem:
 	free(a);
 	free(b);
 	bdiff_freehunks(l.next);
 	return rl ? rl : PyErr_NoMemory();
 }
 
 static PyObject *bdiff(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	char *sa, *sb, *rb, *ia, *ib;
 	PyObject *result = NULL;
 	struct bdiff_line *al, *bl;
 	struct bdiff_hunk l, *h;
 	int an, bn, count;
 	Py_ssize_t len = 0, la, lb, li = 0, lcommon = 0, lmax;
 	PyThreadState *_save;
 
 	l.next = NULL;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#s#:bdiff", &sa, &la, &sb, &lb))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (la > UINT_MAX || lb > UINT_MAX) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "bdiff inputs too large");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	_save = PyEval_SaveThread();
 
 	lmax = la > lb ? lb : la;
 	for (ia = sa, ib = sb;
 	     li < lmax && *ia == *ib;
 	     ++li, ++ia, ++ib)
 		if (*ia == '\n')
 			lcommon = li + 1;
 	/* we can almost add: if (li == lmax) lcommon = li; */
 
 	an = bdiff_splitlines(sa + lcommon, la - lcommon, &al);
 	bn = bdiff_splitlines(sb + lcommon, lb - lcommon, &bl);
 	if (!al || !bl)
 		goto nomem;
 
 	count = bdiff_diff(al, an, bl, bn, &l);
 	if (count < 0)
 		goto nomem;
 
 	/* calculate length of output */
 	la = lb = 0;
 	for (h = l.next; h; h = h->next) {
 		if (h->a1 != la || h->b1 != lb)
 			len += 12 + bl[h->b1].l - bl[lb].l;
 		la = h->a2;
 		lb = h->b2;
 	}
 	PyEval_RestoreThread(_save);
 	_save = NULL;
 
 	result = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, len);
 
 	if (!result)
 		goto nomem;
 
 	/* build binary patch */
 	rb = PyBytes_AsString(result);
 	la = lb = 0;
 
 	for (h = l.next; h; h = h->next) {
 		if (h->a1 != la || h->b1 != lb) {
 			len = bl[h->b1].l - bl[lb].l;
 			putbe32((uint32_t)(al[la].l + lcommon - al->l), rb);
 			putbe32((uint32_t)(al[h->a1].l + lcommon - al->l), rb + 4);
 			putbe32((uint32_t)len, rb + 8);
 			memcpy(rb + 12, bl[lb].l, len);
 			rb += 12 + len;
 		}
 		la = h->a2;
 		lb = h->b2;
 	}
 
 nomem:
 	if (_save)
 		PyEval_RestoreThread(_save);
 	free(al);
 	free(bl);
 	bdiff_freehunks(l.next);
 	return result ? result : PyErr_NoMemory();
 }
 
 /*
  * If allws != 0, remove all whitespace (' ', \t and \r). Otherwise,
  * reduce whitespace sequences to a single space and trim remaining whitespace
  * from end of lines.
  */
 static PyObject *fixws(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	PyObject *s, *result = NULL;
 	char allws, c;
 	const char *r;
 	Py_ssize_t i, rlen, wlen = 0;
 	char *w;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Sb:fixws", &s, &allws))
 		return NULL;
 	r = PyBytes_AsString(s);
 	rlen = PyBytes_Size(s);
 
-	w = (char *)malloc(rlen ? rlen : 1);
+	w = (char *)PyMem_Malloc(rlen ? rlen : 1);
 	if (!w)
 		goto nomem;
 
 	for (i = 0; i != rlen; i++) {
 		c = r[i];
 		if (c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\r') {
 			if (!allws && (wlen == 0 || w[wlen - 1] != ' '))
 				w[wlen++] = ' ';
 		} else if (c == '\n' && !allws
 			  && wlen > 0 && w[wlen - 1] == ' ') {
 			w[wlen - 1] = '\n';
 		} else {
 			w[wlen++] = c;
 		}
 	}
 
 	result = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(w, wlen);
 
 nomem:
-	free(w);
+	PyMem_Free(w);
 	return result ? result : PyErr_NoMemory();
 }
 
 
 static char mdiff_doc[] = "Efficient binary diff.";
 
 static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
 	{"bdiff", bdiff, METH_VARARGS, "calculate a binary diff\n"},
 	{"blocks", blocks, METH_VARARGS, "find a list of matching lines\n"},
 	{"fixws", fixws, METH_VARARGS, "normalize diff whitespaces\n"},
 	{NULL, NULL}
 };
 
 #ifdef IS_PY3K
 static struct PyModuleDef bdiff_module = {
 	PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
 	"bdiff",
 	mdiff_doc,
 	-1,
 	methods
 };
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_bdiff(void)
 {
 	return PyModule_Create(&bdiff_module);
 }
 #else
 PyMODINIT_FUNC initbdiff(void)
 {
 	Py_InitModule3("bdiff", methods, mdiff_doc);
 }
 #endif