Hello all, I suggest we make number of git-grep worker threads a configuration
parameter. I have run several tests on systems with different number of CPU 
cores.
It appeared that the hard-coded number 8 lowers performance on both of my 
systems:
on my 4-core and 8-core systems the thread number of 4 worked about 20% faster 
than
default 8. So I think it is better to allow users tune this parameter.

Signed-off-by: Victor Leschuk <vlesc...@accesssoftek.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt               |  4 ++++
 Documentation/git-grep.txt             |  5 +++++
 builtin/grep.c                         | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  1 +
 grep.c                                 | 15 +++++++++++++++
 grep.h                                 |  4 ++++
 6 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 391a0c3..c3df20c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1447,6 +1447,10 @@ grep.extendedRegexp::
        option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
        other than 'default'.
 
+grep.threadsNum::
+       Number of grep worker threads, use it to tune up performance on
+       multicore machines. Default value is 8.
+
 gpg.program::
        Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
        making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 4a44d6d..e9ca265 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
           [--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
           [--break] [--heading] [-p | --show-function]
           [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
+          [-t <threads-num>]
           [-W | --function-context]
           [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
           [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
@@ -220,6 +221,10 @@ OPTIONS
        Show <num> leading lines, and place a line containing
        `--` between contiguous groups of matches.
 
+-t <num>::
+--threads-num <num>::
+       Set number of worker threads to <num>. Default is 8.
+
 -W::
 --function-context::
        Show the surrounding text from the previous line containing a
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index d04f440..9b4fc47 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ static char const * const grep_usage[] = {
 static int use_threads = 1;
 
 #ifndef NO_PTHREADS
-#define THREADS 8
-static pthread_t threads[THREADS];
+static pthread_t *threads;
 
 /* We use one producer thread and THREADS consumer
  * threads. The producer adds struct work_items to 'todo' and the
@@ -206,7 +205,8 @@ static void start_threads(struct grep_opt *opt)
                strbuf_init(&todo[i].out, 0);
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(threads); i++) {
+       threads = xmalloc(sizeof(pthread_t) * opt->num_threads);
+       for (i = 0; i < opt->num_threads; i++) {
                int err;
                struct grep_opt *o = grep_opt_dup(opt);
                o->output = strbuf_out;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void start_threads(struct grep_opt *opt)
        }
 }
 
-static int wait_all(void)
+static int wait_all(struct grep_opt *opt)
 {
        int hit = 0;
        int i;
@@ -238,12 +238,14 @@ static int wait_all(void)
        pthread_cond_broadcast(&cond_add);
        grep_unlock();
 
-       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(threads); i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < opt->num_threads; i++) {
                void *h;
                pthread_join(threads[i], &h);
                hit |= (int) (intptr_t) h;
        }
 
+       free(threads);
+
        pthread_mutex_destroy(&grep_mutex);
        pthread_mutex_destroy(&grep_read_mutex);
        pthread_mutex_destroy(&grep_attr_mutex);
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ static int wait_all(void)
 }
 #else /* !NO_PTHREADS */
 
-static int wait_all(void)
+static int wait_all(struct grep_opt *opt)
 {
        return 0;
 }
@@ -702,6 +704,10 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
                        N_("show <n> context lines before matches")),
                OPT_INTEGER('A', "after-context", &opt.post_context,
                        N_("show <n> context lines after matches")),
+#ifndef NO_PTHREADS
+               OPT_INTEGER('t', "threads-num", &opt.num_threads,
+                       N_("use <n> worker threads")),
+#endif /* !NO_PTHREADS */
                OPT_NUMBER_CALLBACK(&opt, N_("shortcut for -C NUM"),
                        context_callback),
                OPT_BOOL('p', "show-function", &opt.funcname,
@@ -910,7 +916,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
        }
 
        if (use_threads)
-               hit |= wait_all();
+               hit |= wait_all(&opt);
        if (hit && show_in_pager)
                run_pager(&opt, prefix);
        free_grep_patterns(&opt);
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash 
b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 482ca84..6231595 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1310,6 +1310,7 @@ _git_grep ()
                        --full-name --line-number
                        --extended-regexp --basic-regexp --fixed-strings
                        --perl-regexp
+                       --threads-num
                        --files-with-matches --name-only
                        --files-without-match
                        --max-depth
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 7b2b96a..17e6a7c 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ void init_grep_defaults(void)
        color_set(opt->color_selected, "");
        color_set(opt->color_sep, GIT_COLOR_CYAN);
        opt->color = -1;
+#ifndef NO_PTHREADS
+       opt->num_threads = GREP_NUM_THREADS_DEFAULT;
+#endif /* !NO_PTHREADS */
 }
 
 static int parse_pattern_type_arg(const char *opt, const char *arg)
@@ -124,6 +127,14 @@ int grep_config(const char *var, const char *value, void 
*cb)
                        return config_error_nonbool(var);
                return color_parse(value, color);
        }
+
+#ifndef NO_PTHREADS
+       if (!strcmp(var, "grep.threadsnum")) {
+               int threads = git_config_int(var, value);
+               opt->num_threads = (threads >= 0) ? threads : 
GREP_NUM_THREADS_DEFAULT;
+               return 0;
+       }
+#endif /* !NO_PTHREADS */
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -150,6 +161,10 @@ void grep_init(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *prefix)
        opt->pathname = def->pathname;
        opt->regflags = def->regflags;
        opt->relative = def->relative;
+#ifndef NO_PTHREADS
+       if(!opt->num_threads)
+               opt->num_threads = def->num_threads;
+#endif /* !NO_PTHREADS */
 
        color_set(opt->color_context, def->color_context);
        color_set(opt->color_filename, def->color_filename);
diff --git a/grep.h b/grep.h
index 95f197a..e4a296b 100644
--- a/grep.h
+++ b/grep.h
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ struct grep_opt {
        unsigned pre_context;
        unsigned post_context;
        unsigned last_shown;
+#ifndef NO_PTHREADS
+#define GREP_NUM_THREADS_DEFAULT 8
+       unsigned num_threads;
+#endif /* !NO_PTHREADS */
        int show_hunk_mark;
        int file_break;
        int heading;
-- 
2.6.2.281.gd4b1c9f

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