Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 6:49 AM, David Turner <dturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I assume that most of the time spent in check_refname_component() is >>> while reading the packed-refs file, right? >> >> Yes. > > I wonder if we can get away without SSE code by saving stat info of > the packed-refs version that we have verified. When we read pack-refs, > if stat info matches, skip check_refname_component(). Assuming that > pack-refs does not change often, of course. Can you elaborate a bit more? Regardless, I think I would prefer to see this patch done as at least a two step series, one that does only the look-up table thing, and then the other with arch-specific tweaks as a follow-up on top. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html