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Subject:    Re: Review Request: Implemented multithreading in KFileItemModelSortAlgorithm
From:       "Frank Reininghaus" <frank78ac () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2012-10-25 12:17:01
Message-ID: 20121025121701.7735.1011 () vidsolbach ! de
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Thanks for the new patch! 

I'm afraid it's a lot more complex than it needs to be. A recursive implementation like the one \
I suggested in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306290#c17 would be much simpler (and not \
that much different from the 2-thread solution you've posted earlier):

a) No need for your data structure ThreadList.
b) No loops.
c) No need to add complex code for parallel merging - you'd get that for free.

Maybe the reason for the rather insignificant performance increase is hidden somewhere in this \
complexity, I can't really say at first sight.

I don't know if you're still motivated to continue working on this, but I would very much \
prefer a straightforward recursive solution :-) 


- Frank Reininghaus


On Oct. 25, 2012, 11:48 a.m., Emmanuel Pescosta wrote:
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> (Updated Oct. 25, 2012, 11:48 a.m.)
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> Review request for Dolphin and Frank Reininghaus.
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> Description
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> Implemented multithreading in KFileItemModelSortAlgorithm.
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> If more than 100 items to sort and ideal thread count is greater than 1 -> sort them with \
> parallelSort (2 Threads) 
> Use maximal 2 Threads, because more than 2 Threads are "slower" (more overhead than speed \
> up). (I also have a patch which uses n Threads for sorting, if you want test it ;) 
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> Diffs
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> dolphin/src/kitemviews/private/kfileitemmodelsortalgorithm.h 3a596df 
> dolphin/src/kitemviews/private/kfileitemmodelsortalgorithm.cpp e0aac13 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/107025/diff/
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> Testing
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> About 2 seconds faster with sorting 500.000 files.
> About 5 seconds faster with sorting 1.000.000 files.
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> Thanks,
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> Emmanuel Pescosta
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 <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; \
white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Thanks for the new patch! 

I&#39;m afraid it&#39;s a lot more complex than it needs to be. A recursive implementation like \
the one I suggested in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306290#c17 would be much simpler \
(and not that much different from the 2-thread solution you&#39;ve posted earlier):

a) No need for your data structure ThreadList.
b) No loops.
c) No need to add complex code for parallel merging - you&#39;d get that for free.

Maybe the reason for the rather insignificant performance increase is hidden somewhere in this \
complexity, I can&#39;t really say at first sight.

I don&#39;t know if you&#39;re still motivated to continue working on this, but I would very \
much prefer a straightforward recursive solution :-)  </pre>
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<p>- Frank</p>


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<div>Review request for Dolphin and Frank Reininghaus.</div>
<div>By Emmanuel Pescosta.</div>


<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated Oct. 25, 2012, 11:48 a.m.</i></p>






<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Implemented \
multithreading in KFileItemModelSortAlgorithm.

If more than 100 items to sort and ideal thread count is greater than 1 -&gt; sort them with \
parallelSort (2 Threads)

Use maximal 2 Threads, because more than 2 Threads are &quot;slower&quot; (more overhead than \
speed up). (I also have a patch which uses n Threads for sorting, if you want test it ;)</pre>  \
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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   <pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">About 2 seconds \
faster with sorting 500.000 files. About 5 seconds faster with sorting 1.000.000 files.</pre>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
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 <li>dolphin/src/kitemviews/private/kfileitemmodelsortalgorithm.h <span style="color: \
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 <li>dolphin/src/kitemviews/private/kfileitemmodelsortalgorithm.cpp <span style="color: \
grey">(e0aac13)</span></li>

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