- sort group and package names in the hashtable on insert

* apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
  - assume sorted hashtable entries for groups/packages

apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pkgCache::Header::Header()
    /* Whenever the structures change the major version should be bumped,
       whenever the generator changes the minor version should be bumped. */
    MajorVersion = 8;
-   MinorVersion = 0;
+   MinorVersion = 1;
    Dirty = false;
    
    HeaderSz = sizeof(pkgCache::Header);
@@ -182,18 +182,17 @@ unsigned long pkgCache::sHash(const string &Str) const
 {
    unsigned long Hash = 0;
    for (string::const_iterator I = Str.begin(); I != Str.end(); ++I)
-      Hash = 5*Hash + tolower_ascii(*I);
+      Hash = 41 * Hash + tolower_ascii(*I);
    return Hash % _count(HeaderP->PkgHashTable);
 }
 
 unsigned long pkgCache::sHash(const char *Str) const
 {
-   unsigned long Hash = 0;
-   for (const char *I = Str; *I != 0; ++I)
-      Hash = 5*Hash + tolower_ascii(*I);
+   unsigned long Hash = tolower_ascii(*Str);
+   for (const char *I = Str + 1; *I != 0; ++I)
+      Hash = 41 * Hash + tolower_ascii(*I);
    return Hash % _count(HeaderP->PkgHashTable);
 }
-
 									/*}}}*/
 // Cache::SingleArchFindPkg - Locate a package by name			/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -206,9 +205,14 @@ pkgCache::PkgIterator pkgCache::SingleArchFindPkg(const string &Name)
    Package *Pkg = PkgP + HeaderP->PkgHashTable[Hash(Name)];
    for (; Pkg != PkgP; Pkg = PkgP + Pkg->NextPackage)
    {
-      if (Pkg->Name != 0 && StrP[Pkg->Name] == Name[0] &&
-          stringcasecmp(Name,StrP + Pkg->Name) == 0)
-         return PkgIterator(*this,Pkg);
+      if (unlikely(Pkg->Name == 0))
+	 continue;
+
+      int const cmp = strcasecmp(Name.c_str(), StrP + Pkg->Name);
+      if (cmp == 0)
+	 return PkgIterator(*this, Pkg);
+      else if (cmp < 0)
+	 break;
    }
    return PkgIterator(*this,0);
 }
@@ -265,9 +269,14 @@ pkgCache::GrpIterator pkgCache::FindGrp(const string &Name) {
 	// Look at the hash bucket for the group
 	Group *Grp = GrpP + HeaderP->GrpHashTable[sHash(Name)];
 	for (; Grp != GrpP; Grp = GrpP + Grp->Next) {
-		if (Grp->Name != 0 && StrP[Grp->Name] == Name[0] &&
-		    stringcasecmp(Name, StrP + Grp->Name) == 0)
+		if (unlikely(Grp->Name == 0))
+		   continue;
+
+		int const cmp = strcasecmp(Name.c_str(), StrP + Grp->Name);
+		if (cmp == 0)
 			return GrpIterator(*this, Grp);
+		else if (cmp < 0)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	return GrpIterator(*this,0);

apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc

@@ -595,8 +595,11 @@ bool pkgCacheGenerator::NewGroup(pkgCache::GrpIterator &Grp, const string &Name)
 
    // Insert it into the hash table
    unsigned long const Hash = Cache.Hash(Name);
-   Grp->Next = Cache.HeaderP->GrpHashTable[Hash];
-   Cache.HeaderP->GrpHashTable[Hash] = Group;
+   map_ptrloc *insertAt = &Cache.HeaderP->GrpHashTable[Hash];
+   while (*insertAt != 0 && strcasecmp(Name.c_str(), Cache.StrP + (Cache.GrpP + *insertAt)->Name) > 0)
+      insertAt = &(Cache.GrpP + *insertAt)->Next;
+   Grp->Next = *insertAt;
+   *insertAt = Group;
 
    Grp->ID = Cache.HeaderP->GroupCount++;
    return true;
@@ -625,11 +628,14 @@ bool pkgCacheGenerator::NewPackage(pkgCache::PkgIterator &Pkg,const string &Name
    // Insert the package into our package list
    if (Grp->FirstPackage == 0) // the group is new
    {
+      Grp->FirstPackage = Package;
       // Insert it into the hash table
       unsigned long const Hash = Cache.Hash(Name);
-      Pkg->NextPackage = Cache.HeaderP->PkgHashTable[Hash];
-      Cache.HeaderP->PkgHashTable[Hash] = Package;
-      Grp->FirstPackage = Package;
+      map_ptrloc *insertAt = &Cache.HeaderP->PkgHashTable[Hash];
+      while (*insertAt != 0 && strcasecmp(Name.c_str(), Cache.StrP + (Cache.PkgP + *insertAt)->Name) > 0)
+	 insertAt = &(Cache.PkgP + *insertAt)->NextPackage;
+      Pkg->NextPackage = *insertAt;
+      *insertAt = Package;
    }
    else // Group the Packages together
    {

debian/changelog

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ apt (0.9.7.8~exp2+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       version strings e.g. for implicit multi-arch dependencies
     - equal comparisions are used mostly in same-source relations,
       so use this to try to reuse some version strings
+    - sort group and package names in the hashtable on insert
+  * apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
+    - assume sorted hashtable entries for groups/packages
   * apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc:
     - add a string-equal shortcut for equal version comparisions