[PATCH 6/6] [WIP] subvert sorted-array to replace binary-search in unpack-objects.

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "decorate.h"
 #include "fsck.h"
+#include "sorted-array.h"
 
 static int dry_run, quiet, recover, has_errors, strict;
 static const char unpack_usage[] = "git unpack-objects [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] < pack-file";

@@ -157,7 +158,25 @@ struct obj_info {
 #define FLAG_OPEN (1u<<20)
 #define FLAG_WRITTEN (1u<<21)
 
-static struct obj_info *obj_list;
+/*
+ * FIXME: obj_info is a sorted array, but we read it as a whole, we
+ * don't need insertion features.  This allows us to abuse unused
+ * obj_info_nr later as a means of specifying an upper bound for
+ * binary search.  obj_info_alloc shall be eliminated by the compiler
+ * as unused.
+ */
+static int obj_info_cmp(off_t ref, struct obj_info *elem)
+{
+	if (ref == elem->offset)
+		return 0;
+	if (ref < elem->offset)
+		return -1;
+	return 1;
+}
+declare_sorted_array(static, struct obj_info, obj_list);
+declare_gen_binsearch(static, struct obj_info, _obj_list_check, off_t);
+declare_sorted_array_search_check(static, obj_list_check, off_t, _obj_list_check,
+				  obj_list, obj_info_cmp);
 static unsigned nr_objects;
 
 /*

@@ -356,7 +375,7 @@ static void unpack_delta_entry(enum object_type type, unsigned long delta_size,
 		unsigned base_found = 0;
 		unsigned char *pack, c;
 		off_t base_offset;
-		unsigned lo, mid, hi;
+		int pos;
 
 		pack = fill(1);
 		c = *pack;

@@ -380,19 +399,11 @@ static void unpack_delta_entry(enum object_type type, unsigned long delta_size,
 			free(delta_data);
 			return;
 		}
-		lo = 0;
-		hi = nr;
-		while (lo < hi) {
-			mid = (lo + hi)/2;
-			if (base_offset < obj_list[mid].offset) {
-				hi = mid;
-			} else if (base_offset > obj_list[mid].offset) {
-				lo = mid + 1;
-			} else {
-				hashcpy(base_sha1, obj_list[mid].sha1);
-				base_found = !is_null_sha1(base_sha1);
-				break;
-			}
+		obj_list_nr = nr; /* kludge to bound the search */
+		pos = obj_list_check(base_offset);
+		if (pos >= 0) {
+			hashcpy(base_sha1, obj_list[pos].sha1);
+			base_found = !is_null_sha1(base_sha1);
 		}
 		if (!base_found) {
 			/*