RFR: 8254082: AbstractStringBuilder.insert(int dstOffset, CharSequence s, int start, int end) is missing fast-path for String

Сергей Цыпанов github.com+10835776+stsypanov at openjdk.java.net
Tue Nov 24 22:13:04 UTC 2020


On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:58:19 GMT, Claes Redestad <redestad at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Original mail: https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2020-September/069197.html
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> while working with `StringBuilder.insert()` I've spotted that its delegate `AbstractStringBuilder.insert()` is missing
>> a fast-path for the most frequent case when its argument is `String`.
>> 
>> Previously they did similart optimization for `StirngBuilder.append(CharSequence, int, int)`,
>> see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8224986
>> 
>> I'd like to contribute a trivial patch that brings improvement for the case when SB's content is Latin1
>> and inserted String is Latin1 as well.
>> 
>> To measure improvement I've used simple benchmark:
>> @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
>> @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
>> @Fork(jvmArgsAppend = {"-Xms2g", "-Xmx2g"})
>> public class StringBuilderInsertBenchmark {
>> 
>>   @Benchmark
>>   public StringBuilder insert(Data data) {
>>     String string = data.string;
>>     return new StringBuilder().append("ABC").insert(1, string, 1, data.length + 1);
>>   }
>> 
>>   @State(Scope.Thread)
>>   public static class Data {
>>     String string;
>> 
>>     @Param({"true", "false"})
>>     private boolean latin;
>> 
>>     @Param({"8", "64", "128", "1024"})
>>     private int length;
>> 
>>     @Setup
>>     public void setup() {
>>       String alphabet = latin
>>         ? "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"        // English
>>         : "абвгдеёжзиклмнопрстуфхцчшщьыъэюя"; // Russian
>> 
>>       string = new RandomStringGenerator().randomString(alphabet, length + 2);
>>     }
>>   }
>> }
>> 
>> public final class RandomStringGenerator {
>> 
>>   public String randomString(String alphabet, int length) {
>>     char[] chars = alphabet.toCharArray();
>> 
>>     ThreadLocalRandom random = ThreadLocalRandom.current();
>> 
>>     char[] array = new char[length];
>>     for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
>>       array[i] = chars[random.nextInt(chars.length)];
>>     }
>> 
>>     return new String(array);
>>   }
>> }
>> Which gives
>> 
>>             (latin)  (length)       original       patched    Units
>> insert         true         8    24.2 ±  0.1   22.2 ±  0.0    ns/op
>> insert         true        64    53.8 ±  0.2   36.1 ±  0.1    ns/op
>> insert         true       128    80.9 ±  0.2   44.6 ±  0.0    ns/op
>> insert         true      1024   365.4 ±  0.5  109.8 ±  3.9    ns/op
>> 
>> insert        false         8    33.5 ±  0.5   32.3 ±  0.2    ns/op
>> insert        false        64    73.2 ±  0.3   73.2 ±  0.2    ns/op
>> insert        false       128   103.9 ±  0.6  103.3 ±  0.1    ns/op
>> insert        false      1024   576.5 ±  4.8  569.5 ±  2.0    ns/op
>> Patch is attached. As of tests tier1 and tier2 are ok.
>> 
>> With best regards,
>> Sergey Tsypanov
>
> Hi Sergey, I see Roger filed an RFE for this: [JDK-8254082](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8254082). To move the PR along, you need to add "8254082: " as a prefix to the PR summary. Then all checks should clear and this will move to the RFR stage.

@cl4es thanks for pointing this out, done!

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/402


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