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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/xdiff/xprepare.c b/xdiff/xprepare.c
index 7556538df5..dfbb0de987 100644
--- a/xdiff/xprepare.c
+++ b/xdiff/xprepare.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
#define XDL_KPDIS_RUN 4
#define XDL_MAX_EQLIMIT 1024
#define XDL_SIMSCAN_WINDOW 100
+#define XDL_GUESS_NLINES1 256
+#define XDL_GUESS_NLINES2 20
typedef struct s_xdlclass {
@@ -239,11 +241,20 @@ static void xdl_free_ctx(xdfile_t *xdf) {
int xdl_prepare_env(mmfile_t *mf1, mmfile_t *mf2, xpparam_t const *xpp,
xdfenv_t *xe) {
- long enl1, enl2;
+ long enl1, enl2, sample;
xdlclassifier_t cf;
- enl1 = xdl_guess_lines(mf1) + 1;
- enl2 = xdl_guess_lines(mf2) + 1;
+ /*
+ * For histogram diff, we can afford a smaller sample size and
+ * thus a poorer estimate of the number of lines, as the hash
+ * table (rhash) won't be filled up/grown. The number of lines
+ * (nrecs) will be updated correctly anyway by
+ * xdl_prepare_ctx().
+ */
+ sample = xpp->flags & XDF_HISTOGRAM_DIFF ? XDL_GUESS_NLINES2 : XDL_GUESS_NLINES1;
+
+ enl1 = xdl_guess_lines(mf1, sample) + 1;
+ enl2 = xdl_guess_lines(mf2, sample) + 1;
if (!(xpp->flags & XDF_HISTOGRAM_DIFF) &&
xdl_init_classifier(&cf, enl1 + enl2 + 1, xpp->flags) < 0) {