GNU bug report logs - #18454
Improve performance when -P (PCRE) is used in UTF-8 locales

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 01:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Norihiro Tanaka <noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp>
Cc: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>, 18454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18454: Improve performance when -P (PCRE) is used in UTF-8 locales
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:55:50 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Thanks for reporting that, I forgot that the code defaulted SEEK_HOLE 
but not SEEK_DATA.  The first attached patch should fix it.  The second 
one should improve performance further on Solaris for files that end in 
holes.

[0001-grep-port-to-platforms-lacking-SEEK_DATA.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0002-grep-speed-up-processing-of-holes-before-EOF-on-Sola.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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