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    kconfig: use hash table to reuse expressions · f93d6bfb
    Masahiro Yamada authored
    Currently, every expression in Kconfig files produces a new abstract
    syntax tree (AST), even if it is identical to a previously encountered
    one.
    
    Consider the following code:
    
        config FOO
               bool "FOO"
               depends on (A || B) && C
    
        config BAR
               bool "BAR"
               depends on (A || B) && C
    
        config BAZ
               bool "BAZ"
               depends on A || B
    
    The "depends on" lines are similar, but currently a separate AST is
    allocated for each one.
    
    The current data structure looks like this:
    
      FOO->dep ==> AND        BAR->dep ==> AND        BAZ->dep ==> OR
                  /   \                   /   \                   /  \
                OR     C                OR     C                 A    B
               /  \                    /  \
              A    B                  A    B
    
    This is redundant; FOO->dep and BAR->dep have identical ASTs but
    different memory instances.
    
    We can optimize this; FOO->dep and BAR->dep can share the same AST, and
    BAZ->dep can reference its sub tree.
    
    The optimized data structure looks like this:
    
      FOO->dep, BAR->dep ==> AND
                            /   \
             BAZ->dep ==> OR     C
                         /  \
                        A    B
    
    This commit introduces a hash table to keep track of allocated
    expressions. If an identical expression is found, it is reused.
    
    This does not necessarily result in memory savings, as menu_finalize()
    transforms expressions without freeing up stale ones. This will be
    addressed later.
    
    One optimization that can be easily implemented is caching the
    expression's value. Once FOO's dependency, (A || B) && C, is calculated,
    it can be cached, eliminating the need to recalculate it for BAR.
    
    This commit also reverts commit e983b7b1 ("kconfig/menu.c: fix
    multiple references to expressions in menu_add_prop()").
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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