TraceMachina / TraceMachina/nativelink
Potential improvements to fastcdc
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Description
The code at https://github.com/TraceMachina/nativelink/blob/main/nativelink-util/src/fastcdc.rs seems unnecessary.
Potential alternatives:
There is also an interesting algorithm called UltraCDC from some of the FastCDC authors that seems worth investigating:
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read nativelink-util/src/fastcdc.rs first to understand the existing implementation and where it is used. Compare it with the linked fastcdc-rs, fastcdc-rs-alt, and UltraCDC implementations; the work is complete when a concrete replacement or retention decision is made and the selected approach is integrated with its behavior validated.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system, performance
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100