CScope slow response

[bobcat]

Hello,

I use latest CodeLite 4.0.5589. The binary was downloaded from the official site. OS – Windows 7. (I used 3.5.x before and encountered the same problem).

When I use CScope, the responses for any request are very slowly. Since the project sources are placed on a server, I checked traffic between PC and the server. I run “Create CScope database” and then “CScope->Find this C symbol”. As I saw, all files were scanned (during “Find this C symbol”). Also, I saw that every request update files cscope.out and cscope_file.list. As far as I remember, CScope should use created database rather than scan files again and again.

What may be done to find and fix the problem?

Thanks in advance

[eranif]

It seems that the option 'Update Db if stale' is causing the slowdown on my machine. disabling it - fixes the problem

You can disable it from the 'Cscope' tab from the "Output View"

Eran

[bobcat]

Hello Eran,

I tried the work-around and CScope really works fast now. But what is the source of the problem? If I am searching through the code, I am sure that nothing is changed. Why CodeLite (or CScope) does decide DB is stale? May it be connected to another problem that I observe: after Windows weak-up I have to run “Workspace->Retag Workspace (Full)”? Otherwise “Find Resource” (Ctrl-Shift-R) works slowly.

Thanks in advance

[eranif]

after Windows weak-up I have to run “Workspace->Retag Workspace (Full)”? Otherwise “Find Resource” (Ctrl-Shift-R) works slowly.

I am not sure how its related. Anyways, I did not notice this slow down ( did you try restarting codelite ? )

It seems like that its cscope fault.. If the flag "Update Db if stale" is enabled, codelite will *not* pass the "-d" option to cscope, from the manpage:

-d
Do not update the cross-reference.

It seems that when the -d flag is not passed to cscope, its pretty slow...
I will change this behavior so that "-d" will be passed by default (i.e. the option "Update Db if stale" is disabled by default)

Eran

[bobcat]

Hi Eran,

after Windows weak-up I have to run “Workspace->Retag Workspace (Full)”? Otherwise “Find Resource” (Ctrl-Shift-R) works slowly.

I am not sure how its related. Anyways, I did not notice this slow down ( did you try restarting codelite ? )

Now I see that they are unrelated. I will try to learn more about the phenomenon and open separate topic for it once I have more information.

It seems like that its cscope fault.. If the flag "Update Db if stale" is enabled, codelite will *not* pass the "-d" option to cscope, from the manpage:

-d
Do not update the cross-reference.

It seems that when the -d flag is not passed to cscope, its pretty slow...
I will change this behavior so that "-d" will be passed by default (i.e. the option "Update Db if stale" is disabled by default)

Eran

Thanks for support