feat(cp): optimize directory copy by caching file checks and refactoring calls (#8805)

* feat: optimize directory copy by caching file checks and refactoring calls

- Add `target_is_file` field to Context to avoid repeated `stat` calls on target
- Refactor `copy_direntry` to accept `&Entry` and additional bool params for symlink/directory handling
- Use cached value and local variables for cleaner access to entry properties
- Pass `created_parent_dirs` to `copy_file` for improved directory creation tracking

This reduces filesystem overhead in cp operations when copying directories.

Author: mattsu2020

src/uu/cp/src/copydir.rs

@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ struct Context<'a> {
     /// The target path to which the directory will be copied.
     target: &'a Path,
 
+    /// Whether the target is an existing file. Cached to avoid repeated `stat` calls.
+    target_is_file: bool,
+
     /// The source path from which the directory will be copied.
     root: &'a Path,
 }
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     fn new(root: &'a Path, target: &'a Path) -> io::Result<Self> {
         let current_dir = env::current_dir()?;
         let root_path = current_dir.join(root);
+        let target_is_file = target.is_file();
         let root_parent = if target.exists() && !root.to_str().unwrap().ends_with("/.") {
             root_path.parent().map(|p| p.to_path_buf())
         } else if root == Path::new(".") && target.is_dir() {
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
             current_dir,
             root_parent,
             target,
+            target_is_file,
             root,
         })
     }
@@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ impl Entry {
         }
 
         let local_to_target = context.target.join(descendant);
-        let target_is_file = context.target.is_file();
+        let target_is_file = context.target_is_file;
         Ok(Self {
             source_absolute,
             source_relative,
@@ -227,54 +232,73 @@ impl Entry {
 /// Copy a single entry during a directory traversal.
 fn copy_direntry(
     progress_bar: Option<&ProgressBar>,
-    entry: Entry,
+    entry: &Entry,
+    entry_is_symlink: bool,
+    entry_is_dir_no_follow: bool,
     options: &Options,
     symlinked_files: &mut HashSet<FileInformation>,
     preserve_hard_links: bool,
     copied_destinations: &HashSet<PathBuf>,
     copied_files: &mut HashMap<FileInformation, PathBuf>,
+    created_parent_dirs: &mut HashSet<PathBuf>,
 ) -> CopyResult<()> {
-    let Entry {
-        source_absolute,
-        source_relative,
-        local_to_target,
-        target_is_file,
-    } = entry;
+    let source_is_symlink = entry_is_symlink;
+    let source_is_dir = if source_is_symlink && !options.dereference {
+        false
+    } else if source_is_symlink {
+        entry.source_absolute.is_dir()
+    } else {
+        entry_is_dir_no_follow
+    };
 
     // If the source is a symbolic link and the options tell us not to
     // dereference the link, then copy the link object itself.
-    if source_absolute.is_symlink() && !options.dereference {
-        return copy_link(&source_absolute, &local_to_target, symlinked_files, options);
+    if source_is_symlink && !options.dereference {
+        return copy_link(
+            &entry.source_absolute,
+            &entry.local_to_target,
+            symlinked_files,
+            options,
+        );
     }
 
     // If the source is a directory and the destination does not
     // exist, ...
-    if source_absolute.is_dir() && !local_to_target.exists() {
-        return if target_is_file {
+    if source_is_dir && !entry.local_to_target.exists() {
+        return if entry.target_is_file {
             Err(translate!("cp-error-cannot-overwrite-non-directory-with-directory").into())
         } else {
-            build_dir(&local_to_target, false, options, Some(&source_absolute))?;
+            build_dir(
+                &entry.local_to_target,
+                false,
+                options,
+                Some(&entry.source_absolute),
+            )?;
             if options.verbose {
-                println!("{}", context_for(&source_relative, &local_to_target));
+                println!(
+                    "{}",
+                    context_for(&entry.source_relative, &entry.local_to_target)
+                );
             }
             Ok(())
         };
     }
 
     // If the source is not a directory, then we need to copy the file.
-    if !source_absolute.is_dir() {
+    if !source_is_dir {
         if let Err(err) = copy_file(
             progress_bar,
-            &source_absolute,
-            local_to_target.as_path(),
+            &entry.source_absolute,
+            entry.local_to_target.as_path(),
             options,
             symlinked_files,
             copied_destinations,
             copied_files,
+            created_parent_dirs,
             false,
         ) {
             if preserve_hard_links {
-                if !source_absolute.is_symlink() {
+                if !source_is_symlink {
                     return Err(err);
                 }
                 // silent the error with a symlink
@@ -292,7 +316,10 @@ fn copy_direntry(
                         show!(uio_error!(
                             e,
                             "{}",
-                            translate!("cp-error-cannot-open-for-reading", "source" => source_relative.quote()),
+                            translate!(
+                                "cp-error-cannot-open-for-reading",
+                                "source" => entry.source_relative.quote()
+                            ),
                         ));
                     }
                     e => return Err(e),
@@ -320,6 +347,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_directory(
     symlinked_files: &mut HashSet<FileInformation>,
     copied_destinations: &HashSet<PathBuf>,
     copied_files: &mut HashMap<FileInformation, PathBuf>,
+    created_parent_dirs: &mut HashSet<PathBuf>,
     source_in_command_line: bool,
 ) -> CopyResult<()> {
     // if no-dereference is enabled and this is a symlink, copy it as a file
@@ -332,6 +360,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_directory(
             symlinked_files,
             copied_destinations,
             copied_files,
+            created_parent_dirs,
             source_in_command_line,
         );
     }
@@ -405,16 +434,29 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_directory(
     {
         match direntry_result {
             Ok(direntry) => {
-                let entry = Entry::new(&context, direntry.path(), options.no_target_dir)?;
+                let direntry_type = direntry.file_type();
+                let direntry_path = direntry.path();
+                let (entry_is_symlink, entry_is_dir_no_follow) =
+                    match direntry_path.symlink_metadata() {
+                        Ok(metadata) => {
+                            let file_type = metadata.file_type();
+                            (file_type.is_symlink(), file_type.is_dir())
+                        }
+                        Err(_) => (direntry_type.is_symlink(), direntry_type.is_dir()),
+                    };
+                let entry = Entry::new(&context, direntry_path, options.no_target_dir)?;
 
                 copy_direntry(
                     progress_bar,
-                    entry,
+                    &entry,
+                    entry_is_symlink,
+                    entry_is_dir_no_follow,
                     options,
                     symlinked_files,
                     preserve_hard_links,
                     copied_destinations,
                     copied_files,
+                    created_parent_dirs,
                 )?;
 
                 // We omit certain permissions when creating directories
@@ -428,19 +470,17 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_directory(
                 // (Note that there can be more than one! We might step out of
                 // `./a/b/c` into `./a/`, in which case we'll need to fix the
                 // permissions of both `./a/b/c` and `./a/b`, in that order.)
-                if direntry.file_type().is_dir() {
+                let is_dir_for_permissions =
+                    entry_is_dir_no_follow || (options.dereference && direntry_path.is_dir());
+                if is_dir_for_permissions {
                     // Add this directory to our list for permission fixing later
-                    let entry_for_tracking =
-                        Entry::new(&context, direntry.path(), options.no_target_dir)?;
-                    dirs_needing_permissions.push((
-                        entry_for_tracking.source_absolute,
-                        entry_for_tracking.local_to_target,
-                    ));
+                    dirs_needing_permissions
+                        .push((entry.source_absolute.clone(), entry.local_to_target.clone()));
 
                     // If true, last_iter is not a parent of this iter.
                     // The means we just exited a directory.
                     let went_up = if let Some(last_iter) = &last_iter {
-                        last_iter.path().strip_prefix(direntry.path()).is_ok()
+                        last_iter.path().strip_prefix(direntry_path).is_ok()
                     } else {
                         false
                     };
@@ -454,14 +494,14 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_directory(
                         //
                         // All the unwraps() here are unreachable.
                         let last_iter = last_iter.as_ref().unwrap();
-                        let diff = last_iter.path().strip_prefix(direntry.path()).unwrap();
+                        let diff = last_iter.path().strip_prefix(direntry_path).unwrap();
 
                         // Fix permissions for every entry in `diff`, inside-out.
                         // We skip the last directory (which will be `.`) because
                         // its permissions will be fixed when we walk _out_ of it.
                         // (at this point, we might not be done copying `.`!)
                         for p in skip_last(diff.ancestors()) {
-                            let src = direntry.path().join(p);
+                            let src = direntry_path.join(p);
                             let entry = Entry::new(&context, &src, options.no_target_dir)?;
 
                             copy_attributes(