TCPackedCache.h   [plain text]


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// ---
// Author: Geoff Pike
//
// This file provides a minimal cache that can hold a <key, value> pair
// with little if any wasted space.  The types of the key and value
// must be unsigned integral types or at least have unsigned semantics
// for >>, casting, and similar operations.
//
// Synchronization is not provided.  However, the cache is implemented
// as an array of cache entries whose type is chosen at compile time.
// If a[i] is atomic on your hardware for the chosen array type then
// raciness will not necessarily lead to bugginess.  The cache entries
// must be large enough to hold a partial key and a value packed
// together.  The partial keys are bit strings of length
// kKeybits - kHashbits, and the values are bit strings of length kValuebits.
//
// In an effort to use minimal space, every cache entry represents
// some <key, value> pair; the class provides no way to mark a cache
// entry as empty or uninitialized.  In practice, you may want to have
// reserved keys or values to get around this limitation.  For example, in
// tcmalloc's PageID-to-sizeclass cache, a value of 0 is used as
// "unknown sizeclass."
//
// Usage Considerations
// --------------------
//
// kHashbits controls the size of the cache.  The best value for
// kHashbits will of course depend on the application.  Perhaps try
// tuning the value of kHashbits by measuring different values on your
// favorite benchmark.  Also remember not to be a pig; other
// programs that need resources may suffer if you are.
//
// The main uses for this class will be when performance is
// critical and there's a convenient type to hold the cache's
// entries.  As described above, the number of bits required
// for a cache entry is (kKeybits - kHashbits) + kValuebits.  Suppose
// kKeybits + kValuebits is 43.  Then it probably makes sense to
// chose kHashbits >= 11 so that cache entries fit in a uint32.
//
// On the other hand, suppose kKeybits = kValuebits = 64.  Then
// using this class may be less worthwhile.  You'll probably
// be using 128 bits for each entry anyway, so maybe just pick
// a hash function, H, and use an array indexed by H(key):
//    void Put(K key, V value) { a_[H(key)] = pair<K, V>(key, value); }
//    V GetOrDefault(K key, V default) { const pair<K, V> &p = a_[H(key)]; ... }
//    etc.
//
// Further Details
// ---------------
//
// For caches used only by one thread, the following is true:
// 1. For a cache c,
//      (c.Put(key, value), c.GetOrDefault(key, 0)) == value
//    and
//      (c.Put(key, value), <...>, c.GetOrDefault(key, 0)) == value
//    if the elided code contains no c.Put calls.
//
// 2. Has(key) will return false if no <key, value> pair with that key
//    has ever been Put.  However, a newly initialized cache will have
//    some <key, value> pairs already present.  When you create a new
//    cache, you must specify an "initial value."  The initialization
//    procedure is equivalent to Clear(initial_value), which is
//    equivalent to Put(k, initial_value) for all keys k from 0 to
//    2^kHashbits - 1.
//
// 3. If key and key' differ then the only way Put(key, value) may
//    cause Has(key') to change is that Has(key') may change from true to
//    false. Furthermore, a Put() call that doesn't change Has(key')
//    doesn't change GetOrDefault(key', ...) either.
//
// Implementation details:
//
// This is a direct-mapped cache with 2^kHashbits entries;
// the hash function simply takes the low bits of the key.
// So, we don't have to store the low bits of the key in the entries.
// Instead, an entry is the high bits of a key and a value, packed
// together.  E.g., a 20 bit key and a 7 bit value only require
// a uint16 for each entry if kHashbits >= 11.
//
// Alternatives to this scheme will be added as needed.

#ifndef TCMALLOC_PACKED_CACHE_INL_H__
#define TCMALLOC_PACKED_CACHE_INL_H__

#ifndef WTF_CHANGES
#include "base/basictypes.h"  // for COMPILE_ASSERT
#include "base/logging.h"     // for DCHECK
#endif

#ifndef DCHECK_EQ
#define DCHECK_EQ(val1, val2) ASSERT((val1) == (val2))
#endif

// A safe way of doing "(1 << n) - 1" -- without worrying about overflow
// Note this will all be resolved to a constant expression at compile-time
#define N_ONES_(IntType, N)                                     \
  ( (N) == 0 ? 0 : ((static_cast<IntType>(1) << ((N)-1))-1 +    \
                    (static_cast<IntType>(1) << ((N)-1))) )

// The types K and V provide upper bounds on the number of valid keys
// and values, but we explicitly require the keys to be less than
// 2^kKeybits and the values to be less than 2^kValuebits.  The size of
// the table is controlled by kHashbits, and the type of each entry in
// the cache is T.  See also the big comment at the top of the file.
template <int kKeybits, typename T>
class PackedCache {
 public:
  typedef uintptr_t K;
  typedef size_t V;
  static const size_t kHashbits = 12;
  static const size_t kValuebits = 8;

  explicit PackedCache(V initial_value) {
    COMPILE_ASSERT(kKeybits <= sizeof(K) * 8, key_size);
    COMPILE_ASSERT(kValuebits <= sizeof(V) * 8, value_size);
    COMPILE_ASSERT(kHashbits <= kKeybits, hash_function);
    COMPILE_ASSERT(kKeybits - kHashbits + kValuebits <= kTbits,
                   entry_size_must_be_big_enough);
    Clear(initial_value);
  }

  void Put(K key, V value) {
    DCHECK_EQ(key, key & kKeyMask);
    DCHECK_EQ(value, value & kValueMask);
    array_[Hash(key)] = static_cast<T>(KeyToUpper(key) | value);
  }

  bool Has(K key) const {
    DCHECK_EQ(key, key & kKeyMask);
    return KeyMatch(array_[Hash(key)], key);
  }

  V GetOrDefault(K key, V default_value) const {
    // As with other code in this class, we touch array_ as few times
    // as we can.  Assuming entries are read atomically (e.g., their
    // type is uintptr_t on most hardware) then certain races are
    // harmless.
    DCHECK_EQ(key, key & kKeyMask);
    T entry = array_[Hash(key)];
    return KeyMatch(entry, key) ? EntryToValue(entry) : default_value;
  }

  void Clear(V value) {
    DCHECK_EQ(value, value & kValueMask);
    for (int i = 0; i < 1 << kHashbits; i++) {
      array_[i] = static_cast<T>(value);
    }
  }

 private:
  // We are going to pack a value and the upper part of a key into
  // an entry of type T.  The UPPER type is for the upper part of a key,
  // after the key has been masked and shifted for inclusion in an entry.
  typedef T UPPER;

  static V EntryToValue(T t) { return t & kValueMask; }

  static UPPER EntryToUpper(T t) { return t & kUpperMask; }

  // If v is a V and u is an UPPER then you can create an entry by
  // doing u | v.  kHashbits determines where in a K to find the upper
  // part of the key, and kValuebits determines where in the entry to put
  // it.
  static UPPER KeyToUpper(K k) {
    const int shift = kHashbits - kValuebits;
    // Assume kHashbits >= kValuebits. It would be easy to lift this assumption.
    return static_cast<T>(k >> shift) & kUpperMask;
  }

  // This is roughly the inverse of KeyToUpper().  Some of the key has been
  // thrown away, since KeyToUpper() masks off the low bits of the key.
  static K UpperToPartialKey(UPPER u) {
    DCHECK_EQ(u, u & kUpperMask);
    const int shift = kHashbits - kValuebits;
    // Assume kHashbits >= kValuebits. It would be easy to lift this assumption.
    return static_cast<K>(u) << shift;
  }

  static size_t Hash(K key) {
    return static_cast<size_t>(key) & N_ONES_(size_t, kHashbits);
  }

  // Does the entry's partial key match the relevant part of the given key?
  static bool KeyMatch(T entry, K key) {
    return ((KeyToUpper(key) ^ entry) & kUpperMask) == 0;
  }

  static const size_t kTbits = 8 * sizeof(T);
  static const int kUpperbits = kKeybits - kHashbits;

  // For masking a K.
  static const K kKeyMask = N_ONES_(K, kKeybits);

  // For masking a T.
  static const T kUpperMask = N_ONES_(T, kUpperbits) << kValuebits;

  // For masking a V or a T.
  static const V kValueMask = N_ONES_(V, kValuebits);

  T array_[1 << kHashbits];
};

#undef N_ONES_

#endif  // TCMALLOC_PACKED_CACHE_INL_H__