// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only /* * Copyright 2023 Red Hat */ #include "radix-sort.h" #include #include #include "memory-alloc.h" #include "string-utils.h" /* * This implementation allocates one large object to do the sorting, which can be reused as many * times as desired. The amount of memory required is logarithmically proportional to the number of * keys to be sorted. */ /* Piles smaller than this are handled with a simple insertion sort. */ #define INSERTION_SORT_THRESHOLD 12 /* Sort keys are pointers to immutable fixed-length arrays of bytes. */ typedef const u8 *sort_key_t; /* * The keys are separated into piles based on the byte in each keys at the current offset, so the * number of keys with each byte must be counted. */ struct histogram { /* The number of non-empty bins */ u16 used; /* The index (key byte) of the first non-empty bin */ u16 first; /* The index (key byte) of the last non-empty bin */ u16 last; /* The number of occurrences of each specific byte */ u32 size[256]; }; /* * Sub-tasks are manually managed on a stack, both for performance and to put a logarithmic bound * on the stack space needed. */ struct task { /* Pointer to the first key to sort. */ sort_key_t *first_key; /* Pointer to the last key to sort. */ sort_key_t *last_key; /* The offset into the key at which to continue sorting. */ u16 offset; /* The number of bytes remaining in the sort keys. */ u16 length; }; struct radix_sorter { unsigned int count; struct histogram bins; sort_key_t *pile[256]; struct task *end_of_stack; struct task insertion_list[256]; struct task stack[]; }; /* Compare a segment of two fixed-length keys starting at an offset. */ static inline int compare(sort_key_t key1, sort_key_t key2, u16 offset, u16 length) { return memcmp(&key1[offset], &key2[offset], length); } /* Insert the next unsorted key into an array of sorted keys. */ static inline void insert_key(const struct task task, sort_key_t *next) { /* Pull the unsorted key out, freeing up the array slot. */ sort_key_t unsorted = *next; /* Compare the key to the preceding sorted entries, shifting down ones that are larger. */ while ((--next >= task.first_key) && (compare(unsorted, next[0], task.offset, task.length) < 0)) next[1] = next[0]; /* Insert the key into the last slot that was cleared, sorting it. */ next[1] = unsorted; } /* * Sort a range of key segments using an insertion sort. This simple sort is faster than the * 256-way radix sort when the number of keys to sort is small. */ static inline void insertion_sort(const struct task task) { sort_key_t *next; for (next = task.first_key + 1; next <= task.last_key; next++) insert_key(task, next); } /* Push a sorting task onto a task stack. */ static inline void push_task(struct task **stack_pointer, sort_key_t *first_key, u32 count, u16 offset, u16 length) { struct task *task = (*stack_pointer)++; task->first_key = first_key; task->last_key = &first_key[count - 1]; task->offset = offset; task->length = length; } static inline void swap_keys(sort_key_t *a, sort_key_t *b) { sort_key_t c = *a; *a = *b; *b = c; } /* * Count the number of times each byte value appears in the arrays of keys to sort at the current * offset, keeping track of the number of non-empty bins, and the index of the first and last * non-empty bin. */ static inline void measure_bins(const struct task task, struct histogram *bins) { sort_key_t *key_ptr; /* * Subtle invariant: bins->used and bins->size[] are zero because the sorting code clears * it all out as it goes. Even though this structure is re-used, we don't need to pay to * zero it before starting a new tally. */ bins->first = U8_MAX; bins->last = 0; for (key_ptr = task.first_key; key_ptr <= task.last_key; key_ptr++) { /* Increment the count for the byte in the key at the current offset. */ u8 bin = (*key_ptr)[task.offset]; u32 size = ++bins->size[bin]; /* Track non-empty bins. */ if (size == 1) { bins->used += 1; if (bin < bins->first) bins->first = bin; if (bin > bins->last) bins->last = bin; } } } /* * Convert the bin sizes to pointers to where each pile goes. * * pile[0] = first_key + bin->size[0], * pile[1] = pile[0] + bin->size[1], etc. * * After the keys are moved to the appropriate pile, we'll need to sort each of the piles by the * next radix position. A new task is put on the stack for each pile containing lots of keys, or a * new task is put on the list for each pile containing few keys. * * @stack: pointer the top of the stack * @end_of_stack: the end of the stack * @list: pointer the head of the list * @pile: array for pointers to the end of each pile * @bins: the histogram of the sizes of each pile * @first_key: the first key of the stack * @offset: the next radix position to sort by * @length: the number of bytes remaining in the sort keys * * Return: UDS_SUCCESS or an error code */ static inline int push_bins(struct task **stack, struct task *end_of_stack, struct task **list, sort_key_t *pile[], struct histogram *bins, sort_key_t *first_key, u16 offset, u16 length) { sort_key_t *pile_start = first_key; int bin; for (bin = bins->first; ; bin++) { u32 size = bins->size[bin]; /* Skip empty piles. */ if (size == 0) continue; /* There's no need to sort empty keys. */ if (length > 0) { if (size > INSERTION_SORT_THRESHOLD) { if (*stack >= end_of_stack) return UDS_BAD_STATE; push_task(stack, pile_start, size, offset, length); } else if (size > 1) { push_task(list, pile_start, size, offset, length); } } pile_start += size; pile[bin] = pile_start; if (--bins->used == 0) break; } return UDS_SUCCESS; } int uds_make_radix_sorter(unsigned int count, struct radix_sorter **sorter) { int result; unsigned int stack_size = count / INSERTION_SORT_THRESHOLD; struct radix_sorter *radix_sorter; result = vdo_allocate_extended(struct radix_sorter, stack_size, struct task, __func__, &radix_sorter); if (result != VDO_SUCCESS) return result; radix_sorter->count = count; radix_sorter->end_of_stack = radix_sorter->stack + stack_size; *sorter = radix_sorter; return UDS_SUCCESS; } void uds_free_radix_sorter(struct radix_sorter *sorter) { vdo_free(sorter); } /* * Sort pointers to fixed-length keys (arrays of bytes) using a radix sort. The sort implementation * is unstable, so the relative ordering of equal keys is not preserved. */ int uds_radix_sort(struct radix_sorter *sorter, const unsigned char *keys[], unsigned int count, unsigned short length) { struct task start; struct histogram *bins = &sorter->bins; sort_key_t **pile = sorter->pile; struct task *task_stack = sorter->stack; /* All zero-length keys are identical and therefore already sorted. */ if ((count == 0) || (length == 0)) return UDS_SUCCESS; /* The initial task is to sort the entire length of all the keys. */ start = (struct task) { .first_key = keys, .last_key = &keys[count - 1], .offset = 0, .length = length, }; if (count <= INSERTION_SORT_THRESHOLD) { insertion_sort(start); return UDS_SUCCESS; } if (count > sorter->count) return UDS_INVALID_ARGUMENT; /* * Repeatedly consume a sorting task from the stack and process it, pushing new sub-tasks * onto the stack for each radix-sorted pile. When all tasks and sub-tasks have been * processed, the stack will be empty and all the keys in the starting task will be fully * sorted. */ for (*task_stack = start; task_stack >= sorter->stack; task_stack--) { const struct task task = *task_stack; struct task *insertion_task_list; int result; sort_key_t *fence; sort_key_t *end; measure_bins(task, bins); /* * Now that we know how large each bin is, generate pointers for each of the piles * and push a new task to sort each pile by the next radix byte. */ insertion_task_list = sorter->insertion_list; result = push_bins(&task_stack, sorter->end_of_stack, &insertion_task_list, pile, bins, task.first_key, task.offset + 1, task.length - 1); if (result != UDS_SUCCESS) { memset(bins, 0, sizeof(*bins)); return result; } /* Now bins->used is zero again. */ /* * Don't bother processing the last pile: when piles 0..N-1 are all in place, then * pile N must also be in place. */ end = task.last_key - bins->size[bins->last]; bins->size[bins->last] = 0; for (fence = task.first_key; fence <= end; ) { u8 bin; sort_key_t key = *fence; /* * The radix byte of the key tells us which pile it belongs in. Swap it for * an unprocessed item just below that pile, and repeat. */ while (--pile[bin = key[task.offset]] > fence) swap_keys(pile[bin], &key); /* * The pile reached the fence. Put the key at the bottom of that pile, * completing it, and advance the fence to the next pile. */ *fence = key; fence += bins->size[bin]; bins->size[bin] = 0; } /* Now bins->size[] is all zero again. */ /* * When the number of keys in a task gets small enough, it is faster to use an * insertion sort than to keep subdividing into tiny piles. */ while (--insertion_task_list >= sorter->insertion_list) insertion_sort(*insertion_task_list); } return UDS_SUCCESS; }