root/drivers/md/dm-vdo/indexer/radix-sort.c
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
 * Copyright 2023 Red Hat
 */

#include "radix-sort.h"

#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <linux/types.h>

#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;
}