1 /* ========================================================================== **
4 * Copyright (C) 1997 by Christopher R. Hertel
6 * Email: crh@ubiqx.mn.org
7 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
9 * This module implements a generic cache.
11 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
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27 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
29 * This module uses a splay tree to implement a simple cache. The cache
30 * module adds a thin layer of functionality to the splay tree. In
33 * - The tree (cache) may be limited in size by the number of
34 * entries permitted or the amount of memory used. When either
35 * limit is exceeded cache entries are removed until the cache
37 * - Some statistical information is kept so that an approximate
38 * "hit ratio" can be calculated.
39 * - There are several functions available that provide access to
40 * and management of cache size limits, hit ratio, and tree
43 * The splay tree is used because recently accessed items tend toward the
44 * top of the tree and less recently accessed items tend toward the bottom.
45 * This makes it easy to purge less recently used items should the cache
48 * To use this module, you will need to supply a comparison function of
49 * type ubi_trCompFunc and a node-freeing function of type
50 * ubi_trKillNodeRtn. See ubi_BinTree.h for more information on
51 * these. (This is all basic ubiqx tree management stuff.)
55 * - Cache performance will start to suffer dramatically if the
56 * cache becomes large enough to force the OS to start swapping
57 * memory to disk. This is because the nodes of the underlying tree
58 * will be scattered across memory in an order that is completely
59 * unrelated to their traversal order. As more and more of the
60 * cache is placed into swap space, more and more swaps will be
61 * required for a simple traversal (...and then there's the splay
64 * In one simple test under Linux, the load and dump of a cache of
65 * 400,000 entries took only 1min, 40sec of real time. The same
66 * test with 450,000 records took 2 *hours* and eight minutes.
68 * - In an effort to save memory, I considered using an unsigned
69 * short to save the per-entry entry size. I would have tucked this
70 * value into some unused space in the tree node structure. On
71 * 32-bit word aligned systems this would have saved an additional
72 * four bytes per entry. I may revisit this issue, but for now I've
75 * Using an unsigned short would limit the size of an entry to 64K
76 * bytes. That's probably more than enough for most applications.
77 * The key word in that last sentence, however, is "probably". I
78 * really dislike imposing such limits on things.
80 * - Each entry keeps track of the amount of memory it used and the
81 * cache header keeps the total. This information is provided via
82 * the EntrySize parameter in ubi_cachePut(), so it is up to you to
83 * make sure that the numbers are accurate. (The numbers don't even
84 * have to represent bytes used.)
86 * As you consider this, note that the strdup() function--as an
87 * example--will call malloc(). The latter generally allocates a
88 * multiple of the system word size, which may be more than the
89 * number of bytes needed to store the string.
91 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
94 * Revision 0.4 1999/09/22 03:42:24 crh
97 * Revision 0.3 1998/06/03 18:00:15 crh
98 * Further fiddling with sys_include.h, which is no longer explicitly
99 * included by this module since it is inherited from ubi_BinTree.h.
101 * Revision 0.2 1998/06/02 01:36:18 crh
102 * Changed include name from ubi_null.h to sys_include.h to make it
105 * Revision 0.1 1998/05/20 04:36:02 crh
106 * The C file now includes ubi_null.h. See ubi_null.h for more info.
108 * Revision 0.0 1997/12/18 06:24:33 crh
111 * ========================================================================== **
114 #include "ubi_Cache.h" /* Header for *this* module. */
116 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
120 /* commented out until I make use of it...
121 static char ModuleID[] =
124 \tDate: 1999/09/22 03:42:24 \n\
128 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
129 * Internal functions...
132 static void free_entry( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
, ubi_cacheEntryPtr EntryPtr
)
133 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
134 * Free a ubi_cacheEntry, and adjust the mem_used counter accordingly.
136 * Input: CachePtr - A pointer to the cache from which the entry has
138 * EntryPtr - A pointer to the already removed entry.
142 * Notes: The entry must be removed from the cache *before* this function
144 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
147 CachePtr
->mem_used
-= EntryPtr
->entry_size
;
148 (*CachePtr
->free_func
)( (void *)EntryPtr
);
151 static void cachetrim( ubi_cacheRootPtr crptr
)
152 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
153 * Remove entries from the cache until the number of entries and the amount
154 * of memory used are *both* below or at the maximum.
156 * Input: crptr - pointer to the cache to be trimmed.
160 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
163 while( ( crptr
->max_entries
&& (crptr
->max_entries
< crptr
->root
.count
) )
164 || ( crptr
->max_memory
&& (crptr
->max_memory
< crptr
->mem_used
) ) )
166 if( !ubi_cacheReduce( crptr
, 1 ) )
172 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **
173 * Exported functions...
176 ubi_cacheRootPtr
ubi_cacheInit( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
,
177 ubi_trCompFunc CompFunc
,
178 ubi_trKillNodeRtn FreeFunc
,
179 unsigned long MaxEntries
,
180 unsigned long MaxMemory
)
181 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
182 * Initialize a cache header structure.
184 * Input: CachePtr - A pointer to a ubi_cacheRoot structure that is
186 * CompFunc - A pointer to the function that will be called
187 * to compare two cache values. See the module
188 * comments, above, for more information.
189 * FreeFunc - A pointer to a function that will be called
190 * to free a cache entry. If you allocated
191 * the cache entry using malloc(), then this
192 * will likely be free(). If you are allocating
193 * cache entries from a free list, then this will
194 * likely be a function that returns memory to the
196 * MaxEntries - The maximum number of entries that will be
197 * allowed to exist in the cache. If this limit
198 * is exceeded, then existing entries will be
199 * removed from the cache. A value of zero
200 * indicates that there is no limit on the number
201 * of cache entries. See ubi_cachePut().
202 * MaxMemory - The maximum amount of memory, in bytes, to be
203 * allocated to the cache (excluding the cache
204 * header). If this is exceeded, existing entries
205 * in the cache will be removed until enough memory
206 * has been freed to meet the condition. See
209 * Output: A pointer to the initialized cache (i.e., the same as CachePtr).
211 * Notes: Both MaxEntries and MaxMemory may be changed after the cache
212 * has been created. See
213 * ubi_cacheSetMaxEntries()
214 * ubi_cacheSetMaxMemory()
215 * ubi_cacheGetMaxEntries()
216 * ubi_cacheGetMaxMemory() (the latter two are macros).
218 * - Memory is allocated in multiples of the word size. The
219 * return value of the strlen() function does not reflect
220 * this; it will allways be less than or equal to the amount
221 * of memory actually allocated. Keep this in mind when
222 * choosing a value for MaxMemory.
224 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
229 (void)ubi_trInitTree( CachePtr
, CompFunc
, ubi_trOVERWRITE
);
230 CachePtr
->free_func
= FreeFunc
;
231 CachePtr
->max_entries
= MaxEntries
;
232 CachePtr
->max_memory
= MaxMemory
;
233 CachePtr
->mem_used
= 0;
234 CachePtr
->cache_hits
= 0;
235 CachePtr
->cache_trys
= 0;
238 } /* ubi_cacheInit */
240 ubi_cacheRootPtr
ubi_cacheClear( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
)
241 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
242 * Remove and free all entries in an existing cache.
244 * Input: CachePtr - A pointer to the cache that is to be cleared.
246 * Output: A pointer to the cache header (i.e., the same as CachePtr).
247 * This function re-initializes the cache header.
249 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
254 (void)ubi_trKillTree( CachePtr
, CachePtr
->free_func
);
255 CachePtr
->mem_used
= 0;
256 CachePtr
->cache_hits
= 0;
257 CachePtr
->cache_trys
= 0;
260 } /* ubi_cacheClear */
262 void ubi_cachePut( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
,
263 unsigned long EntrySize
,
264 ubi_cacheEntryPtr EntryPtr
,
266 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
267 * Add an entry to the cache.
269 * Input: CachePtr - A pointer to the cache into which the entry
271 * EntrySize - The size, in bytes, of the memory block indicated
272 * by EntryPtr. This will be copied into the
273 * EntryPtr->entry_size field.
274 * EntryPtr - A pointer to a memory block that begins with a
275 * ubi_cacheEntry structure. The entry structure
276 * should be followed immediately by the data to be
277 * cached (even if that is a pointer to yet more data).
278 * Key - Pointer used to identify the lookup key within the
283 * Notes: After adding the new node, the cache is "trimmed". This
284 * removes extra nodes if the tree has exceeded it's memory or
285 * entry count limits. It is unlikely that the newly added node
286 * will be purged from the cache (assuming a reasonably large
287 * cache), since new nodes in a splay tree (which is what this
288 * module was designed to use) are moved to the top of the tree
289 * and the cache purge process removes nodes from the bottom of
291 * - The underlying splay tree is opened in OVERWRITE mode. If
292 * the input key matches an existing key, the existing entry will
293 * be politely removed from the tree and freed.
294 * - Memory is allocated in multiples of the word size. The
295 * return value of the strlen() function does not reflect
296 * this; it will allways be less than or equal to the amount
297 * of memory actually allocated.
299 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
302 ubi_trNodePtr OldNode
;
304 EntryPtr
->entry_size
= EntrySize
;
305 CachePtr
->mem_used
+= EntrySize
;
306 (void)ubi_trInsert( CachePtr
, EntryPtr
, Key
, &OldNode
);
308 free_entry( CachePtr
, (ubi_cacheEntryPtr
)OldNode
);
310 cachetrim( CachePtr
);
313 ubi_cacheEntryPtr
ubi_cacheGet( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
,
314 ubi_trItemPtr FindMe
)
315 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
316 * Attempt to retrieve an entry from the cache.
318 * Input: CachePtr - A ponter to the cache that is to be searched.
319 * FindMe - A ubi_trItemPtr that indicates the key for which
322 * Output: A pointer to the cache entry that was found, or NULL if no
323 * matching entry was found.
325 * Notes: This function also updates the hit ratio counters.
326 * The counters are unsigned short. If the number of cache tries
327 * reaches 32768, then both the number of tries and the number of
328 * hits are divided by two. This prevents the counters from
329 * overflowing. See the comments in ubi_cacheHitRatio() for
332 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
335 ubi_trNodePtr FoundPtr
;
337 FoundPtr
= ubi_trFind( CachePtr
, FindMe
);
340 CachePtr
->cache_hits
++;
341 CachePtr
->cache_trys
++;
343 if( CachePtr
->cache_trys
& 0x8000 )
345 CachePtr
->cache_hits
= CachePtr
->cache_hits
/ 2;
346 CachePtr
->cache_trys
= CachePtr
->cache_trys
/ 2;
349 return( (ubi_cacheEntryPtr
)FoundPtr
);
352 ubi_trBool
ubi_cacheDelete( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
, ubi_trItemPtr DeleteMe
)
353 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
354 * Find and delete the specified cache entry.
356 * Input: CachePtr - A pointer to the cache.
357 * DeleteMe - The key of the entry to be deleted.
359 * Output: TRUE if the entry was found & freed, else FALSE.
361 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
364 ubi_trNodePtr FoundPtr
;
366 FoundPtr
= ubi_trFind( CachePtr
, DeleteMe
);
369 (void)ubi_trRemove( CachePtr
, FoundPtr
);
370 free_entry( CachePtr
, (ubi_cacheEntryPtr
)FoundPtr
);
371 return( ubi_trTRUE
);
373 return( ubi_trFALSE
);
374 } /* ubi_cacheDelete */
376 ubi_trBool
ubi_cacheReduce( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
, unsigned long count
)
377 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
378 * Remove <count> entries from the bottom of the cache.
380 * Input: CachePtr - A pointer to the cache which is to be reduced in
382 * count - The number of entries to remove.
384 * Output: The function will return TRUE if <count> entries were removed,
385 * else FALSE. A return value of FALSE should indicate that
386 * there were less than <count> entries in the cache, and that the
387 * cache is now empty.
389 * Notes: This function forces a reduction in the number of cache entries
390 * without requiring that the MaxMemory or MaxEntries values be
393 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
396 ubi_trNodePtr NodePtr
;
400 NodePtr
= ubi_trLeafNode( CachePtr
->root
.root
);
401 if( NULL
== NodePtr
)
402 return( ubi_trFALSE
);
405 (void)ubi_trRemove( CachePtr
, NodePtr
);
406 free_entry( CachePtr
, (ubi_cacheEntryPtr
)NodePtr
);
410 return( ubi_trTRUE
);
411 } /* ubi_cacheReduce */
413 unsigned long ubi_cacheSetMaxEntries( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
,
414 unsigned long NewSize
)
415 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
416 * Change the maximum number of entries allowed to exist in the cache.
418 * Input: CachePtr - A pointer to the cache to be modified.
419 * NewSize - The new maximum number of cache entries.
421 * Output: The maximum number of entries previously allowed to exist in
424 * Notes: If the new size is less than the old size, this function will
425 * trim the cache (remove excess entries).
426 * - A value of zero indicates an unlimited number of entries.
428 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
431 unsigned long oldsize
= CachePtr
->max_entries
; /* Save the old value. */
433 CachePtr
->max_entries
= NewSize
; /* Apply the new value. */
434 if( (NewSize
< oldsize
) || (NewSize
&& !oldsize
) ) /* If size is smaller, */
435 cachetrim( CachePtr
); /* remove excess. */
437 } /* ubi_cacheSetMaxEntries */
439 unsigned long ubi_cacheSetMaxMemory( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
,
440 unsigned long NewSize
)
441 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
442 * Change the maximum amount of memory to be used for storing cache
445 * Input: CachePtr - A pointer to the cache to be modified.
446 * NewSize - The new cache memory size.
448 * Output: The previous maximum memory size.
450 * Notes: If the new size is less than the old size, this function will
451 * trim the cache (remove excess entries).
452 * - A value of zero indicates that the cache has no memory limit.
454 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
457 unsigned long oldsize
= CachePtr
->max_memory
; /* Save the old value. */
459 CachePtr
->max_memory
= NewSize
; /* Apply the new value. */
460 if( (NewSize
< oldsize
) || (NewSize
&& !oldsize
) ) /* If size is smaller, */
461 cachetrim( CachePtr
); /* remove excess. */
463 } /* ubi_cacheSetMaxMemory */
465 int ubi_cacheHitRatio( ubi_cacheRootPtr CachePtr
)
466 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
467 * Returns a value that is 10,000 times the slightly weighted average hit
468 * ratio for the cache.
470 * Input: CachePtr - Pointer to the cache to be queried.
472 * Output: An integer that is 10,000 times the number of successful
473 * cache hits divided by the number of cache lookups, or:
474 * (10000 * hits) / trys
475 * You can easily convert this to a float, or do something
476 * like this (where i is the return value of this function):
478 * printf( "Hit rate : %d.%02d%%\n", (i/100), (i%100) );
480 * Notes: I say "slightly-weighted", because the numerator and
481 * denominator are both accumulated in locations of type
482 * 'unsigned short'. If the number of cache trys becomes
483 * large enough, both are divided by two. (See function
485 * Dividing both numerator and denominator by two does not
486 * change the ratio (much...it is an integer divide), but it
487 * does mean that subsequent increments to either counter will
488 * have twice as much significance as previous ones.
490 * - The value returned by this function will be in the range
491 * [0..10000] because ( 0 <= cache_hits <= cache_trys ) will
494 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
499 if( CachePtr
->cache_trys
)
500 tmp
= (int)( (10000 * (long)(CachePtr
->cache_hits
) )
501 / (long)(CachePtr
->cache_trys
) );
503 } /* ubi_cacheHitRatio */
505 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */