Logical Tape Set: use min heap for freelist.

Previously, the freelist of blocks was tracked as an
occasionally-sorted array. A min heap is more resilient to larger
freelists or more frequent changes between reading and writing.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/97c46a59c27f3c38e486ca170fcbc618d97ab049.camel%40j-davis.com

Author: jeff-davis

src/backend/utils/sort/logtape.c

@@ -49,12 +49,8 @@
  * when reading, and read multiple blocks from the same tape in one go,
  * whenever the buffer becomes empty.
  *
- * To support the above policy of writing to the lowest free block,
- * ltsGetFreeBlock sorts the list of free block numbers into decreasing
- * order each time it is asked for a block and the list isn't currently
- * sorted.  This is an efficient way to handle it because we expect cycles
- * of releasing many blocks followed by re-using many blocks, due to
- * the larger read buffer.
+ * To support the above policy of writing to the lowest free block, the
+ * freelist is a min heap.
  *
  * Since all the bookkeeping and buffer memory is allocated with palloc(),
  * and the underlying file(s) are made with OpenTemporaryFile, all resources
@@ -170,7 +166,7 @@ struct LogicalTapeSet
 	/*
 	 * File size tracking.  nBlocksWritten is the size of the underlying file,
 	 * in BLCKSZ blocks.  nBlocksAllocated is the number of blocks allocated
-	 * by ltsGetFreeBlock(), and it is always greater than or equal to
+	 * by ltsReleaseBlock(), and it is always greater than or equal to
 	 * nBlocksWritten.  Blocks between nBlocksAllocated and nBlocksWritten are
 	 * blocks that have been allocated for a tape, but have not been written
 	 * to the underlying file yet.  nHoleBlocks tracks the total number of
@@ -188,17 +184,11 @@ struct LogicalTapeSet
 	 * If forgetFreeSpace is true then any freed blocks are simply forgotten
 	 * rather than being remembered in freeBlocks[].  See notes for
 	 * LogicalTapeSetForgetFreeSpace().
-	 *
-	 * If blocksSorted is true then the block numbers in freeBlocks are in
-	 * *decreasing* order, so that removing the last entry gives us the lowest
-	 * free block.  We re-sort the blocks whenever a block is demanded; this
-	 * should be reasonably efficient given the expected usage pattern.
 	 */
 	bool		forgetFreeSpace;	/* are we remembering free blocks? */
-	bool		blocksSorted;	/* is freeBlocks[] currently in order? */
-	long	   *freeBlocks;		/* resizable array */
-	int			nFreeBlocks;	/* # of currently free blocks */
-	int			freeBlocksLen;	/* current allocated length of freeBlocks[] */
+	long	   *freeBlocks;		/* resizable array holding minheap */
+	long		nFreeBlocks;	/* # of currently free blocks */
+	Size		freeBlocksLen;	/* current allocated length of freeBlocks[] */
 
 	/* The array of logical tapes. */
 	int			nTapes;			/* # of logical tapes in set */
@@ -321,46 +311,88 @@ ltsReadFillBuffer(LogicalTapeSet *lts, LogicalTape *lt)
 	return (lt->nbytes > 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * qsort comparator for sorting freeBlocks[] into decreasing order.
- */
-static int
-freeBlocks_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+static inline void
+swap_nodes(long *heap, unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
+{
+	unsigned long swap;
+
+	swap = heap[a];
+	heap[a] = heap[b];
+	heap[b] = swap;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long
+left_offset(unsigned long i)
+{
+	return 2 * i + 1;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long
+right_offset(unsigned i)
+{
+	return 2 * i + 2;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long
+parent_offset(unsigned long i)
 {
-	long		ablk = *((const long *) a);
-	long		bblk = *((const long *) b);
-
-	/* can't just subtract because long might be wider than int */
-	if (ablk < bblk)
-		return 1;
-	if (ablk > bblk)
-		return -1;
-	return 0;
+	return (i - 1) / 2;
 }
 
 /*
- * Select a currently unused block for writing to.
+ * Select the lowest currently unused block by taking the first element from
+ * the freelist min heap.
  */
 static long
 ltsGetFreeBlock(LogicalTapeSet *lts)
 {
-	/*
-	 * If there are multiple free blocks, we select the one appearing last in
-	 * freeBlocks[] (after sorting the array if needed).  If there are none,
-	 * assign the next block at the end of the file.
-	 */
-	if (lts->nFreeBlocks > 0)
+	long	*heap = lts->freeBlocks;
+	long	 blocknum;
+	int		 heapsize;
+	unsigned long pos;
+
+	/* freelist empty; allocate a new block */
+	if (lts->nFreeBlocks == 0)
+		return lts->nBlocksAllocated++;
+
+	if (lts->nFreeBlocks == 1)
 	{
-		if (!lts->blocksSorted)
-		{
-			qsort((void *) lts->freeBlocks, lts->nFreeBlocks,
-				  sizeof(long), freeBlocks_cmp);
-			lts->blocksSorted = true;
-		}
-		return lts->freeBlocks[--lts->nFreeBlocks];
+		lts->nFreeBlocks--;
+		return lts->freeBlocks[0];
 	}
-	else
-		return lts->nBlocksAllocated++;
+
+	/* take top of minheap */
+	blocknum = heap[0];
+
+	/* replace with end of minheap array */
+	heap[0] = heap[--lts->nFreeBlocks];
+
+	/* sift down */
+	pos = 0;
+	heapsize = lts->nFreeBlocks;
+	while (true)
+	{
+		unsigned long left  = left_offset(pos);
+		unsigned long right = right_offset(pos);
+		unsigned long min_child;
+
+		if (left < heapsize && right < heapsize)
+			min_child = (heap[left] < heap[right]) ? left : right;
+		else if (left < heapsize)
+			min_child = left;
+		else if (right < heapsize)
+			min_child = right;
+		else
+			break;
+
+		if (heap[min_child] >= heap[pos])
+			break;
+
+		swap_nodes(heap, min_child, pos);
+		pos = min_child;
+	}
+
+	return blocknum;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -369,7 +401,8 @@ ltsGetFreeBlock(LogicalTapeSet *lts)
 static void
 ltsReleaseBlock(LogicalTapeSet *lts, long blocknum)
 {
-	int			ndx;
+	long	*heap;
+	unsigned long pos;
 
 	/*
 	 * Do nothing if we're no longer interested in remembering free space.
@@ -382,19 +415,35 @@ ltsReleaseBlock(LogicalTapeSet *lts, long blocknum)
 	 */
 	if (lts->nFreeBlocks >= lts->freeBlocksLen)
 	{
+		/*
+		 * If the freelist becomes very large, just return and leak this free
+		 * block.
+		 */
+		if (lts->freeBlocksLen * 2 > MaxAllocSize)
+			return;
+
 		lts->freeBlocksLen *= 2;
 		lts->freeBlocks = (long *) repalloc(lts->freeBlocks,
 											lts->freeBlocksLen * sizeof(long));
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Add blocknum to array, and mark the array unsorted if it's no longer in
-	 * decreasing order.
-	 */
-	ndx = lts->nFreeBlocks++;
-	lts->freeBlocks[ndx] = blocknum;
-	if (ndx > 0 && lts->freeBlocks[ndx - 1] < blocknum)
-		lts->blocksSorted = false;
+	heap = lts->freeBlocks;
+	pos = lts->nFreeBlocks;
+
+	/* place entry at end of minheap array */
+	heap[pos] = blocknum;
+	lts->nFreeBlocks++;
+
+	/* sift up */
+	while (pos != 0)
+	{
+		unsigned long parent = parent_offset(pos);
+		if (heap[parent] < heap[pos])
+			break;
+
+		swap_nodes(heap, parent, pos);
+		pos = parent;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -524,7 +573,6 @@ LogicalTapeSetCreate(int ntapes, TapeShare *shared, SharedFileSet *fileset,
 	lts->nBlocksWritten = 0L;
 	lts->nHoleBlocks = 0L;
 	lts->forgetFreeSpace = false;
-	lts->blocksSorted = true;	/* a zero-length array is sorted ... */
 	lts->freeBlocksLen = 32;	/* reasonable initial guess */
 	lts->freeBlocks = (long *) palloc(lts->freeBlocksLen * sizeof(long));
 	lts->nFreeBlocks = 0;