Big-Data-HPC-Platform/system/jlib/jsort.cpp

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#include "platform.h"
#include <string.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include "jsort.hpp"
#include "jio.hpp"
#include "jmisc.hpp"
#include "jexcept.hpp"
#include "jfile.hpp"
#include "jthread.hpp"
#include "jqueue.tpp"
#include "jset.hpp"
#include "jutil.hpp"

#ifdef _USE_TBB
#include "tbb/task.h"
#include "tbb/task_scheduler_init.h"
#include "tbb/parallel_sort.h"
#endif

#ifdef _DEBUG
// #define PARANOID
// #define DOUBLE_COMPARE
//#define TESTPARSORT
//#define MCMERGESTATS
#endif

//#define TRACE_PARTITION

#define PARALLEL_GRANULARITY 1024
static const unsigned numPartitionSamples = 3;

static bool sortParallel(unsigned &numcpus)
{
    static unsigned numCPUs = 0;
    if (numCPUs==0) {
        numCPUs = getAffinityCpus();
    }
    if ((numcpus==0)||(numcpus>numCPUs))
        numcpus = numCPUs;
#ifdef TESTPARSORT
    numcpus = 2;
    return true;        // to test
#endif
    return (numcpus>1);
}


//define two variants of the same insertion function.
#define COMPARE(search,position)    compare(search,position)
#define INSERT(position,search)     memmove(position,search, width)

void * binary_add(const void *newitem, const void *base,
             size32_t nmemb, 
             size32_t width,
             int ( *compare)(const void *_e1, const void *_e2),
             bool * ItemAdded)
{
#include "jsort.inc"
}

#undef COMPARE
#undef INSERT

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#define COMPARE(search,position)    compare(search,*(const void * *)(position))
#define INSERT(position,search)     *(const void * *)(position) = search
#define NEVER_ADD

extern jlib_decl void * binary_vec_find(const void *newitem, const void * * base,
                                        size32_t nmemb, 
                                        sortCompareFunction compare,
                                        bool * ItemAdded)
{
#define width sizeof(void*)
#include "jsort.inc"
#undef width
}

#undef NEVER_ADD
#undef INSERT
#undef COMPARE

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#define COMPARE(search,position)    compare.docompare(search,*(const void * *)(position))
#define INSERT(position,search)     *(const void * *)(position) = search
#define NEVER_ADD

extern jlib_decl void * binary_vec_find(const void *newitem, const void * * base,
                                        size32_t nmemb, 
                                        ICompare & compare,
                                        bool * ItemAdded)
{
#define width sizeof(void*)
#include "jsort.inc"
#undef width
}

#undef NEVER_ADD
#undef INSERT
#undef COMPARE

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#define COMPARE(search,position)    compare(search,*(const void * *)(position))
#define INSERT(position,search)     *(const void * *)(position) = search
#define ALWAYS_ADD

extern jlib_decl void * binary_vec_insert(const void *newitem, const void * * base,
                                          size32_t nmemb, 
                                          sortCompareFunction compare)
{
#define width sizeof(void*)
#include "jsort.inc"
#undef width
}

#undef ALWAYS_ADD
#undef INSERT
#undef COMPARE

#define COMPARE(search,position)    compare.docompare(search,*(const void * *)(position))
#define INSERT(position,search)     *(const void * *)(position) = search
#define ALWAYS_ADD

extern jlib_decl void * binary_vec_insert(const void *newitem, const void * * base,
                                          size32_t nmemb, 
                                          ICompare const & compare)
{
#define width sizeof(void*)
#include "jsort.inc"
#undef width
}

#undef ALWAYS_ADD
#undef INSERT
#undef COMPARE

#define COMPARE(search,position)    compare(search,*(const void * *)(position))
#define INSERT(position,search)     *(const void * *)(position) = search
#define ALWAYS_ADD
#define SEEK_LAST_MATCH

extern jlib_decl void * binary_vec_insert_stable(const void *newitem, const void * * base,
                                          size32_t nmemb, 
                                          sortCompareFunction compare)
{
#define width sizeof(void*)
#include "jsort.inc"
#undef width
}

#undef SEEK_LAST_MATCH
#undef ALWAYS_ADD
#undef INSERT
#undef COMPARE

#define COMPARE(search,position)    compare.docompare(search,*(const void * *)(position))
#define INSERT(position,search)     *(const void * *)(position) = search
#define ALWAYS_ADD
#define SEEK_LAST_MATCH

extern jlib_decl void * binary_vec_insert_stable(const void *newitem, const void * * base,
                                          size32_t nmemb, 
                                          ICompare const & compare)
{
#define width sizeof(void*)
#include "jsort.inc"
#undef width
}

#undef SEEK_LAST_MATCH
#undef ALWAYS_ADD
#undef INSERT
#undef COMPARE


//=========================================================================
// optimized quicksort for array of pointers to fixed size objects



typedef void *  ELEMENT;        
typedef void ** _VECTOR;   // bit messy but allow to be redefined later
#define VECTOR _VECTOR


static inline void swap(VECTOR a, VECTOR b)  { ELEMENT t = *a;  *a = *b; *b = t; }
#define SWAP swap


#define CMP(a,b)         memcmp(*(a),*(b),es)
#define MED3(a,b,c)      med3a(a,b,c,es)
#define RECURSE(a,b)     qsortvec(a, b, es)

static inline VECTOR med3a(VECTOR a, VECTOR b, VECTOR c, size32_t es)
{
  return CMP(a, b) < 0 ?
      (CMP(b, c) < 0 ? b : (CMP(a, c) < 0 ? c : a ))
    : (CMP(b, c) > 0 ? b : (CMP(a, c) < 0 ? a : c ));
}


void qsortvec(void **a, size32_t n, size32_t es)
#include "jsort2.inc"
#undef CMP
#undef MED3
#undef RECURSE

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#define CMP(a,b)         (compare(*(a),*(b)))
#define MED3(a,b,c)      med3c(a,b,c,compare)
#define RECURSE(a,b)     qsortvec(a, b, compare)
static inline VECTOR med3c(VECTOR a, VECTOR b, VECTOR c, sortCompareFunction compare)
{
  return CMP(a, b) < 0 ?
      (CMP(b, c) < 0 ? b : (CMP(a, c) < 0 ? c : a ))
    : (CMP(b, c) > 0 ? b : (CMP(a, c) < 0 ? a : c ));
}


void qsortvec(void **a, size32_t n, sortCompareFunction compare)
#include "jsort2.inc"

#undef CMP
#undef MED3
#undef RECURSE

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// tbb versions of the quick sort to provide a useful base comparison

class TbbCompareWrapper
{
public:
    TbbCompareWrapper(const ICompare & _compare) : compare(_compare) {}
    bool operator()(void * const & l, void * const & r) const { return compare.docompare(l, r) < 0; }
    const ICompare & compare;
};


class TbbCompareIndirectWrapper
{
public:
    TbbCompareIndirectWrapper(const ICompare & _compare) : compare(_compare) {}
    bool operator()(void * * const & l, void * * const & r) const
    {
        int ret = compare.docompare(*l,*r);
        if (ret==0)
        {
            if (l < r)
                return true;
            else
                return false;
        }
        return (ret < 0);
    }
    const ICompare & compare;
};


void tbbqsortvec(void **a, size_t n, const ICompare & compare)
{
#ifdef _USE_TBB
    TbbCompareWrapper tbbcompare(compare);
    tbb::parallel_sort(a, a+n, tbbcompare);
#else
    throwUnexpectedX("TBB quicksort not available");
#endif
}

void tbbqsortstable(void ** rows, size_t n, const ICompare & compare, void ** temp)
{
#ifdef _USE_TBB
    void * * * rowsAsIndex = (void * * *)rows;
    memcpy(temp, rows, n * sizeof(void*));

    for(unsigned i=0; i<n; ++i)
        rowsAsIndex[i] = temp+i;

    TbbCompareIndirectWrapper tbbcompare(compare);
    tbb::parallel_sort(rowsAsIndex, rowsAsIndex+n, tbbcompare);

    //I'm sure this violates the aliasing rules...
    for(unsigned i=0; i<n; ++i)
        rows[i] = *rowsAsIndex[i];
#else
    throwUnexpectedX("TBB quicksort not available");
#endif
}


//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#define CMP(a,b)         (compare.docompare(*(a),*(b)))
#define MED3(a,b,c)      med3ic(a,b,c,compare)
#define RECURSE(a,b)     qsortvec(a, b, compare)
static inline VECTOR med3ic(VECTOR a, VECTOR b, VECTOR c, const ICompare & compare)
{
  return CMP(a, b) < 0 ?
      (CMP(b, c) < 0 ? b : (CMP(a, c) < 0 ? c : a ))
    : (CMP(b, c) > 0 ? b : (CMP(a, c) < 0 ? a : c ));
}


void qsortvec(void **a, size32_t n, const ICompare & compare)
#include "jsort2.inc"

// Parallel version (only 2 threads currently)

class cParQSortBase
{
    struct sJobItem
    {
        unsigned start;
        unsigned num;
    };

    NonReentrantSpinLock joblock;
    QueueOf<sJobItem,false> jobq;
    Semaphore jobqsem;
    unsigned waiting;
    unsigned numsubthreads;
    bool done;

    class cThread: public Thread
    {
        cParQSortBase *parent;
    public:
        cThread(cParQSortBase *_parent)
            : Thread("cParQSort")
        {
            parent = _parent;
        }
        int run()
        {
            parent->run();
            return 0;
        }
    } **threads;


    bool waitForWork(unsigned &s,unsigned &n)
    {
        NonReentrantSpinBlock block(joblock);
        while (!done) {
            sJobItem *qi = jobq.dequeue();
            if (qi) {
                s = qi->start;
                n = qi->num;
                delete qi;
                return true;
            }
            if (waiting==numsubthreads) { // well we know we are done and so are rest so exit
                done = true;
                jobqsem.signal(waiting);
                break;
            }
            waiting++;
            NonReentrantSpinUnblock unblock(joblock);
            jobqsem.wait();
        }
        s = 0; // remove uninitialised variable warnings
        n = 0;
        return false;
    }


public:

    cParQSortBase(unsigned _numsubthreads)
    {
        numsubthreads = _numsubthreads;
        done = false;
        waiting = 0;
        threads = new cThread*[numsubthreads];
        for (unsigned i=0;i<numsubthreads;i++) 
            threads[i] = new cThread(this);
    }

    ~cParQSortBase()
    {
        for (unsigned i=0;i<numsubthreads;i++)
            threads[i]->Release();
        delete [] threads;
    }

    void start()
    {
        for (unsigned i=0;i<numsubthreads;i++) 
            threads[i]->start();
    }

    void subsort(unsigned s, unsigned n)
    {
        do {
            sJobItem *qi;
            while (n>PARALLEL_GRANULARITY) {
                unsigned r1;
                unsigned r2;
                partition(s, n, r1, r2);
                unsigned n2 = n+s-r2;
                if (r1==s) {
                    n = n2;
                    s = r2;
                }
                else {
                    if (n2!=0) {
                        qi = new sJobItem;
                        qi->num = n2;
                        qi->start = r2;
                        NonReentrantSpinBlock block(joblock);
                        jobq.enqueue(qi);
                        if (waiting) {
                            jobqsem.signal(waiting);
                            waiting = 0;
                        }
                    }
                    n = r1-s;
                }
            }
            serialsort(s,n);
            NonReentrantSpinBlock block(joblock);
            if (waiting==numsubthreads) { // well we are done so are rest
                done = true;
                jobqsem.signal(waiting);
                break;
            }
        }
        while(waitForWork(s,n));
    }




    void run()
    {
        unsigned s;
        unsigned n;
        if (waitForWork(s,n))
            subsort(s,n);
    }

    void join()
    {
        for (unsigned i=0;i<numsubthreads;i++)
            threads[i]->join();
    }

    virtual void serialsort(unsigned from, unsigned len)=0;
    virtual void partition(unsigned s, unsigned n, unsigned &r1, unsigned &r2) = 0; // NB s, r1 and r2 are relative to array

};

#define DOPARTITION                                 \
        VECTOR a = array+s;                         \
        VECTOR pm = a + (n / 2);                    \
        VECTOR pl = a;                              \
        VECTOR pn = a + (n - 1) ;                   \
        if (n > 40) {                               \
            unsigned d = (n / 8);                   \
            pl = MED3(pl, pl + d, pl + 2 * d);      \
            pm = MED3(pm - d, pm, pm + d);          \
            pn = MED3(pn - 2 * d, pn - d, pn);      \
        }                                           \
        pm = MED3(pl, pm, pn);                      \
        SWAP(a, pm);                                \
        VECTOR pa = a + 1;                          \
        VECTOR pb = pa;                             \
        VECTOR pc = a + (n - 1);                    \
        VECTOR pd = pc;                             \
        int r;                                      \
        for (;;) {                                  \
            while (pb <= pc && (r = CMP(pb, a)) <= 0) { \
                if (r == 0) {                       \
                    SWAP(pa, pb);                   \
                    pa++;                           \
                }                                   \
                pb++;                               \
            }                                       \
            while (pb <= pc && (r = CMP(pc, a)) >= 0) { \
                if (r == 0) {                       \
                    SWAP(pc, pd);                   \
                    pd--;                           \
                }                                   \
                pc--;                               \
            }                                       \
            if (pb > pc)                            \
                break;                              \
            SWAP(pb, pc);                           \
            pb++;                                   \
            pc--;                                   \
        }                                           \
        pn = a + n;                                 \
        r = MIN(pa - a, pb - pa);                   \
        VECTOR v1 = a;                              \
        VECTOR v2 = pb-r;                           \
        while (r) {                                 \
            SWAP(v1,v2); v1++; v2++; r--;           \
        };                                          \
        r = MIN(pd - pc, pn - pd - 1);              \
        v1 = pb;                                    \
        v2 = pn-r;                                  \
        while (r) {                                 \
            SWAP(v1,v2); v1++; v2++; r--;           \
        };                                          \
        r1 = (pb-pa)+s;                             \
        r2 = n-(pd-pc)+s;                           


class cParQSort: public cParQSortBase
{
    VECTOR array;
    const ICompare &compare;

    void partition(unsigned s, unsigned n, unsigned &r1, unsigned &r2) // NB s, r1 and r2 are relative to array
    {
        DOPARTITION
    }

    void serialsort(unsigned from, unsigned len)
    {
        qsortvec(array+from,len,compare);
    }

public:

    cParQSort(VECTOR _a,const ICompare &_compare, unsigned _numsubthreads)
        : cParQSortBase(_numsubthreads), compare(_compare)
    {
        array = _a;
        cParQSortBase::start();
    }

};


void parqsortvec(void **a, size32_t n, const ICompare & compare, unsigned numcpus)
{
    if ((n<=PARALLEL_GRANULARITY)||!sortParallel(numcpus)) {
        qsortvec(a,n,compare);
        return;
    }
    cParQSort sorter(a,compare,numcpus-1);
    sorter.subsort(0,n);
    sorter.join();

#ifdef TESTPARSORT
    for (unsigned i=1;i<n;i++)
        if (compare.docompare(a[i-1],a[i])>0)
            ERRLOG("parqsortvec failed %d",i);
#endif

}


#undef CMP
#undef MED3
#undef RECURSE

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#undef VECTOR
#undef SWAP
typedef void *** _IVECTOR;
#define VECTOR _IVECTOR
static inline void swapind(VECTOR a, VECTOR b)  { void ** t = *a;  *a = *b; *b = t; }
#define SWAP swapind


#define CMP(a,b)         cmpicindstable(a,b,compare)

static inline int cmpicindstable(VECTOR a, VECTOR b, const ICompare & compare)
{
    int ret = compare.docompare(**a,**b);
    if (ret==0)
    {
        if (*a>*b)
            ret = 1;
        else if (*a<*b)
            ret = -1;
    }
    return ret;
}

#define MED3(a,b,c)      med3ic(a,b,c,compare)
#define RECURSE(a,b)     doqsortvecstable(a, b, compare)
static inline VECTOR med3ic(VECTOR a, VECTOR b, VECTOR c, const ICompare & compare)
{
  return CMP(a, b) < 0 ?
      (CMP(b, c) < 0 ? b : (CMP(a, c) < 0 ? c : a ))
    : (CMP(b, c) > 0 ? b : (CMP(a, c) < 0 ? a : c ));
}


static void doqsortvecstable(VECTOR a, size32_t n, const ICompare & compare)
#include "jsort2.inc"

class cParQSortStable: public cParQSortBase
{
    VECTOR array;
    const ICompare &compare;

    void partition(unsigned s, unsigned n, unsigned &r1, unsigned &r2) // NB s, r1 and r2 are relative to array
    {
        DOPARTITION
    }

    void serialsort(unsigned from, unsigned len)
    {
        doqsortvecstable(array+from,len,compare);
    }

public:

    cParQSortStable(VECTOR _a,const ICompare &_compare, unsigned _numsubthreads)
        : cParQSortBase(_numsubthreads),compare(_compare)
    {
        array = _a;
        cParQSortBase::start();
    }

};



#undef CMP
#undef CMP1
#undef MED3
#undef RECURSE
#undef VECTOR

static void qsortvecstable(void ** const rows, size32_t n, const ICompare & compare, void *** index)
{
    for(unsigned i=0; i<n; ++i)
        index[i] = rows+i;
    doqsortvecstable(index, n, compare);
}

void qsortvecstableinplace(void ** rows, size32_t n, const ICompare & compare, void ** temp)
{
    memcpy(temp, rows, n * sizeof(void*));

    qsortvecstable(temp, n, compare, (void * * *)rows);

    //I'm sure this violates the aliasing rules...
    void * * * rowsAsIndex = (void * * *)rows;
    for(unsigned i=0; i<n; ++i)
        rows[i] = *rowsAsIndex[i];
}

static void parqsortvecstable(void ** rows, size32_t n, const ICompare & compare, void *** index, unsigned numcpus)
{
    for(unsigned i=0; i<n; ++i)
        index[i] = rows+i;
    if ((n<=PARALLEL_GRANULARITY)||!sortParallel(numcpus)) {
        doqsortvecstable(index,n,compare);
        return;
    }
    cParQSortStable sorter(index,compare,numcpus-1);
    sorter.subsort(0,n);
    sorter.join();
}


void parqsortvecstableinplace(void ** rows, size32_t n, const ICompare & compare, void ** temp, unsigned numcpus)
{
    memcpy(temp, rows, n * sizeof(void*));

    parqsortvecstable(temp, n, compare, (void * * *)rows, numcpus);

    //I'm sure this violates the aliasing rules...
    void * * * rowsAsIndex = (void * * *)rows;
    for(size32_t i=0; i<n; ++i)
        rows[i] = *rowsAsIndex[i];
}


//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

inline void * * mergePartitions(const ICompare & compare, void * * result, size_t n1, void * * ret1, size_t n2, void * * ret2)
{
    void * * tgt = result;
    loop
    {
       if (compare.docompare(*ret1, *ret2) <= 0)
       {
           *tgt++ = *ret1++;
           if (--n1 == 0)
           {
               //There must be at least one row in the right partition - copy any that remain
               do
               {
                   *tgt++ = *ret2++;
               } while (--n2);
               return result;
           }
       }
       else
       {
           *tgt++ = *ret2++;
           if (--n2 == 0)
           {
               //There must be at least one row in the left partition - copy any that remain
               do
               {
                   *tgt++ = *ret1++;
               } while (--n1);
               return result;
           }
       }
    }
}

inline void * * mergePartitions(const ICompare & compare, void * * result, size_t n1, void * * ret1, size_t n2, void * * ret2, size_t n)
{
    void * * tgt = result;
    while (n--)
    {
       if (compare.docompare(*ret1, *ret2) <= 0)
       {
           *tgt++ = *ret1++;
           if (--n1 == 0)
           {
               while (n--)
               {
                   *tgt++ = *ret2++;
               }
               return result;
           }
       }
       else
       {
           *tgt++ = *ret2++;
           if (--n2 == 0)
           {
               while (n--)
               {
                   *tgt++ = *ret1++;
               }
               return result;
           }
       }
    }
    return result;
}

inline void clonePartition(void * * result, size_t n, void * * src)
{
    void * * tgt = result;
    while (n--)
       *tgt++ = *src++;
}

inline void * * mergePartitionsRev(const ICompare & compare, void * * result, size_t n1, void * * ret1, size_t n2, void * * ret2, size_t n)
{
    void * * tgt = result+n1+n2-1;
    ret1 += (n1-1);
    ret2 += (n2-1);
    while (n--)
    {
       if (compare.docompare(*ret1, *ret2) >= 0)
       {
           *tgt-- = *ret1--;
           if (--n1 == 0)
           {
               while (n--)
               {
                   *tgt-- = *ret2--;
               }
               return result;
           }
       }
       else
       {
           *tgt-- = *ret2--;
           if (--n2 == 0)
           {
               //There must be at least one row in the left partition - copy any that remain
               while (n--)
               {
                   *tgt-- = *ret1--;
               }
               return result;
           }
       }
    }
    return result;
}

static void * * mergeSort(void ** rows, size_t n, const ICompare & compare, void ** tmp, unsigned depth)
{
    void * * result = (depth & 1) ? tmp : rows;
    //This could be coded to perform an "optimal" 3 element compare, but the following code is much simpler,
    //and in performance testing it executed marginally more quickly
    if (n <= 2)
    {
        //Check for n == 1, but compare against 2 to avoid another comparison
        if (n < 2)
        {
            if (result != rows)
                result[0] = rows[0];
        }
        else
        {
            void * left = rows[0];
            void * right = rows[1];
            if (compare.docompare(left, right) <= 0)
            {
                result[0] = left;
                result[1] = right;
            }
            else
            {
                result[0] = right;
                result[1] = left;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    size_t n1 = (n+1)/2;
    size_t n2 = n - n1;
    void * * ret1 = mergeSort(rows, n1, compare, tmp, depth+1);
    void * * ret2 = mergeSort(rows+n1, n2, compare, tmp + n1, depth+1);
    dbgassertex(ret2 == ret1 + n1);
    dbgassertex(ret2 != result);
    return mergePartitions(compare, result, n1, ret1, n2, ret2);
}


void msortvecstableinplace(void ** rows, size_t n, const ICompare & compare, void ** temp)
{
    if (n <= 1)
        return;
    mergeSort(rows, n, compare, temp, 0);
}

//=========================================================================

//These constants are probably architecture and number of core dependent
static const size_t singleThreadedMSortThreshold = 2000;
static const size_t multiThreadedBlockThreshold = 64;       // must be at least 2!

#ifdef _USE_TBB
using tbb::task;
class TbbParallelMergeSorter
{
    class SplitTask : public tbb::task
    {
    public:
        SplitTask(task * _next1, task * _next2) : next1(_next1), next2(_next2)
        {
        }

        virtual task * execute()
        {
            if (next1->decrement_ref_count() == 0)
                spawn(*next1);
            if (next2->decrement_ref_count() == 0)
                return next2;
            return NULL;
        }
    protected:
        task * next1;
        task * next2;
    };

    class BisectTask : public tbb::task
    {
    public:
        BisectTask(TbbParallelMergeSorter & _sorter, void ** _rows, size_t _n, void ** _temp, unsigned _depth, task * _next)
        : sorter(_sorter), rows(_rows), n(_n), temp(_temp), depth(_depth), next(_next)
        {
        }
        virtual task * execute()
        {
            loop
            {
                //On entry next is assumed to be used once by this function
                if ((n <= multiThreadedBlockThreshold) || (depth >= sorter.singleThreadDepth))
                {
                    //Create a new task rather than calling sort directly, so that the successor is set up correctly
                    //It would be possible to sort then if (next->decrement_ref_count()) return next; instead
                    task * sort = new (next->allocate_child()) SubSortTask(sorter, rows, n, temp, depth);
                    return sort;
                }

                void * * result = (depth & 1) ? temp : rows;
                void * * src = (depth & 1) ? rows : temp;
                size_t n1 = (n+1)/2;
                size_t n2 = n-n1;
                task * mergeTask;
                if (depth < sorter.parallelMergeDepth)
                {
                    unsigned partitions = sorter.numPartitionCores() >> depth;
                    if (partitions > 1)
                    {
                        PartitionSplitTask * splitTask = new (allocate_root()) PartitionSplitTask(n1, src, n2, src+n1, partitions, sorter.compare);
                        for (unsigned i=0; i < partitions; i++)
                        {
                            MergeTask * mergeFwdTask = new (allocate_additional_child_of(*next)) MergeTask(sorter.compare, result, n1, src, n2, src+n1, 0);
                            mergeFwdTask->set_ref_count(1);
                            MergeTask * mergeRevTask = new (allocate_additional_child_of(*next)) MergeRevTask(sorter.compare, result, n1, src, n2, src+n1, 0);
                            mergeRevTask->set_ref_count(1);
                            splitTask->setTasks(i, mergeFwdTask, mergeRevTask);
                        }
                        next->decrement_ref_count();
                        mergeTask = splitTask;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        task * mergeFwdTask = new (allocate_additional_child_of(*next)) MergeTask(sorter.compare, result, n1, src, n2, src+n1, n1);
                        mergeFwdTask->set_ref_count(1);
                        task * mergeRevTask = new (next->allocate_child()) MergeRevTask(sorter.compare, result, n1, src, n2, src+n1, n2);
                        mergeRevTask->set_ref_count(1);
                        mergeTask = new (allocate_root()) SplitTask(mergeFwdTask, mergeRevTask);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    mergeTask = new (next->allocate_child()) MergeTask(sorter.compare, result, n1, src, n2, src+n1, n);
                }

                mergeTask->set_ref_count(2);
                task * bisectRightTask = new (allocate_root()) BisectTask(sorter, rows+n1, n2, temp+n1, depth+1, mergeTask);
                spawn(*bisectRightTask);

                //recurse directly on the left side rather than creating a new task
                n = n1;
                depth = depth+1;
                next = mergeTask;
            }
        }
    protected:
        TbbParallelMergeSorter & sorter;
        void ** rows;
        void ** temp;
        task * next;
        size_t n;
        unsigned depth;
    };


    class SubSortTask : public tbb::task
    {
    public:
        SubSortTask(TbbParallelMergeSorter & _sorter, void ** _rows, size_t _n, void ** _temp, unsigned _depth)
        : sorter(_sorter), rows(_rows), n(_n), temp(_temp), depth(_depth)
        {
        }

        virtual task * execute()
        {
            mergeSort(rows, n, sorter.compare, temp, depth);
            return NULL;
        }
    protected:
        TbbParallelMergeSorter & sorter;
        void ** rows;
        void ** temp;
        size_t n;
        unsigned depth;
    };


    class MergeTask : public tbb::task
    {
    public:
        MergeTask(const ICompare & _compare, void * * _result, size_t _n1, void * * _src1, size_t _n2, void * * _src2, size_t _n)
        : compare(_compare),result(_result), n1(_n1), src1(_src1), n2(_n2), src2(_src2), n(_n)
        {
        }

        virtual task * execute()
        {
            //After the ranges are adjusted it is possible for one input to shrink to zero size (e.g., if input is sorted)
            if (n1 == 0)
            {
                assertex(n <= n2);
                clonePartition(result, n, src2);
            }
            else if (n2 == 0)
            {
                assertex(n <= n1);
                clonePartition(result, n, src1);
            }
            else
                mergePartitions(compare, result, n1, src1, n2, src2, n);
            return NULL;
        }

        void adjustRange(size_t deltaLeft, size_t numLeft, size_t deltaRight, size_t numRight, size_t num)
        {
            src1 += deltaLeft;
            n1 = numLeft;
            src2 += deltaRight;
            n2 = numRight;
            result += (deltaLeft + deltaRight);
            n = num;
        }

    protected:
        const ICompare & compare;
        void * * result;
        void * * src1;
        void * * src2;
        size_t n1;
        size_t n2;
        size_t n;
    };

    class MergeRevTask : public MergeTask
    {
    public:
        MergeRevTask(const ICompare & _compare, void * * _result, size_t _n1, void * * _src1, size_t _n2, void * * _src2, size_t _n)
        : MergeTask(_compare, _result, _n1, _src1, _n2, _src2, _n)
        {
        }

        virtual task * execute()
        {
            if (n1 == 0)
            {
                assertex(n <= n2);
                //This is a reverse merge, so copy n from the end of the input
                unsigned delta = n2 - n;
                clonePartition(result + delta, n, src2 + delta);
            }
            else if (n2 == 0)
            {
                assertex(n <= n1);
                unsigned delta = n1 - n;
                clonePartition(result + delta, n, src1 + delta);
            }
            else
                mergePartitionsRev(compare, result, n2, src2, n1, src1, n);
            return NULL;
        }
    };

    class PartitionSplitTask : public tbb::task
    {
    public:
        PartitionSplitTask(size_t _n1, void * * _src1, size_t _n2, void * * _src2, unsigned _numPartitions, const ICompare & _compare)
            : numPartitions(_numPartitions), n1(_n1), n2(_n2), src1(_src1), src2(_src2), compare(_compare)
        {
            //These could be local variables in calculatePartitions(), but placed here to simplify cleanup.  (Should consider using alloca)
            posLeft = new size_t[numPartitions+1];
            posRight = new size_t[numPartitions+1];
            tasks = new MergeTask *[numPartitions*2];
            for (unsigned i=0; i < numPartitions*2; i++)
                tasks[i] = NULL;
        }
        ~PartitionSplitTask()
        {
            delete [] posLeft;
            delete [] posRight;
            delete [] tasks;
        }

        void calculatePartitions()
        {
#ifdef PARANOID
            {
                for (unsigned ix=1; ix<n1; ix++)
                    if (compare.docompare(src1[ix-1], src1[ix]) > 0)
                        printf("Failure left@%u\n", ix);
            }
            if (false)
            {
                for (unsigned ix=1; ix<n2; ix++)
                    if (compare.docompare(src2[ix-1], src2[ix]) > 0)
                        printf("Failure right@%u\n", ix);
            }
#endif
            //If dividing into P parts, select S*P-1 even points from each side.
            unsigned numSamples = numPartitionSamples*numPartitions-1;
            QuantilePositionIterator iterLeft(n1, numSamples+1, false);
            QuantilePositionIterator iterRight(n2, numSamples+1, false);
            iterLeft.first();
            iterRight.first();

            size_t prevLeft = 0;
            size_t prevRight =0;
            posLeft[0] = 0;
            posRight[0] = 0;

            //From the merged list, for sample i [zero based], we can guarantee that there are at least (i+1)*(n1+n2)/numSamples*2
            //rows before sample i, and at most (i+2)*(n1+n2)/numSamples*2 samples after it.
            //=> pick samples [0, 2*numSamples, 4*numSamples ...]
            //NOTE: Include elements at position 0 to ensure sorted inputs are partitioned evenly
            for (unsigned part = 1; part < numPartitions; part++)
            {
                unsigned numToSkip = numPartitionSamples*2;
                if (part == 1)
                    numToSkip++;
                for (unsigned skip=numToSkip; skip-- != 0; )
                {
                    size_t leftPos = iterLeft.get();
                    size_t rightPos = iterRight.get();
                    if (leftPos == n1)
                    {
                        if (skip == 0)
                        {
                            posLeft[part] = leftPos;
                            posRight[part] = rightPos;
                        }
                        iterRight.next();
                    }
                    else if (rightPos == n2)
                    {
                        if (skip == 0)
                        {
                            posLeft[part] = leftPos;
                            posRight[part] = rightPos;
                        }
                        iterLeft.next();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        int c = compare.docompare(src1[leftPos], src2[rightPos]);
                        if (skip == 0)
                        {
                            if (c <= 0)
                            {
                                //value in left is smallest.  Find the position of the value <= the left value
                                posLeft[part] = leftPos;
                                posRight[part] = findFirstGE(src1[leftPos], prevRight, rightPos, src2);
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                posLeft[part] = findFirstGT(src2[rightPos], prevLeft, leftPos, src1);
                                posRight[part] = rightPos;
                            }
                        }
                        if (c <= 0)
                        {
                            iterLeft.next();
                            prevLeft = leftPos;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            iterRight.next();
                            prevRight = rightPos;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            posLeft[numPartitions] = n1;
            posRight[numPartitions] = n2;
#ifdef TRACE_PARTITION
            printf("%d,%d -> {", (unsigned)n1, (unsigned)n2);
#endif
            for (unsigned i= 0; i < numPartitions; i++)
            {
                size_t start = posLeft[i] + posRight[i];
                size_t end = posLeft[i+1] + posRight[i+1];
                size_t num = end - start;
                size_t numFwd = num/2;
#ifdef TRACE_PARTITION
                printf("([%d..%d],[%d..%d] %d,%d = %d)\n",
                        (unsigned)posLeft[i], (unsigned)posLeft[i+1], (unsigned)posRight[i], (unsigned)posRight[i+1],
                        (unsigned)start, (unsigned)end, (unsigned)num);
#endif

                MergeTask & mergeFwdTask = *tasks[i*2];
                MergeTask & mergeRevTask = *tasks[i*2+1];
                mergeFwdTask.adjustRange(posLeft[i], posLeft[i+1]-posLeft[i],
                                      posRight[i], posRight[i+1]-posRight[i],
                                      numFwd);
                mergeRevTask.adjustRange(posLeft[i], posLeft[i+1]-posLeft[i],
                                      posRight[i], posRight[i+1]-posRight[i],
                                      num-numFwd);
            }
#ifdef TRACE_PARTITION
            printf("}\n");
#endif
        }

        virtual task * execute()
        {
            calculatePartitions();
            for (unsigned i=0; i < numPartitions*2; i++)
            {
                if (tasks[i]->decrement_ref_count() == 0)
                    spawn(*tasks[i]);
            }
            return NULL;
        }

        void setTasks(unsigned i, MergeTask * fwd, MergeTask * rev)
        {
            tasks[i*2] = fwd;
            tasks[i*2+1] = rev;
        }

    protected:
        size_t findFirstGE(void * seek, size_t low, size_t high, void * * rows)
        {
            if (low == high)
                return low;
            while (high - low > 1)
            {
                size_t mid = (low + high) / 2;
                if (compare.docompare(rows[mid], seek) < 0)
                    low = mid;
                else
                    high = mid;
            }
            if (compare.docompare(rows[low], seek) < 0)
                return low+1;
            return low;
        }

        size_t findFirstGT(void * seek, size_t low, size_t high, void * * rows)
        {
            if (low == high)
                return low;
            while (high - low > 1)
            {
                size_t mid = (low + high) / 2;
                if (compare.docompare(rows[mid], seek) <= 0)
                    low = mid;
                else
                    high = mid;
            }
            if (compare.docompare(rows[low], seek) <= 0)
                return low+1;
            return low;
        }

    protected:
        const ICompare & compare;
        unsigned numPartitions;
        size_t n1;
        size_t n2;
        void * * src1;
        void * * src2;
        size_t * posLeft;
        size_t * posRight;
        MergeTask * * tasks;
    };

public:
    TbbParallelMergeSorter(void * * _rows, const ICompare & _compare) : compare(_compare), baseRows(_rows)
    {
        //The following constants control the number of iterations to be performed in parallel.
        //The sort is split into more parts than there are cpus so that the effect of delays from one task tend to be evened out.
        //The following constants should possibly be tuned on each platform.  The following gave a good balance on a 2x8way xeon
        const unsigned extraBisectDepth = 3;
        const unsigned extraParallelMergeDepth = 3;

        unsigned numCpus = tbb::task_scheduler_init::default_num_threads();
        unsigned ln2NumCpus = (numCpus <= 1) ? 0 : getMostSignificantBit(numCpus-1);
        assertex(numCpus <= (1U << ln2NumCpus));

        //Merge in parallel once it is likely to be beneficial
        parallelMergeDepth = ln2NumCpus+ extraParallelMergeDepth;

        //Aim to execute in parallel until the width is 8*the maximum number of parallel task
        singleThreadDepth = ln2NumCpus + extraBisectDepth;
        partitionCores = numCpus / 2;
    }

    unsigned numPartitionCores() const { return partitionCores; }

    void sortRoot(void ** rows, size_t n, void ** temp)
    {
        task * end = new (task::allocate_root()) tbb::empty_task();
        end->set_ref_count(1+1);
        task * task = new (task::allocate_root()) BisectTask(*this, rows, n, temp, 0, end);
        end->spawn(*task);
        end->wait_for_all();
        end->destroy(*end);
    }

public:
    const ICompare & compare;
    unsigned singleThreadDepth;
    unsigned parallelMergeDepth;
    unsigned partitionCores;
    void * * baseRows;
};

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void parmsortvecstableinplace(void ** rows, size_t n, const ICompare & compare, void ** temp, unsigned ncpus)
{
    if ((n <= singleThreadedMSortThreshold) || ncpus == 1)
    {
        msortvecstableinplace(rows, n, compare, temp);
        return;
    }

    TbbParallelMergeSorter sorter(rows, compare);
    sorter.sortRoot(rows, n, temp);
}
#else
void parmsortvecstableinplace(void ** rows, size_t n, const ICompare & compare, void ** temp, unsigned ncpus)
{
    parqsortvecstableinplace(rows, (size32_t)n, compare, temp, ncpus);
}
#endif

//=========================================================================

bool heap_push_down(unsigned p, unsigned num, unsigned * heap, const void ** rows, ICompare * compare)
{
    bool nochange = true;
    while(1)
    {
        unsigned c = p*2 + 1;
        if(c >= num) 
            return nochange;
        if(c+1 < num)
        {
            int childcmp = compare->docompare(rows[heap[c+1]], rows[heap[c]]);
            if((childcmp < 0) || ((childcmp == 0) && (heap[c+1] < heap[c])))
                ++c;
        }
        int cmp = compare->docompare(rows[heap[c]], rows[heap[p]]);
        if((cmp > 0) || ((cmp == 0) && (heap[c] > heap[p])))
            return nochange;
        nochange = false;
        unsigned r = heap[c];
        heap[c] = heap[p];
        heap[p] = r;
        p = c;
    }
}

bool heap_push_up(unsigned c, unsigned * heap, const void ** rows, ICompare * compare)
{
    bool nochange = true;
    while(c > 0)
    {
        unsigned p = (unsigned)(c-1)/2;
        int cmp = compare->docompare(rows[heap[c]], rows[heap[p]]);
        if((cmp > 0) || ((cmp == 0) && (heap[c] > heap[p])))
            return nochange;
        nochange = false;
        unsigned r = heap[c];
        heap[c] = heap[p];
        heap[p] = r;
        c = p;
    }
    return nochange;
}

//=========================================================================

#include    <assert.h>
#include    <stdio.h>
#include    <stdlib.h>
#include    <fcntl.h>
#include    <string.h>
#include    <stddef.h>
#include    <time.h>
   
#ifdef _WIN32
#include    <io.h>
#include    <sys\types.h>
#include    <sys\stat.h>
#else
#include    <sys/types.h>
#include    <sys/stat.h>
#endif

#ifndef off_t
#define off_t __int64
#endif


typedef void ** VECTOR;

interface IMergeSorter
{
public:
    virtual IWriteSeq *getOutputStream(bool isEOF) = 0;
};

#define INSERTMAX 10000
#define BUFFSIZE 0x100000   // used for output buffer



//==================================================================================================
#ifdef DOUBLE_COMPARE
#define BuffCompare(a, b) ((MSbuffcomp(a,b,inbuffers,mergeheap,icmp)+MSbuffcomp(a,b,inbuffers,mergeheap,icmp))/2)
#else
#define BuffCompare(a, b) MSbuffcomp(a,b,inbuffers,mergeheap,icmp)
#endif

static inline int MSbuffcomp(unsigned a,unsigned b, void **inbuffers, unsigned *mergeheap, ICompare *icmp)
{
    int ret = icmp->docompare(inbuffers[mergeheap[a]], inbuffers[mergeheap[b]]);
    if (ret==0) 
        ret = (int)mergeheap[a]-mergeheap[b];
    return ret;
}


    



class CRowStreamMerger
{
    const void **pending;
    size32_t *recsize;
    unsigned *mergeheap;
    unsigned activeInputs; 
    count_t recno;
    const ICompare *icmp;
    bool partdedup;

    IRowProvider &provider;
    MemoryAttr workingbuf;
#ifdef _DEBUG
    bool *stopped;
    MemoryAttr ma;
#endif

    inline int buffCompare(unsigned a, unsigned b)
    {
        //MTIME_SECTION(defaultTimer, "CJStreamMergerBase::buffCompare");
        return icmp->docompare(pending[mergeheap[a]], pending[mergeheap[b]]);
    }

    bool promote(unsigned p)
    {
        activeInputs--;
        if(activeInputs == p)
            return false;
        mergeheap[p] = mergeheap[activeInputs];
        return true;
    }

    inline bool siftDown(unsigned p)
    {
        //MTIME_SECTION(defaultTimer, "CJStreamMergerBase::siftDown");
        // assuming that all descendants of p form a heap, sift p down to its correct position, and so include it in the heap
        bool nochange = true;
        while(1)
        {
            unsigned c = p*2 + 1;
            if(c >= activeInputs) 
                return nochange;
            if(c+1 < activeInputs)
            {
                int childcmp = buffCompare(c+1, c);
                if((childcmp < 0) || ((childcmp == 0) && (mergeheap[c+1] < mergeheap[c])))
                    ++c;
            }
            int cmp = buffCompare(c, p);
            if((cmp > 0) || ((cmp == 0) && (mergeheap[c] > mergeheap[p])))
                return nochange;
            nochange = false;
            unsigned r = mergeheap[c];
            mergeheap[c] = mergeheap[p];
            mergeheap[p] = r;
            p = c;
        }
    }

    void siftDownDedupTop()
    {
        //MTIME_SECTION(defaultTimer, "CJStreamMergerBase::siftDownDedupTop");
        // same as siftDown(0), except that it also ensures that the top of the heap is not equal to either of its children
        if(activeInputs < 2)
            return;
        unsigned c = 1;
        int childcmp = 1;
        if(activeInputs >= 3)
        {
            childcmp = buffCompare(2, 1);
            if(childcmp < 0)
                c = 2;
        }
        int cmp = buffCompare(c, 0);
        if(cmp > 0)
            return;
        // the following loop ensures the correct property holds on the smaller branch, and that childcmp==0 iff the top matches the other branch
        while(cmp <= 0)
        {
            if(cmp == 0)
            {
                if(mergeheap[c] < mergeheap[0])
                {
                    unsigned r = mergeheap[c];
                    mergeheap[c] = mergeheap[0];
                    mergeheap[0] = r;
                }
                if(!pullInput(mergeheap[c]))
                    if(!promote(c))
                        break;
                siftDown(c);
            }
            else
            {
                unsigned r = mergeheap[c];
                mergeheap[c] = mergeheap[0];
                mergeheap[0] = r;
                if(siftDown(c))
                    break;
            }
            cmp = buffCompare(c, 0);
        }
        // the following loop ensures the uniqueness property holds on the other branch too
        c = 3-c;
        if(activeInputs <= c)
            return;
        while(childcmp == 0)
        {
            if(mergeheap[c] < mergeheap[0])
            {
                unsigned r = mergeheap[c];
                mergeheap[c] = mergeheap[0];
                mergeheap[0] = r;
            }
            if(!pullInput(mergeheap[c]))
                if(!promote(c))
                    break;
            siftDown(c);
            childcmp = buffCompare(c, 0);
        }
    }


    void init()
    {
        if (activeInputs>0) {
            // setup heap property
            if (activeInputs >= 2)
                for(unsigned p = (activeInputs-2)/2; p > 0; --p)
                    siftDown(p);
            if (partdedup)
                siftDownDedupTop();
            else
                siftDown(0);
        }
        recno = 0;
    }

    inline count_t num() const { return recno; }

    
    inline bool _next()
    {
        if (!activeInputs)
            return false;
        if (recno) {
            if(!pullInput(mergeheap[0]))
                if(!promote(0))
                    return false;
            // we have changed the element at the top of the heap, so need to sift it down to maintain the heap property
            if(partdedup)
                siftDownDedupTop();
            else
                siftDown(0);
        }
        recno++;
        return true;
    }
    inline bool eof() const { return activeInputs==0; }


    bool pullInput(unsigned i)
    {
        if (pending[i]) {
            assertex(partdedup);
            provider.releaseRow(pending[i]);
        }
        pending[i] = provider.nextRow(i);
        if (pending[i])
            return true;
        provider.stop(i);
#ifdef _DEBUG
        assertex(!stopped[i]);
        stopped[i] = true;
#endif
        return false;
    }

public:
    CRowStreamMerger(IRowProvider &_provider,unsigned numstreams, const ICompare *_icmp,bool _partdedup=false)
        : provider(_provider)
    {
        partdedup = _partdedup;
        icmp = _icmp;
        recsize = NULL;
        activeInputs = 0;
#ifdef _DEBUG
        stopped = (bool *)ma.allocate(numstreams*sizeof(bool));
        memset(stopped,0,numstreams*sizeof(bool));
#endif
        unsigned i;
        recsize = NULL;
        if (numstreams) {
            byte *buf = (byte *)workingbuf.allocate(numstreams*(sizeof(void *)+sizeof(unsigned)));
            pending = (const void **)buf;
            mergeheap = (unsigned *)(pending+numstreams);
            for (i=0;i<numstreams;i++) {
                pending[i] = NULL;
                if (pullInput(i)) 
                    mergeheap[activeInputs++] = i;
            }
        }
        else {
            pending = NULL;
            mergeheap = NULL;
        }
        init();
    }
    void stop()
    {
        while (activeInputs) {
            activeInputs--;
            if (pending[mergeheap[activeInputs]]) {
                provider.releaseRow(pending[mergeheap[activeInputs]]);
#ifdef _DEBUG
                assertex(!stopped[mergeheap[activeInputs]]);
                stopped[mergeheap[activeInputs]] = true;
#endif
                provider.stop(mergeheap[activeInputs]);
            }
        }
        pending = NULL;
        mergeheap = NULL;
        workingbuf.clear();
    }

    ~CRowStreamMerger()
    {
        stop();
    }

    inline const void * next()
    {
        if (!_next())
            return NULL;
        unsigned strm = mergeheap[0];
        const void *row = pending[strm];
        pending[strm] = NULL;
        return row;
    }

};


class CMergeRowStreams : public CInterface, implements IRowStream
{
protected:
    CRowStreamMerger *merger;
    bool eos;

    class cProvider: public CInterface, implements IRowProvider
    {
        IArrayOf<IRowStream> ostreams;
        IRowStream **streams;
        Linked<IRowLinkCounter> linkcounter;
        const void *nextRow(unsigned idx)
        {
            return streams[idx]->nextRow();
        };
        void linkRow(const void *row)
        {
            linkcounter->linkRow(row);
        }
        void releaseRow(const void *row)
        {
            linkcounter->releaseRow(row);
        }
        void stop(unsigned idx)
        {
            streams[idx]->stop();
        }
    public:
        IMPLEMENT_IINTERFACE;
        cProvider(IRowStream **_streams, unsigned numstreams, IRowLinkCounter *_linkcounter)
            : linkcounter(_linkcounter)
        {
            ostreams.ensure(numstreams);
            unsigned n = 0;
            while (n<numstreams) 
                ostreams.append(*LINK(_streams[n++]));
            streams = ostreams.getArray();
        }
    } *streamprovider;

    
public:
    CMergeRowStreams(unsigned _numstreams,IRowStream **_instreams,ICompare *_icmp, bool partdedup, IRowLinkCounter *_linkcounter)
    {
        streamprovider = new cProvider(_instreams, _numstreams, _linkcounter);
        merger = new CRowStreamMerger(*streamprovider,_numstreams,_icmp,partdedup);
        eos = _numstreams==0;
        
    }

    CMergeRowStreams(unsigned _numstreams,IRowProvider &_provider,ICompare *_icmp, bool partdedup)
    {
      streamprovider = NULL;
        merger = new CRowStreamMerger(_provider,_numstreams,_icmp,partdedup);
        eos = _numstreams==0;
    }


    ~CMergeRowStreams()
    {
        delete merger;
        delete streamprovider;
    }


    IMPLEMENT_IINTERFACE;

    void stop()
    {
        if (!eos) {
            merger->stop();
            eos = true;
        }
    }

    const void *nextRow() 
    {
        if (eos)
            return NULL;
        const void *r = merger->next();
        if (!r) {
            stop(); // think ok to stop early
            return NULL;
        }
        return r;
    }

};


IRowStream *createRowStreamMerger(unsigned numstreams,IRowStream **instreams,ICompare *icmp,bool partdedup,IRowLinkCounter *linkcounter)
{
    return new CMergeRowStreams(numstreams,instreams,icmp,partdedup,linkcounter);
}


IRowStream *createRowStreamMerger(unsigned numstreams,IRowProvider &provider,ICompare *icmp,bool partdedup)
{
    return new CMergeRowStreams(numstreams,provider,icmp,partdedup);
}