goext/dataext/lruMap.go

package dataext

import (
	"sync"
)

//
// This is an LRU (Least-Recently-Used) cache based on a double linked list
// All the work we do below is to have a cache where we can easily remove the least-used element
// (to ensure that the cache is never bigger than maxsize items)
//
// The cache algorithm the following properties:
//   - Memory footprint is O(n), with neglible overhead
//   - The cache is multi-threading safe (sync.Mutex)
//   - Inserts     are O(1)
//   - Gets        are O(1)
//   - Re-Shuffles are O(1)   (= an element is removed on Insert because teh cache was full)
//
// There are also a bunch of unit tests to ensure that the cache is always in a consistent state
//

type LRUMap[TData any] struct {
	maxsize int
	lock    sync.Mutex

	cache map[string]*cacheNode[TData]

	lfuHead *cacheNode[TData]
	lfuTail *cacheNode[TData]
}

type cacheNode[TData any] struct {
	key    string
	data   TData
	parent *cacheNode[TData]
	child  *cacheNode[TData]
}

func NewLRUMap[TData any](size int) *LRUMap[TData] {
	if size <= 2 && size != 0 {
		panic("Size must be > 2  (or 0)")
	}

	return &LRUMap[TData]{
		maxsize: size,
		lock:    sync.Mutex{},
		cache:   make(map[string]*cacheNode[TData], size+1),
		lfuHead: nil,
		lfuTail: nil,
	}
}

func (c *LRUMap[TData]) Put(key string, value TData) {
	if c.maxsize == 0 {
		return // cache disabled
	}

	c.lock.Lock()
	defer c.lock.Unlock()

	node, exists := c.cache[key]

	if exists {
		// key already in data: only update LFU and value
		c.moveNodeToTop(node)
		node.data = value
		return
	}

	// key does not exist: insert into map and add to top of LFU
	node = &cacheNode[TData]{
		key:    key,
		data:   value,
		parent: nil,
		child:  c.lfuHead,
	}
	if c.lfuHead == nil && c.lfuTail == nil { // special case - previously the cache was empty (head == tail == nil)
		c.lfuHead = node
		c.lfuTail = node
	} else {
		c.lfuHead = node
		node.child.parent = node
	}
	c.cache[key] = node

	if len(c.cache) > c.maxsize { // maxsize is always > 2
		tail := c.lfuTail
		delete(c.cache, tail.key)
		c.lfuTail = tail.parent
		c.lfuTail.child = nil
		tail.parent = nil
		tail.child = nil
	}
}

func (c *LRUMap[TData]) TryGet(key string) (TData, bool) {
	if c.maxsize == 0 {
		return *new(TData), false // cache disabled
	}

	c.lock.Lock()
	defer c.lock.Unlock()

	val, ok := c.cache[key]
	if !ok {
		return *new(TData), false
	}
	c.moveNodeToTop(val)
	return val.data, ok
}

func (c *LRUMap[TData]) moveNodeToTop(node *cacheNode[TData]) {
	// (only called in critical section !)

	if c.lfuHead == node { // fast case
		return
	}

	// Step 1 unlink

	parent := node.parent
	child := node.child
	if parent != nil {
		parent.child = child
	}
	if child != nil {
		child.parent = parent
	}
	if node == c.lfuHead {
		c.lfuHead = node.child
	}
	if node == c.lfuTail {
		c.lfuTail = node.parent
	}

	// Step 2 re-insert at top
	node.parent = nil
	node.child = c.lfuHead
	c.lfuHead = node
	if node.child != nil {
		node.child.parent = node
	}
}

func (c *LRUMap[TData]) Size() int {
	c.lock.Lock()
	defer c.lock.Unlock()
	return len(c.cache)
}