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      2 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
      3 /*--- A hash table implementation.            pub_tool_hashtable.h ---*/
      4 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
      5 
      6 /*
      7    This file is part of Valgrind, a dynamic binary instrumentation
      8    framework.
      9 
     10    Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Nicholas Nethercote
     11       njn (at) valgrind.org
     12 
     13    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     14    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
     15    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
     16    License, or (at your option) any later version.
     17 
     18    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
     19    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     20    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     21    General Public License for more details.
     22 
     23    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     24    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
     25    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
     26    02111-1307, USA.
     27 
     28    The GNU General Public License is contained in the file COPYING.
     29 */
     30 
     31 #ifndef __PUB_TOOL_HASHTABLE_H
     32 #define __PUB_TOOL_HASHTABLE_H
     33 
     34 /* Generic type for a separately-chained hash table.  Via a kind of dodgy
     35    C-as-C++ style inheritance, tools can extend the VgHashNode type, so long
     36    as the first two fields match the sizes of these two fields.  Requires
     37    a bit of casting by the tool. */
     38 
     39 // Problems with this data structure:
     40 // - Separate chaining gives bad cache behaviour.  Hash tables with linear
     41 //   probing give better cache behaviour.
     42 
     43 typedef
     44    struct _VgHashNode {
     45       struct _VgHashNode * next;
     46       UWord              key;
     47    }
     48    VgHashNode;
     49 
     50 typedef struct _VgHashTable * VgHashTable;
     51 
     52 /* Make a new table.  Allocates the memory with VG_(calloc)(), so can
     53    be freed with VG_(free)().  The table starts small but will
     54    periodically be expanded.  This is transparent to the users of this
     55    module. */
     56 extern VgHashTable VG_(HT_construct) ( HChar* name );
     57 
     58 /* Count the number of nodes in a table. */
     59 extern Int VG_(HT_count_nodes) ( VgHashTable table );
     60 
     61 /* Add a node to the table.  Duplicate keys are permitted. */
     62 extern void VG_(HT_add_node) ( VgHashTable t, void* node );
     63 
     64 /* Looks up a VgHashNode in the table.  Returns NULL if not found.  If entries
     65  * with duplicate keys are present, the most recently-added of the dups will
     66  * be returned, but it's probably better to avoid dups altogether. */
     67 extern void* VG_(HT_lookup) ( VgHashTable table, UWord key );
     68 
     69 /* Removes a VgHashNode from the table.  Returns NULL if not found. */
     70 extern void* VG_(HT_remove) ( VgHashTable table, UWord key );
     71 
     72 /* Allocates a suitably-sized array, copies pointers to all the hashtable
     73    elements into it, then returns both the array and the size of it.  The
     74    array must be freed with VG_(free). */
     75 extern VgHashNode** VG_(HT_to_array) ( VgHashTable t, /*OUT*/ UInt* n_elems );
     76 
     77 /* Reset the table's iterator to point to the first element. */
     78 extern void VG_(HT_ResetIter) ( VgHashTable table );
     79 
     80 /* Return the element pointed to by the iterator and move on to the
     81    next one.  Returns NULL if the last one has been passed, or if
     82    HT_ResetIter() has not been called previously.  Asserts if the
     83    table has been modified (HT_add_node, HT_remove) since
     84    HT_ResetIter.  This guarantees that callers cannot screw up by
     85    modifying the table whilst iterating over it (and is necessary to
     86    make the implementation safe; specifically we must guarantee that
     87    the table will not get resized whilst iteration is happening.
     88    Since resizing only happens as a result of calling HT_add_node,
     89    disallowing HT_add_node during iteration should give the required
     90    assurance. */
     91 extern void* VG_(HT_Next) ( VgHashTable table );
     92 
     93 /* Destroy a table and deallocates the memory used by the nodes using
     94    freenode_fn.*/
     95 extern void VG_(HT_destruct) ( VgHashTable t, void(*freenode_fn)(void*) );
     96 
     97 
     98 #endif   // __PUB_TOOL_HASHTABLE_H
     99 
    100 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    101 /*--- end                                                          ---*/
    102 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    103