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     30 // ---
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     32 //
     33 // Author: Daniel Ford
     34 
     35 #include "sampler.h"
     36 
     37 #include <algorithm>  // For min()
     38 #include <math.h>
     39 #include "base/commandlineflags.h"
     40 
     41 using std::min;
     42 
     43 // The approximate gap in bytes between sampling actions.
     44 // I.e., we take one sample approximately once every
     45 // tcmalloc_sample_parameter bytes of allocation
     46 // i.e. about once every 512KB if value is 1<<19.
     47 #ifdef NO_TCMALLOC_SAMPLES
     48 DEFINE_int64(tcmalloc_sample_parameter, 0,
     49              "Unused: code is compiled with NO_TCMALLOC_SAMPLES");
     50 #else
     51 DEFINE_int64(tcmalloc_sample_parameter,
     52              EnvToInt64("TCMALLOC_SAMPLE_PARAMETER", 0),
     53              "The approximate gap in bytes between sampling actions. "
     54              "This must be between 1 and 2^58.");
     55 #endif
     56 
     57 namespace tcmalloc {
     58 
     59 // Statics for Sampler
     60 double Sampler::log_table_[1<<kFastlogNumBits];
     61 
     62 // Populate the lookup table for FastLog2.
     63 // This approximates the log2 curve with a step function.
     64 // Steps have height equal to log2 of the mid-point of the step.
     65 void Sampler::PopulateFastLog2Table() {
     66   for (int i = 0; i < (1<<kFastlogNumBits); i++) {
     67     log_table_[i] = (log(1.0 + static_cast<double>(i+0.5)/(1<<kFastlogNumBits))
     68                      / log(2.0));
     69   }
     70 }
     71 
     72 int Sampler::GetSamplePeriod() {
     73   return FLAGS_tcmalloc_sample_parameter;
     74 }
     75 
     76 // Run this before using your sampler
     77 void Sampler::Init(uint32_t seed) {
     78   // Initialize PRNG
     79   if (seed != 0) {
     80     rnd_ = seed;
     81   } else {
     82     rnd_ = static_cast<uint32_t>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(this));
     83     if (rnd_ == 0) {
     84       rnd_ = 1;
     85     }
     86   }
     87   // Step it forward 20 times for good measure
     88   for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
     89     rnd_ = NextRandom(rnd_);
     90   }
     91   // Initialize counter
     92   bytes_until_sample_ = PickNextSamplingPoint();
     93 }
     94 
     95 // Initialize the Statics for the Sampler class
     96 void Sampler::InitStatics() {
     97   PopulateFastLog2Table();
     98 }
     99 
    100 // Generates a geometric variable with the specified mean (512K by default).
    101 // This is done by generating a random number between 0 and 1 and applying
    102 // the inverse cumulative distribution function for an exponential.
    103 // Specifically: Let m be the inverse of the sample period, then
    104 // the probability distribution function is m*exp(-mx) so the CDF is
    105 // p = 1 - exp(-mx), so
    106 // q = 1 - p = exp(-mx)
    107 // log_e(q) = -mx
    108 // -log_e(q)/m = x
    109 // log_2(q) * (-log_e(2) * 1/m) = x
    110 // In the code, q is actually in the range 1 to 2**26, hence the -26 below
    111 size_t Sampler::PickNextSamplingPoint() {
    112   rnd_ = NextRandom(rnd_);
    113   // Take the top 26 bits as the random number
    114   // (This plus the 1<<58 sampling bound give a max possible step of
    115   // 5194297183973780480 bytes.)
    116   const uint64_t prng_mod_power = 48;  // Number of bits in prng
    117   // The uint32_t cast is to prevent a (hard-to-reproduce) NAN
    118   // under piii debug for some binaries.
    119   double q = static_cast<uint32_t>(rnd_ >> (prng_mod_power - 26)) + 1.0;
    120   // Put the computed p-value through the CDF of a geometric.
    121   // For faster performance (save ~1/20th exec time), replace
    122   // min(0.0, FastLog2(q) - 26)  by  (Fastlog2(q) - 26.000705)
    123   // The value 26.000705 is used rather than 26 to compensate
    124   // for inaccuracies in FastLog2 which otherwise result in a
    125   // negative answer.
    126   return static_cast<size_t>(min(0.0, (FastLog2(q) - 26)) * (-log(2.0)
    127                              * FLAGS_tcmalloc_sample_parameter) + 1);
    128 }
    129 
    130 }  // namespace tcmalloc
    131