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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) 2005-2013 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 #include "pub_tool_basics.h"   // VG_ macro
     35 
     36 /* Generic type for a separately-chained hash table.  Via a kind of dodgy
     37    C-as-C++ style inheritance, tools can extend the VgHashNode type, so long
     38    as the first two fields match the sizes of these two fields.  Requires
     39    a bit of casting by the tool. */
     40 
     41 // Problems with this data structure:
     42 // - Separate chaining gives bad cache behaviour.  Hash tables with linear
     43 //   probing give better cache behaviour.
     44 
     45 typedef
     46    struct _VgHashNode {
     47       struct _VgHashNode * next;
     48       UWord              key;
     49    }
     50    VgHashNode;
     51 
     52 typedef struct _VgHashTable * VgHashTable;
     53 
     54 /* Make a new table.  Allocates the memory with VG_(calloc)(), so can
     55    be freed with VG_(free)().  The table starts small but will
     56    periodically be expanded.  This is transparent to the users of this
     57    module. */
     58 extern VgHashTable VG_(HT_construct) ( const HChar* name );
     59 
     60 /* Count the number of nodes in a table. */
     61 extern Int VG_(HT_count_nodes) ( VgHashTable table );
     62 
     63 /* Add a node to the table.  Duplicate keys are permitted. */
     64 extern void VG_(HT_add_node) ( VgHashTable t, void* node );
     65 
     66 /* Looks up a VgHashNode in the table.  Returns NULL if not found.  If entries
     67  * with duplicate keys are present, the most recently-added of the dups will
     68  * be returned, but it's probably better to avoid dups altogether. */
     69 extern void* VG_(HT_lookup) ( VgHashTable table, UWord key );
     70 
     71 /* Removes a VgHashNode from the table.  Returns NULL if not found. */
     72 extern void* VG_(HT_remove) ( VgHashTable table, UWord key );
     73 
     74 /* Allocates a suitably-sized array, copies pointers to all the hashtable
     75    elements into it, then returns both the array and the size of it.  The
     76    array must be freed with VG_(free). */
     77 extern VgHashNode** VG_(HT_to_array) ( VgHashTable t, /*OUT*/ UInt* n_elems );
     78 
     79 /* Reset the table's iterator to point to the first element. */
     80 extern void VG_(HT_ResetIter) ( VgHashTable table );
     81 
     82 /* Return the element pointed to by the iterator and move on to the
     83    next one.  Returns NULL if the last one has been passed, or if
     84    HT_ResetIter() has not been called previously.  Asserts if the
     85    table has been modified (HT_add_node, HT_remove) since
     86    HT_ResetIter.  This guarantees that callers cannot screw up by
     87    modifying the table whilst iterating over it (and is necessary to
     88    make the implementation safe; specifically we must guarantee that
     89    the table will not get resized whilst iteration is happening.
     90    Since resizing only happens as a result of calling HT_add_node,
     91    disallowing HT_add_node during iteration should give the required
     92    assurance. */
     93 extern void* VG_(HT_Next) ( VgHashTable table );
     94 
     95 /* Destroy a table and deallocates the memory used by the nodes using
     96    freenode_fn.*/
     97 extern void VG_(HT_destruct) ( VgHashTable t, void(*freenode_fn)(void*) );
     98 
     99 
    100 #endif   // __PUB_TOOL_HASHTABLE_H
    101 
    102 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    103 /*--- end                                                          ---*/
    104 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    105