parallel_sort.h

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#ifndef __TBB_parallel_sort_H
#define __TBB_parallel_sort_H

#include "parallel_for.h"
#include "blocked_range.h"
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <functional>

namespace tbb {

namespace internal {


template<typename RandomAccessIterator, typename Compare>
class quick_sort_range: private no_assign {

    inline size_t median_of_three(const RandomAccessIterator &array, size_t l, size_t m, size_t r) const {
        return comp(array[l], array[m]) ? ( comp(array[m], array[r]) ? m : ( comp( array[l], array[r]) ? r : l ) ) 
                                        : ( comp(array[r], array[m]) ? m : ( comp( array[r], array[l] ) ? r : l ) );
    }

    inline size_t pseudo_median_of_nine( const RandomAccessIterator &array, const quick_sort_range &range ) const {
        size_t offset = range.size/8u;
        return median_of_three(array, 
                               median_of_three(array, 0, offset, offset*2),
                               median_of_three(array, offset*3, offset*4, offset*5),
                               median_of_three(array, offset*6, offset*7, range.size - 1) );

    }

public:

    static const size_t grainsize = 500;
    const Compare &comp;
    RandomAccessIterator begin;
    size_t size;

    quick_sort_range( RandomAccessIterator begin_, size_t size_, const Compare &comp_ ) :
        comp(comp_), begin(begin_), size(size_) {}

    bool empty() const {return size==0;}
    bool is_divisible() const {return size>=grainsize;}

    quick_sort_range( quick_sort_range& range, split ) : comp(range.comp) {
        RandomAccessIterator array = range.begin;
        RandomAccessIterator key0 = range.begin; 
        size_t m = pseudo_median_of_nine(array, range);
        if (m) std::swap ( array[0], array[m] );

        size_t i=0;
        size_t j=range.size;
        // Partition interval [i+1,j-1] with key *key0.
        for(;;) {
            __TBB_ASSERT( i<j, NULL );
            // Loop must terminate since array[l]==*key0.
            do {
                --j;
                __TBB_ASSERT( i<=j, "bad ordering relation?" );
            } while( comp( *key0, array[j] ));
            do {
                __TBB_ASSERT( i<=j, NULL );
                if( i==j ) goto partition;
                ++i;
            } while( comp( array[i],*key0 ));
            if( i==j ) goto partition;
            std::swap( array[i], array[j] );
        }
partition:
        // Put the partition key were it belongs
        std::swap( array[j], *key0 );
        // array[l..j) is less or equal to key.
        // array(j..r) is greater or equal to key.
        // array[j] is equal to key
        i=j+1;
        begin = array+i;
        size = range.size-i;
        range.size = j;
    }
};


template<typename RandomAccessIterator, typename Compare>
class quick_sort_pretest_body : internal::no_assign {
    const Compare &comp;

public:
    quick_sort_pretest_body(const Compare &_comp) : comp(_comp) {}

    void operator()( const blocked_range<RandomAccessIterator>& range ) const {
        task &my_task = task::self();
        RandomAccessIterator my_end = range.end();

        int i = 0;
        for (RandomAccessIterator k = range.begin(); k != my_end; ++k, ++i) {
            if ( i%64 == 0 && my_task.is_cancelled() ) break;
          
            // The k-1 is never out-of-range because the first chunk starts at begin+serial_cutoff+1
            if ( comp( *(k), *(k-1) ) ) {
                my_task.cancel_group_execution();
                break;
            }
        }
    }

};


template<typename RandomAccessIterator, typename Compare>
struct quick_sort_body {
    void operator()( const quick_sort_range<RandomAccessIterator,Compare>& range ) const {
        //SerialQuickSort( range.begin, range.size, range.comp );
        std::sort( range.begin, range.begin + range.size, range.comp );
    }
};


template<typename RandomAccessIterator, typename Compare>
void parallel_quick_sort( RandomAccessIterator begin, RandomAccessIterator end, const Compare& comp ) {
    task_group_context my_context;
    const int serial_cutoff = 9;

    __TBB_ASSERT( begin + serial_cutoff < end, "min_parallel_size is smaller than serial cutoff?" );
    RandomAccessIterator k;
    for ( k = begin ; k != begin + serial_cutoff; ++k ) {
        if ( comp( *(k+1), *k ) ) {
            goto do_parallel_quick_sort;
        }
    }

    parallel_for( blocked_range<RandomAccessIterator>(k+1, end),
                  quick_sort_pretest_body<RandomAccessIterator,Compare>(comp),
                  auto_partitioner(),
                  my_context);

    if (my_context.is_group_execution_cancelled())
do_parallel_quick_sort:
        parallel_for( quick_sort_range<RandomAccessIterator,Compare>(begin, end-begin, comp ), 
                      quick_sort_body<RandomAccessIterator,Compare>(),
                      auto_partitioner() );
}

} // namespace internal



template<typename RandomAccessIterator, typename Compare>
void parallel_sort( RandomAccessIterator begin, RandomAccessIterator end, const Compare& comp) { 
    const int min_parallel_size = 500; 
    if( end > begin ) {
        if (end - begin < min_parallel_size) { 
            std::sort(begin, end, comp);
        } else {
            internal::parallel_quick_sort(begin, end, comp);
        }
    }
}


template<typename RandomAccessIterator>
inline void parallel_sort( RandomAccessIterator begin, RandomAccessIterator end ) { 
    parallel_sort( begin, end, std::less< typename std::iterator_traits<RandomAccessIterator>::value_type >() );
}


template<typename T>
inline void parallel_sort( T * begin, T * end ) {
    parallel_sort( begin, end, std::less< T >() );
}   


} // namespace tbb

#endif