Implement K-min-values Sketch for Similarity detection.

Makefile.in

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 PROG= pcompress
 MAINSRCS = main.c utils/utils.c allocator.c zlib_compress.c bzip2_compress.c \
 	lzma_compress.c ppmd_compress.c adaptive_compress.c lzfx_compress.c \
-	lz4_compress.c none_compress.c utils/xxhash.c
+	lz4_compress.c none_compress.c utils/xxhash.c utils/heapq.c
-MAINHDRS = allocator.h  pcompress.h  utils/utils.h utils/xxhash.h
+MAINHDRS = allocator.h  pcompress.h  utils/utils.h utils/xxhash.h utils/heapq.h
 MAINOBJS = $(MAINSRCS:.c=.o)
 
 RABINSRCS = rabin/rabin_dedup.c

rabin/rabin_dedup.c

@@ -63,9 +63,12 @@
 #include <allocator.h>
 #include <utils.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <heapq.h>
 
 #include "rabin_dedup.h"
 
+#define	FORTY_PCNT(x) (((x)/5 << 1))
+
 extern int lzma_init(void **data, int *level, ssize_t chunksize);
 extern int lzma_compress(void *src, size_t srclen, void *dst,
 	size_t *destlen, int level, uchar_t chdr, void *data);
@@ -87,19 +90,7 @@ rabin_min_blksz(uint64_t chunksize, int rab_blk_sz, const char *algo, int delta_
 {
 	uint32_t min_blk;
 
-	min_blk = 1 << (rab_blk_sz + RAB_BLK_MIN_BITS);
-	if (rab_blk_sz > 1)
-		return (min_blk);
-
-	if (((memcmp(algo, "lzma", 4) == 0 || memcmp(algo, "adapt", 5) == 0) &&
-	      chunksize <= LZMA_WINDOW_MAX) || delta_flag) {
-		if (memcmp(algo, "lzfx", 4) == 0 || memcmp(algo, "lz4", 3) == 0 ||
-		    memcmp(algo, "zlib", 4) == 0 || memcmp(algo, "none", 4) == 0) {
 	min_blk = 1 << (rab_blk_sz + RAB_BLK_MIN_BITS - 1);
-		}
-	} else {
-		min_blk = 1 << (rab_blk_sz + RAB_BLK_MIN_BITS - 1);
-	}
 	return (min_blk);
 }
 
@@ -298,32 +289,25 @@ rabin_dedup(rabin_context_t *ctx, uchar_t *buf, ssize_t *size, ssize_t offset, s
 	char *buf1 = (char *)buf;
 	uint32_t length;
 	uint64_t cur_roll_checksum, cur_pos_checksum, cur_sketch;
-	uint64_t *fplist;
+	uint32_t *fplist;
-	uint32_t len1, fpos[2], cur_sketch2;
+	heap_t heap;
-	uint32_t *charcounts, byts;
 
 	if (rabin_pos == NULL) {
 		/*
 		 * Initialize arrays for sketch computation. We re-use memory allocated
 		 * for the compressed chunk temporarily.
 		 */
-		fplist_sz = 8 * ctx->rabin_poly_avg_block_size;
+		fplist_sz = 4 * ctx->rabin_poly_max_block_size;
-		fplist = (uint64_t *)(ctx->cbuf + ctx->real_chunksize - fplist_sz - 256 * 4);
+		fplist = (uint32_t *)(ctx->cbuf + ctx->real_chunksize - fplist_sz);
-		charcounts = (uint32_t *)(ctx->cbuf + ctx->real_chunksize - 256 * 4);
 		memset(fplist, 0, fplist_sz);
-		memset(charcounts, 0, 256 * 4);
+		reset_heap(&heap, fplist_sz/2);
-		fpos[0] = 0;
-		fpos[1] = 0;
-		len1 = 0;
 	}
 	length = offset;
 	last_offset = 0;
 	blknum = 0;
 	ctx->valid = 0;
 	cur_roll_checksum = 0;
-	j = 0;
 	cur_sketch = 0;
-	cur_sketch2 = 0;
 
 	/* 
 	 * If rabin_pos is non-zero then we are being asked to scan for the last rabin boundary
@@ -362,6 +346,8 @@ rabin_dedup(rabin_context_t *ctx, uchar_t *buf, ssize_t *size, ssize_t offset, s
 	}
 
 	if (*size < ctx->rabin_poly_avg_block_size) return;
+	j = 0;
+
 	for (i=offset; i<*size; i++) {
 		uint32_t *splits;
 		uchar_t cur_byte = buf1[i];
@@ -379,68 +365,19 @@ rabin_dedup(rabin_context_t *ctx, uchar_t *buf, ssize_t *size, ssize_t offset, s
 		cur_pos_checksum = cur_roll_checksum ^ ir[pushed_out];
 
 		/*
-		 * Compute a super sketch value of the block. We store a sum of relative
+		 * Retain a list of all fingerprints in the block. We then compute
-		 * maximal rabin hash values per 1K(SKETCH_BASIC_BLOCK_SZ) of data. So we
+		 * the K min values sketch from that list and generate a super sketch
-		 * get upto 128 sums for a max block size of 128K. The bottom blocksize bits
+		 * by hashing over the K min values sketch. We only store the least
-		 * of the hash are only used which are then biased with the occurrence count.
+		 * significant 32 bits of the fingerprint. This uses less memory,
-		 * This is a representative fingerprint sketch of the block. Storing and
+		 * requires smaller memset() calls and generates a sufficiently large
-		 * comparing upto 128 fingerprints per block is very expensive (compute & RAM)
+		 * number of similarity matches without false positives - determined
-		 * so we eventually sum all the fingerprints for the block to create a single
+		 * by experimentation.
-		 * super sketch value representing maximal features of the block. In addition
-		 * the top 2 commonly occuring byte values are used to compute a second sketch
-		 * to refine the earlier one.
 		 * 
-		 * This value can be used for similarity detection for delta encoding. Exact
+		 * This is called minhashing and is used widely, for example in various
-		 * match for deduplication is additionally detected via a memcmp(). This is a
+		 * search engines to detect similar documents.
-		 * variant of some approaches detailed in:
-		 * http://www.armedia.com/wp/SimilarityIndex.pdf
 		 */
-		len1++;
+		fplist[j] = cur_pos_checksum & 0xFFFFFFFFUL;
-		fpos[1] = cur_pos_checksum & ctx->rabin_avg_block_mask;
-		splits = (uint32_t *)(&fplist[fpos[1]]);
-#if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
-		splits[0]++;
-		splits[1] += cur_pos_checksum & ctx->fp_mask;
-#else
-		splits[1]++;
-		splits[0] += cur_pos_checksum & ctx->fp_mask;
-#endif
-		charcounts[cur_byte]++;
-
-		/*
-		 * Perform the following statement without branching:
-		 * if (fplist[fpos[1]] > fplist[fpos[0]]) fpos[0] = fpos[1];
-		 */
-		fpos[0] = fpos[(fplist[fpos[1]] > fplist[fpos[0]])];
-		if (len1 == SKETCH_BASIC_BLOCK_SZ && ctx->delta_flag) {
-			uint32_t p1, p2, p3;
-			/*
-			 * Compute the super sketch value by summing all the representative
-			 * fingerprints of the block.
-			 */
-			cur_sketch += fplist[fpos[0]];
-			memset(fplist, 0, fplist_sz);
-			fpos[0] = 0;
-
-			/*
-			 * Find out the top 2 occurring byte values and compute
-			 * a secondary sketch from them.
-			 */
-			p1 = 0;
-			p2 = 0;
-			p3 = 0;
-			for (len1=0; len1<256; len1++) {
-				if (charcounts[len1] > p1) {
-					p3 = p2;
-					p2 = p1;
-					p1 = len1;
-				}
-				charcounts[len1] = 0;
-			}
-			cur_sketch2 += ((p1 << 16) | (p2 << 8) | p3);
-			len1 = 0;
 		j++;
-		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Window pos has to rotate from 0 .. RAB_POLYNOMIAL_WIN_SIZE-1
@@ -463,23 +400,26 @@ rabin_dedup(rabin_context_t *ctx, uchar_t *buf, ssize_t *size, ssize_t offset, s
 			ctx->blocks[blknum]->similar = 0;
 			ctx->blocks[blknum]->crc = XXH_strong32(buf1+last_offset, length, 0);
 
-			// Accumulate the 2 sketch values into a combined similarity checksum
 			if (ctx->delta_flag) {
-				ctx->blocks[blknum]->cksum_n_offset = (cur_sketch + cur_sketch2) / 2;
+				/*
-				ctx->blocks[blknum]->mean_n_length = cur_sketch / j;
+				 * Reset the heap structure and find the K min values. We use a
+				 * min heap mechanism taken from the heap based priority queue
+				 * implementation in Python.
+				 * Here K = 40%. We are aiming to detect 40% similarity on average.
+				 */
+				reset_heap(&heap, FORTY_PCNT(j));
+				ksmallest(fplist, j, &heap);
+				cur_sketch = XXH_fast32((const uchar_t *)fplist,  FORTY_PCNT(j)*4, 0);
 				memset(fplist, 0, fplist_sz);
 			} else {
-				ctx->blocks[blknum]->cksum_n_offset = 0;
+				cur_sketch = ctx->blocks[blknum]->crc;
-				ctx->blocks[blknum]->mean_n_length = 0;
 			}
-			fpos[0] = 0;
+			ctx->blocks[blknum]->cksum_n_offset = cur_sketch;
-			len1 = 0;
 			cur_sketch = 0;
 			blknum++;
 			last_offset = i+1;
 			length = 0;
 			j = 0;
-			cur_sketch2 = 0;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -500,22 +440,31 @@ rabin_dedup(rabin_context_t *ctx, uchar_t *buf, ssize_t *size, ssize_t offset, s
 		// Insert the last left-over trailing bytes, if any, into a block.
 		if (last_offset < *size) {
 			if (ctx->blocks[blknum] == 0)
-				ctx->blocks[blknum] = (rabin_blockentry_t *)slab_alloc(NULL, sizeof (rabin_blockentry_t));
+				ctx->blocks[blknum] = (rabin_blockentry_t *)slab_alloc(NULL,
+					sizeof (rabin_blockentry_t));
 			ctx->blocks[blknum]->offset = last_offset;
 			ctx->blocks[blknum]->index = blknum;
 			ctx->blocks[blknum]->length = *size - last_offset;
 			ctx->blocks[blknum]->ref = 0;
 			ctx->blocks[blknum]->similar = 0;
+			ctx->blocks[blknum]->crc = XXH_strong32(buf1+last_offset, ctx->blocks[blknum]->length, 0);
 
 			if (ctx->delta_flag) {
 				j = (j > 0 ? j:1);
-				ctx->blocks[blknum]->cksum_n_offset = (cur_sketch + cur_sketch2) / 2;
+				if (j > 1) {
-				ctx->blocks[blknum]->mean_n_length = cur_sketch / j;
+					reset_heap(&heap, FORTY_PCNT(j));
+					ksmallest(fplist, j, &heap);
+					cur_sketch =
+					    XXH_fast32((const uchar_t *)fplist,  FORTY_PCNT(j)*4, 0);
 				} else {
-				ctx->blocks[blknum]->cksum_n_offset = 0;
+					cur_sketch =
-				ctx->blocks[blknum]->mean_n_length = 0;
+					    XXH_fast32((const uchar_t *)fplist, (j*4)/2, 0);
 				}
-			ctx->blocks[blknum]->crc = XXH_strong32(buf1+last_offset, ctx->blocks[blknum]->length, 0);
+			} else {
+				cur_sketch = ctx->blocks[blknum]->crc;
+			}
+
+			ctx->blocks[blknum]->cksum_n_offset = cur_sketch;
 			blknum++;
 			last_offset = *size;
 		}

utils/heapq.c

@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/*
+ * Functions for a rudimentary fast min-heap implementation.
+ * Derived from Python's _heapqmodule.c by way of drastic simplification
+ * and a few optimizations.
+ */
+
+/* 
+ * Original Python _heapqmodule.c implementation was derived directly
+ * from heapq.py in Py2.3 which was written by Kevin O'Connor, augmented
+ * by Tim Peters, annotated by François Pinard, and converted to C by
+ * Raymond Hettinger.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <heapq.h>
+
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+#define ERROR_CHK
+#endif
+
+void
+reset_heap(heap_t *heap, __TYPE tot)
+{
+    if (heap) {
+        heap->len = 0;
+        heap->tot = tot;
+    }
+}
+
+static int
+_siftdownmax(heap_t *h, __TYPE startpos, __TYPE pos)
+{
+    __TYPE newitem, parent;
+    __TYPE parentpos, *heap;
+
+#ifdef ERROR_CHK
+    if (pos >= h->len) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "_siftdownmax: index out of range\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    heap = h->ary;
+    newitem = heap[pos];
+    /* Follow the path to the root, moving parents down until finding
+       a place newitem fits. */
+    while (pos > startpos){
+        parentpos = (pos - 1) >> 1;
+        parent = heap[parentpos];
+        if (parent < newitem) 
+            break;
+        heap[pos] = parent;
+        pos = parentpos;
+    }
+    heap[pos] = newitem;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+_siftupmax(heap_t *h, __TYPE spos, __TYPE epos)
+{
+    __TYPE endpos, childpos, rightpos;
+    __TYPE newitem, *heap, pos;
+
+    endpos = h->len;
+    heap = h->ary;
+#ifdef ERROR_CHK
+    if (pos >= endpos) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "_siftupmax: index out of range: %u, len: %u\n", pos, endpos);
+        return -1;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    do {
+        pos = spos;
+        /* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */
+        newitem = heap[pos];
+        childpos = (pos << 1) + 1;    /* leftmost child position  */
+        while (childpos < endpos) {
+            /* Set childpos to index of smaller child.   */
+            rightpos = childpos + 1;
+            if (rightpos < endpos) {
+                if (heap[rightpos] < heap[childpos])
+                    childpos = rightpos;
+            }
+            /* Move the smaller child up. */
+            heap[pos] = heap[childpos];
+            pos = childpos;
+            childpos = (pos << 1) + 1;
+        }
+
+        /* The leaf at pos is empty now.  Put newitem there, and and bubble
+           it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */
+        heap[pos] = newitem;
+#ifdef ERROR_CHK
+        if (_siftdownmax(h, spos, pos) == -1)
+            return (-1);
+#else
+        _siftdownmax(h, spos, pos);
+#endif
+        spos--;
+    } while (spos >= epos);
+    return (0);
+}
+
+static int
+_siftupmax_s(heap_t *h, __TYPE spos)
+{
+    __TYPE endpos, childpos, rightpos;
+    __TYPE newitem, *heap, pos;
+
+    endpos = h->len;
+    heap = h->ary;
+#ifdef ERROR_CHK
+    if (pos >= endpos) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "_siftupmax: index out of range: %u, len: %u\n", pos, endpos);
+        return -1;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    pos = spos;
+    /* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */
+    newitem = heap[pos];
+    childpos = (pos << 1) + 1;    /* leftmost child position  */
+    while (childpos < endpos) {
+        /* Set childpos to index of smaller child.   */
+        rightpos = childpos + 1;
+        if (rightpos < endpos) {
+            if (! (heap[rightpos] < heap[childpos]))
+                childpos = rightpos;
+        }
+        /* Move the smaller child up. */
+        heap[pos] = heap[childpos];
+        pos = childpos;
+        childpos = (pos << 1) + 1;
+    }
+
+    /* The leaf at pos is empty now.  Put newitem there, and and bubble
+       it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */
+    heap[pos] = newitem;
+    return (_siftdownmax(h, spos, pos));
+}
+
+int
+ksmallest(__TYPE *ary, __TYPE len, heap_t *heap)
+{
+    __TYPE elem, los;
+    __TYPE i, *hp, n;
+
+#ifdef ERROR_CHK
+    if (len >= heap->tot) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "nsmallest: array size > heap size\n");
+        return (-1);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    n = heap->tot;
+    heap->ary = ary;
+    hp = ary;
+    heap->len = n;
+
+#ifdef ERROR_CHK
+    if(_siftupmax(heap, n/2-1, 0) == -1)
+        return (-1);
+#else
+    _siftupmax(heap, n/2-1, 0);
+#endif
+
+    los = hp[0];
+    for (i = n; i < len; i++) {
+        elem = ary[i];
+        if (elem >= los) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        hp[0] = elem; 
+#ifdef ERROR_CHK
+        if (_siftupmax_s(heap, 0) == -1)
+            return (-1);
+#else
+        _siftupmax_s(heap, 0);
+#endif
+        los = hp[0];
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+

utils/heapq.h

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef __HEAPQ_H_
+
+#define __TYPE int32_t
+
+typedef struct {
+    __TYPE *ary;
+    __TYPE len;
+    __TYPE tot;
+} heap_t;
+
+extern int ksmallest(__TYPE *ary, __TYPE len, heap_t *heap);
+extern void reset_heap(heap_t *h, __TYPE tot);
+
+#endif