フラッシュソートを使用する

フラッシュソート (flash sort) は、キーの最小値・最大値から値域を m 個のクラス(区分)に等分し、各要素を対応クラスへ仕分けてからクラス内を挿入ソートで仕上げる。バケットソートと同様、分布が一様なら平均時間計算量は線形に近づく。違いは大きなバケット配列を持たず、インプレースの循環交換でクラス境界へ要素を集める点にある。

  1. 値域とクラス数: 配列の最小値 min・最大値 max を求め、クラス数 m を \(\lceil \sqrt{2 n \log_2 n} \rceil\) 程度(実装によっては 0.45 n 付近)に設定する。
  2. 出現数の集計: 各要素 x について \(k = \lfloor (m - 1)(x - min) / (max - min) \rfloor\) でクラス番号を求め、クラスごとの要素数を数える。
  3. 境界の確定: 累積和から各クラスが最終配列のどの区間 [start_k, end_k) を占めるかを決める。
  4. インプレース配置: 右端から走査し、属するクラスがまだ確定していない要素を、対応クラスの未確定先頭位置と交換して前進させる(循環交換)。
  5. クラス内整列: 各区間について挿入ソートを行えば全体が昇順になる。
procedure flash_sort(A)
  n = length(A)
  if n <= 1 then return
  minVal = minimum(A)
  maxVal = maximum(A)
  if minVal = maxVal then return
  m = max(2, ceil(sqrt(2 * n * log2(n))))
  count[0..m-1] = 0
  for each x in A
    k = floor((m - 1) * (x - minVal) / (maxVal - minVal))
    count[k] = count[k] + 1
  boundary[0] = 0
  for k from 0 to m - 1
    boundary[k + 1] = boundary[k] + count[k]
  permute A in-place using boundary as class tails
  for k from 0 to m - 1
    insertion_sort(A[boundary[k] .. boundary[k + 1] - 1])

分布が一様であれば \(O(n)\) に近づくが、多くの要素が同一クラスへ集中するとクラス内の挿入ソートが重なり \(O(n^2)\) になりうる。循環交換による配置は等値の相対順を崩すため不安定である。

以下のデモでは視認性のためクラス数を 5 に固定し、配置フェーズはクラス境界へ集めた結果を示す(本番実装では上記の循環交換を用いる)。

類似アルゴリズムとの相違点

バケットソートと同様に値域を区分するが、大きなバケット配列を持たずインプレースの循環交換でクラスへ集める点が異なる。スプレッドソートも値域をビンに分けるが、ビン内を要素数に応じて再帰か比較ソートへ動的に切り替え、偏った分布でも最悪性能を抑える設計となっている。

時間計算量および空間計算量を計測する

Size Average time (s) Maximum time (s) Average memory (KiB) Maximum memory (KiB)
256 0.000004 0.000036 3 3
512 0.000007 0.000047 5 5
1024 0.000012 0.000049 10 10
2048 0.000023 0.000070 19 19
4096 0.000047 0.000154 37 37
8192 0.000103 0.000202 71 71
16384 0.000253 0.001187 139 139
32768 0.000413 0.000832 273 273
65536 0.000886 0.001830 536 536
131072 0.001962 0.004138 1060 1060
262144 0.004463 0.011602 2100 2100
計測に使用したコードを表示する

#!/usr/bin/env swift
import Foundation

// This standalone Swift driver creates the same temporary Docker build
// context as the former shell wrapper.  The benchmark program itself remains
// embedded below so readers can copy one complete, reproducible file.
struct BenchmarkError: Error, CustomStringConvertible {
    let message: String

    var description: String { message }

    init(_ message: String) {
        self.message = message
    }
}

func runCommand(_ executable: String, _ arguments: [String]) throws {
    let process = Process()
    process.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/usr/bin/env")
    process.arguments = [executable] + arguments
    process.standardInput = FileHandle.standardInput
    process.standardOutput = FileHandle.standardOutput
    process.standardError = FileHandle.standardError

    do {
        try process.run()
    } catch {
        throw BenchmarkError("Could not start \(executable): \(error)")
    }
    process.waitUntilExit()
    guard process.terminationStatus == 0 else {
        throw BenchmarkError(
            "Command failed (\(process.terminationStatus)): " +
            "\(executable) \(arguments.joined(separator: " "))"
        )
    }
}

do {
    // The UUID avoids collisions when two benchmark copies are run at once.
    let workdir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
        .appendingPathComponent("swift-sort-benchmark-\(UUID().uuidString)")
    try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: workdir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
    defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: workdir) }

    // A raw Swift string is used so the nested main.swift keeps its own
    // interpolation expressions such as \(seed) until Docker compiles it.
    let dockerfile = #"""
FROM swift:6.0

WORKDIR /app

RUN cat > alloc_track.c <<'ALLOC'
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <stdatomic.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

static atomic_size_t live_bytes = 0;
static atomic_size_t peak_bytes = 0;

static void *(*real_malloc)(size_t) = NULL;
static void *(*real_calloc)(size_t, size_t) = NULL;
static void *(*real_realloc)(void *, size_t) = NULL;
static void (*real_free)(void *) = NULL;

static void init_reals(void) {
    if (real_malloc) {
        return;
    }
    real_malloc = (void *(*)(size_t))dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "malloc");
    real_calloc = (void *(*)(size_t, size_t))dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "calloc");
    real_realloc = (void *(*)(void *, size_t))dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "realloc");
    real_free = (void (*)(void *))dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "free");
}

static void record_alloc(size_t size) {
    size_t live = atomic_fetch_add(&live_bytes, size) + size;
    size_t peak = atomic_load(&peak_bytes);
    while (live > peak) {
        if (atomic_compare_exchange_weak(&peak_bytes, &peak, live)) {
            break;
        }
    }
}

void alloc_track_reset_peak(void) {
    atomic_store(&peak_bytes, atomic_load(&live_bytes));
}

size_t alloc_track_live(void) { return atomic_load(&live_bytes); }
size_t alloc_track_peak(void) { return atomic_load(&peak_bytes); }

void *malloc(size_t size) {
    init_reals();
    void *p = real_malloc(size);
    if (p) {
        record_alloc(malloc_usable_size(p));
    }
    return p;
}

void *calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size) {
    init_reals();
    void *p = real_calloc(nmemb, size);
    if (p) {
        record_alloc(malloc_usable_size(p));
    }
    return p;
}

void *realloc(void *ptr, size_t size) {
    init_reals();
    size_t old_size = 0;
    if (ptr) {
        old_size = malloc_usable_size(ptr);
    }
    void *p = real_realloc(ptr, size);
    if (p) {
        atomic_fetch_sub(&live_bytes, old_size);
        record_alloc(malloc_usable_size(p));
    } else if (size == 0) {
        atomic_fetch_sub(&live_bytes, old_size);
    }
    return p;
}

void free(void *ptr) {
    init_reals();
    if (ptr) {
        atomic_fetch_sub(&live_bytes, malloc_usable_size(ptr));
        real_free(ptr);
    }
}

ALLOC

RUN cat > main.swift <<'SWIFT'
import Foundation
#if canImport(Glibc)
import Glibc
#elseif canImport(Darwin)
import Darwin
#endif

@_silgen_name("alloc_track_live") func alloc_track_live() -> Int
@_silgen_name("alloc_track_peak") func alloc_track_peak() -> Int
@_silgen_name("alloc_track_reset_peak") func alloc_track_reset_peak()

extension UnsafeMutableBufferPointer where Element == Int {
    func swapAt(_ i: Int, _ j: Int) {
        let t = self[i]; self[i] = self[j]; self[j] = t
    }
}

let MIN_POWER: Int = 8
let MAX_POWER: Int = 18
let RUNS: Int = 8192
func insertion_sort(_ a: inout [Int]) {
    a.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { insertion_sort($0) }
}

func insertion_sort(_ a: UnsafeMutableBufferPointer<Int>) {
    if a.count < 2 {
        return
    }
    for i in 1..<a.count {
        var j = i
        while j > 0 && a[j - 1] > a[j] {
            a.swapAt(j - 1, j)
            j -= 1
        }
    }
}



private func flash_class_index(_ x: Int, _ minVal: Int, _ maxVal: Int, _ m: Int) -> Int {
    if maxVal == minVal {
        return 0
    } else {
        return Int(Double(x - minVal) / Double(maxVal - minVal) * Double(m - 1))
    }
}

func flash_sort(_ a: inout [Int]) {
    a.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { flash_sort($0) }
}

func flash_sort(_ a: UnsafeMutableBufferPointer<Int>) {
    let n = a.count
    if n <= 1 {
        return
    }

    var lo = a[0]
    var hi = a[0]
    for i in 1..<n {
        if a[i] < lo { lo = a[i] }
        if a[i] > hi { hi = a[i] }
    }
    if lo == hi {
        return
    }

    let mRaw = Int((Double(n) * log2(2.0 * Double(n))).squareRoot().rounded(.up))
    let m = Swift.min(Swift.max(mRaw, 2), n)

    var count = [Int](repeating: 0, count: m)
    for i in 0..<n {
        count[flash_class_index(a[i], lo, hi, m)] += 1
    }

    var boundary = [Int](repeating: 0, count: m + 1)
    for i in 0..<m {
        boundary[i + 1] = boundary[i] + count[i]
    }

    var temp = [Int](repeating: 0, count: n)
    var cursor = boundary
    for i in 0..<n {
        let k = flash_class_index(a[i], lo, hi, m)
        temp[cursor[k]] = a[i]
        cursor[k] += 1
    }
    for i in 0..<n {
        a[i] = temp[i]
    }

    for i in 0..<m {
        let start = boundary[i]
        let end = boundary[i + 1]
        if end - start > 1 {
            insertion_sort(UnsafeMutableBufferPointer(rebasing: a[start..<end]))
        }
    }
}


func benchmark_sort(_ array: inout [Int]) {

    flash_sort(&array)

}

func is_non_decreasing(_ a: [Int]) -> Bool {
    guard a.count >= 2 else { return true }
    for i in 1..<a.count {
        if a[i - 1] > a[i] { return false }
    }
    return true
}

func same_multiset(_ a: [Int], _ b: [Int]) -> Bool {
    if a.count != b.count {
        return false
    }

    var left = a
    var right = b
    left.sort()
    right.sort()
    return left == right
}

func check_correctness_case(_ label: String, _ input: [Int]) {
    var input = input
    let original = input

    benchmark_sort(&input)

    if !is_non_decreasing(input) {
        fatalError("correctness case \(label): output is not sorted")
    }

    if !same_multiset(input, original) {
        fatalError("correctness case \(label): elements were lost or added")
    }
}

// Skip cases larger than the algorithm's measured size cap (MAX_POWER). That
// cap exists because larger inputs are impractically slow; forcing them here
// would stall the published measurement script before any table rows print.
func check_correctness_case_within_limit(_ label: String, _ input: [Int]) {
    if input.count > (1 << MAX_POWER) {
        return
    }
    check_correctness_case(label, input)
}

func few_unique_values(_ size: Int, _ unique: Int, _ seed: UInt64) -> [Int] {
    var state = seed
    var result = [Int]()
    result.reserveCapacity(size)
    for _ in 0..<size {
        state ^= state << 13
        state ^= state >> 7
        state ^= state << 17
        result.append(Int(state % UInt64(unique)) + 1)
    }
    return result
}

func run_correctness_checks() {
    check_correctness_case("empty", [])
    check_correctness_case("single", [42])
    check_correctness_case("duplicates", [3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2])
    check_correctness_case("sorted", [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    check_correctness_case("reverse", [5, 4, 3, 2, 1])
    check_correctness_case("all_equal", [7, 7, 7, 7])
    check_correctness_case("skewed_range", [1_000_000, 2, 1_000_001, 1, 999_999])
    // Static-buffer Grail skips the in-buffer build when key collection is sparse
    // (ideal_buffer = false). Exercising that path catches regressions in buffer gating.
    check_correctness_case(
        "few_keys_len16",
        [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 4]
    )
    // Seed 0 is a fixed point of the xorshift below, so it would degenerate into
    // yet another all-equal case instead of a 4-value mix. Start at 1.
    for seed in 1...32 {
        check_correctness_case(
            "few_keys_len32_seed_\(seed)",
            few_unique_values(32, 4, UInt64(seed))
        )
    }
    // Small-input cutoffs (insertion sort below 32 elements, etc.) hide duplicate-key
    // bugs in the recursive path, so repeat the duplicate cases at the smallest
    // benchmark size, which every algorithm must handle within reasonable time.
    check_correctness_case("all_equal_len256", [Int](repeating: 7, count: 256))
    for seed in 1...4 {
        check_correctness_case(
            "few_keys_len256_seed_\(seed)",
            few_unique_values(256, 4, UInt64(seed))
        )
    }
    // Blit's equal-key second sweep used to copy the whole range into a fixed
    // 512-element swap; lengths above that must still sort without panicking.
    // Respect MAX_POWER so algorithms with a low measured-size cap (slow,
    // sleep) do not hang here for minutes or months.
    check_correctness_case_within_limit("all_equal_len600", [Int](repeating: 7, count: 600))
    for seed in 1...4 {
        check_correctness_case_within_limit(
            "few_keys_len2048_seed_\(seed)",
            few_unique_values(2048, 4, UInt64(seed))
        )
    }
}


func shuffled(_ size: Int, seed: UInt64) -> [Int] {
    guard size > 0 else { return [] }

    var v = Array(1...size)
    var state = seed

    if size > 1 {
        for i in stride(from: size - 1, through: 1, by: -1) {
            state ^= state << 13
            state ^= state >> 7
            state ^= state << 17

            let j = Int(state % UInt64(i + 1))
            v.swapAt(i, j)
        }
    }

    return v
}

func micros(_ d: Duration) -> UInt64 {
    let c = d.components
    let fromSeconds = UInt64(c.seconds) * 1_000_000
    let fromAttos = UInt64(max(0, c.attoseconds / 1_000_000_000_000))
    return fromSeconds + fromAttos
}

func padLeft(_ value: String, _ width: Int) -> String {
    if value.count >= width {
        return value
    }
    return String(repeating: " ", count: width - value.count) + value
}

func formatSeconds(_ micros: UInt64) -> String {
    let whole = micros / 1_000_000
    let frac = micros % 1_000_000
    let fracStr = padLeft(String(frac), 6).replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "0")
    return "\(whole).\(fracStr)"
}

func input_array(_ size: Int, seed: UInt64) -> [Int] {
    shuffled(size, seed: seed)
}

/// Peak heap growth during `benchmark_sort`, in bytes (explicit buffers such as swap).
/// Kept in bytes so the parent can average before rounding; converting to KiB here
/// would truncate sub-KiB buffers to 0 in every run and hide them from the average.
func run_once(size: Int, seed: Int) -> (UInt64, Int) {
    var array = input_array(size, seed: UInt64(seed))

    let baseBytes = alloc_track_live()
    alloc_track_reset_peak()

    let start = ContinuousClock.now

    benchmark_sort(&array)

    let elapsed = ContinuousClock.now - start
    let peakBytes = alloc_track_peak()
    let auxBytes = max(0, peakBytes - baseBytes)

    let expected: [Int] = size > 0 ? Array(1...size) : []
    if array != expected {
        fatalError("sort failed with seed \(seed) for size \(size)")
    }

    return (micros(elapsed), auxBytes)
}

func run_child(_ args: [String]) {
    let size = Int(args[2])!
    let seed = Int(args[3])!
    let (elapsedUs, mem) = run_once(size: size, seed: seed)
    print("\(elapsedUs) \(mem)")
}

let args = CommandLine.arguments
if args.count > 1 && args[1] == "--run-once" {
    run_child(args)
} else {
    run_correctness_checks()

    let tableHeader =
        "| \(padLeft("Size", 10)) | " +
        "\(padLeft("Average time (s)", 16)) | " +
        "\(padLeft("Maximum time (s)", 16)) | " +
        "\(padLeft("Average memory (KiB)", 20)) | " +
        "\(padLeft("Maximum memory (KiB)", 20)) |"
    print(tableHeader)
    print("|-----------:|-----------------:|-----------------:|---------------------:|---------------------:|")

    for power in MIN_POWER...MAX_POWER {
        let size = 1 << power

        var totalTime: UInt64 = 0
        var maxTime: UInt64 = 0

        var totalMem = 0
        var maxMem = 0

        for seed in 1...RUNS {
            let process = Process()
            process.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: args[0])
            process.arguments = ["--run-once", "\(size)", "\(seed)"]
            let stdout = Pipe()
            let stderr = Pipe()
            process.standardOutput = stdout
            process.standardError = stderr

            do {
                try process.run()
            } catch {
                fatalError("failed to run benchmark child process: \(error)")
            }
            process.waitUntilExit()

            if process.terminationStatus != 0 {
                let err = String(data: stderr.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile(), encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
                fatalError("benchmark child process failed: \(err)")
            }

            let data = stdout.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
            let stdoutText = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
            let fields = stdoutText.split(whereSeparator: \.isWhitespace)
            guard fields.count >= 2,
                  let elapsedUs = UInt64(fields[0]),
                  let auxMem = Int(fields[1]) else {
                fatalError("invalid child process output: \(stdoutText)")
            }

            totalTime += elapsedUs
            if elapsedUs > maxTime {
                maxTime = elapsedUs
            }

            totalMem += auxMem
            if auxMem > maxMem {
                maxMem = auxMem
            }
        }

        let avgTime = totalTime / UInt64(RUNS)
        // Memory is summed in bytes and converted to KiB once, after averaging.
        let avgMemKb = totalMem / RUNS / 1024
        let maxMemKb = maxMem / 1024

        let tableRow =
            "| \(padLeft(String(size), 10)) | " +
            "\(padLeft(formatSeconds(avgTime), 16)) | " +
            "\(padLeft(formatSeconds(maxTime), 16)) | " +
            "\(padLeft(String(avgMemKb), 20)) | " +
            "\(padLeft(String(maxMemKb), 20)) |"
        print(tableRow)
    }
}
SWIFT

RUN clang -O2 -fPIC -shared alloc_track.c -o liballoc_track.so -ldl

RUN swiftc -Ounchecked -whole-module-optimization \
    main.swift \
    -o swift-benchmark \
    -L. -lalloc_track \
    -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker /app

ENV LD_PRELOAD=/app/liballoc_track.so
CMD ["./swift-benchmark"]
"""#
    try dockerfile.write(
        to: workdir.appendingPathComponent("Dockerfile"),
        atomically: true,
        encoding: .utf8
    )

    // Keeping build and run as separate child processes preserves Docker's
    // normal output and the original image tag used by the benchmark skill.
    try runCommand("docker", ["build", "-t", "swift-benchmark", workdir.path])
    try runCommand("docker", ["run", "--rm", "--init", "swift-benchmark"])
} catch {
    fputs("\(error)\n", stderr)
    exit(1)
}