弱ヒープソートを使用する

弱ヒープソート (weak-heap sort) は、配列を弱ヒープ(weak heap)に整えたあと、根(最大値)と末尾を入れ替えてヒープを縮めていく整列である。 手順はヒープソートと同じだが、二分ヒープより緩い順序条件と、左右の子の役割を示す逆ビット(reverse bit)を使う点が異なる。

弱ヒープを二分木としてみると次を満たし、この記事では根が最大となる最大ヒープ形となるように構築する。

  1. 根は左の子を持たない(右の子だけを持つ)。
  2. 各節点の値は、その右部分木に属するすべての値以上である(左の子側=兄弟列には直接の大小を課さない)。
  3. 葉は最下層かそのひとつ上にだけ現れる(完全二分木と同じ配置)。

配列表現では、節点 i の逆ビット r[i] が「左の子」と「右の子」のどちらを 2i / 2i+1 に割り当てるかを決める。r[i] = 0 なら左の子は 2i、右の子は 2i+1r[i] = 1 なら入れ替わる。根(i = 0)は常に右の子 1 だけを見る。

多分岐ヒープとしてみると、右の子は「最初の子」、左の子は「次の兄弟」に対応し、二項ヒープの木を 1 本の不完全木にまとめた形になる。ある節点 j の多分岐上の親を区別祖先distinguished ancestor)と呼び、ヒープ条件は「区別祖先の値が j の値以上」に落ちる。

  1. 構築: 逆ビットをすべて 0 にし、末尾から 1 まで各節点 j をその区別祖先と 結合 する。結合は 1 回の比較で、子の方が大きければ交換し、子側の逆ビットを反転する。全体でちょうど n - 1 回の比較で弱ヒープになる。
  2. 抽出: 根とヒープ末尾を交換して最大値を確定する。
  3. 沈降: 新しい根について、右部分木の左背骨を葉まで下り、そこから親へ遡りながら根と結合を繰り返す。二分ヒープの沈降が各段で最大 2 比較なのに対し、弱ヒープでは高さぶんの比較で足りる。
  4. 反復: ヒープ長が 2 になるまで手順 2〜3 を繰り返し、最後に残った 2 要素を入れ替えて昇順を完成する。
procedure distinguished_ancestor(r, j)
  while (j & 1) = r[j >> 1]
    j = j >> 1
  return j >> 1

procedure join(A, r, i, j)   // i は区別祖先、最大ヒープ
  if A[i] < A[j] then
    flip r[j]
    swap A[i], A[j]

procedure weak_heap_sort(A)
  n = length(A)
  r[0..n) = 0
  for j from n - 1 down to 1
    join(A, r, distinguished_ancestor(r, j), j)
  for end from n - 1 down to 2
    swap A[0], A[end]
    x = 1                         // 根の右の子
    while 2 * x + r[x] < end      // 右部分木の左背骨を下る
      x = 2 * x + r[x]
    while x > 0
      join(A, r, 0, x)
      x = x >> 1
  swap A[0], A[1]

最悪時間計算量は \(O(n \log n)\) である。構築は n - 1 比較、抽出フェーズの比較回数はおよそ \(n \lceil \log_2 n \rceil\) 前後に抑えられ、通常のヒープソート(沈降で最大約 2 n log n 比較)より比較が少なくなりやすい。 逆ビットに \(O(n)\) ビットの追加領域が要る(厳密なインプレースではない)。等値の扱いは結合時の規約依存で、不安定である。

類似アルゴリズムとの相違点

ヒープソートは親子両方にヒープ条件を課し、沈降で最大 2 比較/段を使う。弱ヒープは右部分木だけに大小を課し、逆ビットで左右を入れ替えられるため、沈降の比較回数をおよそ半分に近づけられる。

二項ヒープソートは次数の異なる二項木の森として合併する。完全な弱ヒープ(要素数 2^k)は単一の二項木と同型だが、弱ヒープは不完全な 1 本の木のまま扱う。

トーナメントソート敗者木ソートは比較結果を木に蓄えて最小を繰り返し取り出す方式で、配列上の弱ヒープ構築+末尾確定とは手順が異なる。

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 0.000011 0.000068 0 0
512 0.000024 0.000064 0 0
1024 0.000051 0.000105 0 0
2048 0.000111 0.000190 0 0
4096 0.000235 0.000368 0 0
8192 0.000513 0.000892 1 1
16384 0.001124 0.001958 2 2
32768 0.002412 0.004263 4 4
65536 0.005167 0.007959 8 8
131072 0.011046 0.016769 16 16
262144 0.023668 0.033453 32 32
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 get_flag(_ r: [UInt8], _ x: Int) -> Int {
    Int((r[x >> 3] >> (x & 7)) & 1)
}

func toggle_flag(_ r: inout [UInt8], _ x: Int) {
    r[x >> 3] ^= 1 << (x & 7)
}

/// Join two equal-height weak heaps rooted at `i` (distinguished ancestor) and `j`.
/// Max-heap form: if `a[j]` is larger, promote it and flip the reverse bit at `j`.
func join(_ a: UnsafeMutableBufferPointer<Int>, _ r: inout [UInt8], _ i: Int, _ j: Int) {
    if a[i] < a[j] {
        toggle_flag(&r, j)
        a.swapAt(i, j)
    }
}

func distinguished_ancestor(_ r: [UInt8], _ j: Int) -> Int {
    var j = j
    while (j & 1) == get_flag(r, j >> 1) {
        j >>= 1
    }
    return j >> 1
}

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

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

    var r = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: (n + 7) / 8)

    // Bottom-up construct: n - 1 joins with each node's distinguished ancestor.
    for i in (1..<n).reversed() {
        let g = distinguished_ancestor(r, i)
        join(a, &r, g, i)
    }

    // Extract maxima like heapsort; sift-down uses left-spine + upward joins.
    for end in (2..<n).reversed() {
        a.swapAt(0, end)
        var x = 1
        while true {
            let y = 2 * x + get_flag(r, x)
            if y >= end {
                break
            }
            x = 2 * x + get_flag(r, x)
        }
        while x > 0 {
            join(a, &r, 0, x)
            x >>= 1
        }
    }
    a.swapAt(0, 1)
}


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

    weak_heap_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)
}