abseil-cpp/absl/random/internal/fast_uniform_bits.h

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#ifndef ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_FAST_UNIFORM_BITS_H_
#define ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_FAST_UNIFORM_BITS_H_
 
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
#include <limits>
#include <type_traits>
 
#include "absl/base/config.h"
#include "absl/meta/type_traits.h"
#include "absl/random/internal/traits.h"
 
namespace absl {
ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
namespace random_internal {
// Returns true if the input value is zero or a power of two. Useful for
// determining if the range of output values in a URBG
template <typename UIntType>
constexpr bool IsPowerOfTwoOrZero(UIntType n) {
  return (n == 0) || ((n & (n - 1)) == 0);
}
 
// Computes the length of the range of values producible by the URBG, or returns
// zero if that would encompass the entire range of representable values in
// URBG::result_type.
template <typename URBG>
constexpr typename URBG::result_type RangeSize() {
  using result_type = typename URBG::result_type;
  static_assert((URBG::max)() != (URBG::min)(), "URBG range cannot be 0.");
  return ((URBG::max)() == (std::numeric_limits<result_type>::max)() &&
          (URBG::min)() == std::numeric_limits<result_type>::lowest())
             ? result_type{0}
             : ((URBG::max)() - (URBG::min)() + result_type{1});
}
 
// Computes the floor of the log. (i.e., std::floor(std::log2(N));
template <typename UIntType>
constexpr UIntType IntegerLog2(UIntType n) {
  return (n <= 1) ? 0 : 1 + IntegerLog2(n >> 1);
}
 
// Returns the number of bits of randomness returned through
// `PowerOfTwoVariate(urbg)`.
template <typename URBG>
constexpr size_t NumBits() {
  return RangeSize<URBG>() == 0
             ? std::numeric_limits<typename URBG::result_type>::digits
             : IntegerLog2(RangeSize<URBG>());
}
 
// Given a shift value `n`, constructs a mask with exactly the low `n` bits set.
// If `n == 0`, all bits are set.
template <typename UIntType>
constexpr UIntType MaskFromShift(size_t n) {
  return ((n % std::numeric_limits<UIntType>::digits) == 0)
             ? ~UIntType{0}
             : (UIntType{1} << n) - UIntType{1};
}
 
// Tags used to dispatch FastUniformBits::generate to the simple or more complex
// entropy extraction algorithm.
struct SimplifiedLoopTag {};
struct RejectionLoopTag {};
 
// FastUniformBits implements a fast path to acquire uniform independent bits
// from a type which conforms to the [rand.req.urbg] concept.
// Parameterized by:
//  `UIntType`: the result (output) type
//
// The std::independent_bits_engine [rand.adapt.ibits] adaptor can be
// instantiated from an existing generator through a copy or a move. It does
// not, however, facilitate the production of pseudorandom bits from an un-owned
// generator that will outlive the std::independent_bits_engine instance.
template <typename UIntType = uint64_t>
class FastUniformBits {
 public:
  using result_type = UIntType;
 
  static constexpr result_type(min)() { return 0; }
  static constexpr result_type(max)() {
    return (std::numeric_limits<result_type>::max)();
  }
 
  template <typename URBG>
  result_type operator()(URBG& g);  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
 
 private:
  static_assert(IsUnsigned<UIntType>::value,
                "Class-template FastUniformBits<> must be parameterized using "
                "an unsigned type.");
 
  // Generate() generates a random value, dispatched on whether
  // the underlying URBG must use rejection sampling to generate a value,
  // or whether a simplified loop will suffice.
  template <typename URBG>
  result_type Generate(URBG& g,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
                       SimplifiedLoopTag);
 
  template <typename URBG>
  result_type Generate(URBG& g,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
                       RejectionLoopTag);
};
 
template <typename UIntType>
template <typename URBG>
typename FastUniformBits<UIntType>::result_type
FastUniformBits<UIntType>::operator()(URBG& g) {  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
  // kRangeMask is the mask used when sampling variates from the URBG when the
  // width of the URBG range is not a power of 2.
  // Y = (2 ^ kRange) - 1
  static_assert((URBG::max)() > (URBG::min)(),
                "URBG::max and URBG::min may not be equal.");
 
  using tag = absl::conditional_t<IsPowerOfTwoOrZero(RangeSize<URBG>()),
                                  SimplifiedLoopTag, RejectionLoopTag>;
  return Generate(g, tag{});
}
 
template <typename UIntType>
template <typename URBG>
typename FastUniformBits<UIntType>::result_type
FastUniformBits<UIntType>::Generate(URBG& g,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
                                    SimplifiedLoopTag) {
  // The simplified version of FastUniformBits works only on URBGs that have
  // a range that is a power of 2. In this case we simply loop and shift without
  // attempting to balance the bits across calls.
  static_assert(IsPowerOfTwoOrZero(RangeSize<URBG>()),
                "incorrect Generate tag for URBG instance");
 
  static constexpr size_t kResultBits =
      std::numeric_limits<result_type>::digits;
  static constexpr size_t kUrbgBits = NumBits<URBG>();
  static constexpr size_t kIters =
      (kResultBits / kUrbgBits) + (kResultBits % kUrbgBits != 0);
  static constexpr size_t kShift = (kIters == 1) ? 0 : kUrbgBits;
  static constexpr auto kMin = (URBG::min)();
 
  result_type r = static_cast<result_type>(g() - kMin);
  for (size_t n = 1; n < kIters; ++n) {
    r = (r << kShift) + static_cast<result_type>(g() - kMin);
  }
  return r;
}
 
template <typename UIntType>
template <typename URBG>
typename FastUniformBits<UIntType>::result_type
FastUniformBits<UIntType>::Generate(URBG& g,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
                                    RejectionLoopTag) {
  static_assert(!IsPowerOfTwoOrZero(RangeSize<URBG>()),
                "incorrect Generate tag for URBG instance");
  using urbg_result_type = typename URBG::result_type;
 
  // See [rand.adapt.ibits] for more details on the constants calculated below.
  //
  // It is preferable to use roughly the same number of bits from each generator
  // call, however this is only possible when the number of bits provided by the
  // URBG is a divisor of the number of bits in `result_type`. In all other
  // cases, the number of bits used cannot always be the same, but it can be
  // guaranteed to be off by at most 1. Thus we run two loops, one with a
  // smaller bit-width size (`kSmallWidth`) and one with a larger width size
  // (satisfying `kLargeWidth == kSmallWidth + 1`). The loops are run
  // `kSmallIters` and `kLargeIters` times respectively such
  // that
  //
  //    `kResultBits == kSmallIters * kSmallBits
  //                    + kLargeIters * kLargeBits`
  //
  // where `kResultBits` is the total number of bits in `result_type`.
  //
  static constexpr size_t kResultBits =
      std::numeric_limits<result_type>::digits;                      // w
  static constexpr urbg_result_type kUrbgRange = RangeSize<URBG>();  // R
  static constexpr size_t kUrbgBits = NumBits<URBG>();               // m
 
  // compute the initial estimate of the bits used.
  // [rand.adapt.ibits] 2 (c)
  static constexpr size_t kA =  // ceil(w/m)
      (kResultBits / kUrbgBits) + ((kResultBits % kUrbgBits) != 0);  // n'
 
  static constexpr size_t kABits = kResultBits / kA;  // w0'
  static constexpr urbg_result_type kARejection =
      ((kUrbgRange >> kABits) << kABits);  // y0'
 
  // refine the selection to reduce the rejection frequency.
  static constexpr size_t kTotalIters =
      ((kUrbgRange - kARejection) <= (kARejection / kA)) ? kA : (kA + 1);  // n
 
  // [rand.adapt.ibits] 2 (b)
  static constexpr size_t kSmallIters =
      kTotalIters - (kResultBits % kTotalIters);                   // n0
  static constexpr size_t kSmallBits = kResultBits / kTotalIters;  // w0
  static constexpr urbg_result_type kSmallRejection =
      ((kUrbgRange >> kSmallBits) << kSmallBits);  // y0
 
  static constexpr size_t kLargeBits = kSmallBits + 1;  // w0+1
  static constexpr urbg_result_type kLargeRejection =
      ((kUrbgRange >> kLargeBits) << kLargeBits);  // y1
 
  //
  // Because `kLargeBits == kSmallBits + 1`, it follows that
  //
  //     `kResultBits == kSmallIters * kSmallBits + kLargeIters`
  //
  // and therefore
  //
  //     `kLargeIters == kTotalWidth % kSmallWidth`
  //
  // Intuitively, each iteration with the large width accounts for one unit
  // of the remainder when `kTotalWidth` is divided by `kSmallWidth`. As
  // mentioned above, if the URBG width is a divisor of `kTotalWidth`, then
  // there would be no need for any large iterations (i.e., one loop would
  // suffice), and indeed, in this case, `kLargeIters` would be zero.
  static_assert(kResultBits == kSmallIters * kSmallBits +
                                   (kTotalIters - kSmallIters) * kLargeBits,
                "Error in looping constant calculations.");
 
  // The small shift is essentially small bits, but due to the potential
  // of generating a smaller result_type from a larger urbg type, the actual
  // shift might be 0.
  static constexpr size_t kSmallShift = kSmallBits % kResultBits;
  static constexpr auto kSmallMask =
      MaskFromShift<urbg_result_type>(kSmallShift);
  static constexpr size_t kLargeShift = kLargeBits % kResultBits;
  static constexpr auto kLargeMask =
      MaskFromShift<urbg_result_type>(kLargeShift);
 
  static constexpr auto kMin = (URBG::min)();
 
  result_type s = 0;
  for (size_t n = 0; n < kSmallIters; ++n) {
    urbg_result_type v;
    do {
      v = g() - kMin;
    } while (v >= kSmallRejection);
 
    s = (s << kSmallShift) + static_cast<result_type>(v & kSmallMask);
  }
 
  for (size_t n = kSmallIters; n < kTotalIters; ++n) {
    urbg_result_type v;
    do {
      v = g() - kMin;
    } while (v >= kLargeRejection);
 
    s = (s << kLargeShift) + static_cast<result_type>(v & kLargeMask);
  }
  return s;
}
 
}  // namespace random_internal
ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
}  // namespace absl
 
#endif  // ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_FAST_UNIFORM_BITS_H_