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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/emulator')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/emulator/beam/erl_map.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_map.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_map.c index bd6da0a6f1..bcbda65da0 100644 --- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_map.c +++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_map.c @@ -2549,19 +2549,24 @@ static int int_sqrt_ceiling(Uint x) } } -Uint hashmap_over_estimated_heap_size(Uint n) +Uint hashmap_over_estimated_heap_size(Uint k) { - /* n is nr of key-value pairs. - Average nr of nodes is about n/3. - Standard deviation is about sqrt(n)/3. - Assuming normal probability distribution, - we overestimate nr of nodes by 14 std.devs, which gives a probability - for overrun of 1.0e-49 (same magnitude as a git SHA1 collision). + /* k is nr of key-value pairs. + N(k) is expected nr of nodes in hamt. + + Observation: + For uniformly distributed hash values, average of N varies between + 0.3*k and 0.4*k (with a beautiful sine curve) + and standard deviation of N is about sqrt(k)/3. + + Assuming normal probability distribution, we overestimate nr of nodes + by 15 std.devs above the average, which gives a probability for overrun + less than 1.0e-49 (same magnitude as a git SHA1 collision). */ - Uint nodes = (n + int_sqrt_ceiling(n)*14) / 3; - return (n*2 + /* leaf cons cells */ - n + /* leaf list terms */ - nodes*2); /* headers + parent refs */ + Uint max_nodes = 2*k/5 + (15/3)*int_sqrt_ceiling(k); + return (k*2 + /* leaf cons cells */ + k + /* leaf list terms */ + max_nodes*2); /* headers + parent boxed terms */ } |