/* * Copyright © 2025 Behdad Esfahbod * * This is part of HarfBuzz, a text shaping library. * * Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement and without * license or royalty fees, to use, copy, modify, and distribute this * software and its documentation for any purpose, provided that the * above copyright notice and the following two paragraphs appear in * all copies of this software. * * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR * DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES * ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN * IF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH * DAMAGE. * * THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS * ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER HAS NO OBLIGATION TO * PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS. * * Author(s): Behdad Esfahbod */ #ifndef HB_DECYCLER_HH #define HB_DECYCLER_HH #include "hb.hh" /* * hb_decycler_t is an efficient cycle detector for graph traversal. * It's a simple tortoise-and-hare algorithm with a twist: it's * designed to detect cycles while traversing a graph in a DFS manner, * instead of just a linked list. * * For Floyd's tortoise and hare algorithm, see: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_detection#Floyd's_tortoise_and_hare * * hb_decycler_t is O(n) in the number of nodes in the DFS traversal * if there are no cycles. Unlike Floyd's algorithm, hb_decycler_t * can be used in a DFS traversal, where the graph is not a simple * linked list, but a tree with possible cycles. Like Floyd's algorithm, * it is constant-memory (~three pointers). * * The decycler works by creating an implicit linked-list on the stack, * of the path from the root to the current node, and apply Floyd's * algorithm on that list as it goes. * * The decycler is malloc-free, and as such, much faster to use than a * hb_set_t or hb_map_t equivalent. * * The decycler detects cycles in the graph *eventually*, not *immediately*. * That is, it may not detect a cycle until the cycle is fully traversed, * even multiple times. See Floyd's algorithm analysis for details. * * The implementation saves a pointer storage on the stack by combining * this->u.decycler and this->u.next into a union. This is possible because * at any point we only need one of those values. The invariant is that * after construction, and before destruction, of a node, the u.decycler * field is always valid. The u.next field is only valid when the node is * in the traversal path, parent to another node. * * There are three method's: * * - hb_decycler_node_t() constructor: Creates a new node in the traversal. * The constructor takes a reference to the decycler object and inserts * itself as the latest node in the traversal path, by advancing the hare * pointer, and for every other descent, advancing the tortoise pointer. * * - ~hb_decycler_node_t() destructor: Restores the decycler object to its * previous state by removing the node from the traversal path. * * - bool visit(uintptr_t value): Called on every node in the graph. Returns * true if the node is not part of a cycle, and false if it is. The value * parameter is used to detect cycles. It's the caller's responsibility * to ensure that the value is unique for each node in the graph. * The cycle detection is as simple as comparing the value to the value * held by the tortoise pointer, which is the Floyd's algorithm. * * For usage examples see test-decycler.cc. */ struct hb_decycler_node_t; struct hb_decycler_t { friend struct hb_decycler_node_t; private: bool tortoise_awake = false; hb_decycler_node_t *tortoise = nullptr; hb_decycler_node_t *hare = nullptr; }; struct hb_decycler_node_t { hb_decycler_node_t (hb_decycler_t &decycler) { u.decycler = &decycler; decycler.tortoise_awake = !decycler.tortoise_awake; if (!decycler.tortoise) { // First node. assert (decycler.tortoise_awake); assert (!decycler.hare); decycler.tortoise = decycler.hare = this; return; } if (decycler.tortoise_awake) decycler.tortoise = decycler.tortoise->u.next; // Time to move. this->prev = decycler.hare; decycler.hare->u.next = this; decycler.hare = this; } ~hb_decycler_node_t () { hb_decycler_t &decycler = *u.decycler; // Inverse of the constructor. assert (decycler.hare == this); decycler.hare = prev; if (prev) prev->u.decycler = &decycler; assert (decycler.tortoise); if (decycler.tortoise_awake) decycler.tortoise = decycler.tortoise->prev; decycler.tortoise_awake = !decycler.tortoise_awake; } bool visit (uintptr_t value_) { value = value_; hb_decycler_t &decycler = *u.decycler; if (decycler.tortoise == this) return true; // First node; not a cycle. if (decycler.tortoise->value == value) return false; // Cycle detected. return true; } private: union { hb_decycler_t *decycler; hb_decycler_node_t *next; } u = {nullptr}; hb_decycler_node_t *prev = nullptr; uintptr_t value = 0; }; #endif /* HB_DECYCLER_HH */