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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.1.x will end 13 November 2023 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.1.x will end 10 November 2025 (36 months).
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   1  <?php
   2  /**
   3   * For a thorough description of consistent hashing, see
   4   * http://www.spiteful.com/2008/03/17/programmers-toolbox-part-3-consistent-hashing/,
   5   * and also the original paper:
   6   * http://www8.org/w8-papers/2a-webserver/caching/paper2.html
   7   *
   8   * Copyright 2007-2017 Horde LLC (http://www.horde.org/)
   9   *
  10   * @todo Ideas for future enhancement:
  11   *   - provide a callback when a point is moved on the circle, so that the
  12   *     calling code can take an action (say, transferring data).
  13   *
  14   * @category Horde
  15   * @package  Support
  16   * @license  http://www.horde.org/licenses/bsd
  17   */
  18  class Horde_Support_ConsistentHash
  19  {
  20      /**
  21       * Number of times to put each node into the hash circle per weight value.
  22       * @var integer
  23       */
  24      protected $_numberOfReplicas = 100;
  25  
  26      /**
  27       * Array representing our circle
  28       * @var array
  29       */
  30      protected $_circle = array();
  31  
  32      /**
  33       * Numeric indices into the circle by hash position
  34       * @var array
  35       */
  36      protected $_pointMap = array();
  37  
  38      /**
  39       * Number of points on the circle
  40       * @var integer
  41       */
  42      protected $_pointCount = 0;
  43  
  44      /**
  45       * Array of nodes.
  46       * @var array
  47       */
  48      protected $_nodes = array();
  49  
  50      /**
  51       * Number of nodes
  52       * @var integer
  53       */
  54      protected $_nodeCount = 0;
  55  
  56      /**
  57       * Create a new consistent hash, with initial $nodes at $numberOfReplicas
  58       *
  59       * @param array    $nodes             Initial array of nodes to add at $weight.
  60       * @param integer  $weight            The weight for the initial node list.
  61       * @param integer  $numberOfReplicas  The number of points on the circle to generate for each node.
  62       */
  63      public function __construct($nodes = array(), $weight = 1, $numberOfReplicas = 100)
  64      {
  65          $this->_numberOfReplicas = $numberOfReplicas;
  66          $this->addNodes($nodes, $weight);
  67      }
  68  
  69      /**
  70       * Get the primary node for $key.
  71       *
  72       * @param string $key  The key to look up.
  73       *
  74       * @param string  The primary node for $key.
  75       */
  76      public function get($key)
  77      {
  78          $nodes = $this->getNodes($key, 1);
  79          if (!$nodes) {
  80              throw new Exception('No nodes found');
  81          }
  82          return $nodes[0];
  83      }
  84  
  85      /**
  86       * Get an ordered list of nodes for $key.
  87       *
  88       * @param string   $key    The key to look up.
  89       * @param integer  $count  The number of nodes to look up.
  90       *
  91       * @return array  An ordered array of nodes.
  92       */
  93      public function getNodes($key, $count = 5)
  94      {
  95          // Degenerate cases
  96          if ($this->_nodeCount < $count) {
  97              throw new Exception('Not enough nodes (have ' . $this->_nodeCount . ', ' . $count . ' requested)');
  98          }
  99          if ($this->_nodeCount == 0) {
 100              return array();
 101          }
 102  
 103          // Simple case
 104          if ($this->_nodeCount == 1) {
 105              return array($this->_nodes[0]['n']);
 106          }
 107  
 108          $hash = $this->hash(serialize($key));
 109  
 110          // Find the first point on the circle greater than $hash by binary search.
 111          $low = 0;
 112          $high = $this->_pointCount - 1;
 113          $index = null;
 114          while (true) {
 115              $mid = (int)(($low + $high) / 2);
 116              if ($mid == $this->_pointCount) {
 117                  $index = 0;
 118                  break;
 119              }
 120  
 121              $midval = $this->_pointMap[$mid];
 122              $midval1 = ($mid == 0) ? 0 : $this->_pointMap[$mid - 1];
 123              if ($midval1 < $hash && $hash <= $midval) {
 124                  $index = $mid;
 125                  break;
 126              }
 127  
 128              if ($midval > $hash) {
 129                  $high = $mid - 1;
 130              } else {
 131                  $low = $mid + 1;
 132              }
 133  
 134              if ($low > $high) {
 135                  $index = 0;
 136                  break;
 137              }
 138          }
 139  
 140          $nodes = array();
 141          while (count($nodes) < $count) {
 142              $nodeIndex = $this->_pointMap[$index++ % $this->_pointCount];
 143              $nodes[$nodeIndex] = $this->_nodes[$this->_circle[$nodeIndex]]['n'];
 144          }
 145          return array_values($nodes);
 146      }
 147  
 148      /**
 149       * Add $node with weight $weight
 150       *
 151       * @param mixed $node
 152       */
 153      public function add($node, $weight = 1)
 154      {
 155          // Delegate to addNodes so that the circle is only regenerated once when
 156          // adding multiple nodes.
 157          $this->addNodes(array($node), $weight);
 158      }
 159  
 160      /**
 161       * Add multiple nodes to the hash with the same weight.
 162       *
 163       * @param array    $nodes   An array of nodes.
 164       * @param integer  $weight  The weight to add the nodes with.
 165       */
 166      public function addNodes($nodes, $weight = 1)
 167      {
 168          foreach ($nodes as $node) {
 169              $this->_nodes[] = array('n' => $node, 'w' => $weight);
 170              $this->_nodeCount++;
 171  
 172              $nodeIndex = $this->_nodeCount - 1;
 173              $nodeString = serialize($node);
 174  
 175              $numberOfReplicas = (int)($weight * $this->_numberOfReplicas);
 176              for ($i = 0; $i < $numberOfReplicas; $i++) {
 177                  $this->_circle[$this->hash($nodeString . $i)] = $nodeIndex;
 178              }
 179          }
 180  
 181          $this->_updateCircle();
 182      }
 183  
 184      /**
 185       * Remove $node from the hash.
 186       *
 187       * @param mixed $node
 188       */
 189      public function remove($node)
 190      {
 191          $nodeIndex = null;
 192          $nodeString = serialize($node);
 193  
 194          // Search for the node in the node list
 195          foreach (array_keys($this->_nodes) as $i) {
 196              if ($this->_nodes[$i]['n'] === $node) {
 197                  $nodeIndex = $i;
 198                  break;
 199              }
 200          }
 201  
 202          if (is_null($nodeIndex)) {
 203              throw new InvalidArgumentException('Node was not in the hash');
 204          }
 205  
 206          // Remove all points from the circle
 207          $numberOfReplicas = (int)($this->_nodes[$nodeIndex]['w'] * $this->_numberOfReplicas);
 208          for ($i = 0; $i < $numberOfReplicas; $i++) {
 209              unset($this->_circle[$this->hash($nodeString . $i)]);
 210          }
 211          $this->_updateCircle();
 212  
 213          // Unset the node from the node list
 214          unset($this->_nodes[$nodeIndex]);
 215          $this->_nodeCount--;
 216      }
 217  
 218      /**
 219       * Expose the hash function for testing, probing, and extension.
 220       *
 221       * @param string $key
 222       *
 223       * @return string Hash value
 224       */
 225      public function hash($key)
 226      {
 227          return 'h' . substr(hash('md5', $key), 0, 8);
 228      }
 229  
 230      /**
 231       * Maintain the circle and arrays of points.
 232       */
 233      protected function _updateCircle()
 234      {
 235          // Sort the circle
 236          ksort($this->_circle);
 237  
 238          // Now that the hashes are sorted, generate numeric indices into the
 239          // circle.
 240          $this->_pointMap = array_keys($this->_circle);
 241          $this->_pointCount = count($this->_pointMap);
 242      }
 243  
 244  }