Store Result* pointer instead of index

Bench.cpp

@@ -17,26 +17,26 @@ constexpr int kPrefixLen = 0;
 
 constexpr int kMvccWindow = 100000;
 
-std::span<const uint8_t> makeKey(Arena &arena, int index) {
+TrivialSpan makeKey(Arena &arena, int index) {
 
-  auto result =
-      std::span<uint8_t>{new (arena) uint8_t[4 + kPrefixLen], 4 + kPrefixLen};
+  uint8_t *buf = new (arena) uint8_t[4 + kPrefixLen];
+  auto result = TrivialSpan{buf, 4 + kPrefixLen};
   index = __builtin_bswap32(index);
-  memset(result.data(), 0, kPrefixLen);
-  memcpy(result.data() + kPrefixLen, &index, 4);
+  memset(buf, 0, kPrefixLen);
+  memcpy(buf, &index, 4);
 
   return result;
 }
 
-ConflictSet::ReadRange singleton(Arena &arena, std::span<const uint8_t> key) {
-  auto r =
-      std::span<uint8_t>(new (arena) uint8_t[key.size() + 1], key.size() + 1);
-  memcpy(r.data(), key.data(), key.size());
-  r[key.size()] = 0;
+ConflictSet::ReadRange singleton(Arena &arena, TrivialSpan key) {
+  uint8_t *buf = new (arena) uint8_t[key.size() + 1];
+  auto r = TrivialSpan(buf, key.size() + 1);
+  memcpy(buf, key.data(), key.size());
+  buf[key.size()] = 0;
   return {{key.data(), int(key.size())}, {r.data(), int(r.size())}, 0};
 }
 
-ConflictSet::ReadRange prefixRange(Arena &arena, std::span<const uint8_t> key) {
+ConflictSet::ReadRange prefixRange(Arena &arena, TrivialSpan key) {
   int index;
   for (index = key.size() - 1; index >= 0; index--)
     if ((key[index]) != 255)
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ ConflictSet::ReadRange prefixRange(Arena &arena, std::span<const uint8_t> key) {
     assert(false);
   }
 
-  auto r = std::span<uint8_t>(new (arena) uint8_t[index + 1], index + 1);
-  memcpy(r.data(), key.data(), index + 1);
-  r[r.size() - 1]++;
+  uint8_t *buf = new (arena) uint8_t[index + 1];
+  auto r = TrivialSpan(buf, index + 1);
+  memcpy(buf, key.data(), index + 1);
+  buf[r.size() - 1]++;
   return {{key.data(), int(key.size())}, {r.data(), int(r.size())}, 0};
 }
 
@@ -81,14 +82,7 @@ void benchConflictSet() {
     ++version;
   }
 
-  // I don't know why std::less didn't work /shrug
-  struct Less {
-    bool operator()(const std::span<const uint8_t> &lhs,
-                    const std::span<const uint8_t> &rhs) const {
-      return lhs < rhs;
-    }
-  };
-  auto points = set<std::span<const uint8_t>, Less>(arena);
+  auto points = set<TrivialSpan, std::less<>>(arena);
 
   while (points.size() < kOpsPerTx * 2 + 1) {
     // TODO don't use rand?

Internal.h

@@ -26,9 +26,38 @@ using namespace weaselab;
 #define DEBUG_VERBOSE 0
 #define SHOW_MEMORY 0
 
-[[nodiscard]] inline auto
-operator<=>(const std::span<const uint8_t> &lhs,
-            const std::span<const uint8_t> &rhs) noexcept {
+// std::span is not trivially constructible. We want a span that leaves its
+// members uninitialized for performance reasons.
+struct TrivialSpan {
+  TrivialSpan() = default;
+  TrivialSpan(const uint8_t *begin, int len) : begin(begin), len(len) {}
+
+  uint8_t back() const {
+    assert(len > 0);
+    return begin[len - 1];
+  }
+  uint8_t front() const {
+    assert(len > 0);
+    return begin[0];
+  }
+  uint8_t operator[](int i) const {
+    assert(0 <= i);
+    assert(i < len);
+    return begin[i];
+  }
+  int size() const { return len; }
+  TrivialSpan subspan(int offset, int len) { return {begin + offset, len}; }
+  const uint8_t *data() const { return begin; }
+
+private:
+  const uint8_t *begin;
+  int len;
+};
+
+static_assert(std::is_trivial_v<TrivialSpan>);
+
+[[nodiscard]] inline auto operator<=>(const TrivialSpan &lhs,
+                                      const TrivialSpan &rhs) noexcept {
   int cl = std::min<int>(lhs.size(), rhs.size());
   if (cl > 0) {
     if (auto c = memcmp(lhs.data(), rhs.data(), cl) <=> 0; c != 0) {
@@ -38,7 +67,7 @@ operator<=>(const std::span<const uint8_t> &lhs,
   return lhs.size() <=> rhs.size();
 }
 
-[[nodiscard]] inline auto operator<=>(const std::span<const uint8_t> &lhs,
+[[nodiscard]] inline auto operator<=>(const TrivialSpan &lhs,
                                       const ConflictSet::Key &rhs) noexcept {
   int cl = std::min<int>(lhs.size(), rhs.len);
   if (cl > 0) {
@@ -46,7 +75,18 @@ operator<=>(const std::span<const uint8_t> &lhs,
       return c;
     }
   }
-  return lhs.size() <=> size_t(rhs.len);
+  return lhs.size() <=> rhs.len;
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] inline auto operator<=>(const ConflictSet::Key &lhs,
+                                      const ConflictSet::Key &rhs) noexcept {
+  int cl = std::min<int>(lhs.len, rhs.len);
+  if (cl > 0) {
+    if (auto c = memcmp(lhs.p, rhs.p, cl) <=> 0; c != 0) {
+      return c;
+    }
+  }
+  return lhs.len <=> rhs.len;
 }
 
 // This header contains code that we want to reuse outside of ConflictSet.cpp or
@@ -569,7 +609,7 @@ inline std::string printable(const Key &key) {
   return printable(std::string_view((const char *)key.p, key.len));
 }
 
-inline std::string printable(std::span<const uint8_t> key) {
+inline std::string printable(TrivialSpan key) {
   return printable(std::string_view((const char *)key.data(), key.size()));
 }
 
@@ -677,10 +717,8 @@ struct TestDriver {
             arbitrary->randomBytes(begin + prefixLen, keyLen - prefixLen);
             writes[i].end.len = keyLen;
             writes[i].end.p = begin;
-            auto c =
-                std::span<const uint8_t>(writes[i].begin.p,
-                                         writes[i].begin.len) <=>
-                std::span<const uint8_t>(writes[i].end.p, writes[i].end.len);
+            auto c = TrivialSpan(writes[i].begin.p, writes[i].begin.len) <=>
+                     TrivialSpan(writes[i].end.p, writes[i].end.len);
             if (c > 0) {
               using std::swap;
               swap(writes[i].begin, writes[i].end);

symbol-imports.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ __stack_chk_fail@GLIBC_2.4
 __tls_get_addr@GLIBC_2.3
 abort@GLIBC_2.2.5
 free@GLIBC_2.2.5
+memcmp@GLIBC_2.2.5
 malloc@GLIBC_2.2.5
 memcpy@GLIBC_2.14
 memmove@GLIBC_2.2.5