hi,all
最近在看redis的代码(huangz注释过的),是2.6版本的。在看到t_zset.c这个文件的时候,了解到跳跃表的概念,大概原理是懂的,但是不太了解这个生成随机层数的算法原理。不知道有没童鞋能介绍下这段代码其实是怎么做到模拟幂次定律的?
/* Returns a random level for the new skiplist node we are going to create.
* The return value of this function is between 1 and ZSKIPLIST_MAXLEVEL
* (both inclusive), with a powerlaw-alike distribution where higher
* levels are less likely to be returned.
*
* 返回一个介于 1 和 ZSKIPLIST_MAXLEVEL 之间的随机值,作为节点的层数。
*
* 根据幂次定律(power law),数值越大,函数生成它的几率就越小
*
* T = O(N)
*/
int zslRandomLevel(void) {
int level = 1;
// TODO 了解这个公式背后的数学原理
while ((random()&0xFFFF) < (ZSKIPLIST_P * 0xFFFF))
level += 1;
return (level<ZSKIPLIST_MAXLEVEL) ? level : ZSKIPLIST_MAXLEVEL;
}
http://blog.csdn.net/kisimple/article/details/38706729
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