Function dictGetRandomKey

src/dict.cpp:993–1036

Return a random entry from the hash table. Useful to * implement randomized algorithms */

/* Return a random entry from the hash table. Useful to
 * implement randomized algorithms */
dictEntry *dictGetRandomKey(dict *d)
{
    dictEntry *he, *orighe;
    unsigned long h;
    int listlen, listele;

    if (dictSize(d) == 0) return NULL;
    if (dictIsRehashing(d)) _dictRehashStep(d);
    if (dictIsRehashing(d)) {
        long rehashidx = d->rehashidx;
        auto async = d->asyncdata;
        while (async != nullptr) {
            rehashidx = std::min((long)async->rehashIdxBase, rehashidx);
            async = async->next;
        }
        do {
            /* We are sure there are no elements in indexes from 0
             * to rehashidx-1 */
            h = rehashidx + (randomULong() % (dictSlots(d) - rehashidx));
            he = (h >= d->ht[0].size) ? d->ht[1].table[h - d->ht[0].size] :
                                      d->ht[0].table[h];
        } while(he == NULL);
    } else {
        do {
            h = randomULong() & d->ht[0].sizemask;
            he = d->ht[0].table[h];
        } while(he == NULL);
    }

    /* Now we found a non empty bucket, but it is a linked
     * list and we need to get a random element from the list.
     * The only sane way to do so is counting the elements and
     * select a random index. */
    listlen = 0;
    orighe = he;
    while(he) {
        he = he->next;
        listlen++;
    }
    listele = random() % listlen;
    he = orighe;
    while(listele--) he = he->next;
    return he;
}

/* This function samples the dictionary to return a few keys from random
 * locations.