Function createHLLObject

src/hyperloglog.cpp:1124–1154

Create an HLL object. We always create the HLL using sparse encoding. * This will be upgraded to the dense representation as needed. */

/* Create an HLL object. We always create the HLL using sparse encoding.
 * This will be upgraded to the dense representation as needed. */
robj *createHLLObject(void) {
    robj *o;
    struct hllhdr *hdr;
    sds s;
    uint8_t *p;
    int sparselen = HLL_HDR_SIZE +
                    (((HLL_REGISTERS+(HLL_SPARSE_XZERO_MAX_LEN-1)) /
                     HLL_SPARSE_XZERO_MAX_LEN)*2);
    int aux;

    /* Populate the sparse representation with as many XZERO opcodes as
     * needed to represent all the registers. */
    aux = HLL_REGISTERS;
    s = sdsnewlen(NULL,sparselen);
    p = (uint8_t*)s + HLL_HDR_SIZE;
    while(aux) {
        int xzero = HLL_SPARSE_XZERO_MAX_LEN;
        if (xzero > aux) xzero = aux;
        HLL_SPARSE_XZERO_SET(p,xzero);
        p += 2;
        aux -= xzero;
    }
    serverAssert((p-(uint8_t*)s) == sparselen);

    /* Create the actual object. */
    o = createObject(OBJ_STRING,s);
    hdr = (hllhdr*)ptrFromObj(o);
    memcpy(hdr->magic,"HYLL",4);
    hdr->encoding = HLL_SPARSE;
    return o;
}

/* Check if the object is a String with a valid HLL representation.
 * Return C_OK if this is true, otherwise reply to the client