Tombstone Compaction: re-enabled tombstone compaction

Currently, proactive buffer tombstone compaction is disabled by forcing
the buffer tombstone capacity to match its record capacity. It isn't
clear how to best handle proactive buffer compactions in an environment
where new buffers are spawned anyway.

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/framework/structure/ExtensionStructure.h b/include/framework/structure/ExtensionStructure.h
index 74cede6..a174805 100644
--- a/include/framework/structure/ExtensionStructure.h
+++ b/include/framework/structure/ExtensionStructure.h
@@ -201,6 +201,57 @@ public:
         return m_levels;
     }
 
+    std::vector<MergeTask> get_compaction_tasks() {
+        std::vector<MergeTask> tasks;
+
+        /* if the tombstone/delete invariant is satisfied, no need for compactions */
+        if (validate_tombstone_proportion()) {
+            return tasks;
+        }
+
+        /* locate the first level to violate the invariant */
+        level_index violation_idx = -1;
+        for (level_index i=0; i<m_levels.size(); i++) {
+            if (!validate_tombstone_proportion(i))  {
+                violation_idx = i;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert(violation_idx != -1);
+
+        level_index merge_base_level = find_mergable_level(violation_idx);
+        if (merge_base_level == -1) {
+            merge_base_level = grow();
+        }
+
+        for (level_index i=merge_base_level; i>0; i--) {
+            MergeTask task = {i-1, i};
+
+            /*
+             * The amount of storage required for the merge accounts
+             * for the cost of storing the new records, along with the
+             * cost of retaining the old records during the process 
+             * (hence the 2x multiplier). 
+             *
+             * FIXME: currently does not account for the *actual* size 
+             * of the shards, only the storage for the records 
+             * themselves.
+             */
+            size_t reccnt = m_levels[i-1]->get_record_count();
+            if constexpr (L == LayoutPolicy::LEVELING) {
+                if (can_merge_with(i, reccnt)) {
+                    reccnt += m_levels[i]->get_record_count();
+                }
+            }
+            //task.m_size = 2* reccnt * sizeof(R);
+
+            tasks.push_back(task);
+        }
+
+        return tasks;
+    }
+
     /*
      *
      */