Skipset Save

Introduction

From v0.12.0, the skipset requires Go version >= 1.18, if your Go version is older, use v0.11.0 instead.

Skipset is a high-performance, scalable, concurrent-safe set based on the skip-list. In the typical pattern (100000 operations, 90%CONTAINS 9%ADD 1%REMOVE, 8C16T), the skipset is up to 15x faster than the built-in sync.Map.

The main idea behind the skipset is A Simple Optimistic Skiplist Algorithm.

Different from the sync.Map, the items in the skipset are always sorted, and the Contains and Range operations are wait-free (A goroutine is guaranteed to complete an operation as long as it keeps taking steps, regardless of the activity of other goroutines).

The skipset is a set instead of a map, if you need a high-performance full replacement of sync.Map, see skipmap.

Features

• Scalable, high-performance, concurrent-safe.
• Wait-free Contains and Range operations (wait-free algorithms have stronger guarantees than lock-free).
• Sorted items.

When should you use skipset

In most cases, skipset is better than sync.Map, especially in these situations:

• Concurrent calls of multiple operations. Such as using both Range and Add at the same time. In this situation, using skipset can greatly improve the performance.
• Memory intensive. The skipset saves at least 50% of the memory in the benchmark.

If only one goroutine accesses the set for most of the time, such to insert a batch of elements and then uses only Contains or Range, using built-in map is better.

QuickStart

See Go doc for more information.

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/zhangyunhao116/skipset"
)

func main() {
	l := skipset.NewInt()

	for _, v := range []int{10, 12, 15} {
		if l.Add(v) {
			fmt.Println("skipset add", v)
		}
	}

	if l.Contains(10) {
		fmt.Println("skipset contains 10")
	}

	l.Range(func(value int) bool {
		fmt.Println("skipset range found ", value)
		return true
	})

	l.Remove(15)
	fmt.Printf("skipset contains %d items\r\n", l.Len())
}

From v0.12.0 on, you can use a generic version of APIs.

Note that the generic APIs are always slower than typed APIs, but are more suitable for some scenarios such as functional programming.

e.g. New[int] is ~2x slower than NewInt, and NewFunc(func(a, b int) bool { return a < b }) is 1~2x slower than New[int].

Performance ranking: NewInt > New[Int] > NewFunc(func(a, b int) bool { return a < b })

package main

import (
	"math"

	"github.com/zhangyunhao116/skipset"
)

func main() {
	x1 := skipset.New[int]()
	for _, v := range []int{2, 1, 3} {
		x1.Add(v)
	}
	x1.Range(func(value int) bool {
		println(value)
		return true
	})
	x2 := skipset.NewFunc(func(a, b float64) bool {
		return a < b || (math.IsNaN(a) && !math.IsNaN(b))
	})
	for _, v := range []float64{math.NaN(), 3, 1, math.NaN(), 2} {
		x2.Add(v)
	}
	x2.Range(func(value float64) bool {
		println(value)
		return true
	})
}

Benchmark

Based on typed APIs.

Go version: go1.16.2 linux/amd64

CPU: AMD 3700x(8C16T), running at 3.6GHz

OS: ubuntu 18.04

MEMORY: 16G x 2 (3200MHz)

name                                              time/op
Int64/Add/skipset-16                              86.6ns ±11%
Int64/Add/sync.Map-16                              674ns ± 6%
Int64/Contains50Hits/skipset-16                   9.85ns ±12%
Int64/Contains50Hits/sync.Map-16                  14.7ns ±30%
Int64/30Add70Contains/skipset-16                  38.8ns ±18%
Int64/30Add70Contains/sync.Map-16                  586ns ± 5%
Int64/1Remove9Add90Contains/skipset-16            24.9ns ±17%
Int64/1Remove9Add90Contains/sync.Map-16            493ns ± 5%
Int64/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/skipset-16    25.9ns ±16%
Int64/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/sync.Map-16   1.00µs ±12%
String/Add/skipset-16                              130ns ±14%
String/Add/sync.Map-16                             878ns ± 4%
String/Contains50Hits/skipset-16                  18.3ns ± 9%
String/Contains50Hits/sync.Map-16                 19.2ns ±18%
String/30Add70Contains/skipset-16                 61.0ns ±15%
String/30Add70Contains/sync.Map-16                 756ns ± 7%
String/1Remove9Add90Contains/skipset-16           31.3ns ±13%
String/1Remove9Add90Contains/sync.Map-16           614ns ± 6%
String/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/skipset-16   36.2ns ±18%
String/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/sync.Map-16  1.20µs ±17%

name                                              alloc/op
Int64/Add/skipset-16                               65.0B ± 0%
Int64/Add/sync.Map-16                               128B ± 1%
Int64/Contains50Hits/skipset-16                    0.00B     
Int64/Contains50Hits/sync.Map-16                   0.00B     
Int64/30Add70Contains/skipset-16                   19.0B ± 0%
Int64/30Add70Contains/sync.Map-16                  77.7B ±16%
Int64/1Remove9Add90Contains/skipset-16             5.00B ± 0%
Int64/1Remove9Add90Contains/sync.Map-16            57.5B ± 4%
Int64/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/skipset-16     5.00B ± 0%
Int64/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/sync.Map-16     255B ±22%
String/Add/skipset-16                              97.0B ± 0%
String/Add/sync.Map-16                              152B ± 0%
String/Contains50Hits/skipset-16                   15.0B ± 0%
String/Contains50Hits/sync.Map-16                  15.0B ± 0%
String/30Add70Contains/skipset-16                  40.0B ± 0%
String/30Add70Contains/sync.Map-16                 98.2B ±11%
String/1Remove9Add90Contains/skipset-16            23.0B ± 0%
String/1Remove9Add90Contains/sync.Map-16           73.9B ± 4%
String/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/skipset-16    23.0B ± 0%
String/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/sync.Map-16    261B ±18%

name                                              allocs/op
Int64/Add/skipset-16                                1.00 ± 0%
Int64/Add/sync.Map-16                               4.00 ± 0%
Int64/Contains50Hits/skipset-16                     0.00     
Int64/Contains50Hits/sync.Map-16                    0.00     
Int64/30Add70Contains/skipset-16                    0.00     
Int64/30Add70Contains/sync.Map-16                   1.00 ± 0%
Int64/1Remove9Add90Contains/skipset-16              0.00     
Int64/1Remove9Add90Contains/sync.Map-16             0.00     
Int64/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/skipset-16      0.00     
Int64/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/sync.Map-16     0.00     
String/Add/skipset-16                               2.00 ± 0%
String/Add/sync.Map-16                              5.00 ± 0%
String/Contains50Hits/skipset-16                    1.00 ± 0%
String/Contains50Hits/sync.Map-16                   1.00 ± 0%
String/30Add70Contains/skipset-16                   1.00 ± 0%
String/30Add70Contains/sync.Map-16                  2.00 ± 0%
String/1Remove9Add90Contains/skipset-16             1.00 ± 0%
String/1Remove9Add90Contains/sync.Map-16            1.00 ± 0%
String/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/skipset-16     1.00 ± 0%
String/1Range9Remove90Add900Contains/sync.Map-16    1.00 ± 0%