Shrink heapsort further by combining sift_down loops

Author: Voultapher

library/core/src/slice/sort/unstable/heapsort.rs

@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 //! This module contains a branchless heapsort as fallback for unstable quicksort.
 
-use crate::{intrinsics, ptr};
+use crate::{cmp, intrinsics, ptr};
 
 /// Sorts `v` using heapsort, which guarantees *O*(*n* \* log(*n*)) worst-case.
 ///
 /// Never inline this, it sits the main hot-loop in `recurse` and is meant as unlikely algorithmic
 /// fallback.
-///
-/// SAFETY: The caller has to guarantee that `v.len()` >= 2.
 #[inline(never)]
-pub(crate) unsafe fn heapsort<T, F>(v: &mut [T], is_less: &mut F)
+pub(crate) fn heapsort<T, F>(v: &mut [T], is_less: &mut F)
 where
     F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> bool,
 {
-    // SAFETY: See function safety.
-    unsafe {
-        intrinsics::assume(v.len() >= 2);
-
-        // Build the heap in linear time.
-        for i in (0..v.len() / 2).rev() {
-            sift_down(v, i, is_less);
-        }
+    let len = v.len();
 
-        // Pop maximal elements from the heap.
-        for i in (1..v.len()).rev() {
+    for i in (0..len + len / 2).rev() {
+        let sift_idx = if i >= len {
+            i - len
+        } else {
             v.swap(0, i);
-            sift_down(&mut v[..i], 0, is_less);
+            0
+        };
+
+        // SAFETY: The above calculation ensures that `sift_idx` is either 0 or
+        // `(len..(len + (len / 2))) - len`, which simplifies to `0..(len / 2)`.
+        // This guarantees the required `sift_idx <= len`.
+        unsafe {
+            sift_down(&mut v[..cmp::min(i, len)], sift_idx, is_less);
         }
     }
 }
 
 // This binary heap respects the invariant `parent >= child`.
 //
-// SAFETY: The caller has to guarantee that node < `v.len()`.
-#[inline(never)]
+// SAFETY: The caller has to guarantee that `node <= v.len()`.
+#[inline(always)]
 unsafe fn sift_down<T, F>(v: &mut [T], mut node: usize, is_less: &mut F)
 where
     F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> bool,
 {
     // SAFETY: See function safety.
     unsafe {
-        intrinsics::assume(node < v.len());
+        intrinsics::assume(node <= v.len());
     }
 
     let len = v.len();

library/core/src/slice/sort/unstable/mod.rs

@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ pub fn sort<T, F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> bool>(v: &mut [T], is_less: &mut F) {
 
     cfg_if! {
         if #[cfg(feature = "optimize_for_size")] {
-            // SAFETY: We checked that `len >= 2`.
-            unsafe {
-                heapsort::heapsort(v, is_less);
-            }
+            heapsort::heapsort(v, is_less);
         } else {
             // More advanced sorting methods than insertion sort are faster if called in
             // a hot loop for small inputs, but for general-purpose code the small

library/core/src/slice/sort/unstable/quicksort.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use crate::mem::{self, ManuallyDrop};
 use crate::slice::sort::shared::pivot::choose_pivot;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "optimize_for_size"))]
 use crate::slice::sort::shared::smallsort::UnstableSmallSortTypeImpl;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "optimize_for_size"))]
+use crate::slice::sort::unstable::heapsort;
 use crate::{intrinsics, ptr};
 
 /// Sorts `v` recursively.
@@ -31,10 +33,7 @@ pub(crate) fn quicksort<'a, T, F>(
         // If too many bad pivot choices were made, simply fall back to heapsort in order to
         // guarantee `O(N x log(N))` worst-case.
         if limit == 0 {
-            // SAFETY: We assume the `small_sort` threshold is at least 1.
-            unsafe {
-                crate::slice::sort::unstable::heapsort::heapsort(v, is_less);
-            }
+            heapsort::heapsort(v, is_less);
             return;
         }