ModernUO/Projects/Server/Serialization/SerializationChunkSource.cs

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using System;
using System.Collections.Concurrent;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Server;

/// <summary>
/// A range of backing-store slots that a serialization worker can serialize directly,
/// letting workers iterate a persistence's storage in parallel instead of the main thread
/// enumerating and handing off every entity. Implemented by
/// <see cref="GenericEntityPersistence{T}"/> over its dictionary's entries array.
/// </summary>
public interface ISlotRangeSource
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Serializes every occupied slot in [offset, offset + count) into the writer,
    /// stamping each entity's thread/position/length. Returns the number serialized.
    /// </summary>
    int SerializeRange(BufferWriter writer, byte threadIndex, int offset, int count);
}

/// <summary>
/// Single-producer/multi-consumer handoff between the game loop and the serialization
/// thread workers during a world save. The producer batches entities into pooled chunks
/// so the per-entity cost is a plain array store instead of a synchronized enqueue, and
/// workers pull whole chunks so they naturally load-balance: a worker busy with a thick
/// entity simply takes fewer chunks.
/// Persistence self-payloads are published as dedicated single-entity chunks so large
/// systems spread across workers instead of riding inside one chunk.
/// Persistences that support direct parallel iteration publish slot ranges instead of
/// filled chunks, removing the per-entity handoff from the freeze entirely.
/// </summary>
public sealed class SerializationChunkSource
{
    // 4096 refs (32KB per chunk) keeps producer sync cost at one enqueue per 4096 entities
    // while the drain tail stays sub-millisecond.
    private const int ChunkCapacity = 4096;

    internal readonly struct Chunk
    {
        public readonly IGenericSerializable Single;
        public readonly IGenericSerializable[] Buffer;
        public readonly ISlotRangeSource Source;
        public readonly int Offset;
        public readonly int Count;

        public Chunk(IGenericSerializable single)
        {
            Single = single;
            Count = 1;
        }

        public Chunk(IGenericSerializable[] buffer, int count)
        {
            Buffer = buffer;
            Count = count;
        }

        public Chunk(ISlotRangeSource source, int offset, int count)
        {
            Source = source;
            Offset = offset;
            Count = count;
        }
    }

    private readonly ConcurrentQueue<Chunk> _chunks = new();
    private readonly ConcurrentQueue<IGenericSerializable[]> _pool = new();

    // Producer state - written only by the game loop thread.
    private IGenericSerializable[] _current;
    private int _count;

    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public void Push(IGenericSerializable entity)
    {
        var current = _current ??= Rent();

        // Ref store skips the bounds and array-covariance checks. Safe by construction:
        // _count is producer-thread-only and always < ChunkCapacity here (reset on publish),
        // and the array's element type is exactly IGenericSerializable.
        Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetArrayDataReference(current), _count) = entity;

        if (++_count == ChunkCapacity)
        {
            _chunks.Enqueue(new Chunk(current, ChunkCapacity));
            _current = null;
            _count = 0;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Publishes the entity as a dedicated chunk regardless of its estimated size.
    /// Used for persistence self-payloads, which can be large on the first save
    /// before a <see cref="IGenericSerializable.SerializedLength"/> estimate exists.
    /// </summary>
    public void PushSingle(IGenericSerializable entity) => _chunks.Enqueue(new Chunk(entity));

    /// <summary>
    /// Publishes slot ranges covering [0, slotCount) of a directly-iterable persistence.
    /// Workers claim ranges like any other chunk, so the per-entity handoff cost disappears
    /// and load balancing is unchanged.
    /// </summary>
    public void PushSlotRanges(ISlotRangeSource source, int slotCount)
    {
        for (var offset = 0; offset < slotCount; offset += ChunkCapacity)
        {
            _chunks.Enqueue(new Chunk(source, offset, Math.Min(ChunkCapacity, slotCount - offset)));
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Publishes the partial chunk, if any. Must be called on the producer thread before
    /// the workers are told to finish draining, or the tail of the stream is not serialized.
    /// </summary>
    public void Flush()
    {
        if (_count > 0)
        {
            _chunks.Enqueue(new Chunk(_current, _count));
            _current = null;
            _count = 0;
        }
    }

    internal bool TryTake(out Chunk chunk) => _chunks.TryDequeue(out chunk);

    internal void Return(IGenericSerializable[] buffer, int count)
    {
        // Clear so pooled chunks don't keep entities reachable between saves.
        Array.Clear(buffer, 0, count);
        _pool.Enqueue(buffer);
    }

    private IGenericSerializable[] Rent() =>
        _pool.TryDequeue(out var buffer) ? buffer : new IGenericSerializable[ChunkCapacity];
}