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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Yann Collet, Facebook, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under both the BSD-style license (found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree) and the GPLv2 (found
 * in the COPYING file in the root directory of this source tree).
 * You may select, at your option, one of the above-listed licenses.
 */

/* *****************************************************************************
 * Constructs a dictionary using a heuristic based on the following paper:
 *
 * Liao, Petri, Moffat, Wirth
 * Effective Construction of Relative Lempel-Ziv Dictionaries
 * Published in WWW 2016.
 *
 * Adapted from code originally written by @ot (Giuseppe Ottaviano).
 ******************************************************************************/

/*-*************************************
*  Dependencies
***************************************/
#include <stdio.h>  /* fprintf */
#include <stdlib.h> /* malloc, free, qsort */
#include <string.h> /* memset */
#include <time.h>   /* clock */

#include "mem.h" /* read */
#include "pool.h"
#include "threading.h"
#include "zstd_internal.h" /* includes zstd.h */
#ifndef ZDICT_STATIC_LINKING_ONLY
#define ZDICT_STATIC_LINKING_ONLY
#endif
#include "zdict.h"

/*-*************************************
*  Constants
***************************************/
#define COVER_MAX_SAMPLES_SIZE (sizeof(size_t) == 8 ? ((U32)-1) : ((U32)1 GB))

/*-*************************************
*  Console display
***************************************/
static int g_displayLevel = 2;
#define DISPLAY(...)                                                           \
  {                                                                            \
    fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__);                                              \
    fflush(stderr);                                                            \
  }
#define LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(displayLevel, l, ...)                                \
  if (displayLevel >= l) {                                                     \
    DISPLAY(__VA_ARGS__);                                                      \
  } /* 0 : no display;   1: errors;   2: default;  3: details;  4: debug */
#define DISPLAYLEVEL(l, ...) LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(g_displayLevel, l, __VA_ARGS__)

#define LOCALDISPLAYUPDATE(displayLevel, l, ...)                               \
  if (displayLevel >= l) {                                                     \
    if ((clock() - g_time > refreshRate) || (displayLevel >= 4)) {             \
      g_time = clock();                                                        \
      DISPLAY(__VA_ARGS__);                                                    \
    }                                                                          \
  }
#define DISPLAYUPDATE(l, ...) LOCALDISPLAYUPDATE(g_displayLevel, l, __VA_ARGS__)
static const clock_t refreshRate = CLOCKS_PER_SEC * 15 / 100;
static clock_t g_time = 0;

/*-*************************************
* Hash table
***************************************
* A small specialized hash map for storing activeDmers.
* The map does not resize, so if it becomes full it will loop forever.
* Thus, the map must be large enough to store every value.
* The map implements linear probing and keeps its load less than 0.5.
*/

#define MAP_EMPTY_VALUE ((U32)-1)
typedef struct COVER_map_pair_t_s {
  U32 key;
  U32 value;
} COVER_map_pair_t;

typedef struct COVER_map_s {
  COVER_map_pair_t *data;
  U32 sizeLog;
  U32 size;
  U32 sizeMask;
} COVER_map_t;

/**
 * Clear the map.
 */
static void COVER_map_clear(COVER_map_t *map) {
  memset(map->data, MAP_EMPTY_VALUE, map->size * sizeof(COVER_map_pair_t));
}

/**
 * Initializes a map of the given size.
 * Returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.
 * The map must be destroyed with COVER_map_destroy().
 * The map is only guaranteed to be large enough to hold size elements.
 */
static int COVER_map_init(COVER_map_t *map, U32 size) {
  map->sizeLog = ZSTD_highbit32(size) + 2;
  map->size = (U32)1 << map->sizeLog;
  map->sizeMask = map->size - 1;
  map->data = (COVER_map_pair_t *)malloc(map->size * sizeof(COVER_map_pair_t));
  if (!map->data) {
    map->sizeLog = 0;
    map->size = 0;
    return 0;
  }
  COVER_map_clear(map);
  return 1;
}

/**
 * Internal hash function
 */
static const U32 prime4bytes = 2654435761U;
static U32 COVER_map_hash(COVER_map_t *map, U32 key) {
  return (key * prime4bytes) >> (32 - map->sizeLog);
}

/**
 * Helper function that returns the index that a key should be placed into.
 */
static U32 COVER_map_index(COVER_map_t *map, U32 key) {
  const U32 hash = COVER_map_hash(map, key);
  U32 i;
  for (i = hash;; i = (i + 1) & map->sizeMask) {
    COVER_map_pair_t *pos = &map->data[i];
    if (pos->value == MAP_EMPTY_VALUE) {
      return i;
    }
    if (pos->key == key) {
      return i;
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Returns the pointer to the value for key.
 * If key is not in the map, it is inserted and the value is set to 0.
 * The map must not be full.
 */
static U32 *COVER_map_at(COVER_map_t *map, U32 key) {
  COVER_map_pair_t *pos = &map->data[COVER_map_index(map, key)];
  if (pos->value == MAP_EMPTY_VALUE) {
    pos->key = key;
    pos->value = 0;
  }
  return &pos->value;
}

/**
 * Deletes key from the map if present.
 */
static void COVER_map_remove(COVER_map_t *map, U32 key) {
  U32 i = COVER_map_index(map, key);
  COVER_map_pair_t *del = &map->data[i];
  U32 shift = 1;
  if (del->value == MAP_EMPTY_VALUE) {
    return;
  }
  for (i = (i + 1) & map->sizeMask;; i = (i + 1) & map->sizeMask) {
    COVER_map_pair_t *const pos = &map->data[i];
    /* If the position is empty we are done */
    if (pos->value == MAP_EMPTY_VALUE) {
      del->value = MAP_EMPTY_VALUE;
      return;
    }
    /* If pos can be moved to del do so */
    if (((i - COVER_map_hash(map, pos->key)) & map->sizeMask) >= shift) {
      del->key = pos->key;
      del->value = pos->value;
      del = pos;
      shift = 1;
    } else {
      ++shift;
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Destroyes a map that is inited with COVER_map_init().
 */
static void COVER_map_destroy(COVER_map_t *map) {
  if (map->data) {
    free(map->data);
  }
  map->data = NULL;
  map->size = 0;
}

/*-*************************************
* Context
***************************************/

typedef struct {
  const BYTE *samples;
  size_t *offsets;
  const size_t *samplesSizes;
  size_t nbSamples;
  U32 *suffix;
  size_t suffixSize;
  U32 *freqs;
  U32 *dmerAt;
  unsigned d;
} COVER_ctx_t;

/* We need a global context for qsort... */
static COVER_ctx_t *g_ctx = NULL;

/*-*************************************
*  Helper functions
***************************************/

/**
 * Returns the sum of the sample sizes.
 */
static size_t COVER_sum(const size_t *samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples) {
  size_t sum = 0;
  size_t i;
  for (i = 0; i < nbSamples; ++i) {
    sum += samplesSizes[i];
  }
  return sum;
}

/**
 * Returns -1 if the dmer at lp is less than the dmer at rp.
 * Return 0 if the dmers at lp and rp are equal.
 * Returns 1 if the dmer at lp is greater than the dmer at rp.
 */
static int COVER_cmp(COVER_ctx_t *ctx, const void *lp, const void *rp) {
  U32 const lhs = *(U32 const *)lp;
  U32 const rhs = *(U32 const *)rp;
  return memcmp(ctx->samples + lhs, ctx->samples + rhs, ctx->d);
}
/**
 * Faster version for d <= 8.
 */
static int COVER_cmp8(COVER_ctx_t *ctx, const void *lp, const void *rp) {
  U64 const mask = (ctx->d == 8) ? (U64)-1 : (((U64)1 << (8 * ctx->d)) - 1);
  U64 const lhs = MEM_readLE64(ctx->samples + *(U32 const *)lp) & mask;
  U64 const rhs = MEM_readLE64(ctx->samples + *(U32 const *)rp) & mask;
  if (lhs < rhs) {
    return -1;
  }
  return (lhs > rhs);
}

/**
 * Same as COVER_cmp() except ties are broken by pointer value
 * NOTE: g_ctx must be set to call this function.  A global is required because
 * qsort doesn't take an opaque pointer.
 */
static int COVER_strict_cmp(const void *lp, const void *rp) {
  int result = COVER_cmp(g_ctx, lp, rp);
  if (result == 0) {
    result = lp < rp ? -1 : 1;
  }
  return result;
}
/**
 * Faster version for d <= 8.
 */
static int COVER_strict_cmp8(const void *lp, const void *rp) {
  int result = COVER_cmp8(g_ctx, lp, rp);
  if (result == 0) {
    result = lp < rp ? -1 : 1;
  }
  return result;
}

/**
 * Returns the first pointer in [first, last) whose element does not compare
 * less than value.  If no such element exists it returns last.
 */
static const size_t *COVER_lower_bound(const size_t *first, const size_t *last,
                                       size_t value) {
  size_t count = last - first;
  while (count != 0) {
    size_t step = count / 2;
    const size_t *ptr = first;
    ptr += step;
    if (*ptr < value) {
      first = ++ptr;
      count -= step + 1;
    } else {
      count = step;
    }
  }
  return first;
}

/**
 * Generic groupBy function.
 * Groups an array sorted by cmp into groups with equivalent values.
 * Calls grp for each group.
 */
static void
COVER_groupBy(const void *data, size_t count, size_t size, COVER_ctx_t *ctx,
              int (*cmp)(COVER_ctx_t *, const void *, const void *),
              void (*grp)(COVER_ctx_t *, const void *, const void *)) {
  const BYTE *ptr = (const BYTE *)data;
  size_t num = 0;
  while (num < count) {
    const BYTE *grpEnd = ptr + size;
    ++num;
    while (num < count && cmp(ctx, ptr, grpEnd) == 0) {
      grpEnd += size;
      ++num;
    }
    grp(ctx, ptr, grpEnd);
    ptr = grpEnd;
  }
}

/*-*************************************
*  Cover functions
***************************************/

/**
 * Called on each group of positions with the same dmer.
 * Counts the frequency of each dmer and saves it in the suffix array.
 * Fills `ctx->dmerAt`.
 */
static void COVER_group(COVER_ctx_t *ctx, const void *group,
                        const void *groupEnd) {
  /* The group consists of all the positions with the same first d bytes. */
  const U32 *grpPtr = (const U32 *)group;
  const U32 *grpEnd = (const U32 *)groupEnd;
  /* The dmerId is how we will reference this dmer.
   * This allows us to map the whole dmer space to a much smaller space, the
   * size of the suffix array.
   */
  const U32 dmerId = (U32)(grpPtr - ctx->suffix);
  /* Count the number of samples this dmer shows up in */
  U32 freq = 0;
  /* Details */
  const size_t *curOffsetPtr = ctx->offsets;
  const size_t *offsetsEnd = ctx->offsets + ctx->nbSamples;
  /* Once *grpPtr >= curSampleEnd this occurrence of the dmer is in a
   * different sample than the last.
   */
  size_t curSampleEnd = ctx->offsets[0];
  for (; grpPtr != grpEnd; ++grpPtr) {
    /* Save the dmerId for this position so we can get back to it. */
    ctx->dmerAt[*grpPtr] = dmerId;
    /* Dictionaries only help for the first reference to the dmer.
     * After that zstd can reference the match from the previous reference.
     * So only count each dmer once for each sample it is in.
     */
    if (*grpPtr < curSampleEnd) {
      continue;
    }
    freq += 1;
    /* Binary search to find the end of the sample *grpPtr is in.
     * In the common case that grpPtr + 1 == grpEnd we can skip the binary
     * search because the loop is over.
     */
    if (grpPtr + 1 != grpEnd) {
      const size_t *sampleEndPtr =
          COVER_lower_bound(curOffsetPtr, offsetsEnd, *grpPtr);
      curSampleEnd = *sampleEndPtr;
      curOffsetPtr = sampleEndPtr + 1;
    }
  }
  /* At this point we are never going to look at this segment of the suffix
   * array again.  We take advantage of this fact to save memory.
   * We store the frequency of the dmer in the first position of the group,
   * which is dmerId.
   */
  ctx->suffix[dmerId] = freq;
}

/**
 * A segment is a range in the source as well as the score of the segment.
 */
typedef struct {
  U32 begin;
  U32 end;
  U32 score;
} COVER_segment_t;

/**
 * Selects the best segment in an epoch.
 * Segments of are scored according to the function:
 *
 * Let F(d) be the frequency of dmer d.
 * Let S_i be the dmer at position i of segment S which has length k.
 *
 *     Score(S) = F(S_1) + F(S_2) + ... + F(S_{k-d+1})
 *
 * Once the dmer d is in the dictionay we set F(d) = 0.
 */
static COVER_segment_t COVER_selectSegment(const COVER_ctx_t *ctx, U32 *freqs,
                                           COVER_map_t *activeDmers, U32 begin,
                                           U32 end,
                                           ZDICT_cover_params_t parameters) {
  /* Constants */
  const U32 k = parameters.k;
  const U32 d = parameters.d;
  const U32 dmersInK = k - d + 1;
  /* Try each segment (activeSegment) and save the best (bestSegment) */
  COVER_segment_t bestSegment = {0, 0, 0};
  COVER_segment_t activeSegment;
  /* Reset the activeDmers in the segment */
  COVER_map_clear(activeDmers);
  /* The activeSegment starts at the beginning of the epoch. */
  activeSegment.begin = begin;
  activeSegment.end = begin;
  activeSegment.score = 0;
  /* Slide the activeSegment through the whole epoch.
   * Save the best segment in bestSegment.
   */
  while (activeSegment.end < end) {
    /* The dmerId for the dmer at the next position */
    U32 newDmer = ctx->dmerAt[activeSegment.end];
    /* The entry in activeDmers for this dmerId */
    U32 *newDmerOcc = COVER_map_at(activeDmers, newDmer);
    /* If the dmer isn't already present in the segment add its score. */
    if (*newDmerOcc == 0) {
      /* The paper suggest using the L-0.5 norm, but experiments show that it
       * doesn't help.
       */
      activeSegment.score += freqs[newDmer];
    }
    /* Add the dmer to the segment */
    activeSegment.end += 1;
    *newDmerOcc += 1;

    /* If the window is now too large, drop the first position */
    if (activeSegment.end - activeSegment.begin == dmersInK + 1) {
      U32 delDmer = ctx->dmerAt[activeSegment.begin];
      U32 *delDmerOcc = COVER_map_at(activeDmers, delDmer);
      activeSegment.begin += 1;
      *delDmerOcc -= 1;
      /* If this is the last occurence of the dmer, subtract its score */
      if (*delDmerOcc == 0) {
        COVER_map_remove(activeDmers, delDmer);
        activeSegment.score -= freqs[delDmer];
      }
    }

    /* If this segment is the best so far save it */
    if (activeSegment.score > bestSegment.score) {
      bestSegment = activeSegment;
    }
  }
  {
    /* Trim off the zero frequency head and tail from the segment. */
    U32 newBegin = bestSegment.end;
    U32 newEnd = bestSegment.begin;
    U32 pos;
    for (pos = bestSegment.begin; pos != bestSegment.end; ++pos) {
      U32 freq = freqs[ctx->dmerAt[pos]];
      if (freq != 0) {
        newBegin = MIN(newBegin, pos);
        newEnd = pos + 1;
      }
    }
    bestSegment.begin = newBegin;
    bestSegment.end = newEnd;
  }
  {
    /* Zero out the frequency of each dmer covered by the chosen segment. */
    U32 pos;
    for (pos = bestSegment.begin; pos != bestSegment.end; ++pos) {
      freqs[ctx->dmerAt[pos]] = 0;
    }
  }
  return bestSegment;
}

/**
 * Check the validity of the parameters.
 * Returns non-zero if the parameters are valid and 0 otherwise.
 */
static int COVER_checkParameters(ZDICT_cover_params_t parameters,
                                 size_t maxDictSize) {
  /* k and d are required parameters */
  if (parameters.d == 0 || parameters.k == 0) {
    return 0;
  }
  /* k <= maxDictSize */
  if (parameters.k > maxDictSize) {
    return 0;
  }
  /* d <= k */
  if (parameters.d > parameters.k) {
    return 0;
  }
  return 1;
}

/**
 * Clean up a context initialized with `COVER_ctx_init()`.
 */
static void COVER_ctx_destroy(COVER_ctx_t *ctx) {
  if (!ctx) {
    return;
  }
  if (ctx->suffix) {
    free(ctx->suffix);
    ctx->suffix = NULL;
  }
  if (ctx->freqs) {
    free(ctx->freqs);
    ctx->freqs = NULL;
  }
  if (ctx->dmerAt) {
    free(ctx->dmerAt);
    ctx->dmerAt = NULL;
  }
  if (ctx->offsets) {
    free(ctx->offsets);
    ctx->offsets = NULL;
  }
}

/**
 * Prepare a context for dictionary building.
 * The context is only dependent on the parameter `d` and can used multiple
 * times.
 * Returns 1 on success or zero on error.
 * The context must be destroyed with `COVER_ctx_destroy()`.
 */
static int COVER_ctx_init(COVER_ctx_t *ctx, const void *samplesBuffer,
                          const size_t *samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples,
                          unsigned d) {
  const BYTE *const samples = (const BYTE *)samplesBuffer;
  const size_t totalSamplesSize = COVER_sum(samplesSizes, nbSamples);
  /* Checks */
  if (totalSamplesSize < MAX(d, sizeof(U64)) ||
      totalSamplesSize >= (size_t)COVER_MAX_SAMPLES_SIZE) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Total samples size is too large (%u MB), maximum size is %u MB\n",
                 (U32)(totalSamplesSize>>20), (COVER_MAX_SAMPLES_SIZE >> 20));
    return 0;
  }
  /* Zero the context */
  memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(*ctx));
  DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Training on %u samples of total size %u\n", nbSamples,
               (U32)totalSamplesSize);
  ctx->samples = samples;
  ctx->samplesSizes = samplesSizes;
  ctx->nbSamples = nbSamples;
  /* Partial suffix array */
  ctx->suffixSize = totalSamplesSize - MAX(d, sizeof(U64)) + 1;
  ctx->suffix = (U32 *)malloc(ctx->suffixSize * sizeof(U32));
  /* Maps index to the dmerID */
  ctx->dmerAt = (U32 *)malloc(ctx->suffixSize * sizeof(U32));
  /* The offsets of each file */
  ctx->offsets = (size_t *)malloc((nbSamples + 1) * sizeof(size_t));
  if (!ctx->suffix || !ctx->dmerAt || !ctx->offsets) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Failed to allocate scratch buffers\n");
    COVER_ctx_destroy(ctx);
    return 0;
  }
  ctx->freqs = NULL;
  ctx->d = d;

  /* Fill offsets from the samlesSizes */
  {
    U32 i;
    ctx->offsets[0] = 0;
    for (i = 1; i <= nbSamples; ++i) {
      ctx->offsets[i] = ctx->offsets[i - 1] + samplesSizes[i - 1];
    }
  }
  DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Constructing partial suffix array\n");
  {
    /* suffix is a partial suffix array.
     * It only sorts suffixes by their first parameters.d bytes.
     * The sort is stable, so each dmer group is sorted by position in input.
     */
    U32 i;
    for (i = 0; i < ctx->suffixSize; ++i) {
      ctx->suffix[i] = i;
    }
    /* qsort doesn't take an opaque pointer, so pass as a global.
     * On OpenBSD qsort() is not guaranteed to be stable, their mergesort() is.
     */
    g_ctx = ctx;
#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
    mergesort(ctx->suffix, ctx->suffixSize, sizeof(U32),
          (ctx->d <= 8 ? &COVER_strict_cmp8 : &COVER_strict_cmp));
#else
    qsort(ctx->suffix, ctx->suffixSize, sizeof(U32),
          (ctx->d <= 8 ? &COVER_strict_cmp8 : &COVER_strict_cmp));
#endif
  }
  DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Computing frequencies\n");
  /* For each dmer group (group of positions with the same first d bytes):
   * 1. For each position we set dmerAt[position] = dmerID.  The dmerID is
   *    (groupBeginPtr - suffix).  This allows us to go from position to
   *    dmerID so we can look up values in freq.
   * 2. We calculate how many samples the dmer occurs in and save it in
   *    freqs[dmerId].
   */
  COVER_groupBy(ctx->suffix, ctx->suffixSize, sizeof(U32), ctx,
                (ctx->d <= 8 ? &COVER_cmp8 : &COVER_cmp), &COVER_group);
  ctx->freqs = ctx->suffix;
  ctx->suffix = NULL;
  return 1;
}

/**
 * Given the prepared context build the dictionary.
 */
static size_t COVER_buildDictionary(const COVER_ctx_t *ctx, U32 *freqs,
                                    COVER_map_t *activeDmers, void *dictBuffer,
                                    size_t dictBufferCapacity,
                                    ZDICT_cover_params_t parameters) {
  BYTE *const dict = (BYTE *)dictBuffer;
  size_t tail = dictBufferCapacity;
  /* Divide the data up into epochs of equal size.
   * We will select at least one segment from each epoch.
   */
  const U32 epochs = MAX(1, (U32)(dictBufferCapacity / parameters.k / 4));
  const U32 epochSize = (U32)(ctx->suffixSize / epochs);
  size_t epoch;
  DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Breaking content into %u epochs of size %u\n", epochs,
               epochSize);
  /* Loop through the epochs until there are no more segments or the dictionary
   * is full.
   */
  for (epoch = 0; tail > 0; epoch = (epoch + 1) % epochs) {
    const U32 epochBegin = (U32)(epoch * epochSize);
    const U32 epochEnd = epochBegin + epochSize;
    size_t segmentSize;
    /* Select a segment */
    COVER_segment_t segment = COVER_selectSegment(
        ctx, freqs, activeDmers, epochBegin, epochEnd, parameters);
    /* If the segment covers no dmers, then we are out of content */
    if (segment.score == 0) {
      break;
    }
    /* Trim the segment if necessary and if it is too small then we are done */
    segmentSize = MIN(segment.end - segment.begin + parameters.d - 1, tail);
    if (segmentSize < parameters.d) {
      break;
    }
    /* We fill the dictionary from the back to allow the best segments to be
     * referenced with the smallest offsets.
     */
    tail -= segmentSize;
    memcpy(dict + tail, ctx->samples + segment.begin, segmentSize);
    DISPLAYUPDATE(
        2, "\r%u%%       ",
        (U32)(((dictBufferCapacity - tail) * 100) / dictBufferCapacity));
  }
  DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "\r%79s\r", "");
  return tail;
}

ZDICTLIB_API size_t ZDICT_trainFromBuffer_cover(
    void *dictBuffer, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
    const void *samplesBuffer, const size_t *samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples,
    ZDICT_cover_params_t parameters)
{
  BYTE* const dict = (BYTE*)dictBuffer;
  COVER_ctx_t ctx;
  COVER_map_t activeDmers;

  /* Initialize global data */
  g_displayLevel = parameters.zParams.notificationLevel;
  /* Checks */
  if (!COVER_checkParameters(parameters, dictBufferCapacity)) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Cover parameters incorrect\n");
    return ERROR(GENERIC);
  }
  if (nbSamples == 0) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Cover must have at least one input file\n");
    return ERROR(GENERIC);
  }
  if (dictBufferCapacity < ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "dictBufferCapacity must be at least %u\n",
                 ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN);
    return ERROR(dstSize_tooSmall);
  }
  /* Initialize context and activeDmers */
  if (!COVER_ctx_init(&ctx, samplesBuffer, samplesSizes, nbSamples,
                      parameters.d)) {
    return ERROR(GENERIC);
  }
  if (!COVER_map_init(&activeDmers, parameters.k - parameters.d + 1)) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Failed to allocate dmer map: out of memory\n");
    COVER_ctx_destroy(&ctx);
    return ERROR(GENERIC);
  }

  DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Building dictionary\n");
  {
    const size_t tail =
        COVER_buildDictionary(&ctx, ctx.freqs, &activeDmers, dictBuffer,
                              dictBufferCapacity, parameters);
    const size_t dictionarySize = ZDICT_finalizeDictionary(
        dict, dictBufferCapacity, dict + tail, dictBufferCapacity - tail,
        samplesBuffer, samplesSizes, nbSamples, parameters.zParams);
    if (!ZSTD_isError(dictionarySize)) {
      DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Constructed dictionary of size %u\n",
                   (U32)dictionarySize);
    }
    COVER_ctx_destroy(&ctx);
    COVER_map_destroy(&activeDmers);
    return dictionarySize;
  }
}

/**
 * COVER_best_t is used for two purposes:
 * 1. Synchronizing threads.
 * 2. Saving the best parameters and dictionary.
 *
 * All of the methods except COVER_best_init() are thread safe if zstd is
 * compiled with multithreaded support.
 */
typedef struct COVER_best_s {
  ZSTD_pthread_mutex_t mutex;
  ZSTD_pthread_cond_t cond;
  size_t liveJobs;
  void *dict;
  size_t dictSize;
  ZDICT_cover_params_t parameters;
  size_t compressedSize;
} COVER_best_t;

/**
 * Initialize the `COVER_best_t`.
 */
static void COVER_best_init(COVER_best_t *best) {
  if (best==NULL) return; /* compatible with init on NULL */
  (void)ZSTD_pthread_mutex_init(&best->mutex, NULL);
  (void)ZSTD_pthread_cond_init(&best->cond, NULL);
  best->liveJobs = 0;
  best->dict = NULL;
  best->dictSize = 0;
  best->compressedSize = (size_t)-1;
  memset(&best->parameters, 0, sizeof(best->parameters));
}

/**
 * Wait until liveJobs == 0.
 */
static void COVER_best_wait(COVER_best_t *best) {
  if (!best) {
    return;
  }
  ZSTD_pthread_mutex_lock(&best->mutex);
  while (best->liveJobs != 0) {
    ZSTD_pthread_cond_wait(&best->cond, &best->mutex);
  }
  ZSTD_pthread_mutex_unlock(&best->mutex);
}

/**
 * Call COVER_best_wait() and then destroy the COVER_best_t.
 */
static void COVER_best_destroy(COVER_best_t *best) {
  if (!best) {
    return;
  }
  COVER_best_wait(best);
  if (best->dict) {
    free(best->dict);
  }
  ZSTD_pthread_mutex_destroy(&best->mutex);
  ZSTD_pthread_cond_destroy(&best->cond);
}

/**
 * Called when a thread is about to be launched.
 * Increments liveJobs.
 */
static void COVER_best_start(COVER_best_t *best) {
  if (!best) {
    return;
  }
  ZSTD_pthread_mutex_lock(&best->mutex);
  ++best->liveJobs;
  ZSTD_pthread_mutex_unlock(&best->mutex);
}

/**
 * Called when a thread finishes executing, both on error or success.
 * Decrements liveJobs and signals any waiting threads if liveJobs == 0.
 * If this dictionary is the best so far save it and its parameters.
 */
static void COVER_best_finish(COVER_best_t *best, size_t compressedSize,
                              ZDICT_cover_params_t parameters, void *dict,
                              size_t dictSize) {
  if (!best) {
    return;
  }
  {
    size_t liveJobs;
    ZSTD_pthread_mutex_lock(&best->mutex);
    --best->liveJobs;
    liveJobs = best->liveJobs;
    /* If the new dictionary is better */
    if (compressedSize < best->compressedSize) {
      /* Allocate space if necessary */
      if (!best->dict || best->dictSize < dictSize) {
        if (best->dict) {
          free(best->dict);
        }
        best->dict = malloc(dictSize);
        if (!best->dict) {
          best->compressedSize = ERROR(GENERIC);
          best->dictSize = 0;
          return;
        }
      }
      /* Save the dictionary, parameters, and size */
      memcpy(best->dict, dict, dictSize);
      best->dictSize = dictSize;
      best->parameters = parameters;
      best->compressedSize = compressedSize;
    }
    ZSTD_pthread_mutex_unlock(&best->mutex);
    if (liveJobs == 0) {
      ZSTD_pthread_cond_broadcast(&best->cond);
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Parameters for COVER_tryParameters().
 */
typedef struct COVER_tryParameters_data_s {
  const COVER_ctx_t *ctx;
  COVER_best_t *best;
  size_t dictBufferCapacity;
  ZDICT_cover_params_t parameters;
} COVER_tryParameters_data_t;

/**
 * Tries a set of parameters and upates the COVER_best_t with the results.
 * This function is thread safe if zstd is compiled with multithreaded support.
 * It takes its parameters as an *OWNING* opaque pointer to support threading.
 */
static void COVER_tryParameters(void *opaque) {
  /* Save parameters as local variables */
  COVER_tryParameters_data_t *const data = (COVER_tryParameters_data_t *)opaque;
  const COVER_ctx_t *const ctx = data->ctx;
  const ZDICT_cover_params_t parameters = data->parameters;
  size_t dictBufferCapacity = data->dictBufferCapacity;
  size_t totalCompressedSize = ERROR(GENERIC);
  /* Allocate space for hash table, dict, and freqs */
  COVER_map_t activeDmers;
  BYTE *const dict = (BYTE * const)malloc(dictBufferCapacity);
  U32 *freqs = (U32 *)malloc(ctx->suffixSize * sizeof(U32));
  if (!COVER_map_init(&activeDmers, parameters.k - parameters.d + 1)) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Failed to allocate dmer map: out of memory\n");
    goto _cleanup;
  }
  if (!dict || !freqs) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Failed to allocate buffers: out of memory\n");
    goto _cleanup;
  }
  /* Copy the frequencies because we need to modify them */
  memcpy(freqs, ctx->freqs, ctx->suffixSize * sizeof(U32));
  /* Build the dictionary */
  {
    const size_t tail = COVER_buildDictionary(ctx, freqs, &activeDmers, dict,
                                              dictBufferCapacity, parameters);
    dictBufferCapacity = ZDICT_finalizeDictionary(
        dict, dictBufferCapacity, dict + tail, dictBufferCapacity - tail,
        ctx->samples, ctx->samplesSizes, (unsigned)ctx->nbSamples,
        parameters.zParams);
    if (ZDICT_isError(dictBufferCapacity)) {
      DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Failed to finalize dictionary\n");
      goto _cleanup;
    }
  }
  /* Check total compressed size */
  {
    /* Pointers */
    ZSTD_CCtx *cctx;
    ZSTD_CDict *cdict;
    void *dst;
    /* Local variables */
    size_t dstCapacity;
    size_t i;
    /* Allocate dst with enough space to compress the maximum sized sample */
    {
      size_t maxSampleSize = 0;
      for (i = 0; i < ctx->nbSamples; ++i) {
        maxSampleSize = MAX(ctx->samplesSizes[i], maxSampleSize);
      }
      dstCapacity = ZSTD_compressBound(maxSampleSize);
      dst = malloc(dstCapacity);
    }
    /* Create the cctx and cdict */
    cctx = ZSTD_createCCtx();
    cdict = ZSTD_createCDict(dict, dictBufferCapacity,
                             parameters.zParams.compressionLevel);
    if (!dst || !cctx || !cdict) {
      goto _compressCleanup;
    }
    /* Compress each sample and sum their sizes (or error) */
    totalCompressedSize = dictBufferCapacity;
    for (i = 0; i < ctx->nbSamples; ++i) {
      const size_t size = ZSTD_compress_usingCDict(
          cctx, dst, dstCapacity, ctx->samples + ctx->offsets[i],
          ctx->samplesSizes[i], cdict);
      if (ZSTD_isError(size)) {
        totalCompressedSize = ERROR(GENERIC);
        goto _compressCleanup;
      }
      totalCompressedSize += size;
    }
  _compressCleanup:
    ZSTD_freeCCtx(cctx);
    ZSTD_freeCDict(cdict);
    if (dst) {
      free(dst);
    }
  }

_cleanup:
  COVER_best_finish(data->best, totalCompressedSize, parameters, dict,
                    dictBufferCapacity);
  free(data);
  COVER_map_destroy(&activeDmers);
  if (dict) {
    free(dict);
  }
  if (freqs) {
    free(freqs);
  }
}

ZDICTLIB_API size_t ZDICT_optimizeTrainFromBuffer_cover(
    void *dictBuffer, size_t dictBufferCapacity, const void *samplesBuffer,
    const size_t *samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples,
    ZDICT_cover_params_t *parameters) {
  /* constants */
  const unsigned nbThreads = parameters->nbThreads;
  const unsigned kMinD = parameters->d == 0 ? 6 : parameters->d;
  const unsigned kMaxD = parameters->d == 0 ? 8 : parameters->d;
  const unsigned kMinK = parameters->k == 0 ? 50 : parameters->k;
  const unsigned kMaxK = parameters->k == 0 ? 2000 : parameters->k;
  const unsigned kSteps = parameters->steps == 0 ? 40 : parameters->steps;
  const unsigned kStepSize = MAX((kMaxK - kMinK) / kSteps, 1);
  const unsigned kIterations =
      (1 + (kMaxD - kMinD) / 2) * (1 + (kMaxK - kMinK) / kStepSize);
  /* Local variables */
  const int displayLevel = parameters->zParams.notificationLevel;
  unsigned iteration = 1;
  unsigned d;
  unsigned k;
  COVER_best_t best;
  POOL_ctx *pool = NULL;

  /* Checks */
  if (kMinK < kMaxD || kMaxK < kMinK) {
    LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(displayLevel, 1, "Incorrect parameters\n");
    return ERROR(GENERIC);
  }
  if (nbSamples == 0) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Cover must have at least one input file\n");
    return ERROR(GENERIC);
  }
  if (dictBufferCapacity < ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN) {
    DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "dictBufferCapacity must be at least %u\n",
                 ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN);
    return ERROR(dstSize_tooSmall);
  }
  if (nbThreads > 1) {
    pool = POOL_create(nbThreads, 1);
    if (!pool) {
      return ERROR(memory_allocation);
    }
  }
  /* Initialization */
  COVER_best_init(&best);
  /* Turn down global display level to clean up display at level 2 and below */
  g_displayLevel = displayLevel == 0 ? 0 : displayLevel - 1;
  /* Loop through d first because each new value needs a new context */
  LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(displayLevel, 2, "Trying %u different sets of parameters\n",
                    kIterations);
  for (d = kMinD; d <= kMaxD; d += 2) {
    /* Initialize the context for this value of d */
    COVER_ctx_t ctx;
    LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(displayLevel, 3, "d=%u\n", d);
    if (!COVER_ctx_init(&ctx, samplesBuffer, samplesSizes, nbSamples, d)) {
      LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(displayLevel, 1, "Failed to initialize context\n");
      COVER_best_destroy(&best);
      POOL_free(pool);
      return ERROR(GENERIC);
    }
    /* Loop through k reusing the same context */
    for (k = kMinK; k <= kMaxK; k += kStepSize) {
      /* Prepare the arguments */
      COVER_tryParameters_data_t *data = (COVER_tryParameters_data_t *)malloc(
          sizeof(COVER_tryParameters_data_t));
      LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(displayLevel, 3, "k=%u\n", k);
      if (!data) {
        LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(displayLevel, 1, "Failed to allocate parameters\n");
        COVER_best_destroy(&best);
        COVER_ctx_destroy(&ctx);
        POOL_free(pool);
        return ERROR(GENERIC);
      }
      data->ctx = &ctx;
      data->best = &best;
      data->dictBufferCapacity = dictBufferCapacity;
      data->parameters = *parameters;
      data->parameters.k = k;
      data->parameters.d = d;
      data->parameters.steps = kSteps;
      data->parameters.zParams.notificationLevel = g_displayLevel;
      /* Check the parameters */
      if (!COVER_checkParameters(data->parameters, dictBufferCapacity)) {
        DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "Cover parameters incorrect\n");
        free(data);
        continue;
      }
      /* Call the function and pass ownership of data to it */
      COVER_best_start(&best);
      if (pool) {
        POOL_add(pool, &COVER_tryParameters, data);
      } else {
        COVER_tryParameters(data);
      }
      /* Print status */
      LOCALDISPLAYUPDATE(displayLevel, 2, "\r%u%%       ",
                         (U32)((iteration * 100) / kIterations));
      ++iteration;
    }
    COVER_best_wait(&best);
    COVER_ctx_destroy(&ctx);
  }
  LOCALDISPLAYLEVEL(displayLevel, 2, "\r%79s\r", "");
  /* Fill the output buffer and parameters with output of the best parameters */
  {
    const size_t dictSize = best.dictSize;
    if (ZSTD_isError(best.compressedSize)) {
      const size_t compressedSize = best.compressedSize;
      COVER_best_destroy(&best);
      POOL_free(pool);
      return compressedSize;
    }
    *parameters = best.parameters;
    memcpy(dictBuffer, best.dict, dictSize);
    COVER_best_destroy(&best);
    POOL_free(pool);
    return dictSize;
  }
}