From 4ac1bcbc0a9e4d3225608f4319c269f8ffaf1dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:49:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] change Interner to use a sharded hash table

---
 crates/fayalite/src/intern/interner.rs | 63 +++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/fayalite/src/intern/interner.rs b/crates/fayalite/src/intern/interner.rs
index 45899af..4e35636 100644
--- a/crates/fayalite/src/intern/interner.rs
+++ b/crates/fayalite/src/intern/interner.rs
@@ -10,16 +10,31 @@ use hashbrown::HashTable;
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
     hash::{BuildHasher, Hash},
-    sync::Mutex,
+    sync::RwLock,
 };
 
-struct InternerState<T: ?Sized + 'static + Send + Sync> {
+struct InternerShard<T: ?Sized + 'static + Send + Sync> {
     table: HashTable<&'static T>,
-    hasher: DefaultBuildHasher,
+}
+
+const LOG2_SHARD_COUNT: u32 = 6;
+
+fn shard_index_from_hash(hash: u64) -> usize {
+    // number of bits used for hashbrown's Tag
+    const HASH_BROWN_TAG_BITS: u32 = 7;
+    // try to extract bits of the hash that hashbrown isn't using,
+    // while accounting for some hash functions only returning `usize` bits.
+    const SHARD_INDEX_START: u32 = usize::BITS
+        .saturating_sub(HASH_BROWN_TAG_BITS)
+        .saturating_sub(LOG2_SHARD_COUNT);
+    let mut shard_index = hash >> SHARD_INDEX_START;
+    shard_index %= 1 << LOG2_SHARD_COUNT;
+    shard_index as usize
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct Interner<T: ?Sized + 'static + Send + Sync> {
-    state: Mutex<InternerState<T>>,
+    shards: [RwLock<InternerShard<T>>; 1 << LOG2_SHARD_COUNT],
+    hasher: DefaultBuildHasher,
 }
 
 impl<T: ?Sized + 'static + Send + Sync> Interner<T> {
@@ -39,10 +54,12 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + 'static + Send + Sync> Interner<T> {
 impl<T: ?Sized + 'static + Send + Sync> Default for Interner<T> {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            state: Mutex::new(InternerState {
-                table: HashTable::new(),
-                hasher: Default::default(),
-            }),
+            shards: [const {
+                RwLock::new(InternerShard {
+                    table: HashTable::new(),
+                })
+            }; _],
+            hasher: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -53,14 +70,28 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + 'static + Send + Sync + Hash + Eq + ToOwned> Interner<T> {
         alloc: F,
         value: Cow<'_, T>,
     ) -> Interned<T> {
-        let mut state = self.state.lock().unwrap();
-        let InternerState { table, hasher } = &mut *state;
-        let inner = *table
-            .entry(
-                hasher.hash_one(&*value),
-                |k| **k == *value,
-                |k| hasher.hash_one(&**k),
-            )
+        let hash = self.hasher.hash_one(&*value);
+        let shard_index = shard_index_from_hash(hash);
+        let shard = &self.shards[shard_index];
+        let shard_read = shard.read().unwrap();
+        let Some(&inner) = shard_read.table.find(hash, |k| **k == *value) else {
+            drop(shard_read);
+            return self.intern_cold(alloc, value, hash, shard);
+        };
+        Interned { inner }
+    }
+    #[cold]
+    fn intern_cold<F: FnOnce(Cow<'_, T>) -> &'static T>(
+        &self,
+        alloc: F,
+        value: Cow<'_, T>,
+        hash: u64,
+        shard: &RwLock<InternerShard<T>>,
+    ) -> Interned<T> {
+        let mut shard = shard.write().unwrap();
+        let inner = *shard
+            .table
+            .entry(hash, |k| **k == *value, |k| self.hasher.hash_one(&**k))
             .or_insert_with(|| alloc(value))
             .get();
         Interned { inner }