1. SkipList（跳表），在理论上能够在O(log(n))时间内完成查找、插入、删除操作。SkipList是一种红黑树的替代方案，由于SkipList与红黑树相比无论从理论和实现都简单许多，所以得到了很好的推广。SkipList是基于一种统计学原理实现的，有可能出现最坏情况，即查找和更新操作都是O(n)时间复杂度，但从统计学角度分析这种概率极小。使用SkipList类型的数据结构更容易控制多线程对集合访问的处理，因为链表的局部处理性比较好，当多个线程对SkipList进行更新操作（指插入和删除）时，SkipList具有较好的局部性，每个单独的操作，对整体数据结构影响较小。而如果使用红黑树，很可能一个更新操作，将会波及整个树的结构，其局部性较差。因此使用SkipList更适合实现多个线程的并发处理。
2. ConcurrentSkipListMap采用Lock-Free Skip List实现。非并发版TreeMap是红黑树实现的，而为什么并发版本不采用树形结构呢，作者Doug Lea也说了，暂时没有很好的无锁操作树形结构的算法：The reason is that there are no known efficient lock-free insertion and deletion algorithms for search trees. 据说已经有lock-free trees的论文了: Lock-Free
Red-Black Trees Using CAS，相关问题可以参见Skip List vs. Binary Tree的讨论。
3. 调用ConcurrentSkipListMap的size时，由于多个线程可以同时对映射表进行操作，所以映射表需要遍历整个链表才能返回元素个数，这个操作是个O(log(n))的操作。
ConcurrentSkipListMap能够采用无锁实现，是因为采用了无锁操作（增加/删除）链表的算法--在删除链表结点时，使用标记删除的思想，先将结点value设置为null（步骤1），然后插入一个后继marker结点（步骤2，如果失败则说明有并发的insert，重试append marker就好了）。以后在查找发现marker结点时才进行真正的删除（步骤3）。这样设计让insert/delete操作需要竞争修改同一个结点的next指针，避免了并发操作出现insert被吃掉的情况（例如并发insert/delete操作单链表时，线程A
insert了一个结点x到n结点后面，而此时线程B立即delete掉了n结点，如果不加锁或者append marker标记的话，新结点x就被一起误删了）。下面的算法描述来源于该类的doc注释：
* Here's the sequence of events for a deletion of node n with
* predecessor b and successor f, initially:
*
* +------+ +------+ +------+
* ... | b |------>| n |----->| f | ...
* +------+ +------+ +------+
*
* 1. CAS n's value field from non-null to null.
* From this point on, no public operations encountering
* the node consider this mapping to exist. However, other
* ongoing insertions and deletions might still modify
* n's next pointer.
*
* 2. CAS n's next pointer to point to a new marker node.
* From this point on, no other nodes can be appended to n.
* which avoids deletion errors in CAS-based linked lists.
*
* +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+
* ... | b |------>| n |----->|marker|------>| f | ...
* +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+
*
* 3. CAS b's next pointer over both n and its marker.
* From this point on, no new traversals will encounter n,
* and it can eventually be GCed.
* +------+ +------+
* ... | b |----------------------------------->| f | ...
* +------+ +------+
*
/*
* This class implements a tree-like two-dimensionally linked skip
* list in which the index levels are represented in separate
* nodes from the base nodes holding data. There are two reasons
* for taking this approach instead of the usual array-based
* structure: 1) Array based implementations seem to encounter
* more complexity and overhead 2) We can use cheaper algorithms
* for the heavily-traversed index lists than can be used for the
* base lists. Here's a picture of some of the basics for a
* possible list with 2 levels of index:
*
* Head nodes Index nodes
* +-+ right +-+ +-+
* |2|---------------->| |--------------------->| |->null
* +-+ +-+ +-+
* | down | |
* v v v
* +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
* |1|----------->| |->| |------>| |----------->| |------>| |->null
* +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
* v | | | | |
* Nodes next v v v v v
* +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
* | |->|A|->|B|->|C|->|D|->|E|->|F|->|G|->|H|->|I|->|J|->|K|->null
* +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
*
Node：
/**
* Nodes hold keys and values, and are singly linked in sorted
* order, possibly with some intervening marker nodes. The list is
* headed by a dummy node accessible as head.node. The value field
* is declared only as Object because it takes special non-V
* values for marker and header nodes.
*/
static final class Node<K,V> {
final K key;
volatile Object value;
volatile Node<K,V> next;
/**
* Creates a new regular node.
*/
Node(K key, Object value, Node<K,V> next) {
this.key = key;
this.value = value;
this.next = next;
}
/**
* Creates a new marker node. A marker is distinguished by
* having its value field point to itself. Marker nodes also
* have null keys, a fact that is exploited in a few places,
* but this doesn't distinguish markers from the base-level
* header node (head.node), which also has a null key.
*/
Node(Node<K,V> next) {
this.key = null;
this.value = this;
this.next = next;
}
/**
* compareAndSet value field
*/
boolean casValue(Object cmp, Object val) {
return UNSAFE.compareAndSwapObject(this, valueOffset, cmp, val);
}
/**
* compareAndSet next field
*/
boolean casNext(Node<K,V> cmp, Node<K,V> val) {
return UNSAFE.compareAndSwapObject(this, nextOffset, cmp, val);
}
/**
* Returns true if this node is a marker. This method isn't
* actually called in any current code checking for markers
* because callers will have already read value field and need
* to use that read (not another done here) and so directly
* test if value points to node.
*
* @return true if this node is a marker node
*/
boolean isMarker() {
return value == this;
}
/**
* Returns true if this node is the header of base-level list.
* @return true if this node is header node
*/
boolean isBaseHeader() {
return value == BASE_HEADER;
}
/**
* Tries to append a deletion marker to this node.
* @param f the assumed current successor of this node
* @return true if successful
*/
boolean appendMarker(Node<K,V> f) {
return casNext(f, new Node<K,V>(f));
}
/**
* Helps out a deletion by appending marker or unlinking from
* predecessor. This is called during traversals when value
* field seen to be null.
* @param b predecessor
* @param f successor
*/
void helpDelete(Node<K,V> b, Node<K,V> f) {
/*
* Rechecking links and then doing only one of the
* help-out stages per call tends to minimize CAS
* interference among helping threads.
*/
if (f == next && this == b.next) {
if (f == null || f.value != f) // not already marked
casNext(f, new Node<K,V>(f));
else
b.casNext(this, f.next);
}
}
......
} /**
* Index nodes represent the levels of the skip list. Note that
* even though both Nodes and Indexes have forward-pointing
* fields, they have different types and are handled in different
* ways, that can't nicely be captured by placing field in a
* shared abstract class.
*/
static class Index<K,V> {
final Node<K,V> node;
final Index<K,V> down;
volatile Index<K,V> right;
/**
* Creates index node with given values.
*/
Index(Node<K,V> node, Index<K,V> down, Index<K,V> right) {
this.node = node;
this.down = down;
this.right = right;
}
/**
* compareAndSet right field
*/
final boolean casRight(Index<K,V> cmp, Index<K,V> val) {
return UNSAFE.compareAndSwapObject(this, rightOffset, cmp, val);
}
/**
* Returns true if the node this indexes has been deleted.
* @return true if indexed node is known to be deleted
*/
final boolean indexesDeletedNode() {
return node.value == null;
}
/**
* Tries to CAS newSucc as successor. To minimize races with
* unlink that may lose this index node, if the node being
* indexed is known to be deleted, it doesn't try to link in.
* @param succ the expected current successor
* @param newSucc the new successor
* @return true if successful
*/
final boolean link(Index<K,V> succ, Index<K,V> newSucc) {
Node<K,V> n = node;
newSucc.right = succ;
return n.value != null && casRight(succ, newSucc);
}
/**
* Tries to CAS right field to skip over apparent successor
* succ. Fails (forcing a retraversal by caller) if this node
* is known to be deleted.
* @param succ the expected current successor
* @return true if successful
*/
final boolean unlink(Index<K,V> succ) {
return node.value != null && casRight(succ, succ.right);
}
......
} /**
* Nodes heading each level keep track of their level.
*/
static final class HeadIndex<K,V> extends Index<K,V> {
final int level;
HeadIndex(Node<K,V> node, Index<K,V> down, Index<K,V> right, int level) {
super(node, down, right);
this.level = level;
}
} public ConcurrentSkipListMap() {
this.comparator = null;
initialize();
}
/**
* Constructs a new, empty map, sorted according to the specified
* comparator.
*
* @param comparator the comparator that will be used to order this map.
* If {@code null}, the {@linkplain Comparable natural
* ordering} of the keys will be used.
*/
public ConcurrentSkipListMap(Comparator<? super K> comparator) {
this.comparator = comparator;
initialize();
}
public ConcurrentSkipListMap(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> m) {
this.comparator = null;
initialize();
putAll(m);
}
public ConcurrentSkipListMap(SortedMap<K, ? extends V> m) {
this.comparator = m.comparator();
initialize();
buildFromSorted(m);
} /**
* Initializes or resets state. Needed by constructors, clone,
* clear, readObject. and ConcurrentSkipListSet.clone.
* (Note that comparator must be separately initialized.)
*/
private void initialize() {
keySet = null;
entrySet = null;
values = null;
descendingMap = null;
head = new HeadIndex<K,V>(new Node<K,V>(null, BASE_HEADER, null),
null, null, 1);
}
/**
* Gets value for key. Almost the same as findNode, but returns
* the found value (to avoid retries during re-reads)
*
* @param key the key
* @return the value, or null if absent
*/
private V doGet(Object key) {
if (key == null)
throw new NullPointerException();
Comparator<? super K> cmp = comparator;
outer: for (;;) {
for (Node<K,V> b = findPredecessor(key, cmp), n = b.next;;) {
Object v; int c;
if (n == null)
break outer;
Node<K,V> f = n.next;
if (n != b.next) // inconsistent read
break;
if ((v = n.value) == null) { // n is deleted
n.helpDelete(b, f);
break;
}
if (b.value == null || v == n) // b is deleted
break;
if ((c = cpr(cmp, key, n.key)) == 0) {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") V vv = (V)v;
return vv;
}
if (c < 0)
break outer;
b = n;
n = f;
}
}
return null;
}
通过索引查找到Level 1层的Index结点q，然后返回q.node（即base level层的Node）。另外该方法还提供一个额外功能：发现Node结点被删除后，删除其Index索引结点。
/**
* Returns a base-level node with key strictly less than given key,
* or the base-level header if there is no such node. Also
* unlinks indexes to deleted nodes found along the way. Callers
* rely on this side-effect of clearing indices to deleted nodes.
* @param key the key
* @return a predecessor of key
*/
private Node<K,V> findPredecessor(Object key, Comparator<? super K> cmp) {
if (key == null)
throw new NullPointerException(); // don't postpone errors
for (;;) {
for (Index<K,V> q = head, r = q.right, d;;) {
if (r != null) {
Node<K,V> n = r.node;
K k = n.key;
if (n.value == null) {//发现结点已被标记删除，则调用前继结点q.unlink()方法删除Index索引结点
if (!q.unlink(r))
break; // restart
r = q.right; // reread r
continue;
}
if (cpr(cmp, key, k) > 0) {
q = r;
r = r.right;
continue;
}
}
if ((d = q.down) == null)
return q.node;
q = d;
r = d.right;
}
}
}
第一步，outer循环，搜索Skip List，找到key相等的结点则做更新操作，否则创建新结点并插入到base level层。
第二步，判断是否要帮助新增结点创建索引，如果要，使用随机数计算得到level值，作为要创建索引的层数。如果level>当前head.level，则要提升总Level层数(每次Level层数只增加1)，并cas更新head属性。然后构建Level 1 到level层的Index结点链（通过链接Index.down指针，后续再补建Index.right指针）。
第三步，splice循环，从level层开始逐层补建Index.right指针。
/**
* Main insertion method. Adds element if not present, or
* replaces value if present and onlyIfAbsent is false.
* @param key the key
* @param value the value that must be associated with key
* @param onlyIfAbsent if should not insert if already present
* @return the old value, or null if newly inserted
*/
private V doPut(K key, V value, boolean onlyIfAbsent) {
Node<K,V> z; // added node
if (key == null)
throw new NullPointerException();
Comparator<? super K> cmp = comparator;
outer: for (;;) {
for (Node<K,V> b = findPredecessor(key, cmp), n = b.next;;) {
if (n != null) {
Object v; int c;
Node<K,V> f = n.next;
if (n != b.next) // inconsistent read
break;
if ((v = n.value) == null) { // n is deleted
n.helpDelete(b, f);
break;
}
if (b.value == null || v == n) // b is deleted
break;
if ((c = cpr(cmp, key, n.key)) > 0) {
b = n;
n = f;
continue;
}
if (c == 0) {
if (onlyIfAbsent || n.casValue(v, value)) {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") V vv = (V)v;
return vv;
}
break; // restart if lost race to replace value
}
// else c < 0; fall through
}
z = new Node<K,V>(key, value, n);
if (!b.casNext(n, z))
break; // restart if lost race to append to b
break outer;
}
}
int rnd = ThreadLocalRandom.nextSecondarySeed();
if ((rnd & 0x80000001) == 0) { // test highest and lowest bits
int level = 1, max;
while (((rnd >>>= 1) & 1) != 0)
++level;
Index<K,V> idx = null;
HeadIndex<K,V> h = head;
if (level <= (max = h.level)) {
for (int i = 1; i <= level; ++i)
idx = new Index<K,V>(z, idx, null);
}
else { // try to grow by one level
level = max + 1; // hold in array and later pick the one to use
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")Index<K,V>[] idxs =
(Index<K,V>[])new Index<?,?>[level+1];
for (int i = 1; i <= level; ++i)
idxs[i] = idx = new Index<K,V>(z, idx, null);
for (;;) {
h = head;
int oldLevel = h.level;
if (level <= oldLevel) // lost race to add level
break;
HeadIndex<K,V> newh = h;
Node<K,V> oldbase = h.node;
for (int j = oldLevel+1; j <= level; ++j)
newh = new HeadIndex<K,V>(oldbase, newh, idxs[j], j);
if (casHead(h, newh)) {
h = newh;
idx = idxs[level = oldLevel];
break;
}
}
}
// find insertion points and splice in
splice: for (int insertionLevel = level;;) {
int j = h.level;
for (Index<K,V> q = h, r = q.right, t = idx;;) {
if (q == null || t == null)
break splice;
if (r != null) {
Node<K,V> n = r.node;
// compare before deletion check avoids needing recheck
int c = cpr(cmp, key, n.key);
if (n.value == null) {
if (!q.unlink(r))
break;
r = q.right;
continue;
}
if (c > 0) {
q = r;
r = r.right;
continue;
}
}
if (j == insertionLevel) {
if (!q.link(r, t))
break; // restart
if (t.node.value == null) {
findNode(key);
break splice;
}
if (--insertionLevel == 0)
break splice;
}
if (--j >= insertionLevel && j < level)
t = t.down;
q = q.down;
r = q.right;
}
}
}
return null;
}
该方法流程类似doGet()，查找到base level层的Node结点后，做标记删除n.casValue(v, null)，并append Marker结点。后续利用findPredecessor方法清除无效的Index索引结点。
/**
* Main deletion method. Locates node, nulls value, appends a
* deletion marker, unlinks predecessor, removes associated index
* nodes, and possibly reduces head index level.
*
* Index nodes are cleared out simply by calling findPredecessor.
* which unlinks indexes to deleted nodes found along path to key,
* which will include the indexes to this node. This is done
* unconditionally. We can't check beforehand whether there are
* index nodes because it might be the case that some or all
* indexes hadn't been inserted yet for this node during initial
* search for it, and we'd like to ensure lack of garbage
* retention, so must call to be sure.
*
* @param key the key
* @param value if non-null, the value that must be
* associated with key
* @return the node, or null if not found
*/
final V doRemove(Object key, Object value) {
if (key == null)
throw new NullPointerException();
Comparator<? super K> cmp = comparator;
outer: for (;;) {
for (Node<K,V> b = findPredecessor(key, cmp), n = b.next;;) {
Object v; int c;
if (n == null)
break outer;
Node<K,V> f = n.next;
if (n != b.next) // inconsistent read
break;
if ((v = n.value) == null) { // n is deleted
n.helpDelete(b, f);
break;
}
if (b.value == null || v == n) // b is deleted
break;
if ((c = cpr(cmp, key, n.key)) < 0)
break outer;
if (c > 0) {
b = n;
n = f;
continue;
}
if (value != null && !value.equals(v))
break outer;
if (!n.casValue(v, null))//标记删除
break;
if (!n.appendMarker(f) || !b.casNext(n, f))//插入marker结点
findNode(key); // retry via findNode
else {
findPredecessor(key, cmp); // clean index
if (head.right == null)
tryReduceLevel();
}
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") V vv = (V)v;
return vv;
}
}
return null;
}
SkipList 跳表 (skip list原理)
集合框架 Map篇（5）----ConcurrentSkipListMap (原理介绍，以及基于jdk1.6源码解析，不建议看，因为到jdk8很多实现已经不同了)
原文地址：http://blog.csdn.net/patrickyoung6625/article/details/45011411
