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kacerrandClaude Fable 5 b290957fc9 05-lru-cache: implement mutex-guarded LRU over container/list
map[string]*list.Element + doubly linked list; Get/Put move hits to the
front, Put evicts from the back when at capacity, and every method
(including Len) takes the mutex.

Add TestLenRacesWithPut, which calls Len concurrently with a writer —
the existing test only read Len after wg.Wait(), so an unsynchronized
Len would never trip the race detector there.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012MpK9niZm4jcs3mAJbxMfi
2026-09-02 09:34:08 +02:00

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// Exercise 05 — LRU Cache
//
// ASSIGNMENT
// ----------
// Implement a thread-safe LRU cache:
//
// 1. NewLRU(capacity): holds at most `capacity` entries.
// 2. Get(key): returns (value, true) and marks the entry most-recently-used;
// (nil, false) on miss.
// 3. Put(key, value): inserts or updates; updating also marks MRU.
// When over capacity, evicts the LEAST recently used entry.
// 4. Both operations O(1). (Hint: map + container/list, or hand-roll a
// doubly linked list.)
// 5. Safe for concurrent use (tests run with -race).
//
// Run the tests: go test -race ./05-lru-cache/
package main
import (
"container/list"
"fmt"
"sync"
)
type entry struct {
key string
val any
}
type LRU struct {
// TODO: fields (mutex, capacity, map[string]*list.Element, *list.List)
// Remember: the list element must store the KEY too, or you can't
// delete the map entry on eviction.
mu sync.Mutex
capacity int
lruList *list.List
kvMap map[string]*list.Element
}
// NewLRU creates an LRU cache with the given capacity (capacity >= 1).
// TODO: implement me.
func NewLRU(capacity int) *LRU {
return &LRU{capacity: capacity, lruList: list.New(), kvMap: make(map[string]*list.Element)}
}
// Get returns the value and whether it was present. Hit = mark MRU.
// TODO: implement me.
func (c *LRU) Get(key string) (any, bool) {
c.mu.Lock()
defer c.mu.Unlock()
if el, ok := c.kvMap[key]; ok {
c.lruList.MoveToFront(el)
return el.Value.(*entry).val, true
}
return nil, false
}
// Put inserts/updates a value, evicting the LRU entry if over capacity.
// TODO: implement me.
func (c *LRU) Put(key string, val any) {
// lock mutex
c.mu.Lock()
defer c.mu.Unlock()
// if key exists, update value and move it to the front of the list and return/quit
if el, ok := c.kvMap[key]; ok {
c.lruList.MoveToFront(el)
el.Value.(*entry).val = val
return
}
// if len > capacity, remove the last element from both the list and the map
if c.lruList.Len() >= c.capacity {
// remove last element from list
lastEl := c.lruList.Back()
c.lruList.Remove(lastEl)
// remove it by key from map
delete(c.kvMap, lastEl.Value.(*entry).key)
}
// if key doesn't exist, insert'
el := c.lruList.PushFront(&entry{key: key, val: val})
c.kvMap[key] = el
}
// Len returns the current number of entries.
// TODO: implement me.
func (c *LRU) Len() int {
c.mu.Lock()
defer c.mu.Unlock()
return c.lruList.Len()
}
func main() {
c := NewLRU(2)
c.Put("a", 1)
c.Put("b", 2)
c.Get("a") // a is now MRU
c.Put("c", 3) // evicts b
_, ok := c.Get("b")
fmt.Println("b present:", ok) // false
}