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+defmodule Excache.Eviction.Tracker do
+  @moduledoc false
+
+  # Per key access metadata for the LRU and LFU policies.
+  #
+  # The LFU counter follows Redis evict.c: it starts at LFU_INIT_VAL, grows
+  # logarithmically so a key read a million times cannot bury one read a
+  # thousand times, and decays by one unit for every lfu-decay-time minutes a
+  # key goes untouched. Both knobs and the random source are injectable so the
+  # behaviour is reproducible in tests; every timestamp is epoch milliseconds
+  # supplied by the caller, the tracker never reads the clock itself.
+
+  use GenServer
+
+  @lfuInitCounter 5
+  @lfuMaxCounter 255
+  @defaultLogFactor 10
+  @defaultDecayTime 1
+  @defaultSeed {1721, 4093, 8677}
+
+  def lfuInitCounter, do: @lfuInitCounter
+  def lfuMaxCounter, do: @lfuMaxCounter
+
+  def start_link(opts \\ []) do
+    {serverOpts, initOpts} = Keyword.split(opts, [:name])
+    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, initOpts, serverOpts)
+  end
+
+  def touch(server, key, now), do: GenServer.call(server, {:touch, key, now})
+
+  def touchAsync(server, key, now), do: GenServer.cast(server, {:touch, key, now})
+
+  def touchMany(server, keys, now), do: GenServer.call(server, {:touchMany, keys, now})
+
+  def forget(server, key), do: GenServer.call(server, {:forget, key})
+
+  def retain(server, keys), do: GenServer.call(server, {:retain, keys})
+
+  def clear(server), do: GenServer.call(server, :clear)
+
+  def size(server), do: GenServer.call(server, :size)
+
+  def lookup(server, key, now), do: GenServer.call(server, {:lookup, key, now})
+
+  def metadata(server, keys, now), do: GenServer.call(server, {:metadata, keys, now})
+
+  def snapshot(server, now), do: GenServer.call(server, {:snapshot, now})
+
+  def counter(server, key, now) do
+    case lookup(server, key, now) do
+      nil -> 0
+      meta -> meta.counter
+    end
+  end
+
+  def idleMs(server, key, now) do
+    case lookup(server, key, now) do
+      nil -> nil
+      meta -> meta.idleMs
+    end
+  end
+
+  def settings(server), do: GenServer.call(server, :settings)
+
+  @impl true
+  def init(opts) do
+    {:ok,
+     %{
+       access: %{},
+       logFactor: Keyword.get(opts, :logFactor, @defaultLogFactor),
+       decayTime: Keyword.get(opts, :decayTime, @defaultDecayTime),
+       randState: :rand.seed_s(:exsss, Keyword.get(opts, :seed, @defaultSeed))
+     }}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call({:touch, key, now}, _from, state) do
+    {counter, state} = register(state, key, now)
+    {:reply, counter, state}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call({:touchMany, keys, now}, _from, state) do
+    {counters, state} =
+      Enum.reduce(keys, {%{}, state}, fn key, {acc, current} ->
+        {counter, next} = register(current, key, now)
+        {Map.put(acc, key, counter), next}
+      end)
+
+    {:reply, counters, state}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call({:forget, key}, _from, state),
+    do: {:reply, :ok, %{state | access: Map.delete(state.access, key)}}
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call({:retain, keys}, _from, state),
+    do: {:reply, :ok, %{state | access: Map.take(state.access, keys)}}
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call(:clear, _from, state), do: {:reply, :ok, %{state | access: %{}}}
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call(:size, _from, state), do: {:reply, map_size(state.access), state}
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call({:lookup, key, now}, _from, state) do
+    reply =
+      case Map.fetch(state.access, key) do
+        :error -> nil
+        {:ok, meta} -> present(meta, now, state.decayTime)
+      end
+
+    {:reply, reply, state}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call({:metadata, keys, now}, _from, state) do
+    reply =
+      state.access
+      |> Map.take(keys)
+      |> Map.new(fn {key, meta} -> {key, present(meta, now, state.decayTime)} end)
+
+    {:reply, reply, state}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call({:snapshot, now}, _from, state) do
+    reply =
+      Map.new(state.access, fn {key, meta} -> {key, present(meta, now, state.decayTime)} end)
+
+    {:reply, reply, state}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call(:settings, _from, state) do
+    {:reply, %{logFactor: state.logFactor, decayTime: state.decayTime}, state}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_cast({:touch, key, now}, state) do
+    {_counter, state} = register(state, key, now)
+    {:noreply, state}
+  end
+
+  defp register(state, key, now) do
+    {counter, randState} =
+      case Map.fetch(state.access, key) do
+        :error ->
+          {@lfuInitCounter, state.randState}
+
+        {:ok, meta} ->
+          meta.counter
+          |> decay(meta.lastAccess, now, state.decayTime)
+          |> logIncrement(state.logFactor, state.randState)
+      end
+
+    access = Map.put(state.access, key, %{lastAccess: now, counter: counter})
+    {counter, %{state | access: access, randState: randState}}
+  end
+
+  defp logIncrement(@lfuMaxCounter, _logFactor, randState), do: {@lfuMaxCounter, randState}
+
+  defp logIncrement(counter, logFactor, randState) do
+    {roll, nextState} = :rand.uniform_s(randState)
+    baseval = max(counter - @lfuInitCounter, 0)
+    probability = 1.0 / (baseval * logFactor + 1)
+
+    if roll < probability, do: {counter + 1, nextState}, else: {counter, nextState}
+  end
+
+  defp decay(counter, _lastAccess, _now, decayTime) when decayTime <= 0, do: counter
+
+  defp decay(counter, lastAccess, now, decayTime) do
+    periods = div(div(max(now - lastAccess, 0), 60_000), decayTime)
+    max(counter - periods, 0)
+  end
+
+  defp present(meta, now, decayTime) do
+    %{
+      lastAccess: meta.lastAccess,
+      idleMs: max(now - meta.lastAccess, 0),
+      counter: decay(meta.counter, meta.lastAccess, now, decayTime)
+    }
+  end
+end