Sindbad~EG File Manager

// Block size used by the tiling algoritms
const BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 16;
// Number of segments used by the segmented block transpose function
const NBR_SEGMENTS: usize = 4;
// recursively split data until the number of rows and columns is below this number
const RECURSIVE_LIMIT: usize = 128;

// Largest size for for using the direct approach
const SMALL_LEN: usize = 255;
// Largest size for using the tiled approach
const MEDIUM_LEN: usize = 1024*1024;


/// Given an array of size width * height, representing a flattened 2D array,
/// transpose the rows and columns of that 2D array into the output.
/// Benchmarking shows that loop tiling isn't effective for small arrays.
unsafe fn transpose_small<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], width: usize, height: usize) {
    for x in 0..width {
        for y in 0..height {
            let input_index = x + y * width;
            let output_index = y + x * height;

            *output.get_unchecked_mut(output_index) = *input.get_unchecked(input_index);
        }
    }
}

// Transpose a subset of the array, from the input into the output. The idea is that by transposing one block at a time, we can be more cache-friendly
// SAFETY: Width * height must equal input.len() and output.len(), start_x + block_width must be <= width, start_y + block height must be <= height
unsafe fn transpose_block<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], width: usize, height: usize, start_x: usize, start_y: usize, block_width: usize, block_height: usize) {
    for inner_x in 0..block_width {
        for inner_y in 0..block_height {
            let x = start_x + inner_x;
            let y = start_y + inner_y;

            let input_index = x + y * width;
            let output_index = y + x * height;

            *output.get_unchecked_mut(output_index) = *input.get_unchecked(input_index);
        }
    }
}

// Transpose a subset of the array, from the input into the output. The idea is that by transposing one block at a time, we can be more cache-friendly
// SAFETY: Width * height must equal input.len() and output.len(), start_x + block_width must be <= width, start_y + block height must be <= height
// This function works as `transpose_block`, but also divides the loop into a number of segments. This makes it more cache fiendly for large sizes.
unsafe fn transpose_block_segmented<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], width: usize, height: usize, start_x: usize, start_y: usize, block_width: usize, block_height: usize) {
    let height_per_div = block_height/NBR_SEGMENTS;
    for subblock in 0..NBR_SEGMENTS {
        for inner_x in 0..block_width {
            for inner_y in 0..height_per_div {
                let x = start_x + inner_x;
                let y = start_y + inner_y + subblock*height_per_div;

                let input_index = x + y * width;
                let output_index = y + x * height;

                *output.get_unchecked_mut(output_index) = *input.get_unchecked(input_index);
            }
        }
    }
}

/// Given an array of size width * height, representing a flattened 2D array,
/// transpose the rows and columns of that 2D array into the output.
/// This algorithm divides the input into tiles of size BLOCK_SIZE*BLOCK_SIZE, 
/// in order to reduce cache misses. This works well for medium sizes, when the
/// data for each tile fits in the caches.  
fn transpose_tiled<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], input_width: usize, input_height: usize) {

    let x_block_count = input_width / BLOCK_SIZE;
    let y_block_count = input_height / BLOCK_SIZE;

    let remainder_x = input_width - x_block_count * BLOCK_SIZE;
    let remainder_y = input_height - y_block_count * BLOCK_SIZE;

    for y_block in 0..y_block_count {
        for x_block in 0..x_block_count {
            unsafe {
                transpose_block(
                    input, output,
                    input_width, input_height,
                    x_block * BLOCK_SIZE, y_block * BLOCK_SIZE,
                    BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE,
                    );
            }
        }

        //if the input_width is not cleanly divisible by block_size, there are still a few columns that haven't been transposed
        if remainder_x > 0 {
            unsafe {
                transpose_block(
                    input, output, 
                    input_width, input_height, 
                    input_width - remainder_x, y_block * BLOCK_SIZE, 
                    remainder_x, BLOCK_SIZE);
            }
        }
    }

    //if the input_height is not cleanly divisible by BLOCK_SIZE, there are still a few rows that haven't been transposed
    if remainder_y > 0 {
        for x_block in 0..x_block_count {
            unsafe {
                transpose_block(
                    input, output,
                    input_width, input_height,
                    x_block * BLOCK_SIZE, input_height - remainder_y,
                    BLOCK_SIZE, remainder_y,
                    );
            }
        }

        //if the input_width is not cleanly divisible by block_size, there are still a few rows+columns that haven't been transposed
        if remainder_x > 0 {
            unsafe {
                transpose_block(
                    input, output,
                    input_width, input_height, 
                    input_width - remainder_x, input_height - remainder_y, 
                    remainder_x, remainder_y);
            }
        }
    } 
}

/// Given an array of size width * height, representing a flattened 2D array,
/// transpose the rows and columns of that 2D array into the output.
/// This is a recursive algorithm that divides the array into smaller pieces, until they are small enough to
/// transpose directly without worrying about cache misses.
/// Once they are small enough, they are transposed using a tiling algorithm. 
fn transpose_recursive<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], row_start: usize, row_end: usize, col_start: usize, col_end:  usize, total_columns: usize, total_rows: usize) {
    let nbr_rows = row_end - row_start; 
    let nbr_cols = col_end - col_start;
    if (nbr_rows <= RECURSIVE_LIMIT && nbr_cols <= RECURSIVE_LIMIT) || nbr_rows<=2 || nbr_cols<=2 {
        let x_block_count = nbr_cols / BLOCK_SIZE;
        let y_block_count = nbr_rows / BLOCK_SIZE;

        let remainder_x = nbr_cols - x_block_count * BLOCK_SIZE;
        let remainder_y = nbr_rows - y_block_count * BLOCK_SIZE;


        for y_block in 0..y_block_count {
            for x_block in 0..x_block_count {
                unsafe {
                    transpose_block_segmented(
                        input, output,
                        total_columns, total_rows,
                        col_start + x_block * BLOCK_SIZE, row_start + y_block * BLOCK_SIZE,
                        BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE,
                        );
                }
            }

            //if the input_width is not cleanly divisible by block_size, there are still a few columns that haven't been transposed
            if remainder_x > 0 {
                unsafe {
                    transpose_block(
                        input, output,
                        total_columns, total_rows,
                        col_start + x_block_count * BLOCK_SIZE, row_start + y_block * BLOCK_SIZE, 
                        remainder_x, BLOCK_SIZE);
                }
            }
        }

        //if the input_height is not cleanly divisible by BLOCK_SIZE, there are still a few rows that haven't been transposed
        if remainder_y > 0 {
            for x_block in 0..x_block_count {
                unsafe {
                    transpose_block(
                        input, output,
                        total_columns, total_rows,
                        col_start + x_block * BLOCK_SIZE, row_start + y_block_count * BLOCK_SIZE,
                        BLOCK_SIZE, remainder_y,
                        );
                }
            }
        
            //if the input_width is not cleanly divisible by block_size, there are still a few rows+columns that haven't been transposed
            if remainder_x > 0 {
                unsafe {
                    transpose_block(
                        input, output,
                        total_columns, total_rows,
                        col_start + x_block_count * BLOCK_SIZE,  row_start + y_block_count * BLOCK_SIZE, 
                        remainder_x, remainder_y);
                }
            }
        } 
    } else if nbr_rows >= nbr_cols {
        transpose_recursive(input, output, row_start, row_start + (nbr_rows / 2), col_start, col_end, total_columns, total_rows);
        transpose_recursive(input, output, row_start + (nbr_rows / 2), row_end, col_start, col_end, total_columns, total_rows);
    } else {
        transpose_recursive(input, output, row_start, row_end, col_start, col_start + (nbr_cols / 2), total_columns, total_rows);
        transpose_recursive(input, output, row_start, row_end, col_start + (nbr_cols / 2), col_end, total_columns, total_rows);
    }
}


/// Transpose the input array into the output array. 
///
/// Given an input array of size input_width * input_height, representing flattened 2D data stored in row-major order,
/// transpose the rows and columns of that input array into the output array
/// ```
/// // row-major order: the rows of our 2D array are contiguous,
/// // and the columns are strided
/// let input_array = vec![ 1, 2, 3,
/// 						4, 5, 6];
/// 
/// // Treat our 6-element array as a 2D 3x2 array, and transpose it to a 2x3 array
/// let mut output_array = vec![0; 6];
/// transpose::transpose(&input_array, &mut output_array, 3, 2);
///
/// // The rows have become the columns, and the columns have become the rows
/// let expected_array =  vec![ 1, 4,
///								2, 5,
///								3, 6];
/// assert_eq!(output_array, expected_array);
///
/// // If we transpose it again, we should get our original data back.
/// let mut final_array = vec![0; 6];
/// transpose::transpose(&output_array, &mut final_array, 2, 3);
/// assert_eq!(final_array, input_array);
/// ```
///
/// # Panics
/// 
/// Panics if `input.len() != input_width * input_height` or if `output.len() != input_width * input_height`
pub fn transpose<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], input_width: usize, input_height: usize) {
    assert_eq!(input_width.checked_mul(input_height), Some(input.len()));
    assert_eq!(input.len(), output.len());
    if input.len() <= SMALL_LEN {
        unsafe { transpose_small(input, output, input_width, input_height) };
    }
    else if input.len() <= MEDIUM_LEN {
        transpose_tiled(input, output, input_width, input_height);
    }
    else {
        transpose_recursive(input, output, 0, input_height, 0, input_width, input_width, input_height);
    }
}