X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/redis.git/blobdiff_plain/4005fef12415087aed9bdfa4c1baadbb7a558bfb..55017f9da0c8ee8709029c4dbdbf4f1d4db4a181:/redis.c

diff --git a/redis.c b/redis.c
index 9e5bc94a..1bdd1421 100644
--- a/redis.c
+++ b/redis.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 #define REDIS_CONFIGLINE_MAX    1024
 #define REDIS_OBJFREELIST_MAX   1000000 /* Max number of objects to cache */
 #define REDIS_MAX_SYNC_TIME     60      /* Slave can't take more to sync */
-#define REDIS_EXPIRELOOKUPS_PER_CRON    10 /* try to expire 10 keys/loop */
+#define REDIS_EXPIRELOOKUPS_PER_CRON    10 /* lookup 10 expires per loop */
 #define REDIS_MAX_WRITE_PER_EVENT (1024*64)
 #define REDIS_REQUEST_MAX_SIZE (1024*1024*256) /* max bytes in inline command */
 
@@ -342,8 +342,6 @@ struct redisServer {
     int port;
     int fd;
     redisDb *db;
-    dict *sharingpool;          /* Poll used for object sharing */
-    unsigned int sharingpoolsize;
     long long dirty;            /* changes to DB from the last save */
     list *clients;
     list *slaves, *monitors;
@@ -381,6 +379,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     char *requirepass;
     int shareobjects;
     int rdbcompression;
+    int activerehashing;
     /* Replication related */
     int isslave;
     char *masterauth;
@@ -507,6 +506,7 @@ typedef struct zset {
 
 /* Our shared "common" objects */
 
+#define REDIS_SHARED_INTEGERS 10000
 struct sharedObjectsStruct {
     robj *crlf, *ok, *err, *emptybulk, *czero, *cone, *pong, *space,
     *colon, *nullbulk, *nullmultibulk, *queued,
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ struct sharedObjectsStruct {
     *select0, *select1, *select2, *select3, *select4,
     *select5, *select6, *select7, *select8, *select9,
     *messagebulk, *subscribebulk, *unsubscribebulk, *mbulk3,
-    *psubscribebulk, *punsubscribebulk;
+    *psubscribebulk, *punsubscribebulk, *integers[REDIS_SHARED_INTEGERS];
 } shared;
 
 /* Global vars that are actally used as constants. The following double
@@ -558,8 +558,7 @@ static robj *dupStringObject(robj *o);
 static void replicationFeedSlaves(list *slaves, int dictid, robj **argv, int argc);
 static void feedAppendOnlyFile(struct redisCommand *cmd, int dictid, robj **argv, int argc);
 static int syncWithMaster(void);
-static robj *tryObjectSharing(robj *o);
-static int tryObjectEncoding(robj *o);
+static robj *tryObjectEncoding(robj *o);
 static robj *getDecodedObject(robj *o);
 static int removeExpire(redisDb *db, robj *key);
 static int expireIfNeeded(redisDb *db, robj *key);
@@ -706,7 +705,10 @@ static void substrCommand(redisClient *c);
 static void zrankCommand(redisClient *c);
 static void zrevrankCommand(redisClient *c);
 static void hsetCommand(redisClient *c);
+static void hsetnxCommand(redisClient *c);
 static void hgetCommand(redisClient *c);
+static void hmsetCommand(redisClient *c);
+static void hmgetCommand(redisClient *c);
 static void hdelCommand(redisClient *c);
 static void hlenCommand(redisClient *c);
 static void zremrangebyrankCommand(redisClient *c);
@@ -782,8 +784,11 @@ static struct redisCommand cmdTable[] = {
     {"zrank",zrankCommand,3,REDIS_CMD_BULK,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"zrevrank",zrevrankCommand,3,REDIS_CMD_BULK,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"hset",hsetCommand,4,REDIS_CMD_BULK|REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
-    {"hincrby",hincrbyCommand,4,REDIS_CMD_INLINE|REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"hsetnx",hsetnxCommand,4,REDIS_CMD_BULK|REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"hget",hgetCommand,3,REDIS_CMD_BULK,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"hmset",hmsetCommand,-4,REDIS_CMD_BULK|REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"hmget",hmgetCommand,-3,REDIS_CMD_BULK,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"hincrby",hincrbyCommand,4,REDIS_CMD_INLINE|REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"hdel",hdelCommand,3,REDIS_CMD_BULK,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"hlen",hlenCommand,2,REDIS_CMD_INLINE,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"hkeys",hkeysCommand,2,REDIS_CMD_INLINE,NULL,1,1,1},
@@ -1199,16 +1204,28 @@ static void tryResizeHashTables(void) {
     int j;
 
     for (j = 0; j < server.dbnum; j++) {
-        if (htNeedsResize(server.db[j].dict)) {
-            redisLog(REDIS_VERBOSE,"The hash table %d is too sparse, resize it...",j);
+        if (htNeedsResize(server.db[j].dict))
             dictResize(server.db[j].dict);
-            redisLog(REDIS_VERBOSE,"Hash table %d resized.",j);
-        }
         if (htNeedsResize(server.db[j].expires))
             dictResize(server.db[j].expires);
     }
 }
 
+/* Our hash table implementation performs rehashing incrementally while
+ * we write/read from the hash table. Still if the server is idle, the hash
+ * table will use two tables for a long time. So we try to use 1 millisecond
+ * of CPU time at every serverCron() loop in order to rehash some key. */
+static void incrementallyRehash(void) {
+    int j;
+
+    for (j = 0; j < server.dbnum; j++) {
+        if (dictIsRehashing(server.db[j].dict)) {
+            dictRehashMilliseconds(server.db[j].dict,1);
+            break; /* already used our millisecond for this loop... */
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /* A background saving child (BGSAVE) terminated its work. Handle this. */
 void backgroundSaveDoneHandler(int statloc) {
     int exitcode = WEXITSTATUS(statloc);
@@ -1223,7 +1240,7 @@ void backgroundSaveDoneHandler(int statloc) {
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "Background saving error");
     } else {
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
-            "Background saving terminated by signal");
+            "Background saving terminated by signal %d", WTERMSIG(statloc));
         rdbRemoveTempFile(server.bgsavechildpid);
     }
     server.bgsavechildpid = -1;
@@ -1284,7 +1301,8 @@ void backgroundRewriteDoneHandler(int statloc) {
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "Background append only file rewriting error");
     } else {
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
-            "Background append only file rewriting terminated by signal");
+            "Background append only file rewriting terminated by signal %d",
+            WTERMSIG(statloc));
     }
 cleanup:
     sdsfree(server.bgrewritebuf);
@@ -1293,6 +1311,19 @@ cleanup:
     server.bgrewritechildpid = -1;
 }
 
+/* This function is called once a background process of some kind terminates,
+ * as we want to avoid resizing the hash tables when there is a child in order
+ * to play well with copy-on-write (otherwise when a resize happens lots of
+ * memory pages are copied). The goal of this function is to update the ability
+ * for dict.c to resize the hash tables accordingly to the fact we have o not
+ * running childs. */
+static void updateDictResizePolicy(void) {
+    if (server.bgsavechildpid == -1 && server.bgrewritechildpid == -1)
+        dictEnableResize();
+    else
+        dictDisableResize();
+}
+
 static int serverCron(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id, void *clientData) {
     int j, loops = server.cronloops++;
     REDIS_NOTUSED(eventLoop);
@@ -1324,15 +1355,17 @@ static int serverCron(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id, void *clientD
      * if we resize the HT while there is the saving child at work actually
      * a lot of memory movements in the parent will cause a lot of pages
      * copied. */
-    if (server.bgsavechildpid == -1 && !(loops % 10)) tryResizeHashTables();
+    if (server.bgsavechildpid == -1 && server.bgrewritechildpid == -1) {
+        if (!(loops % 10)) tryResizeHashTables();
+        if (server.activerehashing) incrementallyRehash();
+    }
 
     /* Show information about connected clients */
     if (!(loops % 50)) {
-        redisLog(REDIS_VERBOSE,"%d clients connected (%d slaves), %zu bytes in use, %d shared objects",
+        redisLog(REDIS_VERBOSE,"%d clients connected (%d slaves), %zu bytes in use",
             listLength(server.clients)-listLength(server.slaves),
             listLength(server.slaves),
-            zmalloc_used_memory(),
-            dictSize(server.sharingpool));
+            zmalloc_used_memory());
     }
 
     /* Close connections of timedout clients */
@@ -1350,6 +1383,7 @@ static int serverCron(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id, void *clientD
             } else {
                 backgroundRewriteDoneHandler(statloc);
             }
+            updateDictResizePolicy();
         }
     } else {
         /* If there is not a background saving in progress check if
@@ -1469,6 +1503,8 @@ static void beforeSleep(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop) {
 }
 
 static void createSharedObjects(void) {
+    int j;
+
     shared.crlf = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew("\r\n"));
     shared.ok = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew("+OK\r\n"));
     shared.err = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew("-ERR\r\n"));
@@ -1509,6 +1545,10 @@ static void createSharedObjects(void) {
     shared.psubscribebulk = createStringObject("$10\r\npsubscribe\r\n",17);
     shared.punsubscribebulk = createStringObject("$12\r\npunsubscribe\r\n",19);
     shared.mbulk3 = createStringObject("*3\r\n",4);
+    for (j = 0; j < REDIS_SHARED_INTEGERS; j++) {
+        shared.integers[j] = createObject(REDIS_STRING,(void*)(long)j);
+        shared.integers[j]->encoding = REDIS_ENCODING_INT;
+    }
 }
 
 static void appendServerSaveParams(time_t seconds, int changes) {
@@ -1545,7 +1585,7 @@ static void initServerConfig() {
     server.requirepass = NULL;
     server.shareobjects = 0;
     server.rdbcompression = 1;
-    server.sharingpoolsize = 1024;
+    server.activerehashing = 1;
     server.maxclients = 0;
     server.blpop_blocked_clients = 0;
     server.maxmemory = 0;
@@ -1598,7 +1638,6 @@ static void initServer() {
     createSharedObjects();
     server.el = aeCreateEventLoop();
     server.db = zmalloc(sizeof(redisDb)*server.dbnum);
-    server.sharingpool = dictCreate(&setDictType,NULL);
     server.fd = anetTcpServer(server.neterr, server.port, server.bindaddr);
     if (server.fd == -1) {
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "Opening TCP port: %s", server.neterr);
@@ -1669,15 +1708,12 @@ static void loadServerConfig(char *filename) {
     char buf[REDIS_CONFIGLINE_MAX+1], *err = NULL;
     int linenum = 0;
     sds line = NULL;
-    char *errormsg = "Fatal error, can't open config file '%s'";
-    char *errorbuf = zmalloc(sizeof(char)*(strlen(errormsg)+strlen(filename)));
-    sprintf(errorbuf, errormsg, filename);
 
     if (filename[0] == '-' && filename[1] == '\0')
         fp = stdin;
     else {
         if ((fp = fopen(filename,"r")) == NULL) {
-            redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, errorbuf);
+            redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "Fatal error, can't open config file '%s'", filename);
             exit(1);
         }
     }
@@ -1783,10 +1819,9 @@ static void loadServerConfig(char *filename) {
             if ((server.rdbcompression = yesnotoi(argv[1])) == -1) {
                 err = "argument must be 'yes' or 'no'"; goto loaderr;
             }
-        } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"shareobjectspoolsize") && argc == 2) {
-            server.sharingpoolsize = atoi(argv[1]);
-            if (server.sharingpoolsize < 1) {
-                err = "invalid object sharing pool size"; goto loaderr;
+        } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"activerehashing") && argc == 2) {
+            if ((server.activerehashing = yesnotoi(argv[1])) == -1) {
+                err = "argument must be 'yes' or 'no'"; goto loaderr;
             }
         } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"daemonize") && argc == 2) {
             if ((server.daemonize = yesnotoi(argv[1])) == -1) {
@@ -1964,7 +1999,7 @@ static void sendReplyToClient(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask)
 
     /* Use writev() if we have enough buffers to send */
     if (!server.glueoutputbuf &&
-        listLength(c->reply) > REDIS_WRITEV_THRESHOLD && 
+        listLength(c->reply) > REDIS_WRITEV_THRESHOLD &&
         !(c->flags & REDIS_MASTER))
     {
         sendReplyToClientWritev(el, fd, privdata, mask);
@@ -2042,7 +2077,7 @@ static void sendReplyToClientWritev(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int
             o = listNodeValue(node);
             objlen = sdslen(o->ptr);
 
-            if (totwritten + objlen - offset > REDIS_MAX_WRITE_PER_EVENT) 
+            if (totwritten + objlen - offset > REDIS_MAX_WRITE_PER_EVENT)
                 break;
 
             if(ion == REDIS_WRITEV_IOVEC_COUNT)
@@ -2090,7 +2125,7 @@ static void sendReplyToClientWritev(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int
         }
     }
 
-    if (totwritten > 0) 
+    if (totwritten > 0)
         c->lastinteraction = time(NULL);
 
     if (listLength(c->reply) == 0) {
@@ -2267,15 +2302,9 @@ static int processCommand(redisClient *c) {
             return 1;
         }
     }
-    /* Let's try to share objects on the command arguments vector */
-    if (server.shareobjects) {
-        int j;
-        for(j = 1; j < c->argc; j++)
-            c->argv[j] = tryObjectSharing(c->argv[j]);
-    }
     /* Let's try to encode the bulk object to save space. */
     if (cmd->flags & REDIS_CMD_BULK)
-        tryObjectEncoding(c->argv[c->argc-1]);
+        c->argv[c->argc-1] = tryObjectEncoding(c->argv[c->argc-1]);
 
     /* Check if the user is authenticated */
     if (server.requirepass && !c->authenticated && cmd->proc != authCommand) {
@@ -2294,7 +2323,8 @@ static int processCommand(redisClient *c) {
     }
 
     /* Only allow SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE in the context of Pub/Sub */
-    if (dictSize(c->pubsub_channels) > 0 &&
+    if ((dictSize(c->pubsub_channels) > 0 || listLength(c->pubsub_patterns) > 0)
+        &&
         cmd->proc != subscribeCommand && cmd->proc != unsubscribeCommand &&
         cmd->proc != psubscribeCommand && cmd->proc != punsubscribeCommand) {
         addReplySds(c,sdsnew("-ERR only (P)SUBSCRIBE / (P)UNSUBSCRIBE / QUIT allowed in this context\r\n"));
@@ -2406,7 +2436,7 @@ again:
         if (p) {
             sds query, *argv;
             int argc, j;
-            
+
             query = c->querybuf;
             c->querybuf = sdsempty();
             querylen = 1+(p-(query));
@@ -2601,6 +2631,21 @@ static void addReplyLong(redisClient *c, long l) {
     addReplySds(c,sdsnewlen(buf,len));
 }
 
+static void addReplyLongLong(redisClient *c, long long ll) {
+    char buf[128];
+    size_t len;
+
+    if (ll == 0) {
+        addReply(c,shared.czero);
+        return;
+    } else if (ll == 1) {
+        addReply(c,shared.cone);
+        return;
+    }
+    len = snprintf(buf,sizeof(buf),":%lld\r\n",ll);
+    addReplySds(c,sdsnewlen(buf,len));
+}
+
 static void addReplyUlong(redisClient *c, unsigned long ul) {
     char buf[128];
     size_t len;
@@ -2800,7 +2845,6 @@ static void freeHashObject(robj *o) {
 }
 
 static void incrRefCount(robj *o) {
-    redisAssert(!server.vm_enabled || o->storage == REDIS_VM_MEMORY);
     o->refcount++;
 }
 
@@ -2812,9 +2856,6 @@ static void decrRefCount(void *obj) {
     if (server.vm_enabled &&
         (o->storage == REDIS_VM_SWAPPED || o->storage == REDIS_VM_LOADING))
     {
-        if (o->storage == REDIS_VM_SWAPPED || o->storage == REDIS_VM_LOADING) {
-            redisAssert(o->refcount == 1);
-        }
         if (o->storage == REDIS_VM_LOADING) vmCancelThreadedIOJob(obj);
         redisAssert(o->type == REDIS_STRING);
         freeStringObject(o);
@@ -2927,51 +2968,6 @@ static int deleteKey(redisDb *db, robj *key) {
     return retval == DICT_OK;
 }
 
-/* Try to share an object against the shared objects pool */
-static robj *tryObjectSharing(robj *o) {
-    struct dictEntry *de;
-    unsigned long c;
-
-    if (o == NULL || server.shareobjects == 0) return o;
-
-    redisAssert(o->type == REDIS_STRING);
-    de = dictFind(server.sharingpool,o);
-    if (de) {
-        robj *shared = dictGetEntryKey(de);
-
-        c = ((unsigned long) dictGetEntryVal(de))+1;
-        dictGetEntryVal(de) = (void*) c;
-        incrRefCount(shared);
-        decrRefCount(o);
-        return shared;
-    } else {
-        /* Here we are using a stream algorihtm: Every time an object is
-         * shared we increment its count, everytime there is a miss we
-         * recrement the counter of a random object. If this object reaches
-         * zero we remove the object and put the current object instead. */
-        if (dictSize(server.sharingpool) >=
-                server.sharingpoolsize) {
-            de = dictGetRandomKey(server.sharingpool);
-            redisAssert(de != NULL);
-            c = ((unsigned long) dictGetEntryVal(de))-1;
-            dictGetEntryVal(de) = (void*) c;
-            if (c == 0) {
-                dictDelete(server.sharingpool,de->key);
-            }
-        } else {
-            c = 0; /* If the pool is empty we want to add this object */
-        }
-        if (c == 0) {
-            int retval;
-
-            retval = dictAdd(server.sharingpool,o,(void*)1);
-            redisAssert(retval == DICT_OK);
-            incrRefCount(o);
-        }
-        return o;
-    }
-}
-
 /* Check if the nul-terminated string 's' can be represented by a long
  * (that is, is a number that fits into long without any other space or
  * character before or after the digits).
@@ -2982,7 +2978,7 @@ static int isStringRepresentableAsLong(sds s, long *longval) {
     char buf[32], *endptr;
     long value;
     int slen;
-    
+
     value = strtol(s, &endptr, 10);
     if (endptr[0] != '\0') return REDIS_ERR;
     slen = snprintf(buf,32,"%ld",value);
@@ -2995,36 +2991,42 @@ static int isStringRepresentableAsLong(sds s, long *longval) {
 }
 
 /* Try to encode a string object in order to save space */
-static int tryObjectEncoding(robj *o) {
+static robj *tryObjectEncoding(robj *o) {
     long value;
     sds s = o->ptr;
 
     if (o->encoding != REDIS_ENCODING_RAW)
-        return REDIS_ERR; /* Already encoded */
+        return o; /* Already encoded */
 
-    /* It's not save to encode shared objects: shared objects can be shared
+    /* It's not safe to encode shared objects: shared objects can be shared
      * everywhere in the "object space" of Redis. Encoded objects can only
      * appear as "values" (and not, for instance, as keys) */
-     if (o->refcount > 1) return REDIS_ERR;
+     if (o->refcount > 1) return o;
 
     /* Currently we try to encode only strings */
     redisAssert(o->type == REDIS_STRING);
 
     /* Check if we can represent this string as a long integer */
-    if (isStringRepresentableAsLong(s,&value) == REDIS_ERR) return REDIS_ERR;
+    if (isStringRepresentableAsLong(s,&value) == REDIS_ERR) return o;
 
     /* Ok, this object can be encoded */
-    o->encoding = REDIS_ENCODING_INT;
-    sdsfree(o->ptr);
-    o->ptr = (void*) value;
-    return REDIS_OK;
+    if (value >= 0 && value < REDIS_SHARED_INTEGERS) {
+        decrRefCount(o);
+        incrRefCount(shared.integers[value]);
+        return shared.integers[value];
+    } else {
+        o->encoding = REDIS_ENCODING_INT;
+        sdsfree(o->ptr);
+        o->ptr = (void*) value;
+        return o;
+    }
 }
 
 /* Get a decoded version of an encoded object (returned as a new object).
  * If the object is already raw-encoded just increment the ref count. */
 static robj *getDecodedObject(robj *o) {
     robj *dec;
-    
+
     if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
         incrRefCount(o);
         return o;
@@ -3082,6 +3084,77 @@ static size_t stringObjectLen(robj *o) {
     }
 }
 
+static int getDoubleFromObject(redisClient *c, robj *o, double *value) {
+    double parsedValue;
+    char *eptr = NULL;
+
+    if (o && o->type != REDIS_STRING) {
+        addReplySds(c,sdsnew("-ERR value is not a double\r\n"));
+        return REDIS_ERR;
+    }
+
+    if (o == NULL)
+        parsedValue = 0;
+    else if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW)
+        parsedValue = strtod(o->ptr, &eptr);
+    else if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT)
+        parsedValue = (long)o->ptr;
+    else
+        redisAssert(1 != 1);
+
+    if (eptr != NULL && *eptr != '\0') {
+        addReplySds(c,sdsnew("-ERR value is not a double\r\n"));
+        return REDIS_ERR;
+    }
+
+    *value = parsedValue;
+
+    return REDIS_OK;
+}
+
+static int getLongLongFromObject(redisClient *c, robj *o, long long *value) {
+    long long parsedValue;
+    char *eptr = NULL;
+
+    if (o && o->type != REDIS_STRING) {
+        addReplySds(c,sdsnew("-ERR value is not an integer\r\n"));
+        return REDIS_ERR;
+    }
+
+    if (o == NULL)
+        parsedValue = 0;
+    else if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW)
+        parsedValue = strtoll(o->ptr, &eptr, 10);
+    else if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT)
+        parsedValue = (long)o->ptr;
+    else
+        redisAssert(1 != 1);
+
+    if (eptr != NULL && *eptr != '\0') {
+        addReplySds(c,sdsnew("-ERR value is not an integer\r\n"));
+        return REDIS_ERR;
+    }
+
+    *value = parsedValue;
+
+    return REDIS_OK;
+}
+
+static int getLongFromObject(redisClient *c, robj *o, long *value) {
+    long long actualValue;
+
+    if (getLongLongFromObject(c, o, &actualValue) != REDIS_OK) return REDIS_ERR;
+
+    if (actualValue < LONG_MIN || actualValue > LONG_MAX) {
+        addReplySds(c,sdsnew("-ERR value is out of range\r\n"));
+        return REDIS_ERR;
+    }
+
+    *value = actualValue;
+
+    return REDIS_OK;
+}
+
 /*============================ RDB saving/loading =========================== */
 
 static int rdbSaveType(FILE *fp, unsigned char type) {
@@ -3354,7 +3427,7 @@ static off_t rdbSavedObjectLen(robj *o, FILE *fp) {
 /* Return the number of pages required to save this object in the swap file */
 static off_t rdbSavedObjectPages(robj *o, FILE *fp) {
     off_t bytes = rdbSavedObjectLen(o,fp);
-    
+
     return (bytes+(server.vm_page_size-1))/server.vm_page_size;
 }
 
@@ -3437,7 +3510,7 @@ static int rdbSave(char *filename) {
     fflush(fp);
     fsync(fileno(fp));
     fclose(fp);
-    
+
     /* Use RENAME to make sure the DB file is changed atomically only
      * if the generate DB file is ok. */
     if (rename(tmpfile,filename) == -1) {
@@ -3481,6 +3554,7 @@ static int rdbSaveBackground(char *filename) {
         }
         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Background saving started by pid %d",childpid);
         server.bgsavechildpid = childpid;
+        updateDictResizePolicy();
         return REDIS_OK;
     }
     return REDIS_OK; /* unreached */
@@ -3590,9 +3664,9 @@ static robj *rdbLoadStringObject(FILE*fp) {
         case REDIS_RDB_ENC_INT8:
         case REDIS_RDB_ENC_INT16:
         case REDIS_RDB_ENC_INT32:
-            return tryObjectSharing(rdbLoadIntegerObject(fp,len));
+            return rdbLoadIntegerObject(fp,len);
         case REDIS_RDB_ENC_LZF:
-            return tryObjectSharing(rdbLoadLzfStringObject(fp));
+            return rdbLoadLzfStringObject(fp);
         default:
             redisAssert(0);
         }
@@ -3604,7 +3678,7 @@ static robj *rdbLoadStringObject(FILE*fp) {
         sdsfree(val);
         return NULL;
     }
-    return tryObjectSharing(createObject(REDIS_STRING,val));
+    return createObject(REDIS_STRING,val);
 }
 
 /* For information about double serialization check rdbSaveDoubleValue() */
@@ -3634,7 +3708,7 @@ static robj *rdbLoadObject(int type, FILE *fp) {
     if (type == REDIS_STRING) {
         /* Read string value */
         if ((o = rdbLoadStringObject(fp)) == NULL) return NULL;
-        tryObjectEncoding(o);
+        o = tryObjectEncoding(o);
     } else if (type == REDIS_LIST || type == REDIS_SET) {
         /* Read list/set value */
         uint32_t listlen;
@@ -3650,7 +3724,7 @@ static robj *rdbLoadObject(int type, FILE *fp) {
             robj *ele;
 
             if ((ele = rdbLoadStringObject(fp)) == NULL) return NULL;
-            tryObjectEncoding(ele);
+            ele = tryObjectEncoding(ele);
             if (type == REDIS_LIST) {
                 listAddNodeTail((list*)o->ptr,ele);
             } else {
@@ -3671,7 +3745,7 @@ static robj *rdbLoadObject(int type, FILE *fp) {
             double *score = zmalloc(sizeof(double));
 
             if ((ele = rdbLoadStringObject(fp)) == NULL) return NULL;
-            tryObjectEncoding(ele);
+            ele = tryObjectEncoding(ele);
             if (rdbLoadDoubleValue(fp,score) == -1) return NULL;
             dictAdd(zs->dict,ele,score);
             zslInsert(zs->zsl,*score,ele);
@@ -3710,8 +3784,8 @@ static robj *rdbLoadObject(int type, FILE *fp) {
                 decrRefCount(key);
                 decrRefCount(val);
             } else {
-                tryObjectEncoding(key);
-                tryObjectEncoding(val);
+                key = tryObjectEncoding(key);
+                val = tryObjectEncoding(val);
                 dictAdd((dict*)o->ptr,key,val);
             }
         }
@@ -3866,7 +3940,7 @@ static void setnxCommand(redisClient *c) {
 
 static int getGenericCommand(redisClient *c) {
     robj *o;
-    
+
     if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.nullbulk)) == NULL)
         return REDIS_OK;
 
@@ -3897,7 +3971,7 @@ static void getsetCommand(redisClient *c) {
 
 static void mgetCommand(redisClient *c) {
     int j;
-  
+
     addReplySds(c,sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"*%d\r\n",c->argc-1));
     for (j = 1; j < c->argc; j++) {
         robj *o = lookupKeyRead(c->db,c->argv[j]);
@@ -3937,7 +4011,7 @@ static void msetGenericCommand(redisClient *c, int nx) {
     for (j = 1; j < c->argc; j += 2) {
         int retval;
 
-        tryObjectEncoding(c->argv[j+1]);
+        c->argv[j+1] = tryObjectEncoding(c->argv[j+1]);
         retval = dictAdd(c->db->dict,c->argv[j],c->argv[j+1]);
         if (retval == DICT_ERR) {
             dictReplace(c->db->dict,c->argv[j],c->argv[j+1]);
@@ -3964,28 +4038,14 @@ static void incrDecrCommand(redisClient *c, long long incr) {
     long long value;
     int retval;
     robj *o;
-    
+
     o = lookupKeyWrite(c->db,c->argv[1]);
-    if (o == NULL) {
-        value = 0;
-    } else {
-        if (o->type != REDIS_STRING) {
-            value = 0;
-        } else {
-            char *eptr;
 
-            if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW)
-                value = strtoll(o->ptr, &eptr, 10);
-            else if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT)
-                value = (long)o->ptr;
-            else
-                redisAssert(1 != 1);
-        }
-    }
+    if (getLongLongFromObject(c, o, &value) != REDIS_OK) return;
 
     value += incr;
     o = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"%lld",value));
-    tryObjectEncoding(o);
+    o = tryObjectEncoding(o);
     retval = dictAdd(c->db->dict,c->argv[1],o);
     if (retval == DICT_ERR) {
         dictReplace(c->db->dict,c->argv[1],o);
@@ -4008,12 +4068,18 @@ static void decrCommand(redisClient *c) {
 }
 
 static void incrbyCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    long long incr = strtoll(c->argv[2]->ptr, NULL, 10);
+    long long incr;
+
+    if (getLongLongFromObject(c, c->argv[2], &incr) != REDIS_OK) return;
+
     incrDecrCommand(c,incr);
 }
 
 static void decrbyCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    long long incr = strtoll(c->argv[2]->ptr, NULL, 10);
+    long long incr;
+
+    if (getLongLongFromObject(c, c->argv[2], &incr) != REDIS_OK) return;
+
     incrDecrCommand(c,-incr);
 }
 
@@ -4031,7 +4097,7 @@ static void appendCommand(redisClient *c) {
         totlen = stringObjectLen(c->argv[2]);
     } else {
         dictEntry *de;
-       
+
         de = dictFind(c->db->dict,c->argv[1]);
         assert(de != NULL);
 
@@ -4120,7 +4186,7 @@ static void existsCommand(redisClient *c) {
 
 static void selectCommand(redisClient *c) {
     int id = atoi(c->argv[1]->ptr);
-    
+
     if (selectDb(c,id) == REDIS_ERR) {
         addReplySds(c,sdsnew("-ERR invalid DB index\r\n"));
     } else {
@@ -4130,7 +4196,7 @@ static void selectCommand(redisClient *c) {
 
 static void randomkeyCommand(redisClient *c) {
     dictEntry *de;
-   
+
     while(1) {
         de = dictGetRandomKey(c->db->dict);
         if (!de || expireIfNeeded(c->db,dictGetEntryKey(de)) == 0) break;
@@ -4258,7 +4324,7 @@ static void shutdownCommand(redisClient *c) {
              * in the next cron() Redis will be notified that the background
              * saving aborted, handling special stuff like slaves pending for
              * synchronization... */
-            redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Error trying to save the DB, can't exit"); 
+            redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Error trying to save the DB, can't exit");
             addReplySds(c,
                 sdsnew("-ERR can't quit, problems saving the DB\r\n"));
         }
@@ -4402,7 +4468,7 @@ static void llenCommand(redisClient *c) {
 
     if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,o,REDIS_LIST)) return;
-    
+
     l = o->ptr;
     addReplyUlong(c,listLength(l));
 }
@@ -4493,8 +4559,8 @@ static void lrangeCommand(redisClient *c) {
     listNode *ln;
     robj *ele;
 
-    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.nullmultibulk)) == NULL ||
-        checkType(c,o,REDIS_LIST)) return;
+    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.emptymultibulk)) == NULL
+         || checkType(c,o,REDIS_LIST)) return;
     list = o->ptr;
     llen = listLength(list);
 
@@ -4758,7 +4824,7 @@ static void scardCommand(redisClient *c) {
 
     if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,o,REDIS_SET)) return;
-    
+
     s = o->ptr;
     addReplyUlong(c,dictSize(s));
 }
@@ -4827,7 +4893,7 @@ static void sinterGenericCommand(redisClient *c, robj **setskeys, unsigned long
                     server.dirty++;
                 addReply(c,shared.czero);
             } else {
-                addReply(c,shared.nullmultibulk);
+                addReply(c,shared.emptymultibulk);
             }
             return;
         }
@@ -5049,7 +5115,7 @@ static zskiplistNode *zslCreateNode(int level, double score, robj *obj) {
 static zskiplist *zslCreate(void) {
     int j;
     zskiplist *zsl;
-    
+
     zsl = zmalloc(sizeof(*zsl));
     zsl->level = 1;
     zsl->length = 0;
@@ -5091,7 +5157,7 @@ static int zslRandomLevel(void) {
     int level = 1;
     while ((random()&0xFFFF) < (ZSKIPLIST_P * 0xFFFF))
         level += 1;
-    return level;
+    return (level<ZSKIPLIST_MAXLEVEL) ? level : ZSKIPLIST_MAXLEVEL;
 }
 
 static void zslInsert(zskiplist *zsl, double score, robj *obj) {
@@ -5382,7 +5448,7 @@ static void zaddGenericCommand(redisClient *c, robj *key, robj *ele, double scor
     } else {
         dictEntry *de;
         double *oldscore;
-        
+
         /* case 2: Score update operation */
         de = dictFind(zs->dict,ele);
         redisAssert(de != NULL);
@@ -5411,14 +5477,16 @@ static void zaddGenericCommand(redisClient *c, robj *key, robj *ele, double scor
 static void zaddCommand(redisClient *c) {
     double scoreval;
 
-    scoreval = strtod(c->argv[2]->ptr,NULL);
+    if (getDoubleFromObject(c, c->argv[2], &scoreval) != REDIS_OK) return;
+
     zaddGenericCommand(c,c->argv[1],c->argv[3],scoreval,0);
 }
 
 static void zincrbyCommand(redisClient *c) {
     double scoreval;
 
-    scoreval = strtod(c->argv[2]->ptr,NULL);
+    if (getDoubleFromObject(c, c->argv[2], &scoreval) != REDIS_OK) return;
+
     zaddGenericCommand(c,c->argv[1],c->argv[3],scoreval,1);
 }
 
@@ -5452,12 +5520,15 @@ static void zremCommand(redisClient *c) {
 }
 
 static void zremrangebyscoreCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    double min = strtod(c->argv[2]->ptr,NULL);
-    double max = strtod(c->argv[3]->ptr,NULL);
+    double min;
+    double max;
     long deleted;
     robj *zsetobj;
     zset *zs;
 
+    if ((getDoubleFromObject(c, c->argv[2], &min) != REDIS_OK) ||
+        (getDoubleFromObject(c, c->argv[3], &max) != REDIS_OK)) return;
+
     if ((zsetobj = lookupKeyWriteOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,zsetobj,REDIS_ZSET)) return;
 
@@ -5470,13 +5541,16 @@ static void zremrangebyscoreCommand(redisClient *c) {
 }
 
 static void zremrangebyrankCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    int start = atoi(c->argv[2]->ptr);
-    int end = atoi(c->argv[3]->ptr);
+    long start;
+    long end;
     int llen;
     long deleted;
     robj *zsetobj;
     zset *zs;
 
+    if ((getLongFromObject(c, c->argv[2], &start) != REDIS_OK) ||
+        (getLongFromObject(c, c->argv[3], &end) != REDIS_OK)) return;
+
     if ((zsetobj = lookupKeyWriteOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,zsetobj,REDIS_ZSET)) return;
     zs = zsetobj->ptr;
@@ -5583,7 +5657,8 @@ static void zunionInterGenericCommand(redisClient *c, robj *dstkey, int op) {
             if (remaining >= (zsetnum + 1) && !strcasecmp(c->argv[j]->ptr,"weights")) {
                 j++; remaining--;
                 for (i = 0; i < zsetnum; i++, j++, remaining--) {
-                    src[i].weight = strtod(c->argv[j]->ptr, NULL);
+                    if (getDoubleFromObject(c, c->argv[j], &src[i].weight) != REDIS_OK)
+                        return;
                 }
             } else if (remaining >= 2 && !strcasecmp(c->argv[j]->ptr,"aggregate")) {
                 j++; remaining--;
@@ -5705,8 +5780,8 @@ static void zinterCommand(redisClient *c) {
 
 static void zrangeGenericCommand(redisClient *c, int reverse) {
     robj *o;
-    int start = atoi(c->argv[2]->ptr);
-    int end = atoi(c->argv[3]->ptr);
+    long start;
+    long end;
     int withscores = 0;
     int llen;
     int rangelen, j;
@@ -5715,6 +5790,9 @@ static void zrangeGenericCommand(redisClient *c, int reverse) {
     zskiplistNode *ln;
     robj *ele;
 
+    if ((getLongFromObject(c, c->argv[2], &start) != REDIS_OK) ||
+        (getLongFromObject(c, c->argv[3], &end) != REDIS_OK)) return;
+
     if (c->argc == 5 && !strcasecmp(c->argv[4]->ptr,"withscores")) {
         withscores = 1;
     } else if (c->argc >= 5) {
@@ -5722,8 +5800,8 @@ static void zrangeGenericCommand(redisClient *c, int reverse) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.nullmultibulk)) == NULL ||
-        checkType(c,o,REDIS_ZSET)) return;
+    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.emptymultibulk)) == NULL
+         || checkType(c,o,REDIS_ZSET)) return;
     zsetobj = o->ptr;
     zsl = zsetobj->zsl;
     llen = zsl->length;
@@ -5829,7 +5907,7 @@ static void genericZrangebyscoreCommand(redisClient *c, int justcount) {
     /* Ok, lookup the key and get the range */
     o = lookupKeyRead(c->db,c->argv[1]);
     if (o == NULL) {
-        addReply(c,justcount ? shared.czero : shared.nullmultibulk);
+        addReply(c,justcount ? shared.czero : shared.emptymultibulk);
     } else {
         if (o->type != REDIS_ZSET) {
             addReply(c,shared.wrongtypeerr);
@@ -5966,295 +6044,378 @@ static void zrevrankCommand(redisClient *c) {
     zrankGenericCommand(c, 1);
 }
 
-/* =================================== Hashes =============================== */
-static void hsetCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    int update = 0;
-    robj *o = lookupKeyWrite(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+/* ========================= Hashes utility functions ======================= */
+#define REDIS_HASH_KEY 1
+#define REDIS_HASH_VALUE 2
 
-    if (o == NULL) {
-        o = createHashObject();
-        dictAdd(c->db->dict,c->argv[1],o);
-        incrRefCount(c->argv[1]);
-    } else {
-        if (o->type != REDIS_HASH) {
-            addReply(c,shared.wrongtypeerr);
+/* Check the length of a number of objects to see if we need to convert a
+ * zipmap to a real hash. Note that we only check string encoded objects
+ * as their string length can be queried in constant time. */
+static void hashTryConversion(robj *subject, robj **argv, int start, int end) {
+    int i;
+    if (subject->encoding != REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) return;
+
+    for (i = start; i <= end; i++) {
+        if (argv[i]->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW &&
+            sdslen(argv[i]->ptr) > server.hash_max_zipmap_value)
+        {
+            convertToRealHash(subject);
             return;
         }
     }
-    /* We want to convert the zipmap into an hash table right now if the
-     * entry to be added is too big. Note that we check if the object
-     * is integer encoded before to try fetching the length in the test below.
-     * This is because integers are small, but currently stringObjectLen()
-     * performs a slow conversion: not worth it. */
-    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP &&
-        ((c->argv[2]->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW &&
-          sdslen(c->argv[2]->ptr) > server.hash_max_zipmap_value) ||
-         (c->argv[3]->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW &&
-          sdslen(c->argv[3]->ptr) > server.hash_max_zipmap_value)))
-    {
-        convertToRealHash(o);
+}
+
+/* Get the value from a hash identified by key. Returns either a string
+ * object or NULL if the value cannot be found. The refcount of the object
+ * is always increased by 1 when the value was found. */
+static robj *hashGet(robj *o, robj *key) {
+    robj *value = NULL;
+    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
+        unsigned char *v;
+        unsigned int vlen;
+        key = getDecodedObject(key);
+        if (zipmapGet(o->ptr,key->ptr,sdslen(key->ptr),&v,&vlen)) {
+            value = createStringObject((char*)v,vlen);
+        }
+        decrRefCount(key);
+    } else {
+        dictEntry *de = dictFind(o->ptr,key);
+        if (de != NULL) {
+            value = dictGetEntryVal(de);
+            incrRefCount(value);
+        }
     }
+    return value;
+}
 
+/* Test if the key exists in the given hash. Returns 1 if the key
+ * exists and 0 when it doesn't. */
+static int hashExists(robj *o, robj *key) {
     if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
-        unsigned char *zm = o->ptr;
-        robj *valobj = getDecodedObject(c->argv[3]);
+        key = getDecodedObject(key);
+        if (zipmapExists(o->ptr,key->ptr,sdslen(key->ptr))) {
+            decrRefCount(key);
+            return 1;
+        }
+        decrRefCount(key);
+    } else {
+        if (dictFind(o->ptr,key) != NULL) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
 
-        zm = zipmapSet(zm,c->argv[2]->ptr,sdslen(c->argv[2]->ptr),
-            valobj->ptr,sdslen(valobj->ptr),&update);
-        decrRefCount(valobj);
-        o->ptr = zm;
+/* Add an element, discard the old if the key already exists.
+ * Return 0 on insert and 1 on update. */
+static int hashSet(robj *o, robj *key, robj *value) {
+    int update = 0;
+    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
+        key = getDecodedObject(key);
+        value = getDecodedObject(value);
+        o->ptr = zipmapSet(o->ptr,
+            key->ptr,sdslen(key->ptr),
+            value->ptr,sdslen(value->ptr), &update);
+        decrRefCount(key);
+        decrRefCount(value);
 
-        /* And here there is the second check for hash conversion. */
-        if (zipmapLen(zm) > server.hash_max_zipmap_entries)
+        /* Check if the zipmap needs to be upgraded to a real hash table */
+        if (zipmapLen(o->ptr) > server.hash_max_zipmap_entries)
             convertToRealHash(o);
     } else {
-        tryObjectEncoding(c->argv[2]);
-        /* note that c->argv[3] is already encoded, as the latest arg
-         * of a bulk command is always integer encoded if possible. */
-        if (dictReplace(o->ptr,c->argv[2],c->argv[3])) {
-            incrRefCount(c->argv[2]);
+        value = tryObjectEncoding(value);
+        if (dictReplace(o->ptr,key,value)) {
+            /* Insert */
+            incrRefCount(key);
         } else {
+            /* Update */
             update = 1;
         }
-        incrRefCount(c->argv[3]);
+        incrRefCount(value);
     }
-    server.dirty++;
-    addReplySds(c,sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),":%d\r\n",update == 0));
+    return update;
 }
 
-static void hincrbyCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    long long value = 0, incr = 0;
-    robj *o = lookupKeyWrite(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+/* Delete an element from a hash.
+ * Return 1 on deleted and 0 on not found. */
+static int hashDelete(robj *o, robj *key) {
+    int deleted = 0;
+    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
+        key = getDecodedObject(key);
+        o->ptr = zipmapDel(o->ptr,key->ptr,sdslen(key->ptr), &deleted);
+        decrRefCount(key);
+    } else {
+        deleted = dictDelete((dict*)o->ptr,key) == DICT_OK;
+        /* Always check if the dictionary needs a resize after a delete. */
+        if (deleted && htNeedsResize(o->ptr)) dictResize(o->ptr);
+    }
+    return deleted;
+}
+
+/* Return the number of elements in a hash. */
+static unsigned long hashLength(robj *o) {
+    return (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) ?
+        zipmapLen((unsigned char*)o->ptr) : dictSize((dict*)o->ptr);
+}
+
+/* Structure to hold hash iteration abstration. Note that iteration over
+ * hashes involves both fields and values. Because it is possible that
+ * not both are required, store pointers in the iterator to avoid
+ * unnecessary memory allocation for fields/values. */
+typedef struct {
+    int encoding;
+    unsigned char *zi;
+    unsigned char *zk, *zv;
+    unsigned int zklen, zvlen;
+
+    dictIterator *di;
+    dictEntry *de;
+} hashIterator;
+
+static hashIterator *hashInitIterator(robj *subject) {
+    hashIterator *hi = zmalloc(sizeof(hashIterator));
+    hi->encoding = subject->encoding;
+    if (hi->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
+        hi->zi = zipmapRewind(subject->ptr);
+    } else if (hi->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_HT) {
+        hi->di = dictGetIterator(subject->ptr);
+    } else {
+        redisAssert(NULL);
+    }
+    return hi;
+}
 
+static void hashReleaseIterator(hashIterator *hi) {
+    if (hi->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_HT) {
+        dictReleaseIterator(hi->di);
+    }
+    zfree(hi);
+}
+
+/* Move to the next entry in the hash. Return REDIS_OK when the next entry
+ * could be found and REDIS_ERR when the iterator reaches the end. */
+static int hashNext(hashIterator *hi) {
+    if (hi->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
+        if ((hi->zi = zipmapNext(hi->zi, &hi->zk, &hi->zklen,
+            &hi->zv, &hi->zvlen)) == NULL) return REDIS_ERR;
+    } else {
+        if ((hi->de = dictNext(hi->di)) == NULL) return REDIS_ERR;
+    }
+    return REDIS_OK;
+}
+
+/* Get key or value object at current iteration position.
+ * This increases the refcount of the field object by 1. */
+static robj *hashCurrent(hashIterator *hi, int what) {
+    robj *o;
+    if (hi->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
+        if (what & REDIS_HASH_KEY) {
+            o = createStringObject((char*)hi->zk,hi->zklen);
+        } else {
+            o = createStringObject((char*)hi->zv,hi->zvlen);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (what & REDIS_HASH_KEY) {
+            o = dictGetEntryKey(hi->de);
+        } else {
+            o = dictGetEntryVal(hi->de);
+        }
+        incrRefCount(o);
+    }
+    return o;
+}
+
+static robj *hashLookupWriteOrCreate(redisClient *c, robj *key) {
+    robj *o = lookupKeyWrite(c->db,key);
     if (o == NULL) {
         o = createHashObject();
-        dictAdd(c->db->dict,c->argv[1],o);
-        incrRefCount(c->argv[1]);
+        dictAdd(c->db->dict,key,o);
+        incrRefCount(key);
     } else {
         if (o->type != REDIS_HASH) {
             addReply(c,shared.wrongtypeerr);
-            return;
+            return NULL;
         }
     }
+    return o;
+}
 
-    robj *o_incr = getDecodedObject(c->argv[3]);
-    incr = strtoll(o_incr->ptr, NULL, 10);
-    decrRefCount(o_incr);
+/* ============================= Hash commands ============================== */
+static void hsetCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    int update;
+    robj *o;
 
-    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
-        unsigned char *zm = o->ptr;
-        unsigned char *zval;
-        unsigned int zvlen;
-
-        /* Find value if already present in hash */
-        if (zipmapGet(zm,c->argv[2]->ptr,sdslen(c->argv[2]->ptr),
-            &zval,&zvlen)) {
-            /* strtoll needs the char* to have a trailing \0, but
-             * the zipmap doesn't include them. */
-            sds szval = sdsnewlen(zval, zvlen);
-            value = strtoll(szval,NULL,10);
-            sdsfree(szval);
-        }
-
-        value += incr;
-        sds svalue = sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"%lld",value);
-        zm = zipmapSet(zm,c->argv[2]->ptr,sdslen(c->argv[2]->ptr),
-            (unsigned char*)svalue,sdslen(svalue),NULL);
-        sdsfree(svalue);
-        o->ptr = zm;
-
-        /* Check if the zipmap needs to be converted. */
-        if (zipmapLen(zm) > server.hash_max_zipmap_entries)
-            convertToRealHash(o);
+    if ((o = hashLookupWriteOrCreate(c,c->argv[1])) == NULL) return;
+    hashTryConversion(o,c->argv,2,3);
+    update = hashSet(o,c->argv[2],c->argv[3]);
+    addReply(c, update ? shared.czero : shared.cone);
+    server.dirty++;
+}
+
+static void hsetnxCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    robj *o;
+    if ((o = hashLookupWriteOrCreate(c,c->argv[1])) == NULL) return;
+    hashTryConversion(o,c->argv,2,3);
+
+    if (hashExists(o, c->argv[2])) {
+        addReply(c, shared.czero);
     } else {
-        robj *hval;
-        dictEntry *de;
+        hashSet(o,c->argv[2],c->argv[3]);
+        addReply(c, shared.cone);
+        server.dirty++;
+    }
+}
 
-        /* Find value if already present in hash */
-        de = dictFind(o->ptr,c->argv[2]);
-        if (de != NULL) {
-            hval = dictGetEntryVal(de);
-            if (hval->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW)
-                value = strtoll(hval->ptr,NULL,10);
-            else if (hval->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT)
-                value = (long)hval->ptr;
-            else
-                redisAssert(1 != 1);
-        }
+static void hmsetCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    int i;
+    robj *o;
 
-        value += incr;
-        hval = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"%lld",value));
-        tryObjectEncoding(hval);
-        if (dictReplace(o->ptr,c->argv[2],hval)) {
-            incrRefCount(c->argv[2]);
-        }
+    if ((c->argc % 2) == 1) {
+        addReplySds(c,sdsnew("-ERR wrong number of arguments for HMSET\r\n"));
+        return;
     }
 
+    if ((o = hashLookupWriteOrCreate(c,c->argv[1])) == NULL) return;
+    hashTryConversion(o,c->argv,2,c->argc-1);
+    for (i = 2; i < c->argc; i += 2) {
+        hashSet(o,c->argv[i],c->argv[i+1]);
+    }
+    addReply(c, shared.ok);
+}
+
+static void hincrbyCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    long long value, incr;
+    robj *o, *current, *new;
+
+    if (getLongLongFromObject(c,c->argv[3],&incr) != REDIS_OK) return;
+    if ((o = hashLookupWriteOrCreate(c,c->argv[1])) == NULL) return;
+    if ((current = hashGet(o,c->argv[2])) != NULL) {
+        if (current->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW)
+            value = strtoll(current->ptr,NULL,10);
+        else if (current->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT)
+            value = (long)current->ptr;
+        else
+            redisAssert(1 != 1);
+        decrRefCount(current);
+    } else {
+        value = 0;
+    }
+
+    value += incr;
+    new = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"%lld",value));
+    hashSet(o,c->argv[2],new);
+    decrRefCount(new);
+    addReplyLongLong(c,value);
     server.dirty++;
-    addReplyLong(c, value);
 }
 
 static void hgetCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    robj *o;
-
+    robj *o, *value;
     if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.nullbulk)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,o,REDIS_HASH)) return;
 
-    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
-        unsigned char *zm = o->ptr;
-        unsigned char *val;
-        unsigned int vlen;
-        robj *field;
-
-        field = getDecodedObject(c->argv[2]);
-        if (zipmapGet(zm,field->ptr,sdslen(field->ptr), &val,&vlen)) {
-            addReplySds(c,sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"$%u\r\n", vlen));
-            addReplySds(c,sdsnewlen(val,vlen));
-            addReply(c,shared.crlf);
-            decrRefCount(field);
-            return;
-        } else {
-            addReply(c,shared.nullbulk);
-            decrRefCount(field);
-            return;
-        }
+    if ((value = hashGet(o,c->argv[2])) != NULL) {
+        addReplyBulk(c,value);
+        decrRefCount(value);
     } else {
-        struct dictEntry *de;
+        addReply(c,shared.nullbulk);
+    }
+}
 
-        de = dictFind(o->ptr,c->argv[2]);
-        if (de == NULL) {
-            addReply(c,shared.nullbulk);
-        } else {
-            robj *e = dictGetEntryVal(de);
+static void hmgetCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    int i;
+    robj *o, *value;
+    o = lookupKeyRead(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+    if (o != NULL && o->type != REDIS_HASH) {
+        addReply(c,shared.wrongtypeerr);
+    }
 
-            addReplyBulk(c,e);
+    /* Note the check for o != NULL happens inside the loop. This is
+     * done because objects that cannot be found are considered to be
+     * an empty hash. The reply should then be a series of NULLs. */
+    addReplySds(c,sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"*%d\r\n",c->argc-2));
+    for (i = 2; i < c->argc; i++) {
+        if (o != NULL && (value = hashGet(o,c->argv[i])) != NULL) {
+            addReplyBulk(c,value);
+            decrRefCount(value);
+        } else {
+            addReply(c,shared.nullbulk);
         }
     }
 }
 
 static void hdelCommand(redisClient *c) {
     robj *o;
-    int deleted = 0;
-
     if ((o = lookupKeyWriteOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,o,REDIS_HASH)) return;
 
-    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
-        robj *field = getDecodedObject(c->argv[2]);
-
-        o->ptr = zipmapDel((unsigned char*) o->ptr,
-            (unsigned char*) field->ptr,
-            sdslen(field->ptr), &deleted);
-        decrRefCount(field);
-        if (zipmapLen((unsigned char*) o->ptr) == 0)
-            deleteKey(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+    if (hashDelete(o,c->argv[2])) {
+        if (hashLength(o) == 0) deleteKey(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+        addReply(c,shared.cone);
+        server.dirty++;
     } else {
-        deleted = dictDelete((dict*)o->ptr,c->argv[2]) == DICT_OK;
-        if (htNeedsResize(o->ptr)) dictResize(o->ptr);
-        if (dictSize((dict*)o->ptr) == 0) deleteKey(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+        addReply(c,shared.czero);
     }
-    if (deleted) server.dirty++;
-    addReply(c,deleted ? shared.cone : shared.czero);
 }
 
 static void hlenCommand(redisClient *c) {
     robj *o;
-    unsigned long len;
-
     if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,o,REDIS_HASH)) return;
 
-    len = (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) ?
-            zipmapLen((unsigned char*)o->ptr) : dictSize((dict*)o->ptr);
-    addReplyUlong(c,len);
+    addReplyUlong(c,hashLength(o));
 }
 
-#define REDIS_GETALL_KEYS 1
-#define REDIS_GETALL_VALS 2
 static void genericHgetallCommand(redisClient *c, int flags) {
-    robj *o, *lenobj;
+    robj *o, *lenobj, *obj;
     unsigned long count = 0;
+    hashIterator *hi;
 
-    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.nullmultibulk)) == NULL
+    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.emptymultibulk)) == NULL
         || checkType(c,o,REDIS_HASH)) return;
 
     lenobj = createObject(REDIS_STRING,NULL);
     addReply(c,lenobj);
     decrRefCount(lenobj);
 
-    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
-        unsigned char *p = zipmapRewind(o->ptr);
-        unsigned char *field, *val;
-        unsigned int flen, vlen;
-
-        while((p = zipmapNext(p,&field,&flen,&val,&vlen)) != NULL) {
-            robj *aux;
-
-            if (flags & REDIS_GETALL_KEYS) {
-                aux = createStringObject((char*)field,flen);
-                addReplyBulk(c,aux);
-                decrRefCount(aux);
-                count++;
-            }
-            if (flags & REDIS_GETALL_VALS) {
-                aux = createStringObject((char*)val,vlen);
-                addReplyBulk(c,aux);
-                decrRefCount(aux);
-                count++;
-            }
+    hi = hashInitIterator(o);
+    while (hashNext(hi) != REDIS_ERR) {
+        if (flags & REDIS_HASH_KEY) {
+            obj = hashCurrent(hi,REDIS_HASH_KEY);
+            addReplyBulk(c,obj);
+            decrRefCount(obj);
+            count++;
         }
-    } else {
-        dictIterator *di = dictGetIterator(o->ptr);
-        dictEntry *de;
-
-        while((de = dictNext(di)) != NULL) {
-            robj *fieldobj = dictGetEntryKey(de);
-            robj *valobj = dictGetEntryVal(de);
-
-            if (flags & REDIS_GETALL_KEYS) {
-                addReplyBulk(c,fieldobj);
-                count++;
-            }
-            if (flags & REDIS_GETALL_VALS) {
-                addReplyBulk(c,valobj);
-                count++;
-            }
+        if (flags & REDIS_HASH_VALUE) {
+            obj = hashCurrent(hi,REDIS_HASH_VALUE);
+            addReplyBulk(c,obj);
+            decrRefCount(obj);
+            count++;
         }
-        dictReleaseIterator(di);
     }
+    hashReleaseIterator(hi);
+
     lenobj->ptr = sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"*%lu\r\n",count);
 }
 
 static void hkeysCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    genericHgetallCommand(c,REDIS_GETALL_KEYS);
+    genericHgetallCommand(c,REDIS_HASH_KEY);
 }
 
 static void hvalsCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    genericHgetallCommand(c,REDIS_GETALL_VALS);
+    genericHgetallCommand(c,REDIS_HASH_VALUE);
 }
 
 static void hgetallCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    genericHgetallCommand(c,REDIS_GETALL_KEYS|REDIS_GETALL_VALS);
+    genericHgetallCommand(c,REDIS_HASH_KEY|REDIS_HASH_VALUE);
 }
 
 static void hexistsCommand(redisClient *c) {
     robj *o;
-    int exists = 0;
-
     if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,o,REDIS_HASH)) return;
 
-    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
-        robj *field;
-        unsigned char *zm = o->ptr;
-
-        field = getDecodedObject(c->argv[2]);
-        exists = zipmapExists(zm,field->ptr,sdslen(field->ptr));
-        decrRefCount(field);
-    } else {
-        exists = dictFind(o->ptr,c->argv[2]) != NULL;
-    }
-    addReply(c,exists ? shared.cone : shared.czero);
+    addReply(c, hashExists(o,c->argv[2]) ? shared.cone : shared.czero);
 }
 
 static void convertToRealHash(robj *o) {
@@ -6269,8 +6430,8 @@ static void convertToRealHash(robj *o) {
 
         keyobj = createStringObject((char*)key,klen);
         valobj = createStringObject((char*)val,vlen);
-        tryObjectEncoding(keyobj);
-        tryObjectEncoding(valobj);
+        keyobj = tryObjectEncoding(keyobj);
+        valobj = tryObjectEncoding(valobj);
         dictAdd(dict,keyobj,valobj);
     }
     o->encoding = REDIS_ENCODING_HT;
@@ -6306,23 +6467,26 @@ static redisSortOperation *createSortOperation(int type, robj *pattern) {
 }
 
 /* Return the value associated to the key with a name obtained
- * substituting the first occurence of '*' in 'pattern' with 'subst' */
+ * substituting the first occurence of '*' in 'pattern' with 'subst'.
+ * The returned object will always have its refcount increased by 1
+ * when it is non-NULL. */
 static robj *lookupKeyByPattern(redisDb *db, robj *pattern, robj *subst) {
-    char *p;
+    char *p, *f;
     sds spat, ssub;
-    robj keyobj;
-    int prefixlen, sublen, postfixlen;
+    robj keyobj, fieldobj, *o;
+    int prefixlen, sublen, postfixlen, fieldlen;
     /* Expoit the internal sds representation to create a sds string allocated on the stack in order to make this function faster */
     struct {
         long len;
         long free;
         char buf[REDIS_SORTKEY_MAX+1];
-    } keyname;
+    } keyname, fieldname;
 
     /* If the pattern is "#" return the substitution object itself in order
      * to implement the "SORT ... GET #" feature. */
     spat = pattern->ptr;
     if (spat[0] == '#' && spat[1] == '\0') {
+        incrRefCount(subst);
         return subst;
     }
 
@@ -6339,20 +6503,47 @@ static robj *lookupKeyByPattern(redisDb *db, robj *pattern, robj *subst) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    /* Find out if we're dealing with a hash dereference. */
+    if ((f = strstr(p+1, "->")) != NULL) {
+        fieldlen = sdslen(spat)-(f-spat);
+        /* this also copies \0 character */
+        memcpy(fieldname.buf,f+2,fieldlen-1);
+        fieldname.len = fieldlen-2;
+    } else {
+        fieldlen = 0;
+    }
+
     prefixlen = p-spat;
     sublen = sdslen(ssub);
-    postfixlen = sdslen(spat)-(prefixlen+1);
+    postfixlen = sdslen(spat)-(prefixlen+1)-fieldlen;
     memcpy(keyname.buf,spat,prefixlen);
     memcpy(keyname.buf+prefixlen,ssub,sublen);
     memcpy(keyname.buf+prefixlen+sublen,p+1,postfixlen);
     keyname.buf[prefixlen+sublen+postfixlen] = '\0';
     keyname.len = prefixlen+sublen+postfixlen;
-
-    initStaticStringObject(keyobj,((char*)&keyname)+(sizeof(long)*2))
     decrRefCount(subst);
 
-    /* printf("lookup '%s' => %p\n", keyname.buf,de); */
-    return lookupKeyRead(db,&keyobj);
+    /* Lookup substituted key */
+    initStaticStringObject(keyobj,((char*)&keyname)+(sizeof(long)*2));
+    o = lookupKeyRead(db,&keyobj);
+    if (o == NULL) return NULL;
+
+    if (fieldlen > 0) {
+        if (o->type != REDIS_HASH || fieldname.len < 1) return NULL;
+
+        /* Retrieve value from hash by the field name. This operation
+         * already increases the refcount of the returned object. */
+        initStaticStringObject(fieldobj,((char*)&fieldname)+(sizeof(long)*2));
+        o = hashGet(o, &fieldobj);
+    } else {
+        if (o->type != REDIS_STRING) return NULL;
+
+        /* Every object that this function returns needs to have its refcount
+         * increased. sortCommand decreases it again. */
+        incrRefCount(o);
+    }
+
+    return o;
 }
 
 /* sortCompare() is used by qsort in sortCommand(). Given that qsort_r with
@@ -6387,14 +6578,9 @@ static int sortCompare(const void *s1, const void *s2) {
                 cmp = strcoll(so1->u.cmpobj->ptr,so2->u.cmpobj->ptr);
             }
         } else {
-            /* Compare elements directly */
-            robj *dec1, *dec2;
-
-            dec1 = getDecodedObject(so1->obj);
-            dec2 = getDecodedObject(so2->obj);
-            cmp = strcoll(dec1->ptr,dec2->ptr);
-            decrRefCount(dec1);
-            decrRefCount(dec2);
+            /* Compare elements directly. Note that these objects already
+             * need to be non-encoded (see sortCommand). */
+            cmp = strcoll(so1->obj->ptr,so2->obj->ptr);
         }
     }
     return server.sort_desc ? -cmp : cmp;
@@ -6415,7 +6601,7 @@ static void sortCommand(redisClient *c) {
     /* Lookup the key to sort. It must be of the right types */
     sortval = lookupKeyRead(c->db,c->argv[1]);
     if (sortval == NULL) {
-        addReply(c,shared.nullmultibulk);
+        addReply(c,shared.emptymultibulk);
         return;
     }
     if (sortval->type != REDIS_SET && sortval->type != REDIS_LIST &&
@@ -6521,38 +6707,36 @@ static void sortCommand(redisClient *c) {
     /* Now it's time to load the right scores in the sorting vector */
     if (dontsort == 0) {
         for (j = 0; j < vectorlen; j++) {
+            robj *byval;
             if (sortby) {
-                robj *byval;
-
+                /* lookup value to sort by */
                 byval = lookupKeyByPattern(c->db,sortby,vector[j].obj);
-                if (!byval || byval->type != REDIS_STRING) continue;
-                if (alpha) {
-                    vector[j].u.cmpobj = getDecodedObject(byval);
-                } else {
-                    if (byval->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
-                        vector[j].u.score = strtod(byval->ptr,NULL);
-                    } else {
-                        /* Don't need to decode the object if it's
-                         * integer-encoded (the only encoding supported) so
-                         * far. We can just cast it */
-                        if (byval->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT) {
-                            vector[j].u.score = (long)byval->ptr;
-                        } else
-                            redisAssert(1 != 1);
-                    }
-                }
+                if (!byval) continue;
             } else {
-                if (!alpha) {
-                    if (vector[j].obj->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW)
-                        vector[j].u.score = strtod(vector[j].obj->ptr,NULL);
-                    else {
-                        if (vector[j].obj->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT)
-                            vector[j].u.score = (long) vector[j].obj->ptr;
-                        else
-                            redisAssert(1 != 1);
-                    }
+                /* use object itself to sort by */
+                byval = vector[j].obj;
+            }
+
+            if (alpha) {
+                vector[j].u.cmpobj = getDecodedObject(byval);
+            } else {
+                if (byval->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
+                    vector[j].u.score = strtod(byval->ptr,NULL);
+                } else if (byval->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT) {
+                    /* Don't need to decode the object if it's
+                     * integer-encoded (the only encoding supported) so
+                     * far. We can just cast it */
+                    vector[j].u.score = (long)byval->ptr;
+                } else {
+                    redisAssert(1 != 1);
                 }
             }
+
+            /* when the object was retrieved using lookupKeyByPattern,
+             * its refcount needs to be decreased. */
+            if (sortby) {
+                decrRefCount(byval);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -6594,10 +6778,11 @@ static void sortCommand(redisClient *c) {
                     vector[j].obj);
 
                 if (sop->type == REDIS_SORT_GET) {
-                    if (!val || val->type != REDIS_STRING) {
+                    if (!val) {
                         addReply(c,shared.nullbulk);
                     } else {
                         addReplyBulk(c,val);
+                        decrRefCount(val);
                     }
                 } else {
                     redisAssert(sop->type == REDIS_SORT_GET); /* always fails */
@@ -6624,11 +6809,14 @@ static void sortCommand(redisClient *c) {
                     vector[j].obj);
 
                 if (sop->type == REDIS_SORT_GET) {
-                    if (!val || val->type != REDIS_STRING) {
+                    if (!val) {
                         listAddNodeTail(listPtr,createStringObject("",0));
                     } else {
+                        /* We should do a incrRefCount on val because it is
+                         * added to the list, but also a decrRefCount because
+                         * it is returned by lookupKeyByPattern. This results
+                         * in doing nothing at all. */
                         listAddNodeTail(listPtr,val);
-                        incrRefCount(val);
                     }
                 } else {
                     redisAssert(sop->type == REDIS_SORT_GET); /* always fails */
@@ -6649,7 +6837,7 @@ static void sortCommand(redisClient *c) {
     decrRefCount(sortval);
     listRelease(operations);
     for (j = 0; j < vectorlen; j++) {
-        if (sortby && alpha && vector[j].u.cmpobj)
+        if (alpha && vector[j].u.cmpobj)
             decrRefCount(vector[j].u.cmpobj);
     }
     zfree(vector);
@@ -6872,15 +7060,20 @@ static int deleteIfVolatile(redisDb *db, robj *key) {
     return dictDelete(db->dict,key) == DICT_OK;
 }
 
-static void expireGenericCommand(redisClient *c, robj *key, time_t seconds) {
+static void expireGenericCommand(redisClient *c, robj *key, robj *param, long offset) {
     dictEntry *de;
+    time_t seconds;
+
+    if (getLongFromObject(c, param, &seconds) != REDIS_OK) return;
+
+    seconds -= offset;
 
     de = dictFind(c->db->dict,key);
     if (de == NULL) {
         addReply(c,shared.czero);
         return;
     }
-    if (seconds < 0) {
+    if (seconds <= 0) {
         if (deleteKey(c->db,key)) server.dirty++;
         addReply(c, shared.cone);
         return;
@@ -6897,11 +7090,11 @@ static void expireGenericCommand(redisClient *c, robj *key, time_t seconds) {
 }
 
 static void expireCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    expireGenericCommand(c,c->argv[1],strtol(c->argv[2]->ptr,NULL,10));
+    expireGenericCommand(c,c->argv[1],c->argv[2],0);
 }
 
 static void expireatCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    expireGenericCommand(c,c->argv[1],strtol(c->argv[2]->ptr,NULL,10)-time(NULL));
+    expireGenericCommand(c,c->argv[1],c->argv[2],time(NULL));
 }
 
 static void ttlCommand(redisClient *c) {
@@ -7145,7 +7338,7 @@ static void blockingPopGenericCommand(redisClient *c, int where) {
                      * non-blocking POP operation */
                     robj *argv[2], **orig_argv;
                     int orig_argc;
-                   
+
                     /* We need to alter the command arguments before to call
                      * popGenericCommand() as the command takes a single key. */
                     orig_argv = c->argv;
@@ -7382,7 +7575,7 @@ static void updateSlavesWaitingBgsave(int bgsaveerr) {
             slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END;
         } else if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END) {
             struct redis_stat buf;
-           
+
             if (bgsaveerr != REDIS_OK) {
                 freeClient(slave);
                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"SYNC failed. BGSAVE child returned an error");
@@ -7780,14 +7973,9 @@ int loadAppendOnlyFile(char *filename) {
             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Unknown command '%s' reading the append only file", argv[0]->ptr);
             exit(1);
         }
-        /* Try object sharing and encoding */
-        if (server.shareobjects) {
-            int j;
-            for(j = 1; j < argc; j++)
-                argv[j] = tryObjectSharing(argv[j]);
-        }
+        /* Try object encoding */
         if (cmd->flags & REDIS_CMD_BULK)
-            tryObjectEncoding(argv[argc-1]);
+            argv[argc-1] = tryObjectEncoding(argv[argc-1]);
         /* Run the command in the context of a fake client */
         fakeClient->argc = argc;
         fakeClient->argv = argv;
@@ -8044,7 +8232,7 @@ static int rewriteAppendOnlyFile(char *filename) {
     fflush(fp);
     fsync(fileno(fp));
     fclose(fp);
-    
+
     /* Use RENAME to make sure the DB file is changed atomically only
      * if the generate DB file is ok. */
     if (rename(tmpfile,filename) == -1) {
@@ -8103,6 +8291,7 @@ static int rewriteAppendOnlyFileBackground(void) {
         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,
             "Background append only file rewriting started by pid %d",childpid);
         server.bgrewritechildpid = childpid;
+        updateDictResizePolicy();
         /* We set appendseldb to -1 in order to force the next call to the
          * feedAppendOnlyFile() to issue a SELECT command, so the differences
          * accumulated by the parent into server.bgrewritebuf will start
@@ -8161,7 +8350,7 @@ static void aofRemoveTempFile(pid_t childpid) {
 static void expandVmSwapFilename(void) {
     char *p = strstr(server.vm_swap_file,"%p");
     sds new;
-    
+
     if (!p) return;
     new = sdsempty();
     *p = '\0';
@@ -8286,7 +8475,7 @@ static int vmFreePage(off_t page) {
 }
 
 /* Find N contiguous free pages storing the first page of the cluster in *first.
- * Returns REDIS_OK if it was able to find N contiguous pages, otherwise 
+ * Returns REDIS_OK if it was able to find N contiguous pages, otherwise
  * REDIS_ERR is returned.
  *
  * This function uses a simple algorithm: we try to allocate
@@ -8297,7 +8486,7 @@ static int vmFreePage(off_t page) {
  * we try to find less populated places doing a forward jump of
  * REDIS_VM_MAX_RANDOM_JUMP, then we start scanning again a few pages
  * without hurry, and then we jump again and so forth...
- * 
+ *
  * This function can be improved using a free list to avoid to guess
  * too much, since we could collect data about freed pages.
  *
@@ -8670,7 +8859,10 @@ static void freeIOJob(iojob *j) {
         j->type == REDIS_IOJOB_DO_SWAP ||
         j->type == REDIS_IOJOB_LOAD) && j->val != NULL)
         decrRefCount(j->val);
-    decrRefCount(j->key);
+    /* We don't decrRefCount the j->key field as we did't incremented
+     * the count creating IO Jobs. This is because the key field here is
+     * just used as an indentifier and if a key is removed the Job should
+     * never be touched again. */
     zfree(j);
 }
 
@@ -8843,7 +9035,7 @@ again:
             iojob *job = ln->value;
 
             if (job->canceled) continue; /* Skip this, already canceled. */
-            if (compareStringObjects(job->key,o) == 0) {
+            if (job->key == o) {
                 redisLog(REDIS_DEBUG,"*** CANCELED %p (%s) (type %d) (LIST ID %d)\n",
                     (void*)job, (char*)o->ptr, job->type, i);
                 /* Mark the pages as free since the swap didn't happened
@@ -8948,7 +9140,7 @@ static void *IOThreadEntryPoint(void *arg) {
         listDelNode(server.io_processing,ln);
         listAddNodeTail(server.io_processed,j);
         unlockThreadedIO();
-        
+
         /* Signal the main thread there is new stuff to process */
         assert(write(server.io_ready_pipe_write,"x",1) == 1);
     }
@@ -9026,14 +9218,14 @@ static void queueIOJob(iojob *j) {
 
 static int vmSwapObjectThreaded(robj *key, robj *val, redisDb *db) {
     iojob *j;
-    
+
     assert(key->storage == REDIS_VM_MEMORY);
     assert(key->refcount == 1);
 
     j = zmalloc(sizeof(*j));
     j->type = REDIS_IOJOB_PREPARE_SWAP;
     j->db = db;
-    j->key = dupStringObject(key);
+    j->key = key;
     j->val = val;
     incrRefCount(val);
     j->canceled = 0;
@@ -9070,7 +9262,7 @@ static int waitForSwappedKey(redisClient *c, robj *key) {
         vmCancelThreadedIOJob(o);
         return 0;
     }
-    
+
     /* OK: the key is either swapped, or being loaded just now. */
 
     /* Add the key to the list of keys this client is waiting for.
@@ -9101,7 +9293,7 @@ static int waitForSwappedKey(redisClient *c, robj *key) {
         j = zmalloc(sizeof(*j));
         j->type = REDIS_IOJOB_LOAD;
         j->db = c->db;
-        j->key = dupStringObject(key);
+        j->key = o;
         j->key->vtype = o->vtype;
         j->page = o->vm.page;
         j->val = NULL;
@@ -9620,6 +9812,9 @@ static void debugCommand(redisClient *c) {
                 (void*)key, key->refcount, (unsigned long long) key->vm.page,
                 (unsigned long long) key->vm.usedpages));
         }
+    } else if (!strcasecmp(c->argv[1]->ptr,"swapin") && c->argc == 3) {
+        lookupKeyRead(c->db,c->argv[2]);
+        addReply(c,shared.ok);
     } else if (!strcasecmp(c->argv[1]->ptr,"swapout") && c->argc == 3) {
         dictEntry *de = dictFind(c->db->dict,c->argv[2]);
         robj *key, *val;
@@ -9651,7 +9846,7 @@ static void debugCommand(redisClient *c) {
         }
     } else {
         addReplySds(c,sdsnew(
-            "-ERR Syntax error, try DEBUG [SEGFAULT|OBJECT <key>|SWAPOUT <key>|RELOAD]\r\n"));
+            "-ERR Syntax error, try DEBUG [SEGFAULT|OBJECT <key>|SWAPIN <key>|SWAPOUT <key>|RELOAD]\r\n"));
     }
 }
 
@@ -9780,7 +9975,7 @@ static void *getMcontextEip(ucontext_t *uc) {
     return (void*) uc->uc_mcontext->__ss.__rip;
   #else
     return (void*) uc->uc_mcontext->__ss.__eip;
-  #endif 
+  #endif
 #elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__X86_64__) || defined(__x86_64__)
     return (void*) uc->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EIP]; /* Linux 32/64 bit */
 #elif defined(__ia64__) /* Linux IA64 */
@@ -9805,7 +10000,7 @@ static void segvHandler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *secret) {
     redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "%s",infostring);
     /* It's not safe to sdsfree() the returned string under memory
      * corruption conditions. Let it leak as we are going to abort */
-    
+
     trace_size = backtrace(trace, 100);
     /* overwrite sigaction with caller's address */
     if (getMcontextEip(uc) != NULL) {