typedef struct redisObject {
  unsigned type:4;
  unsigned encoding:4;
  unsigned lru:LRU_BITS; /* LRU time (relative to global lru_clock) or
              * LFU data (least significant 8 bits frequency
              * and most significant 16 bits access time). */
  int refcount;
  void *ptr;
} robj;

      16 bits   8 bits
   +----------------+--------+
   + Last decr time | LOG_C |
   +----------------+--------+

lfu-log-factor 10
lfu-decay-time 1

robj *lookupKey(redisDb *db, robj *key, int flags) {
  dictEntry *de = dictFind(db->dict,key->ptr);
  if (de) {
    robj *val = dictGetVal(de);
 
    /* Update the access time for the ageing algorithm.
     * Don't do it if we have a saving child, as this will trigger
     * a copy on write madness. */
    if (server.rdb_child_pid == -1 &&
      server.aof_child_pid == -1 &&
      !(flags & LOOKUP_NOTOUCH))
    {
      if (server.maxmemory_policy & MAXMEMORY_FLAG_LFU) {
        updateLFU(val);
      } else {
        val->lru = LRU_CLOCK();
      }
    }
    return val;
  } else {
    return NULL;
  }
}

/* Update LFU when an object is accessed.
 * Firstly, decrement the counter if the decrement time is reached.
 * Then logarithmically increment the counter, and update the access time. */
void updateLFU(robj *val) {
  unsigned long counter = LFUDecrAndReturn(val);
  counter = LFULogIncr(counter);
  val->lru = (LFUGetTimeInMinutes()<<8) | counter;
}

/* If the object decrement time is reached decrement the LFU counter but
 * do not update LFU fields of the object, we update the access time
 * and counter in an explicit way when the object is really accessed.
 * And we will times halve the counter according to the times of
 * elapsed time than server.lfu_decay_time.
 * Return the object frequency counter.
 *
 * This function is used in order to scan the dataset for the best object
 * to fit: as we check for the candidate, we incrementally decrement the
 * counter of the scanned objects if needed. */
unsigned long LFUDecrAndReturn(robj *o) {
  unsigned long ldt = o->lru >> 8;
  unsigned long counter = o->lru & 255;
  unsigned long num_periods = server.lfu_decay_time ? LFUTimeElapsed(ldt) / server.lfu_decay_time : 0;
  if (num_periods)
    counter = (num_periods > counter) ? 0 : counter - num_periods;
  return counter;
}

/* Return the current time in minutes, just taking the least significant
 * 16 bits. The returned time is suitable to be stored as LDT (last decrement
 * time) for the LFU implementation. */
unsigned long LFUGetTimeInMinutes(void) {
  return (server.unixtime/60) & 65535;
}
 
/* Given an object last access time, compute the minimum number of minutes
 * that elapsed since the last access. Handle overflow (ldt greater than
 * the current 16 bits minutes time) considering the time as wrapping
 * exactly once. */
unsigned long LFUTimeElapsed(unsigned long ldt) {
  unsigned long now = LFUGetTimeInMinutes();
  if (now >= ldt) return now-ldt;
  return 65535-ldt+now;
}

/* Logarithmically increment a counter. The greater is the current counter value
 * the less likely is that it gets really implemented. Saturate it at 255. */
uint8_t LFULogIncr(uint8_t counter) {
  if (counter == 255) return 255;
  double r = (double)rand()/RAND_MAX;
  double baseval = counter - LFU_INIT_VAL;
  if (baseval < 0) baseval = 0;
  double p = 1.0/(baseval*server.lfu_log_factor+1);
  if (r < p) counter++;
  return counter;
}

robj *createObject(int type, void *ptr) {
  robj *o = zmalloc(sizeof(*o));
  o->type = type;
  o->encoding = OBJ_ENCODING_RAW;
  o->ptr = ptr;
  o->refcount = 1;
 
  /* Set the LRU to the current lruclock (minutes resolution), or
   * alternatively the LFU counter. */
  if (server.maxmemory_policy & MAXMEMORY_FLAG_LFU) {
    o->lru = (LFUGetTimeInMinutes()<<8) | LFU_INIT_VAL;
  } else {
    o->lru = LRU_CLOCK();
  }
  return o;
}

    if (server.maxmemory_policy & (MAXMEMORY_FLAG_LRU|MAXMEMORY_FLAG_LFU) ||
      server.maxmemory_policy == MAXMEMORY_VOLATILE_TTL)

    } else if (server.maxmemory_policy & MAXMEMORY_FLAG_LFU) {
      /* When we use an LRU policy, we sort the keys by idle time
       * so that we expire keys starting from greater idle time.
       * However when the policy is an LFU one, we have a frequency
       * estimation, and we want to evict keys with lower frequency
       * first. So inside the pool we put objects using the inverted
       * frequency subtracting the actual frequency to the maximum
       * frequency of 255. */
      idle = 255-LFUDecrAndReturn(o);