linux-kernel - [patch] fix the max path calculation in radix-tree.c

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Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:48:42 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	npiggin@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [patch] fix the max path calculation in radix-tree.c

Hi,

A while back, Nick Piggin introduced a patch to reduce the node memory
usage for small files (commit cfd9b7df4abd3257c9e381b0e445817b26a51c0c):

-#define RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT	6
+#define RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT	(CONFIG_BASE_SMALL ? 4 : 6)

Unfortunately, he didn't take into account the fact that the
calculation of the maximum path was based on an assumption of having
to round up:

#define RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH (RADIX_TREE_INDEX_BITS/RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT + 2)

So, if CONFIG_BASE_SMALL is set, you will end up with a
RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH that is one greater than necessary.  The practical
upshot of this is just a bit of wasted memory (one long in the
height_to_maxindex array, an extra pre-allocated radix tree node per
cpu, and extra stack usage in a couple of functions), but it seems
worth getting right.

It's also worth noting that I never build with CONFIG_BASE_SMALL.
What I did to test this was duplicate the code in a small user-space
program and check the results of the calculations for max path and the
contents of the height_to_maxindex array.

Cheers.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>

diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index 514efb2..67c908f 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ struct radix_tree_path {
 };

 #define RADIX_TREE_INDEX_BITS  (8 /* CHAR_BIT */ * sizeof(unsigned long))
-#define RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH (RADIX_TREE_INDEX_BITS/RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT + 2)
+#define RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH (DIV_ROUND_UP(RADIX_TREE_INDEX_BITS, \
+					  RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT) + 1)

 static unsigned long height_to_maxindex[RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH] __read_mostly;

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