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

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Message-ID: <x49r6lmkol5.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:39:18 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch] fix the max path calculation in radix-tree.c

Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 03:48:42PM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
>
> OK, after you DIV_ROUND_UP, what is the extra 1 for? For paths, it is because
> they are NULL terminated paths I guess (without remembering too hard), and for
> height_to_maxindex array it is needed for 0-height trees I think. So it would
> be kinda cleaner to have the _real_ MAX_PATH, and two other constants for
> this array and the paths arrays (that just happen to be identical due to
> implementation). Don't you think?
>
> But that's not to nack this patch. On the contrary I think your logic is
> correct, and it should be fixed. I didn't check the maths myself but I trust
> you :)

Hi, Nick,

As I said, I wasn't sure what to name the constants for the path and
height arrays, so I just commented the +1 there.  I've been running
this on one of my 64bit test systems successfully for about a day,
now.  The one code path I was concerned about was
radix_tree_node_alloc, since the prealloc array changes size with this
patch.  I stepped through the code by hand and it looks right to me.
Additionally, I wrote a kprobe that would simulate the
kmem_cache_alloc failure.  I then inserted a node at max height into
an empty tree with preemption disabled.  I verified, using the crash
utility, that the tree was constructed and filled in properly.

You can find the kprobe at http://people.redhat.com/jmoyer/radix-tree/.

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

diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index 514efb2..d2655cb 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ 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))
 
-static unsigned long height_to_maxindex[RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH] __read_mostly;
+/*
+ * The height_to_maxindex array needs to be one deeper than the maximum
+ * path as height 0 holds only 1 entry.
+ */
+static unsigned long height_to_maxindex[RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH + 1] __read_mostly;
 
 /*
  * Radix tree node cache.
@@ -487,7 +492,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(radix_tree_tag_set);
 void *radix_tree_tag_clear(struct radix_tree_root *root,
 			unsigned long index, unsigned int tag)
 {
-	struct radix_tree_path path[RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH], *pathp = path;
+	/*
+	 * The radix tree path needs to be one longer than the maximum path
+	 * since the "list" is null terminated.
+	 */
+	struct radix_tree_path path[RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH + 1], *pathp = path;
 	struct radix_tree_node *slot = NULL;
 	unsigned int height, shift;
 
@@ -882,7 +891,11 @@ static inline void radix_tree_shrink(struct radix_tree_root *root)
  */
 void *radix_tree_delete(struct radix_tree_root *root, unsigned long index)
 {
-	struct radix_tree_path path[RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH], *pathp = path;
+	/*
+	 * The radix tree path needs to be one longer than the maximum path
+	 * since the "list" is null terminated.
+	 */
+	struct radix_tree_path path[RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH + 1], *pathp = path;
 	struct radix_tree_node *slot = NULL;
 	struct radix_tree_node *to_free;
 	unsigned int height, shift;
-
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