Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Fix mas_spanning_rebalance() on insufficient data

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:53:15 +0000 Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> wrote:

> Mike Rapoport contacted me off-list with a regression in running criu.
> Periodic tests fail with an RCU stall during execution.  Although rare,
> it is possible to hit this with other uses so this patch should be
> backported to fix the regression.
> 
> An insufficient node was causing an out-of-bounds access on the node in
> mas_leaf_max_gap().  The cause was the faulty detection of the new node
> being a root node when overwriting many entries at the end of the tree.
> 
> Fix the detection of a new root and ensure there is sufficient data
> prior to entering the spanning rebalance loop.
> 
> Add a testcase to the maple tree test suite for this issue.

Shall do.

> Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
> Cc: usama.anjum@collabora.com
> Reported-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> Fixes: 54a611b60590 ("Maple Tree: add new data structure")
> Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>

I guess we want a cc:stable there?

>  lib/test_maple_tree.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++

Belated review: all this code runs at __init time, so every dang
function in there really should be marked __init, data marked
__initdata, etc.  Like lib/test_bitmap.c.

I wonder if there's some trick we can do external to the .c file to
have the same effect.

Also, maple_tree_seed():set[] could be static ;).  So we don't have to
initialize it at runtime.  Better would be static const.  Nitpick.