Re: [PATCH 1/1] page cache: fix page_cache_next/prev_miss off by one

[Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>]

Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> writes:

> On 06/05/23 17:26, Ackerley Tng wrote:
>> Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> writes:

>> This doesn't seem to work as expected:

>> Here's a test I did

>>   ...

>> The above gave me: page_cache_next_miss(xa, 4, 3): 7

>> But I was expecting a return value of 6.

>> I investigated a little, and it seems like entry at index 6 if we start
>> iterating before 6 is 0xe, and xa_is_internal(entry) returns true.

>> Not yet familiar with the internals of xarrays, not sure what the fix
>> should be.

> I am NOT an expert with xarray.  However, the documentation says:

> "Calling xa_store_range() stores the same entry in a range
>   of indices.  If you do this, some of the other operations will behave
>   in a slightly odd way.  For example, marking the entry at one index
>   may result in the entry being marked at some, but not all of the other
>   indices.  Storing into one index may result in the entry retrieved by
>   some, but not all of the other indices changing."

> This may be why your test is not functioning as expected?  I modified
> your check_find_5() routine as follows (within lib/test_xarray.c):

> static noinline void check_find_5(struct xarray *xa, bool mult)
> {
> 	unsigned long max_scan;
> 	void *p = &max_scan;

> 	XA_BUG_ON(xa, !xa_empty(xa));

> 	if (mult) {
> 		xa_store(xa, 3, p, GFP_KERNEL);
> 		xa_store(xa, 4, p, GFP_KERNEL);
> 		xa_store(xa, 5, p, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	} else {
> 		xa_store_range(xa, 3, 5, p, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	}

> 	max_scan = 3;
> 	if (mult)
> 		printk("---> multiple stores\n");
> 	else
> 		printk("---> range store\n");

> 	printk("page_cache_next_miss(xa, %d, %ld): %ld\n", 4, max_scan,
> 		__page_cache_next_miss(xa, 4, max_scan));

> 	if (mult) {
> 		xa_store(xa, 3, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
> 		xa_store(xa, 4, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
> 		xa_store(xa, 5, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	} else {
> 		xa_store_range(xa, 3, 5, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	}

> 	xa_destroy(xa);
> }

> This results in:
> [  149.998676] ---> multiple stores
> [  149.999391] page_cache_next_miss(xa, 4, 3): 6
> [  150.003342] ---> range store
> [  150.007002] page_cache_next_miss(xa, 4, 3): 7

> I am fairly confident the page cache code will make individual xa_store
> calls as opposed to xa_store_range.

I tried this out with xa_store and a non-NULL pointer, and it works as
expected. Thanks!

I also checked that filemap/page_cache doesn't use xa_store_range(). It
only uses xas_store().

Reviewed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Tested-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>