Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: do not preallocate nodes for slot stores

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:57:48 +0000 Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 11:46:40AM -0800, Sidhartha Kumar wrote:
> > +	/* Slot store, does not require additional nodes */
> > +	if ((node_size == mas->end) && ((!mt_in_rcu(mas->tree))
> > +		|| (wr_mas.offset_end - mas->offset == 1)))
> > +		return 0;
> 
> Should we refactor this into a mas_is_slot_store() predicate?
> 
> A few coding-style problems with it as it's currently written:
> 
> 1. The indentation on the second line is wrong.  It makes the
> continuation of the condition look like part of the statement.  Use
> extra whitespace to indent.  eg:
> 
> 	if ((node_size == mas->end) && ((!mt_in_rcu(mas->tree))
> 			|| (wr_mas.offset_end - mas->offset == 1)))
> 		return 0;
> 
> 2. The operator goes last on the line, not at the beginning of the
> continuation line.  ie:
> 
> 	if ((node_size == mas->end) && ((!mt_in_rcu(mas->tree)) ||
> 			(wr_mas.offset_end - mas->offset == 1)))
> 		return 0;
> 
> 3. You don't need parens around the !mt_in_rcu(mas->tree).  There's
> no ambiguity to solve here:
> 
> 	if ((node_size == mas->end) && (!mt_in_rcu(mas->tree) ||
> 			(wr_mas.offset_end - mas->offset == 1)))
> 		return 0;
> 
> But I'd write it as:
> 
> 	if ((node_size == mas->end) &&
> 	    (!mt_in_rcu(mas->tree) || (wr_mas.offset_end - mas->offset == 1)))
> 		return 0;
> 
> because then the whitespace matches how you're supposed to parse the
> condition, and so the next person to read this code will have an easier
> time of it.

Yup.  But I'd suggest going further:

	/* Slot store, does not require additional nodes */
	if (node_size == mas->end) {
		/* comment goes here */
		if (!mt_in_rcu(mas->tree))
			return 0;
		/* and here too */
		if (wr_mas.offset_end - mas->offset == 1)
			return 0;
	}

ie: create space to add those comments explaining the reason for each test.