Re: [PATCH 0/2] RFC: zswap tree use xarray instead of RB tree

[Chris Li]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM Liam R. Howlett
<Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The first patch adds the xarray alongside the RB tree.
> > > > There is some debug check asserting the xarray agrees with
> > > > the RB tree results.
> > > >
> > > > The second patch removes the zwap RB tree.
> > >
> > > The breakdown looks like something that would be a development step,
> > > but for patch submission I think it makes more sense to have a single
> > > patch replacing the rbtree with an xarray.
> >
> > I think it makes the review easier. The code adding and removing does
> > not have much overlap. Combining it to a single patch does not save
> > patch size. Having the assert check would be useful for some bisecting
> > to narrow down which step causing the problem. I am fine with squash
> > it to one patch as well.
>
> I had thought similar when I replaced the rbtree with the maple tree in
> the VMA space.  That conversion was more involved and I wanted to detect
> if there was ever any difference, and where I had made the error in the
> multiple patch conversion.
>
> This became rather painful once an issue was found, as then anyone
> bisecting other issues could hit this difference and either blamed the
> commit pointing at the BUG_ON() or gave up (I don't blame them for
> giving up, I would).  With only two commits, it may be easier for people
> to see a fixed tag pointing to the same commit that bisect found (if
> they check), but it proved an issue with my multiple patch conversion.

Thanks for sharing your experience. That debug assert did help me
catch issues on my own internal version after rebasing to the latest
mm tree. If the user can't do the bisect, then I agree we don't need
to assert in the official version. I can always bisect on my one
internal version.

>
> You may not experience this issue with the users of the zswap, but I
> plan to avoid doing this again in the future.  At least a WARN_ON_ONCE()
> and a comment might help?

Sure, I might just merge the two patches. Don't have the BUG_ON() any more.

Chris