From: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
While the radix tree offers no ability to store IS_ERR pointers,
documenting that the XArray does not led to some concern. Here is a
sanctioned way to store errnos in the XArray. I'm concerned that it
will confuse people who can't tell the difference between xa_is_err()
and xa_is_errno(), so I've added copious kernel-doc to help them tell
the difference.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst | 9 ++++---
include/linux/xarray.h | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
tools/testing/radix-tree/xarray-test.c | 8 +++++-
3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst b/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst
index 706081bfe92f..57a494026d96 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ When you retrieve an entry from the XArray, you can check whether it is
a value entry by calling :c:func:`xa_is_value`, and convert it back to
an integer by calling :c:func:`xa_to_value`.
-The XArray does not support storing :c:func:`IS_ERR` pointers as some
+The XArray does not support storing :c:func:`IS_ERR` pointers because some
conflict with value entries or internal entries. If you need to store
-error numbers in the array, you can store ``(errno << 2)`` as these values
-will be aligned to a multiple of 4 and are not valid kernel pointers.
-The values 4, 8, ... 4092 are also not valid kernel pointers.
+error numbers in the array, you can encode them into error entries
+with :c:func:`xa_mk_errno`, check whether a returned entry is an error
+with :c:func:`xa_is_errno` and convert it back into an errno with
+:c:func:`xa_to_errno`.
An unusual feature of the XArray is the ability to create entries which
occupy a range of indices. Once stored to, looking up any index in
diff --git a/include/linux/xarray.h b/include/linux/xarray.h
index bcc321fb280f..e0f8eb06b874 100644
--- a/include/linux/xarray.h
+++ b/include/linux/xarray.h
@@ -231,6 +231,50 @@ static inline bool xa_is_value(const void *entry)
return (unsigned long)entry & 1;
}
+/**
+ * xa_mk_errno() - Create an XArray entry from an error number.
+ * @error: Error number to store in XArray.
+ *
+ * Return: An entry suitable for storing in the XArray.
+ */
+static inline void *xa_mk_errno(long error)
+{
+ return (void *)(error << 2);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xa_to_errno() - Get error number stored in an XArray entry.
+ * @entry: XArray entry.
+ *
+ * Calling this function on an entry which is not an xa_is_errno() will
+ * yield unpredictable results. Do not confuse this function with xa_err();
+ * this function is for errnos which have been stored in the XArray, and
+ * that function is for errors returned from the XArray implementation.
+ *
+ * Return: The error number stored in the XArray entry.
+ */
+static inline long xa_to_errno(const void *entry)
+{
+ return (long)entry >> 2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * xa_is_errno() - Determine if an entry is an errno.
+ * @entry: XArray entry.
+ *
+ * Do not confuse this function with xa_is_err(); that function tells you
+ * whether the XArray implementation returned an error; this function
+ * tells you whether the entry you successfully stored in the XArray
+ * represented an errno. If you have never stored an errno in the XArray,
+ * you do not have to check this.
+ *
+ * Return: True if the entry is an errno, false if it is a pointer.
+ */
+static inline bool xa_is_errno(const void *entry)
+{
+ return (((unsigned long)entry & 3) == 0) && (entry > (void *)-4096);
+}
+
/**
* xa_is_internal() - Is the entry an internal entry?
* @entry: Entry retrieved from the XArray
@@ -277,7 +321,7 @@ static inline int xa_err(void *entry)
/**
* xa_store_empty() - Store this entry in the XArray unless another entry is
- * already present.
+ * already present.
* @xa: XArray.
* @index: Index into array.
* @entry: New entry.
diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/xarray-test.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/xarray-test.c
index 43111786ebdd..b843cedf3988 100644
--- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/xarray-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/xarray-test.c
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ void check_xa_err(struct xarray *xa)
assert(xa_err(xa_store(xa, 1, xa_mk_value(0), GFP_KERNEL)) == 0);
assert(xa_err(xa_store(xa, 1, NULL, 0)) == 0);
// kills the test-suite :-(
-// assert(xa_err(xa_store(xa, 0, xa_mk_internal(0), 0)) == -EINVAL);
+// assert(xa_err(xa_store(xa, 0, xa_mk_internal(0), 0)) == -EINVAL);
+
+ assert(xa_err(xa_store(xa, 0, xa_mk_errno(-ENOMEM), GFP_KERNEL)) == 0);
+ assert(xa_err(xa_load(xa, 0)) == 0);
+ assert(xa_is_errno(xa_load(xa, 0)) == true);
+ assert(xa_to_errno(xa_load(xa, 0)) == -ENOMEM);
+ xa_erase(xa, 0);
}
void check_xa_tag(struct xarray *xa)
--
2.15.1
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