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replace member strlen with getgr_max and getpw_max

This way we can use buffers in both Zig and C, without the performance
or size penalty.
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Motiejus Jakštys 2022-04-18 19:35:26 +03:00 committed by Motiejus Jakštys
parent c6bd3f5cb8
commit 64bd5df633
4 changed files with 60 additions and 88 deletions

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@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ A known implementation runs id(1) at ~250 rps sequentially on ~20k users and
To better reason about the trade-offs, it is useful to understand how `id(1)`
is implemented, in rough terms:
- lookup user by name ([`getpwent_r(3)`][getpwent_r]).
- lookup user by name ([`getpwent_r(3)`][getpwent]).
- get all gids for the user ([`getgrouplist(3)`][getgrouplist]). Note: it is
actually using `initgroups_dyn`, accepts a uid, and is very poorly
documented.
@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ OFFSET TYPE NAME DESCRIPTION
40 u64 nblocks_users
48 u64 nblocks_groupmembers
56 u64 nblocks_additional_gids
64 u64 getgr_max
72 u64 getpw_max
80 [48]u8 padding
```
`magic` is 0xf09fa4b7, and `version` must be `0`. All integers are
@ -165,6 +168,10 @@ number of bytes. However, interpreting `[2]u6` with `xxd(1)` is harder than
interpreting `[2]u8`. Therefore we are using the space we have to make these
integers byte-wide.
`getgr_max` and `getpw_max` is a hint for the caller of `getgr*` and
`getpw*`-family calls. This is the recommended size of the buffer, so the
caller does not receive `ENOMEM`.
Primitive types
---------------
@ -279,20 +286,17 @@ respectively. Membership IDs are packed — not necessitating random access, thu
suitable for compression.
- `groupmembers` consists of a number X followed by a list of offsets to User
records, because `getgr*_r` returns pointers to membernames, thus a name has
to be immediately resolvable.
records, because `getgr*` returns pointers to membernames, thus a name has to
be immediately resolvable.
- `additional_gids` is a list of gids, because `initgroups_dyn` (and friends)
returns an array of gids.
Each entry of `groupmembers` and `additional_gids` starts with a varint N,
which is the number of upcoming elements. Then depending on the type:
which is the number of upcoming elements. Then N delta-compressed varints,
which are:
- **additional_gids** stores N delta-compressed varints. These varints
correspond to a list of gids.
- **groupmembers** stores a total length of the member names, followed by N,
followed by N offsets. These are byte-offsets to the User records in the
`users` section. Having the length of membernames saves some CPU cycles when
decompressing the members in the hot path.
- **additional_gids** a list of gids.
- **groupmembers** byte-offsets to the User records in the `users` section.
Indices
-------
@ -339,7 +343,7 @@ Each section is padded to 64 bytes.
```
SECTION SIZE DESCRIPTION
header 64 see "Turbonss header" section
header 128 see "Turbonss header" section
bdz_gid ? bdz(gid)
bdz_groupname ? bdz(groupname)
bdz_uid ? bdz(uid)
@ -365,7 +369,7 @@ Section creation order:
1. ✅ `groupmembers` requires `users`.
1. ✅ `groups` requires `groupmembers`.
1. ✅ `idx_*`. requires offsets to `groups` and `users`.
1. Header.
1. Header.
[git-subtrac]: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20191109
[cmph]: http://cmph.sourceforge.net/
@ -374,6 +378,6 @@ Section creation order:
[data-oriented-design]: https://media.handmade-seattle.com/practical-data-oriented-design/
[getpwnam_r]: https://linux.die.net/man/3/getpwnam_r
[varint]: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/encoding#varints
[getpwent_r]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getpwent_r.3.html
[getpwent]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getpwent_r.3.html
[getgrouplist]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getgrouplist.3.html
[getgrid_r]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getgrid_r.3.html
[getgrid]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getgrid_r.3.html

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@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ gid: u32,
name: [:0]const u8,
// Should be a sentinel-terminated array.
// https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/7517
members: []const ?[*:0]const u8,
members: []align(1) const ?[*:0]const u8,

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@ -222,86 +222,63 @@ pub fn fromBytes(buf: []align(8) const u8) InvalidHeader!DB {
return result;
}
const GroupMemberNames = struct {
_buf: []u8,
arr: []const ?[*:0]const u8,
pub fn deinit(self: *GroupMemberNames, allocator: Allocator) void {
if (self._buf.len == 0) return;
allocator.free(self._buf);
allocator.free(self.arr);
}
};
// returns a list of group member names starting at the given offset of
// groupmembers blob.
fn groupMemberNames(
// dumps PackedGroup to []u8 and returns a CGroup.
fn getGroup(
self: *const DB,
allocator: Allocator,
offset: u64,
) error{OutOfMemory}!GroupMemberNames {
const v = compress.uvarintMust(self.groupmembers[offset..]);
const total_members_len = v.value;
const offset2 = offset + v.bytes_read;
var vit = compress.VarintSliceIteratorMust(self.groupmembers[offset2..]);
group: PackedGroup,
buf: *[]u8,
) error{OutOfMemory}!CGroup {
const members_slice = self.groupmembers[group.members_offset..];
var vit = compress.VarintSliceIteratorMust(members_slice);
const num_members = vit.remaining;
if (num_members == 0)
return GroupMemberNames{
._buf = &[0]u8{},
.arr = &[1]?[*:0]const u8{null},
};
// TODO (zig 0.10+) make result type sentinel-aware and stop
// the terminating-null-pointer-dancing.
var arr = try allocator.alloc(?[*:0]const u8, num_members + 1);
errdefer allocator.free(arr);
arr.len = num_members + 1;
arr[num_members] = null;
arr.len = num_members;
var buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
errdefer buf.deinit();
// +num_members are for sentinel zeroes
try buf.ensureTotalCapacity(total_members_len + num_members);
const ptr_end = @sizeOf(?[*:0]const u8) * (num_members + 1);
if (ptr_end > buf.len) return error.OutOfMemory;
var member_ptrs = mem.bytesAsSlice(?[*:0]const u8, buf.*[0..ptr_end]);
member_ptrs[member_ptrs.len - 1] = null;
var buf_offset: usize = ptr_end;
var it = compress.DeltaDecompressionIterator(&vit);
var i: usize = 0;
while (it.nextMust()) |member_offset| : (i += 1) {
const entry = PackedUser.fromBytes(self.users[member_offset << 3 ..]);
const start = buf.items.len;
const start = buf_offset;
const name = entry.user.name();
buf.appendSliceAssumeCapacity(name);
buf.appendAssumeCapacity(0);
if (buf_offset + name.len + 1 > buf.len) return error.OutOfMemory;
mem.copy(u8, buf.*[buf_offset..], name);
buf_offset += name.len;
buf.*[buf_offset] = 0;
buf_offset += 1;
// TODO: arr[i] = buf[...] triggers a bug in zig pre-0.10
const terminated = buf.items[start .. buf.items.len - 1 :0];
arr[i] = terminated;
const terminated = buf.*[start .. buf_offset - 1 :0];
member_ptrs[i] = terminated;
}
return GroupMemberNames{ ._buf = buf.toOwnedSlice(), .arr = arr };
const name = group.name();
if (buf_offset + name.len + 1 > buf.len) return error.OutOfMemory;
mem.copy(u8, buf.*[buf_offset..], name);
buf.*[buf_offset + name.len] = 0;
return CGroup{
.name = buf.*[buf_offset .. buf_offset + name.len :0],
.gid = group.gid(),
.members = member_ptrs,
};
}
// getgrtnam returns a Group entry by name. The Group must be
// deinit'ed by caller.
fn getgrnam(
self: *const DB,
allocator: Allocator,
name: []const u8,
buf: *[]u8,
) error{OutOfMemory}!?CGroup {
const idx = bdz.search(self.bdz_groupname, name);
const offset = self.idx_groupname2group[idx];
const group = PackedGroup.fromBytes(self.groups[offset << 3 ..]).group;
if (!mem.eql(u8, name, group.name())) return null;
var members = try self.groupMemberNames(allocator, group.members_offset);
errdefer members.deinit(allocator);
const namez = try allocator.dupeZ(u8, name);
errdefer allocator.free(namez);
return CGroup{
.name = namez,
.gid = group.gid(),
.members = members.arr,
};
return try self.getGroup(group, buf);
}
fn shellSections(
@ -445,13 +422,6 @@ fn groupMembers(
compress.deltaCompress(u32, scratch.items) catch |err| switch (err) {
error.NotSorted => unreachable,
};
const total_members_len = blk: {
var sum: usize = 0;
for (members) |user_idx|
sum += corpus.users.get(user_idx).name.len;
break :blk @intCast(u32, sum);
};
try compress.appendUvarint(&blob, total_members_len);
try compress.appendUvarint(&blob, members.len);
for (scratch.items) |elem|
try compress.appendUvarint(&blob, elem);
@ -628,19 +598,19 @@ test "high-level API" {
var db = try DB.fromCorpus(allocator, &corpus);
defer db.deinit(allocator);
var arena = ArenaAllocator.init(allocator);
defer arena.deinit();
// TODO: should accept a buffer instead of an allocator instead.
const all = try db.getgrnam(arena.allocator(), "all");
var buf = try allocator.alloc(u8, db.header.getgr_max);
defer allocator.free(buf);
const all = try db.getgrnam("all", &buf);
try testing.expect(all != null);
try testing.expectEqual(all.?.gid, 9999);
try testing.expectEqualStrings(all.?.name, "all");
const members = mem.sliceTo(all.?.members, null);
try testing.expectEqual(members.len, 4);
const members = all.?.members;
try testing.expectEqualStrings(mem.sliceTo(members[0].?, 0), "Name" ** 8);
try testing.expectEqualStrings(mem.sliceTo(members[1].?, 0), "root");
try testing.expectEqualStrings(mem.sliceTo(members[2].?, 0), "svc-bar");
try testing.expectEqualStrings(mem.sliceTo(members[3].?, 0), "vidmantas");
try testing.expectEqual(members[4], null);
}
test "additionalGids" {

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@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ fn strlen(self: *const User) usize {
}
// length of all string-data fields, assuming they are zero-terminated.
// Includes one character for "password".
// Does not include password, since that's always static 'x\00'.
pub fn strlenZ(self: *const User) usize {
return self.strlen() +
4 + // '\0' of name, gecos, home and shell
2; // password: 'x\0'
return self.strlen() + 4; // '\0' of name, gecos, home and shell
}
pub fn deinit(self: *User, allocator: Allocator) void {