Clarify caching behavior for index and filter partitions (#9068)

Summary:
Somewhat confusingly, index and filter partition blocks are
never owned by table readers, even with
cache_index_and_filter_blocks=false. They still go into block cache
(possibly pinned by table reader) if there is a block cache. If no block
cache, they are only loaded transiently on demand.

This PR primarily clarifies the options APIs and some internal code
comments.

Also, this closes a hypothetical data corruption vulnerability where
some but not all index partitions are pinned. I haven't been able to
reproduce a case where it can happen (the failure seems to propagate
to abort table open) but it's worth patching nonetheless.

Fixes https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/issues/8979

Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/pull/9068

Test Plan:
existing tests :-/  I could cover the new code using sync
points, but then I'd have to very carefully relax my `assert(false)`

Reviewed By: ajkr

Differential Revision: D31898284

Pulled By: pdillinger

fbshipit-source-id: f2511a7d3a36bc04b627935d8e6cfea6422f98be

include/rocksdb/table.h

@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ struct BlockBasedTableOptions {
   // caching as they should now apply to range tombstone and compression
   // dictionary meta-blocks, in addition to index and filter meta-blocks.
   //
-  // Indicating if we'd put index/filter blocks to the block cache.
+  // Whether to put index/filter blocks in the block cache. When false,
-  // If not specified, each "table reader" object will pre-load index/filter
+  // each "table reader" object will pre-load index/filter blocks during
-  // block during table initialization.
+  // table initialization. Index and filter partition blocks always use
+  // block cache regardless of this option.
   bool cache_index_and_filter_blocks = false;
 
   // If cache_index_and_filter_blocks is enabled, cache index and filter
@@ -190,6 +191,8 @@ struct BlockBasedTableOptions {
     kHashSearch = 0x01,
 
     // A two-level index implementation. Both levels are binary search indexes.
+    // Second level index blocks ("partitions") use block cache even when
+    // cache_index_and_filter_blocks=false.
     kTwoLevelIndexSearch = 0x02,
 
     // Like kBinarySearch, but index also contains first key of each block.
@@ -285,7 +288,8 @@ struct BlockBasedTableOptions {
   // well.
   // TODO(myabandeh): remove the note above once the limitation is lifted
   // Use partitioned full filters for each SST file. This option is
-  // incompatible with block-based filters.
+  // incompatible with block-based filters. Filter partition blocks use
+  // block cache even when cache_index_and_filter_blocks=false.
   bool partition_filters = false;
 
   // Option to generate Bloom/Ribbon filters that minimize memory

table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc

@@ -2063,24 +2063,23 @@ BlockBasedTable::PartitionedIndexIteratorState::NewSecondaryIterator(
     const BlockHandle& handle) {
   // Return a block iterator on the index partition
   auto block = block_map_->find(handle.offset());
-  // This is a possible scenario since block cache might not have had space
+  // block_map_ must be exhaustive
-  // for the partition
+  if (block == block_map_->end()) {
-  if (block != block_map_->end()) {
+    assert(false);
-    const Rep* rep = table_->get_rep();
+    // Signal problem to caller
-    assert(rep);
+    return nullptr;
-
-    Statistics* kNullStats = nullptr;
-    // We don't return pinned data from index blocks, so no need
-    // to set `block_contents_pinned`.
-    return block->second.GetValue()->NewIndexIterator(
-        rep->internal_comparator.user_comparator(),
-        rep->get_global_seqno(BlockType::kIndex), nullptr, kNullStats, true,
-        rep->index_has_first_key, rep->index_key_includes_seq,
-        rep->index_value_is_full);
   }
-  // Create an empty iterator
+  const Rep* rep = table_->get_rep();
-  // TODO(ajkr): this is not the right way to handle an unpinned partition.
+  assert(rep);
-  return new IndexBlockIter();
+
+  Statistics* kNullStats = nullptr;
+  // We don't return pinned data from index blocks, so no need
+  // to set `block_contents_pinned`.
+  return block->second.GetValue()->NewIndexIterator(
+      rep->internal_comparator.user_comparator(),
+      rep->get_global_seqno(BlockType::kIndex), nullptr, kNullStats, true,
+      rep->index_has_first_key, rep->index_key_includes_seq,
+      rep->index_value_is_full);
 }
 
 // This will be broken if the user specifies an unusual implementation

table/block_based/partitioned_filter_block.h

@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ class PartitionedFilterBlockReader : public FilterBlockReaderCommon<Block> {
   bool index_value_is_full() const;
 
  protected:
+  // For partition blocks pinned in cache. Can be a subset of blocks
+  // in case some fail insertion on attempt to pin.
   std::unordered_map<uint64_t, CachableEntry<ParsedFullFilterBlock>>
       filter_map_;
 };

table/block_based/partitioned_index_reader.cc

@@ -114,10 +114,12 @@ Status PartitionIndexReader::CacheDependencies(const ReadOptions& ro,
   Statistics* kNullStats = nullptr;
 
   CachableEntry<Block> index_block;
-  Status s = GetOrReadIndexBlock(false /* no_io */, nullptr /* get_context */,
+  {
-                                 &lookup_context, &index_block);
+    Status s = GetOrReadIndexBlock(false /* no_io */, nullptr /* get_context */,
-  if (!s.ok()) {
+                                   &lookup_context, &index_block);
-    return s;
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+      return s;
+    }
   }
 
   // We don't return pinned data from index blocks, so no need
@@ -149,23 +151,30 @@ Status PartitionIndexReader::CacheDependencies(const ReadOptions& ro,
   rep->CreateFilePrefetchBuffer(0, 0, &prefetch_buffer,
                                 false /*Implicit auto readahead*/);
   IOOptions opts;
-  s = rep->file->PrepareIOOptions(ro, opts);
+  {
-  if (s.ok()) {
+    Status s = rep->file->PrepareIOOptions(ro, opts);
-    s = prefetch_buffer->Prefetch(opts, rep->file.get(), prefetch_off,
+    if (s.ok()) {
-                                  static_cast<size_t>(prefetch_len));
+      s = prefetch_buffer->Prefetch(opts, rep->file.get(), prefetch_off,
-  }
+                                    static_cast<size_t>(prefetch_len));
-  if (!s.ok()) {
+    }
-    return s;
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+      return s;
+    }
   }
 
+  // For saving "all or nothing" to partition_map_
+  std::unordered_map<uint64_t, CachableEntry<Block>> map_in_progress;
+
   // After prefetch, read the partitions one by one
   biter.SeekToFirst();
+  size_t partition_count = 0;
   for (; biter.Valid(); biter.Next()) {
     handle = biter.value().handle;
     CachableEntry<Block> block;
+    ++partition_count;
     // TODO: Support counter batch update for partitioned index and
     // filter blocks
-    s = table()->MaybeReadBlockAndLoadToCache(
+    Status s = table()->MaybeReadBlockAndLoadToCache(
         prefetch_buffer.get(), ro, handle, UncompressionDict::GetEmptyDict(),
         /*wait=*/true, &block, BlockType::kIndex, /*get_context=*/nullptr,
         &lookup_context, /*contents=*/nullptr);
@@ -174,14 +183,22 @@ Status PartitionIndexReader::CacheDependencies(const ReadOptions& ro,
       return s;
     }
     if (block.GetValue() != nullptr) {
+      // Might need to "pin" some mmap-read blocks (GetOwnValue) if some
+      // partitions are successfully compressed (cached) and some are not
+      // compressed (mmap eligible)
       if (block.IsCached() || block.GetOwnValue()) {
         if (pin) {
-          partition_map_[handle.offset()] = std::move(block);
+          map_in_progress[handle.offset()] = std::move(block);
         }
       }
     }
   }
-  return biter.status();
+  Status s = biter.status();
+  // Save (pin) them only if everything checks out
+  if (map_in_progress.size() == partition_count && s.ok()) {
+    std::swap(partition_map_, map_in_progress);
+  }
+  return s;
 }
 
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE

table/block_based/partitioned_index_reader.h

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class PartitionIndexReader : public BlockBasedTable::IndexReaderCommon {
                        CachableEntry<Block>&& index_block)
       : IndexReaderCommon(t, std::move(index_block)) {}
 
+  // For partition blocks pinned in cache. This is expected to be "all or
+  // none" so that !partition_map_.empty() can use an iterator expecting
+  // all partitions to be saved here.
   std::unordered_map<uint64_t, CachableEntry<Block>> partition_map_;
 };
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE

table/two_level_iterator.cc

@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ void TwoLevelIndexIterator::InitDataBlock() {
           state_->NewSecondaryIterator(handle);
       data_block_handle_ = handle;
       SetSecondLevelIterator(iter);
+      if (iter == nullptr) {
+        status_ = Status::Corruption("Missing block for partition " +
+                                     handle.ToString());
+      }
     }
   }
 }