fix(kv-index): detach a token-tree node only when the parent still holds it - #2568
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…lds it The eviction walk removes an emptied node from its parent by page key alone. The children map is concurrent and the walk runs during eviction, so a store can install a different node under that key first; the removal then drops the live replacement and every token beneath it, shrinking the index with no error. Check identity under the shard lock with remove_if, so the predicate and the removal cannot be split. Signed-off-by: Alex McC <319643551+hello-alexmcc@users.noreply.github.com>
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WalkthroughAncestor cleanup now checks node identity before removing a child by page key. A concurrency regression test verifies that stale cleanup preserves a replacement node and its token-match route. ChangesStale Cleanup Protection
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🟣 Pre-existing: The identity check closes the replacement-under-the-same-key race, but a second variant of the same TOCTOU survives: the walk's current.is_empty() check at the top of the loop runs without the shard lock, and a concurrent insert_tokens can revive this exact node in that window. insert_from's Entry::Occupied arm calls child.touch_tenant(...) (and may descend to add descendants) while still holding the parent's children entry guard, so a leaf that was just emptied by eviction can get a tenant re-attached before remove_if runs — Arc::ptr_eq then matches and the now-live node (plus anything the insert hangs beneath it) is detached anyway, silently shrinking the index just like the bug this PR fixes.
Because insert's revival happens under the same shard lock that remove_if takes, re-checking emptiness inside the predicate makes the check atomic with the removal:
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If the predicate fails because the node was revived, the walk self-corrects on the next iteration (the parent is non-empty, so the loop breaks), same as the replacement case.
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Reviewed the eviction/insert race fix in cleanup_empty_ancestors_with_parent. The remove_if + Arc::ptr_eq guard is correct for the replacement-under-same-key race, matches the existing chunk_assembler.rs precedent, and the deterministic regression test covers it well. One 🟣 pre-existing note inline about a residual revival variant of the same TOCTOU worth closing while you're on this line. No blocking issues.
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In `@crates/kv_index/src/token_tree.rs`:
- Line 1577: Update match_and_insert_with to serialize phase-2 touch_tenant
attachment with cleanup_empty_ancestors_with_parent detachment, then revalidate
the captured node’s parent edge under that synchronization before crediting
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🔴 Important Prevent phase-2 attachment to a detached node.
match_and_insert_with records full-match nodes even when phase 1 finds no tenant. Eviction can then remove that same node through cleanup_empty_ancestors_with_parent. Phase 2 still calls touch_tenant on the captured NodeRef and credits its tokens, although the node is no longer reachable. remove_if only checks pointer identity and does not synchronize detachment with tenant attachment.
Serialize detachment with phase-2 attachment, and revalidate the captured node's parent edge under that synchronization before attaching. Add a regression test for eviction of the same captured node between phase 1 and phase 2.
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In `@crates/kv_index/src/token_tree.rs` at line 1577, Update match_and_insert_with
to serialize phase-2 touch_tenant attachment with
cleanup_empty_ancestors_with_parent detachment, then revalidate the captured
node’s parent edge under that synchronization before crediting tokens. Ensure
detached nodes cannot be attached after remove_if removes the matching child.
Add a regression test that evicts the captured node between phases and verifies
no tenant attachment occurs.
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Description
Problem
TokenTree's eviction walk removes an emptied node from its parent by page key alone:Node::childrenis aDashMapand there is no tree-wide lock, so a concurrentinsert_tokenscan install a different node under that same page key between theemptiness check at the top of the loop and this removal. The walk then deletes the live
replacement and every descendant it owns.
Nothing reports an error. The index just gets smaller:
match_prefix_with_countsstopsfinding the evicted subtree, so cache-aware routing loses affinity for those prefixes and
silently degrades to scoring workers with no cached match. The window is reachable in
normal operation, because eviction (
evict_tenant,evict_tenant_by_size,remove_tenant_all) is designed to run concurrently with stores.Solution
Detach only when the parent still holds this exact node, using
remove_ifso thepredicate and the removal happen together under the shard lock. Everything needed for the
check was already there: the
Weakparent back-link, thepage_keyrecorded for O(1)removal, and
Arc::ptr_eq, which this file already uses in three other places.remove_ifis the same guardcrates/mesh/src/transport/chunk_assembler.rsuses to stopa stale generation removing a live entry.
Changes
crates/kv_index/src/token_tree.rs:cleanup_empty_ancestors_with_parentdetaches withremove_if(&page_key, |_, child| Arc::ptr_eq(child, ¤t))instead ofremove.crates/kv_index/src/token_tree.rs: regression teststale_cleanup_keeps_a_replacement_at_the_same_page_key.Test Plan
The test reproduces the collision deterministically rather than racing threads: it takes
the node the walk would hold, empties it and detaches it, lets a second insert install a
fresh node under the same page key, then runs the cleanup walk on the stale node and
asserts the replacement is still attached and its tokens still match.
It fails on the unfixed code with the assertion message:
Gates, run unpiped:
Checklist
cargo +nightly fmtpassescargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warningspasses