The `compaction_strategy_state` class holds strategy specific state via
a `std::variant` containing different state types. When a compaction
strategy performs compaction, it retrieves a reference to its state from
the `compaction_strategy_state` object. If the table's compaction
strategy is ALTERed while a compaction is in progress, the
`compaction_strategy_state` object gets replaced, destroying the old
state. This leaves the ongoing compaction holding a dangling reference,
resulting in a use after free.
Fix this by using `seastar::shared_ptr` for the state variant
alternatives(`leveled_compaction_strategy_state_ptr` and
`time_window_compaction_strategy_state_ptr`). The compaction strategies
now hold a copy of the shared_ptr, ensuring the state remains valid for
the duration of the compaction even if the strategy is altered.
The `compaction_strategy_state` itself is still passed by reference and
only the variant alternatives use shared_ptrs. This allows ongoing
compactions to retain ownership of the state independently of the
wrapper's lifetime.
Fixes#25913
Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Narayanan Sreethar <lakshmi.sreethar@scylladb.com>
The namespace usage in this directory is very inconsistent, with files
and classes scattered in:
* global namespace
* namespace compaction
* namespace sstables
With cases, where all three used in the same file. This code used to
live in sstables/ and some of it still retains namespace sstables as a
heritage of that time. The mismatch between the dir (future module) and
the namespace used is confusing, so finish the migration and move all
code in compaction/ to namespace compaction too.
This patch, although large, is mechanic and only the following kind of
changes are made:
* replace namespace sstable {} with namespace compaction {}
* add namespace compaction {}
* drop/add sstables::
* drop/add compaction::
* move around forward-declarations so they are in the correct namespace
context
This refactoring revealed some awkward leftover coupling between
sstables and compaction, in sstables/sstable_set.cc, where the
make_sstable_set() methods of compaction strategies are implemented.
