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Jan Ciolek
464437ef90 types/user: modify idx_of_field to use bytes_view
Let's change the argument type from `bytes`
to `bytes_view`. Sometimes it's possible to get
an instance of `bytes_view`, but getting `bytes`
would require a copy, which is wasteful.

`bytes_view` allows to avoid copies.

Signed-off-by: Jan Ciolek <jan.ciolek@scylladb.com>
2023-06-16 01:11:31 +02:00
Jan Ciolek
ab1ba497b5 types: add read_nth_user_type_field()
Add a function which can be used to read the nth
field of a serialized UDT value.

We could deserialize the whole value and then choose
one of the deserialized fields, but that would be wasteful.
Sometimes we only need the value of one field, not all of them.

Signed-off-by: Jan Ciolek <jan.ciolek@scylladb.com>
2023-06-16 01:11:30 +02:00
Jan Ciolek
5fce4d9675 types: add read_nth_tuple_element()
Add a function which retrieves the value of nth
field from a serialized tuple value.

I tried to make it as efficient as possible.
Other functions, like evaluate(subscript) tend to
deserialize the whole structure and put all of its
elements in a vector. Then they select a single element
from this vector.
This is wasteful, as we only need a single element's value.

This function goes over the serialized fields
and directly returns the one that is needed.
No allocations are needed.

Signed-off-by: Jan Ciolek <jan.ciolek@scylladb.com>
2023-06-14 07:22:39 +02:00
Avi Kivity
42a1ced73b cql3: result_set: switch cell data type from bytes_opt to managed_bytes_opt
The expression system uses managed_bytes_opt for values, but result_set
uses bytes_opt. This means that processing values from the result set
in expressions requires a copy.

Out of the two, managed_bytes_opt is the better choice, since it prevents
large contiguous allocations for large blobs. So we switch result_set
to use managed_bytes_opt. Users of the result_set API are adjusted.

The db::function interface is not modified to limit churn; instead we
convert the types on entry and exit. This will be adjusted in a following
patch.
2023-05-07 17:17:36 +03:00
Avi Kivity
d3e9fd49a3 types: abstract_type: add mixed-type versions of compare() and equal()
compare() and equal() can compare two unfragmented values or two
fragmented values, but a mix of a fragmented value and an unfragmented
value runs afoul of C++ conversion rules. Add more overloads to
make it simpler for users.
2023-05-07 17:17:36 +03:00
Benny Halevy
935ff0fcbb types: timestamp_from_string: print current_exception on error
We may catch exceptions that are not `marshal_exception`.
Print std::current_exception() in this case to provide
some context about the marshalling error.

Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@scylladb.com>

Closes #13693
2023-04-27 22:30:55 +03:00
Kefu Chai
f5b05cf981 treewide: use defaulted operator!=() and operator==()
in C++20, compiler generate operator!=() if the corresponding
operator==() is already defined, the language now understands
that the comparison is symmetric in the new standard.

fortunately, our operator!=() is always equivalent to
`! operator==()`, this matches the behavior of the default
generated operator!=(). so, in this change, all `operator!=`
are removed.

in addition to the defaulted operator!=, C++20 also brings to us
the defaulted operator==() -- it is able to generated the
operator==() if the member-wise lexicographical comparison.
under some circumstances, this is exactly what we need. so,
in this change, if the operator==() is also implemented as
a lexicographical comparison of all memeber variables of the
class/struct in question, it is implemented using the default
generated one by removing its body and mark the function as
`default`. moreover, if the class happen to have other comparison
operators which are implemented using lexicographical comparison,
the default generated `operator<=>` is used in place of
the defaulted `operator==`.

sometimes, we fail to mark the operator== with the `const`
specifier, in this change, to fulfil the need of C++ standard,
and to be more correct, the `const` specifier is added.

also, to generate the defaulted operator==, the operand should
be `const class_name&`, but it is not always the case, in the
class of `version`, we use `version` as the parameter type, to
fulfill the need of the C++ standard, the parameter type is
changed to `const version&` instead. this does not change
the semantic of the comparison operator. and is a more idiomatic
way to pass non-trivial struct as function parameters.

please note, because in C++20, both operator= and operator<=> are
symmetric, some of the operators in `multiprecision` are removed.
they are the symmetric form of the another variant. if they were
not removed, compiler would, for instance, find ambiguous
overloaded operator '=='.

this change is a cleanup to modernize the code base with C++20
features.

Signed-off-by: Kefu Chai <kefu.chai@scylladb.com>

Closes #13687
2023-04-27 10:24:46 +03:00
Kefu Chai
a2aa133822 treewide: use std::lexicographical_compare_threeway
this the standard library offers
`std::lexicographical_compare_threeway()`, and we never uses the
last two addition parameters which are not provided by
`std::lexicographical_compare_threeway()`. there is no need to have
the homebrew version of trichotomic compare function.

in this change,

* all occurrences of `lexicographical_tri_compare()` are replaced
  with `std::lexicographical_compare_threeway()`.
* ``lexicographical_tri_compare()` is dropped.

Signed-off-by: Kefu Chai <kefu.chai@scylladb.com>

Closes #13615
2023-04-21 14:28:18 +03:00
Kefu Chai
6bb32efac0 utils: big_decimal: replace compare() with <=> operator
now that we are using C++20, it'd be more convenient if we can use
the <=> operator for comparing. the compiler creates the 6 other
operators for us if the <=> operator is defined. so the code is more
compacted.

in this change, `big_decimal::compare()` is replaced with `operator<=>`,
and its caller is updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Kefu Chai <kefu.chai@scylladb.com>
2023-04-15 12:52:30 +08:00
Nadav Har'El
d26bb8c12d Merge 'tree: migrate from std::regex to boost::regex' from Botond Dénes
Except for where usage of `std::regex` is required by 3rd party library interfaces.
As demonstrated countless times, std::regex's practice of using recursion for pattern matching can result in stack overflow, especially on AARCH64. The most recent incident happened after merging https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/pull/13075, which (indirectly) uses `sstables::make_entry_descriptor()` to test whether a certain path is a valid scylla table path in a trial-and-error manner. This resulted in stacks blowing up in AARCH64.
To prevent this, use the already tried and tested method of switching from `std::regex` to `boost::regex`. Don't wait until each of the `std::regex` sites explode, replace them all preemptively.

Refs: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/13404

Closes #13452

* github.com:scylladb/scylladb:
  test: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
  utils: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
  db/commitlog: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
  types: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
  index: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
  duration.cc: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
  cql3: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
  thrift: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
  sstables: use s/std::regex/boost::regex/
2023-04-09 18:47:41 +03:00
Botond Dénes
712889c99f types: s/std::regex/boost::regex/
The former is prone to producing stack-overflow as it uses recursion in
it match implementation.

The migration is entirely mechanical is for the most part.
escape() needs some special treatment, looks like boost::regex wants
double escaped bacspace.
2023-04-06 09:50:45 -04:00
Botond Dénes
00f06522c2 types/user: add get_name() accessor
For the raw name (bytes).
2023-03-27 01:44:00 -04:00
Kefu Chai
e796525f23 types: remove unused header
<iterator> was introduced back in
1cf02cb9d8, but lexicographical_compare.hh
was extracted out in bdfc0aa748, since we
don't have any users of <iterator> in types.hh anymore, let's remove it.

Signed-off-by: Kefu Chai <kefu.chai@scylladb.com>

Closes #13327
2023-03-26 16:55:16 +03:00
Avi Kivity
bdfc0aa748 utils, types, test: extract lexicographical compare utilities
UUID_test uses lexicograhical_compare from the types module. This
is a layering violation, since UUIDs are at a much lower level than
the database type system. In practical terms, this cause link failures
with gcc due to some thread-local-storage variables defined in types.hh
but not provided by any object, since we don't link with types.o in this
test.

Fix by extracting the relevant functions into a new header.
2023-03-21 15:42:53 +02:00
Kefu Chai
c37f4e5252 treewide: use fmt::join() when appropriate
now that fmtlib provides fmt::join(). see
https://fmt.dev/latest/api.html#_CPPv4I0EN3fmt4joinE9join_viewIN6detail10iterator_tI5RangeEEN6detail10sentinel_tI5RangeEEERR5Range11string_view
there is not need to revent the wheel. so in this change, the homebrew
join() is replaced with fmt::join().

as fmt::join() returns an join_view(), this could improve the
performance under certain circumstances where the fully materialized
string is not needed.

please note, the goal of this change is to use fmt::join(), and this
change does not intend to improve the performance of existing
implementation based on "operator<<" unless the new implementation is
much more complicated. we will address the unnecessarily materialized
strings in a follow-up commit.

some noteworthy things related to this change:

* unlike the existing `join()`, `fmt::join()` returns a view. so we
  have to materialize the view if what we expect is a `sstring`
* `fmt::format()` does not accept a view, so we cannot pass the
  return value of `fmt::join()` to `fmt::format()`
* fmtlib does not format a typed pointer, i.e., it does not format,
  for instance, a `const std::string*`. but operator<<() always print
  a typed pointer. so if we want to format a typed pointer, we either
  need to cast the pointer to `void*` or use `fmt::ptr()`.
* fmtlib is not able to pick up the overload of
  `operator<<(std::ostream& os, const column_definition* cd)`, so we
  have to use a wrapper class of `maybe_column_definition` for printing
  a pointer to `column_definition`. since the overload is only used
  by the two overloads of
  `statement_restrictions::add_single_column_parition_key_restriction()`,
  the operator<< for `const column_definition*` is dropped.

Signed-off-by: Kefu Chai <kefu.chai@scylladb.com>
2023-03-16 20:34:18 +08:00
Avi Kivity
6aa91c13c5 Merge 'Optimize topology::compare_endpoints' from Benny Halevy
The code for compare_endpoints originates at the dawn of time (bc034aeaec)
and is called on the fast path from storage_proxy via `sort_by_proximity`.

This series considerably reduces the function's footprint by:
1. carefully coding the many comparisons in the function so to reduce the number of conditional banches (apparently the compiler isn't doing a good enough job at optimizing it in this case)
2. avoid sstring copy in topology::get_{datacenter,rack}

Closes #12761

* github.com:scylladb/scylladb:
  topology: optimize compare_endpoints
  to_string: add print operators for std::{weak,partial}_ordering
  utils: to_sstring: deinline std::strong_ordering print operator
  move to_string.hh to utils/
  test: network_topology: add test_topology_compare_endpoints
2023-03-07 15:17:19 +02:00
Avi Kivity
3042deb930 types: reimplement in terms of a variable template
data_type_for() is a function template that converts a C++
type to a database dynamic type (data_type object).

Instead of implementing a function per type, implement a variable
template instance. This is shorter and nicer.

Since the original type variables (e.g. long_type) are defined separately,
use a reference instead of copying to avoid initialization order problems.

To catch misuses of data_type_for the general data_type_for_v variable
template maps to some unused tag type which will cause a build error
when instantiated.

The original motivation for this was to allow for partial
specialization of data_type_for() for tuple types, but this isn't
really workable since the native type for tuples is std::vector<data_value>,
not std::tuple, and I only checked this after getting the work done,
so this isn't helping anything; it's just a little nicer.

Closes #13043
2023-03-01 11:25:39 +02:00
Botond Dénes
ef548e654d types: unserialize_value for multiprecision_int,bool: don't read uninitialized memory
Check the first fragment before dereferencing it, the fragment might be
empty, in which case move to the next one.
Found by running range scan tests with random schema and random data.

Fixes: #12821
Fixes: #12823
Fixes: #12708

Closes #12824
2023-02-21 17:39:18 +02:00
Kefu Chai
df63e2ba27 types: move types.{cc,hh} into types
they are part of the CQL type system, and are "closer" to types.
let's move them into "types" directory.

the building systems are updated accordingly.

the source files referencing `types.hh` were updated using following
command:

```
find . -name "*.{cc,hh}" -exec sed -i 's/\"types.hh\"/\"types\/types.hh\"/' {} +
```

the source files under sstables include "types.hh", which is
indeed the one located under "sstables", so include "sstables/types.hh"
instea, so it's more explicit.

Signed-off-by: Kefu Chai <kefu.chai@scylladb.com>

Closes #12926
2023-02-19 21:05:45 +02:00
Avi Kivity
69a385fd9d Introduce schema/ module
Schema related files are moved there. This excludes schema files that
also interact with mutations, because the mutation module depends on
the schema. Those files will have to go into a separate module.

Closes #12858
2023-02-15 11:01:50 +02:00
Avi Kivity
390a0ca47b types: allow lists with NULL
Allow transient lists that contain NULL throughout the
evaluation machinery. This makes is possible to evalute things
like `IF col IN (1, 2, NULL)` without hacks, once LWT conditions
are converted to expressions.

A few tests are relaxed to accommodate the new behavior:
 - cql_query_test's test_null_and_unset_in_collections is relaxed
   to allow `WHERE col IN ?`, with the variable bound to a list
   containing NULL; now it's explicitly allowed
 - expr_test's evaluate_bind_variable_validates_no_null_in_list was
   checking generic lists for NULLs, and was similary relaxed (and
   renamed)
 - expr_Test's evaluate_bind_variable_validates_null_in_lists_recursively
   was similarly relaxed to allow NULLs.
2023-01-18 10:38:24 +02:00
Avi Kivity
00145f9ada test: relax NULL check test predicate
When we start allowing NULL in lists in some contexts, the exact
location where an error is raised (when it's disallowed) will
change. To prepare for that, relax the exception check to just
ensure the word NULL is there, without caring about the exact
wording.
2023-01-18 10:38:24 +02:00
Avi Kivity
5f8540ecfa cql3, types: validate listlike collections (sets, lists) for storage
Lists allow NULL in some contexts (bind variables for LWT "IN ?"
conditions), but not in most others. Currently, the implementation
just disallows NULLs in list values, and the cases where it is allowed
are hacked around. To reduce the special cases, we'll allow lists
to have NULLs, and just restrict them for storage. This is similar
to how scalar values can be NULL, but not when they are part of a
partition key.

To prepare for the transition, identify the locations where lists
(and sets, which share the same storage) are stored as frozen
values and add a NULL check there. Non-frozen lists already have the
check. Since sets share the same format as lists, apply the same to
them.

No actual checks are done yet, since NULLs are impossible. This
is just a stub.
2023-01-18 10:38:24 +02:00
Avi Kivity
2739ac66ed treewide: drop cql_serialization_format
Now that we don't accept cql protocol version 1 or 2, we can
drop cql_serialization format everywhere, except when in the IDL
(since it's part of the inter-node protocol).

A few functions had duplicate versions, one with and one without
a cql_serialization_format parameter. They are deduplicated.

Care is taken that `partition_slice`, which communicates
the cql_serialization_format across nodes, still presents
a valid cql_serialization_format to other nodes when
transmitting itself and rejects protocol 1 and 2 serialization\
format when receiving. The IDL is unchanged.

One test checking the 16-bit serialization format is removed.
2023-01-03 19:54:13 +02:00
Michał Jadwiszczak
29ad5a08a8 implement keyspace_element interface
This patch implements `data_dictionary::keyspace_element` interfece
in: `keyspace_metadata`, `user_type_impl`, `user_function`,
`user_aggregate` and schema.
2022-12-10 12:34:09 +01:00
Karol Baryła
aa47f4a15c types/tuple: Use std::begin() instead of .begin() in tuple_type_impl::build_value_fragmented
std::begin in concept for build_value_fragmented's parameter allows creating it from an array
2022-08-14 10:29:52 +03:00
Michael Livshin
632b4e5a9a fix "ninja dev-headers"
Signed-off-by: Michael Livshin <michael.livshin@scylladb.com>
2022-05-31 23:42:34 +03:00
cvybhu
345e89756b cql3: Add null and unset checks in collection validation
Validating a collection should ensure that there
are no null or unset values inside the collection.

The validation already fails in case of such values,
but it does so in an ugly way.
Length of null and unset value is negative but is
cast to unsigned size_t. Then it tries to read
a really large value and fails with marshalling error.

The new checks are a better way to handle this.

Signed-off-by: cvybhu <jan.ciolek@scylladb.com>
2022-05-18 11:05:14 +02:00
Piotr Grabowski
d3673f2b29 types/map.hh: add missing const qualifiers
Add missing const qualifiers in serialize_to_bytes and
serialize_to_managed_bytes. Lack of those qualifiers caused GCC
compilation error:

./types/map.hh: In instantiation of ‘static bytes map_type_impl::serialize_to_bytes(const Range&) [with Range = std::map<seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false>, seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false>, serialized_compare>; bytes = seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false>]’:
cql3/type_json.cc:138:45:   required from here
./types/map.hh:72:41: error: loop variable ‘elem’ of type ‘const std::pair<seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false>, seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false> >&’ binds to a temporary constructed from type ‘const std::pair<const seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false>, seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false> >’ [-Werror=range-loop-construct]
   72 |     for (const std::pair<bytes, bytes>& elem : map_range) {
      |                                         ^~~~
./types/map.hh:72:41: note: use non-reference type ‘const std::pair<seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false>, seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false> >’ to make the copy explicit or ‘const std::pair<const seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false>, seastar::basic_sstring<signed char, unsigned int, 31, false> >&’ to prevent copying

Adding those const qualifiers there is correct, as the definition of
those functions specifies that the range is of
std::pair<const bytes, bytes> elements, not std::pair<bytes, bytes>
(before the change):

requires std::convertible_to<std::ranges::range_value_t<Range>,
                             std::pair<const bytes, bytes>>

Note that there are some GCC compilation problems still left apart
from this one.

Closes #10157
2022-03-03 14:24:05 +02:00
Avi Kivity
fcb8d040e8 treewide: use Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) license identifiers
Instead of lengthy blurbs, switch to single-line, machine-readable
standardized (https://spdx.dev) license identifiers. The Linux kernel
switched long ago, so there is strong precedent.

Three cases are handled: AGPL-only, Apache-only, and dual licensed.
For the latter case, I chose (AGPL-3.0-or-later and Apache-2.0),
reasoning that our changes are extensive enough to apply our license.

The changes we applied mechanically with a script, except to
licenses/README.md.

Closes #9937
2022-01-18 12:15:18 +01:00
Jan Ciolek
e5391f1eed types: Add map_type_impl::serialize(range of <bytes, bytes>)
Adds two functions that take a range over pairs of serialized values
and return a serialized map value.

There are 2 functions - one operating on bytes and one operating on managed_bytes.
The version with managed_bytes is used in expression.cc, used to be a local static function.
The bytes version will be used in type_json.cc in the next commit.

Signed-off-by: Jan Ciolek <jan.ciolek@scylladb.com>
2021-10-28 15:14:52 +02:00
Jan Ciolek
e9f24edc9b cql3: types: Optimize abstract_type::contains_collection
contains_collection() and contains_set_or_map() used to be calculated on each call().
Now the result is calculated only once during type creation.

Signed-off-by: Jan Ciolek <jan.ciolek@scylladb.com>
2021-09-24 13:45:38 +02:00
Avi Kivity
e52ebe2da5 types: convert abstract_type::compare and related to std::strong_ordering
Change comparators around types to std::strong_ordering.

Ref #1449.
2021-07-28 13:19:24 +03:00
Avi Kivity
a55b434a2b treewide: extent copyright statements to present day 2021-06-06 19:18:49 +03:00
Pavel Solodovnikov
e0749d6264 treewide: some random header cleanups
Eliminate not used includes and replace some more includes
with forward declarations where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Solodovnikov <pa.solodovnikov@scylladb.com>
2021-06-06 19:18:49 +03:00
Pavel Solodovnikov
fff7ef1fc2 treewide: reduce boost headers usage in scylla header files
`dev-headers` target is also ensured to build successfully.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Solodovnikov <pa.solodovnikov@scylladb.com>
2021-05-20 01:33:18 +03:00
Avi Kivity
14a4173f50 treewide: make headers self-sufficient
In preparation for some large header changes, fix up any headers
that aren't self-sufficient by adding needed includes or forward
declarations.
2021-04-20 21:23:00 +03:00
Michał Chojnowski
ba53c85829 cdc: log: rewrite collection merge to use managed_bytes instead of bytes 2021-04-08 10:16:21 +02:00
Michał Chojnowski
42acdc4d09 cdc: log: don't linearize collections in get_preimage_col_value 2021-04-08 10:16:21 +02:00
Michał Chojnowski
472f0eb932 types: collection: remove an unused version of pack_fragmented
It was made unused by previous patches in this series.
2021-04-01 10:44:21 +02:00
Michał Chojnowski
0bb959e890 cql3: don't linearize elements of lists, tuples, and user types
This patch switches the type used to store collection elements inside the
intermediate form used in lists::value, tuples::value etc. from bytes
to managed_bytes. After this patch, tuple and list elements are only linearized
in from_serialized, which will be corrected soon.
This commit introduces some additional copies in expression.cc, which
will be dealt with in a future commit.
2021-04-01 10:44:21 +02:00
Michał Chojnowski
aab9509775 types: collection: add versions of pack for fragmented buffers
We will need them to port the representation of collection types
in cql3/ from bytes to managed_bytes.
The version which takes an iterator of `bytes` as an argument will
be removed after that transition is complete.
2021-04-01 10:44:21 +02:00
Michał Chojnowski
3387d43a34 cql3: tuples, user_types: avoid linearization in from_serialized() and get()
Deserialize from raw_value_view without linearizing and output managed_bytes
instead of bytes.
2021-04-01 10:44:20 +02:00
Michał Chojnowski
a10a82da30 types: tuple: add build_value_fragmented
A version of build_value which produces fragmented output.
We will use it to avoid linearization in tuples::value and user_types::value.
2021-04-01 10:42:07 +02:00
Wojciech Mitros
f57fa935a2 types: remove linearization from abstract_type::compare
To avoid high latencies caused by large contigous allocations
needed by linearizing, work on fragmented buffers instead.

Signed-off-by: Wojciech Mitros <wojciech.mitros@scylladb.com>
2021-03-31 06:35:10 +02:00
Wojciech Mitros
daa31be37f types: replace buffers in tuple_deserializing_iterator with fragmented ones
In preparation for removing linearization from abstract_type::compare,
add options to avoid linearization in tuple_deserializing_iterator.

Signed-off-by: Wojciech Mitros <wojciech.mitros@scylladb.com>
2021-03-31 06:35:09 +02:00
Wojciech Mitros
823d4c7529 types: make tuple_type_impl::split work with any FragmentedViews
We may want to store a tuple in a fragmented buffer. To split it
into a vector of optional bytes, tuple_type_impl::split can be used.
To split a contiguous buffer(bytes_view), simply pass
single_fragmented_view(bytes_view).

Signed-off-by: Wojciech Mitros <wojciech.mitros@scylladb.com>
2021-03-31 06:34:37 +02:00
Wojciech Mitros
b152dc8c86 types: move read_collection_size/value specialization to header file
The template method needs to be specialized in each file that is
using it. To avoid rewriting the specialization into multiple files,
move it to the header file.

Signed-off-by: Wojciech Mitros <wojciech.mitros@scylladb.com>
2021-03-25 12:18:38 +01:00
Calle Wilund
bba43ce31a listlike_partial_deserializing_iterator: expose templated collection routines
To allow using fragmented types as input.
2021-03-03 10:19:46 +00:00
Botond Dénes
ba7a9d2ac3 imr: switch back to open-coded description of structures
Commit aab6b0ee27 introduced the
controversial new IMR format, which relied on a very template-heavy
infrastructure to generate serialization and deserialization code via
template meta-programming. The promise was that this new format, beyond
solving the problems the previous open-coded representation had (working
on linearized buffers), will speed up migrating other components to this
IMR format, as the IMR infrastructure reduces code bloat, makes the code
more readable via declarative type descriptions as well as safer.
However, the results were almost the opposite. The template
meta-programming used by the IMR infrastructure proved very hard to
understand. Developers don't want to read or modify it. Maintainers
don't want to see it being used anywhere else. In short, nobody wants to
touch it.

This commit does a conceptual revert of
aab6b0ee27. A verbatim revert is not
possible because related code evolved a lot since the merge. Also, going
back to the previous code would mean we regress as we'd revert the move
to fragmented buffers. So this revert is only conceptual, it changes the
underlying infrastructure back to the previous open-coded one, but keeps
the fragmented buffers, as well as the interface of the related
components (to the extent possible).

Fixes: #5578
2021-02-16 23:43:07 +01:00