[binutils-gdb] libctf: replace 'pending refs' abstraction

[binutils-gdb] libctf: replace 'pending refs' abstraction

[Nick Alcock]

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=149ce5c263616e657ff8d108419d2eca54532b5a

commit 149ce5c263616e657ff8d108419d2eca54532b5a
Author: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 25 16:39:02 2024 +0000

    libctf: replace 'pending refs' abstraction
    
    A few years ago we introduced a 'pending refs' abstraction to fix one
    problem: serializing a dict, then changing it would tend to corrupt the dict
    because the strtab sort we do on strtab writeout (to improve compression
    efficiency) would modify the offset of any strings that sorted
    lexicographically earlier in the strtab: so we added a new restriction that
    all strings are added only at serialization time, and maintained a set of
    'pending' refs that were added earlier, whose offsets we could update (like
    other refs) at writeout time.
    
    This was in hindsight seriously problematic for maintenance (because
    serialization has to traverse all strings in all datatypes in the entire
    dict), and has become impossible to sustain now that we can read in existing
    dicts, modify them, and reserialize them again.  We really don't want to
    have to dig through the entire dict we jut read in just in order to dig out
    all its strtab offsets, then *change* it, just for the sake of a sort that
    adds a frankly trivial amount of compression efficiency.
    
    Sorting *is* still worthwhile -- but it sacrifices very little to only sort
    newly-added portions of the strtab, reusing older portions as necessary.
    As a first stage in this, discard the whole "pending refs" abstraction and
    replace it with "movable" refs, which are exactly like all other refs
    (addresses containing the strtab offset of some string, which are updated
    wiht the final strtab offset on serialization) except that we track them in
    a reverse dict so that we can move the refs around (which we do whenever we
    realloc() a buffer containing a bunch of structure members or something when
    we add members to the structure).
    
    libctf/
    
            * ctf-create.c (ctf_add_enumerator): Call ctf_str_move_refs; add
            a movable ref.
            (ctf_add_member_offset): Likewise.
            * ctf-util.c (ctf_realloc): Delete.
            * ctf-serialize.c (ctf_serialize): No longer use it.  Adjust to
            new fields.
            * ctf-string.c (ctf_str_purge_atom_refs): Purge movable refs.
            (ctf_str_free_atom): Free freeable atoms' strings.
            (ctf_str_create_atoms): Create the movable refs dynhash if needed.
            (ctf_str_free_atoms): Destroy it.
            (CTF_STR_MOVABLE): Switch (back) from ints to flags (see previous
            reversion).  Add new flag.
            (aref_create):  New, populate movable refs if need be.
            (ctf_str_add_ref_internal): Switch back to flags, update refs
            directly for nonprovisional strings (with already-known fixed offsets);
            create refs via aref_create.  Allocate strings only if not within an
            mmapped strtab.
            (ctf_str_add_movable_ref): New.
            (ctf_str_add): Adjust to CTF_STR_* reintroduction.
            (ctf_str_add_external): LIkewise.
            (ctf_str_move_refs): New, move refs via ctf_str_movable_refs
            backpointer.
            (ctf_str_purge_refs): Drop ctf_str_num_refs.
            (ctf_str_update_refs): Fix indentation.
            * ctf-impl.h (struct ctf_str_atom_movable): New.
            (struct ctf_dict.ctf_str_num_refs): Drop.
            (struct ctf_dict.ctf_str_movable_refs): New.
            (ctf_str_add_movable_ref): Declare.
            (ctf_str_move_refs): Likewise.
            (ctf_realloc): Drop.

Diff:
---
 libctf/ctf-create.c    |  12 ++-
 libctf/ctf-impl.h      |  21 ++++-
 libctf/ctf-serialize.c |  10 +--
 libctf/ctf-string.c    | 231 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 libctf/ctf-util.c      |  13 ---
 5 files changed, 224 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libctf/ctf-create.c b/libctf/ctf-create.c
index 9d86b961132..e0558d28233 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-create.c
+++ b/libctf/ctf-create.c
@@ -1079,11 +1079,15 @@ ctf_add_enumerator (ctf_dict_t *fp, ctf_id_t enid, const char *name,
     return -1;					/* errno is set for us.  */
   en = (ctf_enum_t *) dtd->dtd_vlen;
 
+  /* Remove refs in the old vlen region and reapply them.  */
+
+  ctf_str_move_refs (fp, old_vlen, sizeof (ctf_enum_t) * vlen, dtd->dtd_vlen);
+
   for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++)
     if (strcmp (ctf_strptr (fp, en[i].cte_name), name) == 0)
       return (ctf_set_errno (ofp, ECTF_DUPLICATE));
 
-  en[i].cte_name = ctf_str_add_ref (fp, name, &en[i].cte_name);
+  en[i].cte_name = ctf_str_add_movable_ref (fp, name, &en[i].cte_name);
   en[i].cte_value = value;
 
   if (en[i].cte_name == 0 && name != NULL && name[0] != '\0')
@@ -1143,6 +1147,10 @@ ctf_add_member_offset (ctf_dict_t *fp, ctf_id_t souid, const char *name,
     return (ctf_set_errno (ofp, ctf_errno (fp)));
   memb = (ctf_lmember_t *) dtd->dtd_vlen;
 
+  /* Remove pending refs in the old vlen region and reapply them.  */
+
+  ctf_str_move_refs (fp, old_vlen, sizeof (ctf_lmember_t) * vlen, dtd->dtd_vlen);
+
   if (name != NULL)
     {
       for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++)
@@ -1172,7 +1180,7 @@ ctf_add_member_offset (ctf_dict_t *fp, ctf_id_t souid, const char *name,
 	return -1;		/* errno is set for us.  */
     }
 
-  memb[vlen].ctlm_name = ctf_str_add_ref (fp, name, &memb[vlen].ctlm_name);
+  memb[vlen].ctlm_name = ctf_str_add_movable_ref (fp, name, &memb[vlen].ctlm_name);
   memb[vlen].ctlm_type = type;
   if (memb[vlen].ctlm_name == 0 && name != NULL && name[0] != '\0')
     return -1;			/* errno is set for us.  */
diff --git a/libctf/ctf-impl.h b/libctf/ctf-impl.h
index c16ef185fdc..f4611316f50 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-impl.h
+++ b/libctf/ctf-impl.h
@@ -207,13 +207,17 @@ typedef struct ctf_err_warning
    removed from this table on ctf_close(), but on every ctf_serialize(), all
    the csa_refs in all entries are purged.  */
 
+#define CTF_STR_ATOM_FREEABLE	0x1
+#define CTF_STR_ATOM_MOVABLE	0x2
+
 typedef struct ctf_str_atom
 {
-  const char *csa_str;		/* Backpointer to string (hash key).  */
+  char *csa_str;		/* Pointer to string (also used as hash key).  */
   ctf_list_t csa_refs;		/* This string's refs.  */
   uint32_t csa_offset;		/* Strtab offset, if any.  */
   uint32_t csa_external_offset;	/* External strtab offset, if any.  */
   unsigned long csa_snapshot_id; /* Snapshot ID at time of creation.  */
+  int csa_flags;		 /* CTF_STR_ATOM_* flags. */
 } ctf_str_atom_t;
 
 /* The refs of a single string in the atoms table.  */
@@ -224,6 +228,15 @@ typedef struct ctf_str_atom_ref
   uint32_t *caf_ref;		/* A single ref to this string.  */
 } ctf_str_atom_ref_t;
 
+  /* Like a ctf_str_atom_ref_t, but specific to movable refs.  */
+
+typedef struct ctf_str_atom_ref_movable
+{
+  ctf_list_t caf_list;		/* List forward/back pointers.  */
+  uint32_t *caf_ref;		/* A single ref to this string.  */
+  ctf_dynhash_t *caf_movable_refs; /* Backpointer to ctf_str_movable_refs for this dict. */  
+} ctf_str_atom_ref_movable_t;
+
 /* A single linker-provided symbol, during symbol addition, possibly before we
    have been given external strtab refs.  */
 typedef struct ctf_in_flight_dynsym
@@ -384,7 +397,7 @@ struct ctf_dict
   ctf_lookup_t ctf_lookups[5];	    /* Pointers to nametabs for name lookup.  */
   ctf_strs_t ctf_str[2];	    /* Array of string table base and bounds.  */
   ctf_dynhash_t *ctf_str_atoms;	  /* Hash table of ctf_str_atoms_t.  */
-  uint64_t ctf_str_num_refs;	  /* Number of refs to cts_str_atoms.  */
+  ctf_dynhash_t *ctf_str_movable_refs; /* Hash table of void * -> ctf_str_atom_ref_t.  */
   uint32_t ctf_str_prov_offset;	  /* Latest provisional offset assigned so far.  */
   unsigned char *ctf_base;	  /* CTF file pointer.  */
   unsigned char *ctf_dynbase;	  /* Freeable CTF file pointer. */
@@ -725,6 +738,9 @@ extern int ctf_str_create_atoms (ctf_dict_t *);
 extern void ctf_str_free_atoms (ctf_dict_t *);
 extern uint32_t ctf_str_add (ctf_dict_t *, const char *);
 extern uint32_t ctf_str_add_ref (ctf_dict_t *, const char *, uint32_t *ref);
+extern uint32_t ctf_str_add_movable_ref (ctf_dict_t *, const char *,
+					 uint32_t *ref);
+extern int ctf_str_move_refs (ctf_dict_t *fp, void *src, size_t len, void *dest);
 extern int ctf_str_add_external (ctf_dict_t *, const char *, uint32_t offset);
 extern void ctf_str_remove_ref (ctf_dict_t *, const char *, uint32_t *ref);
 extern void ctf_str_rollback (ctf_dict_t *, ctf_snapshot_id_t);
@@ -758,7 +774,6 @@ extern void *ctf_mmap (size_t length, size_t offset, int fd);
 extern void ctf_munmap (void *, size_t);
 extern ssize_t ctf_pread (int fd, void *buf, ssize_t count, off_t offset);
 
-extern void *ctf_realloc (ctf_dict_t *, void *, size_t);
 extern char *ctf_str_append (char *, const char *);
 extern char *ctf_str_append_noerr (char *, const char *);
 
diff --git a/libctf/ctf-serialize.c b/libctf/ctf-serialize.c
index 2afc7be7c48..6355d4225eb 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-serialize.c
+++ b/libctf/ctf-serialize.c
@@ -1104,11 +1104,9 @@ ctf_serialize (ctf_dict_t *fp)
   ctf_qsort_r (dvarents, nvars, sizeof (ctf_varent_t), ctf_sort_var,
 	       &sort_var_arg);
 
-  if ((newbuf = ctf_realloc (fp, buf, buf_size + strtab.cts_len)) == NULL)
-    {
-      free (strtab.cts_strs);
-      goto oom;
-    }
+  if ((newbuf = realloc (buf, buf_size + strtab.cts_len)) == NULL)
+    goto oom;
+
   buf = newbuf;
   memcpy (buf + buf_size, strtab.cts_strs, strtab.cts_len);
   hdrp = (ctf_header_t *) buf;
@@ -1191,8 +1189,10 @@ ctf_serialize (ctf_dict_t *fp)
   ctf_str_free_atoms (nfp);
   nfp->ctf_str_atoms = fp->ctf_str_atoms;
   nfp->ctf_prov_strtab = fp->ctf_prov_strtab;
+  nfp->ctf_str_movable_refs = fp->ctf_str_movable_refs;
   fp->ctf_str_atoms = NULL;
   fp->ctf_prov_strtab = NULL;
+  fp->ctf_str_movable_refs = NULL;
   memset (&fp->ctf_dtdefs, 0, sizeof (ctf_list_t));
   memset (&fp->ctf_errs_warnings, 0, sizeof (ctf_list_t));
   fp->ctf_add_processing = NULL;
diff --git a/libctf/ctf-string.c b/libctf/ctf-string.c
index 3ce2b254001..dcb8bf0fee1 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-string.c
+++ b/libctf/ctf-string.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
    along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <ctf-impl.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -107,17 +108,28 @@ ctf_str_purge_atom_refs (ctf_str_atom_t *atom)
     {
       next = ctf_list_next (ref);
       ctf_list_delete (&atom->csa_refs, ref);
+      if (atom->csa_flags & CTF_STR_ATOM_MOVABLE)
+	{
+	  ctf_str_atom_ref_movable_t *movref;
+	  movref = (ctf_str_atom_ref_movable_t *) ref;
+	  ctf_dynhash_remove (movref->caf_movable_refs, ref);
+	}
+
       free (ref);
     }
 }
 
-/* Free an atom (only called on ctf_close().)  */
+/* Free an atom.  */
 static void
 ctf_str_free_atom (void *a)
 {
   ctf_str_atom_t *atom = a;
 
   ctf_str_purge_atom_refs (atom);
+
+  if (atom->csa_flags & CTF_STR_ATOM_FREEABLE)
+    free (atom->csa_str);
+
   free (atom);
 }
 
@@ -138,6 +150,12 @@ ctf_str_create_atoms (ctf_dict_t *fp)
   if (!fp->ctf_prov_strtab)
     goto oom_prov_strtab;
 
+  fp->ctf_str_movable_refs = ctf_dynhash_create (ctf_hash_integer,
+						 ctf_hash_eq_integer,
+						 NULL, NULL);
+  if (!fp->ctf_str_movable_refs)
+    goto oom_movable_refs;
+
   errno = 0;
   ctf_str_add (fp, "");
   if (errno == ENOMEM)
@@ -146,6 +164,9 @@ ctf_str_create_atoms (ctf_dict_t *fp)
   return 0;
 
  oom_str_add:
+  ctf_dynhash_destroy (fp->ctf_str_movable_refs);
+  fp->ctf_str_movable_refs = NULL;
+ oom_movable_refs:
   ctf_dynhash_destroy (fp->ctf_prov_strtab);
   fp->ctf_prov_strtab = NULL;
  oom_prov_strtab:
@@ -154,62 +175,140 @@ ctf_str_create_atoms (ctf_dict_t *fp)
   return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-/* Destroy the atoms table.  */
+/* Destroy the atoms table and associated refs.  */
 void
 ctf_str_free_atoms (ctf_dict_t *fp)
 {
   ctf_dynhash_destroy (fp->ctf_prov_strtab);
   ctf_dynhash_destroy (fp->ctf_str_atoms);
+  ctf_dynhash_destroy (fp->ctf_str_movable_refs);
 }
 
-/* Add a string to the atoms table, copying the passed-in string.  Return the
-   atom added. Return NULL only when out of memory (and do not touch the
-   passed-in string in that case).  Possibly augment the ref list with the
-   passed-in ref.  Possibly add a provisional entry for this string to the
-   provisional strtab.   */
+#define CTF_STR_ADD_REF 0x1
+#define CTF_STR_PROVISIONAL 0x2
+#define CTF_STR_MOVABLE 0x4
+
+/* Allocate a ref and bind it into a ref list.  */
+
+static ctf_str_atom_ref_t *
+aref_create (ctf_dict_t *fp, ctf_str_atom_t *atom, uint32_t *ref, int flags)
+{
+  ctf_str_atom_ref_t *aref;
+  size_t s = sizeof (struct ctf_str_atom_ref);
+
+  if (flags & CTF_STR_MOVABLE)
+    s = sizeof (struct ctf_str_atom_ref_movable);
+
+  aref = malloc (s);
+
+  if (!aref)
+    return NULL;
+
+  aref->caf_ref = ref;
+
+  /* Movable refs get a backpointer to them in ctf_str_movable_refs, and a
+     pointer to ctf_str_movable_refs itself in the ref, for use when freeing
+     refs: they can be moved later in batches via a call to
+     ctf_str_move_refs.  */
+
+  if (flags & CTF_STR_MOVABLE)
+    {
+      ctf_str_atom_ref_movable_t *movref = (ctf_str_atom_ref_movable_t *) aref;
+
+      movref->caf_movable_refs = fp->ctf_str_movable_refs;
+
+      if (ctf_dynhash_insert (fp->ctf_str_movable_refs, ref, aref) < 0)
+	{
+	  free (aref);
+	  return NULL;
+	}
+    }
+
+  ctf_list_append (&atom->csa_refs, aref);
+
+  return aref;
+}
+
+/* Add a string to the atoms table, copying the passed-in string if
+   necessary.  Return the atom added. Return NULL only when out of memory
+   (and do not touch the passed-in string in that case).
+
+   Possibly add a provisional entry for this string to the provisional
+   strtab.  If the string is in the provisional strtab, update its ref list
+   with the passed-in ref, causing the ref to be updated when the strtab is
+   written out.  */
+
 static ctf_str_atom_t *
 ctf_str_add_ref_internal (ctf_dict_t *fp, const char *str,
-			  int add_ref, int make_provisional, uint32_t *ref)
+			  int flags, uint32_t *ref)
 {
   char *newstr = NULL;
   ctf_str_atom_t *atom = NULL;
-  ctf_str_atom_ref_t *aref = NULL;
+  int added = 0;
 
   atom = ctf_dynhash_lookup (fp->ctf_str_atoms, str);
 
-  if (add_ref)
-    {
-      if ((aref = malloc (sizeof (struct ctf_str_atom_ref))) == NULL) {
-	ctf_set_errno (fp, ENOMEM);
-	return NULL;
-      }
-      aref->caf_ref = ref;
-    }
+  /* Existing atoms get refs added only if they are provisional:
+     non-provisional strings already have a fixed strtab offset, and just
+     get their ref updated immediately, since its value cannot change.  */
 
   if (atom)
     {
-      if (add_ref)
+      if (!ctf_dynhash_lookup (fp->ctf_prov_strtab, (void *) (uintptr_t)
+			       atom->csa_offset))
 	{
-	  ctf_list_append (&atom->csa_refs, aref);
-	  fp->ctf_str_num_refs++;
+	  if (flags & CTF_STR_ADD_REF)
+	    {
+	      if (atom->csa_external_offset)
+		*ref = atom->csa_external_offset;
+	      else
+		*ref = atom->csa_offset;
+	    }
+	  return atom;
 	}
+
+      if (flags & CTF_STR_ADD_REF)
+	{
+	  if (!aref_create (fp, atom, ref, flags))
+	    {
+	      ctf_set_errno (fp, ENOMEM);
+	      return NULL;
+	    }
+	}
+
       return atom;
     }
 
+  /* New atom.  */
+
   if ((atom = malloc (sizeof (struct ctf_str_atom))) == NULL)
     goto oom;
   memset (atom, 0, sizeof (struct ctf_str_atom));
 
-  if ((newstr = strdup (str)) == NULL)
-    goto oom;
+  /* Don't allocate new strings if this string is within an mmapped
+     strtab.  */
+
+  if ((unsigned char *) str < (unsigned char *) fp->ctf_data_mmapped
+      || (unsigned char *) str > (unsigned char *) fp->ctf_data_mmapped + fp->ctf_data_mmapped_len)
+    {
+      if ((newstr = strdup (str)) == NULL)
+	goto oom;
+      atom->csa_flags |= CTF_STR_ATOM_FREEABLE;
+      atom->csa_str = newstr;
+    }
+  else
+    atom->csa_str = (char *) str;
 
-  if (ctf_dynhash_insert (fp->ctf_str_atoms, newstr, atom) < 0)
+  if (ctf_dynhash_insert (fp->ctf_str_atoms, atom->csa_str, atom) < 0)
     goto oom;
+  added = 1;
 
-  atom->csa_str = newstr;
   atom->csa_snapshot_id = fp->ctf_snapshots;
 
-  if (make_provisional)
+  /* New atoms marked provisional go into the provisional strtab, and get a
+     ref added.  */
+
+  if (flags & CTF_STR_PROVISIONAL)
     {
       atom->csa_offset = fp->ctf_str_prov_offset;
 
@@ -218,20 +317,20 @@ ctf_str_add_ref_internal (ctf_dict_t *fp, const char *str,
 	goto oom;
 
       fp->ctf_str_prov_offset += strlen (atom->csa_str) + 1;
-    }
 
-  if (add_ref)
-    {
-      ctf_list_append (&atom->csa_refs, aref);
-      fp->ctf_str_num_refs++;
+      if (flags & CTF_STR_ADD_REF)
+      {
+	if (!aref_create (fp, atom, ref, flags))
+	  goto oom;
+      }
     }
+
   return atom;
 
  oom:
-  if (newstr)
-    ctf_dynhash_remove (fp->ctf_str_atoms, newstr);
+  if (added)
+    ctf_dynhash_remove (fp->ctf_str_atoms, atom->csa_str);
   free (atom);
-  free (aref);
   free (newstr);
   ctf_set_errno (fp, ENOMEM);
   return NULL;
@@ -250,7 +349,7 @@ ctf_str_add (ctf_dict_t *fp, const char *str)
   if (!str)
     str = "";
 
-  atom = ctf_str_add_ref_internal (fp, str, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
+  atom = ctf_str_add_ref_internal (fp, str, CTF_STR_PROVISIONAL, 0);
   if (!atom)
     return 0;
 
@@ -268,7 +367,26 @@ ctf_str_add_ref (ctf_dict_t *fp, const char *str, uint32_t *ref)
   if (!str)
     str = "";
 
-  atom = ctf_str_add_ref_internal (fp, str, TRUE, TRUE, ref);
+  atom = ctf_str_add_ref_internal (fp, str, CTF_STR_ADD_REF
+				   | CTF_STR_PROVISIONAL, ref);
+  if (!atom)
+    return 0;
+
+  return atom->csa_offset;
+}
+
+/* Like ctf_str_add_ref(), but note that the ref may be moved later on.  */
+uint32_t
+ctf_str_add_movable_ref (ctf_dict_t *fp, const char *str, uint32_t *ref)
+{
+  ctf_str_atom_t *atom;
+
+  if (!str)
+    str = "";
+
+  atom = ctf_str_add_ref_internal (fp, str, CTF_STR_ADD_REF
+				   | CTF_STR_PROVISIONAL
+				   | CTF_STR_MOVABLE, ref);
   if (!atom)
     return 0;
 
@@ -285,7 +403,7 @@ ctf_str_add_external (ctf_dict_t *fp, const char *str, uint32_t offset)
   if (!str)
     str = "";
 
-  atom = ctf_str_add_ref_internal (fp, str, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+  atom = ctf_str_add_ref_internal (fp, str, 0, 0);
   if (!atom)
     return 0;
 
@@ -315,6 +433,41 @@ ctf_str_add_external (ctf_dict_t *fp, const char *str, uint32_t offset)
   return 1;
 }
 
+/* Note that refs have moved from (SRC, LEN) to DEST.  We use the movable
+   refs backpointer for this, because it is done an amortized-constant
+   number of times during structure member and enumerand addition, and if we
+   did a linear search this would turn such addition into an O(n^2)
+   operation.  Even this is not linear, but it's better than that.  */
+int
+ctf_str_move_refs (ctf_dict_t *fp, void *src, size_t len, void *dest)
+{
+  uintptr_t p;
+
+  if (src == dest)
+    return 0;
+
+  for (p = (uintptr_t) src; p - (uintptr_t) src < len; p++)
+    {
+      ctf_str_atom_ref_t *ref;
+
+      if ((ref = ctf_dynhash_lookup (fp->ctf_str_movable_refs,
+				     (ctf_str_atom_ref_t *) p)) != NULL)
+	{
+	  int out_of_memory;
+
+	  ref->caf_ref = (uint32_t *) (((uintptr_t) ref->caf_ref +
+					(uintptr_t) dest - (uintptr_t) src));
+	  ctf_dynhash_remove (fp->ctf_str_movable_refs,
+			      (ctf_str_atom_ref_t *) p);
+	  out_of_memory = ctf_dynhash_insert (fp->ctf_str_movable_refs,
+					      ref->caf_ref, ref);
+	  assert (out_of_memory == 0);
+	}
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 /* Remove a single ref.  */
 void
 ctf_str_remove_ref (ctf_dict_t *fp, const char *str, uint32_t *ref)
@@ -371,9 +524,7 @@ ctf_str_purge_one_atom_refs (void *key _libctf_unused_, void *value,
 void
 ctf_str_purge_refs (ctf_dict_t *fp)
 {
-  if (fp->ctf_str_num_refs > 0)
-    ctf_dynhash_iter (fp->ctf_str_atoms, ctf_str_purge_one_atom_refs, NULL);
-  fp->ctf_str_num_refs = 0;
+  ctf_dynhash_iter (fp->ctf_str_atoms, ctf_str_purge_one_atom_refs, NULL);
 }
 
 /* Update a list of refs to the specified value. */
@@ -384,7 +535,7 @@ ctf_str_update_refs (ctf_str_atom_t *refs, uint32_t value)
 
   for (ref = ctf_list_next (&refs->csa_refs); ref != NULL;
        ref = ctf_list_next (ref))
-      *(ref->caf_ref) = value;
+    *(ref->caf_ref) = value;
 }
 
 /* State shared across the strtab write process.  */
diff --git a/libctf/ctf-util.c b/libctf/ctf-util.c
index d47c10c99f0..3ea6de9e86f 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-util.c
+++ b/libctf/ctf-util.c
@@ -231,19 +231,6 @@ ctf_str_append_noerr (char *s, const char *append)
   return new_s;
 }
 
-/* A realloc() that fails noisily if called with any ctf_str_num_users.  */
-void *
-ctf_realloc (ctf_dict_t *fp, void *ptr, size_t size)
-{
-  if (fp->ctf_str_num_refs > 0)
-    {
-      ctf_dprintf ("%p: attempt to realloc() string table with %lu active refs\n",
-		   (void *) fp, (unsigned long) fp->ctf_str_num_refs);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-  return realloc (ptr, size);
-}
-
 /* Store the specified error code into errp if it is non-NULL, and then
    return NULL for the benefit of the caller.  */