From: Nicolas Frey <n.frey@proxmox.com>
To: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>,
Proxmox Backup Server development discussion
<pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com>
Subject: Re: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 1/4] api: verify: move chunk loading into parallel handler
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 10:04:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3b5a03cb-97ea-416e-b7b6-40bb39f38d32@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <528f6574-c7b1-42cb-ac2a-988c3fbacf08@proxmox.com>
On 11/6/25 9:54 AM, Christian Ebner wrote:
> On 11/5/25 4:51 PM, Nicolas Frey wrote:
>> This way, the chunks will be loaded in parallel in addition to being
>> checked in parallel.
>>
>> Depending on the underlying storage, this can speed up reading chunks
>> from disk, especially when the underlying storage is IO depth
>> dependent, and the CPU is faster than the storage.
>>
>> Originally-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frey <n.frey@proxmox.com>
>> ---
>> src/backup/verify.rs | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> +----------------
>> 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/backup/verify.rs b/src/backup/verify.rs
>> index e33fdf50..7f91f38c 100644
>> --- a/src/backup/verify.rs
>> +++ b/src/backup/verify.rs
>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>> use pbs_config::BackupLockGuard;
>> use std::collections::HashSet;
>> -use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
>> +use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
>> use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
>> use std::time::Instant;
>> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use pbs_datastore::index::{ChunkReadInfo,
>> IndexFile};
>> use pbs_datastore::manifest::{BackupManifest, FileInfo};
>> use pbs_datastore::{DataBlob, DataStore, DatastoreBackend,
>> StoreProgress};
>> -use crate::tools::parallel_handler::ParallelHandler;
>> +use crate::tools::parallel_handler::{ParallelHandler, SendHandle};
>> use crate::backup::hierarchy::ListAccessibleBackupGroups;
>> @@ -156,23 +156,20 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>> let start_time = Instant::now();
>> - let mut read_bytes = 0;
>> - let mut decoded_bytes = 0;
>> + let read_bytes = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
>> + let decoded_bytes = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
>> - let datastore2 = Arc::clone(&self.datastore);
>> - let corrupt_chunks2 = Arc::clone(&self.corrupt_chunks);
>> - let verified_chunks2 = Arc::clone(&self.verified_chunks);
>> - let errors2 = Arc::clone(&errors);
>> -
>> - let decoder_pool = ParallelHandler::new(
>> - "verify chunk decoder",
>> - 4,
>> + let decoder_pool = ParallelHandler::new("verify chunk
>> decoder", 4, {
>> + let datastore = Arc::clone(&self.datastore);
>> + let corrupt_chunks = Arc::clone(&self.corrupt_chunks);
>> + let verified_chunks = Arc::clone(&self.verified_chunks);
>> + let errors = Arc::clone(&errors);
>
> Hmm, this really warrants an internal state struct for bundling theses
> and only cloning the arc around that.
>
> E.g. I would propose to introduce a struct along the lines of:
>
> struct IndexVerifyState {
> read_bytes: AtomicU64,
> decoded_bytes: AtomicU64,
> errors: AtomicUsize,
> datastore: Arc<DataStore>,
> corrupt_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8; 32]>>>,
> start_time: Instant,
> }
>
> Which can then be wrapped in an Arc and also passed along as parameter
> to the inner methods where required.
>
> See the diff below (untested), which could be used for further
> refining this.
>
I thought this could be improved in the initial patch, but wasn't
quite sure how I should approach it, so thanks for the Feedback!
The diff below looks good to me, I'll send a v2 for this in addition
to the things you pointed out in the other patches.
>> move |(chunk, digest, size): (DataBlob, [u8; 32], u64)| {
>> let chunk_crypt_mode = match chunk.crypt_mode() {
>> Err(err) => {
>> -
>> corrupt_chunks2.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
>> + corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
>> info!("can't verify chunk, unknown
>> CryptMode - {err}");
>> - errors2.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
>> + errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
>> return Ok(());
>> }
>> Ok(mode) => mode,
>> @@ -182,21 +179,21 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>> info!(
>> "chunk CryptMode {chunk_crypt_mode:?} does not
>> match index CryptMode {crypt_mode:?}"
>> );
>> - errors2.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
>> + errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
>> }
>> if let Err(err) = chunk.verify_unencrypted(size
>> as usize, &digest) {
>> - corrupt_chunks2.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
>> + corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
>> info!("{err}");
>> - errors2.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
>> -
>> Self::rename_corrupted_chunk(datastore2.clone(), &digest);
>> + errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
>> + Self::rename_corrupted_chunk(datastore.clone(),
>> &digest);
>> } else {
>> - verified_chunks2.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
>> + verified_chunks.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
>> }
>> Ok(())
>> - },
>> - );
>> + }
>> + });
>> let skip_chunk = |digest: &[u8; 32]| -> bool {
>> if
>> self.verified_chunks.lock().unwrap().contains(digest) {
>> @@ -223,6 +220,29 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>> .datastore
>> .get_chunks_in_order(&*index, skip_chunk, check_abort)?;
>> + let reader_pool = ParallelHandler::new("read chunks", 4, {
>> + let decoder_pool = decoder_pool.channel();
>> + let datastore = Arc::clone(&self.datastore);
>> + let corrupt_chunks = Arc::clone(&self.corrupt_chunks);
>> + let read_bytes = Arc::clone(&read_bytes);
>> + let decoded_bytes = Arc::clone(&decoded_bytes);
>> + let errors = Arc::clone(&errors);
>> + let backend = self.backend.clone();
>> +
>> + move |info: ChunkReadInfo| {
>> + Self::verify_chunk_by_backend(
>> + &backend,
>> + Arc::clone(&datastore),
>> + Arc::clone(&corrupt_chunks),
>> + Arc::clone(&read_bytes),
>> + Arc::clone(&decoded_bytes),
>> + Arc::clone(&errors),
>> + &decoder_pool,
>> + &info,
>> + )
>> + }
>> + });
>> +
>> for (pos, _) in chunk_list {
>> self.worker.check_abort()?;
>> self.worker.fail_on_shutdown()?;
>> @@ -234,19 +254,16 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>> continue; // already verified or marked corrupt
>> }
>> - self.verify_chunk_by_backend(
>> - &info,
>> - &mut read_bytes,
>> - &mut decoded_bytes,
>> - Arc::clone(&errors),
>> - &decoder_pool,
>> - )?;
>> + reader_pool.send(info)?;
>> }
>> - decoder_pool.complete()?;
>> + reader_pool.complete()?;
>> let elapsed = start_time.elapsed().as_secs_f64();
>> + let read_bytes = read_bytes.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
>> + let decoded_bytes = decoded_bytes.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
>> +
>> let read_bytes_mib = (read_bytes as f64) / (1024.0 * 1024.0);
>> let decoded_bytes_mib = (decoded_bytes as f64) / (1024.0 *
>> 1024.0);
>> @@ -266,26 +283,31 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>> Ok(())
>> }
>> + #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
>> fn verify_chunk_by_backend(
>> - &self,
>> - info: &ChunkReadInfo,
>> - read_bytes: &mut u64,
>> - decoded_bytes: &mut u64,
>> + backend: &DatastoreBackend,
>> + datastore: Arc<DataStore>,
>> + corrupt_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8; 32]>>>,
>> + read_bytes: Arc<AtomicU64>,
>> + decoded_bytes: Arc<AtomicU64>,
>> errors: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
>> - decoder_pool: &ParallelHandler<(DataBlob, [u8; 32], u64)>,
>> + decoder_pool: &SendHandle<(DataBlob, [u8; 32], u64)>,
>> + info: &ChunkReadInfo,
>> ) -> Result<(), Error> {
>> - match &self.backend {
>> - DatastoreBackend::Filesystem => match
>> self.datastore.load_chunk(&info.digest) {
>> - Err(err) => self.add_corrupt_chunk(
>> + match backend {
>> + DatastoreBackend::Filesystem => match
>> datastore.load_chunk(&info.digest) {
>> + Err(err) => Self::add_corrupt_chunk(
>> + datastore,
>> + corrupt_chunks,
>> info.digest,
>> errors,
>> &format!("can't verify chunk, load failed -
>> {err}"),
>> ),
>> Ok(chunk) => {
>> let size = info.size();
>> - *read_bytes += chunk.raw_size();
>> + read_bytes.fetch_add(chunk.raw_size(),
>> Ordering::SeqCst);
>> decoder_pool.send((chunk, info.digest, size))?;
>> - *decoded_bytes += size;
>> + decoded_bytes.fetch_add(size, Ordering::SeqCst);
>> }
>> },
>> DatastoreBackend::S3(s3_client) => {
>> @@ -302,9 +324,9 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>> match chunk_result {
>> Ok(chunk) => {
>> let size = info.size();
>> - *read_bytes += chunk.raw_size();
>> +
>> read_bytes.fetch_add(chunk.raw_size(), Ordering::SeqCst);
>> decoder_pool.send((chunk,
>> info.digest, size))?;
>> - *decoded_bytes += size;
>> + decoded_bytes.fetch_add(size,
>> Ordering::SeqCst);
>> }
>> Err(err) => {
>> errors.fetch_add(1,
>> Ordering::SeqCst);
>> @@ -312,7 +334,9 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> - Ok(None) => self.add_corrupt_chunk(
>> + Ok(None) => Self::add_corrupt_chunk(
>> + datastore,
>> + corrupt_chunks,
>> info.digest,
>> errors,
>> &format!(
>> @@ -330,13 +354,19 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>> Ok(())
>> }
>> - fn add_corrupt_chunk(&self, digest: [u8; 32], errors:
>> Arc<AtomicUsize>, message: &str) {
>> + fn add_corrupt_chunk(
>> + datastore: Arc<DataStore>,
>> + corrupt_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8; 32]>>>,
>> + digest: [u8; 32],
>> + errors: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
>> + message: &str,
>> + ) {
>> // Panic on poisoned mutex
>> - let mut corrupt_chunks = self.corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap();
>> + let mut corrupt_chunks = corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap();
>> corrupt_chunks.insert(digest);
>> error!(message);
>> errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
>> - Self::rename_corrupted_chunk(self.datastore.clone(), &digest);
>> + Self::rename_corrupted_chunk(datastore.clone(), &digest);
>> }
>> fn verify_fixed_index(&self, backup_dir: &BackupDir, info:
>> &FileInfo) -> Result<(), Error> {
>
>
> diff --git a/src/backup/verify.rs b/src/backup/verify.rs
> index 7f91f38c9..e01405750 100644
> --- a/src/backup/verify.rs
> +++ b/src/backup/verify.rs
> @@ -152,24 +152,24 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
> index: Box<dyn IndexFile + Send>,
> crypt_mode: CryptMode,
> ) -> Result<(), Error> {
> - let errors = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
> -
> - let start_time = Instant::now();
> -
> - let read_bytes = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
> - let decoded_bytes = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
> + let index_verify_state = Arc::new(IndexVerifyState {
> + read_bytes: AtomicU64::new(0),
> + decoded_bytes: AtomicU64::new(0),
> + errors: AtomicUsize::new(0),
> + datastore: Arc::clone(&self.datastore),
> + corrupt_chunks: Arc::clone(&self.corrupt_chunks),
> + start_time: Instant::now(),
> + });
>
> let decoder_pool = ParallelHandler::new("verify chunk
> decoder", 4, {
> - let datastore = Arc::clone(&self.datastore);
> - let corrupt_chunks = Arc::clone(&self.corrupt_chunks);
> + let state = Arc::clone(&index_verify_state);
> let verified_chunks = Arc::clone(&self.verified_chunks);
> - let errors = Arc::clone(&errors);
> move |(chunk, digest, size): (DataBlob, [u8; 32], u64)| {
> let chunk_crypt_mode = match chunk.crypt_mode() {
> Err(err) => {
> - corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
> + state.corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
> info!("can't verify chunk, unknown CryptMode
> - {err}");
> - errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> + state.errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> return Ok(());
> }
> Ok(mode) => mode,
> @@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
> info!(
> "chunk CryptMode {chunk_crypt_mode:?} does not
> match index CryptMode {crypt_mode:?}"
> );
> - errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> + state.errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> }
>
> if let Err(err) = chunk.verify_unencrypted(size as
> usize, &digest) {
> - corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
> + state.corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
> info!("{err}");
> - errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> - Self::rename_corrupted_chunk(datastore.clone(),
> &digest);
> + state.errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> + Self::rename_corrupted_chunk(state.datastore.clone(), &digest);
> } else {
> verified_chunks.lock().unwrap().insert(digest);
> }
> @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
> } else if
> self.corrupt_chunks.lock().unwrap().contains(digest) {
> let digest_str = hex::encode(digest);
> info!("chunk {digest_str} was marked as corrupt");
> - errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> + index_verify_state.errors.fetch_add(1,
> Ordering::SeqCst);
> true
> } else {
> false
> @@ -222,24 +222,11 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>
> let reader_pool = ParallelHandler::new("read chunks", 4, {
> let decoder_pool = decoder_pool.channel();
> - let datastore = Arc::clone(&self.datastore);
> - let corrupt_chunks = Arc::clone(&self.corrupt_chunks);
> - let read_bytes = Arc::clone(&read_bytes);
> - let decoded_bytes = Arc::clone(&decoded_bytes);
> - let errors = Arc::clone(&errors);
> + let state = Arc::clone(&index_verify_state);
> let backend = self.backend.clone();
>
> move |info: ChunkReadInfo| {
> - Self::verify_chunk_by_backend(
> - &backend,
> - Arc::clone(&datastore),
> - Arc::clone(&corrupt_chunks),
> - Arc::clone(&read_bytes),
> - Arc::clone(&decoded_bytes),
> - Arc::clone(&errors),
> - &decoder_pool,
> - &info,
> - )
> + Self::verify_chunk_by_backend(&backend,
> Arc::clone(&state), &decoder_pool, &info)
> }
> });
>
> @@ -259,10 +246,10 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
>
> reader_pool.complete()?;
>
> - let elapsed = start_time.elapsed().as_secs_f64();
> + let elapsed =
> index_verify_state.start_time.elapsed().as_secs_f64();
>
> - let read_bytes = read_bytes.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
> - let decoded_bytes = decoded_bytes.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
> + let read_bytes =
> index_verify_state.read_bytes.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
> + let decoded_bytes =
> index_verify_state.decoded_bytes.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
>
> let read_bytes_mib = (read_bytes as f64) / (1024.0 * 1024.0);
> let decoded_bytes_mib = (decoded_bytes as f64) / (1024.0 *
> 1024.0);
> @@ -270,13 +257,13 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
> let read_speed = read_bytes_mib / elapsed;
> let decode_speed = decoded_bytes_mib / elapsed;
>
> - let error_count = errors.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
> + let error_count =
> index_verify_state.errors.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
>
> info!(
> " verified {read_bytes_mib:.2}/{decoded_bytes_mib:.2}
> MiB in {elapsed:.2} seconds, speed {read_speed:.2}/{decode_speed:.2}
> MiB/s ({error_count} errors)"
> );
>
> - if errors.load(Ordering::SeqCst) > 0 {
> + if index_verify_state.errors.load(Ordering::SeqCst) > 0 {
> bail!("chunks could not be verified");
> }
>
> @@ -286,28 +273,26 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
> #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
> fn verify_chunk_by_backend(
> backend: &DatastoreBackend,
> - datastore: Arc<DataStore>,
> - corrupt_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8; 32]>>>,
> - read_bytes: Arc<AtomicU64>,
> - decoded_bytes: Arc<AtomicU64>,
> - errors: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
> + state: Arc<IndexVerifyState>,
> decoder_pool: &SendHandle<(DataBlob, [u8; 32], u64)>,
> info: &ChunkReadInfo,
> ) -> Result<(), Error> {
> match backend {
> - DatastoreBackend::Filesystem => match
> datastore.load_chunk(&info.digest) {
> + DatastoreBackend::Filesystem => match
> state.datastore.load_chunk(&info.digest) {
> Err(err) => Self::add_corrupt_chunk(
> - datastore,
> - corrupt_chunks,
> + Arc::clone(&state.datastore),
> + Arc::clone(&state.corrupt_chunks),
> info.digest,
> - errors,
> + &state.errors,
> &format!("can't verify chunk, load failed - {err}"),
> ),
> Ok(chunk) => {
> let size = info.size();
> - read_bytes.fetch_add(chunk.raw_size(),
> Ordering::SeqCst);
> + state
> + .read_bytes
> + .fetch_add(chunk.raw_size(), Ordering::SeqCst);
> decoder_pool.send((chunk, info.digest, size))?;
> - decoded_bytes.fetch_add(size, Ordering::SeqCst);
> + state.decoded_bytes.fetch_add(size,
> Ordering::SeqCst);
> }
> },
> DatastoreBackend::S3(s3_client) => {
> @@ -324,28 +309,30 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
> match chunk_result {
> Ok(chunk) => {
> let size = info.size();
> -
> read_bytes.fetch_add(chunk.raw_size(), Ordering::SeqCst);
> + state
> + .read_bytes
> + .fetch_add(chunk.raw_size(),
> Ordering::SeqCst);
> decoder_pool.send((chunk,
> info.digest, size))?;
> - decoded_bytes.fetch_add(size,
> Ordering::SeqCst);
> + state.decoded_bytes.fetch_add(size,
> Ordering::SeqCst);
> }
> Err(err) => {
> - errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> + state.errors.fetch_add(1,
> Ordering::SeqCst);
> error!("can't verify chunk, load
> failed - {err}");
> }
> }
> }
> Ok(None) => Self::add_corrupt_chunk(
> - datastore,
> - corrupt_chunks,
> + Arc::clone(&state.datastore),
> + Arc::clone(&state.corrupt_chunks),
> info.digest,
> - errors,
> + &state.errors,
> &format!(
> "can't verify missing chunk with digest {}",
> hex::encode(info.digest)
> ),
> ),
> Err(err) => {
> - errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> + state.errors.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
> error!("can't verify chunk, load failed -
> {err}");
> }
> }
> @@ -358,7 +345,7 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
> datastore: Arc<DataStore>,
> corrupt_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8; 32]>>>,
> digest: [u8; 32],
> - errors: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
> + errors: &AtomicUsize,
> message: &str,
> ) {
> // Panic on poisoned mutex
> @@ -681,3 +668,12 @@ impl VerifyWorker {
> }
> }
> }
> +
> +struct IndexVerifyState {
> + read_bytes: AtomicU64,
> + decoded_bytes: AtomicU64,
> + errors: AtomicUsize,
> + datastore: Arc<DataStore>,
> + corrupt_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8; 32]>>>,
> + start_time: Instant,
> +}
>
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-05 15:51 [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox{, -backup} 0/5] parallelize chunk reads in verification Nicolas Frey
2025-11-05 15:51 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox 1/1] pbs-api-types: jobs: verify: add worker-threads to VerificationJobConfig Nicolas Frey
2025-11-06 8:14 ` Christian Ebner
2025-11-05 15:51 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 1/4] api: verify: move chunk loading into parallel handler Nicolas Frey
2025-11-06 8:54 ` Christian Ebner
2025-11-06 9:04 ` Nicolas Frey [this message]
2025-11-06 9:26 ` Christian Ebner
2025-11-05 15:51 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 2/4] api: verify: use worker-threads to determine the number of threads to use Nicolas Frey
2025-11-06 9:09 ` Christian Ebner
2025-11-06 9:23 ` Nicolas Frey
2025-11-06 9:32 ` Christian Ebner
2025-11-06 11:22 ` Nicolas Frey
2025-11-06 11:57 ` Christian Ebner
2025-11-05 15:51 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 3/4] api: verify: add worker-threads to update endpoint Nicolas Frey
2025-11-06 9:13 ` Christian Ebner
2025-11-05 15:51 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 4/4] ui: verify: add option to set number of threads for job Nicolas Frey
2025-11-06 9:22 ` Christian Ebner
2025-11-06 9:25 ` Nicolas Frey
2025-11-06 8:02 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox{, -backup} 0/5] parallelize chunk reads in verification Christian Ebner
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