From: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: Robert Obkircher <r.obkircher@proxmox.com>, pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH proxmox 5/5] pbs-api-types: add GarbageCollection maintenance mode
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 12:50:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <766abd6e-5cbd-4c04-9fd0-5e8ec9482371@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260602130001.217482-6-r.obkircher@proxmox.com>
On 6/2/26 3:00 PM, Robert Obkircher wrote:
> This mode may be used to safely prune and garbage collect a datastore
> without the risk of running out of space due to new backups.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Obkircher <r.obkircher@proxmox.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>
> ---
> pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs | 1 +
> pbs-api-types/src/maintenance.rs | 11 +++++++----
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs
> index b770bc03..f54af000 100644
> --- a/pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs
> +++ b/pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs
> @@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ impl DataStoreConfig {
>
> match current_type {
> Some(MaintenanceType::ReadOnly) => { /* always OK */ }
> + Some(MaintenanceType::GarbageCollection) => { /* always OK */ }
> Some(MaintenanceType::Offline) => { /* always OK */ }
> Some(MaintenanceType::Unmount) => {
> /* used to reset it after failed unmount, or alternative for aborting unmount task */
> diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/maintenance.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/maintenance.rs
> index 2d11aff2..abbdbf3f 100644
> --- a/pbs-api-types/src/maintenance.rs
> +++ b/pbs-api-types/src/maintenance.rs
> @@ -42,12 +42,11 @@ pub enum Operation {
> #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
> /// Maintenance type.
> pub enum MaintenanceType {
> - // TODO:
> - // - Add "GarbageCollection" or "DeleteOnly" as type and track GC (or all deletes) as separate
> - // operation, so that one can enable a mode where nothing new can be added but stuff can be
> - // cleaned
> /// Only read operations are allowed on the datastore.
> ReadOnly,
> + /// Allow reads and non-expanding writes, but disallow writes
> + /// that may increase storage usage.
> + GarbageCollection,
> /// Neither read nor write operations are allowed on the datastore.
> Offline,
> /// The datastore is being deleted.
> @@ -110,6 +109,10 @@ impl MaintenanceMode {
> (MaintenanceType::ReadOnly, Operation::Write | Operation::WriteNonExpanding) => {
> bail!("read-only maintenance mode: {message}")
> }
> + (MaintenanceType::GarbageCollection, Operation::Write) => {
> + bail!("garbage-collection maintenance mode: {message}")
> + }
> + (MaintenanceType::GarbageCollection, _) => Ok(()),
> #[cfg(feature = "enum-fallback")]
> (MaintenanceType::UnknownEnumValue(m), _) => bail!("unknown maintenance mode: {m}"),
> }
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-03 10:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-02 12:58 [PATCH proxmox{,-backup} 00/11] add GarbageCollection maintenance mode Robert Obkircher
2026-06-02 12:58 ` [PATCH proxmox 1/5] pbs-api-types: propagate maintenance mode parse errors Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 10:33 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:58 ` [PATCH proxmox 2/5] pbs-api-types: use match statement for maintenance mode check Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 10:36 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-03 11:04 ` Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 11:30 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:58 ` [PATCH proxmox 3/5] pbs-api-types: deny non-lookup operations for unknown modes Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 10:38 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-03 11:18 ` Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 11:38 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:58 ` [PATCH proxmox 4/5] pbs-api-types: add WriteNonExpanding datastore operation Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 10:45 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:58 ` [PATCH proxmox 5/5] pbs-api-types: add GarbageCollection maintenance mode Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 10:50 ` Christian Ebner [this message]
2026-06-02 12:58 ` [PATCH proxmox-backup 1/6] datastore: propagate maintenance mode parse errors Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 11:20 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:58 ` [PATCH proxmox-backup 2/6] task tracking: use parameter for initial count and refactor updates Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 11:58 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:58 ` [PATCH proxmox-backup 3/6] www: access active operation fields by name instead of index Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 12:04 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:59 ` [PATCH proxmox-backup 4/6] task tracking: count WriteNonExpanding datastore operations Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 12:18 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:59 ` [PATCH proxmox-backup 5/6] datastore: open datastores with WriteNonExpanding instead of Write Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 12:28 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-02 12:59 ` [PATCH proxmox-backup 6/6] fix #5797: www: display new GarbageCollection maintenance mode Robert Obkircher
2026-06-03 13:03 ` Christian Ebner
2026-06-03 13:28 ` [PATCH proxmox{,-backup} 00/11] add " Christian Ebner
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