Re: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] Avoid lost updates to configuration during datastore deletion

[Robert Obkircher <r.obkircher@proxmox.com>]

On 11/3/25 13:14, Christian Ebner wrote:
> Thanks for the patch!
>
> Only minor comments...
>
> `Avoid lost updates to configuration during datastore deletion`
>
> the title might mention that this are concurrent config updates, so 
> maybe:
>
> `fix: avoid loss of concurrent config changes during datastore deletion`
>
> On 10/30/25 11:51 AM, Robert Obkircher wrote:
>> Previously, the following steps created files in /srv/test2 but
>> removed test2 from the configuration:
>
> Apart from the steps to reproduce (which is always nice to have!), 
> this should maybe also state that this fixes a race between the 
> initial reading of the datastore config before destroying the 
> datastore and concurrent config changes, by re-reading the config in a 
> locked context before removing the just destroyed datastore from it.
>
>>
>>    proxmox-backup-manager datastore create test1 /srv/test1
>>    proxmox-backup-manager datastore remove test1 --destroy-data &
>>    sleep 0.1
>>    proxmox-backup-manager datastore create test2 /srv/test2
>>
>> Reported-by: 
>> https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/possible-bug-when-deleting-a-datastore.174715/
> This can be shortened to only include the thread ID, e.g.:
> https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/174715/
>
>
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Obkircher <r.obkircher@proxmox.com>
>> ---
>>   pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs | 2 ++
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs 
>> b/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
>> index 03830616..14dad93a 100644
>> --- a/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
>> +++ b/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
>> @@ -2154,6 +2154,8 @@ impl DataStore {
>>           if ok {
>>               info!("Removing datastore from config...");
>>               let _lock = pbs_config::datastore::lock_config()?;
>> +            // read again to avoid loosing concurrent modifications
>> +            let (mut config, _digest) = 
>> pbs_config::datastore::config()?;
>>               let _ = config.sections.remove(name);
>>               pbs_config::datastore::save_config(&config)?;
>>           }
>
> With these changes to the commit message addressed, consider:
>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>Tested-by: Christian 
> Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>


Updated commit message in: 
https://lore.proxmox.com/pbs-devel/20251103145422.128701-1-r.obkircher@proxmox.com/T/#u



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