Re: [pbs-devel] [RFC v2 proxmox-backup 13/21] datastore: recreate trashed backup groups if requested

["Fabian Grünbichler" <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com>]

On May 8, 2025 3:05 pm, Christian Ebner wrote:
> A whole backup group might have been marked as trashed, including all
> of the contained snapshots.
> 
> Since a new backup to that group (even as different user/owner)
> should still work, permanently clear the whole trashed group before
> recreation. This will limit the trash lifetime as now the group is
> not recoverable until next garbage collection.

IMHO this is phrased in a way that makes it hard to parse, and in any
case, such things should go into the docs..

> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>
> ---
>  pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs b/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
> index 4f7766c36..ca05e1bea 100644
> --- a/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
> +++ b/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
> @@ -934,6 +934,32 @@ impl DataStore {
>                  let guard = backup_group.lock().with_context(|| {
>                      format!("while creating locked backup group '{backup_group:?}'")
>                  })?;
> +                if backup_group.is_trashed() {
> +                    info!("clear trashed backup group {full_path:?}");

I think we should only do this if the new and old owner are not
identical..

> +                    let dir_entries = std::fs::read_dir(&full_path).context(
> +                        "failed to read directory contents during cleanup of trashed group",
> +                    )?;
> +                    for entry in dir_entries {
> +                        let entry = entry.context(
> +                            "failed to read directory entry during clenup of trashed group",
> +                        )?;
> +                        let file_type = entry.file_type().context(
> +                            "failed to get entry file type during clenup of trashed group",
> +                        )?;
> +                        if file_type.is_dir() {
> +                            std::fs::remove_dir_all(entry.path())
> +                                .context("failed to remove directory entry during clenup of trashed snapshot")?;
> +                        } else {
> +                            std::fs::remove_file(entry.path())
> +                                .context("failed to remove directory entry during clenup of trashed snapshot")?;
> +                        }
> +                    }
> +                    self.set_owner(ns, backup_group.group(), auth_id, false)?;
> +                    let owner = self.get_owner(ns, backup_group.group())?; // just to be sure

sure about that? we are holding a lock here, nobody is allowed to change
the owner but us..

> +                    self.untrash_namespace(ns)?;
> +                    return Ok((owner, guard));
> +                }
> +
>                  let owner = self.get_owner(ns, backup_group.group())?; // just to be sure
>                  Ok((owner, guard))
>              }
> -- 
> 2.39.5
> 
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