[jira] [Updated] (HBASE-7643) HFileArchiver.resolveAndArchive() race condition and snapshot data loss

["Lars Hofhansl (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Lars Hofhansl updated HBASE-7643:
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    Fix Version/s: 0.94.5
    
> HFileArchiver.resolveAndArchive() race condition and snapshot data loss
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-7643
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-7643
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: hbase-6055, 0.96.0
>            Reporter: Matteo Bertozzi
>            Assignee: Matteo Bertozzi
>            Priority: Blocker
>             Fix For: 0.96.0, 0.94.5
>
>
>  * The master have an hfile cleaner thread (that is responsible for cleaning the /hbase/.archive dir)
>  ** /hbase/.archive/table/region/family/hfile
>  ** if the family/region/family directory is empty the cleaner removes it
>  * The master can archive files (from another thread, e.g. DeleteTableHandler)
>  * The region can archive files (from another server/process, e.g. compaction)
> The simplified file archiving code looks like this:
> {code}
> HFileArchiver.resolveAndArchive(...) {
>   // ensure that the archive dir exists
>   fs.mkdir(archiveDir);
>   // move the file to the archiver
>   success = fs.rename(originalPath/fileName, archiveDir/fileName)
>   // if the rename is failed, delete the file without archiving
>   if (!success) fs.delete(originalPath/fileName);
> }
> {code}
> Since there's no synchronization between HFileArchiver.resolveAndArchive() and the cleaner run (different process, thread, ...) you can end up in the situation where you are moving something in a directory that doesn't exists.
> {code}
> fs.mkdir(archiveDir);
> // HFileCleaner chore starts at this point
> // and the archiveDirectory that we just ensured to be present gets removed.
> // The rename at this point will fail since the parent directory is missing.
> success = fs.rename(originalPath/fileName, archiveDir/fileName)
> {code}
> The bad thing of deleting the file without archiving is that if you've a snapshot that relies on the file to be present, or you've a clone table that relies on that file is that you're losing data.
> Possible solutions
>  * Create a ZooKeeper lock, to notify the master ("Hey I'm archiving something, wait a bit")
>  * Add a RS -> Master call to let the master removes files and avoid this kind of situations
>  * Avoid to remove empty directories from the archive if the table exists or is not disabled
>  * Add a try catch around the fs.rename
> The last one, the easiest one, looks like:
> {code}
> for (int i = 0; i < retries; ++i) {
>   // ensure archive directory to be present
>   fs.mkdir(archiveDir);
>   // ----> possible race <-----
>   // try to archive file
>   success = fs.rename(originalPath/fileName, archiveDir/fileName);
>   if (success) break;
> }
> {code}

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