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author | Vika <vika@fireburn.ru> | 2022-05-01 04:35:16 +0300 |
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committer | Vika <vika@fireburn.ru> | 2022-05-01 04:35:16 +0300 |
commit | 122361795b3b1376c6ba03ed6b160e9b89da93d7 (patch) | |
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download | kittybox-122361795b3b1376c6ba03ed6b160e9b89da93d7.tar.zst |
FileStorage: lockless reads and atomic writes
- Reads don't lock anymore. At all. - Writes create a temporary file and use `rename(2)` to atomically replace it - since OpenOptions::create_new(true) is used, tempfile creation is atomic (and since tempfile names are per-post, a post can only be edited by one request at a time) - Since written files get atomically replaced, readers can't read a corrupted file Potential pitfalls: 1. This approach is not covered by unit tests (yet) 2. Stale tempfiles can prevent editing posts (can be solved by throwing out tempfiles that are older than, say, a day) 3. Crashed edits can leave stale tempfiles (honestly that sounds better than corrupting the whole database, doesn't sound like a bug to me at all!)
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