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1 files changed, 42 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-rename.c b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-rename.c
index 138c985c8dc..1aff4f6fb9f 100644
--- a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-rename.c
+++ b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-rename.c
@@ -621,15 +621,49 @@ dht_rename_cbk (call_frame_t *frame, void *cookie, xlator_t *this,
if (local->linked == _gf_true)
FRAME_SU_UNDO (frame, dht_local_t);
+
+ /* It is a critical failure iff we fail to rename the cached file
+ * if the rename of the linkto failed, it is not a critical failure,
+ * and we do not want to lose the created hard link for the new
+ * name as that could have been read by other clients.
+ *
+ * NOTE: If another client is attempting the same oldname -> newname
+ * rename, and finds both file names as existing, and are hard links
+ * to each other, then FUSE would send in an unlink for oldname. In
+ * this time duration if we treat the linkto as a critical error and
+ * unlink the newname we created, we would have effectively lost the
+ * file to rename operations.
+ *
+ * Repercussions of treating this as a non-critical error is that
+ * we could leave behind a stale linkto file and/or not create the new
+ * linkto file, the second case would be rectified by a subsequent
+ * lookup, the first case by a rebalance, like for all stale linkto
+ * files */
+
if (op_ret == -1) {
- gf_msg (this->name, GF_LOG_WARNING, op_errno,
- DHT_MSG_RENAME_FAILED,
- "%s: Rename on %s failed, (gfid = %s) ",
- local->loc.path, prev->this->name,
- local->loc.inode? uuid_utoa(local->loc.inode->gfid):"");
- local->op_ret = op_ret;
- local->op_errno = op_errno;
- goto cleanup;
+ /* Critical failure: unable to rename the cached file */
+ if (src_cached == dst_cached) {
+ gf_msg (this->name, GF_LOG_WARNING, op_errno,
+ DHT_MSG_RENAME_FAILED,
+ "%s: Rename on %s failed, (gfid = %s) ",
+ local->loc.path, prev->this->name,
+ local->loc.inode ?
+ uuid_utoa(local->loc.inode->gfid):"");
+ local->op_ret = op_ret;
+ local->op_errno = op_errno;
+ goto cleanup;
+ } else {
+ /* Non-critical failure, unable to rename the linkto
+ * file
+ */
+ gf_msg (this->name, GF_LOG_INFO, op_errno,
+ DHT_MSG_RENAME_FAILED,
+ "%s: Rename (linkto file) on %s failed, "
+ "(gfid = %s) ",
+ local->loc.path, prev->this->name,
+ local->loc.inode ?
+ uuid_utoa(local->loc.inode->gfid):"");
+ }
}
if ((src_cached == dst_cached) && (dst_hashed != dst_cached)) {