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We had an unfortunate pattern of: const BeesFileRange bfr; shared_ptr<BeesContext> ctx; // ... BEESNOTE("foo " << bfr); bfr.fd(ctx); BEESNOTE("foo after opening: " << bfr); If dump_status started running after the first BEESNOTE, but before the second, then bfr.fd() might expose a single Fd object's shared_ptr member to two threads at the same time (the thread running dump_status and the thread running BEESNOTE) without protection by a lock. One of the threads would see a partially-initialized Fd object, and the other thread would crash on an assertion failure, e.g. #0 __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:50 #1 0x00007f4c4fde5537 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:79 #2 0x00007f4c4fde540f in __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7f4c4ff4e128 "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=0x5557605629dd "!m_destroyed", file=0x5557605627c0 "../include/crucible/namedptr.h", line=77, function=<optimized out>) at assert.c:92 #3 0x00007f4c4fdf4662 in __GI___assert_fail (assertion=assertion@entry=0x5557605629dd "!m_destroyed", file=file@entry=0x5557605627c0 "../include/crucible/namedptr.h", line=line@entry=77, function=function@entry=0x555760562970 "crucible::NamedPtr<Return, Arguments>::Value::~Value() [with Return = crucible::IOHandle; Arguments = {int}]") at assert.c:101 #4 0x00005557605306f6 in crucible::NamedPtr<crucible::IOHandle, int>::Value::~Value (this=0x7f4a3c2ff0d0, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at ../include/crucible/namedptr.h:77 #5 0x00005557605137da in std::_Sp_counted_base<(__gnu_cxx::_Lock_policy)2>::_M_release (this=0x7f4a3c2ff0c0) at /usr/include/c++/10/bits/shared_ptr_base.h:151 #6 std::_Sp_counted_base<(__gnu_cxx::_Lock_policy)2>::_M_release (this=0x7f4a3c2ff0c0) at /usr/include/c++/10/bits/shared_ptr_base.h:151 #7 std::__shared_count<(__gnu_cxx::_Lock_policy)2>::~__shared_count (this=0x7f4c4c5b5f28, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/c++/10/bits/shared_ptr_base.h:733 #8 std::__shared_ptr<crucible::IOHandle, (__gnu_cxx::_Lock_policy)2>::~__shared_ptr (this=0x7f4c4c5b5f20, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/c++/10/bits/shared_ptr_base.h:1183 #9 std::shared_ptr<crucible::IOHandle>::~shared_ptr (this=0x7f4c4c5b5f20, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/c++/10/bits/shared_ptr.h:121 #10 crucible::Fd::~Fd (this=0x7f4c4c5b5f20, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at ../include/crucible/fd.h:46 #11 BeesFileRange::file_size (this=0x7f4c4e5ba4a0) at bees-types.cc:156 #12 0x0000555760513950 in operator<< (os=..., bfr=...) at bees-types.cc:80 #13 0x000055576050d662 in std::function<void (std::ostream&)>::operator()(std::ostream&) const (__args#0=..., this=0x7f4c4e5b9f60) at /usr/include/c++/10/bits/std_function.h:622 #14 BeesNote::get_status[abi:cxx11]() () at bees-trace.cc:165 #15 0x00005557604c9676 in BeesContext::dump_status (this=0x5557611c4de0) at bees-context.cc:89 #16 0x00005557605206fb in std::function<void ()>::operator()() const (this=this@entry=0x7f4c4c5b65f0) at /usr/include/c++/10/bits/std_function.h:622 #17 crucible::catch_all(std::function<void ()> const&, std::function<void (std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)> const&) (f=..., explainer=...) at error.cc:55 #18 0x000055576050aaa7 in operator() (__closure=0x5557611c52c8) at bees-thread.cc:22 #19 0x00007f4c501beed0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 #20 0x00007f4c502c8ea7 in start_thread (arg=<optimized out>) at pthread_create.c:477 #21 0x00007f4c4febddef in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Fix by making BeesFileRange::m_fd really const (not just mutable), then fix all the broken code referencing it. Signed-off-by: Zygo Blaxell <bees@furryterror.org>
BEES
Best-Effort Extent-Same, a btrfs deduplication agent.
About bees
bees is a block-oriented userspace deduplication agent designed for large btrfs filesystems. It is an offline dedupe combined with an incremental data scan capability to minimize time data spends on disk from write to dedupe.
Strengths
- Space-efficient hash table and matching algorithms - can use as little as 1 GB hash table per 10 TB unique data (0.1GB/TB)
- Daemon incrementally dedupes new data using btrfs tree search
- Works with btrfs compression - dedupe any combination of compressed and uncompressed files
- NEW Works around
btrfs send
problems with dedupe and incremental parent snapshots - Works around btrfs filesystem structure to free more disk space
- Persistent hash table for rapid restart after shutdown
- Whole-filesystem dedupe - including snapshots
- Constant hash table size - no increased RAM usage if data set becomes larger
- Works on live data - no scheduled downtime required
- Automatic self-throttling based on system load
Weaknesses
- Whole-filesystem dedupe - has no include/exclude filters, does not accept file lists
- Requires root privilege (or
CAP_SYS_ADMIN
) - First run may require temporary disk space for extent reorganization
- First run may increase metadata space usage if many snapshots exist
- Constant hash table size - no decreased RAM usage if data set becomes smaller
- btrfs only
Installation and Usage
Recommended Reading
- bees Gotchas
- btrfs kernel bugs - especially DATA CORRUPTION WARNING
- bees vs. other btrfs features
- What to do when something goes wrong
More Information
Bug Reports and Contributions
Email bug reports and patches to Zygo Blaxell bees@furryterror.org.
You can also use Github:
https://github.com/Zygo/bees
Copyright & License
Copyright 2015-2018 Zygo Blaxell bees@furryterror.org.
GPL (version 3 or later).
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