[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup v4 3/3] datastore: make 'filesystem' the default sync-level

Dominik Csapak d.csapak at proxmox.com
Fri Oct 28 09:34:49 CEST 2022


Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com>
---
 docs/storage.rst               | 4 ++--
 pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/storage.rst b/docs/storage.rst
index c4e44c72..d61c3a40 100644
--- a/docs/storage.rst
+++ b/docs/storage.rst
@@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ and only available on the CLI:
   the crash resistance of backups in case of a powerloss or hard shutoff.
   There are currently three levels:
 
-  - `none` (default): Does not do any syncing when writing chunks. This is fast
+  - `none` : Does not do any syncing when writing chunks. This is fast
     and normally OK, since the kernel eventually flushes writes onto the disk.
     The kernel sysctls `dirty_expire_centisecs` and `dirty_writeback_centisecs`
     are used to tune that behaviour, while the default is to flush old data
     after ~30s.
 
-  - `filesystem` : This triggers a ``syncfs(2)`` after a backup, but before
+  - `filesystem` (default): This triggers a ``syncfs(2)`` after a backup, but before
     the task returns `OK`. This way it is ensured that the written backups
     are on disk. This is a good balance between speed and consistency.
     Note that the underlying storage device still needs to protect itself against
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs
index 4c9eda2f..ff8fe55f 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/datastore.rs
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ pub enum DatastoreFSyncLevel {
     /// which reduces IO pressure.
     /// But it may cause losing data on powerloss or system crash without any uninterruptible power
     /// supply.
-    #[default]
     None,
     /// Triggers a fsync after writing any chunk on the datastore. While this can slow down
     /// backups significantly, depending on the underlying file system and storage used, it
@@ -196,6 +195,7 @@ pub enum DatastoreFSyncLevel {
     /// Depending on the setup, it might have a negative impact on unrelated write operations
     /// of the underlying filesystem, but it is generally a good compromise between performance
     /// and consitency.
+    #[default]
     Filesystem,
 }
 
-- 
2.30.2






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