[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 2/2] datastore: reinsert unused chunks into cache during instantiation

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Am 01.08.25 um 16:10 schrieb Christian Ebner:
> The local datastore chunk cache stores the currently cached chunk
> digests in-memory, the chunk's data is stored however on the
> filesystem. The in-memory cache might however be lost when:
> - the datastore is removed for the lookup cache when a corresponding
>   maintenance mode is set.
> - the services are restarted.
> - the system is rebooted.
> 
> After above actions, the cache is reistantiated again together with
> the datastore on the next datastore lookup, calculating a cache
> capacity based on the currently available storage space. This however
> leaves the previously cached chunks out.
> Therefore, reinsert them in an asynchronos task, by iterating over
> them an insert the chunk digest again. For these previously used
> chunks, increase also the cache size as this is now usable storage
> for the cache as well.

I really would like some basic numbers for patches doing things with
caches, especially if they iterate over all chunks present on disk, IIUC.
AFAICIT it at least happens in the background, so doesn't delays the
one instantiating the new datastore struct directly, but without some
pacing going through all chunks as fast as possible might introduce
significant IO pressure I think.

Also, what happens if the datastore instance is already dropped again
during this cache re-warming? AFAICT that can only realistically happen
with maintenance mode, as with restarts/reboots it naturally should not
matter. Also, just to be sure, this might also block any shutdown
future from resolving, just like any other spawn_blocking, or am I
mistaken?