[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] Avoid lost updates to configuration during datastore deletion

Fiona Ebner f.ebner at proxmox.com
Thu Oct 30 13:05:17 CET 2025


Am 30.10.25 um 11:51 AM schrieb Robert Obkircher:
> Previously, the following steps created files in /srv/test2 but
> removed test2 from the configuration:
> 
>   proxmox-backup-manager datastore create test1 /srv/test1
>   proxmox-backup-manager datastore remove test1 --destroy-data &
>   sleep 0.1
>   proxmox-backup-manager datastore create test2 /srv/test2
> 
> Reported-by: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/possible-bug-when-deleting-a-datastore.174715/

Please tell the user (and other developers to avoid potentially
duplicate work ;)) about the proposed fix in the forum.

> Signed-off-by: Robert Obkircher <r.obkircher at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs b/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
> index 03830616..14dad93a 100644
> --- a/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
> +++ b/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
> @@ -2154,6 +2154,8 @@ impl DataStore {
>          if ok {
>              info!("Removing datastore from config...");
>              let _lock = pbs_config::datastore::lock_config()?;
> +            // read again to avoid loosing concurrent modifications
> +            let (mut config, _digest) = pbs_config::datastore::config()?;
>              let _ = config.sections.remove(name);
>              pbs_config::datastore::save_config(&config)?;
>          }

Not very familiar with the code here, but looks good to me :)




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