[pve-devel] [PATCH storage 1/6] dir plugin: update notes: don't attempt to remove non-existent notes

[Dominik Csapak]

On 9/17/21 15:02, Fabian Ebner wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
> ---
>   PVE/Storage/DirPlugin.pm | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/PVE/Storage/DirPlugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/DirPlugin.pm
> index 2267f11..0423e5f 100644
> --- a/PVE/Storage/DirPlugin.pm
> +++ b/PVE/Storage/DirPlugin.pm
> @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ sub update_volume_notes {
>   
>       if (defined($notes) && $notes ne '') {
>   	PVE::Tools::file_set_contents($path, $notes);
> -    } else {
> +    } elsif (-e $path) {
>   	unlink $path or die "could not delete notes - $!\n";
>       }
>       return;
> 

nit: it is still racy, and imho the correct solution would be to
ignore the error but only if the file did not exists
iow $! is ENOENT

for most cases it's enough though and i am not sure if the
added complexity is worth it...