llnl / llnl/UnifyFS

client: attribute management for open and fsync

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Description

Avoid the conflict on file id. Current implementation generate files id based on
hashcode of file name, conflict happens when two file names are hashed to the same file id.

Provide atomic update on file id. When a file is openned with O_CREAT, the client first
checks if the file is created, then creates a file if it does not exist, or returns error
if O_EXCL is set. These operations needs to be atomic.

During fsync, the final file size should be the largest size (typically in the checkpoint workload)
among the metadata sent by all clients. Current implementation takes the last file size received as the final file size for fsync, which may not be the correct one.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the client paths for open with O_CREAT/O_EXCL and fsync metadata handling, then inspect how file IDs are generated and updated. Done means concurrent file creation is atomic without file-ID conflicts, and fsync uses the largest file size received from clients.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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