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+/*
+Copyright 2024 The Ceph-CSI Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package journal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util"
+	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util/log"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultVolumeGroupNamingPrefix string = "csi-vol-group-"
+)
+
+type VolumeGroupJournal interface {
+	// Connect establishes a new connection to a ceph cluster for journal metadata.
+	Connect(
+		monitors,
+		namespace string,
+		cr *util.Credentials) (*volumeGroupJournalConfig, error)
+	// Destroy frees any resources and invalidates the journal connection.
+	Destroy()
+	// SetNamespace sets the namespace for the journal.
+	SetNamespace(ns string)
+	CheckReservation(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		journalPool,
+		reqName,
+		namePrefix string) (*VolumeGroupData, error)
+	UndoReservation(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		csiJournalPool,
+		snapshotGroupName,
+		reqName string) error
+	// GetGroupAttributes fetches all keys and their values, from a UUID directory,
+	// returning VolumeGroupAttributes structure.
+	GetVolumeGroupAttributes(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		pool,
+		objectUUID string) (*VolumeGroupAttributes, error)
+	ReserveName(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		journalPool string,
+		journalPoolID int64,
+		reqName,
+		namePrefix string) (string, string, error)
+	// AddVolumeSnapshotMapping adds a volumeID and snapshotID mapping to the UUID directory.
+	AddVolumeSnapshotMapping(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		pool,
+		reservedUUID,
+		volumeID,
+		snapshotID string) error
+	// RemoveVolumeSnapshotMapping removes a volumeID and snapshotID mapping from the UUID directory.
+	RemoveVolumeSnapshotMapping(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		pool,
+		reservedUUID,
+		volumeID string) error
+}
+
+// volumeGroupJournalConfig contains the configuration and connection details.
+type volumeGroupJournalConfig struct {
+	*Config
+	*Connection
+}
+
+// NewCSIVolumeroupJournal returns an instance of VolumeGroupJournal for groups.
+func NewCSIVolumeroupJournal(suffix string) VolumeGroupJournal {
+	return &volumeGroupJournalConfig{
+		Config: &Config{
+			csiDirectory:            "csi.groups." + suffix,
+			csiNameKeyPrefix:        "csi.volume.group.",
+			cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix: "csi.volume.group.",
+			csiImageKey:             "csi.groupname",
+			csiNameKey:              "csi.volname",
+			namespace:               "",
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) SetNamespace(ns string) {
+	sgj.Config.namespace = ns
+}
+
+// NewCSIVolumeGroupJournalWithNamespace returns an instance of VolumeGroupJournal for
+// volume groups using a predetermined namespace value.
+func NewCSIVolumeGroupJournalWithNamespace(suffix, ns string) VolumeGroupJournal {
+	j := NewCSIVolumeroupJournal(suffix)
+	j.SetNamespace(ns)
+
+	return j
+}
+
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) Connect(
+	monitors,
+	namespace string,
+	cr *util.Credentials,
+) (*volumeGroupJournalConfig, error) {
+	conn, err := sgj.Config.Connect(monitors, namespace, cr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sgj.Connection = conn
+
+	return sgj, nil
+}
+
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) Destroy() {
+	sgj.Connection.Destroy()
+}
+
+// VolumeGroupData contains the GroupUUID and VolumeGroupAttributes for a
+// volume group.
+type VolumeGroupData struct {
+	GroupUUID             string
+	GroupName             string
+	VolumeGroupAttributes *VolumeGroupAttributes
+}
+
+func generateVolumeGroupName(namePrefix, groupUUID string) string {
+	if namePrefix == "" {
+		namePrefix = defaultVolumeGroupNamingPrefix
+	}
+
+	return namePrefix + groupUUID
+}
+
+/*
+CheckReservation checks if given request name contains a valid reservation
+  - If there is a valid reservation, then the corresponding VolumeGroupData for
+    the snapshot group is returned
+  - If there is a reservation that is stale (or not fully cleaned up), it is
+    garbage collected using the UndoReservation call, as appropriate
+
+NOTE: As the function manipulates omaps, it should be called with a lock
+against the request name held, to prevent parallel operations from modifying
+the state of the omaps for this request name.
+
+Return values:
+  - VolumeGroupData: which contains the GroupUUID and GroupSnapshotAttributes
+    that were reserved for the passed in reqName, empty if there was no
+    reservation found.
+  - error: non-nil in case of any errors.
+*/
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) CheckReservation(ctx context.Context,
+	journalPool, reqName, namePrefix string,
+) (*VolumeGroupData, error) {
+	var (
+		cj           = sgj.Config
+		volGroupData = &VolumeGroupData{}
+	)
+
+	// check if request name is already part of the directory omap
+	fetchKeys := []string{
+		cj.csiNameKeyPrefix + reqName,
+	}
+	values, err := getOMapValues(
+		ctx, sgj.Connection, journalPool, cj.namespace, cj.csiDirectory,
+		cj.commonPrefix, fetchKeys)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, util.ErrKeyNotFound) || errors.Is(err, util.ErrPoolNotFound) {
+			// pool or omap (oid) was not present
+			// stop processing but without an error for no reservation exists
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	objUUID, found := values[cj.csiNameKeyPrefix+reqName]
+	if !found {
+		// omap was read but was missing the desired key-value pair
+		// stop processing but without an error for no reservation exists
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	volGroupData.GroupUUID = objUUID
+
+	savedVolumeGroupAttributes, err := sgj.GetVolumeGroupAttributes(ctx, journalPool,
+		objUUID)
+	if err != nil {
+		// error should specifically be not found, for image to be absent, any other error
+		// is not conclusive, and we should not proceed
+		if errors.Is(err, util.ErrKeyNotFound) {
+			err = sgj.UndoReservation(ctx, journalPool,
+				generateVolumeGroupName(namePrefix, objUUID), reqName)
+		}
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// check if the request name in the omap matches the passed in request name
+	if savedVolumeGroupAttributes.RequestName != reqName {
+		// NOTE: This should never be possible, hence no cleanup, but log error
+		// and return, as cleanup may need to occur manually!
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("internal state inconsistent, omap names mismatch,"+
+			" request name (%s) volume group UUID (%s) volume group omap name (%s)",
+			reqName, objUUID, savedVolumeGroupAttributes.RequestName)
+	}
+	volGroupData.GroupName = savedVolumeGroupAttributes.GroupName
+	volGroupData.VolumeGroupAttributes = &VolumeGroupAttributes{}
+	volGroupData.VolumeGroupAttributes.RequestName = savedVolumeGroupAttributes.RequestName
+	volGroupData.VolumeGroupAttributes.VolumeSnapshotMap = savedVolumeGroupAttributes.VolumeSnapshotMap
+
+	return volGroupData, nil
+}
+
+/*
+UndoReservation undoes a reservation, in the reverse order of ReserveName
+- The UUID directory is cleaned up before the GroupName key in the csiDirectory is cleaned up
+
+NOTE: Ensure that the Ceph volume snapshots backing the reservation is cleaned up
+prior to cleaning up the reservation
+
+NOTE: As the function manipulates omaps, it should be called with a lock against the request name
+held, to prevent parallel operations from modifying the state of the omaps for this request name.
+
+Input arguments:
+  - csiJournalPool: Pool name that holds the CSI request name based journal
+  - groupID: ID of the volume group, generated from the UUID
+  - reqName: Request name for the volume group
+*/
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) UndoReservation(ctx context.Context,
+	csiJournalPool, groupID, reqName string,
+) error {
+	// delete volume UUID omap (first, inverse of create order)
+	cj := sgj.Config
+	if groupID != "" {
+		if len(groupID) < uuidEncodedLength {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse UUID from %s, too short", groupID)
+		}
+
+		groupUUID := groupID[len(groupID)-36:]
+		if _, err := uuid.Parse(groupUUID); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed parsing UUID in %s: %w", groupUUID, err)
+		}
+
+		err := util.RemoveObject(
+			ctx,
+			sgj.Connection.monitors,
+			sgj.Connection.cr,
+			csiJournalPool,
+			cj.namespace,
+			cj.cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix+groupUUID)
+		if err != nil {
+			if !errors.Is(err, util.ErrObjectNotFound) {
+				log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed removing oMap %s (%s)", cj.cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix+groupUUID, err)
+
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// delete the request name key (last, inverse of create order)
+	err := removeMapKeys(ctx, sgj.Connection, csiJournalPool, cj.namespace, cj.csiDirectory,
+		[]string{cj.csiNameKeyPrefix + reqName})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed removing oMap key %s (%s)", cj.csiNameKeyPrefix+reqName, err)
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
+/*
+ReserveName adds respective entries to the csiDirectory omaps, post generating a target
+UUIDDirectory for use. Further, these functions update the UUIDDirectory omaps, to store back
+pointers to the CSI generated request names.
+
+NOTE: As the function manipulates omaps, it should be called with a lock against the request name
+held, to prevent parallel operations from modifying the state of the omaps for this request name.
+
+Input arguments:
+  - journalPool: Pool where the CSI journal is stored
+  - journalPoolID: pool ID of the journalPool
+  - reqName: Name of the volumeGroupSnapshot request received
+  - namePrefix: Prefix to use when generating the volumeGroupName name (suffix is an auto-generated UUID)
+
+Return values:
+  - string: Contains the UUID that was reserved for the passed in reqName
+  - string: Contains the VolumeGroup name that was reserved for the passed in reqName
+  - error: non-nil in case of any errors
+*/
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) ReserveName(ctx context.Context,
+	journalPool string, journalPoolID int64,
+	reqName, namePrefix string,
+) (string, string, error) {
+	cj := sgj.Config
+
+	// Create the UUID based omap first, to reserve the same and avoid conflicts
+	// NOTE: If any service loss occurs post creation of the UUID directory, and before
+	// setting the request name key to point back to the UUID directory, the
+	// UUID directory key will be leaked
+	objUUID, err := reserveOMapName(
+		ctx,
+		sgj.Connection.monitors,
+		sgj.Connection.cr,
+		journalPool,
+		cj.namespace,
+		cj.cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix,
+		"")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+	groupName := generateVolumeGroupName(namePrefix, objUUID)
+	nameKeyVal := objUUID
+	// After generating the UUID Directory omap, we populate the csiDirectory
+	// omap with a key-value entry to map the request to the backend volume group:
+	// `csiNameKeyPrefix + reqName: nameKeyVal`
+	err = setOMapKeys(ctx, sgj.Connection, journalPool, cj.namespace, cj.csiDirectory,
+		map[string]string{cj.csiNameKeyPrefix + reqName: nameKeyVal})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WarningLog(ctx, "reservation failed for volume group: %s", reqName)
+			errDefer := sgj.UndoReservation(ctx, journalPool, groupName, reqName)
+			if errDefer != nil {
+				log.WarningLog(ctx, "failed undoing reservation of volume group: %s (%v)", reqName, errDefer)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	oid := cj.cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix + objUUID
+	omapValues := map[string]string{}
+
+	// Update UUID directory to store CSI request name
+	omapValues[cj.csiNameKey] = reqName
+	omapValues[cj.csiImageKey] = groupName
+
+	err = setOMapKeys(ctx, sgj.Connection, journalPool, cj.namespace, oid, omapValues)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+
+	return objUUID, groupName, nil
+}
+
+// VolumeGroupAttributes contains the request name and the volumeID's and
+// the corresponding snapshotID's.
+type VolumeGroupAttributes struct {
+	RequestName       string            // Contains the request name for the passed in UUID
+	GroupName         string            // Contains the group name
+	VolumeSnapshotMap map[string]string // Contains the volumeID and the corresponding snapshotID mapping
+}
+
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) GetVolumeGroupAttributes(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	pool, objectUUID string,
+) (*VolumeGroupAttributes, error) {
+	var (
+		err             error
+		groupAttributes = &VolumeGroupAttributes{}
+		cj              = sgj.Config
+	)
+
+	values, err := listOMapValues(
+		ctx, sgj.Connection, pool, cj.namespace, cj.cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix+objectUUID,
+		cj.commonPrefix)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.Is(err, util.ErrKeyNotFound) && !errors.Is(err, util.ErrPoolNotFound) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		log.WarningLog(ctx, "unable to read omap values: pool missing: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	groupAttributes.RequestName = values[cj.csiNameKey]
+	groupAttributes.GroupName = values[cj.csiImageKey]
+
+	// Remove request name key and group name key from the omap, as we are
+	// looking for volumeID/snapshotID mapping
+	delete(values, cj.csiNameKey)
+	delete(values, cj.csiImageKey)
+	groupAttributes.VolumeSnapshotMap = map[string]string{}
+	for k, v := range values {
+		groupAttributes.VolumeSnapshotMap[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return groupAttributes, nil
+}
+
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) AddVolumeSnapshotMapping(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	pool,
+	reservedUUID,
+	volumeID,
+	snapshotID string,
+) error {
+	err := setOMapKeys(ctx, sgj.Connection, pool, sgj.Config.namespace, sgj.Config.cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix+reservedUUID,
+		map[string]string{volumeID: snapshotID})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed adding volume snapshot mapping: %v", err)
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sgj *volumeGroupJournalConfig) RemoveVolumeSnapshotMapping(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	pool,
+	reservedUUID,
+	volumeID string,
+) error {
+	err := removeMapKeys(ctx, sgj.Connection, pool, sgj.Config.namespace, sgj.Config.cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix+reservedUUID,
+		[]string{volumeID})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.ErrorLog(ctx, "failed removing volume snapshot mapping: %v", err)
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}