rbd: fix resync issue

During the Demote volume store
the image creation timestamp.

During Resync do below operation

* Check image creation timestamp
stored during Demote operation
and current creation timestamp during Resync
and check both are equal and its for
force resync then issue resync
* If the image on both sides is
not in unknown state, check
last_snapshot_timestamp on the
local mirror description, if its present
send volumeReady as false or else return
error message.

If both the images are in up+unknown the
send volumeReady as true.

Signed-off-by: Madhu Rajanna <madhupr007@gmail.com>

internal/csi-addons/rbd/replication.go

@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ const (
 	// imageMirrorModeJournal uses journaling to propagate RBD images between
 	// ceph clusters.
 	imageMirrorModeJournal imageMirroringMode = "journal"
+
+	// imageCreationTimeKey is the key to get/set the image creation timestamp
+	// on the image metadata. The key is starting with `.rbd` so that it will
+	// not get replicated to remote cluster.
+	imageCreationTimeKey = ".rbd.image.creation_time"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -480,6 +485,14 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) DemoteVolume(ctx context.Context,
 
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	creationTime, err := rbdVol.GetImageCreationTime()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.ErrorLog(ctx, err.Error())
+
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
+	}
+
 	mirroringInfo, err := rbdVol.GetImageMirroringInfo()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.ErrorLog(ctx, err.Error())
@@ -497,6 +510,17 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) DemoteVolume(ctx context.Context,
 
 	// demote image to secondary
 	if mirroringInfo.Primary {
+		// store the image creation time for resync
+		_, err = rbdVol.GetMetadata(imageCreationTimeKey)
+		if err != nil && errors.Is(err, librbd.ErrNotFound) {
+			err = rbdVol.SetMetadata(imageCreationTimeKey, timestampToString(creationTime))
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.ErrorLog(ctx, err.Error())
+
+			return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
+		}
+
 		err = rbdVol.DemoteImage()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.ErrorLog(ctx, err.Error())
@@ -538,6 +562,8 @@ func checkRemoteSiteStatus(ctx context.Context, mirrorStatus *librbd.GlobalMirro
 // ResyncVolume extracts the RBD volume information from the volumeID, If the
 // image is present, mirroring is enabled and the image is in demoted state.
 // If yes it will resync the image to correct the split-brain.
+//
+//nolint:gocyclo,cyclop // TODO: reduce complexity
 func (rs *ReplicationServer) ResyncVolume(ctx context.Context,
 	req *replication.ResyncVolumeRequest,
 ) (*replication.ResyncVolumeResponse, error) {
@@ -578,7 +604,7 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) ResyncVolume(ctx context.Context,
 		// it takes time for this operation.
 		log.ErrorLog(ctx, err.Error())
 
-		return nil, status.Error(codes.Aborted, err.Error())
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Aborted, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	if mirroringInfo.State != librbd.MirrorImageEnabled {
@@ -637,15 +663,41 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) ResyncVolume(ctx context.Context,
 		ready = checkRemoteSiteStatus(ctx, mirrorStatus)
 	}
 
-	err = rbdVol.ResyncVol(localStatus, req.Force)
+	creationTime, err := rbdVol.GetImageCreationTime()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to get image info for %s: %s", rbdVol, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// image creation time is stored in the image metadata. it looks like
+	// `"seconds:1692879841 nanos:631526669"`
+	savedImageTime, err := rbdVol.GetMetadata(imageCreationTimeKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal,
+			"failed to get %s key from image metadata for %s: %s",
+			imageCreationTimeKey,
+			rbdVol,
+			err.Error())
+	}
+
+	st, err := timestampFromString(savedImageTime)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to parse image creation time: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	log.DebugLog(ctx, "image %s, savedImageTime=%v, currentImageTime=%v", rbdVol, st, creationTime.AsTime())
+
+	if req.Force && st.Equal(creationTime.AsTime()) {
+		err = rbdVol.ResyncVol(localStatus)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, getGRPCError(err)
 		}
+	}
 
+	if !ready {
 		err = checkVolumeResyncStatus(localStatus)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 		}
+	}
 
 	err = rbdVol.RepairResyncedImageID(ctx, ready)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -659,6 +711,40 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) ResyncVolume(ctx context.Context,
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+// timestampToString converts the time.Time object to string.
+func timestampToString(st *timestamppb.Timestamp) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("seconds:%d nanos:%d", st.Seconds, st.Nanos)
+}
+
+// timestampFromString parses the timestamp string and returns the time.Time
+// object.
+func timestampFromString(timestamp string) (time.Time, error) {
+	st := time.Time{}
+	parts := strings.Fields(timestamp)
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return st, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse image creation time: %s", timestamp)
+	}
+	if len(strings.Split(parts[0], ":")) != 2 || len(strings.Split(parts[1], ":")) != 2 {
+		return st, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse image creation time: %s", timestamp)
+	}
+	secondsStr := strings.Split(parts[0], ":")[1]
+	nanosStr := strings.Split(parts[1], ":")[1]
+
+	seconds, err := strconv.ParseInt(secondsStr, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return st, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse image creation time seconds: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	nanos, err := strconv.ParseInt(nanosStr, 10, 32)
+	if err != nil {
+		return st, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse image creation time nenos: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	st = time.Unix(seconds, nanos)
+
+	return st, nil
+}
+
 func getGRPCError(err error) error {
 	if err == nil {
 		return status.Error(codes.OK, codes.OK.String())
@@ -854,20 +940,17 @@ func getLastSyncInfo(description string) (*replication.GetVolumeReplicationInfoR
 }
 
 func checkVolumeResyncStatus(localStatus librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus) error {
-	// we are considering 2 states to check resync started and resync completed
+	// we are considering local snapshot timestamp to check if the resync is
-	// as below. all other states will be considered as an error state so that
+	// started or not, if we dont see local_snapshot_timestamp in the
-	// cephCSI can return error message and volume replication operator can
+	// description of localStatus, we are returning error. if we see the local
-	// mark the VolumeReplication status as not resyncing for the volume.
+	// snapshot timestamp in the description we return resyncing started.
-
+	description := localStatus.Description
-	// If the state is Replaying means the resync is going on.
+	resp, err := getLastSyncInfo(description)
-	// Once the volume on remote cluster is demoted and resync
+	if err != nil {
-	// is completed the image state will be moved to UNKNOWN.
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get last sync info: %w", err)
-	// RBD mirror daemon should be always running on the primary cluster.
+	}
-	if !localStatus.Up || (localStatus.State != librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateReplaying &&
+	if resp.LastSyncTime == nil {
-		localStatus.State != librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateUnknown) {
+		return errors.New("last sync time is nil")
-		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"not resyncing. Local status: daemon up=%t image is in %q state",
-			localStatus.Up, localStatus.State)
 	}
 
 	return nil

internal/csi-addons/rbd/replication_test.go

@@ -225,74 +225,26 @@ func TestCheckVolumeResyncStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		wantErr bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "test when rbd mirror daemon is not running",
+			name: "test when local_snapshot_timestamp is non zero",
 			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateUnknown,
+				//nolint:lll // sample output cannot be split into multiple lines.
-				Up:    false,
+				Description: `replaying, {"bytes_per_second":0.0,"bytes_per_snapshot":81920.0,"last_snapshot_bytes":81920,"last_snapshot_sync_seconds":56743,"local_snapshot_timestamp":1684675261,"remote_snapshot_timestamp":1684675261,"replay_state":"idle"}`,
-			},
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "test for unknown state",
-			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateUnknown,
-				Up:    true,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "test for error state",
+			name: "test when local_snapshot_timestamp is zero",
+			//nolint:lll // sample output cannot be split into multiple lines.
 			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateError,
+				Description: `replaying, {"bytes_per_second":0.0,"bytes_per_snapshot":81920.0,"last_snapshot_bytes":81920,"last_snapshot_sync_seconds":56743,"local_snapshot_timestamp":0,"remote_snapshot_timestamp":1684675261,"replay_state":"idle"}`,
-				Up:    true,
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "test for syncing state",
+			name: "test when local_snapshot_timestamp is not present",
+			//nolint:lll // sample output cannot be split into multiple lines.
 			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateSyncing,
+				Description: `replaying, {"bytes_per_second":0.0,"bytes_per_snapshot":81920.0,"last_snapshot_bytes":81920,"last_snapshot_sync_seconds":56743,"remote_snapshot_timestamp":1684675261,"replay_state":"idle"}`,
-				Up:    true,
-			},
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "test for starting_replay state",
-			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateStartingReplay,
-				Up:    true,
-			},
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "test for replaying state",
-			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateReplaying,
-				Up:    true,
-			},
-			wantErr: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "test for stopping_replay state",
-			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateStoppingReplay,
-				Up:    true,
-			},
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "test for stopped state",
-			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateStopped,
-				Up:    true,
-			},
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "test for invalid state",
-			args: librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus{
-				State: librbd.MirrorImageStatusState(100),
-				Up:    true,
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
@@ -644,3 +596,64 @@ func TestGetGRPCError(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_timestampFromString(t *testing.T) {
+	tm := timestamppb.Now()
+	t.Parallel()
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		timestamp string
+		want      time.Time
+		wantErr   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "valid timestamp",
+			timestamp: timestampToString(tm),
+			want:      tm.AsTime().Local(),
+			wantErr:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "invalid timestamp",
+			timestamp: "invalid",
+			want:      time.Time{},
+			wantErr:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "empty timestamp",
+			timestamp: "",
+			want:      time.Time{},
+			wantErr:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "invalid format",
+			timestamp: "seconds:%d nanos:%d",
+			want:      time.Time{},
+			wantErr:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "missing nanos",
+			timestamp: "seconds:10",
+			want:      time.Time{},
+			wantErr:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "missing seconds",
+			timestamp: "nanos:0",
+			want:      time.Time{},
+			wantErr:   true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			got, err := timestampFromString(tt.timestamp)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("timestampFromString() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("timestampFromString() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/rbd/rbd_util.go

@@ -1558,6 +1558,19 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) setImageOptions(ctx context.Context, options *librbd.ImageO
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetImageCreationTime returns the creation time of the image. if the image
+// creation time is not set, it queries the image info and returns the creation time.
+func (ri *rbdImage) GetImageCreationTime() (*timestamppb.Timestamp, error) {
+	if ri.CreatedAt != nil {
+		return ri.CreatedAt, nil
+	}
+	if err := ri.getImageInfo(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return ri.CreatedAt, nil
+}
+
 // getImageInfo queries rbd about the given image and returns its metadata, and returns
 // ErrImageNotFound if provided image is not found.
 func (ri *rbdImage) getImageInfo() error {

internal/rbd/replication.go

@@ -19,21 +19,12 @@ package rbd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	librbd "github.com/ceph/go-ceph/rbd"
 )
 
-func (rv *rbdVolume) ResyncVol(localStatus librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus, force bool) error {
+func (rv *rbdVolume) ResyncVol(localStatus librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus) error {
-	if resyncRequired(localStatus) {
+	if err := rv.resyncImage(); err != nil {
-		// If the force option is not set return the error message to retry
-		// with Force option.
-		if !force {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%w: image is in %q state, description (%s). Force resync to recover volume",
-				ErrFailedPrecondition, localStatus.State, localStatus.Description)
-		}
-		err := rv.resyncImage()
-		if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: failed to resync image: %w", ErrResyncImageFailed, err)
 	}
 
@@ -41,9 +32,6 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) ResyncVol(localStatus librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus, force b
 	// locally. Caller retries till RBD syncs an initial version of the image to
 	// report its status in the resync request.
 	return fmt.Errorf("%w: awaiting initial resync due to split brain", ErrUnavailable)
-	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 // repairResyncedImageID updates the existing image ID with new one.
@@ -66,22 +54,6 @@ func (rv *rbdVolume) RepairResyncedImageID(ctx context.Context, ready bool) erro
 	return rv.repairImageID(ctx, j, true)
 }
 
-// resyncRequired returns true if local image is in split-brain state and image
-// needs resync.
-func resyncRequired(localStatus librbd.SiteMirrorImageStatus) bool {
-	// resync is required if the image is in error state or the description
-	// contains split-brain message.
-	// In some corner cases like `re-player shutdown` the local image will not
-	// be in an error state. It would be also worth considering the `description`
-	// field to make sure about split-brain.
-	if localStatus.State == librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateError ||
-		strings.Contains(localStatus.Description, "split-brain") {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 func (rv *rbdVolume) DisableVolumeReplication(
 	mirroringInfo *librbd.MirrorImageInfo,
 	force bool,