github.com/slspeek/camlistore_namedsearch@v0.0.0-20140519202248-ed6f70f7721a/pkg/blobserver/local/generation.go (about) 1 /* 2 Copyright 2012 Google Inc. 3 4 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 8 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 10 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 /* 18 Package local implements functionality common to both the "localdisk" and 19 "diskpacked" storage mechanisms. 20 */ 21 package local 22 23 import ( 24 "bytes" 25 "crypto/rand" 26 "fmt" 27 "io" 28 "io/ioutil" 29 "os" 30 "path/filepath" 31 "time" 32 ) 33 34 type Generationer struct { 35 root string 36 } 37 38 // NewGenerationer returns a struct for implementing blobserver.Generationer 39 func NewGenerationer(rootDir string) *Generationer { 40 return &Generationer{rootDir} 41 } 42 43 func (g Generationer) generationFile() string { 44 return filepath.Join(g.root, "GENERATION.dat") 45 } 46 47 // StorageGeneration returns the generation's initialization time, 48 // and the random string. If the GENERATION.dat file does not exist under 49 // root yet, then creates it now (by calling ResetGeneration). 50 func (g Generationer) StorageGeneration() (initTime time.Time, random string, err error) { 51 f, err := os.Open(g.generationFile()) 52 if os.IsNotExist(err) { 53 if err = g.ResetStorageGeneration(); err != nil { 54 return 55 } 56 f, err = os.Open(g.generationFile()) 57 } 58 if err != nil { 59 return 60 } 61 defer f.Close() 62 bs, err := ioutil.ReadAll(f) 63 if err != nil { 64 return 65 } 66 if i := bytes.IndexByte(bs, '\n'); i != -1 { 67 bs = bs[:i] 68 } 69 if fi, err := f.Stat(); err == nil { 70 initTime = fi.ModTime() 71 } 72 random = string(bs) 73 return 74 } 75 76 // ResetStorageGeneration reinitializes the generation by recreating the 77 // GENERATION.dat file with a new random string 78 func (g Generationer) ResetStorageGeneration() error { 79 var buf bytes.Buffer 80 if _, err := io.CopyN(&buf, rand.Reader, 20); err != nil { 81 return err 82 } 83 hex := fmt.Sprintf("%x", buf.Bytes()) 84 buf.Reset() 85 buf.WriteString(hex) 86 buf.WriteString(` 87 88 This file's random string on the first line is an optimization and 89 paranoia facility for clients. 90 91 If the client sees the same random string in multiple upload sessions, 92 it assumes that the blobserver still has all the same blobs, and also 93 it's the same server. This mechanism is not fundamental to 94 Camlistore's operation: the client could also check each blob before 95 uploading, or enumerate all blobs from the server too. This is purely 96 an optimization so clients can mix this value into their "is this file 97 uploaded?" local cache keys. 98 99 If you deleted any blobs (or suspect any were corrupted), it's best to 100 delete this file so clients can safely re-upload them. 101 102 `) 103 104 return ioutil.WriteFile(g.generationFile(), buf.Bytes(), 0644) 105 }