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Nbackup database locking not working correctly [CORE2266] #2692

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firebird-automations opened this issue Jan 4, 2009 · 8 comments
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Submitted by: @asfernandes

When the database file is locked for physical copy, it should not change. But test case below shows that it grows.

isql -term !
create database 't.fdb'!
create table t (n integer)!
create procedure sp_load
as
declare n integer = 0;
begin
while (n < 50000)
do
begin
insert into t values (:n);
n = n + 1;
end
end!

nbackup -L t.fdb

The file sizes are:
t.fdb 692224
t.fdb.delta 12288

isql t.fdb
execute procedure sp_load;

Now the sizes are:
t.fdb 3391488
t.fdb.delta 2551808

Commits: 2238945 20a4afb

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Modified by: @dyemanov

assignee: Vlad Khorsun [ hvlad ]

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Commented by: @dyemanov

The ticket is actually about a few calls (PIO_init_data and PIO_expand) not going through the CCH layer and thus ignoring the backup state.

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Commented by: @hvlad

But is it a really bug\bad behavior ? Database file will grow anyway during the merge... And why it is critical ?

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Commented by: @dyemanov

Nobody will be copying the database file during the merge, but this is expected in the stalled state.

Actually, I'm not sure this is really critical. Is a bad file-system level copy of the database possible when the original file is being appended at the end only?

But anyway, I think the current design violates the NBACKUP architecture (at least the layering). Nobody but CCH only should be directly calling PIO for write.

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Commented by: @hvlad

> Is a bad file-system level copy of the database possible when the original file is being appended at the end only?
I doubt it as file appended with zero's. But i agree that size of file-system level copy would be somewhat bigger than expected ;)

> But anyway, I think the current design violates the NBACKUP architecture (at least the layering). Nobody but CCH only should be directly calling PIO for write.
Agree, i'll fix it

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Modified by: @hvlad

status: Open [ 1 ] => Resolved [ 5 ]

resolution: Fixed [ 1 ]

Fix Version: 2.1.2 [ 10270 ]

Fix Version: 2.5 Beta 1 [ 10251 ]

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Modified by: @pcisar

status: Resolved [ 5 ] => Closed [ 6 ]

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Modified by: @pavel-zotov

QA Status: No test

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