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release-24.1: fs,engineccl: allow reads to continue when writes are stalled #123109

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@sumeerbhola sumeerbhola commented Apr 26, 2024

Backport 1/1 commits from #123057.

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Both fs.FileRegistry and engineccl.DataKeyManager held an internal mutex when updating their state, that included write IO to to update persistent state. This would block readers of the state, specifically file reads that need a file registry entry and data key for the file to successfully open and read a file.

Blocking these reads due to slow or stalled write IO is not desirable, since the read could succeed if the relevant data is in the page cache. Specifically, with the new WAL failover feature, we expect the store to keep functioning when disk writes are temporarily stalled, since the WAL can failover. This expectation is not met if essential reads block on non-essential writes that are stalled.

This PR changes the locking in the FileRegistry and DataKeyManager to prevent writes from interfering with concurrent reads.

Epic: none

Fixes: #98051
Fixes: #122364

Release note: None

Release justification: High priority fix to encryption-at-rest behavior under WAL failover, which allows reads to continue.

Both fs.FileRegistry and engineccl.DataKeyManager held an internal mutex
when updating their state, that included write IO to to update persistent
state. This would block readers of the state, specifically file reads
that need a file registry entry and data key for the file to successfully
open and read a file.

Blocking these reads due to slow or stalled write IO is not desirable,
since the read could succeed if the relevant data is in the page cache.
Specifically, with the new WAL failover feature, we expect the store
to keep functioning when disk writes are temporarily stalled, since the
WAL can failover. This expectation is not met if essential reads block on
non-essential writes that are stalled.

This PR changes the locking in the FileRegistry and DataKeyManager to
prevent writes from interfering with concurrent reads.

Epic: none

Fixes: cockroachdb#98051
Fixes: cockroachdb#122364

Release note: None
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Manual backport, to compensate for small interface change in master introduced in 91f53ea

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lgtm

@sumeerbhola sumeerbhola merged commit f024b20 into cockroachdb:release-24.1 Apr 29, 2024
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