Check every share against where the backup seat keeps its data on every pass, so the hour a clean look is believed cannot hide a new repository

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jochen
2026-10-09 14:43:32 +02:00
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commit 87d6a5549c
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@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@ another node requires.
- **Never the backups.** A folder that is the machine's root, is not there, is not a folder, is inside a
backup (restic) repository (any parent up to `/`), or holds one within four levels below it is refused,
said by the tools, and makes the module unhealthy. The look below is bounded (200 000 folders); when it
is cut short, the share is refused rather than exported unchecked.
is cut short, the share is refused rather than exported unchecked. A clean look is believed for an hour.
- **Never where the backup seat keeps its data, checked on every pass.** So that the hour cannot hide a
repository started inside it, the tools ask the controller over the bus, every five minutes, which module
holds `node-backup` on this machine (`seat:mesh-controller.seats`) and every path that module keeps data
in here (`seat:mesh-controller.data`; on the home server the restic repository and its state). They
leave it in `/var/lib/nfs-server/from-bus/backup.json`, and every pass refuses a share at, inside or
holding one of those paths, with nothing kept. A failed ask keeps the last paths and says why. Until a
list has been learnt, what is exported stays exported and the status says the list is not known: a slow
bus is no reason to take the library away, and the look below still guards.
- **Only while its filesystem is mounted.** A share that is a filesystem of its own is exported with `mp`,
a folder inside one with `mp=<its mount point>`, so an unmounted dataset never exports the empty folder
under it. A folder of the root filesystem carries neither.
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@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
package main
// Where this machine's backup seat keeps its data, from the bus (follow-up to the review of
// mesh-catalog #136, point 4).
//
// The look below a share for a backup repository walks the folders and is believed for LookKept, so a
// repository that the backup seat starts keeping under a share inside that hour would be exported until the
// look is taken again. So the module also learns, over the bus, which module holds `node-backup` on this
// machine and every path that module keeps data in (its repository among them), and every pass judges
// every share against those paths with nothing kept: a share at, under or above one of them is refused.
//
// The tools ask — the root process does not reach the bus — every BackupEvery, and leave what they learnt
// in BackupFile for the root process. A failed ask keeps the last paths and says why. Until a list has
// been read, what is exported stays exported and the status says the list is not known: the bus being
// slow is no reason to take the library away, and the look below still guards against a repository.
//
// The parsing of mesh-controller.data's answer is a small copy of the mounts module's (DataFrom); shared
// code belongs in mesh-sdk, and moves there when a third module needs it.
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"os"
"path"
"sort"
"time"
)
// BackupFile is what the tools learnt about the backup seat on this machine.
const BackupFile = WantsDir + "/backup.json"
// BackupEvery is how often the tools ask.
const BackupEvery = 5 * time.Minute
// BackupSeat is the seat whose holder keeps this machine's backups.
const BackupSeat = "node-backup"
// BackupFromBus is the backup seat's holder on this machine and the paths it keeps data in.
type BackupFromBus struct {
Holder string `json:"holder"`
Paths []string `json:"paths"`
Looked string `json:"looked,omitempty"`
// Error is why the last ask got no answer; the holder and paths are then the last answer's.
Error string `json:"error,omitempty"`
}
// BackupFrom reads the holder of node-backup on one machine from mesh-controller.seats' answer, and the
// paths that module keeps data in on that machine from mesh-controller.data's. A machine whose backup seat
// nobody holds, and an answer with no data list, are errors: never an empty list read as "nothing to fear".
func BackupFrom(machine string, seats, data json.RawMessage) (string, []string, error) {
var s struct {
Answer *struct {
Seats []struct {
Seat string `json:"seat"`
Holders []struct {
Module string `json:"module"`
Node string `json:"node"`
} `json:"holders"`
} `json:"seats"`
} `json:"answer"`
}
if err := json.Unmarshal(seats, &s); err != nil || s.Answer == nil {
return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("the controller's seats answer could not be read: %v", err)
}
holder := ""
for _, seat := range s.Answer.Seats {
if seat.Seat != BackupSeat {
continue
}
for _, h := range seat.Holders {
if h.Node == machine {
holder = h.Module
}
}
}
if holder == "" {
return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("no module holds %s on %s", BackupSeat, machine)
}
var d struct {
Answer *struct {
Data *[]struct {
Machine string `json:"machine"`
Module string `json:"module"`
Path string `json:"path"`
} `json:"data"`
} `json:"answer"`
}
if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &d); err != nil || d.Answer == nil || d.Answer.Data == nil {
return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("the controller's data answer holds no data list (%v)", err)
}
var paths []string
for _, item := range *d.Answer.Data {
if item.Module == holder && (item.Machine == "" || item.Machine == machine) && path.IsAbs(item.Path) {
paths = append(paths, path.Clean(item.Path))
}
}
sort.Strings(paths)
return holder, paths, nil
}
// TakeBackup asks the controller over the bus, as the module, through the runtime.
func (m *Machine) TakeBackup(machine string) {
m.TakeBackupWith(machine, askBus)
}
// TakeBackupWith is TakeBackup with the ask given, for tests. A failed ask keeps the last holder and
// paths and adds why.
func (m *Machine) TakeBackupWith(machine string, ask func(key string, body any) (json.RawMessage, error)) {
var last BackupFromBus
if text, err := m.Read(BackupFile); err == nil {
_ = json.Unmarshal([]byte(text), &last)
}
next := last
next.Looked = m.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
next.Error = ""
seats, err := ask("seat:mesh-controller.seats", map[string]any{})
var data json.RawMessage
if err == nil {
data, err = ask("seat:mesh-controller.data", map[string]any{"machine": machine})
}
if err == nil {
var holder string
var paths []string
holder, paths, err = BackupFrom(machine, seats, data)
if err == nil {
next.Holder, next.Paths = holder, paths
}
}
if err != nil {
next.Error = err.Error()
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "nfs-server: where the backup seat keeps its data could not be learnt:", err)
}
raw, _ := json.MarshalIndent(next, "", " ")
if werr := m.Write(BackupFile, string(raw)+"\n"); werr != nil {
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "nfs-server: the backup seat's paths could not be written:", werr)
}
}
// Backup is what the tools last learnt, and a sentence when nothing usable has been learnt yet.
func (m *Machine) Backup() (BackupFromBus, string) {
text, err := m.Read(BackupFile)
if err != nil {
return BackupFromBus{}, "where this machine's backup seat keeps its repository has not been learnt from the bus yet; the shares are judged by the look below them alone until it is"
}
var b BackupFromBus
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(text), &b); err != nil {
return BackupFromBus{}, fmt.Sprintf("what was learnt about the backup seat (%s) could not be read: %v", BackupFile, err)
}
if len(b.Paths) == 0 {
why := "no path has been learnt"
if b.Error != "" {
why = b.Error
}
return b, "where this machine's backup seat keeps its repository is not known (" + why + "); the shares are judged by the look below them alone until it is"
}
return b, ""
}
// nearBackup is the backup seat's path a real path is at, under or above, or "".
func nearBackup(real string, b BackupFromBus) (string, string) {
for _, p := range b.Paths {
switch {
case real == p:
return p, "is"
case len(real) > len(p) && real[:len(p)] == p && (p == "/" || real[len(p)] == '/'):
return p, "is inside"
case len(p) > len(real) && p[:len(real)] == real && (real == "/" || p[len(real)] == '/'):
return p, "holds"
}
}
return "", ""
}
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
package main
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"strings"
"testing"
"time"
)
// Follow-up to the review (point 4): the one-hour look below a share must not hide a backup repository
// that appears later. Where this machine's backup seat keeps its repository is read from the bus and every
// share is judged against it on every pass.
func (f *fake) backup(holder string, paths ...string) {
raw, _ := json.Marshal(BackupFromBus{Holder: holder, Paths: paths})
f.file(BackupFile, string(raw))
}
func TestAShareHoldingTheBackupSeatsRepositoryIsRefusedOnTheNextPass(t *testing.T) {
f := newFake(t)
f.mountinfo("/")
f.dir("/srv/pool/media")
f.dir("/srv/pool/restic")
f.file(ConfigFile, grantsConfig("pool=/srv/pool media=/srv/pool/media", "pool=ws:rw media=ws:rw"))
f.roster("ws 10.0.0.3")
f.wants(map[string][]Want{"ws": {{Share: "pool", Access: "rw"}, {Share: "media", Access: "rw"}}})
m := f.machine()
now := time.Date(2026, 10, 8, 20, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
m.Now = func() time.Time { return now }
// The repository is not there yet: the look below finds nothing and is kept for an hour.
if s := m.Pass(context.Background(), nil); refusedWhy(s, "pool") != "" {
t.Fatalf("the pool is refused before any repository exists: %+v", s.Refused)
}
// The backup seat starts keeping its repository there; a minute later is well inside LookKept.
f.backup("restic", "/srv/pool/restic", "/var/lib/restic")
now = now.Add(time.Minute)
s := m.Pass(context.Background(), nil)
if why := refusedWhy(s, "pool"); !strings.Contains(why, "/srv/pool/restic") || !strings.Contains(why, "restic") {
t.Errorf("a share holding the backup seat's repository is exported inside the kept look: %q", why)
}
if refusedWhy(s, "media") != "" {
t.Errorf("a share beside the repository is refused: %q", refusedWhy(s, "media"))
}
if strings.Contains(f.read(ExportFile), "/srv/pool ") {
t.Errorf("the export file still names the pool:\n%s", f.read(ExportFile))
}
}
func TestAShareInsideTheBackupSeatsRepositoryIsRefused(t *testing.T) {
f := newFake(t)
f.mountinfo("/")
f.dir("/srv/backups/data")
f.file(ConfigFile, grantsConfig("inside=/srv/backups/data", "inside=ws:rw"))
f.roster("ws 10.0.0.3")
f.wants(map[string][]Want{"ws": {{Share: "inside", Access: "rw"}}})
f.backup("restic", "/srv/backups")
s := f.machine().Pass(context.Background(), nil)
if !strings.Contains(refusedWhy(s, "inside"), "/srv/backups") {
t.Errorf("a share inside the backup seat's repository is not refused: %+v", s.Refused)
}
}
// Until a list has been read, what is exported stays exported — the bus being slow is no reason to take
// the library away — and the status says the list is not known.
func TestWithoutTheBackupListTheExportsStayAndItIsSaid(t *testing.T) {
f := newFake(t)
f.mountinfo("/")
f.dir("/srv/library")
f.file(ConfigFile, grantsConfig("library=/srv/library", "library=ws:rw"))
f.roster("ws 10.0.0.3")
f.wants(map[string][]Want{"ws": {{Share: "library", Access: "rw"}}})
s := f.machine().Pass(context.Background(), nil)
if refusedWhy(s, "library") != "" || len(s.Shares) != 1 {
t.Fatalf("the library is not exported while the backup list is unknown: %+v", s)
}
if !strings.Contains(strings.Join(s.Said, "\n"), "backup seat") {
t.Errorf("the status does not say the backup seat's repository is not known: %v", s.Said)
}
}
func TestBackupFromTheSeatsAndTheData(t *testing.T) {
seats := json.RawMessage(`{"answer":{"seats":[{"seat":"node-backup","scope":"node","holders":[{"module":"restic","node":"ace"},{"module":"borg","node":"shanks"}]}]},"ok":true}`)
data := json.RawMessage(`{"answer":{"data":[{"machine":"ace","module":"restic","item":"repository","path":"/storage/restic"},{"machine":"ace","module":"restic","item":"state","path":"/var/lib/restic"},{"machine":"ace","module":"plex","item":"data","path":"/mnt/plex/data"}]},"ok":true}`)
holder, paths, err := BackupFrom("ace", seats, data)
if err != nil || holder != "restic" || strings.Join(paths, " ") != "/storage/restic /var/lib/restic" {
t.Errorf("got %q %v %v", holder, paths, err)
}
if _, _, err := BackupFrom("g14", seats, data); err == nil {
t.Errorf("a machine whose backup seat nobody holds is not said")
}
if _, _, err := BackupFrom("ace", seats, json.RawMessage(`{"ok":true}`)); err == nil {
t.Errorf("an answer with no data list reads as an empty list")
}
}
// A failed ask keeps the last paths: the file is not emptied, only the error is added.
func TestAFailedAskKeepsTheLastBackupPaths(t *testing.T) {
f := newFake(t)
m := f.machine()
m.TakeBackupWith("ace", func(string, any) (json.RawMessage, error) {
return nil, errors.New("no responders")
})
f.backup("restic", "/storage/restic")
m.TakeBackupWith("ace", func(string, any) (json.RawMessage, error) {
return nil, errors.New("timeout")
})
var b BackupFromBus
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(f.read(BackupFile)), &b); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if strings.Join(b.Paths, " ") != "/storage/restic" || !strings.Contains(b.Error, "timeout") {
t.Errorf("a failed ask lost the last paths or did not say why: %+v", b)
}
}
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@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func (m *Machine) Glob(pattern string) []string {
}
// written are the only paths Write may touch.
var written = map[string]bool{ExportFile: true, StatusFile: true, WantsFile: true}
var written = map[string]bool{ExportFile: true, StatusFile: true, WantsFile: true, BackupFile: true}
// Write replaces one of the module's own files, atomically. Every other path is refused: the module owns
// these three files (the export file and the status, written as root; the wants, written by the tools)
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@@ -74,12 +74,25 @@ func ShareExports(m *Machine) {
}
// The SDK reaches the bus once Serve runs.
time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
m.TakeBackup(machine)
put()
for range time.Tick(Every) {
put()
backup := time.Tick(BackupEvery)
every := time.Tick(Every)
for {
select {
case <-backup:
m.TakeBackup(machine)
case <-every:
put()
}
}
}
// askBus calls a seat's verb over the bus as this module, through the runtime.
func askBus(key string, body any) (json.RawMessage, error) {
return stdio.Ask(key, body)
}
// TakeWants reads every node's `mounts` state from the bus and writes what is asked of this machine to
// the wants file, for the root process. When the bus does not answer, the last wants stay.
func (m *Machine) TakeWants(machine string) {
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ func (m *Machine) Pass(ctx context.Context, last *Status) Status {
if note != "" {
s.Said = append(s.Said, note)
}
if _, note := m.Backup(); note != "" {
s.Said = append(s.Said, note)
}
exports, refused, said := m.Judge(c, roster, wants)
s.Refused = refused
s.Said = append(s.Said, said...)
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ func (m *Machine) Judge(c Config, roster map[string]string, wants map[string][]W
prefix, _ = netip.ParsePrefix(c.Range)
}
points := m.MountPoints()
backup, _ := m.Backup() // judged on every pass, never kept: see backup.go
shares := map[string]bool{}
for _, s := range c.Shares {
shares[s.Name] = true
@@ -383,6 +384,10 @@ func (m *Machine) Judge(c Config, roster map[string]string, wants map[string][]W
no(fmt.Sprintf("The share %s's folder %s%s is owned by root (%d:%d), and every client would act as root there: give it an owner of its own.", s.Name, real, via, o.UID, o.GID))
continue
}
if p, how := nearBackup(real, backup); p != "" {
no(fmt.Sprintf("The share %s's folder %s%s %s %s, where this machine's backup seat (%s) keeps its data, and backups are never exported.", s.Name, real, via, how, p, backup.Holder))
continue
}
if m.IsBackupRepository(real) {
no(fmt.Sprintf("The share %s's folder %s%s is a backup repository, and backups are never exported.", s.Name, real, via))
continue
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@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
"reads": [
"mounts.shares"
],
"invokes": [
"seat:mesh-controller.seats",
"seat:mesh-controller.data"
],
"settings": {
"grants": {
"kind": "preference",