Merge branch '16319-timestamp-precision'

[arvados.git] / services / keepstore / unix_volume.go

diff --git a/services/keepstore/unix_volume.go b/services/keepstore/unix_volume.go
index ceccd11c92172a0f018ec87f25a95bfdada2bf33..5026e2d32558e085886ba119cf0b664bfbc58473 100644 (file)
--- a/services/keepstore/unix_volume.go
+++ b/services/keepstore/unix_volume.go
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ func (v *UnixVolume) Touch(loc string) error {
                return e
        }
        defer v.unlockfile(f)
-       ts := syscall.NsecToTimespec(time.Now().UnixNano())
+       ts := time.Now()
        v.os.stats.TickOps("utimes")
        v.os.stats.Tick(&v.os.stats.UtimesOps)
-       err = syscall.UtimesNano(p, []syscall.Timespec{ts, ts})
+       err = os.Chtimes(p, ts, ts)
        v.os.stats.TickErr(err)
        return err
 }
@@ -298,6 +298,19 @@ func (v *UnixVolume) WriteBlock(ctx context.Context, loc string, rdr io.Reader)
                v.os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
                return err
        }
+       // ext4 uses a low-precision clock and effectively backdates
+       // files by up to 10 ms, sometimes across a 1-second boundary,
+       // which produces confusing results in logs and tests.  We
+       // avoid this by setting the output file's timestamps
+       // explicitly, using a higher resolution clock.
+       ts := time.Now()
+       v.os.stats.TickOps("utimes")
+       v.os.stats.Tick(&v.os.stats.UtimesOps)
+       if err = os.Chtimes(tmpfile.Name(), ts, ts); err != nil {
+               err = fmt.Errorf("error setting timestamps on %s: %s", tmpfile.Name(), err)
+               v.os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
+               return err
+       }
        if err := v.os.Rename(tmpfile.Name(), bpath); err != nil {
                err = fmt.Errorf("error renaming %s to %s: %s", tmpfile.Name(), bpath, err)
                v.os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())