attempt to real resolve when there is a quorum failure on reads (#14613)

.github/workflows/go-healing.yml

@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ jobs:
           sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0
           sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=0
           make verify-healing
+          make verify-healing-inconsistent-versions

Makefile

@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ verify-healing: ## verify healing and replacing disks with minio binary
 	@(env bash $(PWD)/buildscripts/verify-healing.sh)
 	@(env bash $(PWD)/buildscripts/unaligned-healing.sh)
 
+verify-healing-inconsistent-versions: ## verify resolving inconsistent versions
+	@echo "Verify resolving inconsistent versions build with race"
+	@CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -race -tags kqueue -trimpath --ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o $(PWD)/minio 1>/dev/null
+	@(env bash $(PWD)/buildscripts/resolve-right-versions.sh)
+
 build: checks ## builds minio to $(PWD)
 	@echo "Building minio binary to './minio'"
 	@CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -tags kqueue -trimpath --ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o $(PWD)/minio 1>/dev/null

buildscripts/resolve-right-versions.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+set -E
+set -o pipefail
+set -x
+
+WORK_DIR="$PWD/.verify-$RANDOM"
+MINIO_CONFIG_DIR="$WORK_DIR/.minio"
+MINIO=( "$PWD/minio" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server )
+
+if [ ! -x "$PWD/minio" ]; then
+    echo "minio executable binary not found in current directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+function start_minio_5drive() {
+    start_port=$1
+
+    export MINIO_ROOT_USER=minio
+    export MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minio123
+    export MC_HOST_minio="http://minio:minio123@127.0.0.1:${start_port}/"
+    unset MINIO_KMS_AUTO_ENCRYPTION # do not auto-encrypt objects
+    export MINIO_CI_CD=1
+
+    MC_BUILD_DIR="mc-$RANDOM"
+    if ! git clone --quiet https://github.com/minio/mc "$MC_BUILD_DIR"; then
+	echo "failed to download https://github.com/minio/mc"
+	purge "${MC_BUILD_DIR}"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+
+    (cd "${MC_BUILD_DIR}" && go build -o "$WORK_DIR/mc")
+
+    # remove mc source.
+    purge "${MC_BUILD_DIR}"
+
+    "${WORK_DIR}/mc" cp --quiet -r "buildscripts/cicd-corpus/" "${WORK_DIR}/cicd-corpus/"
+
+    "${MINIO[@]}" --address ":$start_port" "${WORK_DIR}/cicd-corpus/disk{1...5}" > "${WORK_DIR}/server1.log" 2>&1 &
+    pid=$!
+    disown $pid
+    sleep 30
+
+    if ! ps -p ${pid} 1>&2 >/dev/null; then
+	echo "server1 log:"
+	cat "${WORK_DIR}/server1.log"
+	echo "FAILED"
+	purge "$WORK_DIR"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+
+    "${WORK_DIR}/mc" stat minio/bucket/testobj
+
+    pkill minio
+    sleep 3
+}
+
+function main() {
+    start_port=$(shuf -i 10000-65000 -n 1)
+
+    start_minio_5drive ${start_port}
+}
+
+function purge()
+{
+    rm -rf "$1"
+}
+
+( main "$@" )
+rv=$?
+purge "$WORK_DIR"
+exit "$rv"

cmd/erasure-healing-common.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func commonTimeAndOccurence(times []time.Time, group time.Duration) (maxTime tim
 	groupNano := group.Nanoseconds()
 	// Ignore the uuid sentinel and count the rest.
 	for _, t := range times {
-		if t.Equal(timeSentinel) {
+		if t.Equal(timeSentinel) || t.IsZero() {
 			continue
 		}
 		nano := t.UnixNano()

cmd/erasure-healing_test.go

@@ -758,8 +758,10 @@ func TestHealObjectCorruptedPools(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("Failed to getLatestFileInfo - %v", err)
 		}
 
+		fi.DiskMTime = time.Time{}
+		nfi.DiskMTime = time.Time{}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(fi, nfi) {
-			t.Fatalf("FileInfo not equal after healing")
+			t.Fatalf("FileInfo not equal after healing: %v != %v", fi, nfi)
 		}
 
 		err = firstDisk.Delete(context.Background(), bucket, pathJoin(object, fi.DataDir, "part.1"), false)
@@ -784,8 +786,10 @@ func TestHealObjectCorruptedPools(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("Failed to getLatestFileInfo - %v", err)
 		}
 
+		fi.DiskMTime = time.Time{}
+		nfi.DiskMTime = time.Time{}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(fi, nfi) {
-			t.Fatalf("FileInfo not equal after healing")
+			t.Fatalf("FileInfo not equal after healing: %v != %v", fi, nfi)
 		}
 
 		// Test 4: checks if HealObject returns an error when xl.meta is not found
@@ -904,6 +908,8 @@ func TestHealObjectCorruptedXLMeta(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to getLatestFileInfo - %v", err)
 	}
 
+	fi.DiskMTime = time.Time{}
+	nfi1.DiskMTime = time.Time{}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(fi, nfi1) {
 		t.Fatalf("FileInfo not equal after healing")
 	}
@@ -925,6 +931,8 @@ func TestHealObjectCorruptedXLMeta(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to getLatestFileInfo - %v", err)
 	}
 
+	fi.DiskMTime = time.Time{}
+	nfi2.DiskMTime = time.Time{}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(fi, nfi2) {
 		t.Fatalf("FileInfo not equal after healing")
 	}

cmd/erasure-object.go

@@ -81,12 +81,26 @@ func (er erasureObjects) CopyObject(ctx context.Context, srcBucket, srcObject, d
 	}
 	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
 	storageDisks := er.getDisks()
-	metaArr, errs := readAllFileInfo(ctx, storageDisks, srcBucket, srcObject, srcOpts.VersionID, true)
 
-	// get Quorum for this object
+	var metaArr []FileInfo
+	var errs []error
+
+	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
+	if srcOpts.VersionID != "" {
+		metaArr, errs = readAllFileInfo(ctx, storageDisks, srcBucket, srcObject, srcOpts.VersionID, true)
+	} else {
+		metaArr, errs = readAllXL(ctx, storageDisks, srcBucket, srcObject, true)
+	}
+
 	readQuorum, writeQuorum, err := objectQuorumFromMeta(ctx, metaArr, errs, er.defaultParityCount)
 	if err != nil {
-		return oi, toObjectErr(err, srcBucket, srcObject)
+		if errors.Is(err, errErasureReadQuorum) && !strings.HasPrefix(srcBucket, minioMetaBucket) {
+			_, derr := er.deleteIfDangling(ctx, srcBucket, srcObject, metaArr, errs, nil, srcOpts)
+			if derr != nil {
+				err = derr
+			}
+		}
+		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(err, srcBucket, srcObject)
 	}
 
 	// List all online disks.
@@ -436,11 +450,90 @@ func (er erasureObjects) deleteIfDangling(ctx context.Context, bucket, object st
 	return m, err
 }
 
+func readAllXL(ctx context.Context, disks []StorageAPI, bucket, object string, readData bool) ([]FileInfo, []error) {
+	metadataArray := make([]*xlMetaV2, len(disks))
+	metaFileInfos := make([]FileInfo, len(metadataArray))
+	metadataShallowVersions := make([][]xlMetaV2ShallowVersion, len(disks))
+
+	g := errgroup.WithNErrs(len(disks))
+	// Read `xl.meta` in parallel across disks.
+	for index := range disks {
+		index := index
+		g.Go(func() (err error) {
+			if disks[index] == nil {
+				return errDiskNotFound
+			}
+			rf, err := disks[index].ReadXL(ctx, bucket, object, readData)
+			if err != nil {
+				if !IsErr(err, []error{
+					errFileNotFound,
+					errVolumeNotFound,
+					errFileVersionNotFound,
+					errDiskNotFound,
+				}...) {
+					logger.LogOnceIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Drive %s, path (%s/%s) returned an error (%w)",
+						disks[index], bucket, object, err),
+						disks[index].String())
+				}
+				return err
+			}
+
+			var xl xlMetaV2
+			if err = xl.LoadOrConvert(rf.Buf); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			metadataArray[index] = &xl
+			metaFileInfos[index] = FileInfo{
+				DiskMTime: rf.DiskMTime,
+			}
+			return nil
+		}, index)
+	}
+
+	errs := g.Wait()
+	for index := range metadataArray {
+		if metadataArray[index] != nil {
+			metadataShallowVersions[index] = metadataArray[index].versions
+		}
+	}
+
+	readQuorum := (len(disks) + 1) / 2
+	merged := mergeXLV2Versions(readQuorum, false, 1, metadataShallowVersions...)
+	for index := range metadataArray {
+		if metadataArray[index] == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		metadataArray[index].versions = merged
+
+		// make sure to preserve this for diskmtime based healing bugfix.
+		diskMTime := metaFileInfos[index].DiskMTime
+		metaFileInfos[index], errs[index] = metadataArray[index].ToFileInfo(bucket, object, "")
+		if errs[index] == nil {
+			versionID := metaFileInfos[index].VersionID
+			if versionID == "" {
+				versionID = nullVersionID
+			}
+			metaFileInfos[index].Data = metadataArray[index].data.find(versionID)
+			metaFileInfos[index].DiskMTime = diskMTime
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Return all the metadata.
+	return metaFileInfos, errs
+}
+
 func (er erasureObjects) getObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opts ObjectOptions, readData bool) (fi FileInfo, metaArr []FileInfo, onlineDisks []StorageAPI, err error) {
 	disks := er.getDisks()
 
+	var errs []error
+
 	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
-	metaArr, errs := readAllFileInfo(ctx, disks, bucket, object, opts.VersionID, readData)
+	if opts.VersionID != "" {
+		metaArr, errs = readAllFileInfo(ctx, disks, bucket, object, opts.VersionID, readData)
+	} else {
+		metaArr, errs = readAllXL(ctx, disks, bucket, object, readData)
+	}
 
 	readQuorum, _, err := objectQuorumFromMeta(ctx, metaArr, errs, er.defaultParityCount)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1453,11 +1546,24 @@ func (er erasureObjects) PutObjectMetadata(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 
 	disks := er.getDisks()
 
+	var metaArr []FileInfo
+	var errs []error
+
 	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
-	metaArr, errs := readAllFileInfo(ctx, disks, bucket, object, opts.VersionID, false)
+	if opts.VersionID != "" {
+		metaArr, errs = readAllFileInfo(ctx, disks, bucket, object, opts.VersionID, false)
+	} else {
+		metaArr, errs = readAllXL(ctx, disks, bucket, object, false)
+	}
 
 	readQuorum, _, err := objectQuorumFromMeta(ctx, metaArr, errs, er.defaultParityCount)
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, errErasureReadQuorum) && !strings.HasPrefix(bucket, minioMetaBucket) {
+			_, derr := er.deleteIfDangling(ctx, bucket, object, metaArr, errs, nil, opts)
+			if derr != nil {
+				err = derr
+			}
+		}
 		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 	}
 
@@ -1513,11 +1619,24 @@ func (er erasureObjects) PutObjectTags(ctx context.Context, bucket, object strin
 
 	disks := er.getDisks()
 
+	var metaArr []FileInfo
+	var errs []error
+
 	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
-	metaArr, errs := readAllFileInfo(ctx, disks, bucket, object, opts.VersionID, false)
+	if opts.VersionID != "" {
+		metaArr, errs = readAllFileInfo(ctx, disks, bucket, object, opts.VersionID, false)
+	} else {
+		metaArr, errs = readAllXL(ctx, disks, bucket, object, false)
+	}
 
 	readQuorum, _, err := objectQuorumFromMeta(ctx, metaArr, errs, er.defaultParityCount)
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, errErasureReadQuorum) && !strings.HasPrefix(bucket, minioMetaBucket) {
+			_, derr := er.deleteIfDangling(ctx, bucket, object, metaArr, errs, nil, opts)
+			if derr != nil {
+				err = derr
+			}
+		}
 		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 	}
 

cmd/naughty-disk_test.go

@@ -281,6 +281,13 @@ func (d *naughtyDisk) ReadAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string) (
 	return d.disk.ReadAll(ctx, volume, path)
 }
 
+func (d *naughtyDisk) ReadXL(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, readData bool) (rf RawFileInfo, err error) {
+	if err := d.calcError(); err != nil {
+		return rf, err
+	}
+	return d.disk.ReadXL(ctx, volume, path, readData)
+}
+
 func (d *naughtyDisk) VerifyFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi FileInfo) error {
 	if err := d.calcError(); err != nil {
 		return err

cmd/storage-datatypes.go

@@ -112,9 +112,23 @@ func (f *FileInfoVersions) findVersionIndex(v string) int {
 	return -1
 }
 
+// RawFileInfo - represents raw file stat information as byte array.
+// The above means that any added/deleted fields are incompatible.
+// Make sure to bump the internode version at storage-rest-common.go
+type RawFileInfo struct {
+	// Content of entire xl.meta (may contain data depending on what was requested by the caller.
+	Buf []byte `msg:"b"`
+
+	// DiskMTime indicates the mtime of the xl.meta on disk
+	// This is mainly used for detecting a particular issue
+	// reported in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/13803
+	DiskMTime time.Time `msg:"dmt"`
+}
+
 // FileInfo - represents file stat information.
 //msgp:tuple FileInfo
 // The above means that any added/deleted fields are incompatible.
+// Make sure to bump the internode version at storage-rest-common.go
 type FileInfo struct {
 	// Name of the volume.
 	Volume string `msg:"v,omitempty"`

cmd/storage-datatypes_gen.go

@@ -1530,6 +1530,134 @@ func (z *FilesInfo) Msgsize() (s int) {
 	return
 }
 
+// DecodeMsg implements msgp.Decodable
+func (z *RawFileInfo) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
+	var field []byte
+	_ = field
+	var zb0001 uint32
+	zb0001, err = dc.ReadMapHeader()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err)
+		return
+	}
+	for zb0001 > 0 {
+		zb0001--
+		field, err = dc.ReadMapKeyPtr()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = msgp.WrapError(err)
+			return
+		}
+		switch msgp.UnsafeString(field) {
+		case "b":
+			z.Buf, err = dc.ReadBytes(z.Buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Buf")
+				return
+			}
+		case "dmt":
+			z.DiskMTime, err = dc.ReadTime()
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DiskMTime")
+				return
+			}
+		default:
+			err = dc.Skip()
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// EncodeMsg implements msgp.Encodable
+func (z *RawFileInfo) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
+	// map header, size 2
+	// write "b"
+	err = en.Append(0x82, 0xa1, 0x62)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = en.WriteBytes(z.Buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Buf")
+		return
+	}
+	// write "dmt"
+	err = en.Append(0xa3, 0x64, 0x6d, 0x74)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = en.WriteTime(z.DiskMTime)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DiskMTime")
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// MarshalMsg implements msgp.Marshaler
+func (z *RawFileInfo) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
+	o = msgp.Require(b, z.Msgsize())
+	// map header, size 2
+	// string "b"
+	o = append(o, 0x82, 0xa1, 0x62)
+	o = msgp.AppendBytes(o, z.Buf)
+	// string "dmt"
+	o = append(o, 0xa3, 0x64, 0x6d, 0x74)
+	o = msgp.AppendTime(o, z.DiskMTime)
+	return
+}
+
+// UnmarshalMsg implements msgp.Unmarshaler
+func (z *RawFileInfo) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
+	var field []byte
+	_ = field
+	var zb0001 uint32
+	zb0001, bts, err = msgp.ReadMapHeaderBytes(bts)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err)
+		return
+	}
+	for zb0001 > 0 {
+		zb0001--
+		field, bts, err = msgp.ReadMapKeyZC(bts)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = msgp.WrapError(err)
+			return
+		}
+		switch msgp.UnsafeString(field) {
+		case "b":
+			z.Buf, bts, err = msgp.ReadBytesBytes(bts, z.Buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Buf")
+				return
+			}
+		case "dmt":
+			z.DiskMTime, bts, err = msgp.ReadTimeBytes(bts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DiskMTime")
+				return
+			}
+		default:
+			bts, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	o = bts
+	return
+}
+
+// Msgsize returns an upper bound estimate of the number of bytes occupied by the serialized message
+func (z *RawFileInfo) Msgsize() (s int) {
+	s = 1 + 2 + msgp.BytesPrefixSize + len(z.Buf) + 4 + msgp.TimeSize
+	return
+}
+
 // DecodeMsg implements msgp.Decodable
 func (z *VolInfo) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 	var zb0001 uint32

cmd/storage-datatypes_gen_test.go

@@ -574,6 +574,119 @@ func BenchmarkDecodeFilesInfo(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMarshalUnmarshalRawFileInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	v := RawFileInfo{}
+	bts, err := v.MarshalMsg(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	left, err := v.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(left) > 0 {
+		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after UnmarshalMsg(): %q", len(left), left)
+	}
+
+	left, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(left) > 0 {
+		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after Skip(): %q", len(left), left)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMarshalMsgRawFileInfo(b *testing.B) {
+	v := RawFileInfo{}
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		v.MarshalMsg(nil)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkAppendMsgRawFileInfo(b *testing.B) {
+	v := RawFileInfo{}
+	bts := make([]byte, 0, v.Msgsize())
+	bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
+	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkUnmarshalRawFileInfo(b *testing.B) {
+	v := RawFileInfo{}
+	bts, _ := v.MarshalMsg(nil)
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, err := v.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncodeDecodeRawFileInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	v := RawFileInfo{}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)
+
+	m := v.Msgsize()
+	if buf.Len() > m {
+		t.Log("WARNING: TestEncodeDecodeRawFileInfo Msgsize() is inaccurate")
+	}
+
+	vn := RawFileInfo{}
+	err := msgp.Decode(&buf, &vn)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	buf.Reset()
+	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)
+	err = msgp.NewReader(&buf).Skip()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkEncodeRawFileInfo(b *testing.B) {
+	v := RawFileInfo{}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)
+	b.SetBytes(int64(buf.Len()))
+	en := msgp.NewWriter(msgp.Nowhere)
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		v.EncodeMsg(en)
+	}
+	en.Flush()
+}
+
+func BenchmarkDecodeRawFileInfo(b *testing.B) {
+	v := RawFileInfo{}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)
+	b.SetBytes(int64(buf.Len()))
+	rd := msgp.NewEndlessReader(buf.Bytes(), b)
+	dc := msgp.NewReader(rd)
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		err := v.DecodeMsg(dc)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMarshalUnmarshalVolInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	v := VolInfo{}
 	bts, err := v.MarshalMsg(nil)

cmd/storage-interface.go

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ type StorageAPI interface {
 	WriteMetadata(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi FileInfo) error
 	UpdateMetadata(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi FileInfo) error
 	ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string, readData bool) (FileInfo, error)
+	ReadXL(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, readData bool) (RawFileInfo, error)
 	RenameData(ctx context.Context, srcVolume, srcPath string, fi FileInfo, dstVolume, dstPath string) error
 
 	// File operations.
@@ -261,6 +262,10 @@ func (p *unrecognizedDisk) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versio
 	return fi, errDiskNotFound
 }
 
+func (p *unrecognizedDisk) ReadXL(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, readData bool) (rf RawFileInfo, err error) {
+	return rf, errDiskNotFound
+}
+
 func (p *unrecognizedDisk) ReadAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string) (buf []byte, err error) {
 	return nil, errDiskNotFound
 }

cmd/storage-rest-client.go

@@ -515,6 +515,25 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path,
 	return fi, err
 }
 
+// ReadXL - reads all contents of xl.meta of a file.
+func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadXL(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, readData bool) (rf RawFileInfo, err error) {
+	values := make(url.Values)
+	values.Set(storageRESTVolume, volume)
+	values.Set(storageRESTFilePath, path)
+	values.Set(storageRESTReadData, strconv.FormatBool(readData))
+	respBody, err := client.call(ctx, storageRESTMethodReadXL, values, nil, -1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rf, err
+	}
+	defer xhttp.DrainBody(respBody)
+
+	dec := msgpNewReader(respBody)
+	defer readMsgpReaderPool.Put(dec)
+
+	err = rf.DecodeMsg(dec)
+	return rf, err
+}
+
 // ReadAll - reads all contents of a file.
 func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string) ([]byte, error) {
 	values := make(url.Values)

cmd/storage-rest-common.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 const (
-	storageRESTVersion       = "v44" // Added heal scan mode in NSScanner
+	storageRESTVersion       = "v45" // Added ReadXL API
 	storageRESTVersionPrefix = SlashSeparator + storageRESTVersion
 	storageRESTPrefix        = minioReservedBucketPath + "/storage"
 )
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 	storageRESTMethodUpdateMetadata = "/updatemetadata"
 	storageRESTMethodDeleteVersion  = "/deleteversion"
 	storageRESTMethodReadVersion    = "/readversion"
+	storageRESTMethodReadXL         = "/readxl"
 	storageRESTMethodRenameData     = "/renamedata"
 	storageRESTMethodCheckParts     = "/checkparts"
 	storageRESTMethodReadAll        = "/readall"

cmd/storage-rest-server.go

@@ -520,6 +520,28 @@ func (s *storageRESTServer) ReadAllHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	w.Write(buf)
 }
 
+// ReadXLHandler - read xl.meta for an object at path.
+func (s *storageRESTServer) ReadXLHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if !s.IsValid(w, r) {
+		return
+	}
+	volume := r.Form.Get(storageRESTVolume)
+	filePath := r.Form.Get(storageRESTFilePath)
+	readData, err := strconv.ParseBool(r.Form.Get(storageRESTReadData))
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	rf, err := s.storage.ReadXL(r.Context(), volume, filePath, readData)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	logger.LogIf(r.Context(), msgp.Encode(w, &rf))
+}
+
 // ReadFileHandler - read section of a file.
 func (s *storageRESTServer) ReadFileHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if !s.IsValid(w, r) {
@@ -1261,6 +1283,7 @@ func registerStorageRESTHandlers(router *mux.Router, endpointServerPools Endpoin
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodUpdateMetadata).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.UpdateMetadataHandler))
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodDeleteVersion).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.DeleteVersionHandler))
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodReadVersion).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.ReadVersionHandler))
+			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodReadXL).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.ReadXLHandler))
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodRenameData).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.RenameDataHandler))
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodCreateFile).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.CreateFileHandler))
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodCheckParts).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.CheckPartsHandler))

cmd/storagemetric_string.go

@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ func _() {
 	_ = x[storageMetricWriteMetadata-19]
 	_ = x[storageMetricUpdateMetadata-20]
 	_ = x[storageMetricReadVersion-21]
-	_ = x[storageMetricReadAll-22]
-	_ = x[storageMetricStatInfoFile-23]
-	_ = x[storageMetricLast-24]
+	_ = x[storageMetricReadXL-22]
+	_ = x[storageMetricReadAll-23]
+	_ = x[storageMetricStatInfoFile-24]
+	_ = x[storageMetricLast-25]
 }
 
-const _storageMetric_name = "MakeVolBulkMakeVolListVolsStatVolDeleteVolWalkDirListDirReadFileAppendFileCreateFileReadFileStreamRenameFileRenameDataCheckPartsDeleteDeleteVersionsVerifyFileWriteAllDeleteVersionWriteMetadataUpdateMetadataReadVersionReadAllStatInfoFileLast"
+const _storageMetric_name = "MakeVolBulkMakeVolListVolsStatVolDeleteVolWalkDirListDirReadFileAppendFileCreateFileReadFileStreamRenameFileRenameDataCheckPartsDeleteDeleteVersionsVerifyFileWriteAllDeleteVersionWriteMetadataUpdateMetadataReadVersionReadXLReadAllStatInfoFileLast"
 
-var _storageMetric_index = [...]uint8{0, 11, 18, 26, 33, 42, 49, 56, 64, 74, 84, 98, 108, 118, 128, 134, 148, 158, 166, 179, 192, 206, 217, 224, 236, 240}
+var _storageMetric_index = [...]uint8{0, 11, 18, 26, 33, 42, 49, 56, 64, 74, 84, 98, 108, 118, 128, 134, 148, 158, 166, 179, 192, 206, 217, 223, 230, 242, 246}
 
 func (i storageMetric) String() string {
 	if i >= storageMetric(len(_storageMetric_index)-1) {

cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const (
 	storageMetricWriteMetadata
 	storageMetricUpdateMetadata
 	storageMetricReadVersion
+	storageMetricReadXL
 	storageMetricReadAll
 	storageMetricStatInfoFile
 
@@ -473,6 +474,16 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) ReadAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path
 	return p.storage.ReadAll(ctx, volume, path)
 }
 
+func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) ReadXL(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, readData bool) (rf RawFileInfo, err error) {
+	ctx, done, err := p.TrackDiskHealth(ctx, storageMetricReadXL, volume, path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return RawFileInfo{}, err
+	}
+	defer done(&err)
+
+	return p.storage.ReadXL(ctx, volume, path, readData)
+}
+
 func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) StatInfoFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, glob bool) (stat []StatInfo, err error) {
 	ctx, done, err := p.TrackDiskHealth(ctx, storageMetricStatInfoFile, volume, path)
 	if err != nil {

cmd/xl-storage.go

@@ -1226,6 +1226,60 @@ func (s *xlStorage) renameLegacyMetadata(volumeDir, path string) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *xlStorage) readRaw(ctx context.Context, volumeDir, filePath string, readData bool) (buf []byte, dmTime time.Time, err error) {
+	if readData {
+		buf, dmTime, err = s.readAllData(ctx, volumeDir, pathJoin(filePath, xlStorageFormatFile))
+	} else {
+		buf, dmTime, err = s.readMetadataWithDMTime(ctx, pathJoin(filePath, xlStorageFormatFile))
+		if err != nil {
+			if osIsNotExist(err) {
+				if aerr := Access(volumeDir); aerr != nil && osIsNotExist(aerr) {
+					return nil, time.Time{}, errVolumeNotFound
+				}
+			}
+			err = osErrToFileErr(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == errFileNotFound {
+			buf, dmTime, err = s.readAllData(ctx, volumeDir, pathJoin(filePath, xlStorageFormatFileV1))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, time.Time{}, err
+			}
+		} else {
+			return nil, time.Time{}, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(buf) == 0 {
+		return nil, time.Time{}, errFileNotFound
+	}
+
+	return buf, dmTime, nil
+}
+
+// ReadXL reads from path/xl.meta, does not interpret the data it read. This
+// is a raw call equivalent of ReadVersion().
+func (s *xlStorage) ReadXL(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, readData bool) (RawFileInfo, error) {
+	volumeDir, err := s.getVolDir(volume)
+	if err != nil {
+		return RawFileInfo{}, err
+	}
+
+	// Validate file path length, before reading.
+	filePath := pathJoin(volumeDir, path)
+	if err = checkPathLength(filePath); err != nil {
+		return RawFileInfo{}, err
+	}
+
+	buf, dmTime, err := s.readRaw(ctx, volumeDir, filePath, readData)
+	return RawFileInfo{
+		Buf:       buf,
+		DiskMTime: dmTime,
+	}, err
+}
+
 // ReadVersion - reads metadata and returns FileInfo at path `xl.meta`
 // for all objects less than `32KiB` this call returns data as well
 // along with metadata.
@@ -1240,45 +1294,15 @@ func (s *xlStorage) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID str
 		return fi, err
 	}
 
-	var buf []byte
-	var dmTime time.Time
-	if readData {
-		buf, dmTime, err = s.readAllData(ctx, volumeDir, pathJoin(filePath, xlStorageFormatFile))
-	} else {
-		buf, dmTime, err = s.readMetadataWithDMTime(ctx, pathJoin(filePath, xlStorageFormatFile))
-		if err != nil {
-			if osIsNotExist(err) {
-				if aerr := Access(volumeDir); aerr != nil && osIsNotExist(aerr) {
-					return fi, errVolumeNotFound
-				}
-			}
-			err = osErrToFileErr(err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		if err == errFileNotFound {
-			buf, dmTime, err = s.readAllData(ctx, volumeDir, pathJoin(filePath, xlStorageFormatFileV1))
+	buf, dmTime, err := s.readRaw(ctx, volumeDir, filePath, readData)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == errFileNotFound {
 			if versionID != "" {
 				return fi, errFileVersionNotFound
 			}
-					return fi, errFileNotFound
 		}
 		return fi, err
 	}
-		} else {
-			return fi, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(buf) == 0 {
-		if versionID != "" {
-			return fi, errFileVersionNotFound
-		}
-		return fi, errFileNotFound
-	}
 
 	fi, err = getFileInfo(buf, volume, path, versionID, readData)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1404,12 +1428,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) readAllData(ctx context.Context, volumeDir string, filePath
 	return buf, stat.ModTime().UTC(), osErrToFileErr(err)
 }
 
-// ReadAll reads from r until an error or EOF and returns the data it read.
-// A successful call returns err == nil, not err == EOF. Because ReadAll is
-// defined to read from src until EOF, it does not treat an EOF from Read
-// as an error to be reported.
-// This API is meant to be used on files which have small memory footprint, do
-// not use this on large files as it would cause server to crash.
+// ReadAll is a raw call, reads content at any path and returns the buffer.
 func (s *xlStorage) ReadAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string) (buf []byte, err error) {
 	// Specific optimization to avoid re-read from the drives for `format.json`
 	// in-case the caller is a network operation.