minio/cmd/xl-v1-object.go

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package cmd

import (
	"crypto/md5"
	"encoding/hex"
	"io"
	"path"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/bpool"
	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/mimedb"
	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/objcache"
)

/// Object Operations

// GetObject - reads an object erasured coded across multiple
// disks. Supports additional parameters like offset and length
// which is synonymous with HTTP Range requests.
//
// startOffset indicates the location at which the client requested
// object to be read at. length indicates the total length of the
// object requested by client.
func (xl xlObjects) GetObject(bucket, object string, startOffset int64, length int64, writer io.Writer) error {
	// Verify if bucket is valid.
	if !IsValidBucketName(bucket) {
		return BucketNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket}
	}
	// Verify if object is valid.
	if !IsValidObjectName(object) {
		return ObjectNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket, Object: object}
	}
	// Start offset and length cannot be negative.
	if startOffset < 0 || length < 0 {
		return toObjectErr(errUnexpected, bucket, object)
	}
	// Writer cannot be nil.
	if writer == nil {
		return toObjectErr(errUnexpected, bucket, object)
	}

	// generates random string on setting MINIO_DEBUG=lock, else returns empty string.
	// used for instrumentation on locks.
	opsID := getOpsID()

	// Lock the object before reading.
	nsMutex.RLock(bucket, object, opsID)
	defer nsMutex.RUnlock(bucket, object, opsID)

	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
	metaArr, errs := readAllXLMetadata(xl.storageDisks, bucket, object)
	// Do we have read quorum?
	if !isDiskQuorum(errs, xl.readQuorum) {
		return toObjectErr(errXLReadQuorum, bucket, object)
	}

	if reducedErr := reduceErrs(errs, []error{
		errDiskNotFound,
		errFaultyDisk,
		errDiskAccessDenied,
	}); reducedErr != nil {
		return toObjectErr(reducedErr, bucket, object)
	}

	// List all online disks.
	onlineDisks, modTime := listOnlineDisks(xl.storageDisks, metaArr, errs)

	// Pick latest valid metadata.
	xlMeta := pickValidXLMeta(metaArr, modTime)

	// Reorder online disks based on erasure distribution order.
	onlineDisks = getOrderedDisks(xlMeta.Erasure.Distribution, onlineDisks)

	// Reorder parts metadata based on erasure distribution order.
	metaArr = getOrderedPartsMetadata(xlMeta.Erasure.Distribution, metaArr)

	// Reply back invalid range if the input offset and length fall out of range.
	if startOffset > xlMeta.Stat.Size || length > xlMeta.Stat.Size {
		return InvalidRange{startOffset, length, xlMeta.Stat.Size}
	}

	// Reply if we have inputs with offset and length.
	if startOffset+length > xlMeta.Stat.Size {
		return InvalidRange{startOffset, length, xlMeta.Stat.Size}
	}

	// Get start part index and offset.
	partIndex, partOffset, err := xlMeta.ObjectToPartOffset(startOffset)
	if err != nil {
		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}

	// Get last part index to read given length.
	lastPartIndex, _, err := xlMeta.ObjectToPartOffset(startOffset + length - 1)
	if err != nil {
		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}

	// Save the writer.
	mw := writer

	// Object cache enabled block.
	if xlMeta.Stat.Size > 0 && xl.objCacheEnabled {
		// Validate if we have previous cache.
		var cachedBuffer io.ReadSeeker
		cachedBuffer, err = xl.objCache.Open(path.Join(bucket, object))
		if err == nil { // Cache hit.
			// Advance the buffer to offset as if it was read.
			if _, err = cachedBuffer.Seek(startOffset, 0); err != nil { // Seek to the offset.
				return err
			}
			// Write the requested length.
			if _, err = io.CopyN(writer, cachedBuffer, length); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		} // Cache miss.
		// For unknown error, return and error out.
		if err != objcache.ErrKeyNotFoundInCache {
			return err
		} // Cache has not been found, fill the cache.

		// Cache is only set if whole object is being read.
		if startOffset == 0 && length == xlMeta.Stat.Size {
			// Proceed to set the cache.
			var newBuffer io.WriteCloser
			// Create a new entry in memory of length.
			newBuffer, err = xl.objCache.Create(path.Join(bucket, object), length)
			if err == nil {
				// Create a multi writer to write to both memory and client response.
				mw = io.MultiWriter(newBuffer, writer)
				defer newBuffer.Close()
			}
			// Ignore error if cache is full, proceed to write the object.
			if err != nil && err != objcache.ErrCacheFull {
				// For any other error return here.
				return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
			}
		}
	}

	totalBytesRead := int64(0)

	chunkSize := getChunkSize(xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks)
	pool := bpool.NewBytePool(chunkSize, len(onlineDisks))

	// Read from all parts.
	for ; partIndex <= lastPartIndex; partIndex++ {
		if length == totalBytesRead {
			break
		}
		// Save the current part name and size.
		partName := xlMeta.Parts[partIndex].Name
		partSize := xlMeta.Parts[partIndex].Size

		readSize := partSize - partOffset
		// readSize should be adjusted so that we don't write more data than what was requested.
		if readSize > (length - totalBytesRead) {
			readSize = length - totalBytesRead
		}

		// Get the checksums of the current part.
		checkSums := make([]string, len(onlineDisks))
		var ckSumAlgo string
		for index, disk := range onlineDisks {
			// Disk is not found skip the checksum.
			if disk == nil {
				checkSums[index] = ""
				continue
			}
			ckSumInfo, err := metaArr[index].Erasure.GetCheckSumInfo(partName)
			if err != nil { // FIXME - relook at returning error here.
				return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
			}
			checkSums[index] = ckSumInfo.Hash
			// Set checksum algo only once, while it is possible to have
			// different algos per block because of our `xl.json`.
			// It is not a requirement, set this only once for all the disks.
			if ckSumAlgo != "" {
				ckSumAlgo = ckSumInfo.Algorithm
			}
		}

		// Start erasure decoding and writing to the client.
		n, err := erasureReadFile(mw, onlineDisks, bucket, pathJoin(object, partName), partOffset, readSize, partSize, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks, xlMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks, checkSums, ckSumAlgo, pool)
		if err != nil {
			return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
		}

		// Track total bytes read from disk and written to the client.
		totalBytesRead += n

		// partOffset will be valid only for the first part, hence reset it to 0 for
		// the remaining parts.
		partOffset = 0
	} // End of read all parts loop.

	// Return success.
	return nil
}

// HealObject - heal the object.
// FIXME: If an object object was deleted and one disk was down, and later the disk comes back
// up again, heal on the object should delete it.
func (xl xlObjects) HealObject(bucket, object string) error {
	// Verify if bucket is valid.
	if !IsValidBucketName(bucket) {
		return BucketNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket}
	}
	// Verify if object is valid.
	if !IsValidObjectName(object) {
		// FIXME: return Invalid prefix.
		return ObjectNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket, Object: object}
	}

	// generates random string on setting MINIO_DEBUG=lock, else returns empty string.
	// used for instrumentation on locks.
	opsID := getOpsID()

	// Lock the object before healing.
	nsMutex.RLock(bucket, object, opsID)
	defer nsMutex.RUnlock(bucket, object, opsID)

	partsMetadata, errs := readAllXLMetadata(xl.storageDisks, bucket, object)
	if err := reduceErrs(errs, nil); err != nil {
		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}

	if !xlShouldHeal(partsMetadata, errs) {
		// There is nothing to heal.
		return nil
	}

	// List of disks having latest version of the object.
	latestDisks, modTime := listOnlineDisks(xl.storageDisks, partsMetadata, errs)
	// List of disks having outdated version of the object or missing object.
	outDatedDisks := outDatedDisks(xl.storageDisks, partsMetadata, errs)
	// Latest xlMetaV1 for reference.
	latestMeta := pickValidXLMeta(partsMetadata, modTime)

	for index, disk := range outDatedDisks {
		// Before healing outdated disks, we need to remove xl.json
		// and part files from "bucket/object/" so that
		// rename(".minio.sys", "tmp/tmpuuid/", "bucket", "object/") succeeds.
		if disk == nil {
			// Not an outdated disk.
			continue
		}
		if errs[index] != nil {
			// If there was an error (most likely errFileNotFound)
			continue
		}
		// Outdated object with the same name exists that needs to be deleted.
		outDatedMeta := partsMetadata[index]
		// Delete all the parts.
		for partIndex := 0; partIndex < len(outDatedMeta.Parts); partIndex++ {
			err := disk.DeleteFile(bucket,
				pathJoin(object, outDatedMeta.Parts[partIndex].Name))
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}
		}
		// Delete xl.json file.
		err := disk.DeleteFile(bucket, pathJoin(object, xlMetaJSONFile))
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	// Reorder so that we have data disks first and parity disks next.
	latestDisks = getOrderedDisks(latestMeta.Erasure.Distribution, latestDisks)
	outDatedDisks = getOrderedDisks(latestMeta.Erasure.Distribution, outDatedDisks)
	partsMetadata = getOrderedPartsMetadata(latestMeta.Erasure.Distribution, partsMetadata)

	// We write at temporary location and then rename to fianal location.
	tmpID := getUUID()

	// Checksum of the part files. checkSumInfos[index] will contain checksums of all the part files
	// in the outDatedDisks[index]
	checkSumInfos := make([][]checkSumInfo, len(outDatedDisks))

	// Heal each part. erasureHealFile() will write the healed part to
	// .minio/tmp/uuid/ which needs to be renamed later to the final location.
	for partIndex := 0; partIndex < len(latestMeta.Parts); partIndex++ {
		partName := latestMeta.Parts[partIndex].Name
		partSize := latestMeta.Parts[partIndex].Size
		erasure := latestMeta.Erasure
		sumInfo, err := latestMeta.Erasure.GetCheckSumInfo(partName)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		// Heal the part file.
		checkSums, err := erasureHealFile(latestDisks, outDatedDisks,
			bucket, pathJoin(object, partName),
			minioMetaBucket, pathJoin(tmpMetaPrefix, tmpID, partName),
			partSize, erasure.BlockSize, erasure.DataBlocks, erasure.ParityBlocks, sumInfo.Algorithm)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		for index, sum := range checkSums {
			if outDatedDisks[index] == nil {
				continue
			}
			checkSumInfos[index] = append(checkSumInfos[index], checkSumInfo{partName, sumInfo.Algorithm, sum})
		}
	}

	// xl.json should be written to all the healed disks.
	for index, disk := range outDatedDisks {
		if disk == nil {
			continue
		}
		partsMetadata[index] = latestMeta
		partsMetadata[index].Erasure.Checksum = checkSumInfos[index]
	}
	err := writeUniqueXLMetadata(outDatedDisks, minioMetaBucket, pathJoin(tmpMetaPrefix, tmpID), partsMetadata, diskCount(outDatedDisks))
	if err != nil {
		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}

	// Rename from tmp location to the actual location.
	for _, disk := range outDatedDisks {
		if disk == nil {
			continue
		}
		err := disk.RenameFile(minioMetaBucket, retainSlash(pathJoin(tmpMetaPrefix, tmpID)), bucket, retainSlash(object))
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// GetObjectInfo - reads object metadata and replies back ObjectInfo.
func (xl xlObjects) GetObjectInfo(bucket, object string) (ObjectInfo, error) {
	// Verify if bucket is valid.
	if !IsValidBucketName(bucket) {
		return ObjectInfo{}, BucketNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket}
	}
	// Verify if object is valid.
	if !IsValidObjectName(object) {
		return ObjectInfo{}, ObjectNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket, Object: object}
	}

	// generates random string on setting MINIO_DEBUG=lock, else returns empty string.
	// used for instrumentation on locks.
	opsID := getOpsID()

	nsMutex.RLock(bucket, object, opsID)
	defer nsMutex.RUnlock(bucket, object, opsID)
	info, err := xl.getObjectInfo(bucket, object)
	if err != nil {
		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}
	return info, nil
}

// getObjectInfo - wrapper for reading object metadata and constructs ObjectInfo.
func (xl xlObjects) getObjectInfo(bucket, object string) (objInfo ObjectInfo, err error) {
	var xlMeta xlMetaV1
	xlMeta, err = xl.readXLMetadata(bucket, object)
	if err != nil {
		// Return error.
		return ObjectInfo{}, err
	}
	objInfo = ObjectInfo{
		IsDir:           false,
		Bucket:          bucket,
		Name:            object,
		Size:            xlMeta.Stat.Size,
		ModTime:         xlMeta.Stat.ModTime,
		MD5Sum:          xlMeta.Meta["md5Sum"],
		ContentType:     xlMeta.Meta["content-type"],
		ContentEncoding: xlMeta.Meta["content-encoding"],
		UserDefined:     xlMeta.Meta,
	}
	return objInfo, nil
}

func undoRename(disks []StorageAPI, srcBucket, srcEntry, dstBucket, dstEntry string, isPart bool, errs []error) {
	var wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}
	// Undo rename object on disks where RenameFile succeeded.

	// If srcEntry/dstEntry are objects then add a trailing slash to copy
	// over all the parts inside the object directory
	if !isPart {
		srcEntry = retainSlash(srcEntry)
		dstEntry = retainSlash(dstEntry)
	}
	for index, disk := range disks {
		if disk == nil {
			continue
		}
		// Undo rename object in parallel.
		wg.Add(1)
		go func(index int, disk StorageAPI) {
			defer wg.Done()
			if errs[index] != nil {
				return
			}
			_ = disk.RenameFile(dstBucket, dstEntry, srcBucket, srcEntry)
		}(index, disk)
	}
	wg.Wait()
}

// rename - common function that renamePart and renameObject use to rename
// the respective underlying storage layer representations.
func rename(disks []StorageAPI, srcBucket, srcEntry, dstBucket, dstEntry string, isPart bool, quorum int) error {
	// Initialize sync waitgroup.
	var wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}

	// Initialize list of errors.
	var errs = make([]error, len(disks))

	if !isPart {
		dstEntry = retainSlash(dstEntry)
		srcEntry = retainSlash(srcEntry)
	}

	// Rename file on all underlying storage disks.
	for index, disk := range disks {
		if disk == nil {
			errs[index] = errDiskNotFound
			continue
		}
		wg.Add(1)
		go func(index int, disk StorageAPI) {
			defer wg.Done()
			err := disk.RenameFile(srcBucket, srcEntry, dstBucket, dstEntry)
			if err != nil && err != errFileNotFound {
				errs[index] = err
			}
		}(index, disk)
	}

	// Wait for all renames to finish.
	wg.Wait()

	// We can safely allow RenameFile errors up to len(xl.storageDisks) - xl.writeQuorum
	// otherwise return failure. Cleanup successful renames.
	if !isDiskQuorum(errs, quorum) {
		// Undo all the partial rename operations.
		undoRename(disks, srcBucket, srcEntry, dstBucket, dstEntry, isPart, errs)
		return errXLWriteQuorum
	}
	// Return on first error, also undo any partially successful rename operations.
	return reduceErrs(errs, []error{
		errDiskNotFound,
		errDiskAccessDenied,
		errFaultyDisk,
	})
}

// renamePart - renames a part of the source object to the destination
// across all disks in parallel. Additionally if we have errors and do
// not have a readQuorum partially renamed files are renamed back to
// its proper location.
func renamePart(disks []StorageAPI, srcBucket, srcPart, dstBucket, dstPart string, quorum int) error {
	isPart := true
	return rename(disks, srcBucket, srcPart, dstBucket, dstPart, isPart, quorum)
}

// renameObject - renames all source objects to destination object
// across all disks in parallel. Additionally if we have errors and do
// not have a readQuorum partially renamed files are renamed back to
// its proper location.
func renameObject(disks []StorageAPI, srcBucket, srcObject, dstBucket, dstObject string, quorum int) error {
	isPart := false
	return rename(disks, srcBucket, srcObject, dstBucket, dstObject, isPart, quorum)
}

// PutObject - creates an object upon reading from the input stream
// until EOF, erasure codes the data across all disk and additionally
// writes `xl.json` which carries the necessary metadata for future
// object operations.
func (xl xlObjects) PutObject(bucket string, object string, size int64, data io.Reader, metadata map[string]string) (md5Sum string, err error) {
	// Verify if bucket is valid.
	if !IsValidBucketName(bucket) {
		return "", BucketNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket}
	}
	// Verify bucket exists.
	if !xl.isBucketExist(bucket) {
		return "", BucketNotFound{Bucket: bucket}
	}
	if !IsValidObjectName(object) {
		return "", ObjectNameInvalid{
			Bucket: bucket,
			Object: object,
		}
	}
	// No metadata is set, allocate a new one.
	if metadata == nil {
		metadata = make(map[string]string)
	}

	uniqueID := getUUID()
	tempErasureObj := path.Join(tmpMetaPrefix, uniqueID, "part.1")
	minioMetaTmpBucket := path.Join(minioMetaBucket, tmpMetaPrefix)
	tempObj := uniqueID

	var mw io.Writer
	// Initialize md5 writer.
	md5Writer := md5.New()

	// Proceed to set the cache.
	var newBuffer io.WriteCloser

	// If caching is enabled, proceed to set the cache.
	if size > 0 && xl.objCacheEnabled {
		// PutObject invalidates any previously cached object in memory.
		xl.objCache.Delete(path.Join(bucket, object))

		// Create a new entry in memory of size.
		newBuffer, err = xl.objCache.Create(path.Join(bucket, object), size)
		if err == nil {
			// Create a multi writer to write to both memory and client response.
			mw = io.MultiWriter(newBuffer, md5Writer)
		}
		// Ignore error if cache is full, proceed to write the object.
		if err != nil && err != objcache.ErrCacheFull {
			// For any other error return here.
			return "", toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
		}
	} else {
		mw = md5Writer
	}

	// Limit the reader to its provided size if specified.
	var limitDataReader io.Reader
	if size > 0 {
		// This is done so that we can avoid erroneous clients sending
		// more data than the set content size.
		limitDataReader = io.LimitReader(data, size)
	} else {
		// else we read till EOF.
		limitDataReader = data
	}

	// Tee reader combines incoming data stream and md5, data read from input stream is written to md5.
	teeReader := io.TeeReader(limitDataReader, mw)

	// Initialize xl meta.
	xlMeta := newXLMetaV1(object, xl.dataBlocks, xl.parityBlocks)

	onlineDisks := getOrderedDisks(xlMeta.Erasure.Distribution, xl.storageDisks)

	// Erasure code data and write across all disks.
	sizeWritten, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj, teeReader, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks, xlMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, xl.writeQuorum)
	if err != nil {
		// Create file failed, delete temporary object.
		xl.deleteObject(minioMetaTmpBucket, tempObj)
		return "", toObjectErr(err, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj)
	}
	// Should return IncompleteBody{} error when reader has fewer bytes
	// than specified in request header.
	if sizeWritten < size {
		// Short write, delete temporary object.
		xl.deleteObject(minioMetaTmpBucket, tempObj)
		return "", IncompleteBody{}
	}

	// For size == -1, perhaps client is sending in chunked encoding
	// set the size as size that was actually written.
	if size == -1 {
		size = sizeWritten
	}

	// Save additional erasureMetadata.
	modTime := time.Now().UTC()

	newMD5Hex := hex.EncodeToString(md5Writer.Sum(nil))
	// Update the md5sum if not set with the newly calculated one.
	if len(metadata["md5Sum"]) == 0 {
		metadata["md5Sum"] = newMD5Hex
	}

	// Guess content-type from the extension if possible.
	if metadata["content-type"] == "" {
		if objectExt := path.Ext(object); objectExt != "" {
			if content, ok := mimedb.DB[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(objectExt, "."))]; ok {
				metadata["content-type"] = content.ContentType
			}
		}
	}

	// Validate if payload is valid.
	if isSignVerify(data) {
		if vErr := data.(*signVerifyReader).Verify(); vErr != nil {
			// Incoming payload wrong, delete the temporary object.
			xl.deleteObject(minioMetaTmpBucket, tempObj)
			// Error return.
			return "", toObjectErr(vErr, bucket, object)
		}
	}

	// md5Hex representation.
	md5Hex := metadata["md5Sum"]
	if md5Hex != "" {
		if newMD5Hex != md5Hex {
			// MD5 mismatch, delete the temporary object.
			xl.deleteObject(minioMetaTmpBucket, tempObj)
			// Returns md5 mismatch.
			return "", BadDigest{md5Hex, newMD5Hex}
		}
	}

	// generates random string on setting MINIO_DEBUG=lock, else returns empty string.
	// used for instrumentation on locks.
	opsID := getOpsID()

	// Lock the object.
	nsMutex.Lock(bucket, object, opsID)
	defer nsMutex.Unlock(bucket, object, opsID)

	// Check if an object is present as one of the parent dir.
	// -- FIXME. (needs a new kind of lock).
	if xl.parentDirIsObject(bucket, path.Dir(object)) {
		// Parent (in the namespace) is an object, delete temporary object.
		xl.deleteObject(minioMetaTmpBucket, tempObj)
		return "", toObjectErr(errFileAccessDenied, bucket, object)
	}

	// Rename if an object already exists to temporary location.
	newUniqueID := getUUID()
	if xl.isObject(bucket, object) {
		// NOTE: Do not use online disks slice here.
		// The reason is that existing object should be purged
		// regardless of `xl.json` status and rolled back in case of errors.
		err = renameObject(xl.storageDisks, bucket, object, minioMetaTmpBucket, newUniqueID, xl.writeQuorum)
		if err != nil {
			return "", toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
		}
	}

	// Fill all the necessary metadata.
	xlMeta.Meta = metadata
	xlMeta.Stat.Size = size
	xlMeta.Stat.ModTime = modTime

	// Add the final part.
	xlMeta.AddObjectPart(1, "part.1", newMD5Hex, xlMeta.Stat.Size)

	partsMetadata := make([]xlMetaV1, len(xl.storageDisks))
	// Update `xl.json` content on each disks.
	for index := range partsMetadata {
		partsMetadata[index] = xlMeta
		partsMetadata[index].Erasure.AddCheckSumInfo(checkSumInfo{
			Name:      "part.1",
			Hash:      checkSums[index],
			Algorithm: bitRotAlgo,
		})
	}

	// Write unique `xl.json` for each disk.
	if err = writeUniqueXLMetadata(onlineDisks, minioMetaTmpBucket, tempObj, partsMetadata, xl.writeQuorum); err != nil {
		return "", toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}

	// Rename the successfully written temporary object to final location.
	err = renameObject(onlineDisks, minioMetaTmpBucket, tempObj, bucket, object, xl.writeQuorum)
	if err != nil {
		return "", toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}

	// Delete the temporary object.
	xl.deleteObject(minioMetaTmpBucket, newUniqueID)

	// Once we have successfully renamed the object, Close the buffer which would
	// save the object on cache.
	if size > 0 && xl.objCacheEnabled && newBuffer != nil {
		newBuffer.Close()
	}

	// Return md5sum, successfully wrote object.
	return newMD5Hex, nil
}

// deleteObject - wrapper for delete object, deletes an object from
// all the disks in parallel, including `xl.json` associated with the
// object.
func (xl xlObjects) deleteObject(bucket, object string) error {
	// Initialize sync waitgroup.
	var wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}

	// Initialize list of errors.
	var dErrs = make([]error, len(xl.storageDisks))

	for index, disk := range xl.storageDisks {
		if disk == nil {
			dErrs[index] = errDiskNotFound
			continue
		}
		wg.Add(1)
		go func(index int, disk StorageAPI) {
			defer wg.Done()
			err := cleanupDir(disk, bucket, object)
			if err != nil && err != errFileNotFound {
				dErrs[index] = err
			}
		}(index, disk)
	}

	// Wait for all routines to finish.
	wg.Wait()

	// Do we have write quorum?
	if !isDiskQuorum(dErrs, xl.writeQuorum) {
		// Return errXLWriteQuorum if errors were more than allowed write quorum.
		return errXLWriteQuorum
	}

	return nil
}

// DeleteObject - deletes an object, this call doesn't necessary reply
// any error as it is not necessary for the handler to reply back a
// response to the client request.
func (xl xlObjects) DeleteObject(bucket, object string) (err error) {
	// Verify if bucket is valid.
	if !IsValidBucketName(bucket) {
		return BucketNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket}
	}
	if !IsValidObjectName(object) {
		return ObjectNameInvalid{Bucket: bucket, Object: object}
	}

	// generates random string on setting MINIO_DEBUG=lock, else returns empty string.
	// used for instrumentation on locks.
	opsID := getOpsID()

	nsMutex.Lock(bucket, object, opsID)
	defer nsMutex.Unlock(bucket, object, opsID)

	// Validate object exists.
	if !xl.isObject(bucket, object) {
		return ObjectNotFound{bucket, object}
	} // else proceed to delete the object.

	// Delete the object on all disks.
	err = xl.deleteObject(bucket, object)
	if err != nil {
		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}

	// Delete from the cache.
	xl.objCache.Delete(pathJoin(bucket, object))

	// Success.
	return nil
}