seaweedfs/weed/storage/volume_write.go

package storage

import (
	"bytes"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/backend"
	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
	. "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
)

var ErrorNotFound = errors.New("not found")
var ErrorDeleted = errors.New("already deleted")
var ErrorSizeMismatch = errors.New("size mismatch")

type batchNeedleSnapshot struct {
	id      NeedleId
	found   bool
	offset  Offset
	size    Size
	changed bool
}

func newBatchNeedleSnapshot(v *Volume, id NeedleId) *batchNeedleSnapshot {
	snapshot := &batchNeedleSnapshot{id: id}
	if element, found := v.nm.Get(id); found && element != nil {
		snapshot.found = true
		snapshot.offset = element.Offset
		snapshot.size = element.Size
	}
	return snapshot
}

func (s *batchNeedleSnapshot) observeCurrent(v *Volume) {
	element, found := v.nm.Get(s.id)
	if found != s.found {
		s.changed = true
		return
	}
	if found && (element == nil || element.Offset != s.offset || element.Size != s.size) {
		s.changed = true
	}
}

func (v *Volume) restoreBatchNeedle(snapshot *batchNeedleSnapshot) error {
	mapRollbacker, ok := v.nm.(batchMapRollbacker)
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf("mapper %T cannot restore its mappings", v.nm)
	}
	if snapshot.found {
		return mapRollbacker.restoreMapping(snapshot.id, snapshot.offset, snapshot.size)
	}
	// A plain Delete would leave a tombstoned entry whose stale offset makes
	// the next write to this needle fail reading a header that no longer exists.
	return mapRollbacker.removeMapping(snapshot.id)
}

func (v *Volume) rollbackBatch(end int64, indexEnd int64, snapshots []*batchNeedleSnapshot,
	metricRollbacker batchMetricRollbacker, metrics batchMapMetricSnapshot) error {
	var recoveryErrors []error
	for _, snapshot := range snapshots {
		if !snapshot.changed {
			continue
		}
		if err := v.restoreBatchNeedle(snapshot); err != nil {
			recoveryErrors = append(recoveryErrors,
				fmt.Errorf("restore needle %d: %w", snapshot.id, err))
		}
	}

	if len(recoveryErrors) == 0 {
		rollbacker, ok := v.nm.(batchIndexRollbacker)
		if !ok {
			recoveryErrors = append(recoveryErrors,
				fmt.Errorf("mapper %T cannot truncate its index", v.nm))
		} else if err := rollbacker.truncateIndex(indexEnd); err != nil {
			recoveryErrors = append(recoveryErrors,
				fmt.Errorf("truncate index to %d: %w", indexEnd, err))
		}
	}

	if len(recoveryErrors) == 0 {
		if err := v.nm.Sync(); err != nil {
			recoveryErrors = append(recoveryErrors,
				fmt.Errorf("sync recovered index: %w", err))
		}
	}

	if len(recoveryErrors) == 0 {
		if err := v.DataBackend.Truncate(end); err != nil {
			recoveryErrors = append(recoveryErrors,
				fmt.Errorf("truncate %s to %d: %w", v.DataBackend.Name(), end, err))
		} else if err := v.DataBackend.Sync(); err != nil {
			recoveryErrors = append(recoveryErrors,
				fmt.Errorf("sync truncated %s: %w", v.DataBackend.Name(), err))
		}
	}

	if len(recoveryErrors) == 0 {
		if metricRollbacker == nil {
			recoveryErrors = append(recoveryErrors,
				fmt.Errorf("mapper %T cannot restore its metrics", v.nm))
		} else {
			metricRollbacker.restoreBatchMetrics(metrics)
		}
	}

	return errors.Join(recoveryErrors...)
}

// isFileUnchanged checks whether this needle to write is same as last one.
// It requires serialized access in the same volume.
func (v *Volume) isFileUnchanged(n *needle.Needle) bool {
	if v.Ttl.String() != "" {
		return false
	}

	nv, ok := v.nm.Get(n.Id)
	if ok && !nv.Offset.IsZero() && nv.Size.IsValid() {
		oldNeedle := new(needle.Needle)
		err := oldNeedle.ReadData(v.DataBackend, nv.Offset.ToActualOffset(), nv.Size, v.Version())
		if err != nil {
			glog.V(0).Infof("Failed to check updated file at offset %d size %d: %v", nv.Offset.ToActualOffset(), nv.Size, err)
			return false
		}
		if oldNeedle.Cookie == n.Cookie && oldNeedle.Checksum == n.Checksum && bytes.Equal(oldNeedle.Data, n.Data) {
			n.DataSize = oldNeedle.DataSize
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

var ErrVolumeNotEmpty = fmt.Errorf("volume not empty")

// Destroy removes everything related to this volume. When keepRemoteData is
// true the cloud-tier object backing the volume is left intact — used by
// moves where another server is taking over the same .vif.
func (v *Volume) Destroy(onlyEmpty bool, onlyGarbage bool, keepRemoteData bool) (err error) {
	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()
	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.Unlock()
	return v.destroyLocked(onlyEmpty, onlyGarbage, keepRemoteData)
}

// destroyLocked is Destroy for callers already holding dataFileAccessLock,
// e.g. a guarded multi-copy delete that pins every copy under one lock span
// so validation and removal cannot be split by a write.
func (v *Volume) destroyLocked(onlyEmpty bool, onlyGarbage bool, keepRemoteData bool) (err error) {
	if err = v.checkDeletableLocked(onlyEmpty, onlyGarbage); err != nil {
		return
	}
	if !v.isCompactionInProgress.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
		err = fmt.Errorf("volume %d is compacting", v.Id)
		return
	}
	v.stopWorker()
	if !keepRemoteData {
		storageName, storageKey := v.RemoteStorageNameKey()
		if v.HasRemoteFile() && storageName != "" && storageKey != "" {
			if backendStorage, found := backend.BackendStorages[storageName]; found {
				backendStorage.DeleteFile(storageKey)
			}
		}
	}
	// A regular volume and an EC volume for the same id share <base>.vif. When
	// EC artefacts coexist on this disk (e.g. shards distributed onto a source
	// replica before it is deleted), keep the .vif so removing the regular
	// volume does not strip the EC volume's info file.
	keepVif := v.sharesVifWithEcVolume()
	v.doClose()
	removeVolumeFiles(v.DataFileName(), keepVif)
	removeVolumeFiles(v.IndexFileName(), keepVif)
	return
}

// checkDeletableLocked enforces the guards Destroy applies before removing
// any file: either enabled check may pass, since a volume with no live data
// qualifies whether it reads empty or as all garbage.
func (v *Volume) checkDeletableLocked(onlyEmpty bool, onlyGarbage bool) (err error) {
	if !onlyEmpty && !onlyGarbage {
		return nil
	}
	emptyOk := false
	if onlyEmpty {
		isEmpty, e := v.doIsEmpty()
		if e != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read isEmpty %v", e)
		}
		emptyOk = isEmpty
	}
	if !emptyOk && !(onlyGarbage && v.doIsGarbage()) {
		return ErrVolumeNotEmpty
	}
	return nil
}

// sharesVifWithEcVolume reports whether an EC volume for this volume id lives
// on the same disk, in which case its .vif is the same file as the regular
// volume's and must outlive the regular volume's deletion.
func (v *Volume) sharesVifWithEcVolume() bool {
	if v.location == nil {
		return false
	}
	if _, found := v.location.FindEcVolume(v.Id); found {
		return true
	}
	return v.location.HasEcxFileOnDisk(v.Collection, v.Id)
}

func removeVolumeFiles(filename string, keepVif bool) {
	// .dat/.idx removals log at V(0) so destructive calls are traceable.
	deleteAndLog := func(ext string) {
		fullFilename := filename + "." + ext
		st, statErr := os.Stat(fullFilename)
		err := os.RemoveAll(fullFilename)
		if err != nil {
			glog.V(0).Infof("failed to remove volume file %s: %s", fullFilename, err)
			return
		}
		if statErr == nil && (ext == "dat" || ext == "idx") {
			glog.Infof("removed volume file %s (size=%d)", fullFilename, st.Size())
		}
	}
	deleteAndLog("dat")
	deleteAndLog("idx")
	if !keepVif {
		deleteAndLog("vif")
	}
	// sorted index file
	deleteAndLog("sdx")
	// compaction
	deleteAndLog("cpd")
	deleteAndLog("cpx")
	// compaction commit marker
	deleteAndLog("cpc")
	// level db index file
	deleteAndLog("ldb")
	// redb index file (Rust volume server)
	deleteAndLog("rdb")
	// marker for damaged or incomplete volume
	deleteAndLog("note")
	// marker for a volume whose failed-batch recovery could not be verified
	deleteAndLog("unavailable")
}

// asyncRequestAppend queues a request for the batch worker, starting it on the
// first one. It reports false for a destroyed volume, so the caller writes
// inline rather than wait on a worker that will never answer.
func (v *Volume) asyncRequestAppend(request *needle.AsyncRequest) bool {
	requests := v.startWorker()
	if requests == nil {
		return false
	}
	requests <- request
	return true
}

func (v *Volume) syncWrite(n *needle.Needle, checkCookie bool, fsync bool) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
	// glog.V(4).Infof("writing needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()
	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.Unlock()

	if err := v.UnavailableError(); err != nil {
		return 0, 0, false, err
	}

	// A caller can still hold the volume after it was closed or destroyed, which
	// leaves both of these nil. Refuse the write rather than dereference them.
	if v.nm == nil || v.DataBackend == nil {
		return 0, 0, false, fmt.Errorf("volume %d is closed", v.Id)
	}

	if !fsync {
		return v.doWriteRequest(n, checkCookie)
	}

	end, _, statErr := v.DataBackend.GetStat()
	if statErr != nil {
		return 0, 0, false, fmt.Errorf("cannot read current volume position: %v", statErr)
	}
	priorOffset, priorSize, hasPrior := Offset{}, Size(0), false
	if nv, found := v.nm.Get(n.Id); found {
		priorOffset, priorSize, hasPrior = nv.Offset, nv.Size, true
	}

	offset, size, isUnchanged, err = v.doWriteRequest(n, checkCookie)
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	if syncErr := v.DataBackend.Sync(); syncErr != nil {
		v.checkReadWriteError(syncErr)
		if !isUnchanged {
			v.rollbackUnflushedWrite(n, offset, end, priorOffset, priorSize, hasPrior)
		}
		return 0, 0, false, syncErr
	}
	return
}

// rollbackUnflushedWrite undoes an append whose fsync failed: the bytes are not
// data we can vouch for, so they come back off the .dat and the needle map goes
// back to what it pointed at before, rather than at an offset past the new end.
func (v *Volume) rollbackUnflushedWrite(n *needle.Needle, offset uint64, end int64, priorOffset Offset, priorSize Size, hasPrior bool) {
	var recoveryErr error
	if te := v.DataBackend.Truncate(end); te != nil {
		recoveryErr = fmt.Errorf("truncate %s back to %d: %w", v.DataBackend.Name(), end, te)
	}
	current, found := v.nm.Get(n.Id)
	if found && current.Offset.ToActualOffset() == int64(offset) {
		var err error
		if hasPrior {
			err = v.nm.Put(n.Id, priorOffset, priorSize)
		} else {
			// The tombstone must reach .idx so a replay forgets the needle, but
			// the negated entry it leaves in memory points at truncated bytes
			// and would fail the next write, so erase the mapping as well.
			err = v.nm.Delete(n.Id, ToOffset(int64(offset)))
			if err == nil {
				if rb, ok := v.nm.(batchMapRollbacker); ok {
					err = rb.removeMapping(n.Id)
				} else {
					err = fmt.Errorf("mapper %T cannot remove mapping", v.nm)
				}
			}
		}
		if err != nil {
			recoveryErr = errors.Join(recoveryErr,
				fmt.Errorf("roll back the index of needle %d in volume %d: %w", n.Id, v.Id, err))
		}
	}
	if recoveryErr != nil {
		v.markIoUnavailable(recoveryErr)
	}
}

// writeNeedle2 appends a needle. A durable write normally goes through the
// async batch worker, which fsyncs once for the whole batch; while the server
// is stopping the worker is winding down, so it is flushed inline instead. Both
// paths only return once the .dat is on disk.
func (v *Volume) writeNeedle2(n *needle.Needle, checkCookie bool, fsync bool, isStopping bool) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
	// glog.V(4).Infof("writing needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
	if err := v.UnavailableError(); err != nil {
		return 0, 0, false, err
	}

	if n.Ttl == needle.EMPTY_TTL && v.Ttl != needle.EMPTY_TTL {
		n.SetHasTtl()
		n.Ttl = v.Ttl
	}

	if !fsync || isStopping {
		return v.syncWrite(n, checkCookie, fsync)
	} else {
		asyncRequest := needle.NewAsyncRequest(n, true)
		// using len(n.Data) here instead of n.Size before n.Size is populated in n.Append()
		asyncRequest.ActualSize = needle.GetActualSize(Size(len(n.Data)), v.Version())

		if !v.asyncRequestAppend(asyncRequest) {
			return v.syncWrite(n, checkCookie, fsync)
		}
		offset, _, isUnchanged, err = asyncRequest.WaitComplete()

		return
	}
}

func (v *Volume) doWriteRequest(n *needle.Needle, checkCookie bool) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
	// glog.V(4).Infof("writing needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
	if v.isFileUnchanged(n) {
		size = Size(n.DataSize)
		isUnchanged = true
		return
	}

	// check whether existing needle cookie matches
	nv, ok := v.nm.Get(n.Id)
	if ok {
		existingNeedle, _, _, existingNeedleReadErr := needle.ReadNeedleHeader(v.DataBackend, v.Version(), nv.Offset.ToActualOffset())
		if existingNeedleReadErr != nil {
			err = fmt.Errorf("reading existing needle: %w", existingNeedleReadErr)
			return
		}
		if n.Cookie == 0 && !checkCookie {
			// this is from batch deletion, and read back again when tailing a remote volume
			// which only happens when checkCookie == false and fsync == false
			n.Cookie = existingNeedle.Cookie
		}
		if existingNeedle.Cookie != n.Cookie {
			glog.V(0).Infof("write cookie mismatch: existing %s, new %s",
				needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, existingNeedle), needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n))
			err = fmt.Errorf("mismatching cookie %x", n.Cookie)
			return
		}
	}

	// append to dat file
	n.UpdateAppendAtNs(v.lastAppendAtNs)
	var actualSize int64
	offset, size, actualSize, err = n.Append(v.DataBackend, v.Version())
	v.checkReadWriteError(err)
	if err != nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf("append to volume %d size %d actualSize %d: %v", v.Id, size, actualSize, err)
		return
	}
	v.lastAppendAtNs = n.AppendAtNs

	// add to needle map
	if !ok || uint64(nv.Offset.ToActualOffset()) < offset {
		if err = v.nm.Put(n.Id, ToOffset(int64(offset)), n.Size); err != nil {
			err = fmt.Errorf("index needle %d of volume %d at offset %d: %w", n.Id, v.Id, offset, err)
			glog.V(0).Info(err)
		}
	}
	if v.lastModifiedTsSeconds < n.LastModified {
		v.lastModifiedTsSeconds = n.LastModified
	}
	return
}

func (v *Volume) syncDelete(n *needle.Needle) (Size, error) {
	// glog.V(4).Infof("delete needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()
	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.Unlock()

	if err := v.UnavailableError(); err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}

	if v.nm == nil {
		return 0, nil
	}

	return v.doDeleteRequest(n)
}

func (v *Volume) deleteNeedle2(n *needle.Needle) (Size, error) {
	// todo: delete info is always appended no fsync, it may need fsync in future
	fsync := false

	if !fsync {
		return v.syncDelete(n)
	} else {
		asyncRequest := needle.NewAsyncRequest(n, false)
		asyncRequest.ActualSize = needle.GetActualSize(0, v.Version())

		if !v.asyncRequestAppend(asyncRequest) {
			return v.syncDelete(n)
		}
		_, size, _, err := asyncRequest.WaitComplete()

		return Size(size), err
	}
}

func (v *Volume) doDeleteRequest(n *needle.Needle) (Size, error) {
	glog.V(4).Infof("delete needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
	nv, ok := v.nm.Get(n.Id)
	// fmt.Println("key", n.Id, "volume offset", nv.Offset, "data_size", n.Size, "cached size", nv.Size)
	if ok && !nv.Size.IsDeleted() {
		var offset uint64
		var err error
		size := nv.Size
		if !v.HasRemoteFile() {
			n.Data = nil
			n.UpdateAppendAtNs(v.lastAppendAtNs)
			offset, _, _, err = n.Append(v.DataBackend, v.Version())
			v.checkReadWriteError(err)
			if err != nil {
				return size, err
			}
		}
		v.lastAppendAtNs = n.AppendAtNs
		if err = v.nm.Delete(n.Id, ToOffset(int64(offset))); err != nil {
			return size, err
		}
		return size, err
	}
	return 0, nil
}

func (v *Volume) processBatch(currentRequests []*needle.AsyncRequest) {
	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()
	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.Unlock()

	end, e := int64(0), error(nil)
	if unavailableErr := v.UnavailableError(); unavailableErr != nil {
		e = unavailableErr
	} else if v.nm == nil || v.DataBackend == nil {
		e = fmt.Errorf("volume %d is closed", v.Id)
	} else {
		end, _, e = v.DataBackend.GetStat()
	}
	if e != nil {
		for i := 0; i < len(currentRequests); i++ {
			currentRequests[i].Complete(0, 0, false,
				fmt.Errorf("cannot read current volume position: %v", e))
		}
		return
	}

	batchSnapshots := make(map[NeedleId]*batchNeedleSnapshot, len(currentRequests))
	orderedSnapshots := make([]*batchNeedleSnapshot, 0, len(currentRequests))
	metricRollbacker, _ := v.nm.(batchMetricRollbacker)
	var batchMetrics batchMapMetricSnapshot
	if metricRollbacker != nil {
		batchMetrics = metricRollbacker.snapshotBatchMetrics()
	}
	indexEnd := int64(v.nm.IndexFileSize())
	batchLastAppendAtNs := v.lastAppendAtNs
	batchLastModifiedTsSeconds := v.lastModifiedTsSeconds
	for i := 0; i < len(currentRequests); i++ {
		needleID := currentRequests[i].N.Id
		snapshot, found := batchSnapshots[needleID]
		if !found {
			snapshot = newBatchNeedleSnapshot(v, needleID)
			batchSnapshots[needleID] = snapshot
			orderedSnapshots = append(orderedSnapshots, snapshot)
		}
		if currentRequests[i].IsWriteRequest {
			offset, size, isUnchanged, err := v.doWriteRequest(currentRequests[i].N, true)
			currentRequests[i].UpdateResult(offset, uint64(size), isUnchanged, err)
		} else {
			size, err := v.doDeleteRequest(currentRequests[i].N)
			currentRequests[i].UpdateResult(0, uint64(size), false, err)
		}
		snapshot.observeCurrent(v)
	}

	// if sync error the batch is not durable; restore it before another
	// operation observes the volume
	if syncErr := v.DataBackend.Sync(); syncErr != nil {
		v.checkReadWriteError(syncErr)
		v.lastAppendAtNs = batchLastAppendAtNs
		v.lastModifiedTsSeconds = batchLastModifiedTsSeconds
		batchErr := syncErr
		if recoveryErr := v.rollbackBatch(end, indexEnd, orderedSnapshots, metricRollbacker, batchMetrics); recoveryErr != nil {
			batchErr = errors.Join(syncErr, recoveryErr)
			v.markIoUnavailable(batchErr)
		}
		for i := 0; i < len(currentRequests); i++ {
			currentRequests[i].UpdateResult(0, 0, false, batchErr)
		}
	}

	for i := 0; i < len(currentRequests); i++ {
		currentRequests[i].Submit()
	}
}

// startWorker returns the volume's batch-write channel, creating it and its
// goroutine on first use, and nil once stopWorker has run.
func (v *Volume) startWorker() chan *needle.AsyncRequest {
	v.asyncWorkerLock.Lock()
	defer v.asyncWorkerLock.Unlock()
	if v.asyncWorkerClosed {
		return nil
	}
	if v.asyncRequestsChan != nil {
		return v.asyncRequestsChan
	}
	requests := make(chan *needle.AsyncRequest, 128)
	v.asyncRequestsChan = requests
	go func() {
		chanClosed := false
		for {
			// chan closed. go thread will exit
			if chanClosed {
				break
			}
			currentRequests := make([]*needle.AsyncRequest, 0, 128)
			currentBytesToWrite := int64(0)
			for {
				request, ok := <-requests
				// volume may be closed
				if !ok {
					chanClosed = true
					break
				}
				if MaxPossibleVolumeSize < v.ContentSize()+uint64(currentBytesToWrite+request.ActualSize) {
					request.Complete(0, 0, false,
						fmt.Errorf("volume size limit %d exceeded! current size is %d", MaxPossibleVolumeSize, v.ContentSize()))
					break
				}
				currentRequests = append(currentRequests, request)
				currentBytesToWrite += request.ActualSize
				// submit at most 4M bytes or 128 requests at one time to decrease request delay.
				// it also need to break if there is no data in channel to avoid io hang.
				if currentBytesToWrite >= 4*1024*1024 || len(currentRequests) >= 128 || len(requests) == 0 {
					break
				}
			}
			if len(currentRequests) == 0 {
				continue
			}
			v.processBatch(currentRequests)
		}
	}()
	return requests
}

// stopWorker closes the batch-write channel so the worker drains what is queued
// and exits. It stays closed: a destroyed volume takes no more writes.
func (v *Volume) stopWorker() {
	v.asyncWorkerLock.Lock()
	defer v.asyncWorkerLock.Unlock()
	if v.asyncWorkerClosed {
		return
	}
	v.asyncWorkerClosed = true
	if v.asyncRequestsChan != nil {
		close(v.asyncRequestsChan)
		v.asyncRequestsChan = nil
	}
}

func (v *Volume) WriteNeedleBlob(needleId NeedleId, needleBlob []byte, size Size) error {

	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()
	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.Unlock()

	if err := v.UnavailableError(); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// nm.Put on a read-only volume fails only after the blob is appended to .dat.
	if v.IsReadOnly() {
		return fmt.Errorf("volume %d is read only", v.Id)
	}
	if size.IsDeleted() {
		return fmt.Errorf("needle %d has invalid size %d", needleId, size)
	}

	// size indexes the needle and places the v3 append timestamp, so a caller using
	// the payload-only DataSize corrupts both, silently until the needle is read back.
	if len(needleBlob) < NeedleHeaderSize {
		return fmt.Errorf("needle %d blob of %d bytes is shorter than a needle header", needleId, len(needleBlob))
	}
	var blobHeader needle.Needle
	blobHeader.ParseNeedleHeader(needleBlob)
	if blobHeader.Size != size {
		return fmt.Errorf("needle %d size %d does not match its blob header size %d", needleId, size, blobHeader.Size)
	}
	// The blob is appended as is: its length must be the record this size takes in this volume's version.
	if actualSize := needle.GetActualSize(size, v.Version()); int64(len(needleBlob)) != actualSize {
		return fmt.Errorf("needle %d blob of %d bytes does not match the %d bytes size %d takes in a version %d volume", needleId, len(needleBlob), actualSize, size, v.Version())
	}

	if MaxPossibleVolumeSize < v.nm.ContentSize()+uint64(len(needleBlob)) {
		return fmt.Errorf("volume size limit %d exceeded! current size is %d", MaxPossibleVolumeSize, v.nm.ContentSize())
	}

	nv, ok := v.nm.Get(needleId)
	if ok && nv.Size == size {
		oldNeedle := new(needle.Needle)
		err := oldNeedle.ReadData(v.DataBackend, nv.Offset.ToActualOffset(), nv.Size, v.Version())
		if err == nil {
			newNeedle := new(needle.Needle)
			err = newNeedle.ReadBytes(needleBlob, nv.Offset.ToActualOffset(), size, v.Version())
			if err == nil && oldNeedle.Cookie == newNeedle.Cookie && oldNeedle.Checksum == newNeedle.Checksum && bytes.Equal(oldNeedle.Data, newNeedle.Data) {
				glog.V(0).Infof("needle %v already exists", needleId)
				return nil
			}
		}
	}
	appendAtNs := needle.GetAppendAtNs(v.lastAppendAtNs)
	offset, err := needle.WriteNeedleBlob(v.DataBackend, needleBlob, size, appendAtNs, v.Version())

	v.checkReadWriteError(err)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	v.lastAppendAtNs = appendAtNs

	// add to needle map
	if err = v.nm.Put(needleId, ToOffset(int64(offset)), size); err != nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf("index needle %d of volume %d at offset %d: %w", needleId, v.Id, offset, err)
		glog.V(0).Info(err)
	}

	return err
}