src/model/garage.rs

@@ -305,8 +305,10 @@ impl GarageK2V {
 	fn new(system: Arc<System>, db: &db::Db, meta_rep_param: TableShardedReplication) -> Self {
 		info!("Initialize K2V counter table...");
 		let counter_table = IndexCounter::new(system.clone(), meta_rep_param.clone(), db);
+
 		info!("Initialize K2V subscription manager...");
 		let subscriptions = Arc::new(SubscriptionManager::new());
+
 		info!("Initialize K2V item table...");
 		let item_table = Table::new(
 			K2VItemTable {
@@ -317,7 +319,9 @@ impl GarageK2V {
 			system.clone(),
 			db,
 		);
-		let rpc = K2VRpcHandler::new(system, item_table.clone(), subscriptions);
+
+		info!("Initialize K2V RPC handler...");
+		let rpc = K2VRpcHandler::new(system, db, item_table.clone(), subscriptions);
 
 		Self {
 			item_table,

src/model/k2v/item_table.rs

@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ impl K2VItem {
 		this_node: Uuid,
 		context: &Option<CausalContext>,
 		new_value: DvvsValue,
-	) {
+		node_ts: u64,
+	) -> u64 {
 		if let Some(context) = context {
 			for (node, t_discard) in context.vector_clock.iter() {
 				if let Some(e) = self.items.get_mut(node) {
@@ -98,7 +99,9 @@ impl K2VItem {
 			values: vec![],
 		});
 		let t_prev = e.max_time();
-		e.values.push((t_prev + 1, new_value));
+		let t_new = std::cmp::max(t_prev + 1, node_ts + 1);
+		e.values.push((t_new, new_value));
+		t_new
 	}
 
 	/// Extract the causality context of a K2V Item

src/model/k2v/rpc.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 //! mean the vector clock gets much larger than needed).
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
@@ -15,9 +16,12 @@ use futures::StreamExt;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio::select;
 
+use garage_db as db;
+
 use garage_util::crdt::*;
 use garage_util::data::*;
 use garage_util::error::*;
+use garage_util::time::now_msec;
 
 use garage_rpc::system::System;
 use garage_rpc::*;
@@ -29,6 +33,8 @@ use crate::k2v::causality::*;
 use crate::k2v::item_table::*;
 use crate::k2v::sub::*;
 
+const TIMESTAMP_KEY: &'static [u8] = b"timestamp";
+
 /// RPC messages for K2V
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 enum K2VRpc {
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ impl Rpc for K2VRpc {
 pub struct K2VRpcHandler {
 	system: Arc<System>,
 	item_table: Arc<Table<K2VItemTable, TableShardedReplication>>,
+	local_timestamp_tree: Mutex<db::Tree>,
 	endpoint: Arc<Endpoint<K2VRpc, Self>>,
 	subscriptions: Arc<SubscriptionManager>,
 }
@@ -66,14 +73,19 @@ pub struct K2VRpcHandler {
 impl K2VRpcHandler {
 	pub fn new(
 		system: Arc<System>,
+		db: &db::Db,
 		item_table: Arc<Table<K2VItemTable, TableShardedReplication>>,
 		subscriptions: Arc<SubscriptionManager>,
 	) -> Arc<Self> {
+		let local_timestamp_tree = db
+			.open_tree("k2v_local_timestamp")
+			.expect("Unable to open DB tree for k2v local timestamp");
 		let endpoint = system.netapp.endpoint("garage_model/k2v/Rpc".to_string());
 
 		let rpc_handler = Arc::new(Self {
 			system,
 			item_table,
+			local_timestamp_tree: Mutex::new(local_timestamp_tree),
 			endpoint,
 			subscriptions,
 		});
@@ -273,9 +285,22 @@ impl K2VRpcHandler {
 	}
 
 	fn local_insert(&self, item: &InsertedItem) -> Result<Option<K2VItem>, Error> {
+		// Using a mutex on the local_timestamp_tree is not strictly necessary,
+		// but it helps to not try to do several inserts at the same time,
+		// which would create transaction conflicts and force many useless retries.
+		let local_timestamp_tree = self.local_timestamp_tree.lock().unwrap();
+
+		let now = now_msec();
+
 		self.item_table
 			.data
-			.update_entry_with(&item.partition, &item.sort_key, |ent| {
+			.update_entry_with(&item.partition, &item.sort_key, |tx, ent| {
+				let old_local_timestamp = tx
+					.get(&local_timestamp_tree, TIMESTAMP_KEY)?
+					.and_then(|x| x.try_into().ok())
+					.map(u64::from_be_bytes)
+					.unwrap_or_default();
+
 				let mut ent = ent.unwrap_or_else(|| {
 					K2VItem::new(
 						item.partition.bucket_id,
@@ -283,8 +308,20 @@ impl K2VRpcHandler {
 						item.sort_key.clone(),
 					)
 				});
-				ent.update(self.system.id, &item.causal_context, item.value.clone());
-				ent
+				let new_local_timestamp = ent.update(
+					self.system.id,
+					&item.causal_context,
+					item.value.clone(),
+					std::cmp::max(old_local_timestamp, now),
+				);
+
+				tx.insert(
+					&local_timestamp_tree,
+					TIMESTAMP_KEY,
+					u64::to_be_bytes(new_local_timestamp),
+				)?;
+
+				Ok(ent)
 			})
 	}
 

src/table/data.rs

@@ -181,13 +181,17 @@ impl<F: TableSchema, R: TableReplication> TableData<F, R> {
 	pub(crate) fn update_entry(&self, update_bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		let update = self.decode_entry(update_bytes)?;
 
-		self.update_entry_with(update.partition_key(), update.sort_key(), |ent| match ent {
+		self.update_entry_with(
+			update.partition_key(),
+			update.sort_key(),
+			|_tx, ent| match ent {
 				Some(mut ent) => {
 					ent.merge(&update);
-				ent
+					Ok(ent)
 				}
-			None => update.clone(),
-		})?;
+				None => Ok(update.clone()),
+			},
+		)?;
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ impl<F: TableSchema, R: TableReplication> TableData<F, R> {
 		&self,
 		partition_key: &F::P,
 		sort_key: &F::S,
-		f: impl Fn(Option<F::E>) -> F::E,
+		update_fn: impl Fn(&mut db::Transaction, Option<F::E>) -> db::TxOpResult<F::E>,
 	) -> Result<Option<F::E>, Error> {
 		let tree_key = self.tree_key(partition_key, sort_key);
 
@@ -203,10 +207,10 @@ impl<F: TableSchema, R: TableReplication> TableData<F, R> {
 			let (old_entry, old_bytes, new_entry) = match tx.get(&self.store, &tree_key)? {
 				Some(old_bytes) => {
 					let old_entry = self.decode_entry(&old_bytes).map_err(db::TxError::Abort)?;
-					let new_entry = f(Some(old_entry.clone()));
+					let new_entry = update_fn(&mut tx, Some(old_entry.clone()))?;
 					(Some(old_entry), Some(old_bytes), new_entry)
 				}
-				None => (None, None, f(None)),
+				None => (None, None, update_fn(&mut tx, None)?),
 			};
 
 			// Changed can be true in two scenarios