src/rpc/layout/helper.rs

@@ -51,20 +51,37 @@ impl LayoutHelper {
 	pub fn new(mut layout: LayoutHistory, mut ack_lock: HashMap<u64, AtomicUsize>) -> Self {
 		layout.cleanup_old_versions();
 
+		let all_nodes = layout.get_all_nodes();
 		let all_nongateway_nodes = layout.get_all_nongateway_nodes();
-		layout.clamp_update_trackers(&all_nongateway_nodes);
+
+		layout.clamp_update_trackers(&all_nodes);
 
 		let min_version = layout.min_stored();
+
+		// ack_map_min is the minimum value of ack_map among all nodes
+		// in the cluster (gateway, non-gateway, current and previous layouts).
+		// It is the highest layout version which all of these nodes have
+		// acknowledged, indicating that they are aware of it and are no
+		// longer processing write operations that did not take it into account.
 		let ack_map_min = layout
 			.update_trackers
 			.ack_map
-			.min(&all_nongateway_nodes, min_version);
+			.min_among(&all_nodes, min_version);
+
+		// sync_map_min is the minimum value of sync_map among all storage nodes
+		// in the cluster (non-gateway nodes only, current and previous layouts).
+		// It is the highest layout version for which we know that all relevant
+		// storage nodes have fullfilled a sync, and therefore it is safe to
+		// use a read quorum within that layout to ensure consistency.
+		// Gateway nodes are excluded here because they hold no relevant data
+		// (they store the bucket and access key tables, but we don't have
+		// consistency on those).
+		// TODO: this value could take quorums into account instead.
 		let sync_map_min = layout
 			.update_trackers
 			.sync_map
-			.min(&all_nongateway_nodes, min_version);
+			.min_among(&all_nongateway_nodes, min_version);
 
-		let all_nodes = layout.get_all_nodes();
 		let trackers_hash = layout.calculate_trackers_hash();
 		let staging_hash = layout.calculate_staging_hash();
 

src/rpc/layout/history.rs

@@ -77,14 +77,16 @@ impl LayoutHistory {
 		}
 
 		// If there are old versions that no one is reading from anymore,
-		// remove them
+		// remove them (keep them in self.old_versions).
+		// ASSUMPTION: we only care about where nodes in the current layout version
+		// are reading from, as we assume older nodes are being discarded.
 		while self.versions.len() > 1 {
-			let all_nongateway_nodes = self.get_all_nongateway_nodes();
+			let current_nodes = &self.current().node_id_vec;
 			let min_version = self.min_stored();
 			let sync_ack_map_min = self
 				.update_trackers
 				.sync_ack_map
-				.min(&all_nongateway_nodes, min_version);
+				.min_among(&current_nodes, min_version);
 			if self.min_stored() < sync_ack_map_min {
 				let removed = self.versions.remove(0);
 				info!(

src/rpc/layout/schema.rs

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ impl UpdateTracker {
 		}
 	}
 
-	pub(crate) fn min(&self, storage_nodes: &[Uuid], min_version: u64) -> u64 {
+	pub(crate) fn min_among(&self, storage_nodes: &[Uuid], min_version: u64) -> u64 {
 		storage_nodes
 			.iter()
 			.map(|x| self.0.get(x).copied().unwrap_or(min_version))