Tickets :: Comment on [#12567] AS: Unlikely race condition leads to data loss

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Comment	> When Horde_ActiveSync processes an incoming change, we write down the > modseq number and the object_uid of that change among other things. > The idea is to not send back changes originating from a client _back_ > to this client on the next getChanges() run. > > Because of the problems detailed before, the idea is to add > an md5 based change detection. The changes to the code > is limited to Horde_ActiveSync and not that huge. > > The current, existing sync map looks like this: > ----------------------------- > CREATE TABLE "horde_activesync_map" ( > "message_uid" varchar(255) NOT NULL, > "sync_modtime" int, > "sync_key" varchar(255) NOT NULL, > "sync_devid" varchar(255) NOT NULL, > "sync_folderid" varchar(255) NOT NULL, > "sync_user" varchar(255) > , "sync_clientid" varchar(255), "sync_deleted" boolean); > ----------------------------- > > The only thing we would add is the new > "sync_md5" varchar(255) > > field > > > Here's the pseudo new code: > ----------------------------- > function process_change_from_PIM() > { > $md5 = md5(array_sort($object)); > > if (send_change_to_backend($object) == true) { > store_into_syncmap(highest_modseq, sync_key, md5 and the others) > } > } > > > function send_changes_to_client($start, $end, $current_sync_key) > { > $changes = getServerChanges($start, $end); > > // GC the sync map (collect all entries for this device+folder) > $client_changes = "SELECT * from sync_map WHERE folder_id = > current_folder, > dev_id = current_device, > user = current_user > ORDER BY modseq"; > // <-- the ORDER BY is important here > > foreach($client_changes as $row => $client_change) > { > if ($client_change['modseq'] < $start && > $client_change['sync_key'] < $current_sync_key) { > sql("DELETE from syncmap WHERE modseq = > $client_change['modseq'] AND folder_id=current AND devid=current AND > user=current"); > unset($client_change[$row]); > } > } > > // collect most current md5sum (=object state) on the client > // (the client could change an object multiple times > while a big sync _to_ the client is running) > // the $client_changes array is already sorted by modseq > // therefore we have the latest object state of the client at the > end of the loop > > $latest_md5 = array(); > foreach($client_changes as $client_change) { > $latest_md5[$client_change['object_uid']] = $client_change['md5']; > } > > // final check if server change originated on the client > foreach($changes as $id => $change) { > $object_uid = $change['object_uid']; > if (isset($latest_md5[$object_uid])) { > $object = fetch_from_backend($object_uid); > $server_md5 = md5(array_sort($object)); > > if ($server_md5 == $latest_md5['object_uid']) { > Horde::log("Ignoring PIM initiated change for: > object_uid, modseq, md5"); > unset($changes[$id]); > } > } > } > > // get all remaining changes to send > $objects = fetch_from_backend($changes); > send_to_client($objects); > } > ----------------------------- > > As Michael pointed out, my first implementation is not perfect > since it currently needs another roundtrip through the API. > We try to move this to the point were we need to fetch the object anyway. > > The new code simplifies garbage collection of the syncMap, too > since it's self-cleaning as soon as an entry is not needed anymore. > > During normal work loads (=changes coming in from the server), > the syncMap is stays empty and no md5 checksumming is done at all. > We only need to checksum changes initiated by the client. >
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