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Yuriy Nesenenko 71da766638 Deleting volume metadata keys with a single request 
Deleting multiple volume metadata keys with a single request
to improve performance.

Related blueprint: delete-multiple-metadata-keys

Change-Id: Iddff8ff3ee4d8690f6ec9d3f45181f1f6e7c1ff1
2016-06-03 13:43:12 +03:00

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Delete multiple volume metadata keys

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/delete-multiple-metadata-keys

Problem description

The current implementation of Cinder API functionality supports deleting of multiple volume metadata as multiple requests for deleting only one metadata key with a request. The more keys are necessary to remove, the more API requests and DB queries are needed. It would be more efficient to delete multiple metadata keys with a single request at a time.

Use Cases

Deleting multiple volume metadata keys with a single request.

Proposed change

To delete multiple metadata items without affecting the remaining ones, just update the metadata items with the updated complete list of ones (without items to delete) in the body of the request. On success, the server responds with a 200 status code.

Note

A PUT request should use etags to avoid the lost update problem.

Alternatives

Have a request that deletes all keys rather than a specified list as an option.

Data model impact

None

REST API impact

The existing API for update metadata will be used in this case. The API call will fail in the case some of the items that are specified to delete does not exist. The API call will send the set of keys that are supposed to be updated and ignore missing keys.

Security impact

None

Notifications impact

One delete notification will be emitted per metadata item deleted as today.

Other end user impact

A user will have new API.

Performance Impact

The deleting of a volume metadata keys with a single request allows to improve performance by reducing DB calls. It's very important in case with many keys. Better performance due to fewer request round trips.

Other deployer impact

None

Developer impact

None

Implementation

Assignee(s)

Primary assignee: Yuriy Nesenenko(ynesenenko@mirantis.com)

Work Items

  • Extend python-cinderclient to support new API.
  • Add unit and tempest tests.

Dependencies

Depends on Cinder API microversion. Depends on API WG patch https://review.openstack.org/281511/ Depends on API WG patch https://review.openstack.org/301846/

Testing

Unit and functional tests are needed to ensure response is working correctly.

Documentation Impact

Documents concerning the API will need to reflect these changes.

References

None