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rclone/backend/sftp/writerat.go
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4722b94d1a sftp: implement multi-thread uploads - fixes #8185
The sftp backend could be used as the source of a multi-thread copy -
each chunk of a download is read on its own connection - but not as the
destination, because it did not implement OpenWriterAt. Uploading a
single large file was therefore limited to one connection while
downloading the same file was not, capping upload throughput well below
the link speed on high latency connections.

This implements OpenWriterAt for the sftp backend using lib/filepool. A
small pool of open write handles, each backed by its own connection,
lets the core write the chunks of a large file concurrently over several
connections. The file is created and truncated once up front so every
chunk offset is valid before the concurrent writes start.

Multi-thread uploads are off by default and turned on with the new
--sftp-multithread-upload flag, since many sftp servers only accept
sequential writes and would fail large uploads otherwise. Even when
enabled they fall back to a single connection when
--sftp-disable-concurrent-writes is set (a server that can't take
out-of-order packets on one handle won't take several handles either) or
when --sftp-connections caps the pool (the per-file fan-out would
otherwise deadlock waiting on it).

The OpenSSH test server (TestSFTPOpenssh) enables
--sftp-multithread-upload so the feature is exercised in CI against a
real server.

Tested against OpenSSH: a single large upload over a high latency link
went from ~12 MB/s to ~90 MB/s.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Splainte <r.wycke@hotmail.fr>
2026-08-30 13:06:06 +01:00

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Go

//go:build !plan9
package sftp
import (
"context"
"errors"
"fmt"
"os"
"sync"
"github.com/pkg/sftp"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/filepool"
)
// poolFile is a pooled write handle together with the connection it lives on.
type poolFile struct {
file *sftp.File
c *conn
}
// openPoolFile opens a fresh write handle on its own connection for path. The
// file must already exist: the handle opens O_WRONLY only, so it never races
// another handle to create or truncate.
func (f *Fs) openPoolFile(path string) func(context.Context) (*poolFile, error) {
return func(ctx context.Context) (*poolFile, error) {
c, err := f.getSftpConnection(ctx)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
file, err := c.sftpClient.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY)
if err != nil {
f.putSftpConnection(&c, err)
return nil, err
}
return &poolFile{file: file, c: c}, nil
}
}
// releasePoolFile closes a pooled handle and returns its connection.
func (f *Fs) releasePoolFile(pf *poolFile, err error) error {
closeErr := pf.file.Close()
if err == nil {
err = closeErr
}
f.putSftpConnection(&pf.c, err)
return closeErr
}
// sftpWriterAt is the fs.WriterAtCloser used by the core's multi-thread copy.
// WriteAt is called concurrently at non-overlapping offsets, each borrowing its
// own handle from the pool.
type sftpWriterAt struct {
fs *Fs
pool *filepool.Pool[*poolFile]
closeMu sync.Mutex
closed bool
wg sync.WaitGroup
}
// WriteAt writes p at offset off using a handle borrowed from the pool.
func (w *sftpWriterAt) WriteAt(p []byte, off int64) (int, error) {
w.closeMu.Lock()
if w.closed {
w.closeMu.Unlock()
return 0, errors.New("sftp: WriteAt on closed writer")
}
w.wg.Add(1)
w.closeMu.Unlock()
defer w.wg.Done()
pf, err := w.pool.Get()
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
n, writeErr := pf.file.WriteAt(p, off)
w.pool.Put(pf, writeErr)
if writeErr != nil {
return n, fmt.Errorf("failed to write at offset %d: %w", off, writeErr)
}
return n, nil
}
// Close waits for outstanding writes then closes every pooled handle.
func (w *sftpWriterAt) Close() error {
w.closeMu.Lock()
if w.closed {
w.closeMu.Unlock()
return nil
}
w.closed = true
w.closeMu.Unlock()
w.wg.Wait()
err := w.pool.Drain()
w.fs.removeSession()
return err
}
// OpenWriterAt opens remote for random-access writes, truncating any existing
// object, and pre-sizes it to size (if known) so every chunk offset is valid.
//
// The file is created and truncated once here, on a single connection, so the
// pooled handles open O_WRONLY and never race to truncate each other's data.
func (f *Fs) OpenWriterAt(ctx context.Context, remote string, size int64) (fs.WriterAtCloser, error) {
err := f.mkParentDir(ctx, remote)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenWriterAt: %w", err)
}
path := f.remotePath(remote)
c, err := f.getSftpConnection(ctx)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenWriterAt: %w", err)
}
file, err := c.sftpClient.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC)
if err != nil {
f.putSftpConnection(&c, err)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenWriterAt: create failed: %w", err)
}
if size > 0 {
if truncErr := file.Truncate(size); truncErr != nil {
_ = file.Close()
f.putSftpConnection(&c, truncErr)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenWriterAt: truncate failed (the server may not support multi-thread uploads; try without --sftp-multithread-upload): %w", truncErr)
}
}
if closeErr := file.Close(); closeErr != nil {
f.putSftpConnection(&c, closeErr)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenWriterAt: close failed: %w", closeErr)
}
f.putSftpConnection(&c, nil)
f.addSession()
return &sftpWriterAt{fs: f, pool: filepool.New(ctx, f.openPoolFile(path), f.releasePoolFile)}, nil
}