From 712055f2f88cb776dd473980297ab227244a852b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amaury Denoyelle <adenoyelle@haproxy.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 15:26:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] MEDIUM: proxy: implement backend deletion

This patch finalizes "del backend" handler by implementing the proper
proxy deletion.

After ensuring backend deletion can be performed, several steps are
executed. First, any watcher elements are updated to point on the next
proxy instance. The backend is then removed from ID and name global
trees and is finally detached from proxies_list.

Once the backend instance is removed from proxies_list, the backend
cannot be found by new elements. Thread isolation is lifted and
proxy_drop() is called, which will purge the proxy if its refcount is
null. Thanks to recently introduced PROXIES_DEL_LOCK, proxy_drop() is
thread safe.
---
 src/proxy.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/proxy.c b/src/proxy.c
index f52cc08f8..ab0543827 100644
--- a/src/proxy.c
+++ b/src/proxy.c
@@ -5098,7 +5098,8 @@ int be_check_for_deletion(const char *bename, struct proxy **pb, const char **pm
 /* Handler for "delete backend". Runs under thread isolation. Always returns 1. */
 static int cli_parse_delete_backend(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx, void *private)
 {
-	struct proxy *px;
+	struct watcher *px_watch;
+	struct proxy *px, *prev;
 	const char *msg;
 	char *be_name;
 	int ret;
@@ -5120,11 +5121,32 @@ static int cli_parse_delete_backend(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *a
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	while (!MT_LIST_ISEMPTY(&px->watcher_list)) {
+		px_watch = MT_LIST_NEXT(&px->watcher_list, struct watcher *, el);
+		watcher_next(px_watch, px->next);
+	}
+
+	ceb32_item_delete(&used_proxy_id, conf.uuid_node, uuid, px);
+	cebis_item_delete(&proxy_by_name, conf.name_node, id, px);
+
+	/* Detach backend from global proxies_list. */
+	if (proxies_list == px) {
+		proxies_list = px->next;
+	}
+	else {
+		for (prev = proxies_list->next; prev && prev->next != px; prev = prev->next)
+			;
+		BUG_ON(!prev); /* Proxy instance not found in global list ? */
+		prev->next = px->next;
+	}
+
 	px->flags |= PR_FL_DELETED;
 
 	thread_release();
 
 	ha_notice("Backend deleted.\n");
+	proxy_drop(px);
+
 	cli_umsg(appctx, LOG_INFO);
 	return 1;