external: remove old compatibility check of BR (#50534) (#51340)

close #50533

br/pkg/storage/gcs.go

@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	backuppb "github.com/pingcap/kvproto/pkg/brpb"
-	"github.com/pingcap/log"
 	berrors "github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2/google"
 	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
 	"google.golang.org/api/option"
@@ -336,42 +334,9 @@ func NewGCSStorage(ctx context.Context, gcs *backuppb.GCS, opts *ExternalStorage
 	}
 
 	bucket := client.Bucket(gcs.Bucket)
-	// check whether it's a bug before #647, to solve case #2
-	// If the storage is set as gcs://bucket/prefix/,
-	// the backupmeta is written correctly to gcs://bucket/prefix/backupmeta,
-	// but the SSTs are written wrongly to gcs://bucket/prefix//*.sst (note the extra slash).
-	// see details about case 2 at https://github.com/pingcap/br/issues/675#issuecomment-753780742
-	sstInPrefix := hasSSTFiles(ctx, bucket, gcs.Prefix)
-	sstInPrefixSlash := hasSSTFiles(ctx, bucket, gcs.Prefix+"//")
-	if sstInPrefixSlash && !sstInPrefix {
-		// This is a old bug, but we must make it compatible.
-		// so we need find sst in slash directory
-		gcs.Prefix += "//"
-	}
 	return &GCSStorage{gcs: gcs, bucket: bucket}, nil
 }
 
-func hasSSTFiles(ctx context.Context, bucket *storage.BucketHandle, prefix string) bool {
-	query := storage.Query{Prefix: prefix}
-	_ = query.SetAttrSelection([]string{"Name"})
-	it := bucket.Objects(ctx, &query)
-	for {
-		attrs, err := it.Next()
-		if err == iterator.Done { // nolint:errorlint
-			break
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Warn("failed to list objects on gcs, will use default value for `prefix`", zap.Error(err))
-			break
-		}
-		if strings.HasSuffix(attrs.Name, ".sst") {
-			log.Info("sst file found in prefix slash", zap.String("file", attrs.Name))
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // gcsObjectReader wrap storage.Reader and add the `Seek` method.
 type gcsObjectReader struct {
 	storage   *GCSStorage