// Prefer local disks
			prefer[index] = disk.Hostname() == ""
		}

		written, err := erasure.Decode(ctx, writer, readers, partOffset, partLength, partSize, prefer)
		// Note: we should not be defer'ing the following closeBitrotReaders() call as
		// we are inside a for loop i.e if we use defer, we would accumulate a lot of open files by the time
		// we return from this function.

		buf, err := ri.MarshalMsg(data)
		ri.mu.Unlock()
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		return saveConfig(ctx, api, getJobReportPath(job), buf)
	}
	ri.mu.Unlock()
	return nil
}

// Note: to be used only with batch jobs that affect multiple versions through
// a single action. e.g batch-expire has an option to expire all versions of an
// object which matches the given filters.