ROX-33222: handle multiple hardlinks - #1468
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds eBPF hardlink event capture and reference-counted inode tracking. It updates unlink and rename cleanup and adds tests for monitored, ignored, and multiple hardlink scenarios. ChangesHardlink tracking
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to An ignored hardlink can keep an inode monitored after its final monitored path is removed, causing unexpected access events from ignored paths. This behavior should be corrected before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Filesystem
participant trace_path_link
participant RingBuffer
participant HostScanner
Filesystem->>trace_path_link: create hardlink
trace_path_link->>RingBuffer: submit FILE_ACTIVITY_LINK
RingBuffer->>HostScanner: deliver link event
HostScanner->>HostScanner: update inode reference count and host path
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In `@fact/src/event/mod.rs`:
- Line 158: Update the FileData::Link match pattern to use tuple-variant syntax,
replacing the invalid struct-style pattern with a wildcard payload match.
In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs`:
- Around line 521-526: Update the rename handling around unref_inode and the
inode_map insertion so a destination inode with remaining monitored hardlinks
retains a valid destination path rather than being assigned the overwritten
path. Store or rebuild per-inode monitored paths before forwarding the rename
event, while preserving the old_inode mapping for the renamed source.
- Line 428: Update the ignored-event cleanup branch following
update_entry_with_inode in the host scanner to also remove the matching
usage_count entry when removing inode_map and kernel_inode_map entries. Preserve
reference-aware removal for events that actually added a monitored reference.
In `@tests/test_path_link.py`:
- Line 291: Update the test around server.wait_events(events) to add a bounded
quiescence check after the expected UNLINK event, draining or observing
subsequent queued events before asserting that none are OPEN. Preserve the
existing expected-event verification and use the test’s existing event-server
mechanisms.
- Around line 66-68: Extend the test covering the monitored hardlinks created
with os.link to unlink one non-primary link, open another remaining monitored
link, and assert that an OPEN event is emitted with the expected host_path. Keep
the existing CREATION assertions and use the test’s established event-waiting
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| match self.build_host_path(event) { | ||
| Some(host_path) => self | ||
| .update_entry_with_inode(*inode, host_path) | ||
| .update_entry_with_inode(*inode, host_path, true) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Clear usage counts during ignored-event cleanup.
Line 428 increments the inode count before the later ignored-event branch directly removes only inode_map and kernel_inode_map. For a creation under a monitored parent that fails the final glob match, the count remains. A later monitored hardlink increments that stale count, so its final unlink leaves the inode tracked with no monitored path.
Remove the matching usage_count entry when ignored-event cleanup removes an inode, or route cleanup through reference-aware removal only when the event added a reference.
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In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs` at line 428, Update the ignored-event cleanup
branch following update_entry_with_inode in the host scanner to also remove the
matching usage_count entry when removing inode_map and kernel_inode_map entries.
Preserve reference-aware removal for events that actually added a monitored
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Assert that no later OPEN event is emitted.
server.wait_events(events) returns as soon as it consumes the expected UNLINK event. EventServer._wait_events does not inspect subsequent queue entries. An incorrect OPEN event from line 266 can arrive after that return, and this test will still pass.
Add a bounded quiescence assertion that drains or observes the event queue after the expected events. Then assert that it contains no OPEN event.
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In `@tests/test_path_link.py` at line 291, Update the test around
server.wait_events(events) to add a bounded quiescence check after the expected
UNLINK event, draining or observing subsequent queued events before asserting
that none are OPEN. Preserve the existing expected-event verification and use
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483-487: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftDo not count an ignored hardlink as a monitored reference.
MONITORED_BY_INODEmeans the inode is already tracked. It does not prove that the new dentry is monitored. This increment retains the inode after the monitored path is unlinked when the new link is in an ignored directory. The later OPEN through that ignored link is then emitted. This conflicts withtests/test_path_link.pylines 313-374.Count the link only after confirming that its target path matches the monitored paths. Preserve event forwarding if ignored-link creation events are intentional.
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In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs`:
- Around line 483-487: The hardlink handling in the host scanner currently
increments usage_count for every link sharing a monitored inode, including links
in ignored directories. Update this flow to increment usage_count only after
confirming the new dentry’s target path matches a monitored path, while
preserving intentional forwarding of ignored-link creation events.
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Still have to review the new tests, overall the PR is looking good though.
| let f_act = fact_api::FileXattrChange::from(event); | ||
| fact_api::file_activity::File::XattrRemove(f_act) | ||
| } | ||
| FileData::Link(event) => { |
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Since this type of event is being handled the same as a creation, you can probably just change the FileData::Creation(event) branch to FileData::Creation(event) | FileData::Link(event)
| let mut host_scanner = HostScanner { | ||
| kernel_inode_map, | ||
| inode_map, | ||
| usage_count: RefCell::new(HashMap::new()), |
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[nitpick] Just for consistency, we could create a usage_count variable in line 139 and have the implicit assignment like the rest of the members.
| self.usage_count | ||
| .borrow_mut() | ||
| .entry(inode) | ||
| .and_modify(|c| *c += 1) | ||
| .or_insert(1); |
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I see this pattern in a few places, might be worth adding a small helper method like:
fn usage_count_inc(&self, inode: inode_key_t) {
self.usage_count
.borrow_mut()
.entry(inode)
.and_modify(|c| *c += 1)
.or_insert(1);
}Then the call sites get simplified to self.usage_count_inc(inode)
| event.set_host_path(host_path); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| monitored_t::MONITORED_BY_PATH => { |
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Should we just unify the NOT_MONITORED and MONITORED_BY_PATH branches?
monitored_t::NOT_MONITORED | monitored_t::MONITORED_BY_PATH => {
// The new path is not monitored or no inode tracking is involved, nothing to do.
}| let mut inode_map = self.inode_map.borrow_mut(); | ||
| let Some(path) = inode_map.remove(event.get_inode()) else { | ||
| let inode = event.get_inode(); | ||
| let Some(path) = self.inode_map.borrow().get(inode).cloned() else { |
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With this approach we are creating a copy of the path for every rename event that lands in this branch, it's probably not a big deal, but it is probably better to just change unref_inode to either take the mutable borrow we already had here, which will remove the need for the borrow to be dropped before calling that method.
Alternatively, you can change this to if self.inode_map.borrow().get(inode).is_none() { and then perform a second lookup after the call to unref_inode, I'm willing to bet two lookups in a hashmap for the same value are faster than cloning a path.
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Another alternative, have unref_inode return the path that was removed from the inode map, which should be as simple as removing the .is_some() in the last line in that method and changing the return type to Option<PathBuf>
| drop(inode_map); | ||
| for inode in inodes_to_remove { | ||
| self.unref_inode(&inode); |
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This seems like another instance where just passing the mutable reference to unref_inode seems like a better solution than dropping the borrow and retaking it later.
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When files are tracked via their inode (host), we need to take into account that access may be done using a dentry (path) that is not the monitored one. Also, we need to adapt the kernel "monitored" inode life-cycle to verify if there are paths still monitored. The host_scanner model has to be updated to support several paths per inode.
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