fix(zone): waitpid should be limited when no child processes exist (fixes #304) (#305)

crates/zone/src/background.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use krata::idm::{
 };
 use log::debug;
 use nix::unistd::Pid;
+use tokio::sync::broadcast::Receiver;
 use tokio::{select, sync::broadcast};
 
 pub struct ZoneBackground {
@@ -23,15 +24,18 @@ pub struct ZoneBackground {
     child: Pid,
     _cgroup: Cgroup,
     wait: ChildWait,
+    child_receiver: Receiver<ChildEvent>,
 }
 
 impl ZoneBackground {
     pub async fn new(idm: IdmInternalClient, cgroup: Cgroup, child: Pid) -> Result<ZoneBackground> {
+        let (wait, child_receiver) = ChildWait::new()?;
         Ok(ZoneBackground {
             idm,
             child,
             _cgroup: cgroup,
-            wait: ChildWait::new()?,
+            wait,
+            child_receiver,
         })
     }
 
@@ -39,7 +43,6 @@ impl ZoneBackground {
         let mut event_subscription = self.idm.subscribe().await?;
         let mut requests_subscription = self.idm.requests().await?;
         let mut request_streams_subscription = self.idm.request_streams().await?;
-        let mut wait_subscription = self.wait.subscribe().await?;
         loop {
             select! {
                 x = event_subscription.recv() => match x {
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ impl ZoneBackground {
                     }
                 },
 
-                event = wait_subscription.recv() => match event {
+                event = self.child_receiver.recv() => match event {
                     Ok(event) => self.child_event(event).await?,
                     Err(_) => {
                         break;

crates/zone/src/childwait.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use libc::{c_int, waitpid, WEXITSTATUS, WIFEXITED};
+use log::warn;
+use nix::unistd::Pid;
+use std::thread::sleep;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{
     ptr::addr_of_mut,
     sync::{
@@ -6,11 +12,6 @@ use std::{
     },
     thread::{self, JoinHandle},
 };
-
-use anyhow::Result;
-use libc::{c_int, waitpid, WEXITSTATUS, WIFEXITED};
-use log::warn;
-use nix::unistd::Pid;
 use tokio::sync::broadcast::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
 
 const CHILD_WAIT_QUEUE_LEN: usize = 10;
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ pub struct ChildWait {
 }
 
 impl ChildWait {
-    pub fn new() -> Result<ChildWait> {
-        let (sender, _) = channel(CHILD_WAIT_QUEUE_LEN);
+    pub fn new() -> Result<(ChildWait, Receiver<ChildEvent>)> {
+        let (sender, receiver) = channel(CHILD_WAIT_QUEUE_LEN);
         let signal = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
         let mut processor = ChildWaitTask {
             sender: sender.clone(),
@@ -41,11 +42,14 @@ impl ChildWait {
                 warn!("failed to process child updates: {}", error);
             }
         });
-        Ok(ChildWait {
-            sender,
-            signal,
-            _task: Arc::new(task),
-        })
+        Ok((
+            ChildWait {
+                sender,
+                signal,
+                _task: Arc::new(task),
+            },
+            receiver,
+        ))
     }
 
     pub async fn subscribe(&self) -> Result<Receiver<ChildEvent>> {
@@ -63,7 +67,13 @@ impl ChildWaitTask {
         loop {
             let mut status: c_int = 0;
             let pid = unsafe { waitpid(-1, addr_of_mut!(status), 0) };
-
+            // pid being -1 indicates an error occurred, wait 100 microseconds to avoid
+            // overloading the channel. Right now we don't consider any other errors
+            // but that is fine for now, as waitpid shouldn't ever stop anyway.
+            if pid == -1 {
+                sleep(Duration::from_micros(100));
+                continue;
+            }
             if WIFEXITED(status) {
                 let event = ChildEvent {
                     pid: Pid::from_raw(pid),