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feat(cli): doctor readiness gate — --json, FC pin, netns floor, reflink probe, REST smoke spawn - #3
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…r, reflink workdir probe, REST smoke spawn
forkd doctor today is a human diagnostic (18 checks, glyph report). A
serving pool needs a GATE: a cpu-sbx node is ready only when every
blocking check is green AND the node can actually fork.
- --json: machine-readable {ready, checks[]} output; exit code is
the gate (0 = no FAIL). WARN never blocks, same as the human path.
- --expected-fc-version: exact pin compare (snapshot-family rule:
restore only on the exact FC version x CPU family x guest kernel;
'>=1.10' is too loose for a homogeneous pool).
- --min-netns N: fan-out >1 needs one forkd-child-* netns per
concurrent child; fewer = FAIL.
- reflink workdir check (new, always on): per-child rootfs backing
(PR deeplethe#321) is FICLONE on XFS (~6 ms/fork) but a full stream copy on
ext4 (~265 s/fork for a 24G base). Probes ioctl(FICLONE) in TMPDIR.
- --smoke-tag TAG [--smoke-port P]: REST-spawn one sandbox through
the live daemon (per_child_netns), optionally TCP-probe envd
(:49983), always delete. Proves restore+fork e2e.
tempfile moves dev->runtime deps (doctor uses it on the probe path).
The guest of a per-child-netns sandbox lives at 10.42.0.2 INSIDE its netns; from the root netns the probe got 'No route to host'. Probe now setns()es via 'ip netns exec' in a helper child (never in-process) and retries for 10s to cover envd/socat bind lag — same contract as lane-02's init-loop.sh. Non-Linux gets a plain-connect stub. Also derive Default for DoctorOpts (clippy derivable_impls).
…ns pools Each per-child netns carries its own ARP neighbor table. The Linux defaults (gc_thresh1/2/3 = 128/512/1024) overflow once a pool does n~100 REST fan-out spawns: every subsequent spawn then stalls in guest-net bring-up with 'neighbour: arp_cache: neighbor table overflow!' in dmesg (observed live on the Phase 0 C3 node, forkd-p0-1: POST /v1/sandboxes >55s stall while GETs stayed instant). WARN, not FAIL: a fresh node passes until it fans out hard, and the fix is one sysctl — but a serving pool must raise it at bootstrap.
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1303-1332: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAssert the serialized readiness value.
json_gate_warn_does_not_block_but_fail_doesnever callsprint_jsonor checks JSON. It only repeats the FAIL predicate, so it passes if JSONreadybecomestruefor a failing check. Extract the JSON construction into a helper and assert itsreadyfield.Suggested fix
-fn print_json(checks: &[Check]) { +fn json_output(checks: &[Check]) -> serde_json::Value { let any_fail = checks.iter().any(|c| c.status == Status::Fail); - let out = serde_json::json!({ + serde_json::json!({ "ready": !any_fail, "checks": checks .iter() @@ }) .collect::<Vec<_>>(), - }); - println!("{out}"); + }) +} + +fn print_json(checks: &[Check]) { + println!("{}", json_output(checks)); } @@ - assert!(!warn_only.iter().any(|c| c.status == Status::Fail)); let failing = vec![Check::pass("a", "ok"), Check::fail("b", "bad", "h")]; - assert!(failing.iter().any(|c| c.status == Status::Fail)); + assert_eq!(json_output(&warn_only)["ready"].as_bool(), Some(true)); + assert_eq!(json_output(&failing)["ready"].as_bool(), Some(false));🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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1334-1346: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winExercise the production exact-pin comparison.
fc_version_pin_is_exact_string_matchduplicates token extraction and never callscheck_firecracker_version. Extract the pinned comparison into a pureevaluate_fc_version(first_line, expected) -> Checkhelper, call it from production, and test a newer version against an older pin.Suggested test correction
- let first = "Firecracker v1.12.0"; - let ver = first - .split_whitespace() - .find(|t| t.starts_with('v') && t.contains('.')) - .unwrap_or("?"); - assert_eq!(ver, "v1.12.0"); - assert_ne!(ver, "v1.13.0"); + let check = evaluate_fc_version("Firecracker v1.13.0", Some("v1.12.0")); + assert_eq!(check.status, Status::Fail);🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comments at @crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs:
- Around line 988-996: Update the in-netns probe command in the function
containing this `Command::new("ip")` call to enforce a 3-second connection
timeout and avoid interpolating `addr` into shell code. Pass the parsed socket
address’s host and port as positional arguments to the shell, preserving the
existing probe result behavior.
- Line 855: Replace the interpolated JSON string in the spawn flow with a
serde_json::json! value, following the pattern in snapshot_diff_cmd, then
serialize it to a string. Include the intended snapshot_tag and per_child_netns
fields and preserve any required spawn defaults without allowing tag contents to
add fields.
- Around line 900-907: Update the cleanup closure in the smoke-check flow to
inspect the DELETE result instead of discarding it. When the incoming Check is a
pass, return it only for a successful 2xx response; convert non-2xx responses
and transport errors into a failed Check with cleanup context. Preserve the
incoming Check unchanged when it already represents a failure.
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Review comments at @crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs:
- Around line 1303-1332: Extract the JSON value construction from print_json
into a helper that returns the serialized output, and keep print_json
responsible for printing that helper’s result. Update
json_gate_warn_does_not_block_but_fail_does to assert the helper’s ready field
is true for warning-only checks and false when a check fails.
- Around line 1334-1346: Extract the pinned-version comparison from
check_firecracker_version into a pure evaluate_fc_version(first_line, expected)
helper and have the production check use it. Update
fc_version_pin_is_exact_string_match to call the helper with a newer Firecracker
version and an older pin, asserting that the result fails.
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| let agent = ureq::AgentBuilder::new() | ||
| .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30)) | ||
| .build(); | ||
| let body = format!(r#"{{"snapshot_tag":"{tag}","per_child_netns":true}}"#); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Build the spawn body with serde_json::json! instead of string interpolation.
tag comes from --smoke-tag and is inserted into the JSON without escaping. A tag that contains " or \ produces malformed JSON. A tag can also inject extra fields, for example x","n":1000,"memory_limit_mib":1. The daemon rejects unsafe tags only after it parses the body. Injected fields therefore reach the request struct. Use the same pattern as snapshot_diff_cmd in crates/forkd-cli/src/main.rs.
Proposed fix
--- "a/crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs"
+++ "b/crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs"
@@ -852,7 +852,12 @@
let agent = ureq::AgentBuilder::new()
.timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
.build();
- let body = format!(r#"{{"snapshot_tag":"{tag}","per_child_netns":true}}"#);
+ let body = serde_json::json!({
+ "snapshot_tag": tag,
+ "n": 1,
+ "per_child_netns": true,
+ })
+ .to_string();
let spawn = match agent
.post(&url)
.set("Authorization", &format!("Bearer {token}"))📝 Committable suggestion
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| let body = format!(r#"{{"snapshot_tag":"{tag}","per_child_netns":true}}"#); | |
| let body = serde_json::json!({ | |
| "snapshot_tag": tag, | |
| "n": 1, | |
| "per_child_netns": true, | |
| }) | |
| .to_string(); |
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Review comment at @crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs at line 855:
Replace the interpolated JSON string in the spawn flow with a serde_json::json!
value, following the pattern in snapshot_diff_cmd, then serialize it to a
string. Include the intended snapshot_tag and per_child_netns fields and
preserve any required spawn defaults without allowing tag contents to add
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| let delete = |check: Check| -> Check { | ||
| let del_url = format!("{url}/{id}"); | ||
| let _ = agent | ||
| .delete(&del_url) | ||
| .set("Authorization", &format!("Bearer {token}")) | ||
| .call(); | ||
| check | ||
| }; |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Fail the smoke check when cleanup fails.
After a successful spawn, both smoke paths pass Check::pass(...) to the cleanup closure. The closure discards the DELETE result, so a transport error or non-success response can still produce PASS. A transport error can leave the sandbox running, and a server error can leave daemon state inconsistent.
Suggested fix
--- "a/crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs"
+++ "b/crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs"
@@ -897,14 +897,29 @@
);
}
// Ensure cleanup on every path below.
let delete = |check: Check| -> Check {
let del_url = format!("{url}/{id}");
- let _ = agent
+ let cleanup = agent
.delete(&del_url)
.set("Authorization", &format!("Bearer {token}"))
.call();
+ if check.status == Status::Pass {
+ return match cleanup {
+ Ok(resp) if (200..300).contains(&resp.status()) => check,
+ Ok(resp) => Check::fail(
+ name,
+ format!("spawned `{tag}` but cleanup returned HTTP {}", resp.status()),
+ "check the daemon logs and retry sandbox deletion",
+ ),
+ Err(e) => Check::fail(
+ name,
+ format!("spawned `{tag}` but cleanup failed: {e}"),
+ "check the daemon logs and retry sandbox deletion",
+ ),
+ };
+ }
check
};
// Optional guest-port probe (e.g. envd on :49983). Per-child-netns
// sandboxes put the guest at 10.42.0.2 INSIDE the child's netns,
// so the probe must run via `ip netns exec <netns>` — from the📝 Committable suggestion
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| let delete = |check: Check| -> Check { | |
| let del_url = format!("{url}/{id}"); | |
| let _ = agent | |
| .delete(&del_url) | |
| .set("Authorization", &format!("Bearer {token}")) | |
| .call(); | |
| check | |
| }; | |
| let delete = |check: Check| -> Check { | |
| let del_url = format!("{url}/{id}"); | |
| let cleanup = agent | |
| .delete(&del_url) | |
| .set("Authorization", &format!("Bearer {token}")) | |
| .call(); | |
| if check.status == Status::Pass { | |
| return match cleanup { | |
| Ok(resp) if (200..300).contains(&resp.status()) => check, | |
| Ok(resp) => Check::fail( | |
| name, | |
| format!("spawned `{tag}` but cleanup returned HTTP {}", resp.status()), | |
| "check the daemon logs and retry sandbox deletion", | |
| ), | |
| Err(e) => Check::fail( | |
| name, | |
| format!("spawned `{tag}` but cleanup failed: {e}"), | |
| "check the daemon logs and retry sandbox deletion", | |
| ), | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| check | |
| }; |
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Review comment at @crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs around lines 900 - 907:
Update the cleanup closure in the smoke-check flow to inspect the DELETE result
instead of discarding it. When the incoming Check is a pass, return it only for
a successful 2xx response; convert non-2xx responses and transport errors into a
failed Check with cleanup context. Preserve the incoming Check unchanged when it
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| let out = Command::new("ip") | ||
| .args(["netns", "exec", netns]) | ||
| .arg("bash") | ||
| .arg("-c") | ||
| .arg(format!( | ||
| "exec 3<>/dev/tcp/{} && echo connected", | ||
| addr.replace(':', "/") | ||
| )) | ||
| .output(); |
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Add a timeout to the in-netns probe, and do not use bash -c with an interpolated address.
exec 3<>/dev/tcp/... has no connect timeout. If the guest drops SYNs, each attempt waits for the kernel's TCP SYN retry limit, which is about two minutes. The 10 s deadline is checked only between attempts. As a result, forkd doctor can block a readiness gate for minutes instead of 10 s. addr currently comes from the daemon's guest_addr and passes through SocketAddr parsing, so command injection is limited in practice. Even so, a direct timeout command avoids the shell. Use timeout 3 bash -c ... with positional arguments, or a helper such as nc -z -w 3 host port.
Proposed fix
--- "a/crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs"
+++ "b/crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs"
@@ -985,15 +985,13 @@
Ok(_) => return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("cannot enter netns {netns} (need root)")),
Err(e) => return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("exec ip: {e}")),
}
- let out = Command::new("ip")
- .args(["netns", "exec", netns])
- .arg("bash")
- .arg("-c")
- .arg(format!(
- "exec 3<>/dev/tcp/{} && echo connected",
- addr.replace(':', "/")
- ))
- .output();
+ let host = sockaddr.ip().to_string();
+ let port = sockaddr.port().to_string();
+ let out = Command::new("ip")
+ .args(["netns", "exec", netns, "timeout", "3", "bash", "-c"])
+ .arg(r#"exec 3<>"/dev/tcp/$1/$2" && echo connected"#)
+ .args(["probe", &host, &port])
+ .output();
match out {
Ok(o) if o.status.success() && String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout).contains("connected") => {
Ok(true)🧰 Tools
🪛 ast-grep (0.45.3)
[error] 988-995: Passing non-literal (user-controlled or interpolated) data to a shell invoked via std::process::Command::new("sh"|"bash"|...) with -c allows command injection. Avoid spawning a shell: pass the program and each argument separately to Command::new(program).arg(arg) so the OS never re-parses the string, or strictly allowlist/escape any value that must reach a shell.
Context: Command::new("ip")
.args(["netns", "exec", netns])
.arg("bash")
.arg("-c")
.arg(format!(
"exec 3<>/dev/tcp/{} && echo connected",
addr.replace(':', "/")
))
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').
(command-injection-process-shell-rust)
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Review comment at @crates/forkd-cli/src/doctor.rs around lines 988 - 996:
Update the in-netns probe command in the function containing this
`Command::new("ip")` call to enforce a 3-second connection timeout and avoid
interpolating `addr` into shell code. Pass the parsed socket address’s host and
port as positional arguments to the shell, preserving the existing probe result
behavior.
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CodeRabbit PR#3:
- smoke spawn body built with serde_json::json! (a --smoke-tag with
quotes/backslashes previously produced malformed JSON and could
inject extra fields like n/memory_limit_mib).
- the in-netns TCP probe is argv-wrapped in `timeout 3` (the kernel's
SYN retry window is ~2 min; without the cap a dropped-SYN guest
blocked the readiness gate for minutes past the 10 s deadline) and
the address is passed as a positional parameter ($1), never
interpolated into the shell text.
- json gate test asserts the serialized {"ready":…} value (via the
extracted json_output helper) instead of re-testing the predicate.
A leaked probe sandbox on a 'passing' node defeats the gate: it holds a netns and a firecracker slot. The cleanup closure now checks the DELETE result and downgrades the Check to fail on transport error or non-2xx.
…ev/tcp/HOST/PORT 'exec 3<>/dev/tcp/10.42.0.2:49983' is not valid bash /dev/tcp syntax; it fails with 'No such file or directory' even when the guest answers. Live diagnosis on forkd-p0-1: colon form always fails, slash form (/dev/tcp/10.42.0.2/49983) connects in the same child. The address is a parse-validated SocketAddr, so building the probe text from it carries no injection surface.
What
forkd doctorbecomes a readiness GATE, not just a human diagnostic. A cpu-sbx node is ready to serve sandboxes only when every blocking check is green AND the node can actually fork.--json: machine-readable{"ready":bool,"checks":[…]}; exit code is the gate (0 = no FAIL; WARN never blocks).--expected-fc-version V: exact pin compare. Snapshot-family rule: restore only on the exact FC version × CPU family × guest kernel — '>=1.10' is too loose for a homogeneous pool. A NEWER version also fails a pin.--min-netns N: fan-out >1 needs oneforkd-child-*netns per concurrent child; fewer = FAIL.ioctl(FICLONE)in TMPDIR.--smoke-tag TAG [--smoke-port P]: REST-spawn ONE sandbox through the live daemon (per_child_netns), optionally TCP-probe envd (:49983) from inside the child netns (ip netns exec, never in-process), retry 10 s for envd/socat bind lag, always delete. Proves restore+fork e2e.neighbour: arp_cache: neighbor table overflow!in dmesg).Live evidence (forkd-p0-1, FC v1.12.0, envd-base snapshot)
doctor --json→ready:true, exit 0, 20 checks pass.ready:false).--expected-fc-version v1.13.0on a v1.12.0 host → FAIL (ready:false); v1.12.0 → pass.Tests
Unit tests for netns floor, warn-does-not-block/fail-does, FC-pin exact-match parse (Linux cfg-gated, run in CI + on the node).
cargo check+cargo clippyclean (one pre-existing forkd-vmm warning).Consumers
skypilot-controller PR renders
forkd doctor --json …as the cpu-sbx worker readiness gate (see s3-03 lane). ForkdSubstrate (s3-05) and the autoscaler (s3-04) rely on this seam: doctor exit 0 = node ready./cc lane s3-01 (fan-out fix, PR #2) — this branch is based on urun/phase0-fork AFTER your controller change is NOT included; it sits on 2e3f9ea.