.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,17 @@
-SOURCES/stalld-1.19.1.tar.bz2
+/stalld-1.0.tar.xz
+/stalld-1.1.tar.xz
+/stalld-1.2.tar.xz
+/stalld-1.4.tar.xz
+/stalld-1.6.tar.xz
+/stalld-1.8.tar.xz
+/stalld-1.9.tar.xz
+/stalld-1.13.tar.bz2
+/stalld-1.14.1.tar.bz2
+/stalld-1.15.tar.bz2
+/stalld-1.16.tar.bz2
+/stalld-1.17.tar.xz
+/stalld-1.17.1.tar.bz2
+/stalld-v1.19.1.tar.bz2
+/stalld-1.19.1.tar.bz2
+/stalld-1.19.5.tar.bz2
+/stalld-1.19.6.tar.bz2

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# stalld
+
+The stalld program (which stands for 'stall daemon') is a
+mechanism to prevent the *starvation* of operating system threads in a
+Linux system. The premise is to start up on a *housekeeping* cpu (one
+that is not used for real-application purposes) and to periodically
+monitor the state of each thread in the system, looking for a thread
+that has been on a run queue (i.e. ready to run) for a specifed length
+of time without being run. This condition is usually hit when the
+thread is on the same cpu as a high-priority cpu-intensive task and
+therefore is being given no opportunity to run.
+
+When a thread is judged to be starving, stalld changes
+that thread to use the SCHED_DEADLINE policy and gives the thread a
+small slice of time for that cpu (specified on the command line). The
+thread then runs and when that timeslice is used, the thread is then
+returned to its original scheduling policy and stalld then
+continues to monitor thread states.
+
+There is now an experimental option to boost using SCHED_FIFO. This
+logic is used if the running kernel does not support the
+SCHED_DEADLINE policy and may be forced by using the -F/--force_fifo
+option.
+
+## Command Line Options
+
+`Usage: stalld [-l] [-v] [-k] [-s] [-f] [-h] [-F]
+          [-c cpu-list]
+          [-p time in ns] [-r time in ns]
+          [-d time in seconds] [-t time in seconds]`
+
+### Logging options
+- -l/--log_only: only log information (do not boost) [false]
+- -v/--verbose: print info to the std output [false]
+- -k/--log_kmsg: print log to the kernel buffer [false]
+- -s/--log_syslog: print log to syslog [true]
+
+### Startup options
+- -c/--cpu: list of cpus to monitor for stalled threads [all cpus]
+- -f/--foreground: run in foreground [false but true when -v]
+- -P/--pidfile: write daemon pid to specified file [no pidfile]
+
+### Boosting options
+- -p/--boost_period: SCHED_DEADLINE period [ns] that the starving task will receive [1000000000]
+- -r/--boost_runtime: SCHED_DEADLINE runtime [ns] that the starving task will receive [20000]
+- -d/--boost_duration: how long [s] the starving task will run with SCHED_DEADLINE [3]
+- -F/--force_fifo: force using SCHED_FIFO for boosting
+
+### Monitoring options
+- -t/--starving_threshold: how long [s] the starving task will wait before being boosted [60]
+- -A/--aggressive_mode: dispatch one thread per run queue, even when there is no starving
+                          threads on all CPU (uses more CPU/power). [false]
+### Miscellaneous
+- -h/--help: print this menu

SOURCES/Start-stalld-service-as-initrc_t.patch

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From c93cef85e7ec08d924ad6a4f90a8677cc1603950 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:55:30 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Start stalld service as initrc_t
-
-Stalld currently runs as an unconfined_service_t.
-
-Edit to service file so that the daemon is launched as an initrc_t.
-
-Signed-off-by: Leah Leshchinsky <lleshchi@redhat.com>
-Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
----
- systemd/stalld.service | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/systemd/stalld.service b/systemd/stalld.service
-index d93110b1b43e..69f3ee728129 100644
---- a/systemd/stalld.service
-+++ b/systemd/stalld.service
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/throttlectl off
- 
- # In case the regex passed to IT or IP includes C escape sequences,
- # use ${IT} or ${IP} instead of $IT or $IP
--ExecStart=/usr/bin/stalld --systemd $CLIST $AGGR $BP $BR $BD $THRESH $LOGGING $FG $PF $IT $IP
-+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/stalld --systemd $CLIST $AGGR $BP $BR $BD $THRESH $LOGGING $FG $PF $IT $IP"
- ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/throttlectl on
- CPUSchedulingPolicy=fifo
- CPUSchedulingPriority=10
--- 
-2.43.0
-

gating.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--- !Policy
+product_versions:
+  - rhel-9
+decision_context: osci_compose_gate
+rules:
+  - !PassingTestCaseRule {test_case_name: osci.brew-build.tier0.functional}

sources

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (stalld-1.19.6.tar.bz2) = 1a4e4999776b3df553c334fb9b11a459d6855790077eaaa295ca42228861c1699da55b3d9680d95832ed74969f276d1ad21d2e774797adbba728c732b15ac2bd

stalld.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		stalld
-Version:	1.19.1
+Version:	1.19.6
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Daemon that finds starving tasks and gives them a temporary boost
 
 License:	GPLv2
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ Requires:	systemd
 BuildRequires:	bpftool
 BuildRequires:	clang
 BuildRequires:	libbpf-devel
-BuildRequires:  llvm
 
 Requires:	libbpf
 %endif
 
-Patch0:	Start-stalld-service-as-initrc_t.patch
+%define _hardened_build 1
 
 %description
 The stalld program monitors the set of system threads,
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ allow 10 microseconds of runtime for 1 second of clock time.
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
-%make_build CFLAGS="%{optflags} %{build_cflags} -DVERSION="\\\"%{version}\\\"""  LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}"
+%make_build RPMCFLAGS="%{optflags} %{build_cflags} -DVERSION="\\\"%{version}\\\"""  RPMLDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}"
 
 %install
 %make_install DOCDIR=%{_docdir} MANDIR=%{_mandir} BINDIR=%{_bindir} DATADIR=%{_datadir} VERSION=%{version}
@@ -62,35 +61,40 @@ allow 10 microseconds of runtime for 1 second of clock time.
 %systemd_postun_with_restart %{name}.service
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Feb 14 2024 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 1.19.1-4
+* Thu Aug 22 2024 Chris White <chwhite@redhat.com> - 1.19.6-1
-- Put back patch to run stalld service as initrc_t
+- Makefile: add uninstall target
-Resolves: RHEL-8982
+- systemd: add BE environment variable to select backend
+Resolves: RHEL-33662
 
-* Mon Feb 12 2024 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 1.19.1-3
+* Wed Jul 31 2024 Chris White <chwhite@redhat.com> - 1.19.5-2
-- Copying over missing tests directory
+- Fix changelog to use RPMCFLAGS, allowing for bpf to be used
-Resolves: RHEL-8982
+Resolves: RHEL-33662
 
-* Mon Feb 12 2024 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 1.19.1-2
+* Thu Jul 18 2024 Chris White <chwhite@redhat.com> - 1.19.5-1
-- Add llvm as a build requirement
+- Updated compile options for annocheck hardening
-Resolves: RHEL-8982
+- Ensure we resolve library symbols at load time (-z now) and are a Position Independent Executable (-pie). Refactored compile options to better deal with arch differences.
+- Added an 'annocheck' makefile target for local checking.
+- Makefile: change build to use FORTIFY_SOURCE=3
+- src/utils.c: fix off-by-one error in buffer allocation
+Resolves: RHEL-33662
+
+* Wed Feb 21 2024 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 1.19.1-2
+-  Make fill_process_comm() open comm file as READ_ONLY
+Resolves: RHEL-25846
 
 * Fri Feb 09 2024 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 1.19.1-1
-- Rebase to v1.19.1 upstream
+- Rebase to upstream stalld-1.19.1
-Resolves: RHEL-8982
+Resolves: RHEL-7865
 
 * Tue Oct 18 2022 Leah Leshchinsky <lleshchi@redhat.com> - 1.17.1-1
 - stalld: Fix memory leak in print_boosted_info()
 - utils: Check if the system is in lockdown mode
 - stalld: print process comm and cpu when boosting
-Resolves: rhbz#2120800
+Resolves: rhbz#2120799
-
-* Thu Sep 08 2022 Leah Leshchinsky <lleshchi@redhat.com> - 1.17-2
-- Start stalld service as initrc_t
-Resolves:rhbz#2112366
 
 * Thu Jul 14 2022 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 1.17-1
 - rebase to upstream v1.17
-Resolves:rhbz#2107273
+Resolves:rhbz#2107275
 
 * Thu Mar 31 2022 Fernando Pacheco <fpacheco@redhat.com> - 1.16-1
 - stald/utils: Space, lines and voids clenaups
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ Resolves:rhbz#2107273
 - src/utils: Comments cleanup
 - src/throttling: Comments cleanup
 - src/stalld.h Comments cleanup
-  Resolves: rhbz#2068549
+  Resolves: rhbz#2068550
 
 * Mon Nov 15 2021 Fernando Pacheco <fpacheco@redhat.com> - 1.15-1
 - stalld: Fix incorrect open() return value checks
@@ -109,7 +113,11 @@ Resolves:rhbz#2107273
 - tests: Fix uninitialized value action.sa_mask
 - utils: Bail if malloc() returns null in parse_cpu_list()
 - stalld: Use correct format specifier for long types
-  Resolves: rhbz#1990057, rhbz#1996799, rhbz#1996825
+  Resolves: rhbz#2016010
+
+* Tue Aug 10 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.14.1-2
+- Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
+  Related: rhbz#1991688
 
 * Mon Jul 19 2021 Fernando Pacheco <fpacheco@redhat.com> - 1.14.1-1
 - stalld: Coding style cleanup
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ Resolves:rhbz#2107273
 - stalld: Adjust variables in parse_old_task_format()
 - utils.c: Use MAX_PATH for pidfile
 - stalld.c: Remove variable declaration from the middle of  the function
-- stalld: Respect -l option in single threaded mode (1983100)
+- stalld: Respect -l option in single threaded mode (1983103)
 - utils: s/try_to_open_file/check_file_exists/
 - utils: use check_file_exists in setup_hr_tick()
 - utils: Check for the new sched_features path
@@ -133,22 +141,22 @@ Resolves:rhbz#2107273
 - stalld: Add the adaptive mode option
 - stalld: Use the last mode set in the cmdline
 - stalld: Fallback to the adaptive mode if force_fifo is selected
-- stalld: Make single-threaded mode the default one (1920041)
+- stalld: Make single-threaded mode the default one
 - stalld.service: Always restart stalld on exit
 - utils.c: Fail if user is not root
-- utils.c: Make the path to sched_debug path dynamic (1977663)
+- utils.c: Make the path to sched_debug path dynamic
 
 * Tue Jun 29 2021 Fernando Pacheco <fpacheco@redhat.com> - 1.12-1
 - stalld.8: fix diff cruft left in manpage source
 - stalld.c: clean up handling of nr_running
-- stalld.c: remove duplicate parameter to fill_waiting_task() (1934582)
+- stalld.c: remove duplicate parameter to fill_waiting_task()
+- stalld: Add error handling in get_cpu_idle_time()
 - stalld.service: Run stalld as sched_fifo via systemd
-- stalld: Add error handling in get_cpu_idle_time() (1966259)
+- packaging: clean up Makefiles and rpm specfile
-- packaging: clean up Makefiles and rpm specfile (1972806)
 - stalld: Always print current function for info messages
 - stalld: Always print current function for warn messages
 - stalld: Always print current function for die messages
-- utils: change PATHMAX to 4096 (1934581)
+- utils: change PATHMAX to 4096
 
 * Thu May 13 2021 Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> - 1.11-1
 - redhat/stalld.spec: pick up gating test version for changelog
@@ -160,6 +168,9 @@ Resolves:rhbz#2107273
 - stalld: Support denylisting of tasks in stalld
 - src/utils: use right argument for warning printf
 
+* Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.9-2
+- Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937
+
 * Wed Feb 17 2021 Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> - 1.9-2
 - update to pick up latest gating test
 

tests/scripts/run_tests.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+# This will get uncommented once we have the rpm
+# make sure we have stalld installed
+if rpm -q --quiet stalld; then
+    :
+else
+    sudo dnf install -y stalld
+    if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+        echo "install of stalld failed!"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+STALLD="/usr/bin/stalld"
+
+# See if stalld is installed and executable
+$STALLD --help 2>> /dev/null
+if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+    exit 2
+fi

tests/tests.yml

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+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - classic
+    tests:
+    - simple:
+        dir: scripts
+        run: ./run_tests.sh
+    required_packages:
+    - stalld