diff --git a/NucleicBroker.Tests/BrokerServiceTests.cs b/NucleicBroker.Tests/BrokerServiceTests.cs
index 3c08033..abbd86d 100644
--- a/NucleicBroker.Tests/BrokerServiceTests.cs
+++ b/NucleicBroker.Tests/BrokerServiceTests.cs
@@ -129,6 +129,67 @@ public sealed class BrokerServiceTests
Assert.Equal("session_exists", error.GetProperty("data").GetProperty("kind").GetString());
}
+ ///
+ /// Regression for the bug the first live run hit (docs/WINDOWS_PORT.md §13.3): a command that
+ /// finishes during start — `echo` — used to put `proc.stdout`/`proc.exit` on the wire BEFORE
+ /// the response carrying the `procId` that names them. A client that registers interest when
+ /// it learns the procId then never sees the exit and waits forever, which is exactly how the
+ /// spike hung.
+ ///
+ /// The fix is that BrokerService responds before calling StartAsync, so this asserts the
+ /// ORDER and not merely that the messages all arrived.
+ ///
+ [Fact]
+ public async Task ProcExec_RespondsBeforeAnyOutputFromAnInstantProcess()
+ {
+ wslc.ContainerStates["box"] = "running";
+ // The fake emits during StartAsync, standing in for a process that has already exited by
+ // the time Start() returns.
+ wslc.NextProcessOnStart = () =>
+ {
+ wslc.Events!.ProcOutput(wslc.LastProcId, stderr: false, "done\n"u8);
+ wslc.Events!.ProcExited(wslc.LastProcId, 0);
+ };
+
+ var lines = await RoundTrip(
+ """{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"proc.exec","params":{"container":"box","argv":["echo","done"],"tty":false}}""");
+
+ Assert.True(wslc.LastProcess!.Started, "BrokerService must start the process");
+ // Line 0 must be the response: everything else is meaningless to a client that cannot yet
+ // attribute the notifications.
+ var procId = Result(lines[0]).GetProperty("procId").GetInt64();
+ Assert.Equal(wslc.LastProcId, procId);
+ var methods = lines.Skip(1)
+ .Select(l => l.TryGetProperty("method", out var m) ? m.GetString() : null).ToList();
+ Assert.Equal(["proc.stdout", "proc.exit"], methods);
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// The response is enqueued before the process is started, so a start failure can no longer be
+ /// a JSON-RPC error — that would put TWO responses under one id. Observed on hardware
+ /// (docs/WINDOWS_PORT.md §13.3), where the client then waited for an exit that never came.
+ /// It must arrive as the process's own stderr plus an exit instead.
+ ///
+ [Fact]
+ public async Task ProcExec_StartFailure_ReportsAsExitNotSecondResponse()
+ {
+ wslc.ContainerStates["box"] = "running";
+ wslc.NextProcessOnStart = () => throw new WslcError(WslcError.StartFailed, "container is not running");
+
+ var lines = await RoundTrip(
+ """{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"proc.exec","params":{"container":"box","argv":["sh"],"tty":false}}""");
+
+ // Exactly one message carries id 1 — anything else is a protocol violation.
+ var responses = lines.Where(l => l.TryGetProperty("id", out var i) && i.GetInt32() == 1).ToList();
+ Assert.Single(responses);
+ Assert.False(responses[0].TryGetProperty("error", out _), "must be the success response");
+
+ var methods = lines.Skip(1)
+ .Select(l => l.TryGetProperty("method", out var m) ? m.GetString() : null).ToList();
+ Assert.Equal(["proc.stderr", "proc.exit"], methods);
+ Assert.Equal(126, lines.Last().GetProperty("params").GetProperty("code").GetInt32());
+ }
+
[Fact]
public async Task ImagePull_EmitsProgressNotificationsBeforeResult()
{
diff --git a/NucleicBroker.Tests/FakeWslc.cs b/NucleicBroker.Tests/FakeWslc.cs
index da88094..7aacfa9 100644
--- a/NucleicBroker.Tests/FakeWslc.cs
+++ b/NucleicBroker.Tests/FakeWslc.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ public sealed class FakeWslc : IWslc
public long LastProcId;
public Exception? NextError;
+ /// Set before a proc.exec to make that process emit during StartAsync — i.e. behave
+ /// like a command that finishes instantly.
+ public Action? NextProcessOnStart;
+
public string? WslcVersion => "9.9-test";
/// The fake is deliberately fully-capable: it stands in for a facade with BOTH wslc surfaces
@@ -157,7 +161,10 @@ public sealed class FakeWslc : IWslc
if (ContainerStates.GetValueOrDefault(spec.Container) != "running")
throw new WslcError(WslcError.NotRunning, $"container {spec.Container} isn't running");
LastProcId = procId;
- LastProcess = new FakeProcess();
+ // Mirror the real facade: create and attach, but do NOT run — BrokerService runs it after
+ // the procId response is on the wire.
+ LastProcess = new FakeProcess { OnStart = NextProcessOnStart };
+ NextProcessOnStart = null;
return Task.FromResult(LastProcess);
}
@@ -167,6 +174,18 @@ public sealed class FakeWslc : IWslc
public bool StdinClosed;
public List Signals = [];
public (int Cols, int Rows)? LastResize;
+ public bool Started;
+
+ /// Lets a test stand in for a process that finishes DURING start — an `echo`,
+ /// which is what exposed the response-ordering bug on hardware.
+ public Action? OnStart;
+
+ public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+ {
+ Started = true;
+ OnStart?.Invoke();
+ return Task.CompletedTask;
+ }
public Task WriteStdinAsync(ReadOnlyMemory data, CancellationToken ct)
{
diff --git a/NucleicBroker/BrokerService.cs b/NucleicBroker/BrokerService.cs
index cd97724..7810bcd 100644
--- a/NucleicBroker/BrokerService.cs
+++ b/NucleicBroker/BrokerService.cs
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ public sealed class BrokerService : IBrokerEvents
try
{
- var result = await DispatchAsync(method, @params, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
- if (id is { } requestId)
+ var result = await DispatchAsync(method, @params, id, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+ // A null result means the handler already enqueued its own response because it had to
+ // send it before doing something else (proc.exec — see below). Everything else
+ // returns a value and is responded to here.
+ if (result is not null && id is { } requestId)
outbound.EnqueueJson(Rpc.Response(requestId, result));
}
catch (JsonException e)
@@ -80,7 +83,10 @@ public sealed class BrokerService : IBrokerEvents
}
}
- private async Task DispatchAsync(string method, JsonElement? p, CancellationToken ct)
+ /// Returns the result to respond with, or null when the handler has already
+ /// responded (it needed the response on the wire before continuing).
+ private async Task DispatchAsync(
+ string method, JsonElement? p, JsonElement? id, CancellationToken ct)
{
switch (method)
{
@@ -176,7 +182,32 @@ public sealed class BrokerService : IBrokerEvents
var procId = Interlocked.Increment(ref nextProcId);
var proc = await wslc.ExecAsync(procId, spec, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
lock (procsLock) procs[procId] = proc;
- return new { procId };
+ // Respond BEFORE running it. Output and exit are enqueued on the same ordered
+ // outbound queue as this response, so a command that finishes fast (`echo`) would
+ // otherwise put `proc.exit` on the wire ahead of the `procId` naming it — and a
+ // client that registers interest when it learns the procId then waits forever.
+ // Hit on the first live run, hardware-confirmed (docs/WINDOWS_PORT.md §13.3).
+ if (id is { } requestId)
+ outbound.EnqueueJson(Rpc.Response(requestId, new { procId }));
+
+ try
+ {
+ await proc.StartAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+ }
+ catch (Exception e)
+ {
+ // The response is already on the wire, so this failure CANNOT be reported as a
+ // JSON-RPC error — that would put two responses under one id, which is a
+ // protocol violation and left the client waiting for an exit that never came.
+ // Report it the way the process itself would have: the reason on stderr, then
+ // an exit. 126 is the shell's "command found but not executable", which is
+ // what "could not start" means to every caller above.
+ lock (procsLock) procs.Remove(procId);
+ var reason = $"nucleic-brokerd: could not start process: {e.Message}\n";
+ ProcOutput(procId, stderr: true, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(reason));
+ ProcExited(procId, 126);
+ }
+ return null;
}
case "proc.stdin":
{
diff --git a/NucleicBroker/IWslc.cs b/NucleicBroker/IWslc.cs
index 4e60873..0ec29e4 100644
--- a/NucleicBroker/IWslc.cs
+++ b/NucleicBroker/IWslc.cs
@@ -64,14 +64,32 @@ public interface IWslc
/// cgroup counters for the resource monitor; null when not running.
Task ContainerStatsAsync(string name, CancellationToken ct);
- /// Start a process in a running container. `procId` is minted by the broker and
- /// keys every event this process emits through .
+ ///
+ /// Create a process in a running container and attach its event handlers, but **do not run
+ /// it** — the caller runs it with once it has sent the
+ /// `procId` downstream. `procId` is minted by the broker and keys every event this process
+ /// emits through .
+ ///
+ /// The two-step split is not ceremony. See .
+ ///
Task ExecAsync(long procId, ProcSpec spec, CancellationToken ct);
}
/// Control half of a running in-container process (output arrives via events).
public interface IWslcProcess
{
+ ///
+ /// Actually run the process. Separate from because a short
+ /// command can finish before the `proc.exec` RESPONSE has been written: output and exit ride
+ /// the same ordered outbound queue, so starting first puts `proc.exit` on the wire ahead of
+ /// the `procId` that identifies it, and a client that registers interest on receiving that
+ /// procId waits forever. Observed on hardware with `echo` (docs/WINDOWS_PORT.md §13.3).
+ ///
+ /// This is the same reasoning that makes wslc itself split `CreateProcess` from `Start` — so
+ /// handlers can attach before output flows — applied one level up, to the RPC boundary.
+ ///
+ Task StartAsync(CancellationToken ct);
+
Task WriteStdinAsync(ReadOnlyMemory data, CancellationToken ct);
Task CloseStdinAsync(CancellationToken ct);
Task SignalAsync(int signal, CancellationToken ct);
@@ -107,6 +125,17 @@ public sealed class WslcError(string kind, string message) : Exception(message)
/// permanent capability gap, not a transient failure — hostd must not retry.
public const string Unsupported = "unsupported";
+ ///
+ /// A CONTAINER of that name already exists in the session. Distinct from
+ /// because wslc answers `ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS` for both and the
+ /// remedies differ completely — remove one container, versus restart the whole WSL stack.
+ ///
+ /// Reachable today because this broker's container roster is process-local (there is no
+ /// enumeration on the compat surface), so a container left behind by a crashed broker holds
+ /// its name against every later one. See docs/WINDOWS_PORT.md §13.3.
+ ///
+ public const string AlreadyExists = "already_exists";
+
/// A session of that name is already running and this facade cannot re-adopt it
/// (the compat SDK's `Start()` answers ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS, and its constructor is lazy, so
/// a second handle is not a second session). Distinct from because
diff --git a/NucleicBroker/Wslc/WslcFacade.cs b/NucleicBroker/Wslc/WslcFacade.cs
index 73001a6..e5d9eb7 100644
--- a/NucleicBroker/Wslc/WslcFacade.cs
+++ b/NucleicBroker/Wslc/WslcFacade.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,17 @@ public sealed class WslcFacade : IWslc
private readonly Dictionary containers = [];
private readonly Lock containersLock = new();
- private sealed record Entry(Sdk.Container Container, string Image);
+ ///
+ /// A container handle plus what we have learned about it. SetprivWorks is resolved
+ /// lazily on the first uid-dropping exec and then cached — see
+ /// .
+ ///
+ private sealed class Entry(Sdk.Container container, string image)
+ {
+ internal Sdk.Container Container { get; } = container;
+ internal string Image { get; } = image;
+ internal bool? SetprivWorks { get; set; }
+ }
public string? WslcVersion
{
@@ -541,7 +551,7 @@ public sealed class WslcFacade : IWslc
// MARK: - Processes
- public Task ExecAsync(long procId, ProcSpec spec, CancellationToken ct)
+ public async Task ExecAsync(long procId, ProcSpec spec, CancellationToken ct)
{
if (spec.Tty)
// Not a failure to retry: ProcessSettings has no Terminal and Process has no resize.
@@ -553,7 +563,7 @@ public sealed class WslcFacade : IWslc
var container = RequireContainer(spec.Container);
var settings = new Sdk.ProcessSettings
{
- CommandLine = WithPrivilegeDrop(spec).ToList(), // CommandLine, not CmdLine
+ CommandLine = (await WithPrivilegeDropAsync(spec, ct).ConfigureAwait(false)).ToList(),
OutputMode = Sdk.ProcessOutputMode.Event,
};
if (spec.Cwd is { } cwd) settings.WorkingDirectory = cwd;
@@ -578,27 +588,35 @@ public sealed class WslcFacade : IWslc
process.ErrorReceived += data => events?.ProcOutput(procId, stderr: true, data);
process.Exited += code => events?.ProcExited(procId, code);
- try
- {
- process.Start();
- }
- catch (Exception e) when (e is not WslcError)
- {
- process.Dispose();
- throw Translate(e, WslcError.StartFailed);
- }
- return Task.FromResult(new WslcProcess(process));
+ // NOT started here — BrokerService starts it after the `procId` response is on the wire.
+ // See IWslcProcess.StartAsync for why that ordering is load-bearing.
+ return new WslcProcess(process);
}
///
/// ProcessSettings has no UserId /GroupId , so dropping to the agent uid is
/// done in-guest by wrapping argv — the fallback §3.2 always named, which costs nothing
/// because the interceptors and nash never look at the numeric uid.
+ ///
+ /// argv is passed to `setpriv` directly rather than through a shell, so nothing here can be
+ /// quoted wrong or injected into.
///
- private static IReadOnlyList WithPrivilegeDrop(ProcSpec spec)
+ private async Task> WithPrivilegeDropAsync(
+ ProcSpec spec, CancellationToken ct)
{
if (spec.Uid is not { } uid || uid == 0) return spec.Argv;
var gid = spec.Gid ?? uid;
+
+ if (!await ResolvePrivilegeDropAsync(spec.Container, ct).ConfigureAwait(false))
+ // Refuse rather than run the agent as root. This path exists because the alternative
+ // is a silent privilege escalation: the caller asked for uid 501 and got 0, in the
+ // one place the sandbox's user separation is enforced.
+ throw new WslcError(
+ WslcError.Unsupported,
+ $"cannot drop to uid {uid} in this image: it has no util-linux `setpriv` "
+ + "(BusyBox ships a `setpriv` that does not support --reuid). Use an image with "
+ + "util-linux, as the narOS agent image does — refusing to run as root instead.");
+
return
[
"setpriv", $"--reuid={uid}", $"--regid={gid}", "--init-groups", "--",
@@ -606,6 +624,48 @@ public sealed class WslcFacade : IWslc
];
}
+ ///
+ /// Does this image have a `setpriv` that can actually change uid? Probed once per container
+ /// and cached, because the answer is a property of the image and an extra exec per agent
+ /// command would not be free.
+ ///
+ /// The probe is `setpriv --reuid=0 --regid=0 --init-groups -- true`: a no-op on util-linux,
+ /// and an "unrecognized option" failure on BusyBox's namesake, which accepts only capability
+ /// flags. Testing for the *binary* is not enough — BusyBox has one, it just cannot do this
+ /// (observed on hardware, docs/WINDOWS_PORT.md §13.3).
+ ///
+ private async Task ResolvePrivilegeDropAsync(string name, CancellationToken ct)
+ {
+ Entry entry;
+ lock (containersLock)
+ {
+ if (!containers.TryGetValue(name, out entry!))
+ throw new WslcError(WslcError.NotFound, $"no container named {name}");
+ if (entry.SetprivWorks is { } cached) return cached;
+ }
+
+ bool works;
+ try
+ {
+ var (exitCode, _) = await RunCapturingAsync(
+ entry.Container,
+ ["setpriv", "--reuid=0", "--regid=0", "--init-groups", "--", "true"],
+ TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15), ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+ works = exitCode == 0;
+ }
+ catch (Exception)
+ {
+ works = false;
+ }
+
+ lock (containersLock) entry.SetprivWorks = works;
+ if (!works)
+ Console.Error.WriteLine(
+ $"wslc: container '{name}' has no usable setpriv — uid-dropping execs will be "
+ + "refused rather than run as root");
+ return works;
+ }
+
/// Run to completion and capture stdout+stderr. The in-guest half of what the macOS
/// engine's `runCapturing` does, and the only way stats and shim re-seeding work without a
/// second mechanism.
@@ -654,6 +714,20 @@ public sealed class WslcFacade : IWslc
private sealed class WslcProcess(Sdk.Process process) : IWslcProcess
{
+ public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ process.Start();
+ }
+ catch (Exception e) when (e is not WslcError)
+ {
+ process.Dispose();
+ throw Translate(e, WslcError.StartFailed);
+ }
+ return Task.CompletedTask;
+ }
+
// stdin is a WinRT stream, not a WriteStdin call, and DataWriter is how you put bytes
// into an IOutputStream. Held for the process lifetime and guarded, because hostd may
// pipeline proc.stdin writes and StoreAsync is not reentrant.
@@ -752,7 +826,13 @@ public sealed class WslcFacade : IWslc
0x80040605 => WslcError.NotRunning, // WSLC_E_CONTAINER_NOT_RUNNING
0x8004060F => WslcError.NotFound, // WSLC_E_SESSION_NOT_FOUND
0x80040607 => WslcError.SessionExists, // WSLC_E_SESSION_RESERVED
- 0x800700B7 => WslcError.SessionExists, // ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS
+ // ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS is CONTEXT-FREE: wslc returns it for a session name conflict
+ // AND a container name conflict. It used to map to session_exists here, which made a
+ // stale container report itself as a stuck session — a wrong diagnosis with a wrong
+ // remedy (`wsl --shutdown` instead of removing one container). The session paths catch
+ // this code by number before reaching Translate, so anything arriving here is the
+ // other kind.
+ 0x800700B7 => WslcError.AlreadyExists, // ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS (container name in use)
// Nothing installed vs. installed-but-too-old: opposite diagnoses, and both mean the
// sandbox is unusable rather than this call being wrong.
0x80040154 => WslcError.Unavailable, // REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG
diff --git a/spikes/WslcSpike/BrokerClient.cs b/spikes/WslcSpike/BrokerClient.cs
index 98eaea6..066b694 100644
--- a/spikes/WslcSpike/BrokerClient.cs
+++ b/spikes/WslcSpike/BrokerClient.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ internal sealed class BrokerClient : IAsyncDisposable
/// reader thread. Handlers must not block.
internal event Action? Notification;
+ /// Dump every inbound line. When a step hangs, the wire trace says whether the
+ /// broker answered at all, answered and then went quiet, or never saw the request — three
+ /// very different bugs that look identical from a timeout.
+ internal bool Verbose;
+
private BrokerClient(Process process) => this.process = process;
internal static BrokerClient Spawn(string brokerPath)
@@ -59,6 +64,8 @@ internal sealed class BrokerClient : IAsyncDisposable
for (string? line; (line = await process.StandardOutput.ReadLineAsync()) is not null;)
{
if (line.Length == 0) continue;
+ if (Verbose)
+ Console.WriteLine($" [<-] {(line.Length > 300 ? line[..300] + "…" : line)}");
JsonElement root;
try { root = JsonDocument.Parse(line).RootElement.Clone(); }
catch (JsonException) { Console.WriteLine($" [unparseable] {line}"); continue; }
@@ -101,6 +108,7 @@ internal sealed class BrokerClient : IAsyncDisposable
var request = args is null
? $$"""{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":{{id}},"method":"{{method}}"}"""
: $$"""{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":{{id}},"method":"{{method}}","params":{{JsonSerializer.Serialize(args)}}}""";
+ if (Verbose) Console.WriteLine($" [->] {request}");
await process.StandardInput.WriteAsync(request + "\n");
await process.StandardInput.FlushAsync();
diff --git a/spikes/WslcSpike/Program.cs b/spikes/WslcSpike/Program.cs
index 0277fe8..2b27477 100644
--- a/spikes/WslcSpike/Program.cs
+++ b/spikes/WslcSpike/Program.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ internal static class Program
// does not: alpine's PID 1 is /bin/sh, which exits immediately with no tty, so the
// container is `Exited` before the first exec and every later step fails `not_running`.
var sleepInit = args.Contains("--sleep-init");
+ var verbose = args.Contains("--verbose");
if (broker is null || !File.Exists(broker))
{
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ internal static class Program
try
{
- await RunScenarioAsync(broker, sessionName, image, container, repo, iterations, sleepInit);
+ await RunScenarioAsync(broker, sessionName, image, container, repo, iterations, sleepInit, verbose);
if (!skipRecovery) await RunRecoveryAsync(broker, sessionName);
return 0;
}
@@ -73,9 +74,10 @@ internal static class Program
private static async Task RunScenarioAsync(
string brokerPath, string sessionName, string image, string containerName,
- string repo, int iterations, bool sleepInit)
+ string repo, int iterations, bool sleepInit, bool verbose)
{
await using var broker = BrokerClient.Spawn(brokerPath);
+ broker.Verbose = verbose;
// Pull progress is high-rate; collapse it to one line per phase change so the transcript
// stays readable but a stalled pull is still visible.
@@ -164,13 +166,23 @@ internal static class Program
Console.WriteLine($" exit {code}: {output.Trim()}");
Step("exec: uid drop (setpriv wrapper, §3.2)");
- // ProcessSettings has no uid/gid, so the facade wraps argv in setpriv. If the image lacks
- // util-linux this is where that shows, and the fallback is `su agent -c`.
- var (idCode, idOut) = await ExecAsync(
- broker, containerName, ["/bin/sh", "-c", "id -u; id -g"], uid: 501, gid: 501);
- Console.WriteLine(idCode == 0
- ? $" uid/gid inside container: {idOut.Replace("\n", "/").Trim('/')}"
- : $" setpriv wrapper FAILED (exit {idCode}): {idOut.Trim()} — try `su agent -c`");
+ // ProcessSettings has no uid/gid, so the facade wraps argv in setpriv. A BusyBox image has
+ // a setpriv that cannot change uid, and the facade now REFUSES rather than silently
+ // running the agent as root — so `unsupported` here is correct behaviour on such an image,
+ // not a failure of the run.
+ try
+ {
+ var (idCode, idOut) = await ExecAsync(
+ broker, containerName, ["/bin/sh", "-c", "id -u; id -g"], uid: 501, gid: 501);
+ Console.WriteLine(idCode == 0
+ ? $" uid/gid inside container: {idOut.Replace("\n", "/").Trim('/')}"
+ : $" ran but reported failure (exit {idCode}): {idOut.Trim()}");
+ }
+ catch (BrokerError e) when (e.Kind == "unsupported")
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine($" REFUSED (correctly): {e.Message}");
+ Console.WriteLine(" → expected on a BusyBox image; narOS ships util-linux.");
+ }
Step("the mounted worktree");
var (lsCode, lsOut) = await ExecAsync(broker, containerName,
@@ -200,10 +212,26 @@ internal static class Program
///
private static async Task MeasureNinePAsync(BrokerClient broker, string container, int iterations)
{
- Step($"9P vs ext4 — `git status` x{iterations} (§15 risk, D8)");
+ // `find -type f` rather than `git status`, because it needs only busybox and measures the
+ // same thing that makes git slow over a mount: a full lstat() traversal of the tree. Using
+ // git would make the number depend on the image having git, which is what derailed the
+ // first attempt at this measurement.
+ var probe = "find . -type f | wc -l";
+ var (gitCode, _) = await ExecAsync(broker, container, ["/bin/sh", "-c", "command -v git"]);
+ if (gitCode == 0)
+ {
+ probe = "git status --porcelain >/dev/null";
+ Console.WriteLine(" (git present — measuring `git status`)");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine(" (no git in this image — measuring `find -type f`, which is the "
+ + "lstat traversal that dominates `git status`)");
+ }
- var mounted = await TimeCommandAsync(
- broker, container, "cd /work && git status --porcelain >/dev/null", iterations);
+ Step($"9P vs ext4 — `{probe}` x{iterations} (§15 risk, D8)");
+
+ var mounted = await TimeCommandAsync(broker, container, $"cd /work && {probe}", iterations);
Report("/work (NTFS via 9P)", mounted);
Console.WriteLine(" copying the worktree to container-local ext4…");
@@ -217,8 +245,7 @@ internal static class Program
}
Console.WriteLine($" copied in {copyWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds:F1}s");
- var local = await TimeCommandAsync(
- broker, container, "cd /tmp/ext4 && git status --porcelain >/dev/null", iterations);
+ var local = await TimeCommandAsync(broker, container, $"cd /tmp/ext4 && {probe}", iterations);
Report("/tmp/ext4 (container-local)", local);
if (mounted.Count > 0 && local.Count > 0)
@@ -330,12 +357,22 @@ internal static class Program
{
var output = new MemoryStream();
var exited = new TaskCompletionSource(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
- long procId = -1;
+ // Deliberately NOT filtered by procId.
+ //
+ // The broker now guarantees the `proc.exec` response precedes any notification, but that
+ // is not sufficient for a client: completing the response's TaskCompletionSource only
+ // SCHEDULES the awaiting continuation, so the reader thread can dispatch the very next
+ // line — proc.stdout, or proc.exit — before the continuation has recorded the procId.
+ // Filtering on a not-yet-assigned procId silently drops the exit and hangs forever, which
+ // is exactly how this spike hung twice (docs/WINDOWS_PORT.md §13.3).
+ //
+ // Safe here because the spike runs one process at a time and awaits each to completion.
+ // A real client cannot take this shortcut: it must buffer notifications for procIds it
+ // has not yet learned. Worth checking `WslcBrokerClient.swift` for the same race.
void OnNotification(string method, JsonElement args)
{
- if (!args.TryGetProperty("procId", out var idElement)) return;
- if (idElement.GetInt64() != Volatile.Read(ref procId)) return;
+ if (!args.TryGetProperty("procId", out _)) return;
switch (method)
{
case "proc.stdout":
@@ -355,11 +392,7 @@ internal static class Program
object spec = uid is null
? new { container, argv, tty = false }
: new { container, argv, uid, gid = gid ?? uid, tty = false };
- var result = await broker.CallAsync("proc.exec", spec);
- // Set procId only after exec returns — but the broker may already have emitted output
- // by then. That race is why WslcProcessHandle exists on the Swift side; here it costs
- // at most a few dropped bytes of a diagnostic, so it is accepted rather than solved.
- Volatile.Write(ref procId, result.GetProperty("procId").GetInt64());
+ await broker.CallAsync("proc.exec", spec);
var code = await exited.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeoutSeconds));
lock (output) return (code, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(output.ToArray()));