Merge pull request #135 from nats-io/pid-signal-fixes

Fixes to config reloader for when server pid changes

cmd/jetstream-controller/main.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2020-2022 The NATS Authors
+// Copyright 2020-2023 The NATS Authors
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 // You may obtain a copy of the License at

cmd/nats-server-config-reloader/main.go

@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ func main() {
 	fs.StringVar(&nconfig.PidFile, "pid", "/var/run/nats/gnatsd.pid", "NATS Server Pid File")
 	fs.Var(&fileSet, "c", "NATS Server Config File (may be repeated to specify more than one)")
 	fs.Var(&fileSet, "config", "NATS Server Config File (may be repeated to specify more than one)")
-	fs.IntVar(&nconfig.MaxRetries, "max-retries", 5, "Max attempts to trigger reload")
-	fs.IntVar(&nconfig.RetryWaitSecs, "retry-wait-secs", 2, "Time to back off when reloading fails before retrying")
+	fs.IntVar(&nconfig.MaxRetries, "max-retries", 30, "Max attempts to trigger reload")
+	fs.IntVar(&nconfig.RetryWaitSecs, "retry-wait-secs", 4, "Time to back off when reloading fails before retrying")
 	fs.IntVar(&customSignal, "signal", 1, "Signal to send to the NATS Server process (default SIGHUP 1)")
 
 	fs.Parse(os.Args[1:])

pkg/natsreloader/natsreloader.go

@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2020-2023 The NATS Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package natsreloader
 
 import (
@@ -12,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
@@ -61,14 +75,21 @@ func (r *Reloader) waitForProcess() error {
 			goto WaitAndRetry
 		}
 
+		// This always succeeds regardless of the process existing or not.
 		proc, err = os.FindProcess(pid)
 		if err != nil {
 			goto WaitAndRetry
 		}
+
+		// Check if the process is still alive.
+		err = proc.Signal(syscall.Signal(0))
+		if err != nil {
+			goto WaitAndRetry
+		}
 		break
 
 	WaitAndRetry:
-		log.Printf(errorFmt, err)
+		log.Printf("Error while monitoring pid %v: %v", pid, err)
 		attempts++
 		if attempts > r.MaxRetries {
 			return fmt.Errorf("too many errors attempting to find server process")
@@ -77,11 +98,9 @@ func (r *Reloader) waitForProcess() error {
 	}
 
 	if attempts > 0 {
-		log.Printf("found pid from pidfile %q after %v failed attempts (%v time after start)",
-			r.PidFile, attempts, time.Since(startTime))
+		log.Printf("Found pid from pidfile %q after %v failed attempts (took %.3fs)",
+			r.PidFile, attempts, time.Since(startTime).Seconds())
 	}
-
-	r.pid = pid
 	r.proc = proc
 	return nil
 }
@@ -167,8 +186,10 @@ func handleEvents(configWatcher *fsnotify.Watcher, event fsnotify.Event, lastCon
 	}
 }
 
-func handleDeletedFiles(deletedFiles []string, configWatcher *fsnotify.Watcher, lastConfigAppliedCache map[string][]byte) ([]string, []string) {
-	log.Printf("Ticker is running with deletedFiles %v", deletedFiles)
+func handleDeletedFiles(deletedFiles []string, configWatcher *fsnotify.Watcher, lastConfigAppliedCache map[string][]byte) ([]string, []string) {	
+	if len(deletedFiles) > 0 {
+		log.Printf("Tracking files %v", deletedFiles)
+	}
 	newDeletedFiles := make([]string, 0, len(deletedFiles))
 	updated := make([]string, 0, len(deletedFiles))
 	for _, f := range deletedFiles {
@@ -212,7 +233,7 @@ func (r *Reloader) init() (*fsnotify.Watcher, map[string][]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	// lastConfigAppliedCache is the last config update
-	// applied by us
+	// applied by us.
 	lastConfigAppliedCache := make(map[string][]byte)
 
 	// Preload config hashes, so we know their digests
@@ -225,13 +246,8 @@ func (r *Reloader) init() (*fsnotify.Watcher, map[string][]byte, error) {
 		}
 		lastConfigAppliedCache[configFile] = digest
 	}
-
-	// If the two pids don't match then os.FindProcess() has done something
-	// rather hinkier than we expect, but log them both just in case on some
-	// future platform there's a weird namespace issue, as a difference will
-	// help with debugging.
-	log.Printf("Live, ready to kick pid %v (live, from %v spec) based on any of %v files",
-		r.proc.Pid, r.pid, len(lastConfigAppliedCache))
+	log.Printf("Live, ready to kick pid %v on config changes (files=%d)",
+		r.proc.Pid, len(lastConfigAppliedCache))
 
 	if len(lastConfigAppliedCache) == 0 {
 		log.Printf("Error: no watched config files cached; input spec was: %#v",
@@ -243,17 +259,26 @@ func (r *Reloader) init() (*fsnotify.Watcher, map[string][]byte, error) {
 func (r *Reloader) reload(updatedFiles []string) error {
 	attempts := 0
 	for {
-		log.Printf("Sending signal '%s' to server to reload configuration due to: %s", r.Signal.String(), updatedFiles)
-		err := r.proc.Signal(r.Signal)
+		err := r.waitForProcess()
+		if err != nil {
+			goto Retry
+		}
+
+		log.Printf("Sending pid %v '%s' signal to reload changes from: %s", r.proc.Pid, r.Signal.String(), updatedFiles)
+		err = r.proc.Signal(r.Signal)
 		if err == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
-		log.Printf("Error during reload: %s\n", err)
+
+	Retry:
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error during reload: %s", err)
+		}
 		if attempts > r.MaxRetries {
 			return fmt.Errorf("too many errors (%v) attempting to signal server to reload: %w", attempts, err)
 		}
 		delay := retryJitter(time.Duration(r.RetryWaitSecs) * time.Second)
-		log.Printf("Wait and retrying after some time [%v] ...", delay)
+		log.Printf("Wait and retrying in %.3fs ...", delay.Seconds())
 		time.Sleep(delay)
 		attempts++
 	}
@@ -287,23 +312,23 @@ func (r *Reloader) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		case <-t.C:
 			updatedFiles, deletedFiles = handleDeletedFiles(deletedFiles, configWatcher, lastConfigAppliedCache)
 			if len(deletedFiles) == 0 {
-				// No more deleted files, stop the ticker
+				log.Printf("All monitored files detected.")
 				t.Stop()
 				tickerRunning = false
 			}
 			if len(updatedFiles) > 0 {
-				// Send signal to reload the config
+				// Send signal to reload the config.
 				log.Printf("Updated files: %v", updatedFiles)
 				break
 			}
 			continue
-			// Check if the process is still alive
 		case event := <-configWatcher.Events:
 			updated, deleted := handleEvents(configWatcher, event, lastConfigAppliedCache)
 			updatedFiles = removeDuplicateStrings(updated)
 			deletedFiles = removeDuplicateStrings(append(deletedFiles, deleted...))
 			if !tickerRunning {
-				// Start the ticker to re-add deleted files
+				// Start the ticker to re-add deleted files.
+				log.Printf("Starting ticker to re-add all tracked files.")
 				t.Reset(time.Second)
 				tickerRunning = true
 			}

pkg/natsreloader/natsreloadertest/natsreloader_test.go

@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2020-2023 The NATS Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package natsreloadertest
 
 import (