From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
To: devel@spectrum-os.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] host/rootfs: atomically delete VM directories
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:55:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251210105515.1033548-1-hi@alyssa.is> (raw)
Create a hidden empty directory, swap it with the original one, then
remove both. Teach lsvm to ignore both hidden and empty directories,
and now we no longer have a race where lsvm would get confused if a VM
directory was in the process of being recursively removed when it
looked at it.
Fixes: b51a97f ("host/rootfs: add run-appimage program")
Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
---
host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-appimage | 7 ++++++-
host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-flatpak | 7 ++++++-
tools/lsvm.rs | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-appimage b/host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-appimage
index 36f57b85..d61a79c6 100755
--- a/host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-appimage
+++ b/host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-appimage
@@ -43,4 +43,9 @@ if { s6-instance-delete /run/service/vm-services $id }
if { umount ${dir}/mount } # mount namespace
if { umount ${dir}/mount } # private bind mount
-rm -r $dir /run/configs/${id}
+
+# Atomically swap the VM directory with an empty one, which will be ignored by
+# lsvm, then remove it, so we never have half a VM directory.
+if { mkdir /run/vm/by-id/.${id} }
+if { exch /run/vm/by-id/.${id} $dir }
+background { rm -rf /run/vm/by-id/.${id} $dir }
diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-flatpak b/host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-flatpak
index 2ef20433..6be21075 100755
--- a/host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-flatpak
+++ b/host/rootfs/image/usr/bin/run-flatpak
@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ if { s6-instance-delete -- /run/service/vm-services $id }
if { umount ${dir}/mount } # mount namespace
if { umount ${dir}/mount } # private bind mount
-rm -r $dir /run/configs/${id}
+
+# Atomically swap the VM directory with an empty one, which will be ignored by
+# lsvm, then remove it, so we never have half a VM directory.
+if { mkdir /run/vm/by-id/.${id} }
+if { exch /run/vm/by-id/.${id} $dir }
+background { rm -rf /run/vm/by-id/.${id} $dir }
diff --git a/tools/lsvm.rs b/tools/lsvm.rs
index 8f98e4f6..5d67ac6f 100644
--- a/tools/lsvm.rs
+++ b/tools/lsvm.rs
@@ -81,12 +81,21 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), String> {
for entry in read_dir("/run/vm/by-id").map_err(|e| format!("reading /run/vm/by-id: {e}"))? {
let entry = entry.map_err(|e| format!("iterating /run/vm/by-id: {e}"))?;
- if entry
- .file_type()
- .map_err(|e| format!("getting type of {:?}: {e}", entry.path()))?
- .is_dir()
+ if !entry.file_name().as_bytes().starts_with(b".")
+ && entry
+ .file_type()
+ .map_err(|e| format!("getting type of {:?}: {e}", entry.path()))?
+ .is_dir()
{
- names.insert(entry.file_name(), Vec::new());
+ let path = entry.path();
+ if path
+ .read_dir()
+ .map_err(|e| format!("reading {path:?}: {e}"))?
+ .next()
+ .is_some()
+ {
+ names.insert(entry.file_name(), Vec::new());
+ }
}
}
--
2.51.0
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