path: root/src/libstore/gc.cc

#include "globals.hh"
#include "misc.hh"
#include "pathlocks.hh"
#include "local-store.hh"

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

#include <functional>
#include <queue>
#include <algorithm>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#ifdef __CYGWIN__
#include <windows.h>
#include <sys/cygwin.h>
#endif


namespace nix {


static string gcLockName = "gc.lock";
static string tempRootsDir = "temproots";
static string gcRootsDir = "gcroots";

static const int defaultGcLevel = 1000;


/* Acquire the global GC lock.  This is used to prevent new Nix
   processes from starting after the temporary root files have been
   read.  To be precise: when they try to create a new temporary root
   file, they will block until the garbage collector has finished /
   yielded the GC lock. */
static int openGCLock(LockType lockType)
{
    Path fnGCLock = (format("%1%/%2%")
        % nixStateDir % gcLockName).str();
         
    debug(format("acquiring global GC lock `%1%'") % fnGCLock);
    
    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = open(fnGCLock.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
    if (fdGCLock == -1)
        throw SysError(format("opening global GC lock `%1%'") % fnGCLock);

    if (!lockFile(fdGCLock, lockType, false)) {
        printMsg(lvlError, format("waiting for the big garbage collector lock..."));
        lockFile(fdGCLock, lockType, true);
    }

    /* !!! Restrict read permission on the GC root.  Otherwise any
       process that can open the file for reading can DoS the
       collector. */
    
    return fdGCLock.borrow();
}


void createSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target, bool careful)
{
    /* Create directories up to `gcRoot'. */
    createDirs(dirOf(link));

    /* !!! shouldn't removing and creating the symlink be atomic? */

    /* Remove the old symlink. */
    if (pathExists(link)) {
        if (careful && (!isLink(link) || !isInStore(readLink(link))))
            throw Error(format("cannot create symlink `%1%'; already exists") % link);
        unlink(link.c_str());
    }

    /* And create the new one. */
    if (symlink(target.c_str(), link.c_str()) == -1)
        throw SysError(format("symlinking `%1%' to `%2%'")
            % link % target);
}


void LocalStore::syncWithGC()
{
    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltRead);
}


void LocalStore::addIndirectRoot(const Path & path)
{
    string hash = printHash32(hashString(htSHA1, path));
    Path realRoot = canonPath((format("%1%/%2%/auto/%3%")
        % nixStateDir % gcRootsDir % hash).str());
    createSymlink(realRoot, path, false);
}


Path addPermRoot(const Path & _storePath, const Path & _gcRoot,
    bool indirect, bool allowOutsideRootsDir)
{
    Path storePath(canonPath(_storePath));
    Path gcRoot(canonPath(_gcRoot));
    assertStorePath(storePath);

    if (isInStore(gcRoot))
        throw Error(format(
                "creating a garbage collector root (%1%) in the Nix store is forbidden "
                "(are you running nix-build inside the store?)") % gcRoot);

    if (indirect) {
        createSymlink(gcRoot, storePath, true);
        store->addIndirectRoot(gcRoot);
    }

    else {
        if (!allowOutsideRootsDir) {
            Path rootsDir = canonPath((format("%1%/%2%") % nixStateDir % gcRootsDir).str());
    
            if (string(gcRoot, 0, rootsDir.size() + 1) != rootsDir + "/")
                throw Error(format(
                    "path `%1%' is not a valid garbage collector root; "
                    "it's not in the directory `%2%'")
                    % gcRoot % rootsDir);
        }
            
        createSymlink(gcRoot, storePath, false);
    }

    /* Check that the root can be found by the garbage collector.
       !!! This can be very slow on machines that have many roots.
       Instead of reading all the roots, it would be more efficient to
       check if the root is in a directory in or linked from the
       gcroots directory. */
    if (queryBoolSetting("gc-check-reachability", true)) {
        Roots roots = store->findRoots();
        if (roots.find(gcRoot) == roots.end())
            printMsg(lvlError, 
                format(
                    "warning: `%1%' is not in a directory where the garbage collector looks for roots; "
                    "therefore, `%2%' might be removed by the garbage collector")
                % gcRoot % storePath);
    }
        
    /* Grab the global GC root, causing us to block while a GC is in
       progress.  This prevents the set of permanent roots from
       increasing while a GC is in progress. */
    store->syncWithGC();
    
    return gcRoot;
}


/* The file to which we write our temporary roots. */
static Path fnTempRoots;
static AutoCloseFD fdTempRoots;


void LocalStore::addTempRoot(const Path & path)
{
    /* Create the temporary roots file for this process. */
    if (fdTempRoots == -1) {

        while (1) {
            Path dir = (format("%1%/%2%") % nixStateDir % tempRootsDir).str();
            createDirs(dir);
            
            fnTempRoots = (format("%1%/%2%")
                % dir % getpid()).str();

            AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltRead);
            
            if (pathExists(fnTempRoots))
                /* It *must* be stale, since there can be no two
                   processes with the same pid. */
                deletePath(fnTempRoots);

	    fdTempRoots = openLockFile(fnTempRoots, true);

            fdGCLock.close();
      
	    /* Note that on Cygwin a lot of the following complexity
	       is unnecessary, since we cannot delete open lock
	       files.  If we have the lock file open, then it's valid;
	       if we can delete it, then it wasn't in use any more. 

	       Also note that on Cygwin we cannot "upgrade" a lock
	       from a read lock to a write lock. */

#ifndef __CYGWIN__
            debug(format("acquiring read lock on `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
            lockFile(fdTempRoots, ltRead, true);

            /* Check whether the garbage collector didn't get in our
               way. */
            struct stat st;
            if (fstat(fdTempRoots, &st) == -1)
                throw SysError(format("statting `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
            if (st.st_size == 0) break;
            
            /* The garbage collector deleted this file before we could
               get a lock.  (It won't delete the file after we get a
               lock.)  Try again. */

#else
            break;
#endif
        }

    }

    /* Upgrade the lock to a write lock.  This will cause us to block
       if the garbage collector is holding our lock. */
    debug(format("acquiring write lock on `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
    lockFile(fdTempRoots, ltWrite, true);

    string s = path + '\0';
    writeFull(fdTempRoots, (const unsigned char *) s.c_str(), s.size());

#ifndef __CYGWIN__
    /* Downgrade to a read lock. */
    debug(format("downgrading to read lock on `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
    lockFile(fdTempRoots, ltRead, true);
#else
    debug(format("releasing write lock on `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
    lockFile(fdTempRoots, ltNone, true);
#endif
}


void removeTempRoots()
{
    if (fdTempRoots != -1) {
        fdTempRoots.close();
        unlink(fnTempRoots.c_str());
    }
}


typedef boost::shared_ptr<AutoCloseFD> FDPtr;
typedef list<FDPtr> FDs;


static void readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
{
    /* Read the `temproots' directory for per-process temporary root
       files. */
    Strings tempRootFiles = readDirectory(
        (format("%1%/%2%") % nixStateDir % tempRootsDir).str());

    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, tempRootFiles) {
        Path path = (format("%1%/%2%/%3%") % nixStateDir % tempRootsDir % *i).str();

        debug(format("reading temporary root file `%1%'") % path);

#ifdef __CYGWIN__
	/* On Cygwin we just try to delete the lock file. */
	char win32Path[MAX_PATH];
	cygwin_conv_to_full_win32_path(path.c_str(), win32Path);
	if (DeleteFile(win32Path)) {
            printMsg(lvlError, format("removed stale temporary roots file `%1%'")
                % path);
            continue;
        } else
            debug(format("delete of `%1%' failed: %2%") % path % GetLastError());
#endif

        FDPtr fd(new AutoCloseFD(open(path.c_str(), O_RDWR, 0666)));
        if (*fd == -1) {
            /* It's okay if the file has disappeared. */
            if (errno == ENOENT) continue;
            throw SysError(format("opening temporary roots file `%1%'") % path);
        }

        /* This should work, but doesn't, for some reason. */
        //FDPtr fd(new AutoCloseFD(openLockFile(path, false)));
        //if (*fd == -1) continue;

#ifndef __CYGWIN__
        /* Try to acquire a write lock without blocking.  This can
           only succeed if the owning process has died.  In that case
           we don't care about its temporary roots. */
        if (lockFile(*fd, ltWrite, false)) {
            printMsg(lvlError, format("removing stale temporary roots file `%1%'")
                % path);
            unlink(path.c_str());
            writeFull(*fd, (const unsigned char *) "d", 1);
            continue;
        }
#endif

        /* Acquire a read lock.  This will prevent the owning process
           from upgrading to a write lock, therefore it will block in
           addTempRoot(). */
        debug(format("waiting for read lock on `%1%'") % path);
        lockFile(*fd, ltRead, true);

        /* Read the entire file. */
        string contents = readFile(*fd);

        /* Extract the roots. */
        string::size_type pos = 0, end;

        while ((end = contents.find((char) 0, pos)) != string::npos) {
            Path root(contents, pos, end - pos);
            debug(format("got temporary root `%1%'") % root);
            assertStorePath(root);
            tempRoots.insert(root);
            pos = end + 1;
        }

        fds.push_back(fd); /* keep open */
    }
}


static void findRoots(const Path & path, bool recurseSymlinks,
    bool deleteStale, Roots & roots)
{
    try {
        
        struct stat st;
        if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1)
            throw SysError(format("statting `%1%'") % path);

        printMsg(lvlVomit, format("looking at `%1%'") % path);

        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
            Strings names = readDirectory(path);
            foreach (Strings::iterator, i, names)
                findRoots(path + "/" + *i, recurseSymlinks, deleteStale, roots);
        }

        else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
            Path target = absPath(readLink(path), dirOf(path));

            if (isInStore(target)) {
                debug(format("found root `%1%' in `%2%'")
                    % target % path);
                Path storePath = toStorePath(target);
                if (store->isValidPath(storePath)) 
                    roots[path] = storePath;
                else
                    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("skipping invalid root from `%1%' to `%2%'")
                        % path % storePath);
            }

            else if (recurseSymlinks) {
                if (pathExists(target))
                    findRoots(target, false, deleteStale, roots);
                else if (deleteStale) {
                    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("removing stale link from `%1%' to `%2%'") % path % target);
                    /* Note that we only delete when recursing, i.e.,
                       when we are still in the `gcroots' tree.  We
                       never delete stuff outside that tree. */
                    unlink(path.c_str());
                }
            }
        }

    }

    catch (SysError & e) {
        /* We only ignore permanent failures. */
        if (e.errNo == EACCES || e.errNo == ENOENT || e.errNo == ENOTDIR)
            printMsg(lvlInfo, format("cannot read potential root `%1%'") % path);
        else
            throw;
    }
}


static Roots findRoots(bool deleteStale)
{
    Roots roots;
    Path rootsDir = canonPath((format("%1%/%2%") % nixStateDir % gcRootsDir).str());
    findRoots(rootsDir, true, deleteStale, roots);
    return roots;
}


Roots LocalStore::findRoots()
{
    return nix::findRoots(false);
}


static void addAdditionalRoots(PathSet & roots)
{
    Path rootFinder = getEnv("NIX_ROOT_FINDER",
        nixLibexecDir + "/nix/find-runtime-roots.pl");

    if (rootFinder.empty()) return;
    
    debug(format("executing `%1%' to find additional roots") % rootFinder);

    string result = runProgram(rootFinder);

    Strings paths = tokenizeString(result, "\n");
    
    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, paths) {
        if (isInStore(*i)) {
            Path path = toStorePath(*i);
            if (roots.find(path) == roots.end() && store->isValidPath(path)) {
                debug(format("got additional root `%1%'") % path);
                roots.insert(path);
            }
        }
    }
}


static void dfsVisit(const PathSet & paths, const Path & path,
    PathSet & visited, Paths & sorted)
{
    if (visited.find(path) != visited.end()) return;
    visited.insert(path);
    
    PathSet references;
    if (store->isValidPath(path))
        store->queryReferences(path, references);
    
    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, references)
        /* Don't traverse into paths that don't exist.  That can
           happen due to substitutes for non-existent paths. */
        if (*i != path && paths.find(*i) != paths.end())
            dfsVisit(paths, *i, visited, sorted);

    sorted.push_front(path);
}


Paths topoSortPaths(const PathSet & paths)
{
    Paths sorted;
    PathSet visited;
    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths)
        dfsVisit(paths, *i, visited, sorted);
    return sorted;
}


struct GCLimitReached { };


struct LocalStore::GCState
{
    GCOptions options;
    GCResults & results;
    PathSet roots;
    PathSet tempRoots;
    PathSet deleted;
    PathSet live;
    PathSet busy;
    bool gcKeepOutputs;
    bool gcKeepDerivations;
    GCState(GCResults & results_) : results(results_)
    {
    }
};


static bool doDelete(GCOptions::GCAction action)
{
    return action == GCOptions::gcDeleteDead
        || action == GCOptions::gcDeleteSpecific;
}


bool LocalStore::isActiveTempFile(const GCState & state,
    const Path & path, const string & suffix)
{
    return hasSuffix(path, suffix)
        && state.tempRoots.find(string(path, 0, path.size() - suffix.size())) != state.tempRoots.end();
}

    
bool LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
{
    if (!pathExists(path)) return true;
    if (state.deleted.find(path) != state.deleted.end()) return true;
    if (state.live.find(path) != state.live.end()) return false;

    startNest(nest, lvlDebug, format("considering whether to delete `%1%'") % path);

    if (state.roots.find(path) != state.roots.end()) {
        printMsg(lvlDebug, format("cannot delete `%1%' because it's a root") % path);
        goto isLive;
    }

    if (isValidPath(path)) {

        /* Recursively try to delete the referrers of this path.  If
           any referrer can't be deleted, then this path can't be
           deleted either. */
        PathSet referrers;
        queryReferrers(path, referrers);
        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, referrers)
            if (*i != path && !tryToDelete(state, *i)) {
                printMsg(lvlDebug, format("cannot delete `%1%' because it has live referrers") % path);
                goto isLive;
            }

        /* If gc-keep-derivations is set and this is a derivation,
           then don't delete the derivation if any of the outputs are
           live. */
        if (state.gcKeepDerivations && isDerivation(path)) {
            Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(path);
            foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
                if (!tryToDelete(state, i->second.path)) {
                    printMsg(lvlDebug, format("cannot delete derivation `%1%' because its output is alive") % path);
                    goto isLive;
                }
        }

        /* If gc-keep-derivations and gc-keep-outputs are both set,
           it's possible that the path has already been deleted (due
           to the recursion below), so bail out. */
        if (!pathExists(path)) return true;

        /* If gc-keep-outputs is set, then don't delete this path if
           its deriver is not garbage.  !!! This is somewhat buggy,
           since there might be multiple derivers, but the database
           only stores one. */
        if (state.gcKeepOutputs) {
            Path deriver = queryDeriver(path);
            /* Break an infinite recursion if gc-keep-derivations and
               gc-keep-outputs are both set by tentatively assuming
               that this path is garbage.  This is a safe assumption
               because at this point, the only thing that can prevent
               it from being garbage is the deriver.  Since
               tryToDelete() works "upwards" through the dependency
               graph, it won't encouter this path except in the call
               to tryToDelete() in the gc-keep-derivation branch. */
            state.deleted.insert(path);
            if (deriver != "" && !tryToDelete(state, deriver)) {
                state.deleted.erase(path);
                printMsg(lvlDebug, format("cannot delete `%1%' because its deriver is alive") % path);
                goto isLive;
            }
        }
    }

    else {

        /* A lock file belonging to a path that we're building right
           now isn't garbage. */
        if (isActiveTempFile(state, path, ".lock")) return false;

        /* Don't delete .chroot directories for derivations that are
           currently being built. */
        if (isActiveTempFile(state, path, ".chroot")) return false;

    }

    /* The path is garbage, so delete it. */
    if (doDelete(state.options.action)) {
        printMsg(lvlInfo, format("deleting `%1%'") % path);

        unsigned long long bytesFreed, blocksFreed;
        deleteFromStore(path, bytesFreed, blocksFreed);
        state.results.bytesFreed += bytesFreed;
        state.results.blocksFreed += blocksFreed;

        if (state.options.maxFreed && state.results.bytesFreed > state.options.maxFreed) {
            printMsg(lvlInfo, format("deleted more than %1% bytes; stopping") % state.options.maxFreed);
            throw GCLimitReached();
        }

        if (state.options.maxLinks) {
            struct stat st;
            if (stat(nixStore.c_str(), &st) == -1)
                throw SysError(format("statting `%1%'") % nixStore);
            if (st.st_nlink < state.options.maxLinks) {
                printMsg(lvlInfo, format("link count on the store has dropped below %1%; stopping") % state.options.maxLinks);
                throw GCLimitReached();
            }
        }
        
    } else
        printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("would delete `%1%'") % path);
    
    state.deleted.insert(path);
    if (state.options.action != GCOptions::gcReturnLive)
        state.results.paths.insert(path);
    return true;

 isLive:
    state.live.insert(path);
    if (state.options.action == GCOptions::gcReturnLive)
        state.results.paths.insert(path);
    return false;
}


void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
{
    GCState state(results);
    state.options = options;    
    
    state.gcKeepOutputs = queryBoolSetting("gc-keep-outputs", false);
    state.gcKeepDerivations = queryBoolSetting("gc-keep-derivations", true);
    
    /* Acquire the global GC root.  This prevents
       a) New roots from being added.
       b) Processes from creating new temporary root files. */
    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltWrite);

    /* Find the roots.  Since we've grabbed the GC lock, the set of
       permanent roots cannot increase now. */
    printMsg(lvlError, format("finding garbage collector roots..."));
    Roots rootMap = options.ignoreLiveness ? Roots() : nix::findRoots(true);

    foreach (Roots::iterator, i, rootMap) state.roots.insert(i->second);

    /* Add additional roots returned by the program specified by the
       NIX_ROOT_FINDER environment variable.  This is typically used
       to add running programs to the set of roots (to prevent them
       from being garbage collected). */
    if (!options.ignoreLiveness)
        addAdditionalRoots(state.roots);

    /* Read the temporary roots.  This acquires read locks on all
       per-process temporary root files.  So after this point no paths
       can be added to the set of temporary roots. */
    FDs fds;
    readTempRoots(state.tempRoots, fds);
    state.roots.insert(state.tempRoots.begin(), state.tempRoots.end());

    /* After this point the set of roots or temporary roots cannot
       increase, since we hold locks on everything.  So everything
       that is not reachable from `roots'. */

    /* Now either delete all garbage paths, or just the specified
       paths (for gcDeleteSpecific). */

    if (options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteSpecific) {

        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, options.pathsToDelete) {
            assertStorePath(*i);
            if (!tryToDelete(state, *i))
                throw Error(format("cannot delete path `%1%' since it is still alive") % *i);
        }
        
    } else {
        
        printMsg(lvlError, format("reading the Nix store..."));
        Paths entries = readDirectory(nixStore);

        /* Randomise the order in which we delete entries to make the
           collector less biased towards deleting paths that come
           alphabetically first (e.g. /nix/store/000...).  This
           matters when using --max-freed etc. */
        vector<Path> entries_(entries.begin(), entries.end());
        random_shuffle(entries_.begin(), entries_.end());

        if (doDelete(state.options.action))
            printMsg(lvlError, format("deleting garbage..."));
        else
            printMsg(lvlError, format("determining live/dead paths..."));
    
        try {
            foreach (vector<Path>::iterator, i, entries_)
                tryToDelete(state, canonPath(nixStore + "/" + *i));
        } catch (GCLimitReached & e) {
        }
    }        
}


}