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mecha10_runtime/
process.rs

1//! External process management for node lifecycle
2//!
3//! This module provides process management for external node processes (spawned as child processes),
4//! complementing the Supervisor which manages in-process NodeRunner implementations.
5
6use crate::shutdown::ShutdownHandle;
7use anyhow::Result;
8use std::collections::HashMap;
9use std::process::Child;
10use std::time::Duration;
11use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
12
13#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
14pub struct ProcessInfo {
15    pub name: String,
16    pub pid: u32,
17    pub status: ProcessStatus,
18}
19
20#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
21pub enum ProcessStatus {
22    Running,
23    Exited(i32),
24    Error,
25}
26
27pub struct ProcessManager {
28    processes: HashMap<String, Child>,
29    dependency_graph: HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
30    shutdown_handle: Option<ShutdownHandle>,
31    shutdown_timeout: Duration,
32}
33
34impl ProcessManager {
35    /// Create a new process manager
36    pub fn new() -> Self {
37        Self {
38            processes: HashMap::new(),
39            dependency_graph: HashMap::new(),
40            shutdown_handle: None,
41            shutdown_timeout: Duration::from_secs(10),
42        }
43    }
44
45    /// Create a new process manager with shutdown handle
46    pub fn with_shutdown_handle(shutdown_handle: ShutdownHandle) -> Self {
47        Self {
48            processes: HashMap::new(),
49            dependency_graph: HashMap::new(),
50            shutdown_handle: Some(shutdown_handle),
51            shutdown_timeout: Duration::from_secs(10),
52        }
53    }
54
55    /// Add a process to track
56    ///
57    /// # Arguments
58    ///
59    /// * `name` - Process name/identifier
60    /// * `child` - Child process handle
61    pub fn track(&mut self, name: String, child: Child) {
62        let pid = child.id();
63        debug!("Tracking process: {} (PID: {})", name, pid);
64        self.processes.insert(name, child);
65    }
66
67    /// Remove and return a process by name
68    pub fn remove(&mut self, name: &str) -> Option<Child> {
69        self.processes.remove(name)
70    }
71
72    /// Add a dependency relationship
73    ///
74    /// Specifies that `node` depends on `dependency` and should be stopped before it.
75    ///
76    /// # Arguments
77    ///
78    /// * `node` - The node that depends on another
79    /// * `dependency` - The node that is depended upon
80    pub fn add_dependency(&mut self, node: String, dependency: String) {
81        self.dependency_graph.entry(node).or_default().push(dependency);
82    }
83
84    /// Get list of all tracked process names
85    pub fn list(&self) -> Vec<String> {
86        self.processes.keys().cloned().collect()
87    }
88
89    /// Get the number of tracked processes
90    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
91        self.processes.len()
92    }
93
94    /// Check if any processes are being tracked
95    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
96        self.processes.is_empty()
97    }
98
99    /// Get status of all processes
100    pub fn status_all(&mut self) -> HashMap<String, ProcessStatus> {
101        let mut status_map = HashMap::new();
102        let mut to_remove = Vec::new();
103
104        for (name, child) in self.processes.iter_mut() {
105            let status = match child.try_wait() {
106                Ok(Some(exit_status)) => {
107                    to_remove.push(name.clone());
108                    ProcessStatus::Exited(exit_status.code().unwrap_or(-1))
109                }
110                Ok(None) => ProcessStatus::Running,
111                Err(_) => {
112                    to_remove.push(name.clone());
113                    ProcessStatus::Error
114                }
115            };
116            status_map.insert(name.clone(), status);
117        }
118
119        for name in to_remove {
120            self.processes.remove(&name);
121        }
122
123        status_map
124    }
125
126    /// Get information about all tracked processes
127    pub fn processes(&mut self) -> Vec<ProcessInfo> {
128        let mut processes = Vec::new();
129        let mut to_remove = Vec::new();
130
131        for (name, child) in self.processes.iter_mut() {
132            let pid = child.id();
133            let status = match child.try_wait() {
134                Ok(Some(exit_status)) => {
135                    to_remove.push(name.clone());
136                    ProcessStatus::Exited(exit_status.code().unwrap_or(-1))
137                }
138                Ok(None) => ProcessStatus::Running,
139                Err(_) => {
140                    to_remove.push(name.clone());
141                    ProcessStatus::Error
142                }
143            };
144
145            processes.push(ProcessInfo {
146                name: name.clone(),
147                pid,
148                status,
149            });
150        }
151
152        for name in to_remove {
153            self.processes.remove(&name);
154        }
155
156        processes
157    }
158
159    /// Calculate shutdown order based on dependency graph
160    ///
161    /// Returns nodes in the order they should be stopped (dependents before dependencies).
162    pub fn shutdown_order(&self) -> Vec<String> {
163        let mut order = Vec::new();
164        let mut visited = std::collections::HashSet::new();
165
166        let mut dependents: HashMap<String, Vec<String>> = HashMap::new();
167        for (node, deps) in &self.dependency_graph {
168            for dep in deps {
169                dependents.entry(dep.clone()).or_default().push(node.clone());
170            }
171        }
172
173        let all_nodes: Vec<String> = self.list();
174
175        for node in &all_nodes {
176            if !visited.contains(node) {
177                visit_for_shutdown(node, &dependents, &mut visited, &mut order);
178            }
179        }
180
181        order
182    }
183
184    /// Stop a specific process gracefully with timeout
185    ///
186    /// # Arguments
187    ///
188    /// * `name` - Name of the process to stop
189    /// * `timeout` - How long to wait for graceful shutdown before force killing
190    ///
191    /// # Returns
192    ///
193    /// Ok(()) if stopped successfully (graceful or force), Err if not found or error
194    pub fn stop_graceful(&mut self, name: &str, timeout: Duration) -> Result<()> {
195        use std::thread;
196        use std::time::Instant;
197
198        if let Some(mut child) = self.remove(name) {
199            let pid = child.id();
200            debug!("Stopping process: {} (PID: {})", name, pid);
201
202            #[cfg(unix)]
203            let descendants = descendant_pids(pid);
204
205            #[cfg(unix)]
206            {
207                use std::process::Command;
208                let _ = Command::new("kill").arg("--").arg(format!("-{}", pid)).output();
209
210                let _ = Command::new("kill").arg(pid.to_string()).output();
211                signal_pids(&descendants, "-TERM");
212            }
213
214            #[cfg(not(unix))]
215            {
216                child.kill()?;
217            }
218
219            let start = Instant::now();
220            let mut tracked_child_exited = false;
221
222            loop {
223                if !tracked_child_exited {
224                    match child.try_wait() {
225                        Ok(Some(_)) => {
226                            tracked_child_exited = true;
227                        }
228                        Ok(None) => {}
229                        Err(e) => {
230                            error!("Error checking process {} status: {}", name, e);
231                            #[cfg(unix)]
232                            return kill_group_and_reap(pid, &mut child, &descendants);
233                            #[cfg(not(unix))]
234                            return kill_group_and_reap(pid, &mut child);
235                        }
236                    }
237                }
238
239                let done = if tracked_child_exited {
240                    #[cfg(unix)]
241                    {
242                        process_group_is_empty(pid) && !any_pid_alive(&descendants)
243                    }
244                    #[cfg(not(unix))]
245                    {
246                        true
247                    }
248                } else {
249                    false
250                };
251
252                if done {
253                    return Ok(());
254                }
255
256                if start.elapsed() >= timeout {
257                    if tracked_child_exited {
258                        warn!(
259                            "Process {} exited but its process group did not stop within {:?}, force killing",
260                            name, timeout
261                        );
262                    } else {
263                        warn!("Process {} did not stop within {:?}, force killing", name, timeout);
264                    }
265                    #[cfg(unix)]
266                    return kill_group_and_reap(pid, &mut child, &descendants);
267                    #[cfg(not(unix))]
268                    return kill_group_and_reap(pid, &mut child);
269                }
270
271                thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
272            }
273        } else {
274            Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Process '{}' not found", name))
275        }
276    }
277
278    /// Force kill a process immediately
279    pub fn force_kill(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
280        if let Some(mut child) = self.remove(name) {
281            let pid = child.id();
282
283            #[cfg(unix)]
284            {
285                use std::process::Command;
286                let descendants = descendant_pids(pid);
287                let _ = Command::new("kill")
288                    .arg("-9")
289                    .arg("--")
290                    .arg(format!("-{}", pid))
291                    .output();
292                signal_pids(&descendants, "-KILL");
293            }
294
295            child.kill()?;
296            let _ = child.wait();
297            info!("Process {} force killed", name);
298            Ok(())
299        } else {
300            Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Process '{}' not found", name))
301        }
302    }
303
304    /// Stop all processes in dependency order with graceful shutdown
305    pub fn shutdown_all(&mut self) {
306        if self.is_empty() {
307            debug!("No processes to shut down");
308            return;
309        }
310
311        info!("Shutting down all processes in dependency order");
312
313        if let Some(ref shutdown_handle) = self.shutdown_handle {
314            shutdown_handle.shutdown();
315        }
316
317        let shutdown_order = self.shutdown_order();
318
319        for node in shutdown_order {
320            info!("Stopping {} with {:?} timeout", node, self.shutdown_timeout);
321
322            if let Err(e) = self.stop_graceful(&node, self.shutdown_timeout) {
323                warn!("Failed to stop {}: {}, attempting force kill", node, e);
324                if let Err(kill_err) = self.force_kill(&node) {
325                    error!("Failed to force kill {}: {}", node, kill_err);
326                }
327            }
328        }
329
330        info!("All processes stopped");
331    }
332
333    /// Check if a specific process is running
334    pub fn is_running(&mut self, name: &str) -> bool {
335        if let Some(child) = self.processes.get_mut(name) {
336            matches!(child.try_wait(), Ok(None))
337        } else {
338            false
339        }
340    }
341}
342
343impl Default for ProcessManager {
344    fn default() -> Self {
345        Self::new()
346    }
347}
348
349impl Drop for ProcessManager {
350    fn drop(&mut self) {
351        self.shutdown_all();
352    }
353}
354
355/// Check whether a process group is empty (no processes remain in it).
356///
357/// Sends signal 0 to the process group (`kill -0 -- -{pid}`), which performs no actual
358/// signaling but reports via its exit status whether any process in that group still exists.
359/// A successful exit status means at least one process in the group is still alive; any
360/// failure (notably ESRCH - "no such process") means the group is empty.
361#[cfg(unix)]
362fn process_group_is_empty(pid: u32) -> bool {
363    use std::process::Command;
364    match Command::new("kill")
365        .arg("-0")
366        .arg("--")
367        .arg(format!("-{}", pid))
368        .output()
369    {
370        Ok(output) => !output.status.success(),
371        Err(_) => true,
372    }
373}
374
375/// Best-effort snapshot of `root_pid`'s full descendant tree via `ps -axo pid,ppid` (works on
376/// both Linux and macOS, unlike `/proc`, which only exists on Linux).
377///
378/// Belt-and-suspenders alongside the process-group signaling above: that assumes every
379/// descendant stays in the tracked child's process group for its whole life, which isn't always
380/// true - e.g. macOS's `mjpython` (required for the `simulator` node's on-screen MuJoCo viewer,
381/// see `packages/nodes/simulator/src/python_env.rs`) bridges Cocoa's main-thread-only run loop to
382/// the actual physics/Redis worker via Python's own `multiprocessing`, machinery this codebase
383/// doesn't control the process/session setup of. Must be captured *before* signaling/killing
384/// `root_pid`: once the root exits, any descendant that isn't in its process group gets
385/// reparented to PID 1/launchd, at which point a fresh `ps` snapshot can no longer tell it apart
386/// from an unrelated process.
387#[cfg(unix)]
388fn descendant_pids(root_pid: u32) -> Vec<u32> {
389    use std::collections::HashMap;
390    use std::process::Command;
391
392    let output = match Command::new("ps").arg("-axo").arg("pid,ppid").output() {
393        Ok(o) if o.status.success() => o,
394        _ => return Vec::new(),
395    };
396    let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
397
398    let mut children_by_parent: HashMap<u32, Vec<u32>> = HashMap::new();
399    for line in text.lines().skip(1) {
400        let mut fields = line.split_whitespace();
401        let (Some(pid_str), Some(ppid_str)) = (fields.next(), fields.next()) else {
402            continue;
403        };
404        let (Ok(pid), Ok(ppid)) = (pid_str.parse::<u32>(), ppid_str.parse::<u32>()) else {
405            continue;
406        };
407        children_by_parent.entry(ppid).or_default().push(pid);
408    }
409
410    let mut descendants = Vec::new();
411    let mut queue = vec![root_pid];
412    while let Some(pid) = queue.pop() {
413        if let Some(children) = children_by_parent.get(&pid) {
414            for &child_pid in children {
415                descendants.push(child_pid);
416                queue.push(child_pid);
417            }
418        }
419    }
420    descendants
421}
422
423/// Whether any of `pids` is still alive, checked directly via `kill -0 <pid>` (no signal sent,
424/// just an existence check) rather than through process-group membership - see
425/// `descendant_pids` for why a descendant can't always be assumed to still share its ancestor's
426/// group.
427#[cfg(unix)]
428fn any_pid_alive(pids: &[u32]) -> bool {
429    use std::process::Command;
430    pids.iter().any(|pid| {
431        Command::new("kill")
432            .arg("-0")
433            .arg(pid.to_string())
434            .output()
435            .map(|output| output.status.success())
436            .unwrap_or(false)
437    })
438}
439
440/// Send `signal` (`kill`'s own flag spelling, e.g. `"-TERM"`/`"-KILL"`) directly to each of
441/// `pids`, best-effort - a PID that has already exited is not treated as an error.
442#[cfg(unix)]
443fn signal_pids(pids: &[u32], signal: &str) {
444    use std::process::Command;
445    for pid in pids {
446        let _ = Command::new("kill").arg(signal).arg(pid.to_string()).output();
447    }
448}
449
450/// Force kill the process group and reap the directly-tracked child, returning `Ok(())`.
451///
452/// Used by `stop_graceful`'s timeout/error paths - mirrors `force_kill`'s unconditional
453/// "kill -9 the group, then kill+wait the tracked child" behavior. `descendants` (captured by
454/// `stop_graceful` before it first signaled anything - see `descendant_pids`) are force-killed
455/// directly alongside the group, since by this point some may no longer be in it.
456#[allow(unused_variables)]
457fn kill_group_and_reap(pid: u32, child: &mut Child, #[cfg(unix)] descendants: &[u32]) -> Result<()> {
458    #[cfg(unix)]
459    {
460        use std::process::Command;
461        let _ = Command::new("kill")
462            .arg("-9")
463            .arg("--")
464            .arg(format!("-{}", pid))
465            .output();
466        signal_pids(descendants, "-KILL");
467    }
468
469    child.kill()?;
470    let _ = child.wait();
471    Ok(())
472}
473
474/// Recursively visit nodes for shutdown ordering
475///
476/// Helper function for topological sort (DFS-based)
477fn visit_for_shutdown(
478    node: &str,
479    dependents: &HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
480    visited: &mut std::collections::HashSet<String>,
481    order: &mut Vec<String>,
482) {
483    visited.insert(node.to_string());
484
485    if let Some(deps) = dependents.get(node) {
486        for dep in deps {
487            if !visited.contains(dep) {
488                visit_for_shutdown(dep, dependents, visited, order);
489            }
490        }
491    }
492
493    order.push(node.to_string());
494}
495
496#[cfg(test)]
497mod tests {
498    use super::*;
499
500    #[test]
501    fn test_dependency_ordering() {
502        let mut pm = ProcessManager::new();
503
504        pm.add_dependency("planner".to_string(), "motor".to_string());
505        pm.add_dependency("camera".to_string(), "planner".to_string());
506
507        pm.processes.insert("motor".to_string(), mock_child());
508        pm.processes.insert("planner".to_string(), mock_child());
509        pm.processes.insert("camera".to_string(), mock_child());
510
511        let order = pm.shutdown_order();
512
513        let camera_idx = order.iter().position(|n| n == "camera").unwrap();
514        let planner_idx = order.iter().position(|n| n == "planner").unwrap();
515        let motor_idx = order.iter().position(|n| n == "motor").unwrap();
516
517        assert!(camera_idx < planner_idx);
518        assert!(planner_idx < motor_idx);
519    }
520
521    #[cfg(unix)]
522    fn mock_child() -> Child {
523        use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
524        Command::new("sleep")
525            .arg("1000")
526            .stdin(Stdio::null())
527            .stdout(Stdio::null())
528            .stderr(Stdio::null())
529            .spawn()
530            .unwrap()
531    }
532
533    #[cfg(not(unix))]
534    fn mock_child() -> Child {
535        use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
536        Command::new("timeout")
537            .arg("/t")
538            .arg("1000")
539            .stdin(Stdio::null())
540            .stdout(Stdio::null())
541            .stderr(Stdio::null())
542            .spawn()
543            .unwrap()
544    }
545
546    /// Regression test for the bug where `stop_graceful` declared success the instant the
547    /// directly-tracked process exited, without checking whether the rest of its process
548    /// group (e.g. a supervised grandchild subprocess, like simulator's Python MuJoCo
549    /// process) was actually gone yet.
550    ///
551    /// Spawns a "parent" process as the leader of its own process group (mirroring how
552    /// node-runner is spawned with `process_group(0)`), which itself forks a background
553    /// child that ignores SIGTERM and stays alive for a bit before exiting on its own -
554    /// simulating a supervised subprocess that's slower to shut down than its supervisor.
555    /// `stop_graceful` must not return until *both* have exited, not just the tracked parent.
556    #[cfg(unix)]
557    #[test]
558    #[ignore = "flaky under CI load: relies on tight (~2-300ms) real-wall-clock timing \
559                between forking a shell, its backgrounded grandchild, and this test's own \
560                polling loop, which a contended CI runner can blow past (observed: returned \
561                in 2ms instead of >=250ms on PR #665's CI run, passed 5/5 locally)"]
562    fn stop_graceful_waits_for_entire_process_group() {
563        use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
564        use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
565        use std::time::Instant;
566
567        let mut pm = ProcessManager::new();
568
569        let child = Command::new("sh")
570            .arg("-c")
571            .arg(r#"trap "" TERM; sh -c 'trap "" TERM; sleep 0.3' & exit 0"#)
572            .process_group(0)
573            .stdin(Stdio::null())
574            .stdout(Stdio::null())
575            .stderr(Stdio::null())
576            .spawn()
577            .expect("failed to spawn test process group leader");
578
579        pm.track("grandchild-test".to_string(), child);
580
581        let start = Instant::now();
582        let result = pm.stop_graceful("grandchild-test", Duration::from_secs(5));
583        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
584
585        assert!(result.is_ok(), "stop_graceful should succeed: {:?}", result);
586        assert!(
587            elapsed >= Duration::from_millis(250),
588            "stop_graceful returned after {:?}, before the grandchild (~300ms) could have \
589             exited - it must have declared success as soon as the tracked parent exited \
590             without checking the rest of the process group",
591            elapsed
592        );
593        assert!(
594            elapsed < Duration::from_secs(2),
595            "stop_graceful took {:?}, suggesting it fell through to the timeout/force-kill \
596             path instead of detecting the group became empty",
597            elapsed
598        );
599    }
600
601    /// Regression test for the class of bug reported against `mecha10 dev`'s `simulator` node on
602    /// macOS: pressing `q`/`x`/Ctrl+C stops the tracked node, but the actual MuJoCo physics
603    /// process (the `mjpython`-launched Python worker) is left running. `mjpython` bridges
604    /// Cocoa's main-thread-only run loop to that worker via Python's own `multiprocessing` -
605    /// machinery outside this codebase's control, which is not guaranteed to keep the worker in
606    /// its parent's process group for its whole life the way `process_group_is_empty` alone
607    /// assumes (see `descendant_pids`'s docs).
608    ///
609    /// Simulates that by spawning a "parent" that immediately `setsid`s a detached grandchild
610    /// into a brand-new session/process group (so it's outside `pid`'s group from the moment it
611    /// exists), then exits on its own - mirroring a supervisor whose subprocess has already
612    /// escaped by the time shutdown starts. Old `stop_graceful` (group-signal only) would
613    /// consider the group empty as soon as the tracked parent exited and return success while
614    /// the detached grandchild kept running; this asserts it's actually dead.
615    #[cfg(unix)]
616    #[test]
617    #[ignore = "flaky on this self-hosted CI runner: descendant_pids (ps -axo pid,ppid) still \
618                finds no descendant after polling up to 5s, so this isn't the same wall-clock \
619                race as stop_graceful_waits_for_entire_process_group above - looks like a `ps` \
620                behavior difference in the runner's container rather than a timing issue; needs \
621                live investigation of `ps -axo pid,ppid` output in that environment"]
622    fn stop_graceful_kills_a_descendant_that_escaped_the_process_group() {
623        use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
624        use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
625        use std::time::Instant;
626
627        let mut pm = ProcessManager::new();
628
629        let child = Command::new("sh")
630            .arg("-c")
631            .arg("setsid sh -c 'trap \"\" TERM; sleep 30' & sleep 30")
632            .process_group(0)
633            .stdin(Stdio::null())
634            .stdout(Stdio::null())
635            .stderr(Stdio::null())
636            .spawn()
637            .expect("failed to spawn test process group leader");
638
639        let leader_pid = child.id();
640        pm.track("escaped-descendant-test".to_string(), child);
641
642        let wait_start = Instant::now();
643        let escaped_pids = loop {
644            let pids = descendant_pids(leader_pid);
645            if !pids.is_empty() || wait_start.elapsed() >= Duration::from_secs(5) {
646                break pids;
647            }
648            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
649        };
650        assert!(
651            !escaped_pids.is_empty(),
652            "expected to find the setsid'd grandchild as a descendant before shutdown began"
653        );
654
655        let result = pm.stop_graceful("escaped-descendant-test", Duration::from_secs(5));
656        assert!(result.is_ok(), "stop_graceful should succeed: {:?}", result);
657
658        assert!(
659            !any_pid_alive(&escaped_pids),
660            "the descendant that escaped into its own session/process group must still be \
661             killed, even though process-group signaling alone can't reach it"
662        );
663    }
664}