[ws-daemon] Support config reload for IO limits

components/ws-daemon/cmd/root.go

@@ -5,16 +5,13 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/log"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/tracing"
-	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ws-daemon/pkg/config"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -49,23 +46,6 @@ func Execute() {
 	}
 }
 
-func getConfig() *config.Config {
-	ctnt, err := os.ReadFile(configFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Fatal("cannot read configuration. Maybe missing --config?")
-	}
-
-	var cfg config.Config
-	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(ctnt))
-	dec.DisallowUnknownFields()
-	err = dec.Decode(&cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Fatal("cannot decode configuration. Maybe missing --config?")
-	}
-
-	return &cfg
-}
-
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&jsonLog, "json-log", "j", true, "produce JSON log output on verbose level")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "Enable verbose JSON logging")

components/ws-daemon/cmd/run.go

@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ var runCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Connects to the messagebus and starts the workspace monitor",
 
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		cfg := getConfig()
+		cfg, err := config.Read(configFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Fatal("cannot read configuration. Maybe missing --config?")
+		}
 		reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
 		dmn, err := daemon.NewDaemon(cfg.Daemon, prometheus.WrapRegistererWithPrefix("gitpod_ws_daemon_", reg))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -125,6 +128,8 @@ var runCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			log.WithError(err).Fatal("cannot start daemon")
 		}
 
+		go config.Watch(configFile, dmn.ReloadConfig)
+
 		// run until we're told to stop
 		sigChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 		signal.Notify(sigChan, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)

components/ws-daemon/pkg/cgroup/plugin_iolimit_v1.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 type IOLimiterV1 struct {
 	limits limits
+	update chan limits
 }
 
 type limits struct {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func NewIOLimiterV1(writeBytesPerSecond, readBytesPerSecond, writeIOPs, readIOPs
 			WriteIOPS:           writeIOPs,
 			ReadIOPS:            readIOPs,
 		},
+		update: make(chan limits, 1),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -50,6 +52,15 @@ const (
 // TODO: enable custom configuration
 var blockDevices = []string{"sd*", "md*", "nvme0n*"}
 
+func (c *IOLimiterV1) Update(writeBytesPerSecond, readBytesPerSecond, writeIOPs, readIOPs int64) {
+	c.update <- limits{
+		WriteBytesPerSecond: writeBytesPerSecond,
+		ReadBytesPerSecond:  readBytesPerSecond,
+		WriteIOPS:           writeIOPs,
+		ReadIOPS:            readIOPs,
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *IOLimiterV1) Apply(ctx context.Context, basePath, cgroupPath string) error {
 	var devices []string
 	for _, wc := range blockDevices {
@@ -119,15 +130,27 @@ func (c *IOLimiterV1) Apply(ctx context.Context, basePath, cgroupPath string) er
 			log.WithError(err).WithField("cgroupPath", cgroupPath).Error("cannot write IO limits")
 		}
 
-		<-ctx.Done()
-		// Prior to shutting down though, we need to reset the IO limits to ensure we don't have
-		// processes stuck in the uninterruptable "D" (disk sleep) state. This would prevent the
-		// workspace pod from shutting down.
-		err = writeLimits(limits{})
-		if err != nil {
-			log.WithError(err).WithField("cgroupPath", cgroupPath).Error("cannot reset IO limits")
+		for {
+			select {
+			case l := <-c.update:
+				c.limits = l
+				log.WithField("cgroupPath", cgroupPath).WithField("l", c.limits).Debug("writing new IO limiting")
+				err := writeLimits(c.limits)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.WithError(err).WithField("cgroupPath", cgroupPath).Error("cannot write IO limits")
+				}
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				// Prior to shutting down though, we need to reset the IO limits to ensure we don't have
+				// processes stuck in the uninterruptable "D" (disk sleep) state. This would prevent the
+				// workspace pod from shutting down.
+				err = writeLimits(limits{})
+				if err != nil {
+					log.WithError(err).WithField("cgroupPath", cgroupPath).Error("cannot reset IO limits")
+				}
+				log.WithField("cgroupPath", cgroupPath).Debug("stopping IO limiting")
+			}
 		}
-		log.WithField("cgroupPath", cgroupPath).Debug("stopping IO limiting")
+
 	}()
 
 	return nil

components/ws-daemon/pkg/config/config.go

@@ -5,16 +5,99 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 
 	common_grpc "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/grpc"
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/log"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ws-daemon/pkg/daemon"
 )
 
+func Read(fn string) (*Config, error) {
+	ctnt, err := os.ReadFile(fn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("cannot read config file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var cfg Config
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(ctnt))
+	dec.DisallowUnknownFields()
+	err = dec.Decode(&cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("cannot parse config file: %w")
+	}
+
+	return &cfg, nil
+}
+
+// watchConfig watches the configuration file and if changed reloads the static layer
+func Watch(fn string, cb func(context.Context, *daemon.Config) error) {
+	hashConfig := func() (hash string, err error) {
+		f, err := os.Open(fn)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		h := sha256.New()
+		_, err = io.Copy(h, f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		return hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil)), nil
+	}
+	reloadConfig := func() error {
+		cfg, err := Read(fn)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 60*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		return cb(ctx, &cfg.Daemon)
+	}
+
+	var (
+		tick    = time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second)
+		oldHash string
+	)
+	defer tick.Stop()
+	for range tick.C {
+		currentHash, err := hashConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Warn("cannot check if config has changed")
+		}
+
+		if oldHash == "" {
+			oldHash = currentHash
+		}
+		if currentHash == oldHash {
+			continue
+		}
+		oldHash = currentHash
+
+		err = reloadConfig()
+		if err == nil {
+			log.Info("configuration was updated - reloaded static layer config")
+		} else {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("cannot reload config - config hot reloading did not work")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 type Config struct {
 	Daemon             daemon.Config `json:"daemon"`
 	Service            AddrTLS       `json:"service"`

components/ws-daemon/pkg/daemon/config.go

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 package daemon
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ws-daemon/pkg/container"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ws-daemon/pkg/content"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ws-daemon/pkg/cpulimit"
@@ -38,3 +40,28 @@ type IOLimitConfig struct {
 	WriteIOPS        int64             `json:"writeIOPS"`
 	ReadIOPS         int64             `json:"readIOPS"`
 }
+
+type ConfigReloader interface {
+	ReloadConfig(context.Context, *Config) error
+}
+
+type ConfigReloaderFunc func(context.Context, *Config) error
+
+func (f ConfigReloaderFunc) ReloadConfig(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) error {
+	return f(ctx, cfg)
+}
+
+type CompositeConfigReloader []ConfigReloader
+
+func (cs CompositeConfigReloader) ReloadConfig(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) error {
+	for _, c := range cs {
+		err := c.ReloadConfig(ctx, cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}

components/ws-daemon/pkg/daemon/daemon.go

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 
-	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/log"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ws-daemon/api"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ws-daemon/pkg/cgroup"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/ws-daemon/pkg/container"
@@ -52,12 +51,12 @@ func NewDaemon(config Config, reg prometheus.Registerer) (*Daemon, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	log.Warn("Creating plugin host")
+	cgroupV1IOLimiter := cgroup.NewIOLimiterV1(config.IOLimit.WriteBWPerSecond.Value(), config.IOLimit.ReadBWPerSecond.Value(), config.IOLimit.WriteIOPS, config.IOLimit.ReadIOPS)
 	cgroupPlugins, err := cgroup.NewPluginHost(config.CPULimit.CGroupBasePath,
 		&cgroup.CacheReclaim{},
 		&cgroup.FuseDeviceEnablerV1{},
 		&cgroup.FuseDeviceEnablerV2{},
-		cgroup.NewIOLimiterV1(config.IOLimit.WriteBWPerSecond.Value(), config.IOLimit.ReadBWPerSecond.Value(), config.IOLimit.WriteIOPS, config.IOLimit.ReadIOPS),
+		cgroupV1IOLimiter,
 		cgroup.NewIOLimiterV2(config.IOLimit.WriteBWPerSecond.Value(), config.IOLimit.ReadBWPerSecond.Value(), config.IOLimit.WriteIOPS, config.IOLimit.ReadIOPS),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -68,7 +67,12 @@ func NewDaemon(config Config, reg prometheus.Registerer) (*Daemon, error) {
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("cannot register cgroup plugin metrics: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	log.Warn("Adding cgroup plugins")
+	var configReloader CompositeConfigReloader
+	configReloader = append(configReloader, ConfigReloaderFunc(func(ctx context.Context, config *Config) error {
+		cgroupV1IOLimiter.Update(config.IOLimit.WriteBWPerSecond.Value(), config.IOLimit.ReadBWPerSecond.Value(), config.IOLimit.WriteIOPS, config.IOLimit.ReadIOPS)
+		return nil
+	}))
+
 	listener := []dispatch.Listener{
 		cpulimit.NewDispatchListener(&config.CPULimit, reg),
 		markUnmountFallback,
@@ -104,10 +108,11 @@ func NewDaemon(config Config, reg prometheus.Registerer) (*Daemon, error) {
 	return &Daemon{
 		Config: config,
 
-		dispatch:   dsptch,
-		content:    contentService,
-		diskGuards: dsk,
-		hosts:      hsts,
+		dispatch:       dsptch,
+		content:        contentService,
+		diskGuards:     dsk,
+		hosts:          hsts,
+		configReloader: configReloader,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -137,10 +142,15 @@ func newClientSet(kubeconfig string) (res *kubernetes.Clientset, err error) {
 type Daemon struct {
 	Config Config
 
-	dispatch   *dispatch.Dispatch
-	content    *content.WorkspaceService
-	diskGuards []*diskguard.Guard
-	hosts      hosts.Controller
+	dispatch       *dispatch.Dispatch
+	content        *content.WorkspaceService
+	diskGuards     []*diskguard.Guard
+	hosts          hosts.Controller
+	configReloader ConfigReloader
+}
+
+func (d *Daemon) ReloadConfig(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) error {
+	return d.configReloader.ReloadConfig(ctx, cfg)
 }
 
 // Start runs all parts of the daemon until stop is called