usm: watcher: Add periodic scan (#32400)

 Conflicts:
	pkg/network/usm/sharedlibraries/watcher.go
	pkg/network/usm/sharedlibraries/watcher_test.go

Co-authored-by: Guy Arbitman <[email protected]>

pkg/network/usm/sharedlibraries/watcher.go

@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/log"
 )
 
-const (
+var (
 	// The interval of the periodic scan for terminated processes. Increasing the interval, might cause larger spikes in cpu
-	// and lowering it might cause constant cpu usage.
+	// and lowering it might cause constant cpu usage. This is a var instead of a const only because the test code changes
+	// this value to speed up test execution.
 	scanTerminatedProcessesInterval = 30 * time.Second
 )
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ type Rule struct {
 
 // Watcher provides a way to tie callback functions to the lifecycle of shared libraries
 type Watcher struct {
+	syncMutex      sync.RWMutex
 	wg             sync.WaitGroup
 	done           chan struct{}
 	procRoot       string
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ type Watcher struct {
 	processMonitor *monitor.ProcessMonitor
 	registry       *utils.FileRegistry
 	ebpfProgram    *EbpfProgram
+	thisPID        int
+	scannedPIDs    map[uint32]int
 
 	// telemetry
 	libHits    *telemetry.Counter
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ func NewWatcher(cfg *config.Config, rules ...Rule) (*Watcher, error) {
 		processMonitor: monitor.GetProcessMonitor(),
 		ebpfProgram:    ebpfProgram,
 		registry:       utils.NewFileRegistry("shared_libraries"),
+		scannedPIDs:    make(map[uint32]int),
 
 		libHits:    telemetry.NewCounter("usm.so_watcher.hits", telemetry.OptPrometheus),
 		libMatches: telemetry.NewCounter("usm.so_watcher.matches", telemetry.OptPrometheus),
@@ -188,13 +193,14 @@ func (w *Watcher) Start() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	thisPID, err := kernel.RootNSPID()
+	var err error
+	w.thisPID, err = kernel.RootNSPID()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("Watcher Start can't get root namespace pid %s", err)
 	}
 
 	_ = kernel.WithAllProcs(w.procRoot, func(pid int) error {
-		if pid == thisPID { // don't scan ourself
+		if pid == w.thisPID { // don't scan ourself
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -247,18 +253,14 @@ func (w *Watcher) Start() {
 			case <-w.done:
 				return
 			case <-processSync.C:
-				processSet := w.registry.GetRegisteredProcesses()
-				deletedPids := monitor.FindDeletedProcesses(processSet)
-				for deletedPid := range deletedPids {
-					_ = w.registry.Unregister(deletedPid)
-				}
+				w.sync()
 			case event, ok := <-dataChannel:
 				if !ok {
 					return
 				}
 
 				lib := ToLibPath(event.Data)
-				if int(lib.Pid) == thisPID {
+				if int(lib.Pid) == w.thisPID {
 					// don't scan ourself
 					event.Done()
 					continue
@@ -288,3 +290,61 @@ func (w *Watcher) Start() {
 
 	utils.AddAttacher("native", w)
 }
+
+// sync unregisters from any terminated processes which we missed the exit
+// callback for, and also attempts to register to running processes to ensure
+// that we don't miss any process.
+func (w *Watcher) sync() {
+	// The mutex is only used for protection with the test code which reads the
+	// scannedPIDs map.
+	w.syncMutex.Lock()
+	defer w.syncMutex.Unlock()
+
+	deletionCandidates := w.registry.GetRegisteredProcesses()
+	alivePIDs := make(map[uint32]struct{})
+
+	_ = kernel.WithAllProcs(kernel.ProcFSRoot(), func(origPid int) error {
+		if origPid == w.thisPID { // don't scan ourselves
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		pid := uint32(origPid)
+		alivePIDs[pid] = struct{}{}
+
+		if _, ok := deletionCandidates[pid]; ok {
+			// We have previously hooked into this process and it remains
+			// active, so we remove it from the deletionCandidates list, and
+			// move on to the next PID
+			delete(deletionCandidates, pid)
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		scanned := w.scannedPIDs[pid]
+
+		// Try to scan twice. This is because we may happen to scan the process
+		// just after it has been exec'd and before it has opened its shared
+		// libraries. Scanning twice with the sync interval reduce this risk of
+		// missing shared libraries due to this.
+		if scanned < 2 {
+			w.scannedPIDs[pid]++
+			err := w.AttachPID(pid)
+			if err == nil {
+				log.Debugf("watcher attached to %v via periodic scan", pid)
+				w.scannedPIDs[pid] = 2
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	// Clean up dead processes from the list of scanned PIDs
+	for pid := range w.scannedPIDs {
+		if _, alive := alivePIDs[pid]; !alive {
+			delete(w.scannedPIDs, pid)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for pid := range deletionCandidates {
+		_ = w.registry.Unregister(pid)
+	}
+}

pkg/network/usm/sharedlibraries/watcher_test.go

@@ -107,6 +107,100 @@ func (s *SharedLibrarySuite) TestSharedLibraryDetection() {
 	}, time.Second*10, 100*time.Millisecond)
 }
 
+// Tests that the periodic scan is able to detect processes which are missed by
+// the eBPF-based watcher.
+func (s *SharedLibrarySuite) TestSharedLibraryDetectionPeriodic() {
+	t := s.T()
+
+	// Construct a large path to exceed the limits of the eBPF-based watcher
+	// (LIB_PATH_MAX_SIZE).  255 is the max filename size of ext4.  The path
+	// size will also include the directories leading up to this filename so the
+	// total size will be more.
+	var b strings.Builder
+	final := "foo-libssl.so"
+	for i := 0; i < 255-len(final); i++ {
+		b.WriteByte('x')
+	}
+	b.WriteString(final)
+	filename := b.String()
+
+	// Reduce interval to speed up test
+	orig := scanTerminatedProcessesInterval
+	t.Cleanup(func() { scanTerminatedProcessesInterval = orig })
+	scanTerminatedProcessesInterval = 10 * time.Millisecond
+
+	fooPath1, fooPathID1 := createTempTestFile(t, filename)
+	errPath, errorPathID := createTempTestFile(t, strings.Replace(filename, "xfoo", "yfoo", 1))
+
+	registerRecorder := new(utils.CallbackRecorder)
+	unregisterRecorder := new(utils.CallbackRecorder)
+
+	registerCallback := registerRecorder.Callback()
+
+	watcher, err := NewWatcher(config.New(),
+		Rule{
+			Re: regexp.MustCompile(`foo-libssl.so`),
+			RegisterCB: func(fp utils.FilePath) error {
+				registerCallback(fp)
+				if fp.ID == errorPathID {
+					return utils.ErrEnvironment
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+			UnregisterCB: unregisterRecorder.Callback(),
+		},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	watcher.Start()
+	t.Cleanup(watcher.Stop)
+
+	// create files
+	command1, err := fileopener.OpenFromAnotherProcess(t, fooPath1)
+	pid := command1.Process.Pid
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	command2, err := fileopener.OpenFromAnotherProcess(t, errPath)
+	pid2 := command2.Process.Pid
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		assert.Equal(c, registerRecorder.CallsForPathID(fooPathID1), 1)
+
+		// Check that we tried to attach to the process twice.  See w.sync() for
+		// why we do it.  We don't actually need to attempt the registration
+		// twice, we just need to ensure that the maps were scanned twice but we
+		// don't have a hook for that so this check should be good enough.
+		assert.Equal(c, registerRecorder.CallsForPathID(errorPathID), 2)
+	}, time.Second*10, 100*time.Millisecond, "")
+
+	require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		watcher.syncMutex.Lock()
+		defer watcher.syncMutex.Unlock()
+
+		assert.Contains(c, watcher.scannedPIDs, uint32(pid))
+		assert.Contains(c, watcher.scannedPIDs, uint32(pid2))
+	}, time.Second*10, 100*time.Millisecond)
+
+	require.NoError(t, command1.Process.Kill())
+	require.NoError(t, command2.Process.Kill())
+
+	command1.Process.Wait()
+	command2.Process.Wait()
+
+	require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		assert.Equal(c, unregisterRecorder.CallsForPathID(fooPathID1), 1)
+	}, time.Second*10, 100*time.Millisecond)
+
+	// Check that clean up of dead processes works.
+	require.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		watcher.syncMutex.Lock()
+		defer watcher.syncMutex.Unlock()
+
+		assert.NotContains(c, watcher.scannedPIDs, uint32(pid))
+		assert.NotContains(c, watcher.scannedPIDs, uint32(pid2))
+	}, time.Second*10, 100*time.Millisecond)
+}
+
 func (s *SharedLibrarySuite) TestSharedLibraryDetectionWithPIDAndRootNamespace() {
 	t := s.T()
 	_, err := os.Stat("/usr/bin/busybox")