* client: do not disable memory swappiness if kernel does not support it
This PR adds a workaround for very old Linux kernels which do not support
the memory swappiness interface file. Normally we write a "0" to the file
to explicitly disable swap. In the case the kernel does not support it,
give libcontainer a nil value so it does not write anything.
Fixes#17448
* client: detect swappiness by writing to the file
* fixup changelog
Co-authored-by: James Rasell <jrasell@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: James Rasell <jrasell@users.noreply.github.com>
This PR refactors the code path in Client startup for setting up the cpuset
cgroup manager (non-linux systems not affected).
Before, there was a logic bug where we would try to read the cpuset.cpus.effective
cgroup interface file before ensuring nomad's parent cgroup existed. Therefor that
file would not exist, and the list of useable cpus would be empty. Tasks started
thereafter would not have a value set for their cpuset.cpus.
The refactoring fixes some less than ideal coding style. Instead we now bootstrap
each cpuset manager type (v1/v2) within its own constructor. If something goes
awry during bootstrap (e.g. cgroups not enabled), the constructor returns the
noop implementation and logs a warning.
Fixes#14229
This PR adds support for the raw_exec driver on systems with only cgroups v2.
The raw exec driver is able to use cgroups to manage processes. This happens
only on Linux, when exec_driver is enabled, and the no_cgroups option is not
set. The driver uses the freezer controller to freeze processes of a task,
issue a sigkill, then unfreeze. Previously the implementation assumed cgroups
v1, and now it also supports cgroups v2.
There is a bit of refactoring in this PR, but the fundamental design remains
the same.
Closes#12351#12348
This PR introduces support for using Nomad on systems with cgroups v2 [1]
enabled as the cgroups controller mounted on /sys/fs/cgroups. Newer Linux
distros like Ubuntu 21.10 are shipping with cgroups v2 only, causing problems
for Nomad users.
Nomad mostly "just works" with cgroups v2 due to the indirection via libcontainer,
but not so for managing cpuset cgroups. Before, Nomad has been making use of
a feature in v1 where a PID could be a member of more than one cgroup. In v2
this is no longer possible, and so the logic around computing cpuset values
must be modified. When Nomad detects v2, it manages cpuset values in-process,
rather than making use of cgroup heirarchy inheritence via shared/reserved
parents.
Nomad will only activate the v2 logic when it detects cgroups2 is mounted at
/sys/fs/cgroups. This means on systems running in hybrid mode with cgroups2
mounted at /sys/fs/cgroups/unified (as is typical) Nomad will continue to
use the v1 logic, and should operate as before. Systems that do not support
cgroups v2 are also not affected.
When v2 is activated, Nomad will create a parent called nomad.slice (unless
otherwise configured in Client conifg), and create cgroups for tasks using
naming convention <allocID>-<task>.scope. These follow the naming convention
set by systemd and also used by Docker when cgroups v2 is detected.
Client nodes now export a new fingerprint attribute, unique.cgroups.version
which will be set to 'v1' or 'v2' to indicate the cgroups regime in use by
Nomad.
The new cpuset management strategy fixes#11705, where docker tasks that
spawned processes on startup would "leak". In cgroups v2, the PIDs are
started in the cgroup they will always live in, and thus the cause of
the leak is eliminated.
[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.htmlCloses#11289Fixes#11705#11773#11933
on Linux systems this is derived from the configure cpuset cgroup parent (defaults to /nomad)
for non Linux systems and Linux systems where cgroups are not enabled, the client defaults to using all cores
Seth Hoenig