coder · stirby · Oct 28, 2024 · Oct 16, 2024
diff --git a/provisioner/terraform/executor.go b/provisioner/terraform/executor.go
@@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ func versionFromBinaryPath(ctx context.Context, binaryPath string) (*version.Ver
 	return version.NewVersion(vj.Version)
 }
 
+type textFileBusyError struct {
+	exitErr *exec.ExitError
+	stderr  string
+}
+
+func (e *textFileBusyError) Error() string {
+	return "text file busy: " + e.exitErr.String()
+}
+
 func (e *executor) init(ctx, killCtx context.Context, logr logSink) error {
 	ctx, span := e.server.startTrace(ctx, tracing.FuncName())
 	defer span.End()
@@ -216,13 +225,24 @@ func (e *executor) init(ctx, killCtx context.Context, logr logSink) error {
 		<-doneErr
 	}()
 
+	// As a special case, we want to look for the error "text file busy" in the stderr output of
+	// the init command, so we also take a copy of the stderr into an in memory buffer.
+	errBuf := newBufferedWriteCloser(errWriter)
+
 	args := []string{
 		"init",
 		"-no-color",
 		"-input=false",
 	}
 
-	return e.execWriteOutput(ctx, killCtx, args, e.basicEnv(), outWriter, errWriter)
+	err := e.execWriteOutput(ctx, killCtx, args, e.basicEnv(), outWriter, errBuf)
+	var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+	if xerrors.As(err, &exitErr) {
+		if bytes.Contains(errBuf.b.Bytes(), []byte("text file busy")) {
+			return &textFileBusyError{exitErr: exitErr, stderr: errBuf.b.String()}
+		}
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func getPlanFilePath(workdir string) string {
@@ -707,3 +727,26 @@ func (sw syncWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	defer sw.mut.Unlock()
 	return sw.w.Write(p)
 }
+
+type bufferedWriteCloser struct {
+	wc io.WriteCloser
+	b  bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+func newBufferedWriteCloser(wc io.WriteCloser) *bufferedWriteCloser {
+	return &bufferedWriteCloser{
+		wc: wc,
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *bufferedWriteCloser) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	n, err := b.b.Write(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, err
+	}
+	return b.wc.Write(p)
+}
+
+func (b *bufferedWriteCloser) Close() error {
+	return b.wc.Close()
+}
diff --git a/provisioner/terraform/provision.go b/provisioner/terraform/provision.go
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -109,10 +113,32 @@ func (s *server) Plan(
 	initTimings.ingest(createInitTimingsEvent(timingInitStart))
 
 	err = e.init(ctx, killCtx, sess)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		initTimings.ingest(createInitTimingsEvent(timingInitErrored))
 
 		s.logger.Debug(ctx, "init failed", slog.Error(err))
+
+		// Special handling for "text file busy" c.f. https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/14726
+		// We believe this might be due to some race condition that prevents the
+		// terraform-provider-coder process from exiting.  When terraform tries to install the
+		// provider during this init, it copies over the local cache. Normally this isn't an issue,
+		// but if the terraform-provider-coder process is still running from a previous build, Linux
+		// returns "text file busy" error when attempting to open the file.
+		//
+		// Capturing the stack trace from the process should help us figure out why it has not
+		// exited.  We'll drop these diagnostics in a CRITICAL log so that operators are likely to
+		// notice, and also because it indicates this provisioner could be permanently broken and
+		// require a restart.
+		var errTFB *textFileBusyError
+		if xerrors.As(err, &errTFB) {
+			stacktrace := tryGettingCoderProviderStacktrace(sess)
+			s.logger.Critical(ctx, "init: text file busy",
+				slog.Error(errTFB),
+				slog.F("stderr", errTFB.stderr),
+				slog.F("provider_coder_stacktrace", stacktrace),
+			)
+		}
 		return provisionersdk.PlanErrorf("initialize terraform: %s", err)
 	}
 
@@ -280,3 +306,39 @@ func logTerraformEnvVars(sink logSink) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// tryGettingCoderProviderStacktrace attempts to dial a special pprof endpoint we added to
+// terraform-provider-coder in https://github.com/coder/terraform-provider-coder/pull/295 which
+// shipped in v1.0.4.  It will return the stacktraces of the provider, which will hopefully allow us
+// to figure out why it hasn't exited.
+func tryGettingCoderProviderStacktrace(sess *provisionersdk.Session) string {
+	path := filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(sess.WorkDirectory, "../.coder/pprof"))
+	sess.Logger.Info(sess.Context(), "attempting to get stack traces", slog.F("path", path))
+	c := http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			DialContext: func(ctx context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
+				d := net.Dialer{}
+				return d.DialContext(ctx, "unix", path)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(sess.Context(), http.MethodGet,
+		"http://localhost/debug/pprof/goroutine?debug=2", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		sess.Logger.Error(sess.Context(), "error creating GET request", slog.Error(err))
+		return ""
+	}
+	resp, err := c.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Only log at Info here, since we only added the pprof endpoint to terraform-provider-coder
+		// in v1.0.4
+		sess.Logger.Info(sess.Context(), "could not GET stack traces", slog.Error(err))
+		return ""
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	stacktraces, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		sess.Logger.Error(sess.Context(), "could not read stack traces", slog.Error(err))
+	}
+	return string(stacktraces)
+}
diff --git a/provisioner/terraform/provision_test.go b/provisioner/terraform/provision_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -31,14 +33,22 @@ import (
 type provisionerServeOptions struct {
 	binaryPath  string
 	exitTimeout time.Duration
+	workDir     string
+	logger      *slog.Logger
 }
 
 func setupProvisioner(t *testing.T, opts *provisionerServeOptions) (context.Context, proto.DRPCProvisionerClient) {
 	if opts == nil {
 		opts = &provisionerServeOptions{}
 	}
 	cachePath := t.TempDir()
-	workDir := t.TempDir()
+	if opts.workDir == "" {
+		opts.workDir = t.TempDir()
+	}
+	if opts.logger == nil {
+		logger := slogtest.Make(t, nil).Leveled(slog.LevelDebug)
+		opts.logger = &logger
+	}
 	client, server := drpc.MemTransportPipe()
 	ctx, cancelFunc := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	serverErr := make(chan error, 1)
@@ -55,8 +65,8 @@ func setupProvisioner(t *testing.T, opts *provisionerServeOptions) (context.Cont
 		serverErr <- terraform.Serve(ctx, &terraform.ServeOptions{
 			ServeOptions: &provisionersdk.ServeOptions{
 				Listener:      server,
-				Logger:        slogtest.Make(t, nil).Leveled(slog.LevelDebug),
-				WorkDirectory: workDir,
+				Logger:        *opts.logger,
+				WorkDirectory: opts.workDir,
 			},
 			BinaryPath:  opts.binaryPath,
 			CachePath:   cachePath,
@@ -236,7 +246,7 @@ func TestProvision_CancelTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	binPath := filepath.Join(dir, "terraform")
 
-	// Example: exec /path/to/terrafork_fake_cancel.sh 1.2.1 apply "$@"
+	// Example: exec /path/to/terraform_fake_cancel.sh 1.2.1 apply "$@"
 	content := fmt.Sprintf("#!/bin/sh\nexec %q %s \"$@\"\n", fakeBin, terraform.TerraformVersion.String())
 	err = os.WriteFile(binPath, []byte(content), 0o755) //#nosec
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -282,6 +292,81 @@ func TestProvision_CancelTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// below we exec fake_text_file_busy.sh, which causes the kernel to execute it, and if more than
+// one process tries to do this, it can cause "text file busy" to be returned to us. In this test
+// we want to simulate "text file busy" getting logged by terraform, due to an issue with the
+// terraform-provider-coder
+// nolint: paralleltest
+func TestProvision_TextFileBusy(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("This test uses unix sockets and is not supported on Windows")
+	}
+
+	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	fakeBin := filepath.Join(cwd, "testdata", "fake_text_file_busy.sh")
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	binPath := filepath.Join(dir, "terraform")
+
+	// Example: exec /path/to/terraform_fake_cancel.sh 1.2.1 apply "$@"
+	content := fmt.Sprintf("#!/bin/sh\nexec %q %s \"$@\"\n", fakeBin, terraform.TerraformVersion.String())
+	err = os.WriteFile(binPath, []byte(content), 0o755) //#nosec
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	workDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	err = os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(workDir, ".coder"), 0o700)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	l, err := net.Listen("unix", filepath.Join(workDir, ".coder", "pprof"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer l.Close()
+	handlerCalled := 0
+	// nolint: gosec
+	srv := &http.Server{
+		Handler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			assert.Equal(t, "/debug/pprof/goroutine", r.URL.Path)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("thestacks\n"))
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			handlerCalled++
+		}),
+	}
+	srvErr := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		srvErr <- srv.Serve(l)
+	}()
+
+	logger := slogtest.Make(t, &slogtest.Options{IgnoreErrors: true})
+	ctx, api := setupProvisioner(t, &provisionerServeOptions{
+		binaryPath:  binPath,
+		exitTimeout: time.Second,
+		workDir:     workDir,
+		logger:      &logger,
+	})
+
+	sess := configure(ctx, t, api, &proto.Config{
+		TemplateSourceArchive: makeTar(t, nil),
+	})
+
+	err = sendPlan(sess, proto.WorkspaceTransition_START)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	found := false
+	for {
+		msg, err := sess.Recv()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		if c := msg.GetPlan(); c != nil {
+			require.Contains(t, c.Error, "exit status 1")
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	require.True(t, found)
+	require.EqualValues(t, 1, handlerCalled)
+}
+
 func TestProvision(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

diff --git a/provisioner/terraform/testdata/fake_text_file_busy.sh b/provisioner/terraform/testdata/fake_text_file_busy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+VERSION=$1
+shift 1
+
+json_print() {
+	echo "{\"@level\":\"error\",\"@message\":\"$*\"}"
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+version)
+	cat <<-EOF
+		{
+			"terraform_version": "${VERSION}",
+			"platform": "linux_amd64",
+			"provider_selections": {},
+			"terraform_outdated": false
+		}
+	EOF
+	exit 0
+	;;
+init)
+	echo "init"
+	echo >&2 "Error: Failed to install provider"
+	echo >&2 "    Error while installing coder/coder v1.0.4: open"
+	echo >&2 "    /home/coder/.cache/coder/provisioner-0/tf/registry.terraform.io/coder/coder/1.0.3/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-coder_v1.0.4:"
+	echo >&2 "    text file busy"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+plan)
+	echo "plan not supported"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+apply)
+	echo "apply not supported"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+exit 10