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This provides a unified place for the paths globset to be held, from the previous approach of having Bpf and HostScanner build and hold their own, reducing code duplication and ensuring consistency between the two components a bit better.

The new approach requires Bpf to take a read lock on the paths configuration for each event it processes, this should be fine since updating the paths value would be the case that might cause contention and it should not be done very often during regular operation.

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  • New Features

    • Added glob pattern support for monitored paths.
    • Added configuration serialization for clearer reload and diagnostic logging.
    • Added inode map inspection and size reporting.
    • Empty path configurations are handled safely.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved ignored-event tracking in monitoring metrics.
    • Updated scans, rename handling, and mount or symlink events to honor configured patterns.
  • Refactor

    • Consolidated path configuration and filtering behavior across monitoring components.
    • Simplified configuration reloading and validation.

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The change introduces PathsConfig, which validates path patterns and stores a compiled GlobSet. The reloader publishes it through watch channels. Bpf and HostScanner use the shared configuration for path loading, scanning, and event filtering.

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Shared path configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
PathsConfig contract and conversion
fact/src/config/mod.rs, fact/src/config/tests.rs
FactConfig now stores PathsConfig. YAML, CLI, and slice conversions validate paths and build a shared GlobSet. Tests cover parsing, updates, defaults, invalid paths, and overrides.
Reloader path publication
fact/src/config/reloader/mod.rs, fact/src/config/reloader/tests.rs
The reloader watch channel now carries complete PathsConfig values. Configuration logs use pretty JSON serialization.
BPF and scanner integration
fact/src/bpf/mod.rs, fact/src/host_scanner.rs
Bpf and HostScanner read patterns and globsets from the watched configuration. Path loading, scanning, rename handling, and event filtering use the shared state.
Path prefix conversion
fact-ebpf/src/lib.rs
path_prefix_t now accepts &Path instead of &PathBuf without changing conversion behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

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This configuration refactor introduces no actionable correctness or compatibility risk in the supplied evidence and is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: erthalion, joukovirtanen, ovalenti, robbycochran, stringy

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: moving the shared paths GlobSet into paths configuration.
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580-599: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Test glob validation and matcher construction.

Add a malformed glob case such as paths: ['[']. Add a valid-pattern assertion against config.paths.globset. Current equality checks compare only patterns, so they do not verify the compiled matcher.

As per coding guidelines, add unit tests in fact/src/config/tests.rs for configuration schema changes in fact/src/config/mod.rs.

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In `@fact/src/config/tests.rs` around lines 580 - 599, Extend the parsing tests in
parsing_errors with a malformed glob case such as paths: ['['] and assert the
resulting validation error. Add a valid-pattern assertion that exercises
config.paths.globset, not only the stored pattern list, to verify matcher
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fact/src/host_scanner.rs (1)

621-623: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Run the required formatter.

Lines 621-623 are not formatted like the adjacent tokio::select! arms. Run make format before commit.

As per coding guidelines, format Rust and C code using make format command before committing.

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In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs` around lines 621 - 623, Run the repository’s make
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In `@fact/src/config/mod.rs`:
- Around line 978-981: Make FactCli::into_config fallible and replace the
expect-based paths conversion with a transposed, propagated result so invalid or
non-UTF-8 CLI/FACT_PATHS patterns return a configuration error instead of
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only the stored pattern list, to verify matcher construction; keep these
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The new approach requires Bpf to take a read lock on the paths configuration for each event it processes, this should be fine since updating the paths value would be the case that might cause contention and it should not be done very often during regular operation.

Can you elaborate on this part, how this locking works? I don't see any explicit locking, so I assume it's due to borrowing?

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The new approach requires Bpf to take a read lock on the paths configuration for each event it processes, this should be fine since updating the paths value would be the case that might cause contention and it should not be done very often during regular operation.

Can you elaborate on this part, how this locking works? I don't see any explicit locking, so I assume it's due to borrowing?

Locking happens here:

event.is_ignored(&self.paths_config.borrow().globset) {

That self.paths_config.borrow() comes from tokio::sync::watch::Reciever which has an internal std::sync::RwLock and it is doing a .read() lock for us.
https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/src/tokio/sync/watch.rs.html#629-638

The naming is a bit misleading, .borrow() makes it sound like you are only creating a reference when you are actually going through a lock. Same thing with .borrow_mut() except it does a write lock in this case.

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That self.paths_config.borrow() comes from tokio::sync::watch::Reciever which has an internal std::sync::RwLock and it is doing a .read() lock for us.
https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/src/tokio/sync/watch.rs.html#629-638

This page also talks about possible deadlocks, are those really possible in this case? If yes, it makes everything problematic even with a small number of updates.

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That self.paths_config.borrow() comes from tokio::sync::watch::Reciever which has an internal std::sync::RwLock and it is doing a .read() lock for us.
https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/src/tokio/sync/watch.rs.html#629-638

This page also talks about possible deadlocks, are those really possible in this case? If yes, it makes everything problematic even with a small number of updates.

The first case mentions !Send futures, we create tasks by using JoinSet::spawn and tokio::spawn, both of which create Send futures so that one can't happen (we also don't hold the reference across .await calls if I recall correctly).

For the second case, it is a copy paste from the docs provided with std::sync::RwLock and it is dependent on the system implementation. I tracked the linux implementation down to the futex syscall here, which is called from the repective read_contended and write_contended methods. To me the logic looks like on Linux it cannot cause a deadlock, but I will do a quick test triggering multiple configuration updates while generating events to see if fact gets locked.

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We've agreed that if it will cause any issues, we can disable config reloading as a quick workaround.

Molter73 added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 27, 2026
In the context of #1536 I tried to disable hot-reloading configuration
and that is currently causing the main `Reloader` object to be dropped
and closing all its `watch::Sender`s, which in turn causes all receiver
ends to constantly return errors that are ignored by all components
listening on them and flooding the logs with messages of configuration
being reloaded.

This is fixed by keeping the reloader task alive when hot-reloading is
disabled, but having it ignore any attempts to reload the configuration.
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We've agreed that if it will cause any issues, we can disable config reloading as a quick workaround.

About that... #1594

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On top of the option to disable hot-reloading, I've run a small test with the Python script at the bottom that causes open events + reloads path configuration every 100 ms, left that running for a while and have not witnessed fact locking up at all. Fact was run with the following command:

FACT_LOGLEVEL=debug RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo run --bin fact -- --inodes-max=2097152 --scan-interval 10 --expose-metrics --introspection
Python config reloader script
#!/usr/bin/env python3

import json
import multiprocessing as mp
import os
from signal import SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGKILL, SIGTERM
import signal
import sys
from time import sleep


FACT_CONFIG_FILE = "/home/XXXXX/worktrees/fact/main/fact.yml"

running = True


def config_updater(pid, stop_event):
    fact_config = {
        "paths": [
            "/etc/sensitive-files",
            "/etc/sensitive-files/**/*",
        ],
        "endpoint": {
            "address": "127.0.0.1:9000",
            "expose_metrics": True,
            "health_check": True,
        },
        "json": True,
        "scan_interval": 0,
    }

    while not stop_event.is_set():
        if len(fact_config["paths"]) != 2:
            fact_config["paths"].pop()
        else:
            fact_config["paths"].append("/etc/somepath")

        with open(FACT_CONFIG_FILE, "w") as f:
            json.dump(fact_config, f)
        os.kill(pid, SIGHUP)
        sleep(0.1)


def event_generator(stop_event):
    while not stop_event.is_set():
        with open("/etc/sensitive-files/something", "w") as f:
            f.write("something")


def main(fact_pid):
    global running
    stop_event = mp.Event()
    cu = mp.Process(target=config_updater, args=(fact_pid, stop_event))
    eh = mp.Process(target=event_generator, args=(stop_event,))
    cu.start()
    eh.start()
    signal.sigwait([SIGKILL, SIGINT, SIGTERM])
    stop_event.set()
    cu.join()
    eh.join()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    fact_pid = int(sys.argv[1])
    main(fact_pid)

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312-312: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Keep event filtering aligned with the loaded LPM prefixes.

Bpf::start can process ring-buffer events while paths_config.changed() remains pending. self.paths_config.borrow().globset can then read the new PathsConfig while Bpf::load_paths still uses the old paths_lpm_map. Events for removed prefixes can be dropped, while events for added prefixes are not generated.

Store the applied PathsConfig or GlobSet in Bpf, and replace it only after load_paths updates paths_lpm_map. Add a regression test for this transition.

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In `@fact/src/bpf/mod.rs` at line 312, Update Bpf::start and load_paths so event
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current paths_lpm_map, replacing the stored filter only after the map update
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Molter73 added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 31, 2026
In the context of #1536 I tried to disable hot-reloading configuration
and that is currently causing the main Reloader object to be dropped and
closing all its watch::Senders, which in turn causes all receiver ends
to constantly return errors that are ignored by all components listening
on them and flooding the logs with messages of configuration being
reloaded.

This is fixed by using preconditions on the `tokio::select!` macro of
all `watch::Receiver` consumers. If the channel is closed (when
hot-reloading is disabled), the future for the branches (the call to
`.changed()`) is still created, but they are not polled for completion,
effectively removing the branch from the `tokio::select!`.
The `.has_changed()` method is synchronous and doesn't mark the latest
value in the channel as seen, which means calling it in the loop of the
consumers will not lead to them missing events. The cost of calling
`.has_changed()` is a single atomic load operation, since this is
monitoring configuration changes and these happen spuriously, the value
should rarely change and the call should be negligible. That said,
configuration checks in tight loops use a local variable for caching the
state of the channel.

Of note, this has been broken since the original implementation, it is
only noticeable now because there are some components that become noisy
when the channels are dropped.
Molter73 added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 31, 2026
In the context of #1536 I tried to disable hot-reloading configuration
and that is currently causing the main Reloader object to be dropped and
closing all its watch::Senders, which in turn causes all receiver ends
to constantly return errors that are ignored by all components listening
on them and flooding the logs with messages of configuration being
reloaded.

This is fixed by using preconditions on the `tokio::select!` macro of
all `watch::Receiver` consumers. If the channel is closed (when
hot-reloading is disabled), the future for the branches (the call to
`.changed()`) is still created, but they are not polled for completion,
effectively removing the branch from the `tokio::select!`.
The `.has_changed()` method is synchronous and doesn't mark the latest
value in the channel as seen, which means calling it in the loop of the
consumers will not lead to them missing events. The cost of calling
`.has_changed()` is a single atomic load operation, since this is
monitoring configuration changes and these happen spuriously, the value
should rarely change and the call should be negligible. That said,
configuration checks in tight loops use a local variable for caching the
state of the channel.

Of note, this has been broken since the original implementation, it is
only noticeable now because there are some components that become noisy
when the channels are dropped.
Molter73 added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 31, 2026
In the context of #1536 I tried to disable hot-reloading configuration
and that is currently causing the main Reloader object to be dropped and
closing all its watch::Senders, which in turn causes all receiver ends
to constantly return errors that are ignored by all components listening
on them and flooding the logs with messages of configuration being
reloaded.

This is fixed by using preconditions on the `tokio::select!` macro of
all `watch::Receiver` consumers. If the channel is closed (when
hot-reloading is disabled), the future for the branches (the call to
`.changed()`) is still created, but they are not polled for completion,
effectively removing the branch from the `tokio::select!`.
The `.has_changed()` method is synchronous and doesn't mark the latest
value in the channel as seen, which means calling it in the loop of the
consumers will not lead to them missing events. The cost of calling
`.has_changed()` is a single atomic load operation, since this is
monitoring configuration changes and these happen spuriously, the value
should rarely change and the call should be negligible. That said,
configuration checks in tight loops use a local variable for caching the
state of the channel.

Of note, this has been broken since the original implementation, it is
only noticeable now because there are some components that become noisy
when the channels are dropped.
Molter73 added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 31, 2026
In the context of #1536 I tried to disable hot-reloading configuration
and that is currently causing the main Reloader object to be dropped and
closing all its watch::Senders, which in turn causes all receiver ends
to constantly return errors that are ignored by all components listening
on them and flooding the logs with messages of configuration being
reloaded.

This is fixed by using preconditions on the `tokio::select!` macro of
all `watch::Receiver` consumers. If the channel is closed (when
hot-reloading is disabled), the future for the branches (the call to
`.changed()`) is still created, but they are not polled for completion,
effectively removing the branch from the `tokio::select!`.
The `.has_changed()` method is synchronous and doesn't mark the latest
value in the channel as seen, which means calling it in the loop of the
consumers will not lead to them missing events. The cost of calling
`.has_changed()` is a single atomic load operation, since this is
monitoring configuration changes and these happen spuriously, the value
should rarely change and the call should be negligible. That said,
configuration checks in tight loops use a local variable for caching the
state of the channel.

Of note, this has been broken since the original implementation, it is
only noticeable now because there are some components that become noisy
when the channels are dropped.
This provides a unified place for the paths globset to be held, from the
previous approach of having `Bpf` and `HostScanner` build and hold their
own, reducing code duplication and ensuring consistency between the two
components a bit better.

The new approach requires `Bpf` to take a read lock on the paths
configuration for each event it processes, this should be fine since
updating the paths value would be the case that might cause contention
and it should not be done very often during regular operation.
This is done by not printing the field as part of the Debug trait.
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Select patterns for descendant mount paths.

When a mount path is below a glob static prefix but does not itself match the glob, this predicate excludes the pattern. For example, /mnt/**/*.log does not select a scan for a mount at /mnt/newfs.

The mount handler now uses this partial scan instead of a full scan. Matching files on the new mount then remain absent from the inode map.

Select patterns when the static prefix is either an ancestor or a descendant of the event path. Use path-component-aware comparisons.

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In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs` around lines 276 - 281, Update the
pattern-selection predicate in the mount handling flow around remove_host_mount
so it accepts static prefixes that are either ancestors or descendants of the
event path, using path-component-aware comparisons rather than starts_with
alone. Preserve the existing pattern index selection and ensure cases such as
/mnt/**/*.log select a mount at /mnt/newfs.
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In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs`:
- Line 159: Update HostScanner::scan and HostScanner::scan_partial to clone
PathsConfig, or the required patterns and globset, from self.paths.borrow()
before beginning synchronous filesystem scanning, then release the
watch::Receiver borrow before the scan work starts.

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In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs`:
- Around line 276-281: Update the pattern-selection predicate in the mount
handling flow around remove_host_mount so it accepts static prefixes that are
either ancestors or descendants of the event path, using path-component-aware
comparisons rather than starts_with alone. Preserve the existing pattern index
selection and ensure cases such as /mnt/**/*.log select a mount at /mnt/newfs.
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Comment thread fact/src/host_scanner.rs
This avoids some allocations when doing scanning, since the patterns can
be used directly. The downside is the BPF side needs to remove the host
path when populating the LPM TRIE map, but removing it is done with no
additional allocations.
Serde provides an easy way to change how a sequence is serialized, in
our case it allows us to store PathsConfig with patterns having the
host mount and serialize it without it. This also dumps the
configuration in a format that should be a bit more common for users
(JSON rather than Rust debug).
@Molter73
Molter73 requested a review from erthalion September 2, 2026 14:14
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Unify path globsets

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