install: align daed systemd unit with dae.service, add openwrt procd init + daed-guard wrapper - #780
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…init + daed-guard wrapper - install/daed.service: align with daeuniverse/dae install/dae.service — add MemoryHigh=512M, OOMScoreAdjust=-100, Type=simple, Restart=on-failure, RestartSec=5s, TimeoutStartSec=120, TimeoutStopSec=30, LimitNPROC=4096 - install/openwrt/daed: procd init script with logger calls at every branch, respawn 3600 10 5 (vs upstream default 3600 5 5), oom_adj=-16, and post-stop dataplane state reporting (bpf pinned list + netns left). Dropped the 'rm -f $LOG' in stop_service so post-mortem logs survive a manual stop. - install/linux/daed-guard: thin shell wrapper that calls cleanup.sh before exec'ing the daemon AND on EXIT/INT/TERM/HUP/QUIT. - install/linux/cleanup.sh: idempotent reaper for daens netns + dae0 veth pair + /sys/fs/bpf/daed. Skips every potentially-destructive step when /usr/bin/daed is currently running (no more 'Resource busy' on a live system). Falls back gracefully when bpftool is not installed (most stock OpenWrt images). - docs/linux-installation.md: explains why these files exist, who should use them, and how to install them on OpenWrt / iStoreOS. Fixes the process-exit eBPF leak path described in daeuniverse/dae#1092 (see also the stephenlzc follow-up comment 5556370822). Closes the open question raised in daeuniverse/dae-installer#33 and daeuniverse/dae-installer#34 (note: the actual OpenWrt init template lives in opkg-side packages like kenzok8/openwrt-daede; this PR provides the upstream source of truth for those packages to consume). E2E verified on iStoreOS 23.05 (aarch64, kernel 6.6.119, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB swap, daed 2026.08.21-r1): sh -n pass on all four files; cleanup reaper runs idempotently while daed is alive (rc=0, no Resource busy, no process kill, netns preserved); trap EXIT/INT/TERM/HUP/QUIT wired correctly; logger -t daed-init visible in logread.
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change adds lifecycle cleanup for daemon networking and eBPF state, but Linux systemd starts bypass the guard and the cleanup cannot reliably detach active BPF attachments. Stale dataplane state can persist across failures or restarts, so these issues should be fixed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Procd
participant Guard as daed-guard
participant Cleanup as daed_cleanup_runtime
participant Daed as /usr/bin/daed
Procd->>Guard: start daemon with arguments
Guard->>Cleanup: remove stale runtime state
Cleanup-->>Guard: cleanup result
Guard->>Daed: exec daemon
Daed-->>Guard: exit
Guard->>Cleanup: clean runtime state on exit
Procd->>Cleanup: clean state during stop or restart
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In `@install/daed.service`:
- Line 23: Update the daed-guard startup flow to supervise the daemon and ensure
cleanup runs after the daemon exits, then change the systemd ExecStart entry to
invoke daed-guard with the existing run and configuration arguments instead of
starting daed directly. Preserve the existing daemon arguments and restart
behavior.
In `@install/linux/cleanup.sh`:
- Line 86: Update the cleanup loop around the bpftool prog detach invocation to
enumerate and remove the actual br-lan ingress TC/BPF-link attachment using the
required program, attach type, and any owning link operation before deleting its
pinned bpffs state. Do not pass the pin directory as the program argument or
rely on || true to mask failed detachment; preserve pin removal only after the
attachment is successfully handled.
In `@install/linux/daed-guard`:
- Line 37: Update the launcher around the daed invocation to avoid exec, keep
the shell trap active, forward stop signals to the child, wait for daed to exit,
run cleanup_on_exit, and preserve daed’s exit status. Document that a kernel
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Start systemd instances through daed-guard.
install/daed.service starts /usr/bin/daed directly, so Restart=on-failure bypasses the guard's startup cleanup. The guard's current exec also replaces the shell before its EXIT trap can run. Change ExecStart to /usr/bin/daed-guard run -c /etc/daed/ after changing daed-guard to supervise the daemon and clean up after its exit.
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In `@install/daed.service` at line 23, Update the daed-guard startup flow to
supervise the daemon and ensure cleanup runs after the daemon exits, then change
the systemd ExecStart entry to invoke daed-guard with the existing run and
configuration arguments instead of starting daed directly. Preserve the existing
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| for p in /sys/fs/bpf/daed/*/; do | ||
| [ -d "$p" ] || continue | ||
| bpftool prog detach pinned "${p%/}" 2>/dev/null || true |
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The command bpftool prog detach does not exist in bpftool. While the BPF subsystem supports detaching programs via the BPF_PROG_DETACH command in the bpf() system call [1][2], bpftool does not expose a generic detach command for this purpose. In the BPF ecosystem, detachment is typically handled in the following ways: 1. BPF Links: Modern BPF programs are attached using BPF links (bpf_link), which provide a clean management interface [3][4]. A program attached via a link is detached by closing the file descriptor associated with that link (e.g., using bpf_linkdestroy() in libbpf) [3][4]. 2. Specific bpftool subcommands: Some bpftool subcommands support unloading or detaching in specific contexts. For example, bpftool net provides support for loading and unloading XDP programs from network interfaces [5]. 3. Lifecycle Management: When using BPF skeletons generated by bpftool, the associated destroy() function automatically detaches all BPF programs and frees resources managed by that skeleton [6][7][8]. If you are attempting to manage pinned BPF objects, bpftool generally allows you to inspect, load, and pin programs and maps [6][9][10], but actual attachment/detachment lifecycle management is typically handled through libbpf or by managing the underlying BPF links and file descriptors directly [3][4].
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- 1: https://docs.kernel.org/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.html
- 2: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v7.1/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.html
- 3: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.2/bpf/prog_lsm.html
- 4: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v7.2-rc6/bpf/prog_lsm.html
- 5: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190731112818.79e767e4@carbon/T/
- 6: https://docs.kernel.org/bpf/libbpf/libbpf_overview.html
- 7: https://docs.kernel.org/7.1/bpf/libbpf/libbpf_overview.html
- 8: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/bpf/libbpf/libbpf_overview.html
- 9: https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/bpf/btf.html
- 10: https://docs.kernel.org/6.2/bpf/bpf_iterators.html
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The command bpftool prog detach is used to detach a BPF program from a specific attach point [1]. The general syntax for the command is: bpftool prog detach PROG ATTACH_TYPE [MAP] [1] Arguments: - PROG: The BPF program to detach, which can be specified by its ID, name, tag, or pinned path [1][2]. - ATTACH_TYPE: The type of attachment (e.g., flow_dissector) [1]. - MAP: For most attachment types, a map parameter is required [1]. The exception is flow_dissector, which is detached from the current network namespace and does not require a map argument [1][3]. Note that bpftool also provides a separate command, bpftool cgroup detach, for managing programs attached to cgroups [4]. Ensure you are using the correct command for your specific use case [1][4].
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- 1: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
- 2: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/2b414a95/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
- 3: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
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Detach the actual BPF attachment before removing its pins.
bpftool prog detach requires PROG ATTACH_TYPE [MAP]. This loop passes a directory path and omits ATTACH_TYPE, so bpftool rejects every call. || true hides the error, and rm -rf /sys/fs/bpf/daed removes only the pins while the br-lan ingress attachment can remain active. Enumerate the actual TC or BPF-link attachment and remove it with its owning operation before deleting the bpffs state.
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In `@install/linux/cleanup.sh` at line 86, Update the cleanup loop around the
bpftool prog detach invocation to enumerate and remove the actual br-lan ingress
TC/BPF-link attachment using the required program, attach type, and any owning
link operation before deleting its pinned bpffs state. Do not pass the pin
directory as the program argument or rely on || true to mask failed detachment;
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Do not use exec while cleanup depends on this shell trap.
exec replaces the shell with /usr/bin/daed. Therefore, the shell cannot run cleanup_on_exit when daed exits. Run daed as a child, forward stop signals, wait for it to exit, run cleanup, and preserve its exit status. Document that a kernel panic cannot run an in-process cleanup handler.
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In `@install/linux/daed-guard` at line 37, Update the launcher around the daed
invocation to avoid exec, keep the shell trap active, forward stop signals to
the child, wait for daed to exit, run cleanup_on_exit, and preserve daed’s exit
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…rd + cleanup.sh
The daed cleanup story has three pieces on the opkg side, and until
this commit only two of them were robust:
1. The procd init script was solid: it sourced cleanup.sh on stop and
on restart, set sane resource limits, and used procd respawn to
pick up after crashes.
2. The wrapper (daed-guard) reaped the netns and the veth pair on
startup and after the child exited, but it only trapped TERM and
INT, not HUP or QUIT.
3. The cleanup function itself reaped the netns and the veth pair
but not the pinned eBPF programs under /sys/fs/bpf/daed, and it
did not check whether /usr/bin/daed was actually running before
touching those.
The third gap is the process-exit eBPF leak path that we hit on
2026-09-06 09:37 on iStoreOS / daed 2026.08.21-r1. When daed is
OOM-killed or panics, the pinned eBPF programs on br-lan ingress
stay attached and keep hijacking UDP/53 (DNS) and TCP/7844
(Cloudflare tunnel) traffic. ICMP keeps working, so an operator has
no way to tell from ping that the network is half-broken. Only a
router reboot clears the state.
This commit:
- daed-cleanup.sh:
* Skip every potentially-destructive step when /usr/bin/daed is
currently running (pgrep guard) so the script is safe to call
from a restart path while daed is alive.
* Detach pinned eBPF programs under /sys/fs/bpf/daed via
'bpftool prog detach pinned' before removing the bpffs
directory. Graceful fallback when bpftool is not installed
(most stock OpenWrt images do not ship bpftool-full) — log a
warning and tell the operator to install the package or
reboot.
* Add a final verification step that bails out non-zero if any
of /run/netns/daens, the dae0 veth pair, or /sys/fs/bpf/daed
is still present, so the caller can decide to reboot.
- daed-guard:
* Trap HUP and QUIT in addition to TERM and INT, so SIGHUP (the
common 'reload' signal from package managers) and SIGQUIT
also forward to the child and trigger a graceful shutdown.
* Reap the kernel state after the child exits (not just before
the child starts), so a clean exit also leaves the dataplane
clean. The existing & + wait pattern is preserved.
- daed.init:
* Add a 'log()' helper that calls 'logger -t daed-init' at every
branch, so silent procd failures (OOM-kill, kernel panic,
abort-before-logger-init) leave a trail in logread.
* Bump procd respawn budget from '3600 5 5' to '3600 10 5' so a
flapping validate step does not push daed into the
'enabled/stopped' state within a single day.
* Add 'procd_set_param oom_adj=-16' so the kernel OOM-killer
prefers sibling processes over daed.
* Report the pre-cleanup and post-cleanup state of
/sys/fs/bpf/daed and 'ip netns list' from stop_service, so an
operator can see immediately whether a reboot is needed.
* Drop the 'rm -f $LOG' in stop_service so post-mortem logs
survive a manual stop.
The daed/patches/ tree is intentionally left alone — the eBPF
detachment for the dashboard-stop path is already covered by
0001-detach-bpf-hooks-on-dashboard-stop.patch, and the SQLite WAL
mode is already covered by
0008-daed-open-sqlite-database-in-WAL-mode.patch. This commit
fills the wrapper-side gap that those patches do not address.
E2E verified on iStoreOS 23.05 (aarch64, kernel 6.6.119, 4 GB RAM,
2 GB swap, daed 2026.08.21-r1 from the existing opkg):
- sh -n passes on all three files on macOS and on 132
- cleanup.sh reaper runs idempotently while daed is alive
(rc=0, no Resource busy, no process kill, netns preserved)
- daed-guard trap forward_signal covers TERM INT HUP QUIT
- bpftool not in PATH on stock 132 (graceful fallback path) —
logread sees 'cleanup: bpftool not found' if it has to clean
References:
- daeuniverse/dae#1092
- daeuniverse/daed#780 (PR-1 in
daeuniverse/daed that this aligns with)
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install/daed.servicewithdaeuniverse/dae/install/dae.serviceand adds an OpenWrtprocdinit template plus adaed-guardshell wrapper that reaps thedaensnetns, thedae0veth pair, and pinned eBPF programs under/sys/fs/bpf/daed— both before startup and onEXIT/INT/TERM/HUP/QUIT.Why
Today
daedshipped with a 17-line systemd unit (noMemoryHigh, noOOMScoreAdjust,LimitNPROC=512,Type=simple,Restart=on-abnormal). The OpenWrt init template was contributed by a third party (kenzok8/openwrt-daede) and lives outside this repo, so we have no place to land corrections to the wrapper. The most operationally painful consequence is the process-exit eBPF leak: when daed dies unexpectedly (OOM-kill, kernel panic, SIGHUP), the pinned eBPF programs onbr-laningress stay attached and keep hijacking UDP/53 (DNS) and TCP/7844 (Cloudflare tunnel) traffic. ICMP keeps working, so an operator has no way to tell frompingthat the network is half-broken.Changes
install/daed.service—MemoryHigh=512M,OOMScoreAdjust=-100,LimitNPROC=4096,Restart=on-failure,RestartSec=5s,TimeoutStartSec=120,TimeoutStopSec=30install/openwrt/daed— procd init script withlogger -t daed-initcalls at every branch,respawn 3600 10 5(vs upstream default3600 5 5),oom_adj=-16, and post-stop dataplane state reporting (bpf pinned list + netns left). Therm -f "$LOG"instop_serviceis dropped so post-mortem logs survive a manual stopinstall/linux/daed-guard— shell wrapper that callscleanup.shbefore exec'ing the daemon and again onEXIT/INT/TERM/HUP/QUITinstall/linux/cleanup.sh— idempotent reaper fordaens+dae0+/sys/fs/bpf/daed. Skips every potentially-destructive step when/usr/bin/daedis currently running (no moreResource busyon a live system). Falls back gracefully whenbpftoolis not installed (most stock OpenWrt images)docs/linux-installation.md— explains why these files exist, who should use them, and how to install them on OpenWrt / iStoreOSTest plan
sh -npasses on all four shell files on macOS and on aarch64/iStoreOS 23.05cleanup.shreaper runs idempotently while daed is alive (rc=0, noResource busy, no process kill, netns preserved)trap EXIT/INT/TERM/HUP/QUITwired correctly indaed-guardlogger -t daed-initlines visible inlogread2026.08.21-r1opkg; the new files in this PR are the upstream source of truth for the next opkg rebuild (and a copy-paste path for any other distribution)Related
kenzok8/openwrt-daede; this PR provides the upstream source of truth for those packages to consume)Compatibility
The new
daed-guardis strictly more capable than the old one: it adds atrapblock and abpftoolreaper, both no-ops when the corresponding signals or bpftool are not present. Replacing the wrapper is a transparent upgrade.The new
cleanup.shis idempotent and safe to call while daed is running (no moreResource busyon a live system). Thepgrep -f /usr/bin/daedcheck short-circuits every potentially-destructive step.The new
daed.serviceis a strict superset of the existing one — every new directive is in the safe direction (more OOM protection, more FD/process headroom, more graceful shutdown).Summary by CodeRabbit
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