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fanctrlplus2: stop rewriting the config lock on flash every 10 s (#19) - #20

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Fixes #19.

  • array_monitor.sh: take the settings lock with 9>> instead of 9>. > truncated .config.lock and bumped its mtime on every 10-second pass while the array was started, which wrote to the USB boot device. Append mode takes the same flock without touching the file. The PHP side already opens it with fopen('ce'), which does not truncate.
  • plugin.j2: drop the unconditional nohup array_monitor.sh & after rc.fanctrlplus2 restart. start() already launches the monitor, guarded by pgrep, so every install and boot ran two monitors. fanctrlplus2.plg is regenerated from the template at release.

Verified: with a copy of the monitor pointed at temp paths, the HEAD version left the lock at size 0 with a fresh mtime after 1 s, and the fixed version left size and mtime unchanged while still calling rc start. An append-mode fd still blocks while another process holds the lock. The full suite passes (28 files).

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Resolved cases where the monitor could start more than once during installation or service restarts.
    • Improved coordination between the monitor and configuration backups by using a runtime lock that preserves existing lock data.
    • Installer cleanup now removes outdated lock state.

Follow-up commit: the lock moved from /boot/config/plugins/fanctrlplus2/.config.lock to /var/run/fanctrlplus2.config.lock. flock state is held by the kernel, so the file only needs a shared path. /var/run is RAM on Unraid and writable only by root (unlike /tmp). The PHP helper and array_monitor.sh both use the new path, and install removes the old file from /boot. FCP_CONFIG_LOCK overrides the path for the backup test, since CI cannot write /var/run. Verified: while PHP held the lock, the monitor's flock -n on the new path was blocked, and no lock file was created in the config directory.

array_monitor.sh opened .config.lock with '>', which truncates the file
and updates its mtime on every 10-second pass while the array is
started: a write to the USB boot device each time. Append mode takes the
same flock without touching the file.

The install script also started array_monitor.sh after
'rc.fanctrlplus2 restart', whose start() already launches it, so two
monitors ran after every install and boot.
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The configuration lock now resides under /var/run by default, and the monitor opens it in append mode. The installer removes the stale lock file and relies on the service restart to start the monitor.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared config lock
src/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/fanctrlplus2/include/ConfigBackup.php, src/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/fanctrlplus2/scripts/array_monitor.sh, tests/config_backup_test.php
The configuration backup and monitor use the shared lock path from FCP_CONFIG_LOCK, with /var/run/fanctrlplus2.config.lock as the default. The monitor opens the lock in append mode. The test sets the lock path inside its temporary directory.
Monitor startup
plugin/plugin.j2
The installer removes the stale configuration-directory lock file and no longer launches array_monitor.sh separately after restarting the service.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium


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Installations from the raw manifest can still start a second monitor after the service restart. Synchronize the generated manifest before distributing the change; the impact is bounded to this install path.

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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: preventing the configuration lock from being repeatedly rewritten on flash storage. It is concise, specific, and consistent with the lock-handling changes…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #19 requires append-mode locking in array_monitor.sh and removal or guarding of the redundant monitor launch. The reviewed summary states that array_monitor.sh now uses append mode and that …
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The lock-path migration, stale-file removal, PHP path update, and test override are directly connected to Issue #19's flash-write and shared-lock behavior. No unrelated change is identified in the rev…

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flock state lives in the kernel, so the lock file only needs a path both
sides agree on. /var/run is RAM on Unraid and root-only, so taking the
lock never touches the flash drive, not even to create the file. The
install script removes the old lock from /boot.
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🟡 Minor · Synchronize the generated plugin manifest. · plugin.j2:96-102

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Synchronize the generated plugin manifest.

The release workflow generates plugin/fanctrlplus2.plg for main, but the reviewed head still serves the tracked manifest with the direct array_monitor.sh launch. Users who install the raw manifest before the release action commits its output still start a second monitor after restart.

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+Regenerate and commit plugin/fanctrlplus2.plg from plugin/plugin.j2
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Synchronize the tracked plugin manifest with the template: regenerate
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- Around line 96-102: Synchronize the tracked plugin manifest with the template:
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@coderabbitai Not changing this: plugin/fanctrlplus2.plg is generated by the release workflow from plugin.j2 and committed with the matching package. The tracked manifest points at the 1.9.4 .txz, so hand-syncing it here would pair the new install script with old code and diverge from what the workflow generates. The 1.9.5 release regenerates it.

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@andrebrait Thanks for clarifying the release process. The release workflow uses the release version, and plugin/plugin.j2 binds the manifest to that version’s package and checksum.

Hand-editing plugin/fanctrlplus2.plg here would mix the new install script with the old package. Leaving it unchanged until the 1.9.5 release is correct. I withdraw the suggestion.


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array_monitor.sh rewrites .config.lock on the flash drive every 10 s, and runs twice after install

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