fix(helm): clamp the file-descriptor soft limit to the runtime hard limit - #5583
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…imit The ulimit fail-fast entrypoints crashloop on runtimes whose container hard nofile limit is below 65536 — reproduced on dev6, where the hard limit is 65535 and all three deployments went CrashLoopBackOff with only dash's terse EINVAL as diagnostic. The entrypoints now clamp the requested limit to $(ulimit -Hn) with a logged notice, and the failure branch prints the requested and hard limits before exiting. Render-time validation replaces the silent-zero failure mode: a nulled or non-numeric fileDescriptorLimit previously rendered 'ulimit -Sn 0' (dash accepts a zero soft limit), starting the server with no usable fds. Null now falls back to the 65536 default and non-numeric or non-positive values fail the render. Fixes NVIDIA#5535.
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WalkthroughThe three Helm charts now validate ChangesFile descriptor limit handling
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| ulimit -Sn {{ .Values.fileDescriptorLimit | int }} || exit 1 | ||
| {{- $fdLimit := .Values.fileDescriptorLimit | default 65536 | int }} |
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When an operator explicitly sets fileDescriptorLimit: 0, Sprig's default treats numeric zero as empty and replaces it with 65536 before the le validation runs. The chart therefore renders successfully rather than enforcing the newly documented positive-integer constraint, silently hiding an invalid override in all three copied templates; distinguish only null/missing values from zero before applying the fallback.
AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L342-L349
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In `@helm/charts/nico-hardware-health/templates/deployment.yaml`:
- Line 45: Preserve the original requested file-descriptor limit in a separate
variable before the clamp overwrites FD_LIMIT, and include that variable in the
ulimit -Sn failure diagnostic. Apply this change at
helm/charts/nico-hardware-health/templates/deployment.yaml#L45-L45,
helm/charts/nico-pxe/templates/deployment.yaml#L80-L80, and
helm/charts/nico-ssh-console-rs/templates/deployment.yaml#L46-L46.
- Line 37: In helm/charts/nico-hardware-health/templates/deployment.yaml:37-37,
helm/charts/nico-pxe/templates/deployment.yaml:72-72, and
helm/charts/nico-ssh-console-rs/templates/deployment.yaml:38-38, update the
fileDescriptorLimit handling to null-check the raw value, reject zero and other
empty or non-positive values before conversion, then convert valid values with
int; add render coverage for fileDescriptorLimit: 0.
Apply the same fix in
`@helm/charts/nico-hardware-health/tests/file_descriptor_limit_test.yaml` around
lines 36 - 41.
In `@helm/charts/nico-ssh-console-rs/values.yaml`:
- Around line 36-37: Update the comment documenting fileDescriptorLimit to state
that null falls back to 65536, while non-null values must be positive integers
and are clamped to the runtime hard limit when necessary.
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| ## Soft open-file limit applied before startup. Clamped to the runtime hard | ||
| ## limit when it exceeds it; must be a positive integer (validated at render). |
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Document the null fallback.
fileDescriptorLimit: null is accepted and renders as 65536, but this comment says the value must be a positive integer. State the null fallback explicitly, then describe validation for non-null values.
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In `@helm/charts/nico-ssh-console-rs/values.yaml` around lines 36 - 37, Update the
comment documenting fileDescriptorLimit to state that null falls back to 65536,
while non-null values must be positive integers and are clamped to the runtime
hard limit when necessary.
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Verified e2e on dev6 (hard nofile limit 65535 — the environment that crashlooped): removed the site fileDescriptorLimit workarounds and redeployed with the chart-default 65536. All three deployments rolled out and run with the soft limit clamped to 65535; pod stderr shows |
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Looks good overall. One small review point: fileDescriptorLimit: 0 currently passes through Helm’s default and becomes 65536, rather than failing as a non-positive value. Can you validate the raw value before applying the default, and add a zero test? |
… in failure logs Sprig's default treats numeric zero as unset, so fileDescriptorLimit: 0 silently fell back to 65536 instead of being rejected. Distinguish nil from 0 explicitly before applying the fallback. Also keep the originally requested limit in a separate var so ulimit failure logs report both the requested and clamped values.
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In `@helm/charts/nico-hardware-health/templates/deployment.yaml`:
- Line 39: Update the fileDescriptorLimit handling near $fdLimit so the raw
value is validated as an integer before applying Helm’s int conversion; reject
booleans and fractional numbers rather than allowing coercion, while preserving
the existing positive-value validation. Add render tests covering boolean and
fractional fileDescriptorLimit inputs.
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| ulimit -Sn {{ .Values.fileDescriptorLimit | int }} || exit 1 | ||
| {{- $fdLimit := 65536 }} | ||
| {{- if not (kindIs "invalid" .Values.fileDescriptorLimit) }} | ||
| {{- $fdLimit = .Values.fileDescriptorLimit | int }} |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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# Run with the Helm version used by the repository's chart tests.
helm version --short
chart="helm/charts/nico-hardware-health"
for value in true 1.5; do
if helm template validation "$chart" \
--set "fileDescriptorLimit=$value" \
>/tmp/fd-limit-rendered.yaml 2>/tmp/fd-limit-render.err; then
echo "FAIL: fileDescriptorLimit=$value rendered successfully"
exit 1
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printf '%s\n' '--- chart value and schema definitions ---'
rg -n -C 4 'fileDescriptorLimit' helm/charts/nico-hardware-health
printf '%s\n' '--- chart-local validation or render tests ---'
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Helm template int function Sprig cast.ToInt bool float conversion exact behavior
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In Helm templates, the int function is part of the Sprig library [1][2]. It performs type conversion to a system-width integer by calling toInt64 and casting the result to int [3][4]. Its behavior depends on the input type as follows: String conversion: The int function attempts to parse strings as integers in base 10 [3][4]. If the string is not a valid representation of an integer (or if the input is a quoted string containing non-numeric characters, such as "\"1\""), the conversion fails and returns 0 [5][3][4]. Float conversion: When converting from floating-point types (float32, float64), the function truncates the fractional part, effectively casting it to an integer [3][4]. Boolean conversion: The int function maps true to 1 and false to 0 [3][4]. Other types: If the input is an unsupported type or cannot be parsed, the function returns 0 [3][4]. Important implementation notes: 1. Helm often parses YAML numbers as float64 by default [6]. If a template expects an int but receives an int64 (commonly returned by arithmetic functions like sub) or a float64, you may need to explicitly pipe the value through | int to perform the conversion [6][7]. 2. The int function is not an atoi replacement; atoi is a separate, specific function designed only for string-to-integer conversion [8][1]. 3. For debugging types, you can use {{ printf "%T" .Value }} or the typeOf function to verify the actual underlying Go type before conversion [9].
Citations:
- 1: https://helm.sh/docs/chart_template_guide/function_list/
- 2: https://helm.sh/docs/chart_template_guide/functions_and_pipelines/
- 3: https://github.com/Masterminds/Sprig/blob/v2.22.0/numeric.go
- 4: https://github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/blob/master/numeric.go
- 5: GitHub issue 13463 in helm/helm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 6: GitHub issue 13023 in helm/helm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 7: GitHub issue 12238 in helm/helm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 8: http://masterminds.github.io/sprig/conversion.html
- 9: https://helm.sh/docs/chart_template_guide/data_types
Reject non-integer types before int conversion.
Line 39 converts every non-null value with Helm’s int function. This conversion maps true to 1 and truncates 1.5 to 1. Both values can pass the positive-value check. Validate the raw value before conversion and add render tests for boolean and fractional inputs.
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[error] 37-100: Root file system is not read-only
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In `@helm/charts/nico-hardware-health/templates/deployment.yaml` at line 39,
Update the fileDescriptorLimit handling near $fdLimit so the raw value is
validated as an integer before applying Helm’s int conversion; reject booleans
and fractional numbers rather than allowing coercion, while preserving the
existing positive-value validation. Add render tests covering boolean and
fractional fileDescriptorLimit inputs.
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…he runtime hard limit (#5643) This PR backports the file-descriptor limit hardening (#5583) into `v2.1`, scoped to nico-pxe - the only chart on this line that carries the `ulimit` fail-fast entrypoint: - The requested soft limit is clamped to the runtime hard limit with a logged notice (reproduced failure: a hard limit of 65535 crashloops the pod against the 65536 default, with only dash's terse EINVAL as diagnostic). - A nulled or non-numeric `fileDescriptorLimit` no longer renders `ulimit -Sn 0` (a silent zero-fd start): null falls back to the 65536 default, invalid values fail the render. - The hardware-health and ssh-console hunks from the original commit are dropped: those charts do not have the FD-limit entrypoint on `release/v2.1`. Cherry-pick of 00a7a45 (#5583), conflicts resolved by scoping to nico-pxe. ## Related issues Backport of #5583 (fixes #5535 for the v2.1 line). ## Type of Change - [ ] **Add** - New feature or capability - [ ] **Change** - Changes in existing functionality - [x] **Fix** - Bug fixes - [ ] **Remove** - Removed features or deprecated functionality - [ ] **Internal** - Internal changes (refactoring, tests, docs, etc.) ## Breaking Changes - [ ] **This PR contains breaking changes** ## Testing - [x] Unit tests added/updated - [ ] Integration tests added/updated - [ ] Manual testing performed - [ ] No testing required (docs, internal refactor, etc.) helm unittest on the v2.1 tree: the FD-limit suite passes (5 cases: default+clamp shape, override, null fallback, non-numeric and negative render failures); render checks confirm null falls back to 65536 and invalid values fail with the guard message. The clamp behavior was verified live on dev6 (hard limit 65535) during #5583.
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Fixes #5535.
The ulimit fail-fast entrypoints crashloop on runtimes whose container hard nofile limit is below 65536 (reproduced on dev6: hard limit 65535 → all three deployments CrashLoopBackOff). The entrypoints now clamp to
$(ulimit -Hn)with a logged notice, and print both limits before exiting on failure. Render-time validation replaces the silent-zero mode: null falls back to the 65536 default, non-numeric/non-positive values fail the render (previously renderedulimit -Sn 0, which dash accepts).Testing