Merge branch 'master' into AG-27492-client-persistent-runtime-storage

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ See also the [v0.107.52 GitHub milestone][ms-v0.107.52].
 NOTE: Add new changes BELOW THIS COMMENT.
 -->
 
+### Added
+
+- The ability to disable logging using the new `log.enabled` configuration
+  property ([#7079]).
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Frontend rewritten in TypeScript.
@@ -49,7 +54,17 @@ NOTE: Add new changes BELOW THIS COMMENT.
 
 - Node 18 support, Node 20 will be required in future releases.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Panic caused by missing user-specific blocked services object in configuration
+  file ([#7069]).
+- Tracking `/etc/hosts` file changes causing panics within particular
+  filesystems on start ([#7076]).
+
 [#7053]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/7053
+[#7069]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/7069
+[#7076]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/7076
+[#7079]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/7079
 
 [install-script]: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/?tab=readme-ov-file#automated-install-linux-and-mac
 

client/src/__locales/en.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "upstream_parallel": "Use parallel queries to speed up resolving by querying all upstream servers simultaneously.",
     "parallel_requests": "Parallel requests",
     "load_balancing": "Load-balancing",
-    "load_balancing_desc": "Query one upstream server at a time. AdGuard Home uses its weighted random algorithm to pick the server so that the fastest server is used more often.",
+    "load_balancing_desc": "Query one upstream server at a time. AdGuard Home uses a weighted random algorithm to select servers with the lowest number of failed lookups and the lowest average lookup time.",
     "bootstrap_dns": "Bootstrap DNS servers",
     "bootstrap_dns_desc": "IP addresses of DNS servers used to resolve IP addresses of the DoH/DoT resolvers you specify as upstreams. Comments are not permitted.",
     "fallback_dns_title": "Fallback DNS servers",

go.mod

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ go 1.22.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy v0.71.2
-	github.com/AdguardTeam/golibs v0.23.2
+	github.com/AdguardTeam/golibs v0.24.0
-	github.com/AdguardTeam/urlfilter v0.18.0
+	github.com/AdguardTeam/urlfilter v0.19.0
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1
 	github.com/ameshkov/dnscrypt/v2 v2.3.0
 	github.com/bluele/gcache v0.0.2
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ require (
 	// TODO(a.garipov): This package is deprecated; find a new one or use our
 	// own code for that.  Perhaps, use gopacket.
 	github.com/mdlayher/raw v0.1.0
-	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.59
+	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.61
 	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.44.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/ti-mo/netfilter v0.5.2
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.10
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240604190554-fc45aab8b7f8
-	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	howett.net/plist v1.0.1
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/u-root/uio v0.0.0-20240224005618-d2acac8f3701 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 // indirect
 	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.15.0 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
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@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ github.com/mdlayher/raw v0.1.0/go.mod h1:yXnxvs6c0XoF/aK52/H5PjsVHmWBCFfZUfoh/Y5
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@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.4.0 h1:Cr9BXA1sQS2SmDUWjSofMPNKmvF6IiIfDRmgU0w1ZCo=
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 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.15.0 h1:2lYxjRbTYyxkJxlhC+LvJIx3SsANPdRybu1tGj9/OrQ=

internal/aghnet/hostscontainer.go

@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ func (hc *HostsContainer) handleEvents() {
 
 	defer close(hc.updates)
 
-	ok, eventsCh := true, hc.watcher.Events()
+	eventsCh := hc.watcher.Events()
+	ok := eventsCh != nil
 	for ok {
 		select {
 		case _, ok = <-eventsCh:

internal/aghos/fswatcher.go

@@ -160,3 +160,34 @@ func (w *osWatcher) handleErrors() {
 		log.Error("%s: %s", osWatcherPref, err)
 	}
 }
+
+// EmptyFSWatcher is a no-op implementation of the [FSWatcher] interface.  It
+// may be used on systems not supporting filesystem events.
+type EmptyFSWatcher struct{}
+
+// type check
+var _ FSWatcher = EmptyFSWatcher{}
+
+// Start implements the [FSWatcher] interface for EmptyFSWatcher.  It always
+// returns nil error.
+func (EmptyFSWatcher) Start() (err error) {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Close implements the [FSWatcher] interface for EmptyFSWatcher.  It always
+// returns nil error.
+func (EmptyFSWatcher) Close() (err error) {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Events implements the [FSWatcher] interface for EmptyFSWatcher.  It always
+// returns nil channel.
+func (EmptyFSWatcher) Events() (e <-chan event) {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Add implements the [FSWatcher] interface for EmptyFSWatcher.  It always
+// returns nil error.
+func (EmptyFSWatcher) Add(_ string) (err error) {
+	return nil
+}

internal/client/persistent.go

@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ type Persistent struct {
 
 	SafeSearch filtering.SafeSearch
 
-	// BlockedServices is the configuration of blocked services of a client.
+	// BlockedServices is the configuration of blocked services of a client.  It
+	// must not be nil after initialization.
 	BlockedServices *filtering.BlockedServices
 
 	// Name of the persistent client.  Must not be empty.

internal/home/clients.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/internal/dnsforward"
 	"github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/internal/filtering"
 	"github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/internal/querylog"
+	"github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/internal/schedule"
 	"github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/internal/whois"
 	"github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy/proxy"
 	"github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy/upstream"
@@ -260,6 +261,12 @@ func (o *clientObject) toPersistent(
 		}
 	}
 
+	if o.BlockedServices == nil {
+		o.BlockedServices = &filtering.BlockedServices{
+			Schedule: schedule.EmptyWeekly(),
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = o.BlockedServices.Validate()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("init blocked services %q: %w", cli.Name, err)

internal/home/clientshttp.go

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func copyBlockedServices(
 	var weekly *schedule.Weekly
 	if sch != nil {
 		weekly = sch.Clone()
-	} else if prev != nil && prev.BlockedServices != nil {
+	} else if prev != nil {
 		weekly = prev.BlockedServices.Schedule.Clone()
 	} else {
 		weekly = schedule.EmptyWeekly()

internal/home/clientshttp_internal_test.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func newPersistentClient(name string) (c *client.Persistent) {
 		Name: name,
 		UID:  client.MustNewUID(),
 		BlockedServices: &filtering.BlockedServices{
-			Schedule: &schedule.Weekly{},
+			Schedule: schedule.EmptyWeekly(),
 		},
 	}
 }

internal/home/config.go

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ const dataDir = "data"
 
 // logSettings are the logging settings part of the configuration file.
 type logSettings struct {
+	// Enabled indicates whether logging is enabled.
+	Enabled bool `yaml:"enabled"`
+
 	// File is the path to the log file.  If empty, logs are written to stdout.
 	// If "syslog", logs are written to syslog.
 	File string `yaml:"file"`
@@ -454,11 +457,14 @@ var config = &configuration{
 		},
 	},
 	Log: logSettings{
-		Compress:   false,
+		Enabled:    true,
-		LocalTime:  false,
+		File:       "",
 		MaxBackups: 0,
 		MaxSize:    100,
 		MaxAge:     3,
+		Compress:   false,
+		LocalTime:  false,
+		Verbose:    false,
 	},
 	OSConfig:      &osConfig{},
 	SchemaVersion: configmigrate.LastSchemaVersion,

internal/home/home.go

@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ func configureOS(conf *configuration) (err error) {
 func setupHostsContainer() (err error) {
 	hostsWatcher, err := aghos.NewOSWritesWatcher()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("initing hosts watcher: %w", err)
+		log.Info("WARNING: initializing filesystem watcher: %s; not watching for changes", err)
+
+		hostsWatcher = aghos.EmptyFSWatcher{}
 	}
 
 	paths, err := hostsfile.DefaultHostsPaths()

internal/home/log.go

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ func configureLogger(opts options) (err error) {
 	ls := getLogSettings(opts)
 
 	// Configure logger level.
-	if ls.Verbose {
+	if !ls.Enabled {
+		log.SetLevel(log.OFF)
+	} else if ls.Verbose {
 		log.SetLevel(log.DEBUG)
 	}
 
@@ -91,7 +93,14 @@ func getLogSettings(opts options) (ls *logSettings) {
 // separate method in order to configure logger before the actual configuration
 // is parsed and applied.
 func readLogSettings() (ls *logSettings) {
-	conf := &configuration{}
+	// TODO(s.chzhen):  Add a helper function that returns default parameters
+	// for this structure and for the global configuration structure [config].
+	conf := &configuration{
+		Log: logSettings{
+			// By default, it is true if the property does not exist.
+			Enabled: true,
+		},
+	}
 
 	yamlFile, err := readConfigFile()
 	if err != nil {