Adding success_exit_codes task config parameter to allow also non-zer…

…o exit codes (for external commands) to be treated as successful tasks.

examples/job-config.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tasks:
         args:
             - "/tmp/main.c"
             - "/tmp/hello_from_codex_worker/main.c"
-    - task-id: "eval_test01"
+    - task-id: "compile_test01"
       priority: 3
       fatal-failure: false
       dependencies:
@@ -54,9 +54,33 @@ tasks:
                 - src: /tmp/hello_from_codex_worker
                   dst: "evaluate"
                   mode: RW
-    - task-id: "remove_created_dir"
+    - task-id: "run_test01"
       priority: 4
       fatal-failure: false
+      dependencies:
+        - "compile_test01"
+      cmd:
+        bin: "./test"
+        args: []
+        success_exit_codes: # list of exit codes which will be accepted as success
+          - 0  # zero is success by default, but if success_exit_codes is present, it must be added explicitly.
+          - 1  # single code
+          - [100, 200]  # an interval (inclusive)
+          # codes 0, 1, 100, 101, ... 199, and 200 will all be accepted
+      sandbox:
+        name: "isolate"
+        limits:
+            - hw-group-id: "group1"  # determines specific limits for specific machines
+              time: 1  # seconds
+              wall-time: 1  # seconds
+              extra-time: 1  # seconds
+              parallel: 0  # time and memory limits are merged from all potential processes/threads
+              environ-variable:
+                ISOLATE_BOX: "/box"
+                PATH: "/usr/bin"
+    - task-id: "remove_created_dir"
+      priority: 5
+      fatal-failure: false
       cmd:
           bin: "rm"
           args:

src/config/task_metadata.h

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class task_metadata
 		std::shared_ptr<sandbox_config> sandbox = nullptr,
 		std::string test_id = "")
 		: task_id(task_id), priority(priority), dependencies(deps), test_id(test_id), type(type), fatal_failure(fatal),
-		  binary(cmd), cmd_args(args), sandbox(sandbox)
+		  binary(cmd), cmd_args(args), success_exit_codes({true}), sandbox(sandbox)
 	{
 	}
 
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ class task_metadata
 	std::string binary;
 	/** Arguments for executed command. */
 	std::vector<std::string> cmd_args;
+	/**
+	 * List of command exit codes which should be treated as "success" (denoted by true value at their index).
+	 * By default, the list has only one item - true at index 0.
+	 */
+	std::vector<bool> success_exit_codes;
+
+	/**
+	 * Safely checks whether given exit code is deemed successful (handling corner cases).
+	 */
+	bool is_success_exit_code(int code) const
+	{
+		// indices outside success_exit_codes range are handled as false
+		return code >= 0 && ((std::size_t) code) < success_exit_codes.size() && success_exit_codes[code];
+	}
 
 	/** If not null than this task is external and will be executed in given sandbox. */
 	std::shared_ptr<sandbox_config> sandbox;

src/helpers/config.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,50 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 
+/**
+ * Properly add an exit-code or an interval of exit-codes in the bitmap.
+ */
+void add_exit_codes(std::vector<bool> &success_exit_codes, int from_index, int to_index = -1)
+{
+	if (to_index == -1) { to_index = from_index; }
+
+	if (from_index < 0 || to_index > 255 || from_index > to_index) { return; }
+
+	if (success_exit_codes.size() <= ((std::size_t) to_index)) { success_exit_codes.resize(to_index + 1); }
+
+	for (int i = from_index; i <= to_index; ++i) { success_exit_codes[i] = true; }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Process the config node with success exit codes and fill a bitmap with their enabled indices.
+ * The config must be a single int value or a list of values. In case of a list, each item should be either integer or a
+ * tuple of two integers representing from-to range (inclusive).
+ * @param node root of yaml sub-tree with the exit codes.
+ * @param success_exit_codes a bitmap being constructed
+ */
+void load_task_success_exit_codes(const YAML::Node &node, std::vector<bool> &success_exit_codes)
+{
+	success_exit_codes.clear();
+	if (node.IsScalar()) {
+		add_exit_codes(success_exit_codes, node.as<int>());
+	} else if (node.IsSequence()) {
+		for (auto &subnode : node) {
+			if (subnode.IsScalar()) {
+				add_exit_codes(success_exit_codes, subnode.as<int>());
+			} else if (subnode.IsSequence() && subnode.size() == 2) {
+				add_exit_codes(success_exit_codes, subnode[0].as<int>(), subnode[1].as<int>());
+			} else {
+				throw helpers::config_exception(
+					"Success exit code must be a scalar (int) value or an interval (two integers in a list)");
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		throw helpers::config_exception("Task command success_exit_codes must be an integer or a list.");
+	}
+}
+
+
 std::shared_ptr<job_metadata> helpers::build_job_metadata(const YAML::Node &conf)
 {
 	std::shared_ptr<job_metadata> job_meta = std::make_shared<job_metadata>();
@@ -80,6 +124,10 @@ std::shared_ptr<job_metadata> helpers::build_job_metadata(const YAML::Node &conf
 					if (ctask["cmd"]["args"] && ctask["cmd"]["args"].IsSequence()) {
 						task_meta->cmd_args = ctask["cmd"]["args"].as<std::vector<std::string>>();
 					} // can be omitted... no throw
+
+					if (ctask["cmd"]["success_exit_codes"]) {
+						load_task_success_exit_codes(ctask["cmd"]["success_exit_codes"], task_meta->success_exit_codes);
+					}
 				} else {
 					throw config_exception("Command in task is not a map");
 				}

src/tasks/external_task.cpp

@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ std::shared_ptr<task_results> external_task::run()
 	res->sandbox_status =
 		std::unique_ptr<sandbox_results>(new sandbox_results(sandbox_->run(task_meta_->binary, task_meta_->cmd_args)));
 
+	// fix status if non-zero exit codes are treated as execution success
+	postprocess_exit_codes(res);
+
 	// get output from stdout and stderr
 	get_results_output(res);
 
@@ -102,6 +105,20 @@ std::shared_ptr<task_results> external_task::run()
 	return res;
 }
 
+void external_task::postprocess_exit_codes(std::shared_ptr<task_results> result)
+{
+	bool success = task_meta_->is_success_exit_code(result->sandbox_status->exitcode);
+	if (success && result->sandbox_status->status == isolate_status::RE) {
+		// we need to override the status to ok, based on acceptable exit-code
+		result->sandbox_status->status = isolate_status::OK;
+		result->sandbox_status->message = "";
+	} else if (!success && result->sandbox_status->status == isolate_status::OK) {
+		// this happens if zero is not a successfuly exit-code
+		result->sandbox_status->status = isolate_status::RE;
+		result->sandbox_status->message = "Exited with code 0, which is not considered a success (exit codes override)";
+	}
+}
+
 std::shared_ptr<sandbox_limits> external_task::get_limits()
 {
 	return limits_;
@@ -168,14 +185,10 @@ void external_task::process_results_output(
 		std_err.read(&result_stderr[0], max_length);
 
 		// if there was something in stdout, write it to result
-		if (std_out.gcount() != 0) {
-			result->output_stdout = result_stdout.substr(0, std_out.gcount());
-		}
+		if (std_out.gcount() != 0) { result->output_stdout = result_stdout.substr(0, std_out.gcount()); }
 
 		// if there was something in stderr, write it to result
-		if (std_err.gcount() != 0) {
-			result->output_stderr = result_stderr.substr(0, std_err.gcount());
-		}
+		if (std_err.gcount() != 0) { result->output_stderr = result_stderr.substr(0, std_err.gcount()); }
 
 		// be nice and close streams
 		std_out.close();
@@ -227,7 +240,10 @@ void external_task::make_binary_executable(const std::string &binary)
 
 		// determine if file has executable bits set
 		fs::file_status stat = status(binary_path);
-		if ((stat.permissions() & (fs::perms::owner_exec | fs::perms::group_exec | fs::perms::others_exec)) != fs::perms::none) { return; }
+		if ((stat.permissions() & (fs::perms::owner_exec | fs::perms::group_exec | fs::perms::others_exec)) !=
+			fs::perms::none) {
+			return;
+		}
 
 		fs::permissions(
 			binary_path, fs::perms::owner_exec | fs::perms::group_exec | fs::perms::others_exec, fs::perm_options::add);

src/tasks/external_task.h

@@ -74,17 +74,26 @@ class external_task : public task_base
 	 */
 	void make_binary_executable(const std::string &binary);
 
+	/**
+	 * A task may accept different exit codes (than 0) as success. However, sandbox results may indicated nonzero exit
+	 * codes as failures. This method fixes such situations.
+	 */
+	void postprocess_exit_codes(std::shared_ptr<task_results> result);
+
 	/**
 	 * Initialize output if requested.
 	 */
 	void results_output_init();
+
 	/**
 	 * Get configuration limited content of the stdout and stderr and return it.
 	 * @param result to which stdout and err will be assigned
 	 */
 	void get_results_output(std::shared_ptr<task_results> result);
+
 	void process_results_output(
 		const std::shared_ptr<task_results> &result, const fs::path &stdout_path, const fs::path &stderr_path);
+
 	void process_carboncopy_output(const fs::path &stdout_path, const fs::path &stderr_path);
 
 	/** Worker default configuration */