agent v0.36.5: AttachDrive normalizes to exactly one bind (converges stacked binds)

countHostMounts + normalize: no-op only when exactly one bind is guest-visible;
else strip all binds and lay one fresh. Converges a stacked double-bind to one
(the old umount-one+mount-one never did).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 All notable changes to **felhom-agent** are recorded here. Update on every code
 change that gets pushed.
 
+## v0.36.5 — AttachDrive normalizes to exactly one bind (2026-06-15)
+
+AttachDrive now COUNTS the binds at a stable path (countHostMounts) and normalizes to exactly one: it is
+a no-op only when there is exactly ONE bind the guest sees; otherwise it strips ALL existing binds
+(bounded loop) and lays down one fresh bind. This converges a stacked double-bind to one — the old
+umount-one+mount-one force-rebind never did. Caught when a double-bind survived a guest reboot.
+
 ## v0.36.4 — serialize AttachDrive/DetachDrive (no double-bind race) (2026-06-15)
 
 A mutex on GuestBinder serializes AttachDrive/DetachDrive so a controller-triggered reconnect and the

cmd/felhom-agent/main.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import (
 
 // version is the agent version. Overridable at build time with
 // -ldflags "-X main.version=<v>"; defaults to the in-repo CHANGELOG version.
-var version = "0.36.4"
+var version = "0.36.5"
 
 // runGuestHook is the PVE pre-start hook body (`felhom-agent guest-hook <vmid> <phase>`). On the
 // pre-start phase it creates placeholder dirs for any absent bind-mount source so the guest always boots

internal/localapi/intermediary.go

@@ -169,29 +169,49 @@ func (b *GuestBinder) AttachDrive(ctx context.Context, vmid int, where string) (
 	if err := b.run(ctx, "mkdir", "-p", stable); err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("guest-attach: stable dir %s: %w", stable, err)
 	}
-	hostHas := isHostMountpoint(stable)
+	// NORMALIZE to EXACTLY ONE bind. The target is usable only when there is exactly one bind AND the
-	guestSees := b.GuestSeesMount(ctx, vmid, stable)
+	// guest sees it; in that case this is a no-op. Otherwise (zero binds, a post-reboot bind the guest
-	switch {
+	// can't see, OR stacked duplicate binds from an earlier race/operator action) we strip ALL existing
-	case hostHas && guestSees:
+	// binds (bounded loop) and lay down exactly one fresh bind — which also re-fires propagation into the
-		return stable, nil // fully live — no-op
+	// current guest namespace. Counting (countHostMounts) rather than a boolean isHostMountpoint is what
-	case hostHas && !guestSees:
+	// makes this converge a double-bind to one (the old umount-one+mount-one never did).
-		// Guest rebooted (or bound the parent before this drive's bind existed): re-fire propagation.
+	n := countHostMounts(stable)
-		if err := b.run(ctx, "umount", stable); err != nil {
+	if n == 1 && b.GuestSeesMount(ctx, vmid, stable) {
-			b.logger.Warn("guest-attach: re-bind umount failed (continuing to re-mount)", "stable", stable, "err", err)
+		return stable, nil // exactly one bind + guest-visible → fully live, no-op
-		}
-		if err := b.run(ctx, "mount", "--bind", src, stable); err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("guest-attach: re-bind %s -> %s: %w", src, stable, err)
-		}
-		b.logger.Info("guest-attach: re-bound drive to re-propagate into guest (post-reboot)", "vmid", vmid, "where", where, "stable", stable)
-	default: // !hostHas
-		if err := b.run(ctx, "mount", "--bind", src, stable); err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("guest-attach: bind %s -> %s: %w", src, stable, err)
-		}
-		b.logger.Info("guest-attach: drive bound under shared parent (live, no reboot)", "vmid", vmid, "where", where, "stable", stable)
 	}
+	for i := 0; i < 16 && countHostMounts(stable) > 0; i++ {
+		if err := b.run(ctx, "umount", stable); err != nil {
+			b.logger.Warn("guest-attach: normalize umount failed (continuing)", "stable", stable, "err", err)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if err := b.run(ctx, "mount", "--bind", src, stable); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("guest-attach: bind %s -> %s: %w", src, stable, err)
+	}
+	b.logger.Info("guest-attach: drive bound under shared parent (normalized to one bind, live)", "vmid", vmid, "where", where, "stable", stable, "prior_binds", n)
 	return stable, nil
 }
 
+// countHostMounts returns how many times `path` appears as a mount target in /proc/self/mountinfo (i.e.
+// how many stacked binds are at it). 0 = not mounted; >1 = stacked duplicates. Used to normalize to one.
+func countHostMounts(path string) int {
+	f, err := os.Open("/proc/self/mountinfo")
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	n := 0
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	sc.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 64*1024), 1024*1024)
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		fields := strings.Fields(sc.Text())
+		if len(fields) >= 5 && fields[4] == path {
+			n++
+		}
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 // GuestSeesMount reports whether vmid's guest currently has `path` as a mount target in ITS mount
 // namespace (read from /proc/<guest-init-pid>/mountinfo). This is the GUEST-side truth the host-side
 // isHostMountpoint can't see — the signal that distinguishes "bound on the host" from "live in the