# REPORT — v0.87.0: SystemDisks device-mapper walk (IA finding 2, MEDIUM)

**Date:** 2026-07-13 · **Version:** felhom-agent v0.87.0 (from v0.86.0, baseline `c20814e` confirmed) · Agent-only classification fix; MinAgent/controller coupling: none. **Safety direction:** the outcome made impossible is a root-backing disk classified candidate; the fixed failure is the opposite over-protection (legacy-boot → everything system → dead wizard).

## §3 spike (live, BEFORE code — both transcripts)

- **Drill host** (root@192.168.0.152, the exact IA-failure shape): legacy boot — `/` from
  `/dev/mapper/pve-root` → `readlink -f` → **/dev/dm-1** → `/sys/block/dm-1/slaves` = **sda3** →
  `/sys/class/block/sda3/partition` exists → parent **sda**. NO /boot/efi mount (sda2 vfat
  exists, unmounted — classic legacy shape). Bonus fact baked into the design: a PHYSICAL disk's
  `slaves/` dir EXISTS and is EMPTY (`ls /sys/block/sda/slaves | wc -l` = 0) — so `hasDir` alone
  is not resolution; the walk requires non-empty slaves to ground a virtual device.
- **felhom-pve** (regression baseline): `/` → dm-1 → slaves sda3 → sda AND `/boot/efi` →
  /dev/sda2 → sda — ESP and walk agree on the same disk ⇒ post-fix output must be identical.
  Pre-upgrade API captures saved (scratchpad `pve-disks-pre-0870.json`, `pve-cands-pre-0870.json`,
  `drill-pre-0870.txt`): felhom-pve roles (felhom-usb/felhom-flash/raw-sdb user-data, local/lvm
  system, pbs/offsite backup), candidates EMPTY on both hosts pre-fix.

No surprises → proceeded.

## Implementation (commit on main)

- `internal/storage/role.go`: `SystemDisks` now grounds every system mountpoint via
  **`physicalDisksOf`** — symlink canonicalization → `wholeDiskOf` fast path (raw disks/
  partitions, unchanged) → **`walkSlaves`**: recursive `/sys/block/<name>/slaves` resolution for
  virtual devices (dm-*, md*), partitions resolved by the existing regexes (`sda3 → /dev/sda`),
  cycle/depth guard (visited set, cap 32). Per-branch conservatism (operator ruling): ANY
  unresolvable slave — dangling entry, unrecognizable name (e.g. `md0p1`), virtual with empty
  slaves — fails the WHOLE walk → `ok=false` → the UNCHANGED all-system fail-safe. Non-`/dev`
  sources (ZFS dataset, NFS, overlay) are unwalkable → fail-safe (same as pre-fix).
- `internal/storage/hostread.go`: **`HostReader.BlockSlaves(name) ([]string, bool)`** — the one
  new seam method (root-free; sysfs world-readable); `ProcHostReader` reads
  `<sysBlockDir>/<name>/slaves`; all four test fakes mirror it (storage `fakeHostReader` gains a
  `slaves` map; localapi `fakeHostReader`/`uuidHostReader`/`f2HostReader` return nil,false).
- **Caller audit:** `handleDisks`, `roleForMountPath`, `deviceRole` (localapi/disks.go) and
  `gatherClaimFacts` (storage/claim.go) — all consume `SystemDisks` through
  `isSystemBacked`/`classifyClaim` fail-safes; NONE relies on all-system as a feature (finding:
  none needed changes). Format/mkfs paths, data-bearing guards, wizard UI untouched.
- **Behavior deltas:** legacy-boot LVM → resolves, wizard lives; EFI(+LVM) → byte-identical;
  md-raid root → BOTH members system. New PROTECTIVE delta: an ESP-resolving host whose root
  topology cannot be grounded is now all-system (pre-fix trusted the ESP alone) — per the
  ruling's conservatism; direction-safe.

## Tests + red-proofs (fake sysfs via the HostReader seam)

`role_walk_test.go` — fixtures mirror the §3 transcripts: legacy-LVM (dm→part→disk), md-raid
(md→2 disks, BOTH asserted system), EFI+raw, EFI+LVM (felhom-pve), nested dm-on-md;
dangling-slave (with a load-bearing RESOLVABLE sibling branch so a skip-mutation yields a
plausible partial set); cycle; virtual-with-empty-slaves. **Signature test
`TestSystemDisks_WalkTopologies`** asserts the root-backing physical disk(s) are ALWAYS in the
system set + the scratch disk never is + role-level consequences — never weaken.

Red-proofs (mutate → fail → revert, verbatim):
- **A (pre-fix resolver, no walk):** `TestSystemDisks_LegacyBoot_WizardLives` FAILS —
  "legacy-boot topology must resolve (the all-system fail-safe is the ERROR case…)" — the exact
  dead-wizard live shape; the signature table fails on legacy/md/nested too.
- **B (walk returns the dm node):** `SIGNATURE VIOLATION: root-backing disk /dev/sda missing
  from system set map[/dev/mapper/pve-root:true]` (+ md0 / nested variants naming both disks).
- **D (per-branch conservatism removed):** `TestSystemDisks_DanglingSlave_FailSafe` FAILS —
  scratch classified candidate while the walk is incomplete (asserted through the REAL
  `sysKnown=false` → `isSystemBacked`/`RoleForRawDevice` path, not a lookalike).

Full suite: `go test ./...` green (all packages; recovery-code flake did not fire).

## §13 deploy + regression (DONE) + the IA replay (agent half)

- Built on 180 (`sha256 2447d4a3…dc7a`); deployed **drill host first** (0.86.0 → 0.87.0,
  `.bak-0.86.0` kept, service active, clean journal), then **felhom-pve** (0.86.0 → 0.87.0,
  `.bak-0.86.0` kept, capabilities self-check **62/62 ok, degraded=0, inactive=0**).
- **13.3 regression (felhom-pve, the §3 pre-captures vs post):** `/disks` roles BYTE-IDENTICAL
  (all 7 targets: felhom-usb/felhom-flash/raw-sdb user-data, local/local-lvm system,
  felhom-pbs/felhom-offsite backup) and `/disks/candidates` identical (empty pre and post).
- **The exact IA-failure replay (drill, API level — the endpoint the wizard UI invokes):**
  hot-added a 5 GB scsi disk to qm 300 (`local-lvm:vm-300-disk-1`, appears as /dev/sdb in the
  drill PVE) → `GET /disks/candidates` now returns
  `initialize: [{device:/dev/sdb, 5 GiB, QEMU HARDDISK, data_bearing:false}]` — pre-fix the
  same call returned empty (drill-pre-0870.txt). The root disk sda is NOT offered (safety
  direction). **The scratch disk is left ATTACHED for the supervised UI leg.**
- Published to Gitea: `AGENT_VERSION=0.87.0`, `AGENT_SHA256=2447d4a345115db0b380779f251750f3d8c48ba9e89aeaac162fd8c74ce8dc7a`
  (creds from the 180 docker-config, out-of-band). felhom.eu disposition note:
  `documentation/audits/DISPOSITION-ia-finding2-systemdisks-2026-07-13.md` (commit `74fa61c`).

## STOPPED for Viktor (per the task's STOP)

1. **13.2 wizard live leg** — hot-add the 5 GB scsi scratch disk to the drill PVE VM (qm 300 on
   felhom-pve), then through YOUR logged-in dashboard session (no gate-lift): wizard OFFERS the
   disk → enroll + format (GO required before format) → unenroll/detach, leave as found.
2. **Day-0 manifest bump** to agent 0.87.0 (hub operator UI, password-gated) + the IA audit doc
   finding-2 disposition line (felhom.eu).

## Observations

- No `SystemDisks` caller relied on the all-system behavior as a feature (audited: disks.go ×3,
  claim.go ×1) — the fix is purely widening resolution.
- md-raid fixture lesson: partitions of an md array (`md0p1`) are NOT covered by the partition
  regexes — such a slave fails the walk → all-system (documented in code; acceptable, exotic).
- A physical disk's `slaves/` dir exists and is empty (live-probed) — any future sysfs-walking
  code must treat "dir present" ≠ "virtual device".
- Pre-existing `gofmt -l` hits (capability/probe.go, escrow/*.go) — not touched, not mine.