fix(license): ignore access event when watching license key file chan…

…ges (#20122)

Signed-off-by: Bugen Zhao <[email protected]>

src/meta/src/manager/license.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize;
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed;
+
 use anyhow::Context;
 use notify::Watcher;
 use risingwave_common::system_param::LICENSE_KEY_KEY;
@@ -22,6 +25,9 @@ use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use super::MetaSrvEnv;
 use crate::MetaResult;
 
+/// For test purposes, we count the number of times the license key file is reloaded.
+static RELOAD_TIMES: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
 impl MetaSrvEnv {
     /// Spawn background tasks to watch the license key file and update the system parameter,
     /// if configured.
@@ -36,15 +42,22 @@ impl MetaSrvEnv {
 
         let mut watcher =
             notify::recommended_watcher(move |event: Result<notify::Event, notify::Error>| {
-                if let Err(e) = event {
-                    tracing::warn!(
-                        error = %e.as_report(),
-                        "error occurred while watching license key file"
-                    );
-                    return;
+                match event {
+                    Ok(event) => {
+                        if event.kind.is_access() {
+                            // Ignore access events as they do not indicate changes and will be
+                            // triggered on our own read operations.
+                        } else {
+                            let _ = changed_tx.send(());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::warn!(
+                            error = %e.as_report(),
+                            "error occurred while watching license key file"
+                        );
+                    }
                 }
-                // We don't check the event type but always notify the updater for simplicity.
-                let _ = changed_tx.send(());
             })
             .context("failed to create license key file watcher")?;
 
@@ -56,6 +69,7 @@ impl MetaSrvEnv {
         let updater = {
             let mgr = self.system_params_manager_impl_ref();
             let path = path.to_path_buf();
+
             async move {
                 // Let the watcher live until the end of the updater to prevent dropping (then stopping).
                 let _watcher = watcher;
@@ -65,6 +79,7 @@ impl MetaSrvEnv {
                 // will do the initialization then.
                 while changed_rx.changed().await.is_ok() {
                     tracing::info!(path = %path.display(), "license key file changed, reloading...");
+                    RELOAD_TIMES.fetch_add(1, Relaxed);
 
                     let content = match tokio::fs::read_to_string(&path).await {
                         Ok(v) => v,
@@ -144,14 +159,20 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Since we've filled the key file with the initial key, the license should be loaded.
         tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+        assert_eq!(RELOAD_TIMES.load(Relaxed), 1);
         let license = LicenseManager::get().license().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(license.sub, "rw-test");
         assert_eq!(license.tier, Tier::Free);
 
         // Update the key file with an empty content, which should reset the license to the default.
         std::fs::write(key_file.path(), "").unwrap();
         tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+        assert_eq!(RELOAD_TIMES.load(Relaxed), 2);
         let license = LicenseManager::get().license().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(license, License::default());
+
+        // Show that our "access" on the key file does not trigger a reload recursively.
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+        assert_eq!(RELOAD_TIMES.load(Relaxed), 2);
     }
 }