From a6160cd410b1def222018cd88951fcbbf1a65f5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ophestra <cat@gensokyo.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:29:47 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] container: set scheduling policy

This is thread-directed so cannot be done externally. The glibc wrapper exposes this behaviour so most multithreaded programs using this is straight up incorrect.

Signed-off-by: Ophestra <cat@gensokyo.uk>
---
 container/container.go | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 container/syscall.go   | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)

diff --git a/container/container.go b/container/container.go
index d76a090..2a6363a 100644
--- a/container/container.go
+++ b/container/container.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ type (
 	Container struct {
 		// Whether the container init should stay alive after its parent terminates.
 		AllowOrphan bool
+		// Scheduling policy to set via sched_setscheduler(2). The zero value
+		// skips this call. Supported policies are [SCHED_BATCH], [SCHED_IDLE].
+		SchedPolicy int
 		// Cgroup fd, nil to disable.
 		Cgroup *int
 		// ExtraFiles passed through to initial process in the container,
@@ -342,6 +345,23 @@ func (p *Container) Start() error {
 			landlockOut:
 			}
 
+			// sched_setscheduler: thread-directed but acts on all processes
+			// created from that thread
+			if p.SchedPolicy > 0 {
+				p.msg.Verbosef("setting scheduling policy %d", p.SchedPolicy)
+				if err := schedSetscheduler(
+					0, // calling thread
+					p.SchedPolicy,
+					&schedParam{0},
+				); err != nil {
+					return &StartError{
+						Fatal: true,
+						Step:  "enforce landlock ruleset",
+						Err:   err,
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			p.msg.Verbose("starting container init")
 			if err := p.cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 				return &StartError{false, "start container init", err, false, true}
diff --git a/container/syscall.go b/container/syscall.go
index ef9fb15..e5f86cf 100644
--- a/container/syscall.go
+++ b/container/syscall.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package container
 import (
 	. "syscall"
 	"unsafe"
+
+	"hakurei.app/container/std"
 )
 
 // Prctl manipulates various aspects of the behavior of the calling thread or process.
@@ -41,6 +43,49 @@ func Isatty(fd int) bool {
 	return r == 0
 }
 
+// include/uapi/linux/sched.h
+const (
+	SCHED_NORMAL = iota
+	SCHED_FIFO
+	SCHED_RR
+	SCHED_BATCH
+	_ // SCHED_ISO: reserved but not implemented yet
+	SCHED_IDLE
+	SCHED_DEADLINE
+	SCHED_EXT
+)
+
+// schedParam is equivalent to struct sched_param from include/linux/sched.h.
+type schedParam struct {
+	// sched_priority
+	priority std.ScmpInt
+}
+
+// schedSetscheduler sets both the scheduling policy and parameters for the
+// thread whose ID is specified in tid. If tid equals zero, the scheduling
+// policy and parameters of the calling thread will be set.
+//
+// This function is unexported because it is [very subtle to use correctly]. The
+// function signature in libc is misleading: pid actually refers to a thread ID.
+// The glibc wrapper for this system call ignores this semantic and exposes
+// this counterintuitive behaviour.
+//
+// This function is only called from the container setup thread. Do not reuse
+// this if you do not have something similar in place!
+//
+// [very subtle to use correctly]: https://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2016/03/01/4
+func schedSetscheduler(tid, policy int, param *schedParam) error {
+	if r, _, errno := Syscall(
+		SYS_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER,
+		uintptr(tid),
+		uintptr(policy),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(param)),
+	); r < 0 {
+		return errno
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // IgnoringEINTR makes a function call and repeats it if it returns an
 // EINTR error. This appears to be required even though we install all
 // signal handlers with SA_RESTART: see #22838, #38033, #38836, #40846.