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Leonardo Grasso
4ea91437df fix(.github/workflow): upgrade (no more available) systemd-rpm-macros package
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Grasso <me@leonardograsso.com>
2025-11-06 10:21:58 +01:00
Leonardo Grasso
cadf4120b0 chore(cmake/modules): upgrade libs to 0.22.2
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Grasso <me@leonardograsso.com>
2025-11-06 10:21:58 +01:00
Leonardo Di Giovanna
4133280566 docs(CHANGELOG.md): update changelog for 0.42.0 release
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Di Giovanna <leonardodigiovanna1@gmail.com>
2025-10-22 14:31:45 +02:00
Leonardo Grasso
d8e430e352 fix(userspace/falco): correct default duration calculation
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Grasso <me@leonardograsso.com>
2025-10-22 10:32:44 +02:00
Iacopo Rozzo
0d00bcc210 chore(falcoctl): update falco rules to version 5
Signed-off-by: Iacopo Rozzo <iacopo@sysdig.com>
Co-authored-by: Leonardo Grasso <leonardo.grasso@sysdig.com>
Co-authored-by: Leonardo DiGiovanna <leonardo.digiovanna@sysdig.com>
2025-10-21 16:55:43 +02:00
Iacopo Rozzo
af7f9be9d6 chore(build): update falco libs dependency to 0.22.1
Signed-off-by: Iacopo Rozzo <iacopo@sysdig.com>
2025-10-20 15:26:35 +02:00
Iacopo Rozzo
e806010af2 chore(build): remove the compile option related to RTLD_DEEPBIND
Signed-off-by: Iacopo Rozzo <iacopo@sysdig.com>
2025-10-20 15:26:35 +02:00
Iacopo Rozzo
38a54b7c6b chore(deps): bump libs version to 0.22.0
Signed-off-by: Iacopo Rozzo <iacopo@sysdig.com>
2025-10-17 16:33:16 +02:00
Iacopo Rozzo
dadcb3a9d0 chore(deps): bump driver version to 9.0.0+driver
Signed-off-by: Iacopo Rozzo <iacopo@sysdig.com>
2025-10-17 16:33:16 +02:00
dependabot[bot]
5c39b224db chore(deps): Bump submodules/falcosecurity-rules
Bumps [submodules/falcosecurity-rules](https://github.com/falcosecurity/rules) from `db9405d` to `d919107`.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/falcosecurity/rules/releases)
- [Commits](db9405d6c2...d919107be6)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: submodules/falcosecurity-rules
  dependency-version: d919107be667675a816ec4fb6b8fea6f39445e46
  dependency-type: direct:production
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
2025-10-17 16:33:16 +02:00
Leonardo Grasso
c744d5de68 chore(cmake/modules): bump rules to v5.0.0
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Grasso <me@leonardograsso.com>
2025-10-17 16:33:16 +02:00
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@@ -344,6 +344,44 @@ jobs:
path: |
${{ github.workspace }}/build/falco-${{ inputs.version }}-wasm.tar.gz
build-win32-package:
if: ${{ inputs.arch == 'x86_64' }}
runs-on: windows-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608 # v4.1.0
with:
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Install NSIS
run: choco install nsis -y
# NOTE: Backslash doesn't work as line continuation on Windows.
- name: Prepare project
run: |
cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DMINIMAL_BUILD=On -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=On -DBUILD_FALCO_UNIT_TESTS=On -DFALCO_VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}
- name: Build project
run: |
cmake --build build --target package --config Release
- name: Run unit Tests
run: |
build/unit_tests/Release/falco_unit_tests.exe
- name: Upload Falco win32 installer
uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
with:
name: falco-installer-Release-win32.exe
path: build/falco-*.exe
- name: Upload Falco win32 package
uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
with:
name: falco-Release-win32.exe
path: |
${{ github.workspace }}/build/userspace/falco/Release/falco.exe
build-macos-package:
if: ${{ inputs.arch == 'x86_64' }}
runs-on: macos-latest

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@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ jobs:
GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
run: printenv GPG_KEY | gpg --import -
- name: Sign rpms
run: |
rpmsign --define '_gpg_name Falcosecurity Package Signing' --addsign /tmp/falco-build-rpm/falco-*.rpm
rpm -qp --qf '%|DSAHEADER?{%{DSAHEADER:pgpsig}}:{%|RSAHEADER?{%{RSAHEADER:pgpsig}}:{(none)}|}|\n' /tmp/falco-build-rpm/falco-*.rpm
- name: Publish wasm
run: |
./scripts/publish-wasm -f /tmp/falco-wasm/falco-${{ inputs.version }}-wasm.tar.gz

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@@ -288,12 +288,6 @@ if(NOT WIN32
AND NOT MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD
)
include(falcoctl)
set(CONTAINER_VERSION "0.6.1")
if(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "x86_64")
set(CONTAINER_HASH "008989992ed1f31b3ffb94ba6b64ca5a8e2f91611a10c9d6213c5c0a499d0679")
else() # arm64
set(CONTAINER_HASH "f90a700b4c2b411b23e7cc461b61a316b242994aad853c3e6baf12481fb6f6c9")
endif()
include(container_plugin)
# Generate a binary_dir/falco.yaml that automatically enables the plugin to be used for local

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@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ Before proceeding with the release, make sure to complete the following preparat
- Double-check, by using the following filters, if there is any closed issue/merge PR with no milestone assigned:
- `is:issue state:closed no:milestone closed:>YYYY-MM-DD`
[filter](https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aclosed%20no%3Amilestone%20closed%3A%3EYYYY-MM-DD)
- `is:pr is:merged no:milestone closed:>YYYY-MM-DD`
- `is:pr state:closed no:milestone closed:>YYYY-MM-DD`
[filter](https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+no%3Amilestone+closed%3A%3EYYYY-MM-DD)
- Assign any issue/PR identified in the previous point to the milestone corresponding to the currently undergoing release
- Check the release note block of every PR matching the `is:pr is:merged milestone:M.m.p` [filter](https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+milestone%3AM.m.p)
- Check the release note block of every PR matching the `is:pr is:merged closed:>YYYY-MM-DD` [filter](https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+closed%3A%3EYYYY-MM-DD)
- Ensure the release note block follows the [commit convention](https://github.com/falcosecurity/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#commit-convention), otherwise fix its content
- If the PR has no milestone, assign it to the milestone currently undergoing release
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The release PR is meant to be made against the respective `release/M.m.x` branch
- If any, manually correct it then open an issue to automate version number bumping later
- Versions table in the `README.md` updates itself automatically
- Generate the change log using [rn2md](https://github.com/leodido/rn2md):
- Execute `rn2md -r falcosecurity/falco -m M.m.p`
- Execute `rn2md -r falcosecurity/falco -m M.m.p -b release/M.m.x`
- In case `rn2md` emits error try to generate an GitHub OAuth access token and provide it with the `-t` flag
- Add the latest changes on top the previous `CHANGELOG.md`
- Submit a PR with the above modifications
@@ -129,18 +129,16 @@ The release PR is meant to be made against the respective `release/M.m.x` branch
Core maintainers and/or the release manager can decide to publish pre-releases at any time before the final release
is live for development and testing purposes.
The pre-release must be associated with a newly created tag. The tag is intended to be created while drafting the new pre-release through the GitHub form (this is indeed the only way to correctly associate the tag with a target branch; more on this below).
The pre-release tag must be formatted as `M.m.p-r`, where `r` is the pre-release version information (e.g. `0.35.0-rc1`).
The prerelease tag must be formatted as `M.m.p-r` where `r` is the prerelease version information (e.g. `0.35.0-rc1`.)
To create both pre-release tag and pre-release, do the following:
To do so:
- [Draft a new release](https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/new)
- Use `M.m.p-r` both as tag version and release title
- Associate `release/M.m.x` as "target branch" for the new tag
- Use `M.m.p-r` both as tag version and release title.
- Check the "Set as a pre-release" checkbox and make sure "Set as the latest release" is unchecked
- It is recommended to add a brief description so that other contributors will understand the reason why the prerelease is published
- Publish the prerelease!
- The release pipeline will start automatically. Packages will be uploaded to the `-dev` bucket and container images will be tagged with the specified tag
- The release pipeline will start automatically. Packages will be uploaded to the `-dev` bucket and container images will be tagged with the specified tag.
In order to check the status of the release pipeline click on the [GitHub Actions tab](https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/actions?query=event%3Arelease) in the Falco repository and filter by release.
@@ -152,7 +150,6 @@ Assume `M.m.p` is the new version.
- [Draft a new release](https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/new)
- Use `M.m.p` both as tag version and release title
- Associate `release/M.m.x` as "target branch" for the new tag
- Do NOT fill body, since it will be autogenerated by the [github release workflow](.github/workflows/release.yaml)
- Publish the release!
- The release pipeline will start automatically upon publication and all packages and container images will be uploaded to the stable repositories.

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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
/etc/falco/falco.yaml
/etc/falco/falcoctl.yaml
/etc/falco/falco_rules.local.yaml
/etc/falcoctl/falcoctl.yaml

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@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ endif()
string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "debug")
set(KBUILD_FLAGS "${FALCO_EXTRA_DEBUG_FLAGS} ${FALCO_EXTRA_FEATURE_FLAGS}")
add_definitions(-DBUILD_TYPE_DEBUG)
elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "relwithdebinfo")
set(KBUILD_FLAGS "${FALCO_EXTRA_FEATURE_FLAGS}")
add_definitions(-DBUILD_TYPE_RELWITHDEBINFO)

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@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ else()
# FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION. In case you want to test against another driver version (or
# branch, or commit) just pass the variable - ie., `cmake -DDRIVER_VERSION=dev ..`
if(NOT DRIVER_VERSION)
set(DRIVER_VERSION "9.1.0+driver")
set(DRIVER_VERSION "9.0.0+driver")
set(DRIVER_CHECKSUM
"SHA256=14cba5b610bf48cd0a0a94b1156ed86bfb552c7ed24b68b1028360fa3af18cbb"
"SHA256=ef563fe19f9cdbdfcf17cee3e83c79e8387b78a87e0593eb3e2787c9b8540113"
)
endif()

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@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ option(ADD_FALCOCTL_DEPENDENCY "Add falcoctl dependency while building falco" ON
if(ADD_FALCOCTL_DEPENDENCY)
string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} FALCOCTL_SYSTEM_NAME)
set(FALCOCTL_VERSION "0.12.2")
set(FALCOCTL_VERSION "0.11.4")
message(STATUS "Building with falcoctl: ${FALCOCTL_VERSION}")
if(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "x86_64")
set(FALCOCTL_SYSTEM_PROC_GO "amd64")
set(FALCOCTL_HASH "7e0e232aa73825383d3382b3af8a38466289a768f9c1c7f25bd7e11a3ed6980a")
set(FALCOCTL_HASH "8015cadcb4328abcbf140c3ca88031cd46426f7f3279d2802f0937ab1e41d66c")
else() # aarch64
set(FALCOCTL_SYSTEM_PROC_GO "arm64")
set(FALCOCTL_HASH "9b7dd75189f997da6423bcdb5dfe68840f20c56f95d30d323d26d0c4bd75a8e3")
set(FALCOCTL_HASH "246874f1168abb7a8463509c6191ede460e5a2b8a39058ef5c4a17b67cb86c85")
endif()
ExternalProject_Add(

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@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ else()
# version (or branch, or commit) just pass the variable - ie., `cmake
# -DFALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION=dev ..`
if(NOT FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION)
set(FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION "0.23.1")
set(FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION "0.22.2")
set(FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_CHECKSUM
"SHA256=38c580626b072ed24518e8285a629923c8c4c6d6794b91b3b93474db7fd85cf7"
"SHA256=53cfb7062cac80623dec7496394739aabdfee8a774942f94be0990d81e3b2fbc"
)
endif()

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@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ LABEL usage="docker run -i -t --privileged -v /root/.falco:/root/.falco -v /proc
ARG TARGETARCH
ARG VERSION_BUCKET=deb
ARG HOST_ROOT=/host
ARG HOME=/root
ENV FALCO_VERSION="${FALCO_VERSION}" \
VERSION_BUCKET="${VERSION_BUCKET}" \
HOST_ROOT="${HOST_ROOT}" \
HOME="${HOME}"
ENV VERSION_BUCKET=${VERSION_BUCKET}
ENV FALCO_VERSION=${FALCO_VERSION}
ENV HOST_ROOT=/host
ENV HOME=/root
RUN cp /etc/skel/.bashrc /root && cp /etc/skel/.profile /root
@@ -137,6 +136,6 @@ RUN curl -L -o binutils_2.30-22_${TARGETARCH}.deb https://download.falco.org/dep
&& dpkg -i *binutils*.deb \
&& rm -f *binutils*.deb
COPY docker/driver-loader-buster/docker-entrypoint.sh /
COPY ./docker/driver-loader-buster/docker-entrypoint.sh /
ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]

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@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors='The Falco Authors https://falco.org' \
LABEL usage="docker run -i -t --privileged -v /var/run/docker.sock:/host/var/run/docker.sock -v /proc:/host/proc:ro -v /etc:/host/etc:ro falcosecurity/falco:latest-debian"
ARG VERSION_BUCKET=deb
ARG HOST_ROOT=/host
ARG HOME=/root
ENV FALCO_VERSION="${FALCO_VERSION}" \
VERSION_BUCKET="${VERSION_BUCKET}" \
HOST_ROOT="${HOST_ROOT}" \
HOME="${HOME}"
ENV FALCO_VERSION=${FALCO_VERSION}
ENV VERSION_BUCKET=${VERSION_BUCKET}
RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install curl jq ca-certificates gnupg2 \
ENV HOST_ROOT=/host
ENV HOME=/root
RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install ca-certificates curl jq ca-certificates gnupg2 \
&& apt clean -y && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
WORKDIR /
@@ -36,6 +35,6 @@ RUN curl -s https://falco.org/repo/falcosecurity-packages.asc | apt-key add - \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Change the falco config within the container to enable ISO 8601 output.
ADD config/falco.iso8601_timeformat.yaml /etc/falco/config.d/
ADD ./config/falco.iso8601_timeformat.yaml /etc/falco/config.d/
CMD ["/usr/bin/falco"]

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@@ -16,33 +16,30 @@ LABEL usage="docker run -i -t --privileged -v /var/run/docker.sock:/host/var/run
# NOTE: for the "least privileged" use case, please refer to the official documentation
ARG VERSION_BUCKET=bin
ARG HOST_ROOT=/host
ARG HOME=/root
ENV FALCO_VERSION="${FALCO_VERSION}" \
VERSION_BUCKET="${VERSION_BUCKET}" \
HOST_ROOT="${HOST_ROOT}" \
HOME="${HOME}"
ENV FALCO_VERSION=${FALCO_VERSION}
ENV VERSION_BUCKET=${VERSION_BUCKET}
ENV HOST_ROOT=/host
ENV HOME=/root
RUN apk update && apk add curl ca-certificates jq libstdc++
WORKDIR /
RUN ARCH=$(uname -m) && \
FALCO_VERSION_URLENCODED=$(echo -n "${FALCO_VERSION}" | jq -sRr @uri) && \
echo "Downloading Falco ${FALCO_VERSION} for ${ARCH}" && \
RUN FALCO_VERSION_URLENCODED=$(echo -n ${FALCO_VERSION}|jq -sRr @uri) && \
curl -L -o falco.tar.gz \
https://download.falco.org/packages/${VERSION_BUCKET}/${ARCH}/falco-${FALCO_VERSION_URLENCODED}-${ARCH}.tar.gz && \
https://download.falco.org/packages/${VERSION_BUCKET}/$(uname -m)/falco-${FALCO_VERSION_URLENCODED}-$(uname -m).tar.gz && \
tar -xvf falco.tar.gz && \
rm -f falco.tar.gz && \
mv falco-${FALCO_VERSION}-${ARCH} falco && \
mv falco-${FALCO_VERSION}-$(uname -m) falco && \
rm -rf /falco/usr/src/falco-* && \
cp -r /falco/* / && \
rm -rf /falco && \
rm -rf /usr/bin/falcoctl /etc/falcoctl/
rm -rf /falco
# Change the falco config within the container to enable ISO 8601 output.
ADD config/falco.iso8601_timeformat.yaml /etc/falco/config.d/
ADD ./config/falco.iso8601_timeformat.yaml /etc/falco/config.d/
# Falcoctl is not included here.
RUN rm -rf /usr/bin/falcoctl /etc/falcoctl/
CMD ["/usr/bin/falco"]

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@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@
# file_output [Stable]
# http_output [Stable]
# program_output [Stable]
# grpc_output [Deprecated]
# grpc_output [Stable]
# Falco exposed services
# grpc [Deprecated]
# grpc [Stable]
# webserver [Stable]
# Falco logging / alerting / metrics related to software functioning (basic)
# log_stderr [Stable]
@@ -282,14 +282,12 @@ rules_files:
#
# -- Falco supports different engines to generate events.
# Choose the appropriate engine kind based on your system's configuration and requirements.
# DEPRECATION NOTICE: the Legacy eBPF probe and the gVisor engine are currently deprecated. Consider using other
# engines.
#
# Available engines:
# - `kmod`: Kernel Module
# - `ebpf`: Legacy eBPF probe (deprecated)
# - `ebpf`: Legacy eBPF probe
# - `modern_ebpf`: Modern eBPF (CO-RE eBPF probe)
# - `gvisor`: gVisor sandbox (deprecated)
# - `gvisor`: gVisor sandbox
# - `replay`: Replay a scap trace file
# - `nodriver`: No driver is injected into the system.
# This is useful to debug and to run plugins with 'syscall' source.
@@ -440,8 +438,7 @@ engine:
kmod:
buf_size_preset: 4
drop_failed_exit: false
# -- Engine-specific configuration for Legacy eBPF (ebpf) engine. DEPRECATION NOTICE: the Legacy eBPF engine is
# deprecated.
# -- Engine-specific configuration for Legacy eBPF (ebpf) engine.
ebpf:
# -- Path to the elf file to load.
probe: ${HOME}/.falco/falco-bpf.o
@@ -456,7 +453,7 @@ engine:
replay:
# -- Path to the capture file to replay (eg: /path/to/file.scap)
capture_file: ""
# -- Engine-specific configuration for gVisor (gvisor) engine. DEPRECATION NOTICE: the gVisor engine is deprecated.
# -- Engine-specific configuration for gVisor (gvisor) engine.
gvisor:
# -- A Falco-compatible configuration file can be generated with
# '--gvisor-generate-config' and utilized for both runsc and Falco.
@@ -801,7 +798,7 @@ append_output:
# Falco outputs channels #
##########################
# Falco supports various output channels, such as syslog, stdout, file, gRPC (deprecated),
# Falco supports various output channels, such as syslog, stdout, file, gRPC,
# webhook, and more. You can enable or disable these channels as needed to
# control where Falco alerts and log messages are directed. This flexibility
# allows seamless integration with your preferred logging and alerting systems.
@@ -897,14 +894,14 @@ program_output:
# -- The program to execute.
program: "jq '{text: .output}' | curl -d @- -X POST https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXX"
# [Deprecated] `grpc_output`
# [Stable] `grpc_output`
#
# -- Use gRPC as an output service. DEPRECATION NOTICE: The gRPC output is deprecated. Consider using other outputs.
# -- Use gRPC as an output service.
#
# gRPC is a modern and high-performance framework for remote procedure calls
# (RPC). It utilizes protocol buffers for efficient data serialization. The gRPC
# output in Falco provides a modern and efficient way to integrate with other
# systems. By default, the setting is turned off. Enabling this option stores
# systems. By default the setting is turned off. Enabling this option stores
# output events in memory until they are consumed by a gRPC client. Ensure that
# you have a consumer for the output events or leave it disabled.
grpc_output:
@@ -915,10 +912,7 @@ grpc_output:
# Falco exposed services #
##########################
# [Deprecated] `grpc`
#
# -- A gRPC server (needed by the gRPC output). DEPRECATION NOTICE: The gRPC server is deprecated as a consequence of
# the gRPC output deprecation.
# [Stable] `grpc`
#
# Falco provides support for running a gRPC server using two main binding types:
# 1. Over the network with mandatory mutual TLS authentication (mTLS), which

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@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
# Legacy eBPF probe, gVisor libscap engine and gRPC output deprecations
## Summary
This proposal aims to formalize motivations and procedures for deprecating the legacy eBPF probe, the gRPC output and
the gVisor libscap engine.
One of the key objectives of Falco is to maintain a seamless user experience, regardless of the system call event source
actually used. This objective imposes strong requirements among all drivers and engines acting as system call source
(i.e.: gVisor libscap engine), feature parity, among each other, above all. Feature parity raises challenges from both
technical and maintainability perspectives, and these challenges are not justified if the driver/engine is no/little
used. For these reasons, this document aims for raising consensus regarding the legacy eBPF probe and gRPC output
deprecation.
Similar arguments could be raised in favor of the gRPC output deprecation: this output requires dependency on the
gRPC framework, that introduces a non-negligible build time overhead and maintainability burden (especially in a C++
codebase), not justified by the little usage of the output.
Upcoming evidences of non-negligible use of the gVisor engine and the gRPC output could be addressed by providing a
separate source plugin in case of gVisor, and a Falco Sidekick output as a replacement of the gRPC output.
## Motivation
### Legacy eBPF probe deprecation
The following matrix details the current minimum kernel version officially supported by each driver, for each
architecture:
| | Kernel module | legacy eBPF probe | Modern eBPF probe | Status |
| ----------- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------- | ------ |
| **x86_64** | >= 3.10 | >= 4.14 | >= 5.8 | _STABLE_ |
| **aarch64** | >= [3.16](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/055b1212d141f1f398fca548f8147787c0b6253f) | >= 4.17 | >= 5.8 | _STABLE_ |
| **s390x** | >= 3.10 | >= [5.5](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ae08ae3dea) | >= 5.8 | _EXPERIMENTAL_ |
| **riscv64** | >= [5.0](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5aeb1b36cedd3a1dfdbfe368629fed52dee34103) | N/A | N/A | _EXPERIMENTAL_ |
| **ppc64le** | >= 3.10 | >= [5.1](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ed1cd6deb013a11959d17a94e35ce159197632da) | >= 5.8 | _STABLE_ |
The legacy eBPF probe strives to provide a little more coverage than the modern eBPF one. This increased coverage comes
at cost of flexibility and maintainability. Indeed:
1. it cannot leverage CORE eBPF features - as a result, falcosecurity must maintain a great number of officially
supported eBPF objects, each one built for a specific officially-supported kernel flavor; this increases the
maintainability burden and makes the system less flexible to kernel configurations/structures changes
2. old kernel versions support is difficult to retain - the verifier imposes huge limitations on old kernel versions,
and any tiny change easily result in the verifier rejecting the code
3. it is difficult to keep it up to date with other drivers - some desired features cannot be implemented in any way
using eBPF on old kernel flavors, due to lack of eBPF helpers/program types or verifier limitations (e.g.: there is no
way of implementing a synchronous data harvesting mechanism like the one provided by BPF iterators). As falcosecurity
strives for feature parity among drivers, this imposes a big limitation on the other drivers. Please notice that:
1. the kernel module is unconstrained on the nature of feature it can support
2. the modern eBPF probe can easily rely on CORE features to probe for kernel features and use them if available
Besides the above, the legacy eBPF probe provides support for a range of versions that is entirely contained by the
kernel module supported range. Additionally, different distro kernel flavors already back-port features required by the
modern eBPF, enabling its usage on kernel older than `5.8`.
The above considerations, together with the evidence of its little usage, make the legacy eBPF probe a good candidate
for deprecation.
### gVisor libscap engine deprecation
gVisor libscap engine implements a system call event source by leveraging events coming from gVisor itself through gRPC.
There is evidence that this engine is little used. Moreover, gVisor doesn't provide all information required to build
all supported event types, indeed resulting in a system call source not completely equivalent to the ones provided by
drivers. Finally, it requires `falcosecurity/libs` being dependent on protobuf, this latter introducing a non-negligible
build time overhead and maintainability burden.
Deprecating it would allow to streamline system call event sources alignment, maintainability, and reduce build time for
both `falcosecurity/falco` and `falcosecurity/libs`.
### gRPC output deprecation
The gRPC output provides a mechanism through which a gRPC client can subscribe to the Falco alerts stream. This output
leverages a gRPC server embedded into Falco.
As for the legacy eBPF probe and the gVisor libscap engine, there is evidence that this output is little used. Also,
similarly to the gVisor libscap engine, this requires Falco being dependent on the protobuf, and additionally, on the
entire C++ gRPC framework. Finally, the little amount of data that is sent through the gRPC stream, and the
communication model (only involving a one-way communication from the server to the client) doesn't justify the need of
using gRPC.
Deprecating it would allow to reduce the build system, streamline maintainability, and reduce build time for
`falcosecurity/falco`.
## Goals
* Deprecate the legacy eBPF probe, the gVisor libscap engine, and the gRPC output
* Detail a plan to follow during the deprecation period, before completely remove any of the aforementioned components
## Non-goals
* Implement a gVisor source plugin as gVisor libscap engine alternative
* Implement the gRPC output as Falco Sidekick output
* Detail a plan to follow after taking the decision to completely remove any of the aforementioned components
## The plan
This section aims to detail the plan to follow contextually and after the deprecation mark, but before taking any
definitive removal decision about the legacy eBPF probe, the gVisor libscap engine, and the gRPC output (collectively
referred to hereinafter as "the components" or simply "components").
The deprecation of these components introduces user-facing changes that must be addressed as prescribed by the current
deprecation policy for "non-backward compatible user-facing changes" (see
[20231220-features-adoption-and-deprecation.md#deprecation-policy](./20231220-features-adoption-and-deprecation.md#deprecation-policy)).
All components are stable, and given that the current stable Falco version is `0.43.0` (ante `1.0.0`), the minimum
deprecation period length is 1 release: this means that components cannot be removed before Falco `0.44.0`.
At high level, the action plan is to inform users, during the deprecation period, about the deprecation: this is
achieved by emitting a deprecation notice if the user try to leverage any of the feature exposed by any component, and
by updating the website in any of the relevant areas.
During the deprecation period, but before taking decision to remove the components, projects belonging to the
`falcosecurity` organization will be updated to not use/rely on any of these. Specifically:
- on `falcosecurity/libs`, any CI job building and testing the legacy eBPF probe will be removed
- on `falcosecurity/kernel-testing`, playbooks will not build and test the legacy eBPF probe anymore
- on `falcosecurity/event-generator`, the internal gRPC alert retriever will be replaced with an HTTP alert retriever,
leveraging the existing HTTP output.
## The non-plan
This proposal does not address any design or implementation aspect of the gVisor engine and gRPC output replacement, nor
formalizes in any way the conditions under which a replacement should be delivered. Upcoming evidences of non-negligible
use of the gVisor engine and the gRPC output may be addressed by providing a separate source plugin in case of gVisor,
and a Falco Sidekick output as a replacement of the gRPC output, but these latter possibilities should be intended as
suggestions, and will not constraint in any way any related future choice.
Finally, this proposal doesn't detail any aspect of the eventual removal.

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@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
1 "Manual configuration (no unit is started)" \
2 "Automatic selection" \
3 "Kmod" \
4 "eBPF (deprecated)" \
4 "eBPF" \
5 "Modern eBPF" \
2>&1 >/dev/tty)
fi

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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ driver:
hostroot: "/"
artifact:
follow:
every: 168h0m0s
every: 6h0m0s
falcoVersions: http://localhost:8765/versions
refs:
- falco-rules:5

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@@ -14,16 +14,6 @@ check_program() {
fi
}
# Sign RPM packages with embedded GPG signature using rpmsign
#
# $@: paths of RPM files to sign.
rpmsign_packages() {
echo "Signing RPM packages with rpmsign..."
rpmsign --define '_gpg_name Falcosecurity Package Signing' --resign "$@"
echo "Verifying RPM signatures..."
rpm -qp --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}: %|DSAHEADER?{%{DSAHEADER:pgpsig}}:{%|RSAHEADER?{%{RSAHEADER:pgpsig}}:{(none)}|}|\n' "$@"
}
# Updates the signature of a RPM package in the local repository
#
# $1: path of the repository.
@@ -137,8 +127,6 @@ fi
check_program createrepo
check_program gpg
check_program aws
check_program rpmsign
check_program rpm
# settings
s3_bucket_repo="s3://falco-distribution/packages/${repo}"
@@ -152,32 +140,19 @@ aws s3 cp ${s3_bucket_repo} ${tmp_repo_path} --recursive
# update signatures for all existing packages
if [ "${sign_all}" ]; then
# collect all RPM files
rpm_files=()
for file in ${tmp_repo_path}/*; do
if [ -f "$file" ] && [[ $file == *.rpm ]]; then
rpm_files+=("$file")
if [ -f "$file" ]; then # exclude directories, symlinks, etc...
if [[ ! $file == *.asc ]]; then # exclude signature files
package=$(basename -- ${file})
echo "Signing ${package}..."
sign_rpm ${tmp_repo_path} ${file}
echo "Syncing ${package}.asc to ${s3_bucket_repo}..."
aws s3 cp ${tmp_repo_path}/${package}.asc ${s3_bucket_repo}/${package}.asc --acl public-read
fi
fi
done
# sign all RPM packages with embedded GPG signature
if [ ${#rpm_files[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
rpmsign_packages "${rpm_files[@]}"
fi
# create detached signatures and upload
for file in "${rpm_files[@]}"; do
package=$(basename -- ${file})
echo "Creating detached signature for ${package}..."
sign_rpm ${tmp_repo_path} ${file}
echo "Syncing ${package} and ${package}.asc to ${s3_bucket_repo}..."
aws s3 cp ${tmp_repo_path}/${package} ${s3_bucket_repo}/${package} --acl public-read
aws s3 cp ${tmp_repo_path}/${package}.asc ${s3_bucket_repo}/${package}.asc --acl public-read
done
aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id ${AWS_CLOUDFRONT_DIST_ID} --paths ${cloudfront_path}/*.rpm
aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id ${AWS_CLOUDFRONT_DIST_ID} --paths ${cloudfront_path}/*.asc
update_repo ${tmp_repo_path}
sign_repo ${tmp_repo_path}
fi
@@ -186,9 +161,8 @@ if [[ ${repo} == "rpm-dev" ]]; then
reduce_dir_size ${tmp_repo_path} 10 rpm
fi
# sign and add new packages to the repo
# update the repo by adding new packages
if ! [ ${#files[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
rpmsign_packages "${files[@]}"
for file in "${files[@]}"; do
echo "Adding ${file}..."
add_rpm ${tmp_repo_path} ${file}

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@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if [ $1 -ge 1 ]; then
1 "Manual configuration (no unit is started)" \
2 "Automatic selection" \
3 "Kmod" \
4 "eBPF (deprecated)" \
4 "eBPF" \
5 "Modern eBPF" \
2>&1 >/dev/tty)
fi

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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
// The version of this Falco engine
#define FALCO_ENGINE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
#define FALCO_ENGINE_VERSION_MINOR 58
#define FALCO_ENGINE_VERSION_MINOR 57
#define FALCO_ENGINE_VERSION_PATCH 0
#define FALCO_ENGINE_VERSION \
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ limitations under the License.
// It represents the fields supported by this version of Falco,
// the event types, and the underlying driverevent schema. It's used to
// detetect changes in engine version in our CI jobs.
#define FALCO_ENGINE_CHECKSUM "952fa3356bfd266419810be51ae659eab48093a66da26fff3897022a9de2c08c"
#define FALCO_ENGINE_CHECKSUM "fc2c6a925b4f7d59efd79f752ff5db2460e778ec00788213c5b7292e0a80586f"

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@@ -143,12 +143,7 @@ const std::string& falco::load_result::warning_desc(warning_code wc) {
return warning_descs[static_cast<int>(wc)];
}
static const std::string deprecated_fields[] = {"evt.dir",
"evt.latency",
"evt.latency.s",
"evt.latency.ns",
"evt.latency.human",
"evt.wait_latency"};
static const std::string deprecated_fields[] = {"evt.dir"};
// Compile-time check to ensure deprecated_fields array has the correct size
static_assert(
@@ -160,19 +155,10 @@ const std::string& falco::load_result::deprecated_field_str(deprecated_field df)
return deprecated_fields[static_cast<int>(df)];
}
// Shared description suffix for latency fields
static const std::string latency_field_desc_suffix =
"field is not available due to the drop of enter events.";
static const std::string deprecated_field_descs[] = {
"due to the drop of enter events, 'evt.dir = <' always evaluates to true, and 'evt.dir = "
">' always evaluates to false. The rule expression can be simplified by removing the "
"condition on 'evt.dir'",
latency_field_desc_suffix,
latency_field_desc_suffix,
latency_field_desc_suffix,
latency_field_desc_suffix,
latency_field_desc_suffix};
"condition on 'evt.dir'"};
// Compile-time check to ensure deprecated_field_descs array has the correct size
static_assert(

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@@ -75,15 +75,7 @@ public:
// impact.
static const std::string& warning_desc(warning_code ec);
enum class deprecated_field {
DEPRECATED_FIELD_EVT_DIR,
DEPRECATED_FIELD_EVT_LATENCY,
DEPRECATED_FIELD_EVT_LATENCY_S,
DEPRECATED_FIELD_EVT_LATENCY_NS,
DEPRECATED_FIELD_EVT_LATENCY_HUMAN,
DEPRECATED_FIELD_EVT_WAIT_LATENCY,
DEPRECATED_FIELD_NOT_FOUND
};
enum class deprecated_field { DEPRECATED_FIELD_EVT_DIR, DEPRECATED_FIELD_NOT_FOUND };
// The deprecated field as a string
static const std::string& deprecated_field_str(deprecated_field df);

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@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ struct deprecated_field_warning : warning {
std::string as_string() const override {
return warning::as_string() + ": field '" + falco::load_result::deprecated_field_str(df) +
"'";
"' is deprecated";
};
std::string description() const override {
return warning::description() + ": " + falco::load_result::deprecated_field_desc(df);

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@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ falco::app::run_result falco::app::actions::load_config(const falco::app::state&
falco::app::run_result falco::app::actions::require_config_file(const falco::app::state& s) {
#ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
if(s.options.conf_filename.empty()) {
#ifdef BUILD_TYPE_DEBUG
#ifndef BUILD_TYPE_RELEASE
return run_result::fatal(std::string("You must create a config file at ") +
FALCO_SOURCE_CONF_FILE + ", " + FALCO_INSTALL_CONF_FILE +
" or by passing -c");
#else
#else // BUILD_TYPE_RELEASE
return run_result::fatal(std::string("You must create a config file at ") +
FALCO_INSTALL_CONF_FILE + " or by passing -c");
#endif
#endif // BUILD_TYPE_RELEASE
}
#endif // __EMSCRIPTEN__
return run_result::ok();

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@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
#include "config_falco.h"
#include "actions.h"
#include "logger.h"
using namespace falco::app;
using namespace falco::app::actions;
@@ -27,10 +26,6 @@ falco::app::run_result falco::app::actions::print_generated_gvisor_config(falco:
return run_result::ok();
}
falco_logger::log(falco_logger::level::WARNING,
"Using feature for deprecated gVisor engine. Please consider switching to "
"another engine.");
sinsp i;
std::string gvisor_config =
i.generate_gvisor_config(s.options.gvisor_generate_config_with_socket);

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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bool options::parse(int argc, char **argv, std::string &errstr) {
return false;
}
} else {
#ifdef BUILD_TYPE_DEBUG
#ifndef BUILD_TYPE_RELEASE
conf_stream.open(FALCO_SOURCE_CONF_FILE);
if(conf_stream.is_open()) {
conf_filename = FALCO_SOURCE_CONF_FILE;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void options::define(cxxopts::Options& opts)
{
opts.add_options()
("h,help", "Print this help list and exit.", cxxopts::value(help)->default_value("false"))
#ifndef BUILD_TYPE_DEBUG
#ifdef BUILD_TYPE_RELEASE
("c", "Configuration file. If not specified uses " FALCO_INSTALL_CONF_FILE ".", cxxopts::value(conf_filename), "<path>")
#else
("c", "Configuration file. If not specified tries " FALCO_SOURCE_CONF_FILE ", " FALCO_INSTALL_CONF_FILE ".", cxxopts::value(conf_filename), "<path>")
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void options::define(cxxopts::Options& opts)
("dry-run", "Run Falco without processing events. It can help check that the configuration and rules do not have any errors.", cxxopts::value(dry_run)->default_value("false"))
("enable-source", "Enable a specific <event_source>. By default, all loaded sources get enabled. Available sources are 'syscall' plus all sources defined by loaded plugins supporting the event sourcing capability. This option can be passed multiple times. When using this option, only the event sources specified by it will be enabled. This option can not be mixed with --disable-source. This option has no effect when reproducing events from a capture file.", cxxopts::value(enable_sources), "<event_source>")
#ifdef HAS_GVISOR
("gvisor-generate-config", "DEPRECATED: Generate a configuration file that can be used for gVisor and exit.", cxxopts::value<std::string>(gvisor_generate_config_with_socket)->implicit_value("/run/falco/gvisor.sock"), "<socket_path>")
("gvisor-generate-config", "Generate a configuration file that can be used for gVisor and exit. See --gvisor-config for more details.", cxxopts::value<std::string>(gvisor_generate_config_with_socket)->implicit_value("/run/falco/gvisor.sock"), "<socket_path>")
#endif
("i", "Print those events that are ignored by default for performance reasons and exit.", cxxopts::value(print_ignored_events)->default_value("false"))
("L", "Show the name and description of all rules and exit. If json_output is set to true, it prints details about all rules, macros, and lists in JSON format.", cxxopts::value(describe_all_rules)->default_value("false"))
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void options::define(cxxopts::Options& opts)
("N", "Only print field names when used in conjunction with the --list option. It has no effect when used with other options.", cxxopts::value(names_only)->default_value("false"))
("o,option", "Set the value of option <opt> to <val>. Overrides values in the configuration file. <opt> can be identified using its location in the configuration file using dot notation. Elements of list entries can be accessed via square brackets [].\n E.g. base.id = val\n base.subvalue.subvalue2 = val\n base.list[1]=val", cxxopts::value(cmdline_config_options), "<opt>=<val>")
("plugin-info", "Print info for the plugin specified by <plugin_name> and exit.\nThis includes all descriptive information like name and author, along with the\nschema format for the init configuration and a list of suggested open parameters.\n<plugin_name> can be the plugin's name or its configured 'library_path'.", cxxopts::value(print_plugin_info), "<plugin_name>")
("p,print", "DEPRECATED: use -o append_output... instead. Print additional information in the rule's output.\nUse -pc or -pcontainer to append container details to syscall events.\nUse -pk or -pkubernetes to add both container and Kubernetes details to syscall events.\nThe details will be directly appended to the rule's output.\nAlternatively, use -p <output_format> for a custom format. In this case, the given <output_format> will be appended to the rule's output without any replacement to all events, including plugin events.", cxxopts::value(print_additional), "<output_format>")
("p,print", "DEPRECATED: use -o append_output... instead. Print additional information in the rule's output.\nUse -pc or -pcontainer to append container details to syscall events.\nUse -pk or -pkubernetes to add both container and Kubernetes details to syscall events.\nIf using gVisor, choose -pcg or -pkg variants (or -pcontainer-gvisor and -pkubernetes-gvisor, respectively).\nThe details will be directly appended to the rule's output.\nAlternatively, use -p <output_format> for a custom format. In this case, the given <output_format> will be appended to the rule's output without any replacement to all events, including plugin events.", cxxopts::value(print_additional), "<output_format>")
("P,pidfile", "Write PID to specified <pid_file> path. By default, no PID file is created.", cxxopts::value(pidfilename)->default_value(""), "<pid_file>")
("r", "Rules file or directory to be loaded. This option can be passed multiple times. Falco defaults to the values in the configuration file when this option is not specified. Only files with .yml or .yaml extension are considered.", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>(), "<rules_file>")
("support", "Print support information, including version, rules files used, loaded configuration, etc., and exit. The output is in JSON format.", cxxopts::value(print_support)->default_value("false"))

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@@ -254,12 +254,6 @@ void falco_configuration::load_engine_config(const std::string &config_name) {
driver_mode_str + "' is not a valid kind.");
}
if(m_engine_mode == engine_kind_t::EBPF || m_engine_mode == engine_kind_t::GVISOR) {
falco_logger::log(falco_logger::level::WARNING,
"Using deprecated engine '" + driver_mode_str +
"'. Please consider switching to another engine.");
}
switch(m_engine_mode) {
case engine_kind_t::KMOD:
m_kmod.m_buf_size_preset = m_config.get_scalar<int16_t>("engine.kmod.buf_size_preset",
@@ -479,11 +473,6 @@ void falco_configuration::load_yaml(const std::string &config_name) {
}
m_grpc_enabled = m_config.get_scalar<bool>("grpc.enabled", false);
if(m_grpc_enabled) {
falco_logger::log(falco_logger::level::WARNING,
"Using deprecated gRPC server (deprecated as consequence of gRPC output "
"deprecation).");
}
m_grpc_bind_address = m_config.get_scalar<std::string>("grpc.bind_address", "0.0.0.0:5060");
m_grpc_threadiness = m_config.get_scalar<uint32_t>("grpc.threadiness", 0);
if(m_grpc_threadiness == 0) {
@@ -499,13 +488,8 @@ void falco_configuration::load_yaml(const std::string &config_name) {
falco::outputs::config grpc_output;
grpc_output.name = "grpc";
const auto grpc_output_enabled = m_config.get_scalar<bool>("grpc_output.enabled", true);
if(grpc_output_enabled) {
falco_logger::log(falco_logger::level::WARNING,
"Using deprecated gRPC output. Please consider using other outputs.");
}
// gRPC output is enabled only if gRPC server is enabled too
if(grpc_output_enabled && m_grpc_enabled) {
if(m_config.get_scalar<bool>("grpc_output.enabled", true) && m_grpc_enabled) {
m_outputs.push_back(grpc_output);
}

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@@ -150,15 +150,13 @@ std::string falco_metrics::falco_to_text_prometheus(
// # HELP falcosecurity_falco_outputs_queue_num_drops_total https://falco.org/docs/metrics/
// # TYPE falcosecurity_falco_outputs_queue_num_drops_total counter
// falcosecurity_falco_outputs_queue_num_drops_total 0
if(state.outputs != nullptr) {
additional_wrapper_metrics.emplace_back(libs::metrics::libsinsp_metrics::new_metric(
"outputs_queue_num_drops",
METRICS_V2_MISC,
METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_U64,
METRIC_VALUE_UNIT_COUNT,
METRIC_VALUE_METRIC_TYPE_MONOTONIC,
state.outputs->get_outputs_queue_num_drops()));
}
additional_wrapper_metrics.emplace_back(libs::metrics::libsinsp_metrics::new_metric(
"outputs_queue_num_drops",
METRICS_V2_MISC,
METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_U64,
METRIC_VALUE_UNIT_COUNT,
METRIC_VALUE_METRIC_TYPE_MONOTONIC,
state.outputs->get_outputs_queue_num_drops()));
// # HELP falcosecurity_falco_reload_timestamp_nanoseconds https://falco.org/docs/metrics/
// # TYPE falcosecurity_falco_reload_timestamp_nanoseconds gauge

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@@ -16,22 +16,12 @@ limitations under the License.
*/
#include "outputs_program.h"
#include "logger.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cstring>
void falco::outputs::output_program::open_pfile() {
if(m_pfile == nullptr) {
m_pfile = popen(m_oc.options["program"].c_str(), "w");
if(m_pfile == nullptr) {
falco_logger::log(falco_logger::level::ERR,
"Failed to open program output: " + m_oc.options["program"] +
" (error: " + std::string(std::strerror(errno)) + ")");
return;
}
if(!m_buffered) {
setvbuf(m_pfile, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
}
@@ -41,9 +31,7 @@ void falco::outputs::output_program::open_pfile() {
void falco::outputs::output_program::output(const message *msg) {
open_pfile();
if(m_pfile != nullptr) {
fprintf(m_pfile, "%s\n", msg->msg.c_str());
}
fprintf(m_pfile, "%s\n", msg->msg.c_str());
if(m_oc.options["keep_alive"] != "true") {
cleanup();

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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class output_program : public abstract_output {
private:
void open_pfile();
FILE *m_pfile = nullptr;
FILE *m_pfile;
};
} // namespace outputs