fix: add start_time to ProcessUID on StorageLock

crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ mdbx = ["reth-libmdbx"]
 bench = []
 arbitrary = ["reth-primitives/arbitrary", "reth-db-api/arbitrary"]
 optimism = []
+disable-lock = []
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "hash_keys"

crates/storage/db/src/lockfile.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 //! Storage lock utils.
 
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "disable-lock", allow(dead_code))]
+
 use reth_storage_errors::lockfile::StorageLockError;
 use reth_tracing::tracing::error;
 use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     process,
     sync::Arc,
 };
-use sysinfo::System;
+use sysinfo::{ProcessRefreshKind, RefreshKind, System};
 
 /// File lock name.
 const LOCKFILE_NAME: &str = "lock";
@@ -28,15 +30,31 @@ impl StorageLock {
     /// Note: In-process exclusivity is not on scope. If called from the same process (or another
     /// with the same PID), it will succeed.
     pub fn try_acquire(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, StorageLockError> {
-        let path = path.join(LOCKFILE_NAME);
+        let file_path = path.join(LOCKFILE_NAME);
 
-        if let Some(pid) = parse_lock_file_pid(&path)? {
-            if pid != (process::id() as usize) && System::new_all().process(pid.into()).is_some() {
-                return Err(StorageLockError::Taken(pid))
-            }
+        #[cfg(feature = "disable-lock")]
+        {
+            // Too expensive for ef-tests to write/read lock to/from disk.
+            Ok(Self(Arc::new(StorageLockInner { file_path })))
         }
 
-        Ok(Self(Arc::new(StorageLockInner::new(path)?)))
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "disable-lock"))]
+        {
+            if let Some(process_lock) = ProcessUID::parse(&file_path)? {
+                if process_lock.pid != (process::id() as usize) && process_lock.is_active() {
+                    error!(
+                        target: "reth::db::lockfile",
+                        path = ?file_path,
+                        pid = process_lock.pid,
+                        start_time = process_lock.start_time,
+                        "Storage lock already taken."
+                    );
+                    return Err(StorageLockError::Taken(process_lock.pid))
+                }
+            }
+
+            Ok(Self(Arc::new(StorageLockInner::new(file_path)?)))
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -66,19 +84,61 @@ impl StorageLockInner {
             reth_fs_util::create_dir_all(parent)?;
         }
 
-        reth_fs_util::write(&file_path, format!("{}", process::id()))?;
+        // Write this process unique identifier (pid & start_time) to file
+        ProcessUID::own().write(&file_path)?;
 
         Ok(Self { file_path })
     }
 }
 
-/// Parses the PID from the lock file if it exists.
-fn parse_lock_file_pid(path: &Path) -> Result<Option<usize>, StorageLockError> {
-    if path.exists() {
-        let contents = reth_fs_util::read_to_string(path)?;
-        return Ok(contents.trim().parse().ok())
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct ProcessUID {
+    /// OS process identifier
+    pid: usize,
+    /// Process start time
+    start_time: u64,
+}
+
+impl ProcessUID {
+    /// Creates [`Self`] for the provided PID.
+    fn new(pid: usize) -> Option<Self> {
+        System::new_with_specifics(RefreshKind::new().with_processes(ProcessRefreshKind::new()))
+            .process(pid.into())
+            .map(|process| Self { pid, start_time: process.start_time() })
+    }
+
+    /// Creates [`Self`] from own process.
+    fn own() -> Self {
+        Self::new(process::id() as usize).expect("own process")
+    }
+
+    /// Parses [`Self`] from a file.
+    fn parse(path: &Path) -> Result<Option<Self>, StorageLockError> {
+        if path.exists() {
+            if let Ok(contents) = reth_fs_util::read_to_string(path) {
+                let mut lines = contents.lines();
+                if let (Some(Ok(pid)), Some(Ok(start_time))) = (
+                    lines.next().map(str::trim).map(str::parse),
+                    lines.next().map(str::trim).map(str::parse),
+                ) {
+                    return Ok(Some(Self { pid, start_time }));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
+    /// Whether a process with this `pid` and `start_time` exists.
+    fn is_active(&self) -> bool {
+        System::new_with_specifics(RefreshKind::new().with_processes(ProcessRefreshKind::new()))
+            .process(self.pid.into())
+            .is_some_and(|p| p.start_time() == self.start_time)
+    }
+
+    /// Writes `pid` and `start_time` to a file.
+    fn write(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<(), StorageLockError> {
+        Ok(reth_fs_util::write(path, format!("{}\n{}", self.pid, self.start_time))?)
     }
-    Ok(None)
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -101,12 +161,19 @@ mod tests {
         while system.process(fake_pid.into()).is_some() {
             fake_pid += 1;
         }
-        reth_fs_util::write(&lock_file, format!("{}", fake_pid)).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(Ok(lock), StorageLock::try_acquire(temp_dir.path()));
+        ProcessUID { pid: fake_pid, start_time: u64::MAX }.write(&lock_file).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Ok(lock.clone()), StorageLock::try_acquire(temp_dir.path()));
+
+        let mut pid_1 = ProcessUID::new(1).unwrap();
 
-        // A lock of a different but existing PID cannot be acquired.
-        reth_fs_util::write(&lock_file, "1").unwrap();
+        // If a parsed `ProcessUID` exists, the lock can NOT be acquired.
+        pid_1.write(&lock_file).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(Err(StorageLockError::Taken(1)), StorageLock::try_acquire(temp_dir.path()));
+
+        // A lock of a different but existing PID can be acquired ONLY IF the start_time differs.
+        pid_1.start_time += 1;
+        pid_1.write(&lock_file).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Ok(lock), StorageLock::try_acquire(temp_dir.path()));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -116,8 +183,8 @@ mod tests {
 
         let lock = StorageLock::try_acquire(temp_dir.path()).unwrap();
 
+        assert!(lock_file.exists());
         drop(lock);
-
         assert!(!lock_file.exists());
     }
 }

testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ asm-keccak = ["reth-primitives/asm-keccak"]
 
 [dependencies]
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
-reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["mdbx", "test-utils"] }
+reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["mdbx", "test-utils", "disable-lock"] }
 reth-db-api.workspace = true
 reth-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-stages.workspace = true