tailscale/util/syspolicy
Nick Khyl f0db47338e
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cmd/tailscaled,util/syspolicy/source,util/winutil/gp: disallow acquiring the GP lock during service startup
In v1.78, we started acquiring the GP lock when reading policy settings. This led to a deadlock during
Tailscale installation via Group Policy Software Installation because the GP engine holds the write lock
for the duration of policy processing, which in turn waits for the installation to complete, which in turn
waits for the service to enter the running state.

In this PR, we prevent the acquisition of GP locks (aka EnterCriticalPolicySection) during service startup
and update the Windows Registry-based util/syspolicy/source.PlatformPolicyStore to handle this failure
gracefully. The GP lock is somewhat optional; it’s safe to read policy settings without it, but acquiring
the lock is recommended when reading multiple values to prevent the Group Policy engine from modifying
settings mid-read and to avoid inconsistent results.

Fixes #14416

Signed-off-by: Nick Khyl <nickk@tailscale.com>
2025-01-23 15:06:47 -06:00
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internal util/slicesx: add AppendNonzero 2025-01-22 10:20:56 -08:00
rsop util/syspolicy/rsop: reduce policyReloadMinDelay and policyReloadMaxDelay when in tests 2024-11-22 09:51:21 -06:00
setting util/syspolicy/setting: make setting.Snapshot JSON-marshallable 2024-10-30 12:50:29 -05:00
source cmd/tailscaled,util/syspolicy/source,util/winutil/gp: disallow acquiring the GP lock during service startup 2025-01-23 15:06:47 -06:00
handler.go util/syspolicy, ipn/ipnlocal: update syspolicy package to utilize syspolicy/rsop 2024-10-25 12:41:07 -05:00
policy_keys_test.go util/syspolicy, ipn/ipnlocal: update syspolicy package to utilize syspolicy/rsop 2024-10-25 12:41:07 -05:00
policy_keys.go ipnlocal: allow overriding os.Hostname() via syspolicy (#14676) 2025-01-17 14:52:47 -08:00
syspolicy_test.go util/syspolicy, ipn/ipnlocal: update syspolicy package to utilize syspolicy/rsop 2024-10-25 12:41:07 -05:00
syspolicy_windows.go util/syspolicy, ipn/ipnlocal: update syspolicy package to utilize syspolicy/rsop 2024-10-25 12:41:07 -05:00
syspolicy.go util/syspolicy, ipn/ipnlocal: update syspolicy package to utilize syspolicy/rsop 2024-10-25 12:41:07 -05:00