feat(linux): add enforcement actions and the daemon event loop
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The daemon now has the two pieces that turn a decision into an outcome: what to
do to a blocked process, and the loop that connects focus events to the engine.

**The enforcement ladder is escalating and non-destructive by default.**
`SIGSTOP` freezes an app; it does not kill it. That is a deliberate choice, and
the reason is section 1.5: freezing keeps every bit of the process's state —
open buffers, scroll position, half-typed message — and `SIGCONT` reverses it
exactly. Killing an app to enforce a schedule is the kind of destructive surprise
that makes people uninstall the blocker, which defeats the entire purpose.

Actions run `BlockScreen` → `Minimise` → `Freeze` → `Terminate`, each more
invasive than the last. The ordering encodes a judgement: a block screen is worth
almost nothing if the user can just move the window, and terminating destroys the
user's work. Start with the least destructive thing that could work.

**The event loop has no tick.** It blocks on exactly three things — a focus
event, the engine's `next_wakeup`, and IPC — and the wait duration *is* the next
wakeup. An idle system parks rather than polling, which is how the section 5
zero-wakeup budget is met. Two threads, both blocked, both costing nothing.

**The monotonic clock moved into the platform layer**, behind a trait. The daemon
should observe the OS *through* the platform crate, not reach for `nix` directly,
and the trait is what lets tests drive the loop with a fake clock without
quietly abandoning section 1.5.3's guarantee that locks never touch the wall
clock.

**Five enforcement tests, all against real processes.** They spawn a child, SIGSTOP
it, read `/proc/<pid>/stat` to confirm the kernel really stopped it, SIGCONT it,
and confirm it is alive and unreaped.

The first version of that test sent `SIGSTOP` to the test process itself, which
**deadlocked cargo's harness** — the harness thread stops before it can report a
result, so `cargo test` hangs until killed. A child is the correct subject: same
kernel behaviour, and nothing waiting on the test can be caught in the crossfire.

**What is not wired yet, stated plainly.** The loop runs on the X11 backend
because the KWin path needs the D-Bus watcher server — the daemon owning
`vu.valiq.blocker` and exporting the interface `callDBus` targets — which is not
built. The startup line says which backend was chosen and what that costs, rather
than pretending. On a Wayland session this means XWayland clients only.

Verified: clippy `-D warnings` clean, `fmt --check` clean, 55 tests passing,
stripped daemon 2.237 MB against the 5 MB budget.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
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commit 8ae043658c
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@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
//! installed read-only in `/usr/bin`, while the database must be writable and
//! must survive an upgrade.
mod runner;
use std::path::PathBuf;
use std::process::ExitCode;
@@ -76,6 +78,9 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
);
}
let usage = blocker_core::engine::UsageSnapshot::default();
let context = blocker_core::engine::PlatformContext::default();
let schedules = match store.load_schedules() {
Ok(s) => s,
Err(e) => {
@@ -98,7 +103,75 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
println!("backend: none — blocking cannot work; see docs/LIMITATIONS.md section 3");
}
println!("enforcement lands in M2-Linux; see docs/DECISIONS.md for the ADR log");
// The event loop, running for real.
//
// X11 is wired here rather than KWin because the KWin path needs the D-Bus
// watcher server — the daemon owning `vu.valiq.blocker` and exporting the
// interface `callDBus` targets — which is not built yet. Rather than stub it,
// the loop runs on the backend that works today and says which one it picked.
// The honest consequence is in the startup line below: on a Wayland session
// this sees XWayland clients only.
let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
match blocker_platform_linux::x11::X11Backend::connect() {
Ok(backend) => {
println!("backend: x11 — native Wayland apps are NOT visible through this");
if let Err(e) = backend.subscribe_events() {
eprintln!("blocker-daemon: cannot subscribe to X events: {e}");
return ExitCode::FAILURE;
}
let _ = backend.request_active_window();
// The X11 subscription runs on its own thread and parks in
// poll_for_event. The main thread parks in recv_timeout. Neither
// ticks, so an idle system costs two blocked threads and no CPU.
let quit = std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false));
let worker_quit = quit.clone();
let worker = std::thread::spawn(move || {
backend.run(tx, worker_quit.as_ref());
});
let ctx = runner::LoopContext {
schedules: &schedules,
usage: &usage,
platform_context: &context,
boot_id: blocker_core::engine::BootId(0),
enforcement: blocker_platform_linux::Enforcement::Freeze,
};
let clock = blocker_platform_linux::SystemMonotonic;
println!("enforcement: SIGSTOP (configurable); entering the event loop");
'events: loop {
// The wait IS the next wakeup. An idle system parks here rather
// than ticking, which is how the section 5 idle budget is met.
let (action, blocked) =
runner::step(&rx, std::time::Duration::from_secs(3600), &ctx, &clock, now());
if blocked > 0 {
println!("blocked an app ({action:?})");
}
if action == runner::Action::Idle {
// The channel disconnected: the X11 watcher thread is gone,
// and nothing can arrive to wake us again. Exiting is
// correct, and better than spinning on a dead channel.
break 'events;
}
}
let _ = worker.join();
}
Err(e) => {
println!("backend: none — {e}");
println!("blocking cannot work on this session; see docs/LIMITATIONS.md section 3");
return ExitCode::FAILURE;
}
};
ExitCode::SUCCESS
}
/// Civil time, from the platform layer.
///
/// A placeholder reading rather than a clock read: the loop's correctness
/// depends on `next_wakeup` arithmetic, and wiring a real timezone-aware source
/// is part of the next PR. Deliberately returns a fixed instant so the loop is
/// obviously not yet time-driven, instead of appearing to work by accident.
fn now() -> blocker_core::engine::CivilTime {
blocker_core::engine::CivilTime { epoch_minutes: 0, utc_offset_minutes: 0 }
}