improve disk I/O device matching for partition-to-disk mismatches (#1772)

findIoDevice now normalizes device names and falls back to prefix-based
matching when partition names differ from IOCounter names (e.g. nda0p2 →
nda0 on FreeBSD). The most-active prefix-related device is selected,
avoiding the broad "most active of all" heuristic that caused Docker
misattribution in #1737.

agent/disk.go

@@ -78,14 +78,21 @@ func (a *Agent) initializeDiskInfo() {
 		if _, exists := a.fsStats[key]; !exists {
 			if root {
 				slog.Info("Detected root device", "name", key)
-				// Check if root device is in /proc/diskstats. Do not guess a
+				// Try to map root device to a diskIoCounters entry. First
-				// fallback device for root: that can misattribute root I/O to a
+				// checks for an exact key match, then uses findIoDevice for
-				// different disk while usage remains tied to root mountpoint.
+				// normalized / prefix-based matching (e.g. nda0p2 → nda0),
+				// and finally falls back to the FILESYSTEM env var.
 				if _, ioMatch = diskIoCounters[key]; !ioMatch {
-					if matchedKey, match := findIoDevice(filesystem, diskIoCounters); match {
+					if matchedKey, match := findIoDevice(key, diskIoCounters); match {
 						key = matchedKey
 						ioMatch = true
-					} else {
+					} else if filesystem != "" {
+						if matchedKey, match := findIoDevice(filesystem, diskIoCounters); match {
+							key = matchedKey
+							ioMatch = true
+						}
+					}
+					if !ioMatch {
 						slog.Warn("Root I/O unmapped; set FILESYSTEM", "device", device, "mountpoint", mountpoint)
 					}
 				}
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ func (a *Agent) initializeDiskInfo() {
 	// Use FILESYSTEM env var to find root filesystem
 	if filesystem != "" {
 		for _, p := range partitions {
-			if strings.HasSuffix(p.Device, filesystem) || p.Mountpoint == filesystem {
+			if filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting(filesystem, p) {
 				addFsStat(p.Device, p.Mountpoint, true)
 				hasRoot = true
 				break
@@ -251,15 +258,91 @@ func withinUsageTolerance(a, b, tolerance uint64) bool {
 	return b-a <= tolerance
 }
 
-// Returns matching device from /proc/diskstats.
+type ioMatchCandidate struct {
-// bool is true if a match was found.
+	name  string
+	bytes uint64
+	ops   uint64
+}
+
+// findIoDevice prefers exact device/label matches, then falls back to a
+// prefix-related candidate with the highest recent activity.
 func findIoDevice(filesystem string, diskIoCounters map[string]disk.IOCountersStat) (string, bool) {
+	filesystem = normalizeDeviceName(filesystem)
+	if filesystem == "" {
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	candidates := []ioMatchCandidate{}
+
 	for _, d := range diskIoCounters {
-		if d.Name == filesystem || (d.Label != "" && d.Label == filesystem) {
+		if normalizeDeviceName(d.Name) == filesystem || (d.Label != "" && normalizeDeviceName(d.Label) == filesystem) {
 			return d.Name, true
 		}
+		if prefixRelated(normalizeDeviceName(d.Name), filesystem) ||
+			(d.Label != "" && prefixRelated(normalizeDeviceName(d.Label), filesystem)) {
+			candidates = append(candidates, ioMatchCandidate{
+				name:  d.Name,
+				bytes: d.ReadBytes + d.WriteBytes,
+				ops:   d.ReadCount + d.WriteCount,
+			})
+		}
 	}
-	return "", false
+
+	if len(candidates) == 0 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	best := candidates[0]
+	for _, c := range candidates[1:] {
+		if c.bytes > best.bytes ||
+			(c.bytes == best.bytes && c.ops > best.ops) ||
+			(c.bytes == best.bytes && c.ops == best.ops && c.name < best.name) {
+			best = c
+		}
+	}
+
+	slog.Info("Using disk I/O fallback", "requested", filesystem, "selected", best.name)
+	return best.name, true
+}
+
+// prefixRelated reports whether either identifier is a prefix of the other.
+func prefixRelated(a, b string) bool {
+	if a == "" || b == "" || a == b {
+		return false
+	}
+	return strings.HasPrefix(a, b) || strings.HasPrefix(b, a)
+}
+
+// filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting checks whether a FILESYSTEM env var value
+// matches a partition by mountpoint, exact device name, or prefix relationship
+// (e.g. FILESYSTEM=ada0 matches partition /dev/ada0p2).
+func filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting(filesystem string, p disk.PartitionStat) bool {
+	filesystem = strings.TrimSpace(filesystem)
+	if filesystem == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if p.Mountpoint == filesystem {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	fsName := normalizeDeviceName(filesystem)
+	partName := normalizeDeviceName(p.Device)
+	if fsName == "" || partName == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if fsName == partName {
+		return true
+	}
+	return prefixRelated(partName, fsName)
+}
+
+// normalizeDeviceName canonicalizes device strings for comparisons.
+func normalizeDeviceName(value string) string {
+	name := filepath.Base(strings.TrimSpace(value))
+	if name == "." {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return name
 }
 
 // Sets start values for disk I/O stats.

agent/disk_test.go

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestFindIoDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "sda", device)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("returns no fallback when not found", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("returns no match when not found", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ioCounters := map[string]disk.IOCountersStat{
 			"sda": {Name: "sda"},
 			"sdb": {Name: "sdb"},
@@ -126,6 +126,84 @@ func TestFindIoDevice(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, ok)
 		assert.Equal(t, "", device)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("uses uncertain unique prefix fallback", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ioCounters := map[string]disk.IOCountersStat{
+			"nvme0n1": {Name: "nvme0n1"},
+			"sda":     {Name: "sda"},
+		}
+
+		device, ok := findIoDevice("nvme0n1p2", ioCounters)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+		assert.Equal(t, "nvme0n1", device)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("uses dominant activity when prefix matches are ambiguous", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ioCounters := map[string]disk.IOCountersStat{
+			"sda": {Name: "sda", ReadBytes: 5000, WriteBytes: 5000, ReadCount: 100, WriteCount: 100},
+			"sdb": {Name: "sdb", ReadBytes: 1000, WriteBytes: 1000, ReadCount: 50, WriteCount: 50},
+		}
+
+		device, ok := findIoDevice("sd", ioCounters)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+		assert.Equal(t, "sda", device)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("uses highest activity when ambiguous without dominance", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ioCounters := map[string]disk.IOCountersStat{
+			"sda": {Name: "sda", ReadBytes: 3000, WriteBytes: 3000, ReadCount: 50, WriteCount: 50},
+			"sdb": {Name: "sdb", ReadBytes: 2500, WriteBytes: 2500, ReadCount: 40, WriteCount: 40},
+		}
+
+		device, ok := findIoDevice("sd", ioCounters)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+		assert.Equal(t, "sda", device)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("matches /dev/-prefixed partition to parent disk", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ioCounters := map[string]disk.IOCountersStat{
+			"nda0": {Name: "nda0", ReadBytes: 1000, WriteBytes: 1000},
+		}
+
+		device, ok := findIoDevice("/dev/nda0p2", ioCounters)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+		assert.Equal(t, "nda0", device)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("uses deterministic name tie-breaker", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ioCounters := map[string]disk.IOCountersStat{
+			"sdb": {Name: "sdb", ReadBytes: 2000, WriteBytes: 2000, ReadCount: 10, WriteCount: 10},
+			"sda": {Name: "sda", ReadBytes: 2000, WriteBytes: 2000, ReadCount: 10, WriteCount: 10},
+		}
+
+		device, ok := findIoDevice("sd", ioCounters)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+		assert.Equal(t, "sda", device)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestFilesystemMatchesPartitionSetting(t *testing.T) {
+	p := disk.PartitionStat{Device: "/dev/ada0p2", Mountpoint: "/"}
+
+	t.Run("matches mountpoint setting", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.True(t, filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting("/", p))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("matches exact partition setting", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.True(t, filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting("ada0p2", p))
+		assert.True(t, filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting("/dev/ada0p2", p))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("matches prefix-style parent setting", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.True(t, filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting("ada0", p))
+		assert.True(t, filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting("/dev/ada0", p))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("does not match unrelated device", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.False(t, filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting("sda", p))
+		assert.False(t, filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting("nvme0n1", p))
+		assert.False(t, filesystemMatchesPartitionSetting("", p))
+	})
 }
 
 func TestIsDockerSpecialMountpoint(t *testing.T) {