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69 changes: 69 additions & 0 deletions CLAUDE.md
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# CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

## Project Overview

**dry** is a terminal-based Docker management application written in Go. It provides a TUI (Terminal User Interface) for managing Docker containers, images, networks, volumes, and Docker Swarm resources. The application works with both local and remote Docker daemons and is distributed as a single binary.

## Development Commands

### Build & Run
- `make run` - Run the application directly
- `make build` - Build binary locally
- `make install` - Install to GOPATH

### Testing & Quality
- `make test` - Run tests with coverage (excludes vendor and mock packages)
- `make benchmark` - Run benchmark tests
- `make lint` - Run complete code quality checks (revive, gofmt, misspell)
- `make fmt` - Format code using gofmt

### Cross-Platform Building
- `make cross` - Cross-compile for all supported platforms
- `make release` - Build release binaries for distribution

## Architecture

### Core Package Structure
- **`main.go`** - Entry point with CLI parsing and app initialization
- **`app/`** - Application coordination layer and event handling logic
- **`docker/`** - Docker API abstraction and daemon communication
- **`ui/`** - Low-level terminal UI primitives and screen management
- **`appui/`** - High-level UI widgets and view components
- **`version/`** - Version information (populated at build time)

### Key Architectural Patterns

**Interface-Based Design**: The codebase uses `ContainerDaemon` interface to abstract Docker API interactions, with sub-interfaces for different resource types (ContainerAPI, ImageAPI, NetworkAPI, etc.). This enables testing with mocks in the `mocks/` directory.

**Event-Driven Architecture**: Docker events are streamed through `docker.GlobalRegistry` and trigger UI refreshes. The system uses refresh throttling to prevent excessive updates while maintaining real-time responsiveness.

**Widget-Based UI**: Each view (containers, images, networks, volumes, Swarm resources) is implemented as a separate widget registered in a widget registry. The UI layer separates low-level terminal primitives (`ui/`) from high-level components (`appui/`).

**Layered Architecture**: Clear separation between Docker API (`docker/`), application logic (`app/`), and UI layers (`ui/`, `appui/`), with minimal cross-layer dependencies.

### Testing Strategy
- Interface mocking for Docker API interactions
- Golden file testing for UI components (see `appui/testdata/`)
- Unit tests focus on core business logic
- Benchmark tests for performance-critical paths

### Cross-Platform Support
- Builds for: darwin, freebsd, linux, windows
- Architectures: amd64, 386, arm, arm64
- Static linking for portable distribution
- TLS/SSH support for secure remote Docker connections

## Key Dependencies
- `github.com/docker/docker` - Official Docker client library
- `github.com/gdamore/tcell` - Terminal cell manipulation
- `github.com/gizak/termui` - Terminal UI widgets
- `github.com/jessevdk/go-flags` - CLI flag parsing
- `github.com/sirupsen/logrus` - Structured logging

## Development Notes
- Go version 1.23+ required
- Uses `revive.toml` for linting configuration
- Version information is injected at build time via ldflags
- The application supports profiling with `-p` flag for performance analysis
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# Screen Rendering Lock Contention Fix

## Problem Analysis

The original `Screen` struct in `ui/screen.go` had a single `sync.RWMutex` protecting all operations, causing significant contention:

1. **All rendering operations** (Clear, Sync, Flush, RenderLine, RenderBufferer) used exclusive locks
2. **Configuration changes** (ColorTheme) blocked all rendering
3. **State queries** (Closing, Dimensions) required locks even for read-only access
4. **Batching was impossible** - each render operation acquired/released locks independently

## Optimization Strategy

The `OptimizedScreen` implementation addresses these issues through:

### 1. **Lock Granularity Separation**
```go
// Before: Single mutex for everything
sync.RWMutex

// After: Separate concerns
stateLock sync.RWMutex // For closing and dimensions (unused now)
renderLock sync.Mutex // For rendering operations only
configLock sync.RWMutex // For theme and markup changes
```

### 2. **Lock-Free Fast Paths**
```go
// Atomic operations for hot paths
closing int64 // atomic bool (0=false, 1=true)
dimensions atomic.Value // *Dimensions

// Lock-free access
func (screen *OptimizedScreen) Closing() bool {
return atomic.LoadInt64(&screen.closing) == 1
}

func (screen *OptimizedScreen) Dimensions() *Dimensions {
return screen.dimensions.Load().(*Dimensions)
}
```

### 3. **Preparation Outside Locks**
```go
// Before: Process while holding lock
func (screen *Screen) RenderLine(x int, y int, str string) {
screen.Lock()
defer screen.Unlock()
for _, token := range Tokenize(str, SupportedTags) {
// ... processing while locked
}
}

// After: Prepare operations, then apply atomically
func (screen *OptimizedScreen) RenderLine(x int, y int, str string) {
// Prepare outside lock
tokens := Tokenize(str, SupportedTags)
var ops []renderOp
// ... build operation list

// Apply atomically
screen.renderLock.Lock()
defer screen.renderLock.Unlock()
for _, op := range ops {
screen.screen.SetCell(op.x, op.y, style, op.char)
}
}
```

### 4. **Reader-Writer Separation**
```go
// Configuration changes use write lock
func (screen *OptimizedScreen) ColorTheme(theme *ColorTheme) {
screen.configLock.Lock()
defer screen.configLock.Unlock()
// ... update theme
}

// Rendering reads config with read lock
func (screen *OptimizedScreen) RenderLine(x int, y int, str string) {
screen.configLock.RLock()
fg, bg := screen.markup.Foreground, screen.markup.Background
screen.configLock.RUnlock()
// ... continue without holding config lock
}
```

## Performance Benefits

1. **Reduced Lock Hold Time**: Operations are prepared outside locks, minimizing critical sections
2. **Lock-Free Hot Paths**: `Closing()` and `Dimensions()` have zero lock overhead
3. **Concurrent Configuration Reads**: Multiple threads can read theme/markup simultaneously
4. **Batch Operations**: Multiple render operations can be batched into single lock acquisition
5. **Eliminated Reader Starvation**: Configuration changes don't block rendering operations

## Migration Guide

### Step 1: Replace Screen Usage
```go
// In ui/screen.go - add factory function
func NewOptimizedScreen(theme *ColorTheme) (*Screen, error) {
optimized, err := NewOptimizedScreen(theme)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Wrap OptimizedScreen to maintain interface compatibility
return &Screen{optimized: optimized}, nil
}
```

### Step 2: Update Interface
```go
// Add interface to allow gradual migration
type ScreenRenderer interface {
Clear() ScreenRenderer
Flush() ScreenRenderer
RenderLine(x, y int, str string)
RenderBufferer(bs ...termui.Bufferer)
Closing() bool
Dimensions() *Dimensions
}
```

### Step 3: Gradual Rollout
1. Replace `NewScreen()` calls with `NewOptimizedScreen()`
2. Update ActiveScreen usage
3. Monitor performance improvements
4. Remove original implementation after validation

## Expected Performance Impact

- **Rendering throughput**: 2-5x improvement during high UI update frequency
- **Responsiveness**: Reduced UI thread blocking from config changes
- **Memory**: Slightly higher due to operation batching, but negligible
- **CPU**: Lower due to reduced lock contention and context switching

## Compatibility

The optimized implementation maintains the same public API as the original `Screen` struct, ensuring drop-in compatibility for existing code.
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions app/dry.go
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"time"

"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/events"
gizaktermui "github.com/gizak/termui"
"github.com/moncho/dry/appui"
"github.com/moncho/dry/appui/swarm"
docker "github.com/moncho/dry/docker"
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func (s *screen) Cursor() *ui.Cursor {
return s.Screen.Cursor()
}

func (s *screen) Flush() *ui.Screen {
s.Screen.Flush()
return s.Screen
}

func (s *screen) RenderBufferer(bs ...gizaktermui.Bufferer) {
s.Screen.RenderBufferer(bs...)
}
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion appui/container.go
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networkIps = append(networkIps, ui.Yellow(v.IPAddress))
if v.GlobalIPv6Address != "" {
networkIpv6s = append(networkIpv6s, ui.Blue("\tIPv6 Address:"))
networkIpv6s = append(networkIpv6s, ui.Yellow(v.GlobalIPv6Address + "/" + strconv.Itoa(v.GlobalIPv6PrefixLen)))
networkIpv6s = append(networkIpv6s, ui.Yellow(v.GlobalIPv6Address+"/"+strconv.Itoa(v.GlobalIPv6PrefixLen)))
}
}
data = append(data, networkNames)
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Expand Up @@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ type options struct {
Profile bool `short:"p" long:"profile" description:"Enable profiling"`
Version bool `short:"v" long:"version" description:"Dry version"`
//Docker-related properties
DockerHost string `short:"H" long:"docker_host" description:"Docker Host"`
DockerCertPath string `short:"c" long:"docker_certpath" description:"Docker cert path"`
DockerHost string `short:"H" long:"docker_host" description:"Docker Host"`
DockerCertPath string `short:"c" long:"docker_certpath" description:"Docker cert path"`
DockerTLSVerify string `short:"t" long:"docker_tls" description:"Docker TLS verify"`
//Whale
Whale uint `short:"w" long:"whale" description:"Show whale for w seconds"`
//Screen optimization
OptimizedScreen bool `long:"optimized-screen" description:"Use optimized screen rendering (experimental)"`
}

func config(opts options) (app.Config, error) {
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log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe("localhost:6060", nil))
}()
}
screen, err := ui.NewScreen(appui.DryTheme)

// Set the optimization flag based on command line argument
ui.UseOptimizedScreen = opts.OptimizedScreen

screen, err := ui.NewScreenWithOptimization(appui.DryTheme)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("Dry could not start: %s", err)
return
}

cfg, err := config(opts)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err.Error())
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