chore: add comments to document the codebase

.dependencygraph/setting.json

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "alias": false,
+  "resolveExtensions": [
+    ".js",
+    ".jsx",
+    ".ts",
+    ".tsx",
+    ".vue",
+    ".scss",
+    ".less"
+  ],
+  "entryFilePath": "/api"
+}

api/.dependencygraph/setting.json

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "entryFilePath": "src/api/v2.js",
+  "alias": {},
+  "resolveExtensions": [
+    ".js",
+    ".jsx",
+    ".ts",
+    ".tsx",
+    ".vue",
+    ".scss",
+    ".less"
+  ]
+}

api/src/api/v2.js

@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ const SIGNALS = [
 ];
 // ref: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/signal.7.html
 
+// NOTE 
+/**Job Fuctory Function
+ * this function is used to create a job object from the request body
+ * validates the request body and returns a promise that resolves to a job object
+ * @param {Object} body - the request body
+ * @returns {Promise<Job>} - a promise that resolves to a job object
+ */
 function get_job(body) {
     let {
         language,
@@ -122,6 +129,8 @@ function get_job(body) {
                 if (configured_limit <= 0) {
                     continue;
                 }
+                
+                // NOTE - configured limit is specified for each runtime( in the runtime.js file )
                 if (constraint_value > configured_limit) {
                     return reject({
                         message: `${constraint_name} cannot exceed the configured limit of ${configured_limit}`,

api/src/job.js

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ class Job {
         );
     }
 
+    // NOTE
+    /** This function is used to prime the job, which means to write the files
+     *  to the job cache and transfer ownership of the files to the runner.
+     * It also waits for a job slot if there are no available slots. (64 slots are available by default)
+     */
     async prime() {
         if (remaining_job_spaces < 1) {
             this.logger.info(`Awaiting job slot`);
@@ -136,10 +141,20 @@ class Job {
         this.logger.debug('Destroyed processes writables');
     }
 
+    /** This function is used to call the child process and limit its resources
+     * - used to compile and run the code.
+     * @param {string} file - The file to be executed
+     * @param {string[]} args - The arguments to be passed to the file
+     * @param {number} timeout - The time limit for the process
+     * @param {number} memory_limit - The memory limit for the process
+     * @param {EventEmitter} event_bus - The event bus to be used for communication
+     */
     async safe_call(file, args, timeout, memory_limit, event_bus = null) {
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             const nonetwork = config.disable_networking ? ['nosocket'] : [];
 
+            // NOTE prlimit is a linux specific command
+            // It is used to limit the resources of the child process
             const prlimit = [
                 'prlimit',
                 '--nproc=' + this.runtime.max_process_count,
@@ -147,10 +162,12 @@ class Job {
                 '--fsize=' + this.runtime.max_file_size,
             ];
 
+            // NOTE timeout_call is a linux specific command
+            // It is used to limit the time of the child process
             const timeout_call = [
                 'timeout',
                 '-s',
-                '9',
+                '9', // SIGKILL
                 Math.ceil(timeout / 1000),
             ];
 
@@ -206,8 +223,7 @@ class Job {
                         this.logger.info(`Timeout exceeded timeout=${timeout}`);
                         try {
                             process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGKILL');
-                        }
+                        } catch (e) {
-                        catch (e) {
                             // Could already be dead and just needs to be waited on
                             this.logger.debug(
                                 `Got error while SIGKILLing process ${proc}:`,
@@ -221,12 +237,14 @@ class Job {
             proc.stderr.on('data', async data => {
                 if (event_bus !== null) {
                     event_bus.emit('stderr', data);
-                } else if ((stderr.length + data.length) > this.runtime.output_max_size) {
+                } else if (
+                    stderr.length + data.length >
+                    this.runtime.output_max_size
+                ) {
                     this.logger.info(`stderr length exceeded`);
                     try {
                         process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGKILL');
-                    }
+                    } catch (e) {
-                    catch (e) {
                         // Could already be dead and just needs to be waited on
                         this.logger.debug(
                             `Got error while SIGKILLing process ${proc}:`,
@@ -242,12 +260,14 @@ class Job {
             proc.stdout.on('data', async data => {
                 if (event_bus !== null) {
                     event_bus.emit('stdout', data);
-                } else if ((stdout.length + data.length) > this.runtime.output_max_size) {
+                } else if (
+                    stdout.length + data.length >
+                    this.runtime.output_max_size
+                ) {
                     this.logger.info(`stdout length exceeded`);
                     try {
                         process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGKILL');
-                    }
+                    } catch (e) {
-                    catch (e) {
                         // Could already be dead and just needs to be waited on
                         this.logger.debug(
                             `Got error while SIGKILLing process ${proc}:`,