Work-around Ivy/Haswell idle KP

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     - AMD Polaris and legacy GCN cannot be mixed in the same system
       - Legacy GCN support will be prioritized when both are present
       - AMD Polaris GPU can still be used headless for rendering with legacy GCN (ex. [macOS: Prefer External GPU option](https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208544))
+  - Disables unsupported `mediaanalysisd` on Ivy Bridge and Haswell
+    - Alleviates kernel panic on Ivy Bridge and Haswell when on prolonged idle
 - Work-around MacPro6,1 and Lilu race condition
   - Ensure Model and Board ID are set correctly before Lilu loads
 - Increment Binaries:

resources/sys_patch.py

@@ -511,8 +511,12 @@ class PatchSysVolume:
                     else:
                         print(f"- Running Process:\n{process}")
                         utilities.process_status(subprocess.run(process, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True))
-        if "AMD Legacy GCN" in required_patches or "AMD Legacy Polaris" in required_patches:
+
+        if any(x in required_patches for x in ["AMD Legacy GCN", "AMD Legacy Polaris"]):
             sys_patch_helpers.sys_patch_helpers(self.constants).disable_window_server_caching()
+        if any(x in required_patches for x in ["Nvidia Kepler", "Intel Ivy Bridge", "Intel Haswell"]):
+            sys_patch_helpers.sys_patch_helpers(self.constants).disable_mediaanalysisd()
+
         self.write_patchset(required_patches)
 
     def preflight_checks(self, required_patches, source_files_path):

resources/sys_patch_helpers.py

@@ -138,8 +138,27 @@ class sys_patch_helpers:
         # corrupted Opaque shaders.
         # To work-around this, we disable WindowServer caching
         # And force macOS into properly generating the Opaque shaders
+        if self.constants.detected_os < os_data.os_data.ventura:
+            return
         print("- Disabling WindowServer Caching")
         # Invoke via 'bash -c' to resolve pathing
         utilities.elevated(["bash", "-c", "rm -rf /private/var/folders/*/*/*/WindowServer/com.apple.WindowServer"])
         # Disable writing to WindowServer folder
         utilities.elevated(["bash", "-c", "chflags uchg /private/var/folders/*/*/*/WindowServer"])
+
+    def disable_mediaanalysisd(self):
+        # On macOS Ventura, mediaanalysisd now hard locks the system when
+        # it runs in the background processing photos. The purpose is to
+        # build a database of keywords per image, however uses Metal 2
+        # features that are unsupported on Metal 1
+        # Thus, we write lock mediaanalysisd's defaults file to avoid it
+        # from finding the Photo Library
+        if self.constants.detected_os < os_data.os_data.ventura:
+            return
+        print("- Disabling mediaanalysisd")
+        media_pathing = Path("~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mediaanalysisd.plist").expanduser()
+        if media_pathing.exists():
+            utilities.elevated(["rm", "-f", media_pathing])
+        utilities.elevated(["touch", media_pathing])
+        # Write lock the file
+        utilities.elevated(["chflags", "uchg", media_pathing])