Move part of (gnu build linux-boot) to (gnu build file-systems).

* gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (%ext2-endianness, %ext2-sblock-magic,
  %ext2-sblock-creator-os, %ext2-sblock-uuid, %ext2-sblock-volume-name,
  read-ext2-superblock, ext2-superblock-uuid,
  ext2-superblock-volume-name, disk-partitions,
  partition-label-predicate, find-partition-by-label,
  canonicalize-device-spec, MS_RDONLY, MS_NOSUID, MS_NODEV, MS_NOEXEC,
  MS_BIND, MS_MOVE, bind-mount, check-file-system,
  mount-flags->bit-mask, mount-file-system): Move to...
* gnu/build/file-systems.scm: ... here.  New file.
* gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* gnu/services/base.scm: Use (gnu build file-systems).
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Likewise.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-activation-script): Likewise.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (base-initrd): Likewise.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Likewise.

7 files changed, 307 insertions, 262 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c04771e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu build file-systems)
+  #:use-module (guix build utils)
+  #:use-module (rnrs io ports)
+  #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 rdelim)
+  #:use-module (system foreign)
+  #:autoload   (system repl repl) (start-repl)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+  #:export (disk-partitions
+            partition-label-predicate
+            find-partition-by-label
+            canonicalize-device-spec
+
+            MS_RDONLY
+            MS_NOSUID
+            MS_NODEV
+            MS_NOEXEC
+            MS_BIND
+            MS_MOVE
+            bind-mount
+
+            mount-flags->bit-mask
+            check-file-system
+            mount-file-system))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; This modules provides tools to deal with disk partitions, and to mount and
+;;; check file systems.
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+;; Linux mount flags, from libc's <sys/mount.h>.
+(define MS_RDONLY 1)
+(define MS_NOSUID 2)
+(define MS_NODEV  4)
+(define MS_NOEXEC 8)
+(define MS_BIND 4096)
+(define MS_MOVE 8192)
+
+(define (bind-mount source target)
+  "Bind-mount SOURCE at TARGET."
+  (mount source target "" MS_BIND))
+
+(define-syntax %ext2-endianness
+  ;; Endianness of ext2 file systems.
+  (identifier-syntax (endianness little)))
+
+;; Offset in bytes of interesting parts of an ext2 superblock.  See
+;; <http://www.nongnu.org/ext2-doc/ext2.html#DEF-SUPERBLOCK>.
+;; TODO: Use "packed structs" from Guile-OpenGL or similar.
+(define-syntax %ext2-sblock-magic       (identifier-syntax 56))
+(define-syntax %ext2-sblock-creator-os  (identifier-syntax 72))
+(define-syntax %ext2-sblock-uuid        (identifier-syntax 104))
+(define-syntax %ext2-sblock-volume-name (identifier-syntax 120))
+
+(define (read-ext2-superblock device)
+  "Return the raw contents of DEVICE's ext2 superblock as a bytevector, or #f
+if DEVICE does not contain an ext2 file system."
+  (define %ext2-magic
+    ;; The magic bytes that identify an ext2 file system.
+    #xef53)
+
+  (define superblock-size
+    ;; Size of the interesting part of an ext2 superblock.
+    264)
+
+  (define block
+    ;; The superblock contents.
+    (make-bytevector superblock-size))
+
+  (call-with-input-file device
+    (lambda (port)
+      (seek port 1024 SEEK_SET)
+
+      ;; Note: work around <http://bugs.gnu.org/17466>.
+      (and (eqv? superblock-size (get-bytevector-n! port block 0
+                                                    superblock-size))
+           (let ((magic (bytevector-u16-ref block %ext2-sblock-magic
+                                            %ext2-endianness)))
+             (and (= magic %ext2-magic)
+                  block))))))
+
+(define (ext2-superblock-uuid sblock)
+  "Return the UUID of ext2 superblock SBLOCK as a 16-byte bytevector."
+  (let ((uuid (make-bytevector 16)))
+    (bytevector-copy! sblock %ext2-sblock-uuid uuid 0 16)
+    uuid))
+
+(define (ext2-superblock-volume-name sblock)
+  "Return the volume name of SBLOCK as a string of at most 16 characters, or
+#f if SBLOCK has no volume name."
+  (let ((bv (make-bytevector 16)))
+    (bytevector-copy! sblock %ext2-sblock-volume-name bv 0 16)
+
+    ;; This is a Latin-1, nul-terminated string.
+    (let ((bytes (take-while (negate zero?) (bytevector->u8-list bv))))
+      (if (null? bytes)
+          #f
+          (list->string (map integer->char bytes))))))
+
+(define (disk-partitions)
+  "Return the list of device names corresponding to valid disk partitions."
+  (define (partition? major minor)
+    (let ((marker (format #f "/sys/dev/block/~a:~a/partition" major minor)))
+      (catch 'system-error
+        (lambda ()
+          (not (zero? (call-with-input-file marker read))))
+        (lambda args
+          (if (= ENOENT (system-error-errno args))
+              #f
+              (apply throw args))))))
+
+  (call-with-input-file "/proc/partitions"
+    (lambda (port)
+      ;; Skip the two header lines.
+      (read-line port)
+      (read-line port)
+
+      ;; Read each subsequent line, and extract the last space-separated
+      ;; field.
+      (let loop ((parts '()))
+        (let ((line  (read-line port)))
+          (if (eof-object? line)
+              (reverse parts)
+              (match (string-tokenize line)
+                (((= string->number major) (= string->number minor)
+                  blocks name)
+                 (if (partition? major minor)
+                     (loop (cons name parts))
+                     (loop parts))))))))))
+
+(define (partition-label-predicate label)
+  "Return a procedure that, when applied to a partition name such as \"sda1\",
+return #t if that partition's volume name is LABEL."
+  (lambda (part)
+    (let* ((device (string-append "/dev/" part))
+           (sblock (catch 'system-error
+                     (lambda ()
+                       (read-ext2-superblock device))
+                     (lambda args
+                       ;; When running on the hand-made /dev,
+                       ;; 'disk-partitions' could return partitions for which
+                       ;; we have no /dev node.  Handle that gracefully.
+                       (if (= ENOENT (system-error-errno args))
+                           (begin
+                             (format (current-error-port)
+                                     "warning: device '~a' not found~%"
+                                     device)
+                             #f)
+                           (apply throw args))))))
+      (and sblock
+           (let ((volume (ext2-superblock-volume-name sblock)))
+             (and volume
+                  (string=? volume label)))))))
+
+(define (find-partition-by-label label)
+  "Return the first partition found whose volume name is LABEL, or #f if none
+were found."
+  (and=> (find (partition-label-predicate label)
+               (disk-partitions))
+         (cut string-append "/dev/" <>)))
+
+(define* (canonicalize-device-spec spec #:optional (title 'any))
+  "Return the device name corresponding to SPEC.  TITLE is a symbol, one of
+the following:
+
+  • 'device', in which case SPEC is known to designate a device node--e.g.,
+     \"/dev/sda1\";
+  • 'label', in which case SPEC is known to designate a partition label--e.g.,
+     \"my-root-part\";
+  • 'any', in which case SPEC can be anything.
+"
+  (define max-trials
+    ;; Number of times we retry partition label resolution, 1 second per
+    ;; trial.  Note: somebody reported a delay of 16 seconds (!) before their
+    ;; USB key would be detected by the kernel, so we must wait for at least
+    ;; this long.
+    20)
+
+  (define canonical-title
+    ;; The realm of canonicalization.
+    (if (eq? title 'any)
+        (if (string-prefix? "/" spec)
+            'device
+            'label)
+        title))
+
+  (case canonical-title
+    ((device)
+     ;; Nothing to do.
+     spec)
+    ((label)
+     ;; Resolve the label.
+     (let loop ((count 0))
+       (let ((device (find-partition-by-label spec)))
+         (or device
+             ;; Some devices take a bit of time to appear, most notably USB
+             ;; storage devices.  Thus, wait for the device to appear.
+             (if (> count max-trials)
+                 (error "failed to resolve partition label" spec)
+                 (begin
+                   (format #t "waiting for partition '~a' to appear...~%"
+                           spec)
+                   (sleep 1)
+                   (loop (+ 1 count))))))))
+    ;; TODO: Add support for UUIDs.
+    (else
+     (error "unknown device title" title))))
+
+(define (check-file-system device type)
+  "Run a file system check of TYPE on DEVICE."
+  (define fsck
+    (string-append "fsck." type))
+
+  (let ((status (system* fsck "-v" "-p" device)))
+    (match (status:exit-val status)
+      (0
+       #t)
+      (1
+       (format (current-error-port) "'~a' corrected errors on ~a; continuing~%"
+               fsck device))
+      (2
+       (format (current-error-port) "'~a' corrected errors on ~a; rebooting~%"
+               fsck device)
+       (sleep 3)
+       (reboot))
+      (code
+       (format (current-error-port) "'~a' exited with code ~a on ~a; spawning REPL~%"
+               fsck code device)
+       (start-repl)))))
+
+(define (mount-flags->bit-mask flags)
+  "Return the number suitable for the 'flags' argument of 'mount' that
+corresponds to the symbols listed in FLAGS."
+  (let loop ((flags flags))
+    (match flags
+      (('read-only rest ...)
+       (logior MS_RDONLY (loop rest)))
+      (('bind-mount rest ...)
+       (logior MS_BIND (loop rest)))
+      (('no-suid rest ...)
+       (logior MS_NOSUID (loop rest)))
+      (('no-dev rest ...)
+       (logior MS_NODEV (loop rest)))
+      (('no-exec rest ...)
+       (logior MS_NOEXEC (loop rest)))
+      (()
+       0))))
+
+(define* (mount-file-system spec #:key (root "/root"))
+  "Mount the file system described by SPEC under ROOT.  SPEC must have the
+form:
+
+  (DEVICE TITLE MOUNT-POINT TYPE (FLAGS ...) OPTIONS CHECK?)
+
+DEVICE, MOUNT-POINT, and TYPE must be strings; OPTIONS can be a string or #f;
+FLAGS must be a list of symbols.  CHECK? is a Boolean indicating whether to
+run a file system check."
+  (match spec
+    ((source title mount-point type (flags ...) options check?)
+     (let ((source      (canonicalize-device-spec source title))
+           (mount-point (string-append root "/" mount-point)))
+       (when check?
+         (check-file-system source type))
+       (mkdir-p mount-point)
+       (mount source mount-point type (mount-flags->bit-mask flags)
+              (if options
+                  (string->pointer options)
+                  %null-pointer))
+
+       ;; Update /etc/mtab.
+       (mkdir-p (string-append root "/etc"))
+       (let ((port (open-file (string-append root "/etc/mtab") "a")))
+         (format port "~a ~a ~a ~a 0 0~%"
+                 source mount-point type (or options ""))
+         (close-port port))))))
+
+;;; file-systems.scm ends here
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
index 24000e191a..21ee58ad50 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
@@ -18,33 +18,22 @@
 
 (define-module (gnu build linux-boot)
   #:use-module (rnrs io ports)
-  #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
-  #:use-module (system foreign)
   #:use-module (system repl error-handling)
   #:autoload   (system repl repl) (start-repl)
   #:autoload   (system base compile) (compile-file)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
-  #:use-module (ice-9 rdelim)
   #:use-module (ice-9 ftw)
   #:use-module (guix build utils)
+  #:use-module (gnu build file-systems)
   #:export (mount-essential-file-systems
             linux-command-line
             find-long-option
             make-essential-device-nodes
             configure-qemu-networking
 
-            disk-partitions
-            partition-label-predicate
-            find-partition-by-label
-            canonicalize-device-spec
-
-            mount-flags->bit-mask
-            check-file-system
-            mount-file-system
             bind-mount
-
             load-linux-module*
             device-number
             boot-system))
@@ -99,172 +88,6 @@ Return the value associated with OPTION, or #f on failure."
            (lambda (arg)
              (substring arg (+ 1 (string-index arg #\=)))))))
 
-(define-syntax %ext2-endianness
-  ;; Endianness of ext2 file systems.
-  (identifier-syntax (endianness little)))
-
-;; Offset in bytes of interesting parts of an ext2 superblock.  See
-;; <http://www.nongnu.org/ext2-doc/ext2.html#DEF-SUPERBLOCK>.
-;; TODO: Use "packed structs" from Guile-OpenGL or similar.
-(define-syntax %ext2-sblock-magic       (identifier-syntax 56))
-(define-syntax %ext2-sblock-creator-os  (identifier-syntax 72))
-(define-syntax %ext2-sblock-uuid        (identifier-syntax 104))
-(define-syntax %ext2-sblock-volume-name (identifier-syntax 120))
-
-(define (read-ext2-superblock device)
-  "Return the raw contents of DEVICE's ext2 superblock as a bytevector, or #f
-if DEVICE does not contain an ext2 file system."
-  (define %ext2-magic
-    ;; The magic bytes that identify an ext2 file system.
-    #xef53)
-
-  (define superblock-size
-    ;; Size of the interesting part of an ext2 superblock.
-    264)
-
-  (define block
-    ;; The superblock contents.
-    (make-bytevector superblock-size))
-
-  (call-with-input-file device
-    (lambda (port)
-      (seek port 1024 SEEK_SET)
-
-      ;; Note: work around <http://bugs.gnu.org/17466>.
-      (and (eqv? superblock-size (get-bytevector-n! port block 0
-                                                    superblock-size))
-           (let ((magic (bytevector-u16-ref block %ext2-sblock-magic
-                                            %ext2-endianness)))
-             (and (= magic %ext2-magic)
-                  block))))))
-
-(define (ext2-superblock-uuid sblock)
-  "Return the UUID of ext2 superblock SBLOCK as a 16-byte bytevector."
-  (let ((uuid (make-bytevector 16)))
-    (bytevector-copy! sblock %ext2-sblock-uuid uuid 0 16)
-    uuid))
-
-(define (ext2-superblock-volume-name sblock)
-  "Return the volume name of SBLOCK as a string of at most 16 characters, or
-#f if SBLOCK has no volume name."
-  (let ((bv (make-bytevector 16)))
-    (bytevector-copy! sblock %ext2-sblock-volume-name bv 0 16)
-
-    ;; This is a Latin-1, nul-terminated string.
-    (let ((bytes (take-while (negate zero?) (bytevector->u8-list bv))))
-      (if (null? bytes)
-          #f
-          (list->string (map integer->char bytes))))))
-
-(define (disk-partitions)
-  "Return the list of device names corresponding to valid disk partitions."
-  (define (partition? major minor)
-    (let ((marker (format #f "/sys/dev/block/~a:~a/partition" major minor)))
-      (catch 'system-error
-        (lambda ()
-          (not (zero? (call-with-input-file marker read))))
-        (lambda args
-          (if (= ENOENT (system-error-errno args))
-              #f
-              (apply throw args))))))
-
-  (call-with-input-file "/proc/partitions"
-    (lambda (port)
-      ;; Skip the two header lines.
-      (read-line port)
-      (read-line port)
-
-      ;; Read each subsequent line, and extract the last space-separated
-      ;; field.
-      (let loop ((parts '()))
-        (let ((line  (read-line port)))
-          (if (eof-object? line)
-              (reverse parts)
-              (match (string-tokenize line)
-                (((= string->number major) (= string->number minor)
-                  blocks name)
-                 (if (partition? major minor)
-                     (loop (cons name parts))
-                     (loop parts))))))))))
-
-(define (partition-label-predicate label)
-  "Return a procedure that, when applied to a partition name such as \"sda1\",
-return #t if that partition's volume name is LABEL."
-  (lambda (part)
-    (let* ((device (string-append "/dev/" part))
-           (sblock (catch 'system-error
-                     (lambda ()
-                       (read-ext2-superblock device))
-                     (lambda args
-                       ;; When running on the hand-made /dev,
-                       ;; 'disk-partitions' could return partitions for which
-                       ;; we have no /dev node.  Handle that gracefully.
-                       (if (= ENOENT (system-error-errno args))
-                           (begin
-                             (format (current-error-port)
-                                     "warning: device '~a' not found~%"
-                                     device)
-                             #f)
-                           (apply throw args))))))
-      (and sblock
-           (let ((volume (ext2-superblock-volume-name sblock)))
-             (and volume
-                  (string=? volume label)))))))
-
-(define (find-partition-by-label label)
-  "Return the first partition found whose volume name is LABEL, or #f if none
-were found."
-  (and=> (find (partition-label-predicate label)
-               (disk-partitions))
-         (cut string-append "/dev/" <>)))
-
-(define* (canonicalize-device-spec spec #:optional (title 'any))
-  "Return the device name corresponding to SPEC.  TITLE is a symbol, one of
-the following:
-
-  • 'device', in which case SPEC is known to designate a device node--e.g.,
-     \"/dev/sda1\";
-  • 'label', in which case SPEC is known to designate a partition label--e.g.,
-     \"my-root-part\";
-  • 'any', in which case SPEC can be anything.
-"
-  (define max-trials
-    ;; Number of times we retry partition label resolution, 1 second per
-    ;; trial.  Note: somebody reported a delay of 16 seconds (!) before their
-    ;; USB key would be detected by the kernel, so we must wait for at least
-    ;; this long.
-    20)
-
-  (define canonical-title
-    ;; The realm of canonicalization.
-    (if (eq? title 'any)
-        (if (string-prefix? "/" spec)
-            'device
-            'label)
-        title))
-
-  (case canonical-title
-    ((device)
-     ;; Nothing to do.
-     spec)
-    ((label)
-     ;; Resolve the label.
-     (let loop ((count 0))
-       (let ((device (find-partition-by-label spec)))
-         (or device
-             ;; Some devices take a bit of time to appear, most notably USB
-             ;; storage devices.  Thus, wait for the device to appear.
-             (if (> count max-trials)
-                 (error "failed to resolve partition label" spec)
-                 (begin
-                   (format #t "waiting for partition '~a' to appear...~%"
-                           spec)
-                   (sleep 1)
-                   (loop (+ 1 count))))))))
-    ;; TODO: Add support for UUIDs.
-    (else
-     (error "unknown device title" title))))
-
 (define* (make-disk-device-nodes base major #:optional (minor 0))
   "Make the block device nodes around BASE (something like \"/root/dev/sda\")
 with the given MAJOR number, starting with MINOR."
@@ -395,18 +218,6 @@ networking values.)  Return #t if INTERFACE is up, #f otherwise."
 
     (logand (network-interface-flags sock interface) IFF_UP)))
 
-;; Linux mount flags, from libc's <sys/mount.h>.
-(define MS_RDONLY 1)
-(define MS_NOSUID 2)
-(define MS_NODEV  4)
-(define MS_NOEXEC 8)
-(define MS_BIND 4096)
-(define MS_MOVE 8192)
-
-(define (bind-mount source target)
-  "Bind-mount SOURCE at TARGET."
-  (mount source target "" MS_BIND))
-
 (define (load-linux-module* file)
   "Load Linux module from FILE, the name of a `.ko' file."
   (define (slurp module)
@@ -479,74 +290,6 @@ UNIONFS."
 
   (copy-file "/proc/mounts" "/root/etc/mtab"))
 
-(define (check-file-system device type)
-  "Run a file system check of TYPE on DEVICE."
-  (define fsck
-    (string-append "fsck." type))
-
-  (let ((status (system* fsck "-v" "-p" device)))
-    (match (status:exit-val status)
-      (0
-       #t)
-      (1
-       (format (current-error-port) "'~a' corrected errors on ~a; continuing~%"
-               fsck device))
-      (2
-       (format (current-error-port) "'~a' corrected errors on ~a; rebooting~%"
-               fsck device)
-       (sleep 3)
-       (reboot))
-      (code
-       (format (current-error-port) "'~a' exited with code ~a on ~a; spawning REPL~%"
-               fsck code device)
-       (start-repl)))))
-
-(define (mount-flags->bit-mask flags)
-  "Return the number suitable for the 'flags' argument of 'mount' that
-corresponds to the symbols listed in FLAGS."
-  (let loop ((flags flags))
-    (match flags
-      (('read-only rest ...)
-       (logior MS_RDONLY (loop rest)))
-      (('bind-mount rest ...)
-       (logior MS_BIND (loop rest)))
-      (('no-suid rest ...)
-       (logior MS_NOSUID (loop rest)))
-      (('no-dev rest ...)
-       (logior MS_NODEV (loop rest)))
-      (('no-exec rest ...)
-       (logior MS_NOEXEC (loop rest)))
-      (()
-       0))))
-
-(define* (mount-file-system spec #:key (root "/root"))
-  "Mount the file system described by SPEC under ROOT.  SPEC must have the
-form:
-
-  (DEVICE TITLE MOUNT-POINT TYPE (FLAGS ...) OPTIONS CHECK?)
-
-DEVICE, MOUNT-POINT, and TYPE must be strings; OPTIONS can be a string or #f;
-FLAGS must be a list of symbols.  CHECK? is a Boolean indicating whether to
-run a file system check."
-  (match spec
-    ((source title mount-point type (flags ...) options check?)
-     (let ((source      (canonicalize-device-spec source title))
-           (mount-point (string-append root "/" mount-point)))
-       (when check?
-         (check-file-system source type))
-       (mkdir-p mount-point)
-       (mount source mount-point type (mount-flags->bit-mask flags)
-              (if options
-                  (string->pointer options)
-                  %null-pointer))
-
-       ;; Update /etc/mtab.
-       (mkdir-p (string-append root "/etc"))
-       (let ((port (open-file (string-append root "/etc/mtab") "a")))
-         (format port "~a ~a ~a ~a 0 0~%"
-                 source mount-point type (or options ""))
-         (close-port port))))))
-
 (define (switch-root root)
   "Switch to ROOT as the root file system, in a way similar to what
 util-linux' switch_root(8) does."
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index e9adb47ac0..b5b49d1a01 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   #:use-module ((gnu packages base)
                 #:select (canonical-package glibc))
   #:use-module (gnu packages package-management)
-  #:use-module ((gnu build linux-boot)
+  #:use-module ((gnu build file-systems)
                 #:select (mount-flags->bit-mask))
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (guix monads)
diff --git a/gnu/services/dmd.scm b/gnu/services/dmd.scm
index d1fa58f9d7..59c2373779 100644
--- a/gnu/services/dmd.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/dmd.scm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   (define modules
     ;; Extra modules visible to dmd.conf.
     '((guix build syscalls)
-      (gnu build linux-boot)
+      (gnu build file-systems)
       (guix build utils)))
 
   (mlet %store-monad ((modules  (imported-modules modules))
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
           (use-modules (ice-9 ftw)
                        (guix build syscalls)
                        (guix build utils)
-                       ((gnu build linux-boot)
+                       ((gnu build file-systems)
                         #:select (check-file-system canonicalize-device-spec)))
 
           (register-services
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index e011a00f16..ea7fdf1cb7 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ etc."
   (define %modules
     '((gnu build activation)
       (gnu build linux-boot)
+      (gnu build file-systems)
       (guix build utils)))
 
   (define (service-activations services)
diff --git a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
index 93c739c99e..c4ab73ec9a 100644
--- a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ exception and backtrace!)."
                     #:volatile-root? '#$volatile-root?))
    #:name "base-initrd"
    #:modules '((guix build utils)
-               (gnu build linux-boot))
+               (gnu build linux-boot)
+               (gnu build file-systems))
    #:to-copy helper-packages
    #:linux linux-libre
    #:linux-modules linux-modules))
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 3e26dfb700..d263edb4f1 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ input tuple.  The output file name is when building for SYSTEM."
                                               '((gnu build vm)
                                                 (gnu build install)
                                                 (gnu build linux-boot)
+                                                (gnu build file-systems)
                                                 (guix build utils)))
                                              (guile-for-build
                                               (%guile-for-build))