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authorDavid Thompson <davet@gnu.org>2015-06-02 08:48:16 -0400
committerDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-07-09 08:23:03 -0400
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gnu: build: Add Linux container module.
* gnu/build/linux-container.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * .dir-locals.el: Add Scheme indent rules for 'call-with-container', and 'container-excursion'. * tests/containers.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add it.
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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@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 linux-container)
+ #:use-module (ice-9 format)
+ #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-98)
+ #:use-module (guix utils)
+ #:use-module (guix build utils)
+ #:use-module (guix build syscalls)
+ #:use-module ((gnu build file-systems) #:select (mount-file-system))
+ #:export (%namespaces
+ run-container
+ call-with-container
+ container-excursion))
+
+(define %namespaces
+ '(mnt pid ipc uts user net))
+
+(define (call-with-clean-exit thunk)
+ "Apply THUNK, but exit with a status code of 1 if it fails."
+ (dynamic-wind
+ (const #t)
+ thunk
+ (lambda ()
+ (primitive-exit 1))))
+
+(define (purify-environment)
+ "Unset all environment variables."
+ (for-each unsetenv
+ (match (get-environment-variables)
+ (((names . _) ...) names))))
+
+;; The container setup procedure closely resembles that of the Docker
+;; specification:
+;; https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/libcontainer/master/SPEC.md
+(define* (mount-file-systems root mounts #:key mount-/sys? mount-/proc?)
+ "Mount the essential file systems and the those in the MOUNTS list relative
+to ROOT, then make ROOT the new root directory for the process."
+ (define (scope dir)
+ (string-append root dir))
+
+ (define (bind-mount src dest)
+ (mount src dest "none" MS_BIND))
+
+ ;; Like mount, but creates the mount point if it doesn't exist.
+ (define* (mount* source target type #:optional (flags 0) options
+ #:key (update-mtab? #f))
+ (mkdir-p target)
+ (mount source target type flags options #:update-mtab? update-mtab?))
+
+ ;; The container's file system is completely ephemeral, sans directories
+ ;; bind-mounted from the host.
+ (mount "none" root "tmpfs")
+
+ ;; A proc mount requires a new pid namespace.
+ (when mount-/proc?
+ (mount* "none" (scope "/proc") "proc"
+ (logior MS_NOEXEC MS_NOSUID MS_NODEV)))
+
+ ;; A sysfs mount requires the user to have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in
+ ;; the current network namespace.
+ (when mount-/sys?
+ (mount* "none" (scope "/sys") "sysfs"
+ (logior MS_NOEXEC MS_NOSUID MS_NODEV MS_RDONLY)))
+
+ (mount* "none" (scope "/dev") "tmpfs"
+ (logior MS_NOEXEC MS_STRICTATIME)
+ "mode=755")
+
+ ;; Create essential device nodes via bind-mounting them from the
+ ;; host, because a process within a user namespace cannot create
+ ;; device nodes.
+ (for-each (lambda (device)
+ (when (file-exists? device)
+ ;; Create the mount point file.
+ (call-with-output-file (scope device)
+ (const #t))
+ (bind-mount device (scope device))))
+ '("/dev/null"
+ "/dev/zero"
+ "/dev/full"
+ "/dev/random"
+ "/dev/urandom"
+ "/dev/tty"
+ "/dev/ptmx"
+ "/dev/fuse"))
+
+ ;; Setup standard input/output/error.
+ (symlink "/proc/self/fd" (scope "/dev/fd"))
+ (symlink "/proc/self/fd/0" (scope "/dev/stdin"))
+ (symlink "/proc/self/fd/1" (scope "/dev/stdout"))
+ (symlink "/proc/self/fd/2" (scope "/dev/stderr"))
+
+ ;; Mount user-specified file systems.
+ (for-each (lambda (spec)
+ (mount-file-system spec #:root root))
+ mounts)
+
+ ;; Jail the process inside the container's root file system.
+ (let ((put-old (string-append root "/real-root")))
+ (mkdir put-old)
+ (pivot-root root put-old)
+ (chdir "/")
+ (umount "real-root" MNT_DETACH)
+ (rmdir "real-root")))
+
+(define (initialize-user-namespace pid)
+ "Configure the user namespace for PID."
+ (define proc-dir
+ (string-append "/proc/" (number->string pid)))
+
+ (define (scope file)
+ (string-append proc-dir file))
+
+ ;; Only root can map more than a single uid/gid. A range of 65536 uid/gids
+ ;; is used to cover 16 bits worth of users and groups, which is sufficient
+ ;; for most cases.
+ ;;
+ ;; See also: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-nspawn.html#--private-users=
+ (let* ((uid (getuid))
+ (gid (getgid))
+ (uid-range (if (zero? uid) 65536 1))
+ (gid-range (if (zero? gid) 65536 1)))
+
+ ;; Only root can write to the gid map without first disabling the
+ ;; setgroups syscall.
+ (unless (and (zero? uid) (zero? gid))
+ (call-with-output-file (scope "/setgroups")
+ (lambda (port)
+ (display "deny" port))))
+
+ ;; Map the user/group that created the container to the root user
+ ;; within the container.
+ (call-with-output-file (scope "/uid_map")
+ (lambda (port)
+ (format port "0 ~d ~d" uid uid-range)))
+ (call-with-output-file (scope "/gid_map")
+ (lambda (port)
+ (format port "0 ~d ~d" gid gid-range)))))
+
+(define (namespaces->bit-mask namespaces)
+ "Return the number suitable for the 'flags' argument of 'clone' that
+corresponds to the symbols in NAMESPACES."
+ (apply logior SIGCHLD
+ (map (match-lambda
+ ('mnt CLONE_NEWNS)
+ ('uts CLONE_NEWUTS)
+ ('ipc CLONE_NEWIPC)
+ ('user CLONE_NEWUSER)
+ ('pid CLONE_NEWPID)
+ ('net CLONE_NEWNET))
+ namespaces)))
+
+(define (run-container root mounts namespaces thunk)
+ "Run THUNK in a new container process and return its PID. ROOT specifies
+the root directory for the container. MOUNTS is a list of file system specs
+that specify the mapping of host file systems into the container. NAMESPACES
+is a list of symbols that correspond to the possible Linux namespaces: mnt,
+ipc, uts, user, and net."
+ ;; The parent process must initialize the user namespace for the child
+ ;; before it can boot. To negotiate this, a pipe is used such that the
+ ;; child process blocks until the parent writes to it.
+ (match (pipe)
+ ((in . out)
+ (let ((flags (namespaces->bit-mask namespaces)))
+ (match (clone flags)
+ (0
+ (call-with-clean-exit
+ (lambda ()
+ (close out)
+ ;; Wait for parent to set things up.
+ (read in)
+ (close in)
+ (purify-environment)
+ (when (memq 'mnt namespaces)
+ (mount-file-systems root mounts
+ #:mount-/proc? (memq 'pid namespaces)
+ #:mount-/sys? (memq 'net namespaces)))
+ ;; TODO: Manage capabilities.
+ (thunk))))
+ (pid
+ (when (memq 'user namespaces)
+ (initialize-user-namespace pid))
+ ;; TODO: Initialize cgroups.
+ (close in)
+ (write 'ready out)
+ (close out)
+ pid))))))
+
+(define* (call-with-container mounts thunk #:key (namespaces %namespaces))
+ "Run THUNK in a new container process and return its exit status.
+MOUNTS is a list of file system specs that specify the mapping of host file
+systems into the container. NAMESPACES is a list of symbols corresponding to
+the identifiers for Linux namespaces: mnt, ipc, uts, pid, user, and net. By
+default, all namespaces are used.
+
+Note that if THUNK needs to load any additional Guile modules, the relevant
+module files must be present in one of the mappings in MOUNTS and the Guile
+load path must be adjusted as needed."
+ (call-with-temporary-directory
+ (lambda (root)
+ (let ((pid (run-container root mounts namespaces thunk)))
+ ;; Catch SIGINT and kill the container process.
+ (sigaction SIGINT
+ (lambda (signum)
+ (false-if-exception
+ (kill pid SIGKILL))))
+
+ (match (waitpid pid)
+ ((_ . status) status))))))
+
+(define (container-excursion pid thunk)
+ "Run THUNK as a child process within the namespaces of process PID and
+return the exit status."
+ (define (namespace-file pid namespace)
+ (string-append "/proc/" (number->string pid) "/ns/" namespace))
+
+ (match (primitive-fork)
+ (0
+ (call-with-clean-exit
+ (lambda ()
+ (for-each (lambda (ns)
+ (call-with-input-file (namespace-file (getpid) ns)
+ (lambda (current-ns-port)
+ (call-with-input-file (namespace-file pid ns)
+ (lambda (new-ns-port)
+ ;; Joining the namespace that the process
+ ;; already belongs to would throw an error.
+ (unless (= (port->fdes current-ns-port)
+ (port->fdes new-ns-port))
+ (setns (port->fdes new-ns-port) 0)))))))
+ ;; It's important that the user namespace is joined first,
+ ;; so that the user will have the privileges to join the
+ ;; other namespaces. Furthermore, it's important that the
+ ;; mount namespace is joined last, otherwise the /proc mount
+ ;; point would no longer be accessible.
+ '("user" "ipc" "uts" "net" "pid" "mnt"))
+ (purify-environment)
+ (chdir "/")
+ (thunk))))
+ (pid
+ (match (waitpid pid)
+ ((_ . status)
+ (status:exit-val status))))))