[lxc-devel] [PATCH] Add lxc.autodev (v2)

Serge Hallyn serge.hallyn at canonical.com
Fri Nov 23 20:16:03 UTC 2012


Add a container config option to mount and populate /dev in a container.

We might want to add options to specify a max size for /dev other than
the default 100k, and to specify other devices to create.  And maybe
someone can think of a better name than autodev.

Changelog: Don't error out if we couldn't mknod a /dev/ttyN.
Changelog: Describe the option in lxc.conf manpage.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
---
 doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in |   25 ++++++++++++++++
 src/lxc/conf.c       |   77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lxc/conf.h       |    1 +
 src/lxc/confile.c    |   12 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 115 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in b/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
index 6c3d7b2..eed07fc 100644
--- a/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
+++ b/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
@@ -502,6 +502,31 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
     </refsect2>
 
     <refsect2>
+      <title>/dev directory</title>
+      <para>
+	By default, lxc does nothing with the container's
+	<filename>/dev</filename>.  This allows the container's
+	<filename>/dev</filename> to be set up as needed in the container
+	rootfs.  If lxc.autodev is to 1, then after mounting the container's
+	rootfs LXC will mount a fresh tmpfs under <filename>/dev</filename>
+	(limited to 100k) and fill in a minimal set of initial devices.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+	<varlistentry>
+	  <term>
+	    <option>lxc.autodev</option>
+	  </term>
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>
+	      Set this to 1 to have LXC mount and populate a minimal
+	      <filename>/dev</filename> when starting the container.
+	    </para>
+	  </listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+
+    <refsect2>
       <title>Mount points</title>
       <para>
 	The mount points section specifies the different places to be
diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
index fe574ac..f1c41f1 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
@@ -653,6 +653,15 @@ static int setup_tty(const struct lxc_rootfs *rootfs,
 				return -1;
 			}
 		} else {
+			/* If we populated /dev, then we need to create /dev/ttyN */
+			if (access(path, F_OK)) {
+				ret = creat(path, 0660);
+				if (ret==-1) {
+					SYSERROR("error creating %s\n", path);
+					/* this isn't fatal, continue */
+				} else
+					close(ret);
+			}
 			if (mount(pty_info->name, path, "none", MS_BIND, 0)) {
 				WARN("failed to mount '%s'->'%s'",
 						pty_info->name, path);
@@ -860,6 +869,67 @@ static int setup_rootfs_pivot_root(const char *rootfs, const char *pivotdir)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct lxc_devs {
+	char *name;
+	mode_t mode;
+	int maj;
+	int min;
+};
+
+struct lxc_devs lxc_devs[] = {
+	{ "null",	S_IFCHR | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO, 1, 3	},
+	{ "zero",	S_IFCHR | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO, 1, 5	},
+	{ "full",	S_IFCHR | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO, 1, 7	},
+	{ "urandom",	S_IFCHR | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO, 1, 9	},
+	{ "random",	S_IFCHR | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO, 1, 8	},
+	{ "tty",	S_IFCHR | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO, 5, 0	},
+	{ "console",	S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,	       5, 1	},
+};
+
+/*
+ * Do we want to add options for max size of /dev and a file to
+ * specify which devices to create?
+ */
+static int setup_autodev(char *root)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct lxc_devs *d;
+	char path[MAXPATHLEN];
+	int i;
+
+	INFO("Creating and populating /dev under %s\n", root);
+	ret = snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/dev", root);
+	if (ret < 0 || ret > MAXPATHLEN)
+		return -1;
+	ret = mount("none", path, "tmpfs", 0, "size=100000");
+	if (ret) {
+		SYSERROR("Failed to mount /dev at %s\n", root);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(lxc_devs) / sizeof(lxc_devs[0]); i++) {
+		d = &lxc_devs[i];
+		ret = snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/dev/%s", root, d->name);
+		if (ret < 0 || ret >= MAXPATHLEN)
+			return -1;
+		ret = mknod(path, d->mode, makedev(d->maj, d->min));
+		if (ret) {
+			SYSERROR("Error creating %s\n", d->name);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	ret = snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/dev/pts", root);
+	if (ret < 0 || ret >= MAXPATHLEN)
+		return -1;
+	ret = mkdir(path, S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
+	if (ret) {
+		SYSERROR("Failed to create /dev/pts in container");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	INFO("Populated /dev under %s\n", root);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int setup_rootfs(const struct lxc_rootfs *rootfs)
 {
 	if (!rootfs->path)
@@ -2265,6 +2335,13 @@ int lxc_setup(const char *name, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (lxc_conf->autodev) {
+		if (setup_autodev(lxc_conf->rootfs.mount)) {
+			ERROR("failed to set up /dev in the container");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (setup_mount(&lxc_conf->rootfs, lxc_conf->fstab, name)) {
 		ERROR("failed to setup the mounts for '%s'", name);
 		return -1;
diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.h b/src/lxc/conf.h
index dccc176..76bf19d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.h
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ struct lxc_conf {
 #endif
 	char *seccomp;  // filename with the seccomp rules
 	int maincmd_fd;
+	int autodev;  // if 1, mount and fill a /dev at start
 };
 
 int run_lxc_hooks(const char *name, char *hook, struct lxc_conf *conf);
diff --git a/src/lxc/confile.c b/src/lxc/confile.c
index cf1c891..3d9f36e 100644
--- a/src/lxc/confile.c
+++ b/src/lxc/confile.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static int config_console(const char *, char *, struct lxc_conf *);
 static int config_seccomp(const char *, char *, struct lxc_conf *);
 static int config_includefile(const char *, char *, struct lxc_conf *);
 static int config_network_nic(const char *, char *, struct lxc_conf *);
+static int config_autodev(const char *, char *, struct lxc_conf *);
 
 static struct lxc_config_t config[] = {
 
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static struct lxc_config_t config[] = {
 	{ "lxc.console",              config_console              },
 	{ "lxc.seccomp",              config_seccomp              },
 	{ "lxc.include",              config_includefile          },
+	{ "lxc.autodev",              config_autodev              },
 };
 
 static const size_t config_size = sizeof(config)/sizeof(struct lxc_config_t);
@@ -881,6 +883,16 @@ static int config_aa_profile(const char *key, char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_
 }
 #endif
 
+static int config_autodev(const char *key, char *value,
+			  struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
+{
+	int v = atoi(value);
+
+	lxc_conf->autodev = v;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int config_cgroup(const char *key, char *value, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
 {
 	char *token = "lxc.cgroup.";
-- 
1.7.9.5





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