[lxc-devel] [PATCH 1/1] add lxc.console.logpath

Stéphane Graber stgraber at ubuntu.com
Wed Aug 6 22:00:00 UTC 2014


On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 05:30:58PM +0000, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> Some time ago, lxc.console was changed to require a device.  lxc-start
> gained an lxc console logfile argument, but this was not supported
> through the container config.
> 
> This patch adds the option through container config as 'lxc.console.logfile'.
> This allows for instance cloud providers to configure all containers to
> log the consoles.
> 

The patch seems incomplete to me, you're missing clear_config_item,
get_config_item and save_config support at least.

> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
> ---
>  doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in | 17 ++++++++++++++---
>  src/lxc/confile.c              |  8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in b/doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in
> index a4485bc..121f882 100644
> --- a/doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in
> +++ b/doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in
> @@ -536,13 +536,24 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
>        <variablelist>
>  	<varlistentry>
>  	  <term>
> -	    <option>lxc.console</option>
> +	    <option>lxc.console.logfile</option>
>  	  </term>
>  	  <listitem>
>  	    <para>
>  	      Specify a path to a file where the console output will
> -	      be written. The keyword 'none' will simply disable the
> -	      console. This is dangerous once if have a rootfs with a
> +	      be written.
> +	    </para>
> +	  </listitem>
> +	</varlistentry>
> +	<varlistentry>
> +	  <term>
> +	    <option>lxc.console</option>
> +	  </term>
> +	  <listitem>
> +	    <para>
> +	      Specify a path to a device to which the console will be
> +	      attached.  The keyword 'none' will simply disable the
> +	      console.  This is dangerous once if have a rootfs with a
>  	      console device file where the application can write, the
>  	      messages will fall in the host.
>  	    </para>
> diff --git a/src/lxc/confile.c b/src/lxc/confile.c
> index 26ac682..a1be76f 100644
> --- a/src/lxc/confile.c
> +++ b/src/lxc/confile.c
> @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static int config_network_ipv6_gateway(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_co
>  static int config_cap_drop(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_conf *);
>  static int config_cap_keep(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_conf *);
>  static int config_console(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_conf *);
> +static int config_console_logfile(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_conf *);
>  static int config_seccomp(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_conf *);
>  static int config_includefile(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_conf *);
>  static int config_network_nic(const char *, const char *, struct lxc_conf *);
> @@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ static struct lxc_config_t config[] = {
>  	{ "lxc.network",              config_network              },
>  	{ "lxc.cap.drop",             config_cap_drop             },
>  	{ "lxc.cap.keep",             config_cap_keep             },
> +	{ "lxc.console.logfile",      config_console_logfile      },
>  	{ "lxc.console",              config_console              },
>  	{ "lxc.seccomp",              config_seccomp              },
>  	{ "lxc.include",              config_includefile          },
> @@ -1604,6 +1606,12 @@ static int config_console(const char *key, const char *value,
>  	return config_path_item(&lxc_conf->console.path, value);
>  }
>  
> +static int config_console_logfile(const char *key, const char *value,
> +			  struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
> +{
> +	return config_path_item(&lxc_conf->console.log_path, value);
> +}
> +
>  int append_unexp_config_line(const char *line, struct lxc_conf *conf)
>  {
>  	size_t len = conf->unexpanded_len, linelen = strlen(line);
> -- 
> 2.1.0.rc1
> 
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Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
http://www.ubuntu.com
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