[lxc-devel] [PATCH 1/1] lxc-start-ephemeral: handle the overlayfs workdir option

[Serge Hallyn]

We fixed this some time ago for basic lxc-start, but never did
lxc-start-ephemeral.

Since the lxc-start patches were pushed, Miklos has given us a
way to detect whether we need the workdir= option.  So the
bdev.c code could be simplified to check for "overlay\n" in
/proc/filesystems just as lxc-start-ephemeral does.  This
patch doesn't do that.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
---
 src/lxc/lxc-start-ephemeral.in | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc-start-ephemeral.in b/src/lxc/lxc-start-ephemeral.in
index c999e74..bf3f121 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc-start-ephemeral.in
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc-start-ephemeral.in
@@ -219,6 +219,14 @@ for entry in args.cdir:
         dst_path = "%s/rootfs/%s" % (dest_path, src_path)
         overlay_dirs += [(src_path, dst_path)]
 
+# do we have the new overlay fs which requires workdir, or the older
+# overlayfs which does not?
+have_new_overlay = False
+with open("/proc/filesystems", "r") as fd:
+    for line in fd.readlines():
+        if line == "nodev\toverlay\n":
+            have_new_overlay = True
+
 # Generate pre-mount script
 with open(os.path.join(dest_path, "pre-mount"), "w+") as fd:
     os.fchmod(fd.fileno(), 0o755)
@@ -231,16 +239,31 @@ LXC_NAME="%s"
     count = 0
     for entry in overlay_dirs:
         target = "%s/delta%s" % (dest_path, count)
+        workdir = "%s/work%s" % (dest_path, count)
         fd.write("mkdir -p %s %s\n" % (target, entry[1]))
+        if have_new_overlay:
+            fd.write("mkdir -p %s\n" % workdir)
 
         if args.storage_type == "tmpfs":
             fd.write("mount -n -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 none %s\n" % (target))
+            if have_new_overlay:
+                fd.write("mount -n -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 none %s\n" % (workdir))
 
         fd.write("getfacl -a %s | setfacl --set-file=- %s || true\n" % (entry[0], target))
         fd.write("getfacl -a %s | setfacl --set-file=- %s || true\n" % (entry[0], entry[1]))
+        if have_new_overlay:
+            fd.write("getfacl -a %s | setfacl --set-file=- %s || true\n" % (entry[0], workdir))
 
         if args.union_type == "overlayfs":
-            fd.write("mount -n -t overlayfs"
+            if have_new_overlay:
+                fd.write("mount -n -t overlayfs"
+                     " -oupperdir=%s,lowerdir=%s,workdir=%s none %s\n" % (
+                         target,
+                         entry[0],
+                         workdir,
+                         entry[1]))
+            else:
+                fd.write("mount -n -t overlayfs"
                      " -oupperdir=%s,lowerdir=%s none %s\n" % (
                          target,
                          entry[0],
-- 
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