Revert "nspawn: Fix broken host links for container journals"

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Lennart Poettering
2025-11-24 16:34:00 +01:00
committed by GitHub
parent 39c343daa6
commit 77a1e2dec6
2 changed files with 19 additions and 210 deletions

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@@ -2553,14 +2553,12 @@ static int setup_hostname(void) {
return 0;
}
static int setup_journal(const char *root_dir, const char *persistent_path, uid_t chown_uid, uid_t chown_range) {
static int setup_journal(const char *directory, uid_t uid_shift, uid_t uid_range) {
_cleanup_free_ char *d = NULL;
sd_id128_t this_id;
bool try;
int r;
assert(root_dir);
/* Don't link journals in ephemeral mode */
if (arg_ephemeral)
return 0;
@@ -2570,17 +2568,6 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *root_dir, const char *persistent_path, uid_
try = arg_link_journal_try || arg_link_journal == LINK_AUTO;
if (!persistent_path) {
if (try) {
log_debug("No persistent path available, skipping journal linking.");
return 0;
} else
return log_error_errno(
SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ENOENT),
"Journal linking requested but no persistent directory available. "
"Use --directory, or --link-journal=auto/try-guest/try-host for optional linking.");
}
r = sd_id128_get_machine(&this_id);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to retrieve machine ID: %m");
@@ -2594,7 +2581,7 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *root_dir, const char *persistent_path, uid_
}
FOREACH_STRING(dirname, "/var", "/var/log", "/var/log/journal") {
r = userns_mkdir(root_dir, dirname, 0755, 0, 0);
r = userns_mkdir(directory, dirname, 0755, 0, 0);
if (r < 0) {
bool ignore = r == -EROFS && try;
log_full_errno(ignore ? LOG_DEBUG : LOG_ERR, r,
@@ -2607,14 +2594,10 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *root_dir, const char *persistent_path, uid_
if (!p)
return log_oom();
_cleanup_free_ char *q = path_join(persistent_path, p);
_cleanup_free_ char *q = path_join(directory, p);
if (!q)
return log_oom();
_cleanup_free_ char *container_path = path_join(root_dir, p);
if (!container_path)
return log_oom();
if (path_is_mount_point(p) > 0) {
if (try)
return 0;
@@ -2623,14 +2606,12 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *root_dir, const char *persistent_path, uid_
"%s: already a mount point, refusing to use for journal", p);
}
if (path_is_mount_point(container_path) > 0) {
if (path_is_mount_point(q) > 0) {
if (try)
return 0;
return log_error_errno(
SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EEXIST),
"%s: already a mount point, refusing to use for journal",
container_path);
return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EEXIST),
"%s: already a mount point, refusing to use for journal", q);
}
r = readlink_and_make_absolute(p, &d);
@@ -2638,9 +2619,9 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *root_dir, const char *persistent_path, uid_
if (IN_SET(arg_link_journal, LINK_GUEST, LINK_AUTO) &&
path_equal(d, q)) {
r = userns_mkdir(root_dir, p, 0755, 0, 0);
r = userns_mkdir(directory, p, 0755, 0, 0);
if (r < 0)
log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to create directory %s: %m", container_path);
log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to create directory %s: %m", q);
return 0;
}
@@ -2670,9 +2651,9 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *root_dir, const char *persistent_path, uid_
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to symlink %s to %s: %m", q, p);
}
r = userns_mkdir(root_dir, p, 0755, 0, 0);
r = userns_mkdir(directory, p, 0755, 0, 0);
if (r < 0)
log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to create directory %s: %m", container_path);
log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to create directory %s: %m", q);
return 0;
}
@@ -2692,25 +2673,25 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *root_dir, const char *persistent_path, uid_
} else if (access(p, F_OK) < 0)
return 0;
if (dir_is_empty(container_path, /* ignore_hidden_or_backup= */ false) == 0)
log_warning("%s is not empty, proceeding anyway.", container_path);
if (dir_is_empty(q, /* ignore_hidden_or_backup= */ false) == 0)
log_warning("%s is not empty, proceeding anyway.", q);
r = userns_mkdir(root_dir, p, 0755, 0, 0);
r = userns_mkdir(directory, p, 0755, 0, 0);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create %s: %m", container_path);
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create %s: %m", q);
return mount_custom(
root_dir,
directory,
&(CustomMount) {
.type = CUSTOM_MOUNT_BIND,
.options = (char*) (uid_is_valid(chown_uid) ? "rootidmap" : NULL),
.options = (char*) (uid_is_valid(uid_shift) ? "rootidmap" : NULL),
.source = p,
.destination = p,
.destination_uid = UID_INVALID,
},
/* n = */ 1,
chown_uid,
chown_range,
uid_shift,
uid_range,
arg_selinux_apifs_context,
MOUNT_NON_ROOT_ONLY);
}
@@ -3882,7 +3863,6 @@ static DissectImageFlags determine_dissect_image_flags(void) {
static int outer_child(
Barrier *barrier,
const char *directory,
const char *persistent_path,
int mount_fd,
DissectedImage *dissected_image,
int fd_outer_socket,
@@ -4289,7 +4269,7 @@ static int outer_child(
if (r < 0)
return r;
r = setup_journal(directory, persistent_path, chown_uid, chown_range);
r = setup_journal(directory, chown_uid, chown_range);
if (r < 0)
return r;
@@ -5090,7 +5070,6 @@ static int load_oci_bundle(void) {
static int run_container(
const char *directory,
const char *persistent_path,
int mount_fd,
DissectedImage *dissected_image,
int userns_fd,
@@ -5241,7 +5220,6 @@ static int run_container(
r = outer_child(&barrier,
directory,
persistent_path,
mount_fd,
dissected_image,
fd_outer_socket_pair[1],
@@ -5954,7 +5932,6 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
_cleanup_(dissected_image_unrefp) DissectedImage *dissected_image = NULL;
_cleanup_(sd_netlink_unrefp) sd_netlink *nfnl = NULL;
_cleanup_(pidref_done) PidRef pid = PIDREF_NULL;
_cleanup_free_ char *persistent_path_storage = NULL;
log_setup();
@@ -6420,47 +6397,6 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
arg_architecture = dissected_image_architecture(dissected_image);
}
/* Journal linking creates symlinks from the host's /var/log/journal/<uuid> to a persistent directory
* that survives container restarts, allowing journalctl -M to read container logs. But where that
* persistent directory is can be quite different depending on the mode:
*
* For --directory: The directory itself is the persistent location.
* For --image: Use /var/lib/machines/<machine-name> if it exists as a directory.
*
* Otherwise, we skip journal linking.
*/
const char *persistent_path;
if (arg_directory)
persistent_path = arg_directory;
else if (arg_image) {
persistent_path_storage = path_join("/var/lib/machines", arg_machine);
if (!persistent_path_storage) {
r = log_oom();
goto finish;
}
/* Validate that the persistent path exists and is actually a directory. We cannot create it
* ourselves as that would conflict with image management. */
struct stat st;
if (stat(persistent_path_storage, &st) < 0) {
if (errno == ENOENT)
log_debug("Persistent directory %s does not exist, skipping journal linking.",
persistent_path_storage);
else
log_warning_errno(
errno,
"Failed to access persistent directory %s, skipping journal linking: %m",
persistent_path_storage);
persistent_path = NULL;
} else if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
log_warning("%s exists but is not a directory, skipping journal linking.",
persistent_path_storage);
persistent_path = NULL;
} else
persistent_path = persistent_path_storage;
} else
assert_not_reached();
/* Create a temporary place to mount stuff. */
r = mkdtemp_malloc("/tmp/nspawn-root-XXXXXX", &rootdir);
if (r < 0) {
@@ -6507,7 +6443,6 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
for (;;) {
r = run_container(
rootdir,
persistent_path,
mount_fd,
dissected_image,
userns_fd,

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@@ -1533,130 +1533,4 @@ testcase_cap_net_bind_service() {
rm -fr "$root"
}
testcase_link_journal_directory() {
# Test that journal symlinks point to the persistent path
# for --directory.
local root machine_id journal_path symlink_target
root="$(mktemp -d /var/lib/machines/TEST-13-NSPAWN.journal-persist.XXX)"
create_dummy_container "$root"
machine_id="$(systemd-id128 new)"
echo "$machine_id" >"$root/etc/machine-id"
journal_path="/var/log/journal/$machine_id"
mkdir -p "$journal_path"
# Run container with journal linking
systemd-nspawn --register=no \
--directory="$root" \
--link-journal=try-guest \
bash -c "exit 0"
# Verify the symlink was created and is not broken
test -L "$journal_path"
test -e "$journal_path"
# Verify the symlink points to the persistent path (e.g., /var/lib/machines/...)
# NOT to a temporary /tmp/nspawn-root-* path
symlink_target="$(readlink -f "$journal_path")"
[[ "$symlink_target" == "$root"* ]]
[[ "$symlink_target" != /tmp/nspawn-root-* ]]
rm -f "$journal_path"
rm -fr "$root"
}
testcase_link_journal_image() {
# Test that journal symlinks point to the persistent path
# for --image.
local root machine_id journal_path symlink_target image mnt_dir
local machine_name="test-journal-image"
local persistent_dir="/var/lib/machines/$machine_name"
root="$(mktemp -d /var/lib/machines/TEST-13-NSPAWN.journal-image-root.XXX)"
image="$(mktemp /var/lib/machines/TEST-13-NSPAWN.journal-image.XXX.img)"
mnt_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
mkdir -p "$persistent_dir"
create_dummy_container "$root"
dd if=/dev/zero of="$image" bs=1M count=256 status=none
mkfs.ext4 -q "$image"
mount -o loop "$image" "$mnt_dir"
cp -r "$root"/* "$mnt_dir/"
machine_id="$(systemd-id128 new)"
echo "$machine_id" >"$mnt_dir/etc/machine-id"
umount "$mnt_dir"
journal_path="/var/log/journal/$machine_id"
mkdir -p "$journal_path"
# Run container with journal linking
systemd-nspawn --register=no \
--image="$image" \
--machine="$machine_name" \
--link-journal=try-guest \
bash -c "exit 0"
# Verify the symlink was created and points to the persistent directory.
# Note: We don't check that the target exists, as journald hasn't run in this test
# to create the directory structure - that's journald's responsibility, not nspawn's.
test -L "$journal_path"
symlink_target="$(readlink "$journal_path")"
[[ "$symlink_target" == "$persistent_dir"* ]]
rm -f "$journal_path"
rm -f "$image"
rm -fr "$root"
rm -fr "$mnt_dir"
rm -fr "$persistent_dir"
}
testcase_link_journal_ephemeral() {
# Test that journal symlinks are NOT created for --ephemeral.
local root machine_id journal_path
root="$(mktemp -d /var/lib/machines/TEST-13-NSPAWN.journal-ephemeral.XXX)"
create_dummy_container "$root"
machine_id="$(systemd-id128 new)"
echo "$machine_id" >"$root/etc/machine-id"
journal_path="/var/log/journal/$machine_id"
# Run ephemeral container with journal linking
systemd-nspawn --register=no \
--directory="$root" \
--ephemeral \
--link-journal=try-guest \
bash -c "exit 0"
# Verify the symlink was NOT created, as per existing logic
test ! -e "$journal_path"
rm -fr "$root"
}
testcase_link_journal_negative() {
# Test that no symlink is created when --link-journal is not used.
local root machine_id journal_path
root="$(mktemp -d /var/lib/machines/TEST-13-NSPAWN.journal-no-link.XXX)"
create_dummy_container "$root"
machine_id="$(systemd-id128 new)"
echo "$machine_id" >"$root/etc/machine-id"
journal_path="/var/log/journal/$machine_id"
# Run container WITHOUT journal linking
systemd-nspawn --register=no \
--directory="$root" \
bash -c "exit 0"
# Verify the symlink was NOT created
test ! -e "$journal_path"
rm -fr "$root"
}
run_testcases