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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/advanced-topics/diff-hook.xml12
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml20
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/build.cc41
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc4
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.hh2
5 files changed, 51 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/advanced-topics/diff-hook.xml b/doc/manual/advanced-topics/diff-hook.xml
index d2613f6df..fb4bf819f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/advanced-topics/diff-hook.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/advanced-topics/diff-hook.xml
@@ -46,17 +46,15 @@ file containing:
#!/bin/sh
exec >&2
echo "For derivation $3:"
-/run/current-system/sw/bin/runuser -u nobody -- /run/current-system/sw/bin/diff -r "$1" "$2"
+/run/current-system/sw/bin/diff -r "$1" "$2"
</programlisting>
-<warning>
- <para>The diff hook can be run as root. Take care to run as little
- as possible as root, for this example we use <command>runuser</command>
- to drop privileges.
- </para>
-</warning>
</para>
+<para>The diff hook is executed by the same user and group who ran the
+build. However, the diff hook does not have write access to the store
+path just built.</para>
+
<section>
<title>
Spot-Checking Build Determinism
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index a1a5d6e12..c5f90481b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -252,13 +252,11 @@ false</literal>.</para>
same.
</para>
- <warning>
- <para>
- The root user executes the diff hook in a daemonised
- installation. See <xref linkend="chap-diff-hook" /> for
- information on using the diff hook safely.
- </para>
- </warning>
+ <para>
+ The diff hook is executed by the same user and group who ran the
+ build. However, the diff hook does not have write access to the
+ store path just built.
+ </para>
<para>The diff hook program receives three parameters:</para>
@@ -280,6 +278,14 @@ false</literal>.</para>
The path to the build's derivation
</para>
</listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The path to the build's scratch directory. This directory
+ will exist only if the build was run with
+ <option>--keep-failed</option>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>The diff hook should not print data to stderr or stdout, as
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 026828c53..f38d2eaa0 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -461,17 +461,26 @@ static void commonChildInit(Pipe & logPipe)
close(fdDevNull);
}
-void handleDiffHook(Path tryA, Path tryB, Path drvPath)
+void handleDiffHook(bool allowVfork, uid_t uid, uid_t gid, Path tryA, Path tryB, Path drvPath, Path tmpDir)
{
auto diffHook = settings.diffHook;
if (diffHook != "" && settings.runDiffHook) {
- try {
- auto diff = runProgram(diffHook, true, {tryA, tryB, drvPath});
- if (diff != "")
- printError(chomp(diff));
- } catch (Error & error) {
- printError("diff hook execution failed: %s", error.what());
- }
+ auto wrapper = [&]() {
+ if (setgid(gid) == -1)
+ throw SysError("setgid failed");
+ if (setuid(uid) == -1)
+ throw SysError("setuid failed");
+
+ try {
+ auto diff = runProgram(diffHook, true, {tryA, tryB, drvPath, tmpDir});
+ if (diff != "")
+ printError(chomp(diff));
+ } catch (Error & error) {
+ printError("diff hook execution failed: %s", error.what());
+ }
+ };
+
+ doFork(allowVfork, wrapper);
}
}
@@ -3197,14 +3206,18 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
if (!worker.store.isValidPath(path)) continue;
auto info = *worker.store.queryPathInfo(path);
if (hash.first != info.narHash) {
- handleDiffHook(path, actualPath, drvPath);
-
- if (settings.keepFailed) {
+ if (settings.runDiffHook || settings.keepFailed) {
Path dst = worker.store.toRealPath(path + checkSuffix);
deletePath(dst);
if (rename(actualPath.c_str(), dst.c_str()))
throw SysError(format("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'") % actualPath % dst);
+ handleDiffHook(
+ !buildUser && !drv->isBuiltin(),
+ buildUser ? buildUser->getUID() : getuid(),
+ buildUser ? buildUser->getGID() : getgid(),
+ path, dst, drvPath, tmpDir);
+
throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' may not be deterministic: output '%2%' differs from '%3%'")
% drvPath % path % dst);
} else
@@ -3269,7 +3282,11 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
? fmt("output '%1%' of '%2%' differs from '%3%' from previous round", i->second.path, drvPath, prev)
: fmt("output '%1%' of '%2%' differs from previous round", i->second.path, drvPath);
- handleDiffHook(prev, i->second.path, drvPath);
+ handleDiffHook(
+ !buildUser && !drv->isBuiltin(),
+ buildUser ? buildUser->getUID() : getuid(),
+ buildUser ? buildUser->getGID() : getgid(),
+ prev, i->second.path, drvPath, tmpDir);
if (settings.enforceDeterminism)
throw NotDeterministic(msg);
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index a71705665..0f4d3d92b 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid)
/* Wrapper around vfork to prevent the child process from clobbering
the caller's stack frame in the parent. */
-static pid_t doFork(bool allowVfork, std::function<void()> fun) __attribute__((noinline));
-static pid_t doFork(bool allowVfork, std::function<void()> fun)
+pid_t doFork(bool allowVfork, std::function<void()> fun) __attribute__((noinline));
+pid_t doFork(bool allowVfork, std::function<void()> fun)
{
#ifdef __linux__
pid_t pid = allowVfork ? vfork() : fork();
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 54936a5cb..824a35b98 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath = false,
const Strings & args = Strings(),
const std::optional<std::string> & input = {});
+pid_t doFork(bool allowVfork, std::function<void()> fun);
+
struct RunOptions
{
Path program;