'call-with-container' fails when CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES is not set

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Efraim Flashner wrote on 29 Nov 2015 19:29
silent failure on guix environment foo --container
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
20151129202959.6a2f6053@debian-netbook
When trying to run `guix environment foo --container` I don't get a container
with a new shell or any useful information, it just thinks about it for a
while and then returns to the command prompt, allowing me to enter another
command.

efraim@debian-netbook:~$ strace -f -o log guix environment vim --container ; echo $?
1

efraim@debian-netbook:~$ uname -a
Linux debian-netbook 4.3-0.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64 #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Debian 4.3-2 (2015-11-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux

efraim@debian-netbook:~$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1
sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone: No such file or directory
(this kernel does allow running VMs as user, which makes it nice)

efraim@debian-netbook:~$ guix --version
guix (GNU Guix) 0.9.0

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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 29 Nov 2015 22:20
(name . Efraim Flashner)(address . efraim@flashner.co.il)
87k2p0fqou.fsf@gnu.org
Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

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> When trying to run `guix environment foo --container` I don't get a container
> with a new shell or any useful information, it just thinks about it for a
> while and then returns to the command prompt, allowing me to enter another
> command.
>
> efraim@debian-netbook:~$ strace -f -o log guix environment vim --container ; echo $?
> 1

The failure is:

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21228 mount("none", "/tmp/guix-directory.5sVcGc//dev/pts", "devpts", MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC, "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=6"...) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
21228 exit_group(1) = ?

The problem may be that the kernel does not support
CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES. Could you check that in
/proc/config.gz or similar?

The other problem is that there’s no error reporting, which doubles user
frustration. David, could you look into it? :-)

Ludo’.
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Efraim Flashner wrote on 30 Nov 2015 07:50
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)
20151130085032.4b9c127e@debian-netbook
On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:20:33 +0100
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:

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> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
>
> [...]
>
> The failure is:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> 21228 mount("none", "/tmp/guix-directory.5sVcGc//dev/pts", "devpts", MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC, "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=6"...) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
> 21228 exit_group(1) = ?
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The problem may be that the kernel does not support
> CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES. Could you check that in
> /proc/config.gz or similar?

# CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES is not set

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>
> The other problem is that there’s no error reporting, which doubles user
> frustration. David, could you look into it? :-)
>
> Ludo’.



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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 30 Nov 2015 13:22
(name . Efraim Flashner)(address . efraim@flashner.co.il)
8737vnekxh.fsf@gnu.org
Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

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> On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:20:33 +0100
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
>
>> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> The failure is:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> 21228 mount("none", "/tmp/guix-directory.5sVcGc//dev/pts", "devpts", MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC, "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=6"...) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
>> 21228 exit_group(1) = ?
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> The problem may be that the kernel does not support
>> CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES. Could you check that in
>> /proc/config.gz or similar?
>
> # CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES is not set

QED. :-) However, the daemon needs it too. Don’t you have problems
with guix-daemon as well, when building things locally on that machine?

Ludo’.
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Efraim Flashner wrote on 30 Nov 2015 13:44
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)
20151130144413.73383d40@debian-netbook
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:22:34 +0100
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:

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> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
>
> > On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:20:33 +0100
> > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> >
> >> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> The failure is:
> >>
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >> 21228 mount("none", "/tmp/guix-directory.5sVcGc//dev/pts", "devpts", MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC, "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=6"...) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
> >> 21228 exit_group(1) = ?
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >>
> >> The problem may be that the kernel does not support
> >> CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES. Could you check that in
> >> /proc/config.gz or similar?
> >
> > # CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES is not set
>
> QED. :-) However, the daemon needs it too. Don’t you have problems
> with guix-daemon as well, when building things locally on that machine?
>
> Ludo’.

Not at all, I've been building things all day. Is this the type of thing that
would control if there were multiple concurrent build processes? I've only
ever built things consecutively (not including make -j2). Without changing
settings, should I be building two packages concurrently, or building one and
downloading substitutes at the same time?

efraim@debian-netbook:~$ systemctl status guix-daemon.service
? guix-daemon.service - Guix daemon builds packges, installs them, and runs garbage collection.
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2015-11-28 21:36:22 IST; 1 day 17h ago
Main PID: 810 (guix-daemon)
CGroup: /system.slice/guix-daemon.service
??810 /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guix-builder

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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 30 Nov 2015 13:51
(name . Efraim Flashner)(address . efraim@flashner.co.il)
87lh9fbqgv.fsf@gnu.org
Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

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> On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:22:34 +0100
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
>
>> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
>>
>> > On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:20:33 +0100
>> > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
>> >
>> >> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
>> >>
>> >> [...]
>> >>
>> >> The failure is:
>> >>
>> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> >> 21228 mount("none", "/tmp/guix-directory.5sVcGc//dev/pts", "devpts", MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC, "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=6"...) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
>> >> 21228 exit_group(1) = ?
>> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> >>
>> >> The problem may be that the kernel does not support
>> >> CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES. Could you check that in
>> >> /proc/config.gz or similar?
>> >
>> > # CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES is not set
>>
>> QED. :-) However, the daemon needs it too. Don’t you have problems
>> with guix-daemon as well, when building things locally on that machine?
>>
>> Ludo’.
>
> Not at all, I've been building things all day.

I’ve realized that the daemon has a fallback case for this situation, in
libstore/build.cc:

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/* Mount a new devpts on /dev/pts. Note that this
requires the kernel to be compiled with
CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y (which is the case
if /dev/ptx/ptmx exists). */
if (pathExists("/dev/pts/ptmx") &&
!pathExists(chrootRootDir + "/dev/ptmx")
&& dirsInChroot.find("/dev/pts") == dirsInChroot.end())
{
if (mount("none", (chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts").c_str(), "devpts", 0, "newinstance,mode=0620") == -1)
throw SysError("mounting /dev/pts");
createSymlink("/dev/pts/ptmx", chrootRootDir + "/dev/ptmx");

/* Make sure /dev/pts/ptmx is world-writable. With some
Linux versions, it is created with permissions 0. */
chmod_(chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts/ptmx", 0666);
}

David, should we do something similar?

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 28 Feb 2016 19:00
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retitle 22053 'call-with-container' fails when CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES is not set
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