# Builds an ext4 image containing a populated /nix/store with the closure # of store paths passed in the storePaths parameter. The generated image # is sized to only fit its contents, with the expectation that a script # resizes the filesystem at boot time. { pkgs , storePaths , volumeLabel , uuid ? "44444444-4444-4444-8888-888888888888" , e2fsprogs , libfaketime , perl , lkl }: let sdClosureInfo = pkgs.buildPackages.closureInfo { rootPaths = storePaths; }; in pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation { name = "ext4-fs.img"; nativeBuildInputs = [e2fsprogs.bin libfaketime perl lkl]; buildCommand = '' # Add the closures of the top-level store objects. storePaths=$(cat ${sdClosureInfo}/store-paths) # Make a crude approximation of the size of the target image. # If the script starts failing, increase the fudge factors here. numInodes=$(find $storePaths | wc -l) numDataBlocks=$(du -c -B 4096 --apparent-size $storePaths | awk '$2 == "total" { print int($1 * 1.03) }') bytes=$((2 * 4096 * $numInodes + 4096 * $numDataBlocks)) echo "Creating an EXT4 image of $bytes bytes (numInodes=$numInodes, numDataBlocks=$numDataBlocks)" truncate -s $bytes $out faketime -f "1970-01-01 00:00:01" mkfs.ext4 -L ${volumeLabel} -U ${uuid} $out # Also include a manifest of the closures in a format suitable for nix-store --load-db. cp ${sdClosureInfo}/registration nix-path-registration cptofs -t ext4 -i $out nix-path-registration / # Create nix/store before copying paths faketime -f "1970-01-01 00:00:01" mkdir -p nix/store cptofs -t ext4 -i $out nix / echo "copying store paths to image..." cptofs -t ext4 -i $out $storePaths /nix/store/ # I have ended up with corrupted images sometimes, I suspect that happens when the build machine's disk gets full during the build. if ! fsck.ext4 -n -f $out; then echo "--- Fsck failed for EXT4 image of $bytes bytes (numInodes=$numInodes, numDataBlocks=$numDataBlocks) ---" cat errorlog return 1 fi ( # Resizes **snugly** to its actual limits (or closer to) free=$(dumpe2fs $out | grep '^Free blocks:') blocksize=$(dumpe2fs $out | grep '^Block size:') blocks=$(dumpe2fs $out | grep '^Block count:') blocks=$((''${blocks##*:})) # format the number. blocksize=$((''${blocksize##*:})) # format the number. # System can't boot with 0 blocks free. # Add 16MiB of free space fudge=$(( 16 * 1024 * 1024 / blocksize )) size=$(( blocks - ''${free##*:} + fudge )) echo "Resizing from $blocks blocks to $size blocks. (~ $((size*blocksize/1024/1024))MiB)" EXT2FS_NO_MTAB_OK=yes resize2fs $out -f $size ) # And a final fsck, because of the previous truncating. fsck.ext4 -n -f $out ''; }