source-accessor.hh

#pragma once

#include <filesystem>

#include "nix/util/canon-path.hh"
#include "nix/util/hash.hh"
#include "nix/util/ref.hh"

namespace nix {

struct Sink;

/**
 * Note there is a decent chance this type soon goes away because the problem is solved another way.
 * See the discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9985.
 */
enum class SymlinkResolution {
    /**
     * Resolve symlinks in the ancestors only.
     *
     * Only the last component of the result is possibly a symlink.
     */
    Ancestors,

    /**
     * Resolve symlinks fully, realpath(3)-style.
     *
     * No component of the result will be a symlink.
     */
    Full,
};

MakeError(FileNotFound, Error);

/**
 * A read-only filesystem abstraction. This is used by the Nix
 * evaluator and elsewhere for accessing sources in various
 * filesystem-like entities (such as the real filesystem, tarballs or
 * Git repositories).
 */
struct SourceAccessor : std::enable_shared_from_this<SourceAccessor>
{
    const size_t number;

    std::string displayPrefix, displaySuffix;

    SourceAccessor();

    virtual ~SourceAccessor() {}

    /**
     * Return the contents of a file as a string.
     *
     * @note Unlike Unix, this method should *not* follow symlinks. Nix
     * by default wants to manipulate symlinks explicitly, and not
     * implicitly follow them, as they are frequently untrusted user data
     * and thus may point to arbitrary locations. Acting on the targets
     * targets of symlinks should only occasionally be done, and only
     * with care.
     */
    virtual std::string readFile(const CanonPath & path);

    /**
     * Write the contents of a file as a sink. `sizeCallback` must be
     * called with the size of the file before any data is written to
     * the sink.
     *
     * @note Like the other `readFile`, this method should *not* follow
     * symlinks.
     *
     * @note subclasses of `SourceAccessor` need to implement at least
     * one of the `readFile()` variants.
     */
    virtual void
    readFile(const CanonPath & path, Sink & sink, std::function<void(uint64_t)> sizeCallback = [](uint64_t size) {});

    virtual bool pathExists(const CanonPath & path);

    enum Type {
        tRegular,
        tSymlink,
        tDirectory,
        /**
          Any other node types that may be encountered on the file system, such as device nodes, sockets, named pipe,
          and possibly even more exotic things.

          Responsible for `"unknown"` from `builtins.readFileType "/dev/null"`.

          Unlike `DT_UNKNOWN`, this must not be used for deferring the lookup of types.
        */
        tChar,
        tBlock,
        tSocket,
        tFifo,
        tUnknown
    };

    struct Stat
    {
        Type type = tUnknown;

        /**
         * For regular files only: the size of the file. Not all
         * accessors return this since it may be too expensive to
         * compute.
         */
        std::optional<uint64_t> fileSize;

        /**
         * For regular files only: whether this is an executable.
         */
        bool isExecutable = false;

        /**
         * For regular files only: the position of the contents of this
         * file in the NAR. Only returned by NAR accessors.
         */
        std::optional<uint64_t> narOffset;

        bool isNotNARSerialisable();
        std::string typeString();
    };

    virtual Stat lstat(const CanonPath & path);

    virtual std::optional<Stat> maybeLstat(const CanonPath & path) = 0;

    typedef std::optional<Type> DirEntry;

    typedef std::map<std::string, DirEntry> DirEntries;

    /**
     * @note Like `readFile`, this method should *not* follow symlinks.
     */
    virtual DirEntries readDirectory(const CanonPath & path) = 0;

    virtual std::string readLink(const CanonPath & path) = 0;

    virtual void dumpPath(const CanonPath & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter);

    Hash
    hashPath(const CanonPath & path, PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, HashAlgorithm ha = HashAlgorithm::SHA256);

    /**
     * Return a corresponding path in the root filesystem, if
     * possible. This is only possible for filesystems that are
     * materialized in the root filesystem.
     */
    virtual std::optional<std::filesystem::path> getPhysicalPath(const CanonPath & path)
    {
        return std::nullopt;
    }

    bool operator==(const SourceAccessor & x) const
    {
        return number == x.number;
    }

    auto operator<=>(const SourceAccessor & x) const
    {
        return number <=> x.number;
    }

    void setPathDisplay(std::string displayPrefix, std::string displaySuffix = "");

    virtual std::string showPath(const CanonPath & path);

    /**
     * Resolve any symlinks in `path` according to the given
     * resolution mode.
     *
     * @param mode might only be a temporary solution for this.
     * See the discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9985.
     */
    CanonPath resolveSymlinks(const CanonPath & path, SymlinkResolution mode = SymlinkResolution::Full);

    /**
     * A string that uniquely represents the contents of this
     * accessor. This is used for caching lookups (see `fetchToStore()`).
     */
    std::optional<std::string> fingerprint;

    /**
     * Return the fingerprint for `path`. This is usually the
     * fingerprint of the current accessor, but for composite
     * accessors (like `MountedSourceAccessor`), we want to return the
     * fingerprint of the "inner" accessor if the current one lacks a
     * fingerprint.
     *
     * So this method is intended to return the most-outer accessor
     * that has a fingerprint for `path`. It also returns the path that `path`
     * corresponds to in that accessor.
     *
     * For example: in a `MountedSourceAccessor` that has
     * `/nix/store/foo` mounted,
     * `getFingerprint("/nix/store/foo/bar")` will return the path
     * `/bar` and the fingerprint of the `/nix/store/foo` accessor.
     */
    virtual std::pair<CanonPath, std::optional<std::string>> getFingerprint(const CanonPath & path)
    {
        return {path, fingerprint};
    }

    /**
     * Return the maximum last-modified time of the files in this
     * tree, if available.
     */
    virtual std::optional<time_t> getLastModified()
    {
        return std::nullopt;
    }

    /**
     * Invalidate any cached value the accessor may have for the specified path.
     */
    virtual void invalidateCache(const CanonPath & path) {}
};

/**
 * Return a source accessor that contains only an empty root directory.
 */
ref<SourceAccessor> makeEmptySourceAccessor();

/**
 * Exception thrown when accessing a filtered path (see
 * `FilteringSourceAccessor`).
 */
MakeError(RestrictedPathError, Error);

/**
 * Return an accessor for the root filesystem.
 */
ref<SourceAccessor> getFSSourceAccessor();

/**
 * Construct an accessor for the filesystem rooted at `root`. Note
 * that it is not possible to escape `root` by appending `..` path
 * elements, and that absolute symlinks are resolved relative to
 * `root`.
 */
ref<SourceAccessor> makeFSSourceAccessor(std::filesystem::path root);

/**
 * Construct an accessor that presents a "union" view of a vector of
 * underlying accessors. Earlier accessors take precedence over later.
 */
ref<SourceAccessor> makeUnionSourceAccessor(std::vector<ref<SourceAccessor>> && accessors);

} // namespace nix