feat(monitor): add initial support for embedded hyperlight VMM (#140)

Author: imshubham22apr-gif

pkg/unikontainers/hypervisors/hyperlight.go

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2026, Nubificus LTD
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package hypervisors
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/urunc-dev/urunc/pkg/unikontainers/types"
+)
+
+const (
+	HyperlightVmm    VmmType = "hyperlight"
+	HyperlightBinary string  = ""
+)
+
+type Hyperlight struct {
+	binaryPath string
+	binary     string
+}
+
+// Stop kills the hyperlight process
+func (h *Hyperlight) Stop(pid int) error {
+	return killProcess(pid)
+}
+
+// UsesKVM returns a bool value depending on if the monitor uses KVM
+func (h *Hyperlight) UsesKVM() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+// SupportsSharedfs returns a bool value depending on the monitor support for shared-fs
+func (h *Hyperlight) SupportsSharedfs(_ string) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+// Path returns the path to the hyperlight binary.
+func (h *Hyperlight) Path() string {
+	return h.binaryPath
+}
+
+// Ok checks if the hyperlight binary is available.
+// Since hyperlight is embedded, we just return nil.
+func (h *Hyperlight) Ok() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (h *Hyperlight) BuildExecCmd(args types.ExecArgs, _ types.Unikernel) ([]string, error) {
+	// Hyperlight is an embedded VMM, so we just run the unikernel directly.
+	cmdArgs := []string{args.UnikernelPath}
+	if args.Command != "" {
+		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, strings.Split(args.Command, " ")...)
+	}
+	return cmdArgs, nil
+}
+
+// PreExec performs pre-execution setup. Hyperlight has no special pre-exec requirements.
+func (h *Hyperlight) PreExec(_ types.ExecArgs) error {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/unikontainers/hypervisors/hyperlight_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2026, Nubificus LTD
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package hypervisors
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/urunc-dev/urunc/pkg/unikontainers/types"
+)
+
+func TestHyperlightBuildExecCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	h := &Hyperlight{}
+	args := types.ExecArgs{
+		UnikernelPath: "/path/to/unikernel",
+		Command:       "arg1 arg2",
+	}
+
+	cmd, err := h.BuildExecCmd(args, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"/path/to/unikernel", "arg1", "arg2"}, cmd)
+}
+
+func TestHyperlightBuildExecCmdNoArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	h := &Hyperlight{}
+	args := types.ExecArgs{
+		UnikernelPath: "/path/to/unikernel",
+		Command:       "",
+	}
+
+	cmd, err := h.BuildExecCmd(args, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"/path/to/unikernel"}, cmd)
+}

pkg/unikontainers/hypervisors/vmm.go

@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ var vmmFactories = map[VmmType]VMMFactory{
 			return &CloudHypervisor{binary: binary, binaryPath: binaryPath}
 		},
 	},
+	HyperlightVmm: {
+		binary: HyperlightBinary,
+		createFunc: func(binary, binaryPath string, _ bool) types.VMM {
+			return &Hyperlight{binary: binary, binaryPath: binaryPath}
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 func NewVMM(vmmType VmmType, monitors map[string]types.MonitorConfig) (vmm types.VMM, err error) {
@@ -98,6 +104,9 @@ func NewVMM(vmmType VmmType, monitors map[string]types.MonitorConfig) (vmm types
 }
 
 func getVMMPath(vmmType VmmType, binary string, monitors map[string]types.MonitorConfig) (string, error) {
+	if vmmType == HyperlightVmm {
+		return "", nil
+	}
 	if vmmPath := monitors[string(vmmType)].BinaryPath; vmmPath != "" {
 		return vmmPath, nil
 	}