Create disk images without root

`mke2fs` has a `-d` option that allows to populate the newly created filesystem without needing to temporarily mount it. That allows to use `parted` and `mkfs.ext3` on regular files without needing root access.
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Eduardo Sánchez Muñoz 2023-12-28 14:04:41 +01:00 committed by fosslinux
parent 67aa2a4826
commit 679f73bbf1
3 changed files with 26 additions and 63 deletions

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@ -59,26 +59,16 @@ class Generator():
# argument matrix ... or we could just use ext3 instead which
# is effectively universally the same
if kernel_bootstrap:
init_path = os.path.join(self.target_dir, 'init')
self.target_dir = os.path.join(self.target_dir, 'init')
os.mkdir(self.target_dir)
os.mkdir(init_path)
self.target_dir = init_path
if self.repo_path or self.external_sources:
target.add_disk("external", filesystem="ext3")
target.mount_disk("external", "external")
else:
if not self.repo_path and not self.external_sources:
self.external_dir = os.path.join(self.target_dir, 'external')
elif using_kernel:
self.target_dir = os.path.join(self.target_dir, 'disk')
target.add_disk("disk",
filesystem="ext3",
size=(str(target_size) + "M") if target_size else "16G",
bootable=True)
target.mount_disk("disk", "disk")
self.external_dir = os.path.join(self.target_dir, 'external')
os.makedirs(self.external_dir, exist_ok=True)
os.makedirs(self.external_dir)
if self.early_preseed:
# Extract tar containing preseed
@ -103,10 +93,16 @@ class Generator():
if kernel_bootstrap:
self.create_builder_hex0_disk_image(self.target_dir + '.img', target_size)
if kernel_bootstrap and (self.external_sources or self.repo_path):
target.umount_disk('external')
if self.repo_path or self.external_sources:
mkfs_args = ['-d', os.path.join(target.path, 'external')]
target.add_disk("external", filesystem="ext3", mkfs_args=mkfs_args)
elif using_kernel:
target.umount_disk('disk')
mkfs_args = ['-d', os.path.join(target.path, 'disk')]
target.add_disk("disk",
filesystem="ext3",
size=(str(target_size) + "M") if target_size else "16G",
bootable=True,
mkfs_args=mkfs_args)
def steps(self):
"""Copy in steps."""

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@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ Contains a class that represents a target directory
"""
import enum
import getpass
import os
from lib.utils import mount, umount, create_disk, run_as_root
from lib.utils import mount, create_disk
class TargetType(enum.Enum):
"""Different types of target dirs we can have"""
@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ class Target:
"""
_disks = {}
_disk_filesystems = {}
_mountpoints = {}
def __init__(self, path="target"):
@ -34,15 +32,6 @@ class Target:
if not os.path.exists(self.path):
os.mkdir(self.path)
def __del__(self):
for path in self._mountpoints:
print(f"Unmounting {path}")
umount(path)
for disk in self._disks.values():
print(f"Detaching {disk}")
run_as_root("losetup", "-d", disk)
def tmpfs(self, size="8G"):
"""Mount a tmpfs"""
print(f"Mounting tmpfs on {self.path}")
@ -59,32 +48,13 @@ class Target:
mkfs_args=None):
"""Add a disk"""
disk_path = os.path.join(self.path, f"{name}.img")
self._disks[name] = create_disk(disk_path,
tabletype,
filesystem,
size,
bootable,
mkfs_args)
self._disk_filesystems[name] = filesystem
# Allow executing user to access it
run_as_root("chown", getpass.getuser(), self._disks[name])
def mount_disk(self, name, mountpoint=None):
"""Mount the disk"""
if mountpoint is None:
mountpoint = f"{name}_mnt"
mountpoint = os.path.join(self.path, mountpoint)
os.mkdir(mountpoint)
mount(self._disks[name] + "p1", mountpoint, self._disk_filesystems[name])
# Allow executing user to access it
run_as_root("chown", getpass.getuser(), mountpoint)
self._mountpoints[name] = mountpoint
return mountpoint
def umount_disk(self, name):
"""Unmount a disk"""
umount(self._mountpoints[name])
del self._mountpoints[name]
create_disk(disk_path,
tabletype,
filesystem,
size,
bootable,
mkfs_args)
self._disks[name] = disk_path
def get_disk(self, name):
"""Get the path to a device of a disk"""

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@ -37,16 +37,13 @@ def create_disk(image, disk_type, fs_type, size, bootable=False, mkfs_args=None)
if mkfs_args is None:
mkfs_args = []
run('truncate', '-s', size, image)
# First find the device we will use, then actually use it
loop_dev = run_as_root('losetup', '-f', capture_output=True).stdout.decode().strip()
run_as_root('losetup', '-P', loop_dev, image)
# Create the partition
if disk_type != "none":
run_as_root('parted', '--script', image, 'mklabel', disk_type, 'mkpart',
'primary', fs_type, '1GiB' if bootable else '1MiB', '100%')
run_as_root('partprobe', loop_dev)
run_as_root('mkfs.' + fs_type, loop_dev + "p1", *mkfs_args)
return loop_dev
# 1 GiB if bootable, 1 MiB otherwise
offset = str(1024 * 1024 * (1024 if bootable else 1))
run('parted', '--script', image, 'mklabel', disk_type, 'mkpart',
'primary', fs_type, offset + 'B', '100%')
run('mkfs.' + fs_type, image, '-E', 'offset=' + offset, *mkfs_args)
def mount(source, target, fs_type, options='', **kwargs):
"""Mount filesystem"""