# Class for generation of overlayfs mount units # # It's often desired in Embedded System design to have a read-only rootfs. # But a lot of different applications might want to have a read-write access to # some parts of a filesystem. It can be especially useful when your update mechanism # overwrites the whole rootfs, but you want your application data to be preserved # between updates. This class provides a way to achieve that by means # of overlayfs and at the same time keeping the base rootfs read-only. # # Usage example. # # Set a mount point for a partition overlayfs is going to use as upper layer # in your machine configuration. Underlying file system can be anything that # is supported by overlayfs. This has to be done in your machine configuration. # QA check fails to catch file existence if you redefine this variable in your recipe! # # OVERLAYFS_MOUNT_POINT[data] ?= "/data" # # The class assumes you have a data.mount systemd unit defined in your # systemd-machine-units recipe and installed to the image. # # Then you can specify writable directories on a recipe base # # OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS[data] = "/usr/share/my-custom-application" # # To support several mount points you can use a different variable flag. Assume we # want to have a writable location on the file system, but not interested where the data # survive a reboot. Then we could have a mnt-overlay.mount unit for a tmpfs file system: # # OVERLAYFS_MOUNT_POINT[mnt-overlay] = "/mnt/overlay" # OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS[mnt-overlay] = "/usr/share/another-application" # # Note: the class does not support /etc directory itself, because systemd depends on it REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES += "systemd overlayfs" inherit systemd features_check python do_create_overlayfs_units() { CreateDirsUnitTemplate = """[Unit] Description=Overlayfs directories setup Requires={DATA_MOUNT_UNIT} After={DATA_MOUNT_UNIT} DefaultDependencies=no [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=mkdir -p {DATA_MOUNT_POINT}/workdir{LOWERDIR} && mkdir -p {DATA_MOUNT_POINT}/upper{LOWERDIR} RemainAfterExit=true StandardOutput=journal [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target """ MountUnitTemplate = """[Unit] Description=Overlayfs mount unit Requires={CREATE_DIRS_SERVICE} After={CREATE_DIRS_SERVICE} [Mount] What=overlay Where={LOWERDIR} Type=overlay Options=lowerdir={LOWERDIR},upperdir={DATA_MOUNT_POINT}/upper{LOWERDIR},workdir={DATA_MOUNT_POINT}/workdir{LOWERDIR} [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target """ def prepareUnits(data, lower): from oe.overlayfs import mountUnitName, helperUnitName args = { 'DATA_MOUNT_POINT': data, 'DATA_MOUNT_UNIT': mountUnitName(data), 'CREATE_DIRS_SERVICE': helperUnitName(lower), 'LOWERDIR': lower, } with open(os.path.join(d.getVar('WORKDIR'), mountUnitName(lower)), 'w') as f: f.write(MountUnitTemplate.format(**args)) with open(os.path.join(d.getVar('WORKDIR'), helperUnitName(lower)), 'w') as f: f.write(CreateDirsUnitTemplate.format(**args)) overlayMountPoints = d.getVarFlags("OVERLAYFS_MOUNT_POINT") for mountPoint in overlayMountPoints: for lower in d.getVarFlag('OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS', mountPoint).split(): prepareUnits(d.getVarFlag('OVERLAYFS_MOUNT_POINT', mountPoint), lower) } # we need to generate file names early during parsing stage python () { from oe.overlayfs import strForBash, unitFileList unitList = unitFileList(d) for unit in unitList: d.appendVar('SYSTEMD_SERVICE:' + d.getVar('PN'), ' ' + unit); d.appendVar('FILES:' + d.getVar('PN'), ' ' + strForBash(unit)) d.setVar('OVERLAYFS_UNIT_LIST', ' '.join([strForBash(s) for s in unitList])) } do_install:append() { install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir} for unit in ${OVERLAYFS_UNIT_LIST}; do install -m 0444 ${WORKDIR}/${unit} ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir} done } addtask create_overlayfs_units before do_install