diff --git a/guix/build/syscalls.scm b/guix/build/syscalls.scm index 42232fc7f1..cf09cae3a4 100644 --- a/guix/build/syscalls.scm +++ b/guix/build/syscalls.scm @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ CLONE_NEWPID CLONE_NEWNET clone + unshare setns kexec-load-file @@ -1213,6 +1214,23 @@ are shared between the parent and child processes." (list err)) ret))))) +(define unshare + (let ((proc (syscall->procedure int "unshare" (list int)))) + (lambda (flags) + "Disassociate the current process from parts of its execution context +according to FLAGS, which must be a logical or of CLONE_NEW* constants. + +Note that CLONE_NEWUSER requires that the calling process be single-threaded, +which is possible if and only if libgc is running a single marker thread; this +can be achieved by setting the GC_MARKERS environment variable to 1. If the +calling process is multi-threaded, this throws to 'system-error' with EINVAL." + (let-values (((ret err) + (without-automatic-finalization (proc flags)))) + (unless (zero? ret) + (throw 'system-error "unshare" "~a: ~A" + (list flags (strerror err)) + (list err))))))) + (define setns ;; Some systems may be using an old (pre-2.14) version of glibc where there ;; is no 'setns' function available. diff --git a/tests/syscalls.scm b/tests/syscalls.scm index d2848879d7..879c3e4f25 100644 --- a/tests/syscalls.scm +++ b/tests/syscalls.scm @@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ ((_ . status) (= 42 (status:exit-val status)))))))) +(test-equal "unshare" + EPERM + ;; Unless running as root, (unshare CLONE_NEWNS) returns EPERM. + (catch 'system-error + (lambda () + (unshare CLONE_NEWNS)) + (lambda args + (system-error-errno args)))) + (unless perform-container-tests? (test-skip 1)) (test-assert "setns"