core: add [State|Runtime|Cache|Logs]Directory symlink as second parameter

When combined with a tmpfs on /run or /var/lib, allows to create
arbitrary and ephemeral symlinks for StateDirectory or RuntimeDirectory.
This is especially useful when sharing these directories between
different services, to make the same state/runtime directory 'backend'
appear as different names to each service, so that they can be added/removed
to a sharing agreement transparently, without code changes.

An example (simplified, but real) use case:

foo.service:
StateDirectory=foo

bar.service:
StateDirectory=bar

foo.service.d/shared.conf:
StateDirectory=
StateDirectory=shared:foo

bar.service.d/shared.conf:
StateDirectory=
StateDirectory=shared:bar

foo and bar use respectively /var/lib/foo and /var/lib/bar. Then
the orchestration layer decides to stop this sharing, the drop-in
can be removed. The services won't need any update and will keep
working and being able to store state, transparently.

To keep backward compatibility, new DBUS messages are added.
This commit is contained in:
Luca Boccassi
2021-10-28 10:47:46 +01:00
parent df61e79a5d
commit 211a3d87fb
11 changed files with 713 additions and 157 deletions
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@@ -1773,6 +1773,24 @@ static int print_property(const char *name, const char *expected_value, sd_bus_m
if (r < 0)
return bus_log_parse_error(r);
return 1;
} else if (STR_IN_SET(name, "StateDirectorySymlink", "RuntimeDirectorySymlink", "CacheDirectorySymlink", "LogsDirectorySymlink")) {
const char *a, *p;
uint64_t symlink_flags;
r = sd_bus_message_enter_container(m, SD_BUS_TYPE_ARRAY, "(sst)");
if (r < 0)
return bus_log_parse_error(r);
while ((r = sd_bus_message_read(m, "(sst)", &a, &p, &symlink_flags)) > 0)
bus_print_property_valuef(name, expected_value, flags, "%s:%s", a, p);
if (r < 0)
return bus_log_parse_error(r);
r = sd_bus_message_exit_container(m);
if (r < 0)
return bus_log_parse_error(r);
return 1;
}