nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option.sh
Maximilian Bosch 6f72b63601
nixos/nixos-option: don't abort in case of evaluation errors
When running e.g. `nixos-option boot.kernelPackages` I get an output
like this on the current unstable channel (18.09pre144959.be1461fc0ab):

```
$ nixos-option boot.kernelPackages
Value:
*exit 1*
```

This is fairly counter-intuitive as I have no clue what might went
wrong. `strace` delivers an output like this:

```
read(3, "error: Package \342\200\230cryptodev-linu"..., 128) = 128
read(3, "ux/cryptodev/default.nix:22 is m"..., 128) = 128
read(3, "lowBroken = true; }\nin configura"..., 128) = 128
read(3, "you can add\n  { allowBroken = tr"..., 128) = 128
read(3, "n)\n", 128)                    = 3
read(3, "", 128)                        = 0
```

`nixos-option` evaluates the system config using `nix-instantiate` which
might break when the evaluation fails (e.g. due to broken or unfree
packages that are prohibited to evaluate by default). The script aborts
due to the shebang `@shell@ -e`.

In order to ensure that no unexpected
behavior occurs due to removing `-e` from the interpreter the easiest
way to work around this was to wrap `nix-instantiate` in `evalNix()`
with a `set +e`. The function checks the success of the evaluation with
`$?` in the end. Additionally `evalNix` shouldn't break, if one
evaluation (e.g. the values that contain a package set by default) to
return additional information like a description.

With the change `nixos-option boot.kernelPackages` delivers the
following output for me:

```
Value:
error: Package ‘cryptodev-linux-1.9-4.14.52’ in /nix/store/47z2s8cwppymmgzw6n7pbcashikyk5jk-nixos/nixos/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptodev/default.nix:22 is marked as broken, refusing to evaluate.

Default:
{ __unfix__ = <LAMBDA>; acpi_call = <CODE>; amdgpu-pro = <CODE>; ati_drivers_x11 = <CODE>; batman_adv = <CODE>; bbswitch = <CODE>; bcc = <CODE>; beegfs-module = <CODE>; blcr = <CODE>; broadcom_sta = <CODE>; callPackage = <CODE>; cpupower = <CODE>; cryptodev = <CODE>; dpdk = <CODE>; e1000e = <CODE>; ena = <CODE>; evdi = <CODE>; exfat-nofuse = <CODE>; extend = <CODE>; facetimehd = <CODE>; fusionio-vsl = <CODE>; hyperv-daemons = <CODE>; ixgbevf = <CODE>; jool = <CODE>; kernel = <CODE>; lttng-modules = <CODE>; mba6x_bl = <CODE>; mwprocapture = <CODE>; mxu11x0 = <CODE>; ndiswrapper = <CODE>; netatop = <CODE>; nvidiaPackages = <CODE>; nvidia_x11 = <CODE>; nvidia_x11_beta = <CODE>; nvidia_x11_legacy304 = <CODE>; nvidia_x11_legacy340 = <CODE>; nvidiabl = <CODE>; odp-dpdk = <CODE>; openafs = <CODE>; openafs_1_8 = <CODE>; perf = <CODE>; phc-intel = <CODE>; pktgen = <CODE>; ply = <CODE>; prl-tools = <CODE>; recurseForDerivations = true; rtl8192eu = <CODE>; rtl8723bs = <CODE>; rtl8812au = <CODE>; rtl8814au = <CODE>; rtlwifi_new = <CODE>; sch_cake = <CODE>; spl = <CODE>; splLegacyCrypto = <CODE>; splStable = <CODE>; splUnstable = <CODE>; stdenv = <CODE>; sysdig = <CODE>; systemtap = <CODE>; tbs = <CODE>; tmon = <CODE>; tp_smapi = <CODE>; usbip = <CODE>; v4l2loopback = <CODE>; v86d = <CODE>; vhba = <CODE>; virtualbox = <CODE>; virtualboxGuestAdditions = <CODE>; wireguard = <CODE>; x86_energy_perf_policy = <CODE>; zfs = <CODE>; zfsLegacyCrypto = <CODE>; zfsStable = <CODE>; zfsUnstable = <CODE>; }

Example:
{ _type = "literalExample"; text = "pkgs.linuxPackages_2_6_25"; }

Description:

"This option allows you to override the Linux kernel used by\nNixOS. Since things like external kernel module packages are\ntied to the kernel you're using, it also overrides those.\nThis option is a function that takes Nixpkgs as an argument\n(as a convenience), and returns an attribute set containing at\nthe very least an attribute <varname>kernel</varname>.\nAdditional attributes may be needed depending on your\nconfiguration. For instance, if you use the NVIDIA X driver,\nthen it also needs to contain an attribute\n<varname>nvidia_x11</varname>.\n"

Declared by:
  "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix"

Defined by:
  "/home/ma27/Projects/nixos-config/system/boot.nix"
```
2018-07-12 00:37:01 +02:00

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#! @shell@ -e
# FIXME: rewrite this in a more suitable language.
usage () {
exec man nixos-option
exit 1
}
#####################
# Process Arguments #
#####################
xml=false
verbose=false
nixPath=""
option=""
exit_code=0
argfun=""
for arg; do
if test -z "$argfun"; then
case $arg in
-*)
sarg="$arg"
longarg=""
while test "$sarg" != "-"; do
case $sarg in
--*) longarg=$arg; sarg="--";;
-I) argfun="include_nixpath";;
-*) usage;;
esac
# remove the first letter option
sarg="-${sarg#??}"
done
;;
*) longarg=$arg;;
esac
for larg in $longarg; do
case $larg in
--xml) xml=true;;
--verbose) verbose=true;;
--help) usage;;
-*) usage;;
*) if test -z "$option"; then
option="$larg"
else
usage
fi;;
esac
done
else
case $argfun in
set_*)
var=$(echo $argfun | sed 's,^set_,,')
eval $var=$arg
;;
include_nixpath)
nixPath="-I $arg $nixPath"
;;
esac
argfun=""
fi
done
if $verbose; then
set -x
else
set +x
fi
#############################
# Process the configuration #
#############################
evalNix(){
# disable `-e` flag, it's possible that the evaluation of `nix-instantiate` fails (e.g. due to broken pkgs)
set +e
result=$(nix-instantiate ${nixPath:+$nixPath} - --eval-only "$@" 2>&1)
exit_code=$?
set -e
if test $exit_code -eq 0; then
cat <<EOF
$result
EOF
return 0;
else
sed -n '
/^error/ { s/, at (string):[0-9]*:[0-9]*//; p; };
/^warning: Nix search path/ { p; };
' <<EOF
$result
EOF
exit_code=1
fi
}
header="let
nixos = import <nixpkgs/nixos> {};
nixpkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
in with nixpkgs.lib;
"
# This function is used for converting the option definition path given by
# the user into accessors for reaching the definition and the declaration
# corresponding to this option.
generateAccessors(){
if result=$(evalNix --strict --show-trace <<EOF
$header
let
path = "${option:+$option}";
pathList = splitString "." path;
walkOptions = attrsNames: result:
if attrsNames == [] then
result
else
let name = head attrsNames; rest = tail attrsNames; in
if isOption result.options then
walkOptions rest {
options = result.options.type.getSubOptions "";
opt = ''(\${result.opt}.type.getSubOptions "")'';
cfg = ''\${result.cfg}."\${name}"'';
}
else
walkOptions rest {
options = result.options.\${name};
opt = ''\${result.opt}."\${name}"'';
cfg = ''\${result.cfg}."\${name}"'';
}
;
walkResult = (if path == "" then x: x else walkOptions pathList) {
options = nixos.options;
opt = ''nixos.options'';
cfg = ''nixos.config'';
};
in
''let option = \${walkResult.opt}; config = \${walkResult.cfg}; in''
EOF
)
then
echo $result
else
# In case of error we want to ignore the error message roduced by the
# script above, as it is iterating over each attribute, which does not
# produce a nice error message. The following code is a fallback
# solution which is cause a nicer error message in the next
# evaluation.
echo "\"let option = nixos.options${option:+.$option}; config = nixos.config${option:+.$option}; in\""
fi
}
header="$header
$(eval echo $(generateAccessors))
"
evalAttr(){
local prefix="$1"
local strict="$2"
local suffix="$3"
# If strict is set, then set it to "true".
test -n "$strict" && strict=true
evalNix ${strict:+--strict} <<EOF
$header
let
value = $prefix${suffix:+.$suffix};
strict = ${strict:-false};
cleanOutput = x: with nixpkgs.lib;
if isDerivation x then x.outPath
else if isFunction x then "<CODE>"
else if strict then
if isAttrs x then mapAttrs (n: cleanOutput) x
else if isList x then map cleanOutput x
else x
else x;
in
cleanOutput value
EOF
}
evalOpt(){
evalAttr "option" "" "$@"
}
evalCfg(){
local strict="$1"
evalAttr "config" "$strict"
}
findSources(){
local suffix=$1
evalNix --strict <<EOF
$header
option.$suffix
EOF
}
# Given a result from nix-instantiate, recover the list of attributes it
# contains.
attrNames() {
local attributeset=$1
# sed is used to replace un-printable subset by 0s, and to remove most of
# the inner-attribute set, which reduce the likelyhood to encounter badly
# pre-processed input.
echo "builtins.attrNames $attributeset" | \
sed 's,<[A-Z]*>,0,g; :inner; s/{[^\{\}]*};/0;/g; t inner;' | \
evalNix --strict
}
# map a simple list which contains strings or paths.
nixMap() {
local fun="$1"
local list="$2"
local elem
for elem in $list; do
test $elem = '[' -o $elem = ']' && continue;
$fun $elem
done
}
# This duplicates the work made below, but it is useful for processing
# the output of nixos-option with other tools such as nixos-gui.
if $xml; then
evalNix --xml --no-location <<EOF
$header
let
sources = builtins.map (f: f.source);
opt = option;
cfg = config;
in
with nixpkgs.lib;
let
optStrict = v:
let
traverse = x :
if isAttrs x then
if x ? outPath then true
else all id (mapAttrsFlatten (n: traverseNoAttrs) x)
else traverseNoAttrs x;
traverseNoAttrs = x:
# do not continue in attribute sets
if isAttrs x then true
else if isList x then all id (map traverse x)
else true;
in assert traverse v; v;
in
if isOption opt then
optStrict ({}
// optionalAttrs (opt ? default) { inherit (opt) default; }
// optionalAttrs (opt ? example) { inherit (opt) example; }
// optionalAttrs (opt ? description) { inherit (opt) description; }
// optionalAttrs (opt ? type) { typename = opt.type.description; }
// optionalAttrs (opt ? options) { inherit (opt) options; }
// {
# to disambiguate the xml output.
_isOption = true;
declarations = sources opt.declarations;
definitions = sources opt.definitions;
value = cfg;
})
else
opt
EOF
exit $?
fi
if test "$(evalOpt "_type" 2> /dev/null)" = '"option"'; then
echo "Value:"
evalCfg 1
echo
echo "Default:"
if default=$(evalOpt "default" - 2> /dev/null); then
echo "$default"
else
echo "<None>"
fi
echo
if example=$(evalOpt "example" - 2> /dev/null); then
echo "Example:"
echo "$example"
echo
fi
echo "Description:"
echo
echo $(evalOpt "description")
echo $desc;
printPath () { echo " $1"; }
echo "Declared by:"
nixMap printPath "$(findSources "declarations")"
echo
echo "Defined by:"
nixMap printPath "$(findSources "files")"
echo
else
# echo 1>&2 "Warning: This value is not an option."
result=$(evalCfg "")
if names=$(attrNames "$result" 2> /dev/null); then
echo 1>&2 "This attribute set contains:"
escapeQuotes () { eval echo "$1"; }
nixMap escapeQuotes "$names"
else
echo 1>&2 "An error occurred while looking for attribute names."
echo $result
fi
fi
exit $exit_code