fix handling of static/volume dir

The processing and setting of the static and volume directories was
scattered across the code base (including c/common) leading to subtle
errors that surfaced in #19938.

There were multiple issues that I try to summarize below:

 - c/common loaded the graphroot from c/storage to set the defaults for
   static and volume dir.  That ignored Podman's --root flag and
   surfaced in #19938 and other bugs.  c/common does not set the
   defaults anymore which gives Podman the ability to detect when the
   user/admin configured a custom directory (not empty value).

 - When parsing the CLI, Podman (ab)uses containers.conf structures to
   set the defaults but also to override them in case the user specified
   a flag.  The --root flag overrode the static dir which is wrong and
   broke a couple of use cases.  Now there is a dedicated field for in
   the "PodmanConfig" which also includes a containers.conf struct.

 - The defaults for static and volume dir and now being set correctly
   and adhere to --root.

 - The CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE env variable has not been passed to the
   cleanup process.  I believe that _all_ env variables should be passed
   to conmon to avoid such subtle bugs.

Overall I find that the code and logic is scattered and hard to
understand and follow.  I refrained from larger refactorings as I really
just want to get #19938 fixed and then go back to other priorities.

containers/common#1659 broke three pkg/machine
tests.  Those have been commented out until getting fixed.

Fixes: #19938
Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg <[email protected]>

cmd/podman/root.go

@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ func rootFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, podmanConfig *entities.PodmanConfig) {
 		_ = pFlags.MarkHidden(networkBackendFlagName)
 
 		rootFlagName := "root"
-		pFlags.StringVar(&podmanConfig.ContainersConf.Engine.StaticDir, rootFlagName, podmanConfig.ContainersConfDefaultsRO.Engine.StaticDir, "Path to the root directory in which data, including images, is stored")
+		pFlags.StringVar(&podmanConfig.GraphRoot, rootFlagName, "", "Path to the graph root directory where images, containers, etc. are stored")
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(rootFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
 
 		pFlags.StringVar(&podmanConfig.RegistriesConf, "registries-conf", "", "Path to a registries.conf to use for image processing")

go.mod

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.1.2
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.3.0
 	github.com/containers/buildah v1.32.0
-	github.com/containers/common v0.56.1-0.20230920191016-f4e726d4b162
+	github.com/containers/common v0.56.1-0.20230922104122-56ed984ea383
 	github.com/containers/conmon v2.0.20+incompatible
 	github.com/containers/gvisor-tap-vsock v0.7.1-0.20230922151156-97028a6a6d6a
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.28.0

go.sum

@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.3.0 h1:QVNXMT6XloyMUoO2wUOqWTC1hWFV62Q
 github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Pc2wcedTQQCVuROOOaLBPPxrEXqqXBFt3cZ+/yVg6l0=
 github.com/containers/buildah v1.32.0 h1:uz5Rcf7lGeStj7iPTBgO4UdhQYZqMMzyt9suDf16k1k=
 github.com/containers/buildah v1.32.0/go.mod h1:sN3rA3DbnqekNz3bNdkqWduuirYDuMs54LUCOZOomBE=
-github.com/containers/common v0.56.1-0.20230920191016-f4e726d4b162 h1:94djwIUmnWY9tzQmbMsZ58Kpjg2vx1e0R1HfpTYDkMM=
-github.com/containers/common v0.56.1-0.20230920191016-f4e726d4b162/go.mod h1:ABFEglmyt48WWWQv80kGhitfbVfR1Br35wk3gBQdrIk=
+github.com/containers/common v0.56.1-0.20230922104122-56ed984ea383 h1:+SPOIY+DIO5nExB66n9aVWZi/yzcLpks6Ys4IwVxOLY=
+github.com/containers/common v0.56.1-0.20230922104122-56ed984ea383/go.mod h1:ABFEglmyt48WWWQv80kGhitfbVfR1Br35wk3gBQdrIk=
 github.com/containers/conmon v2.0.20+incompatible h1:YbCVSFSCqFjjVwHTPINGdMX1F6JXHGTUje2ZYobNrkg=
 github.com/containers/conmon v2.0.20+incompatible/go.mod h1:hgwZ2mtuDrppv78a/cOBNiCm6O0UMWGx1mu7P00nu5I=
 github.com/containers/gvisor-tap-vsock v0.7.1-0.20230922151156-97028a6a6d6a h1:AytlbDLdlu6fZxulV3sHrXYQpQpkipNCZA6LGwcL37M=

libpod/oci_conmon_common.go

@@ -1328,6 +1328,9 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) configureConmonEnv(runtimeDir string) []string {
 	if conf, ok := os.LookupEnv("CONTAINERS_CONF"); ok {
 		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("CONTAINERS_CONF=%s", conf))
 	}
+	if conf, ok := os.LookupEnv("CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE"); ok {
+		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE=%s", conf))
+	}
 	if conf, ok := os.LookupEnv("CONTAINERS_HELPER_BINARY_DIR"); ok {
 		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("CONTAINERS_HELPER_BINARY_DIR=%s", conf))
 	}

libpod/options.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -52,17 +51,6 @@ func WithStorageConfig(config storage.StoreOptions) RuntimeOption {
 		if config.GraphRoot != "" {
 			rt.storageConfig.GraphRoot = config.GraphRoot
 			rt.storageSet.GraphRootSet = true
-
-			// Also set libpod static dir, so we are a subdirectory
-			// of the c/storage store by default
-			rt.config.Engine.StaticDir = filepath.Join(config.GraphRoot, "libpod")
-			rt.storageSet.StaticDirSet = true
-
-			// Also set libpod volume path, so we are a subdirectory
-			// of the c/storage store by default
-			rt.config.Engine.VolumePath = filepath.Join(config.GraphRoot, "volumes")
-			rt.storageSet.VolumePathSet = true
-
 			setField = true
 		}
 
@@ -270,7 +258,6 @@ func WithStaticDir(dir string) RuntimeOption {
 		}
 
 		rt.config.Engine.StaticDir = dir
-		rt.config.Engine.StaticDirSet = true
 
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -372,7 +359,6 @@ func WithTmpDir(dir string) RuntimeOption {
 			return define.ErrRuntimeFinalized
 		}
 		rt.config.Engine.TmpDir = dir
-		rt.config.Engine.TmpDirSet = true
 
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -457,7 +443,7 @@ func WithVolumePath(volPath string) RuntimeOption {
 		}
 
 		rt.config.Engine.VolumePath = volPath
-		rt.config.Engine.VolumePathSet = true
+		rt.storageSet.VolumePathSet = true
 
 		return nil
 	}

libpod/runtime.go

@@ -311,11 +311,21 @@ func makeRuntime(runtime *Runtime) (retErr error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot perform system reset while renumbering locks: %w", define.ErrInvalidArg)
 	}
 
+	if runtime.config.Engine.StaticDir == "" {
+		runtime.config.Engine.StaticDir = filepath.Join(runtime.storageConfig.GraphRoot, "libpod")
+		runtime.storageSet.StaticDirSet = true
+	}
+
+	if runtime.config.Engine.VolumePath == "" {
+		runtime.config.Engine.VolumePath = filepath.Join(runtime.storageConfig.GraphRoot, "volumes")
+		runtime.storageSet.VolumePathSet = true
+	}
+
 	// Make the static files directory if it does not exist
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(runtime.config.Engine.StaticDir, 0700); err != nil {
 		// The directory is allowed to exist
 		if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("creating runtime static files directory: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("creating runtime static files directory %q: %w", runtime.config.Engine.StaticDir, err)
 		}
 	}
 

libpod/sqlite_state.go

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ func NewSqliteState(runtime *Runtime) (_ State, defErr error) {
 	basePath := runtime.storageConfig.GraphRoot
 	if runtime.storageConfig.TransientStore {
 		basePath = runtime.storageConfig.RunRoot
+	} else if !runtime.storageSet.StaticDirSet {
+		basePath = runtime.config.Engine.StaticDir
 	}
 
 	// c/storage is set up *after* the DB - so even though we use the c/s

pkg/domain/entities/engine.go

@@ -58,4 +58,5 @@ type PodmanConfig struct {
 	SSHMode        string
 	MachineMode    bool
 	TransientStore bool
+	GraphRoot      string
 }

pkg/domain/infra/runtime_libpod.go

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func getRuntime(ctx context.Context, fs *flag.FlagSet, opts *engineOpts) (*libpo
 
 	if fs.Changed("root") {
 		storageSet = true
-		storageOpts.GraphRoot = cfg.ContainersConf.Engine.StaticDir
+		storageOpts.GraphRoot = cfg.GraphRoot
 		storageOpts.GraphDriverOptions = []string{}
 	}
 	if fs.Changed("runroot") {
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ func getRuntime(ctx context.Context, fs *flag.FlagSet, opts *engineOpts) (*libpo
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithSyslog())
 	}
 
+	if opts.config.ContainersConfDefaultsRO.Engine.StaticDir != "" {
+		options = append(options, libpod.WithStaticDir(opts.config.ContainersConfDefaultsRO.Engine.StaticDir))
+	}
+
 	// TODO flag to set CNI plugins dir?
 
 	if !opts.withFDS {

test/system/030-run.bats

@@ -1216,6 +1216,29 @@ EOF
     run_podman rm -f -t0 $ctr
 }
 
+@test "podman run - custom static_dir" {
+    # regression test for #19938 to make sure the cleanup process uses the same
+    # static_dir and writes the exit code.  If not, podman-run will run into
+    # it's 20 sec timeout waiting for the exit code to be written.
+
+    skip_if_remote "CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE redirect does not work on remote"
+    containersconf=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/containers.conf
+    static_dir=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/static_dir
+cat >$containersconf <<EOF
+[engine]
+static_dir="$static_dir"
+EOF
+    ctr=$(random_string)
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE=$containersconf PODMAN_TIMEOUT=20 run_podman run --name=$ctr $IMAGE true
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE=$containersconf PODMAN_TIMEOUT=20 run_podman inspect --format "{{.ID}}" $ctr
+    cid="$output"
+    # Since the container has been run with custom static_dir (where the libpod
+    # DB is stored), the default podman should not see it.
+    run_podman 1 container exists $ctr
+    run_podman 1 container exists $cid
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE=$containersconf run_podman rm -f -t0 $ctr
+}
+
 @test "podman --authfile=nonexistent-path" {
     # List of commands to be tested. These all share a common authfile check.
     #

vendor/modules.txt

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/sshagent
 github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/util
 github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/volumes
 github.com/containers/buildah/util
-# github.com/containers/common v0.56.1-0.20230920191016-f4e726d4b162
+# github.com/containers/common v0.56.1-0.20230922104122-56ed984ea383
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/containers/common/libimage
 github.com/containers/common/libimage/define