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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-02-06 23:45:00 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-02-07 00:08:10 +0100
commitc90db25f4cf1f98f3f4f3af38d175a14ffb8c32a (patch)
treef419dee5d3df1f967312db49d373b44a49e93d48 /gnu/build
parentb9a5efa59673dc9061714a9b0b15b43696bfd38c (diff)
downloadguix-c90db25f4cf1f98f3f4f3af38d175a14ffb8c32a.tar.gz
linux-container: Add 'container-excursion*'.
* gnu/build/linux-container.scm (container-excursion*): New procedure.
* tests/containers.scm ("container-excursion*")
("container-excursion*, same namespaces"): New tests.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/build')
-rw-r--r--gnu/build/linux-container.scm22
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
index dd56a79232..95bfd92dde 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@
             %namespaces
             run-container
             call-with-container
-            container-excursion))
+            container-excursion
+            container-excursion*))
 
 (define (user-namespace-supported?)
   "Return #t if user namespaces are supported on this system."
@@ -326,3 +328,21 @@ return the exit status."
      (match (waitpid pid)
        ((_ . status)
         (status:exit-val status))))))
+
+(define (container-excursion* pid thunk)
+  "Like 'container-excursion', but return the return value of THUNK."
+  (match (pipe)
+    ((in . out)
+     (match (container-excursion pid
+              (lambda ()
+                (close-port in)
+                (write (thunk) out)))
+       (0
+        (close-port out)
+        (let ((result (read in)))
+          (close-port in)
+          result))
+       (_                                         ;maybe PID died already
+        (close-port out)
+        (close-port in)
+        #f)))))