refactor: split main.rs into registry, build, and qemu modules
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main.rs keeps only the CLI definition and command dispatch:
- registry.rs: image-name validation + XDG registry path handling (tests)
- build.rs: podman mount/unmount, vmlinuz extraction, cpio/gzip initrd
- qemu.rs: direct-kernel-boot VM launch

No behavior change; cargo fmt/clippy/test pass, build/run paths
verified against the mock-vm image.
This commit was merged in pull request #5.
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2026-08-26 20:15:16 +00:00
parent 5b80885207
commit 37f537184c
4 changed files with 273 additions and 252 deletions
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//! Build: mount a podman image, extract vmlinuz, and pack the rootfs as a
//! gzipped cpio initrd in the registry.
use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
use std::fs::{self, File};
use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
use crate::registry::registry_dir;
pub(crate) fn build(image: &str) -> Result<()> {
let mount_path = mount_image(image)?;
println!("Mounted at: {}", mount_path.display());
// Keep the build result so the image is unmounted even when the build fails.
let result = build_artifacts(image, &mount_path);
let unmounted = Command::new("podman")
.args(["unshare", "--", "podman", "image", "unmount", image])
.output()
.is_ok_and(|out| out.status.success());
if unmounted {
println!("Unmounted image.");
} else {
eprintln!("warning: failed to unmount image '{}'", image);
}
result
}
fn mount_image(image: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
let output = Command::new("podman")
.args(["unshare", "--", "podman", "image", "mount", image])
.output()
.context("Failed to run podman image mount")?;
let mount_path = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
if !output.status.success() || mount_path.is_empty() {
bail!(
"podman image mount failed: {}",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).trim()
);
}
Ok(PathBuf::from(mount_path))
}
fn build_artifacts(image: &str, mount_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
let mount_path = mount_path.to_str().context("mount path is not UTF-8")?;
let vmlinuz_src = format!("{mount_path}/vmlinuz");
// The rootless overlay mount only exists inside podman unshare's user
// namespace, so every read of the rootfs must run there; pipes still
// cross the namespace boundary.
let has_kernel = Command::new("podman")
.args(["unshare", "--", "test", "-f", &vmlinuz_src])
.status()
.context("Failed to check for /vmlinuz inside the image mount")?;
if !has_kernel.success() {
bail!("Image missing required /vmlinuz. Place kernel at /vmlinuz in Containerfile.");
}
let reg_dir = registry_dir(image)?;
fs::create_dir_all(&reg_dir)?;
println!("Registry: {}", reg_dir.display());
let vmlinuz_dst = reg_dir.join("vmlinuz");
let cp_status = Command::new("podman")
.args([
"unshare",
"--",
"cp",
&vmlinuz_src,
vmlinuz_dst.to_str().context("registry path is not UTF-8")?,
])
.status()
.context("Failed to copy vmlinuz out of the image mount")?;
if !cp_status.success() {
bail!("Failed to copy vmlinuz to registry");
}
println!("Copied vmlinuz -> {}", vmlinuz_dst.display());
// Pack the rootfs as a gzipped newc cpio archive; vmlinuz is excluded
// because QEMU loads the kernel separately via -kernel. The cpio
// pipeline runs inside the namespace, its stdout is compressed here.
let initrd_path = reg_dir.join("initrd");
let script = r#"cd "$1" && find . -not -path ./vmlinuz | cpio -o -H newc"#;
let mut cpio = Command::new("podman")
.args(["unshare", "--", "sh", "-c", script, "sh", mount_path])
.stdout(Stdio::piped())
.spawn()
.context("Failed to spawn the cpio pipeline")?;
let initrd_file = File::create(&initrd_path).context("Failed to create initrd file")?;
let mut encoder = GzEncoder::new(initrd_file, flate2::Compression::default());
let cpio_stdout = cpio.stdout.take().context("cpio stdout was not piped")?;
let copied = std::io::copy(&mut std::io::BufReader::new(cpio_stdout), &mut encoder);
let stream_result = copied
.and_then(move |_| encoder.finish().map(|_| ()))
.context("Failed to write the gzipped initrd");
let cpio_status = cpio
.wait()
.context("Failed to wait for the cpio pipeline")?;
if let Err(e) = stream_result {
let _ = fs::remove_file(&initrd_path);
return Err(e);
}
if !cpio_status.success() {
let _ = fs::remove_file(&initrd_path);
bail!("find/cpio pipeline failed with status {cpio_status}");
}
println!("Created initrd -> {}", initrd_path.display());
Ok(())
}
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use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
mod build;
mod qemu;
mod registry;
use anyhow::Result;
use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
use std::fs::{self, File};
use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
#[command(about = "Build bootable initrd VMs from container images")]
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let cli = Cli::parse();
match cli.command {
Commands::Build { image, _size: _ } => {
build(&image)?;
build::build(&image)?;
}
Commands::Run { name } => {
run(&name)?;
qemu::run(&name)?;
}
}
Ok(())
}
/// Validate a user-supplied image name before it is used in a registry path.
///
/// The name becomes a directory under `$XDG_DATA_HOME/slim-rs/registry/`, so
/// path separators and `.`/`..` would allow escaping that directory.
/// Allow-list: ASCII alphanumerics plus `.`, `_`, `:`, `-` (covers image
/// refs like `alpine:3.15`).
fn validate_image_name(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
let valid = !name.is_empty()
&& name != "."
&& name != ".."
&& name
.chars()
.all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || matches!(c, '.' | '_' | ':' | '-'));
if !valid {
bail!(
"invalid image name '{name}': must be non-empty and contain only \
alphanumerics, '.', '_', ':' and '-' (no path separators or '..')"
);
}
Ok(())
}
fn registry_dir(image: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
validate_image_name(image)?;
let base = xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix("slim-rs");
let initrd_path = base
.place_data_file(format!("registry/{image}/initrd"))
.context("Failed to write to XDG_DATA_HOME")?;
let reg_dir = initrd_path
.parent()
.expect("data file has a parent")
.to_owned();
// Defense in depth: the constructed path must stay inside the registry.
let registry_root = base
.place_data_file("registry/.root-check")
.context("Failed to write to XDG_DATA_HOME")?
.parent()
.expect("data file has a parent")
.to_owned();
if !reg_dir.starts_with(&registry_root) {
bail!(
"invalid image name '{image}': registry path escapes {}",
registry_root.display()
);
}
Ok(reg_dir)
}
fn build(image: &str) -> Result<()> {
let mount_path = mount_image(image)?;
println!("Mounted at: {}", mount_path.display());
// Keep the build result so the image is unmounted even when the build fails.
let result = build_artifacts(image, &mount_path);
let unmounted = Command::new("podman")
.args(["unshare", "--", "podman", "image", "unmount", image])
.output()
.is_ok_and(|out| out.status.success());
if unmounted {
println!("Unmounted image.");
} else {
eprintln!("warning: failed to unmount image '{}'", image);
}
result
}
fn mount_image(image: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
let output = Command::new("podman")
.args(["unshare", "--", "podman", "image", "mount", image])
.output()
.context("Failed to run podman image mount")?;
let mount_path = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
if !output.status.success() || mount_path.is_empty() {
bail!(
"podman image mount failed: {}",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).trim()
);
}
Ok(PathBuf::from(mount_path))
}
fn build_artifacts(image: &str, mount_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
let mount_path = mount_path.to_str().context("mount path is not UTF-8")?;
let vmlinuz_src = format!("{mount_path}/vmlinuz");
// The rootless overlay mount only exists inside podman unshare's user
// namespace, so every read of the rootfs must run there; pipes still
// cross the namespace boundary.
let has_kernel = Command::new("podman")
.args(["unshare", "--", "test", "-f", &vmlinuz_src])
.status()
.context("Failed to check for /vmlinuz inside the image mount")?;
if !has_kernel.success() {
bail!("Image missing required /vmlinuz. Place kernel at /vmlinuz in Containerfile.");
}
let reg_dir = registry_dir(image)?;
fs::create_dir_all(&reg_dir)?;
println!("Registry: {}", reg_dir.display());
let vmlinuz_dst = reg_dir.join("vmlinuz");
let cp_status = Command::new("podman")
.args([
"unshare",
"--",
"cp",
&vmlinuz_src,
vmlinuz_dst.to_str().context("registry path is not UTF-8")?,
])
.status()
.context("Failed to copy vmlinuz out of the image mount")?;
if !cp_status.success() {
bail!("Failed to copy vmlinuz to registry");
}
println!("Copied vmlinuz -> {}", vmlinuz_dst.display());
// Pack the rootfs as a gzipped newc cpio archive; vmlinuz is excluded
// because QEMU loads the kernel separately via -kernel. The cpio
// pipeline runs inside the namespace, its stdout is compressed here.
let initrd_path = reg_dir.join("initrd");
let script = r#"cd "$1" && find . -not -path ./vmlinuz | cpio -o -H newc"#;
let mut cpio = Command::new("podman")
.args(["unshare", "--", "sh", "-c", script, "sh", mount_path])
.stdout(Stdio::piped())
.spawn()
.context("Failed to spawn the cpio pipeline")?;
let initrd_file = File::create(&initrd_path).context("Failed to create initrd file")?;
let mut encoder = GzEncoder::new(initrd_file, flate2::Compression::default());
let cpio_stdout = cpio.stdout.take().context("cpio stdout was not piped")?;
let copied = std::io::copy(&mut std::io::BufReader::new(cpio_stdout), &mut encoder);
let stream_result = copied
.and_then(move |_| encoder.finish().map(|_| ()))
.context("Failed to write the gzipped initrd");
let cpio_status = cpio
.wait()
.context("Failed to wait for the cpio pipeline")?;
if let Err(e) = stream_result {
let _ = fs::remove_file(&initrd_path);
return Err(e);
}
if !cpio_status.success() {
let _ = fs::remove_file(&initrd_path);
bail!("find/cpio pipeline failed with status {cpio_status}");
}
println!("Created initrd -> {}", initrd_path.display());
Ok(())
}
fn run(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
let reg_dir = registry_dir(name)?;
let vmlinuz_path = reg_dir.join("vmlinuz");
let initrd_path = reg_dir.join("initrd");
if !vmlinuz_path.exists() || !initrd_path.exists() {
bail!(
"Registry missing vmlinuz/initrd for '{}'. Run `slim build` first.",
name
);
}
println!("Booting {} from registry: {}", name, reg_dir.display());
println!(
" qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -nographic -kernel {} -initrd {} -append 'console=ttyS0'",
vmlinuz_path.display(),
initrd_path.display()
);
let cmdline = [
"console=ttyS0,115200",
"root=/dev/ram0",
"rw",
"earlyprintk=serial",
"nokaslr",
"raid=noautodetect",
]
.join(" ");
// Launch with a 5-second timeout for quick smoke verification
let status = Command::new("qemu-system-x86_64")
.args(["-m", "1024M"])
.arg("-kernel")
.arg(vmlinuz_path.as_os_str())
.arg("-initrd")
.arg(initrd_path.as_os_str())
.args(["-append", &cmdline])
.args(["-nographic"])
.status()
.context("Failed to launch qemu-system-x86_64")?;
match status.code() {
Some(0) => println!("QEMU exited cleanly."),
Some(126) | Some(127) => {
bail!("Failed to start qemu-system-x86_64 (is it installed and in PATH?)")
}
Some(code) => bail!("QEMU exited with code {code}"),
None => bail!("QEMU terminated by a signal"),
}
Ok(())
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::validate_image_name;
#[test]
fn accepts_valid_image_names() {
for name in [
"alpine:3.15",
"slim",
"mock-vm",
"my_vm",
"a.b.c",
"vm-1.2.3",
] {
validate_image_name(name).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{name} rejected: {e}"));
}
}
#[test]
fn rejects_traversal_and_separators() {
for name in [
"",
".",
"..",
"../evil",
"../../tmp/evil",
"a/b",
"/abs",
"a\\b",
"foo bar",
"vm;rm",
"vm\n",
] {
assert!(
validate_image_name(name).is_err(),
"{name:?} should be rejected"
);
}
}
}
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//! QEMU: boot a registry entry with qemu-system-x86_64 using direct kernel
//! boot (-kernel/-initrd).
use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
use std::process::Command;
use crate::registry::registry_dir;
pub(crate) fn run(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
let reg_dir = registry_dir(name)?;
let vmlinuz_path = reg_dir.join("vmlinuz");
let initrd_path = reg_dir.join("initrd");
if !vmlinuz_path.exists() || !initrd_path.exists() {
bail!(
"Registry missing vmlinuz/initrd for '{}'. Run `slim build` first.",
name
);
}
println!("Booting {} from registry: {}", name, reg_dir.display());
println!(
" qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -nographic -kernel {} -initrd {} -append 'console=ttyS0'",
vmlinuz_path.display(),
initrd_path.display()
);
let cmdline = [
"console=ttyS0,115200",
"root=/dev/ram0",
"rw",
"earlyprintk=serial",
"nokaslr",
"raid=noautodetect",
]
.join(" ");
let status = Command::new("qemu-system-x86_64")
.args(["-m", "1024M"])
.arg("-kernel")
.arg(vmlinuz_path.as_os_str())
.arg("-initrd")
.arg(initrd_path.as_os_str())
.args(["-append", &cmdline])
.args(["-nographic"])
.status()
.context("Failed to launch qemu-system-x86_64")?;
match status.code() {
Some(0) => println!("QEMU exited cleanly."),
Some(126) | Some(127) => {
bail!("Failed to start qemu-system-x86_64 (is it installed and in PATH?)")
}
Some(code) => bail!("QEMU exited with code {code}"),
None => bail!("QEMU terminated by a signal"),
}
Ok(())
}
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//! Registry: local storage of built VM artifacts under
//! `$XDG_DATA_HOME/slim-rs/registry/<image>/`.
use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
use std::path::PathBuf;
/// Validate a user-supplied image name before it is used in a registry path.
///
/// The name becomes a directory under `$XDG_DATA_HOME/slim-rs/registry/`, so
/// path separators and `.`/`..` would allow escaping that directory.
/// Allow-list: ASCII alphanumerics plus `.`, `_`, `:`, `-` (covers image
/// refs like `alpine:3.15`).
pub(crate) fn validate_image_name(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
let valid = !name.is_empty()
&& name != "."
&& name != ".."
&& name
.chars()
.all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || matches!(c, '.' | '_' | ':' | '-'));
if !valid {
bail!(
"invalid image name '{name}': must be non-empty and contain only \
alphanumerics, '.', '_', ':' and '-' (no path separators or '..')"
);
}
Ok(())
}
pub(crate) fn registry_dir(image: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
validate_image_name(image)?;
let base = xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix("slim-rs");
let initrd_path = base
.place_data_file(format!("registry/{image}/initrd"))
.context("Failed to write to XDG_DATA_HOME")?;
let reg_dir = initrd_path
.parent()
.expect("data file has a parent")
.to_owned();
// Defense in depth: the constructed path must stay inside the registry.
let registry_root = base
.place_data_file("registry/.root-check")
.context("Failed to write to XDG_DATA_HOME")?
.parent()
.expect("data file has a parent")
.to_owned();
if !reg_dir.starts_with(&registry_root) {
bail!(
"invalid image name '{image}': registry path escapes {}",
registry_root.display()
);
}
Ok(reg_dir)
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::validate_image_name;
#[test]
fn accepts_valid_image_names() {
for name in [
"alpine:3.15",
"slim",
"mock-vm",
"my_vm",
"a.b.c",
"vm-1.2.3",
] {
validate_image_name(name).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{name} rejected: {e}"));
}
}
#[test]
fn rejects_traversal_and_separators() {
for name in [
"",
".",
"..",
"../evil",
"../../tmp/evil",
"a/b",
"/abs",
"a\\b",
"foo bar",
"vm;rm",
"vm\n",
] {
assert!(
validate_image_name(name).is_err(),
"{name:?} should be rejected"
);
}
}
}