guix-mirrors/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
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etc: guix-daemon.service.in: Mitigate mount race condition
This mitigates a race condition described in #576. The 'Type=exec'
option ensures that systemd only starts follow-up units after the
guix-daemon binary has started. By then, the mount points are collected
in a private namespace and will not be affected. Without this option,
'gnu-store.mount' could win the race and remount everything read-only
before guix-daemon has acquired a read-write view.

Fixes #2270

* etc/guix-daemon.service.in: Mitigate mount race condition

Change-Id: I5d28ebc38b0c10e6d2aa8e65353757ef13d5bad3
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2025-08-29 17:43:35 +02:00

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# This is a "service unit file" for the systemd init system to launch
# 'guix-daemon'. Drop it in /etc/systemd/system or similar to have
# 'guix-daemon' automatically started.
[Unit]
Description=Build daemon for GNU Guix
# Start before 'gnu-store.mount' to get a writable view of the store.
Before=gnu-store.mount
[Service]
ExecStart=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix-daemon \
--discover=no \
--substitute-urls='@GUIX_SUBSTITUTE_URLS@'
Environment='GUIX_STATE_DIRECTORY=@localstatedir@/guix' 'GUIX_LOCPATH=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/lib/locale' LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
# Run under a dedicated unprivileged user account.
User=guix-daemon
# Bind-mount the store read-write in a private namespace, to counter the
# effect of 'gnu-store.mount'.
PrivateMounts=true
BindPaths=@storedir@
# Disable host file system mount propagation to keep service view of the
# store read-write after 'gnu-store.mount' makes it read-only system-wide.
MountFlags=private
# Mitigate race condition between guix-daemon and 'gnu-store.mount'.
# Dependent units will only start after daemon binary is started AND THUS
# the mount point is acquired in a private namespace.
Type=exec
# Provide the CAP_CHOWN capability so that guix-daemon can create and chown
# /var/guix/profiles/per-user/$USER and also chown failed build directories
# when using '--keep-failed'. Note that guix-daemon explicitly drops ambient
# capabilities before executing build processes so they don't inherit them.
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_CHOWN
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal
# Work around a nasty systemd feature that kills the entire process tree
# (including the daemon!) if any child, such as cc1plus, runs out of memory.
OOMPolicy=continue
# Despite the name, this is rate-limited: a broken daemon will eventually fail.
Restart=always
# See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-04/msg00608.html>.
# Some package builds (for example, go@1.8.1) may require even more than
# 1024 tasks.
TasksMax=8192
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target