Add plugins to make Nix more extensible.

All plugins in plugin-files will be dlopened, allowing them to
statically construct instances of the various Register* types Nix
supports.

15 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/build-remote/build-remote.cc b/src/build-remote/build-remote.cc
index df579729af..50eb6b29e5 100644
--- a/src/build-remote/build-remote.cc
+++ b/src/build-remote/build-remote.cc
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ int main (int argc, char * * argv)
 
         settings.maxBuildJobs.set("1"); // hack to make tests with local?root= work
 
+        initPlugins();
+
         auto store = openStore().cast<LocalStore>();
 
         /* It would be more appropriate to use $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, since
diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.hh b/src/libmain/shared.hh
index 1dcc4f0ac9..8e4861232d 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.hh
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.hh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public:
 
 int handleExceptions(const string & programName, std::function<void()> fun);
 
+/* Don't forget to call initPlugins() after settings are initialized! */
 void initNix();
 
 void parseCmdLine(int argc, char * * argv,
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.cc b/src/libstore/globals.cc
index d3c96ddd6e..21ab0e6296 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <map>
 #include <thread>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 
 
 namespace nix {
@@ -137,4 +138,18 @@ void MaxBuildJobsSetting::set(const std::string & str)
         throw UsageError("configuration setting '%s' should be 'auto' or an integer", name);
 }
 
+
+void initPlugins()
+{
+    for (const auto & pluginFile : settings.pluginFiles.get()) {
+        /* handle is purposefully leaked as there may be state in the
+           DSO needed by the action of the plugin. */
+        void *handle =
+            dlopen(pluginFile.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL);
+        if (!handle)
+            throw Error(format("could not dynamically open plugin file '%1%': %2%") % pluginFile % dlerror());
+    }
+}
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index 20ac8fe4e9..508084d08a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -367,12 +367,19 @@ public:
 
     Setting<Strings> allowedUris{this, {}, "allowed-uris",
         "Prefixes of URIs that builtin functions such as fetchurl and fetchGit are allowed to fetch."};
+
+    Setting<Paths> pluginFiles{this, {}, "plugin-files",
+        "Plugins to dynamically load at nix initialization time."};
 };
 
 
 // FIXME: don't use a global variable.
 extern Settings settings;
 
+/* This should be called after settings are initialized, but before
+   anything else */
+void initPlugins();
+
 
 extern const string nixVersion;
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local.mk b/src/libstore/local.mk
index 50c46ce6fe..239356aee8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local.mk
+++ b/src/libstore/local.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ libstore_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc)
 libstore_LIBS = libutil libformat
 
 libstore_LDFLAGS = $(SQLITE3_LIBS) -lbz2 $(LIBCURL_LIBS) $(SODIUM_LIBS) -pthread
+ifneq ($(OS), FreeBSD)
+ libstore_LDFLAGS += -ldl
+endif
 
 libstore_FILES = sandbox-defaults.sb sandbox-minimal.sb sandbox-network.sb
 
diff --git a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
index 1581c282c7..99f773451f 100755
--- a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
+++ b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
 
     myArgs.parseCmdline(args);
 
+    initPlugins();
+
     if (packages && fromArgs)
         throw UsageError("'-p' and '-E' are mutually exclusive");
 
diff --git a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
index 370f216abc..ec9a7174ec 100755
--- a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
+++ b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
             }
             return true;
         });
+
+        initPlugins();
+
         switch (cmd) {
             case cNone:
                 throw UsageError("no command specified");
diff --git a/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc b/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
index cc663a9692..37fe22f481 100644
--- a/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
+++ b/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
             return true;
         });
 
+        initPlugins();
+
         auto profilesDir = settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles";
         if (removeOld) removeOldGenerations(profilesDir);
 
diff --git a/src/nix-copy-closure/nix-copy-closure.cc b/src/nix-copy-closure/nix-copy-closure.cc
index 861fc2e5cd..dfb1b8fc5d 100755
--- a/src/nix-copy-closure/nix-copy-closure.cc
+++ b/src/nix-copy-closure/nix-copy-closure.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
             return true;
         });
 
+        initPlugins();
+
         if (sshHost.empty())
             throw UsageError("no host name specified");
 
diff --git a/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc b/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc
index d3a8ebbdda..890bffa19a 100644
--- a/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc
+++ b/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc
@@ -1060,6 +1060,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
             return true;
         });
 
+        initPlugins();
+
         if (stdio) {
             if (getStoreType() == tDaemon) {
                 /* Forward on this connection to the real daemon */
diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index 016caf6d23..97e66cbd93 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -1393,6 +1393,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
 
         myArgs.parseCmdline(argvToStrings(argc, argv));
 
+        initPlugins();
+
         if (!op) throw UsageError("no operation specified");
 
         auto store = openStore();
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
index e05040a42d..dd262bea09 100644
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
+++ b/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
 
         myArgs.parseCmdline(argvToStrings(argc, argv));
 
+        initPlugins();
+
         if (evalOnly && !wantsReadWrite)
             settings.readOnlyMode = true;
 
diff --git a/src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc b/src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc
index fef3eaa455..fa7ee25450 100644
--- a/src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc
+++ b/src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
 
         myArgs.parseCmdline(argvToStrings(argc, argv));
 
+        initPlugins();
+
         if (args.size() > 2)
             throw UsageError("too many arguments");
 
diff --git a/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc b/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
index 4fc3421c0d..efef7f15c0 100644
--- a/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
+++ b/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
@@ -1052,6 +1052,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
             return true;
         });
 
+        initPlugins();
+
         if (!op) throw UsageError("no operation specified");
 
         if (op != opDump && op != opRestore) /* !!! hack */
diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index 8f6bbe8f51..bb107ec7d3 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
 
     args.parseCmdline(argvToStrings(argc, argv));
 
+    initPlugins();
+
     if (!args.command) args.showHelpAndExit();
 
     Finally f([]() { stopProgressBar(); });