feat(tvix/proto): add rpc_pathinfo r/5470

This defines a service that can be used to upload and retrieve metadata
of nix paths.

Change-Id: Id86eb531ce4ae316adb15934b0d1386a14ba2132
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/7136
Tested-by: BuildkiteCI
Reviewed-by: tazjin <tazjin@tvl.su>
Reviewed-by: Adam Joseph <adam@westernsemico.com>

3 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tvix/store/build.rs b/tvix/store/build.rs
index 4c2e7d59d61b..35fbe5a6770c 100644
--- a/tvix/store/build.rs
+++ b/tvix/store/build.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             "tvix/store/protos/castore.proto",
             "tvix/store/protos/pathinfo.proto",
             "tvix/store/protos/rpc_blobstore.proto",
+            "tvix/store/protos/rpc_pathinfo.proto",
         ],
         // If we are in running `cargo build` manually, using `../..` works fine,
         // but in case we run inside a nix build, we need to instead point PROTO_ROOT
diff --git a/tvix/store/default.nix b/tvix/store/default.nix
index 23916c6b57f6..735938c1f2f6 100644
--- a/tvix/store/default.nix
+++ b/tvix/store/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ let
     ./protos/castore.proto
     ./protos/pathinfo.proto
     ./protos/rpc_blobstore.proto
+    ./protos/rpc_pathinfo.proto
   ];
 
   protobufDep = prev: (prev.nativeBuildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ pkgs.protobuf ];
diff --git a/tvix/store/protos/rpc_pathinfo.proto b/tvix/store/protos/rpc_pathinfo.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..160e594268c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/store/protos/rpc_pathinfo.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+// Copyright © 2022 The Tvix Authors
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package tvix.store.v1;
+
+import "tvix/store/protos/pathinfo.proto";
+
+service PathInfoService {
+    // Get retrieves a PathInfo object, by using the lookup parameters in
+    // GetPathInfoRequest.
+    // If the PathInfo object contains a DirectoryNode, it needs to be looked
+    // up separately via the DirectoryService, which is purely
+    // content-addressed.
+    rpc Get(GetPathInfoRequest) returns (PathInfo);
+
+    // Put uploads a PathInfo object to the remote end. It MUST not return
+    // until the PathInfo object has been written on the the remote end.
+    // The remote end MAY check if a potential DirectoryNode has already been
+    // uploaded.
+    // Uploading clients SHOULD obviously not steer other machines to try to
+    // substitute before from the remote end before having finished uploading
+    // PathInfo, Directories and Blobs.
+    // The returned PathInfo object MAY contain additional narinfo signatures,
+    // but is otherwise left untouched.
+    rpc Put(PathInfo) returns (PathInfo);
+}
+
+// GetPathInfoRequest describes the lookup parameters that can be used to
+// lookup a PathInfo objects.
+// Currently, only a lookup by output hash is supported.
+message GetPathInfoRequest {
+    oneof by_what {
+      // The output hash of a nix path (20 bytes).
+      // This is the nixbase32-decoded portion of a Nix output path, so to substitute
+      // /nix/store/xm35nga2g20mz5sm5l6n8v3bdm86yj83-cowsay-3.04
+      // this field would contain nixbase32dec("xm35nga2g20mz5sm5l6n8v3bdm86yj83").
+      bytes by_output_hash = 1;
+
+      // placeholder: by_drv and output name?
+    }
+}