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-rw-r--r--src/nspawn/nspawn.c37
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index c2311b36d5..b4dcf39e83 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static bool arg_private_network = false;
static bool arg_read_only = false;
static bool arg_boot = false;
static LinkJournal arg_link_journal = LINK_AUTO;
+static bool arg_link_journal_try = false;
static uint64_t arg_retain =
(1ULL << CAP_CHOWN) |
(1ULL << CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE) |
@@ -202,8 +203,9 @@ static void help(void) {
" --capability=CAP In addition to the default, retain specified\n"
" capability\n"
" --drop-capability=CAP Drop the specified capability from the default set\n"
- " --link-journal=MODE Link up guest journal, one of no, auto, guest, host\n"
- " -j Equivalent to --link-journal=host\n"
+ " --link-journal=MODE Link up guest journal, one of no, auto, guest, host,\n"
+ " try-guest, try-host\n"
+ " -j Equivalent to --link-journal=try-guest\n"
" --read-only Mount the root directory read-only\n"
" --bind=PATH[:PATH] Bind mount a file or directory from the host into\n"
" the container\n"
@@ -428,6 +430,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
case 'j':
arg_link_journal = LINK_GUEST;
+ arg_link_journal_try = true;
break;
case ARG_LINK_JOURNAL:
@@ -439,7 +442,13 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
arg_link_journal = LINK_GUEST;
else if (streq(optarg, "host"))
arg_link_journal = LINK_HOST;
- else {
+ else if (streq(optarg, "try-guest")) {
+ arg_link_journal = LINK_GUEST;
+ arg_link_journal_try = true;
+ } else if (streq(optarg, "try-host")) {
+ arg_link_journal = LINK_HOST;
+ arg_link_journal_try = true;
+ } else {
log_error("Failed to parse link journal mode %s", optarg);
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -1404,8 +1413,13 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *directory) {
if (arg_link_journal == LINK_GUEST) {
if (symlink(q, p) < 0) {
- log_error("Failed to symlink %s to %s: %m", q, p);
- return -errno;
+ if (arg_link_journal_try) {
+ log_debug("Failed to symlink %s to %s, skipping journal setup: %m", q, p);
+ return 0;
+ } else {
+ log_error("Failed to symlink %s to %s: %m", q, p);
+ return -errno;
+ }
}
r = mkdir_p(q, 0755);
@@ -1415,10 +1429,17 @@ static int setup_journal(const char *directory) {
}
if (arg_link_journal == LINK_HOST) {
- r = mkdir_p(p, 0755);
+ /* don't create parents here -- if the host doesn't have
+ * permanent journal set up, don't force it here */
+ r = mkdir(p, 0755);
if (r < 0) {
- log_error("Failed to create %s: %m", p);
- return r;
+ if (arg_link_journal_try) {
+ log_debug("Failed to create %s, skipping journal setup: %m", p);
+ return 0;
+ } else {
+ log_error("Failed to create %s: %m", p);
+ return r;
+ }
}
} else if (access(p, F_OK) < 0)