Modularize config settings

Allow global config settings to be defined in multiple Config
classes. For example, this means that libutil can have settings and
evaluator settings can be moved out of libstore. The Config classes
are registered in a new GlobalConfig class to which config files
etc. are applied.

Relevant to https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2009 in that it
removes the need for ad hoc handling of useCaseHack, which was the
underlying cause of that issue.

perl/lib/Nix/Store.xs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static ref<Store> store()
     static std::shared_ptr<Store> _store;
     if (!_store) {
         try {
-            settings.loadConfFile();
+            loadConfFile();
             settings.lockCPU = false;
             _store = openStore();
         } catch (Error & e) {

src/libmain/common-args.cc

@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ MixCommonArgs::MixCommonArgs(const string & programName)
         .arity(2)
         .handler([](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
             try {
-                settings.set(ss[0], ss[1]);
+                globalConfig.set(ss[0], ss[1]);
             } catch (UsageError & e) {
                 warn(e.what());
             }
         });
 
     std::string cat = "config";
-    settings.convertToArgs(*this, cat);
+    globalConfig.convertToArgs(*this, cat);
 
     // Backward compatibility hack: nix-env already had a --system flag.
     if (programName == "nix-env") longFlags.erase("system");

src/libmain/shared.cc

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void initNix()
     opensslLocks = std::vector<std::mutex>(CRYPTO_num_locks());
     CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(opensslLockCallback);
 
-    settings.loadConfFile();
+    loadConfFile();
 
     startSignalHandlerThread();
 

src/libstore/build.cc

@@ -672,8 +672,10 @@ HookInstance::HookInstance()
     toHook.readSide = -1;
 
     sink = FdSink(toHook.writeSide.get());
-    for (auto & setting : settings.getSettings())
+    std::map<std::string, Config::SettingInfo> settings;
-        sink << 1 << setting.first << setting.second;
+    globalConfig.getSettings(settings);
+    for (auto & setting : settings)
+        sink << 1 << setting.first << setting.second.value;
     sink << 0;
 }
 

src/libstore/globals.cc

@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ namespace nix {
 
 Settings settings;
 
+static GlobalConfig::Register r1(&settings);
+
 Settings::Settings()
-    : Config({})
+    : nixPrefix(NIX_PREFIX)
-    , nixPrefix(NIX_PREFIX)
     , nixStore(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_STORE_DIR", getEnv("NIX_STORE", NIX_STORE_DIR))))
     , nixDataDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_DATA_DIR", NIX_DATA_DIR)))
     , nixLogDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_LOG_DIR", NIX_LOG_DIR)))
@@ -69,20 +70,15 @@ Settings::Settings()
     allowedImpureHostPrefixes = tokenizeString<StringSet>(DEFAULT_ALLOWED_IMPURE_PREFIXES);
 }
 
-void Settings::loadConfFile()
+void loadConfFile()
 {
-    applyConfigFile(nixConfDir + "/nix.conf");
+    globalConfig.applyConfigFile(settings.nixConfDir + "/nix.conf");
 
     /* We only want to send overrides to the daemon, i.e. stuff from
        ~/.nix/nix.conf or the command line. */
-    resetOverriden();
+    globalConfig.resetOverriden();
 
-    applyConfigFile(getConfigDir() + "/nix/nix.conf");
+    globalConfig.applyConfigFile(getConfigDir() + "/nix/nix.conf");
-}
-
-void Settings::set(const string & name, const string & value)
-{
-    Config::set(name, value);
 }
 
 unsigned int Settings::getDefaultCores()
@@ -162,23 +158,11 @@ void initPlugins()
                 throw Error("could not dynamically open plugin file '%s': %s", file, dlerror());
         }
     }
-    /* We handle settings registrations here, since plugins can add settings */
+
-    if (RegisterSetting::settingRegistrations) {
+    /* Since plugins can add settings, try to re-apply previously
-        for (auto & registration : *RegisterSetting::settingRegistrations)
+       unknown settings. */
-            settings.addSetting(registration);
+    globalConfig.reapplyUnknownSettings();
-        delete RegisterSetting::settingRegistrations;
+    globalConfig.warnUnknownSettings();
-    }
-    settings.handleUnknownSettings();
 }
 
-RegisterSetting::SettingRegistrations * RegisterSetting::settingRegistrations;
-
-RegisterSetting::RegisterSetting(AbstractSetting * s)
-{
-    if (!settingRegistrations)
-        settingRegistrations = new SettingRegistrations;
-    settingRegistrations->emplace_back(s);
-}
-
-
 }

src/libstore/globals.hh

@@ -13,26 +13,6 @@ namespace nix {
 
 typedef enum { smEnabled, smRelaxed, smDisabled } SandboxMode;
 
-extern bool useCaseHack; // FIXME
-
-struct CaseHackSetting : public BaseSetting<bool>
-{
-    CaseHackSetting(Config * options,
-        const std::string & name,
-        const std::string & description,
-        const std::set<std::string> & aliases = {})
-        : BaseSetting<bool>(useCaseHack, name, description, aliases)
-    {
-        options->addSetting(this);
-    }
-
-    void set(const std::string & str) override
-    {
-        BaseSetting<bool>::set(str);
-        nix::useCaseHack = value;
-    }
-};
-
 struct MaxBuildJobsSetting : public BaseSetting<unsigned int>
 {
     MaxBuildJobsSetting(Config * options,
@@ -56,10 +36,6 @@ public:
 
     Settings();
 
-    void loadConfFile();
-
-    void set(const string & name, const string & value);
-
     Path nixPrefix;
 
     /* The directory where we store sources and derived files. */
@@ -353,9 +329,6 @@ public:
     Setting<bool> enableImportFromDerivation{this, true, "allow-import-from-derivation",
         "Whether the evaluator allows importing the result of a derivation."};
 
-    CaseHackSetting useCaseHack{this, "use-case-hack",
-        "Whether to enable a Darwin-specific hack for dealing with file name collisions."};
-
     Setting<unsigned long> connectTimeout{this, 0, "connect-timeout",
         "Timeout for connecting to servers during downloads. 0 means use curl's builtin default."};
 
@@ -398,15 +371,8 @@ extern Settings settings;
    anything else */
 void initPlugins();
 
+void loadConfFile();
 
 extern const string nixVersion;
 
-struct RegisterSetting
-{
-    typedef std::vector<AbstractSetting *> SettingRegistrations;
-    static SettingRegistrations * settingRegistrations;
-    RegisterSetting(AbstractSetting * s);
-};
-
-
 }

src/libstore/remote-store.cc

@@ -187,10 +187,11 @@ void RemoteStore::setOptions(Connection & conn)
        << settings.useSubstitutes;
 
     if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(conn.daemonVersion) >= 12) {
-        auto overrides = settings.getSettings(true);
+        std::map<std::string, Config::SettingInfo> overrides;
+        globalConfig.getSettings(overrides, true);
         conn.to << overrides.size();
         for (auto & i : overrides)
-            conn.to << i.first << i.second;
+            conn.to << i.first << i.second.value;
     }
 
     conn.processStderr();

src/libstore/store-api.cc

@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ ref<Store> openStore(const std::string & uri_,
     for (auto fun : *RegisterStoreImplementation::implementations) {
         auto store = fun(uri, params);
         if (store) {
-            store->handleUnknownSettings();
+            store->warnUnknownSettings();
             return ref<Store>(store);
         }
     }

src/libutil/archive.cc

@@ -13,17 +13,25 @@
 
 #include "archive.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
-
+#include "config.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
-
+struct ArchiveSettings : Config
-bool useCaseHack =
+{
+    Setting<bool> useCaseHack{this,
         #if __APPLE__
-    true;
+            true,
         #else
-    false;
+            false,
         #endif
+        "use-case-hack",
+        "Whether to enable a Darwin-specific hack for dealing with file name collisions."};
+};
+
+static ArchiveSettings archiveSettings;
+
+static GlobalConfig::Register r1(&archiveSettings);
 
 const std::string narVersionMagic1 = "nix-archive-1";
 
@@ -78,7 +86,7 @@ static void dump(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
            the case hack applied by restorePath(). */
         std::map<string, string> unhacked;
         for (auto & i : readDirectory(path))
-            if (useCaseHack) {
+            if (archiveSettings.useCaseHack) {
                 string name(i.name);
                 size_t pos = i.name.find(caseHackSuffix);
                 if (pos != string::npos) {
@@ -243,7 +251,7 @@ static void parse(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
                     if (name <= prevName)
                         throw Error("NAR directory is not sorted");
                     prevName = name;
-                    if (useCaseHack) {
+                    if (archiveSettings.useCaseHack) {
                         auto i = names.find(name);
                         if (i != names.end()) {
                             debug(format("case collision between '%1%' and '%2%'") % i->first % name);

src/libutil/archive.hh

@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ void restorePath(const Path & path, Source & source);
 void copyNAR(Source & source, Sink & sink);
 
 
-// FIXME: global variables are bad m'kay.
-extern bool useCaseHack;
-
-
 extern const std::string narVersionMagic1;
 
 

src/libutil/config.cc

@@ -4,15 +4,13 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-void Config::set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value)
+bool Config::set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value)
 {
     auto i = _settings.find(name);
-    if (i == _settings.end()) {
+    if (i == _settings.end()) return false;
-        extras.emplace(name, value);
-    } else {
     i->second.setting->set(value);
     i->second.setting->overriden = true;
-    }
+    return true;
 }
 
 void Config::addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting)
@@ -23,46 +21,51 @@ void Config::addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting)
 
     bool set = false;
 
-    auto i = extras.find(setting->name);
+    auto i = unknownSettings.find(setting->name);
-    if (i != extras.end()) {
+    if (i != unknownSettings.end()) {
         setting->set(i->second);
         setting->overriden = true;
-        extras.erase(i);
+        unknownSettings.erase(i);
         set = true;
     }
 
     for (auto & alias : setting->aliases) {
-        auto i = extras.find(alias);
+        auto i = unknownSettings.find(alias);
-        if (i != extras.end()) {
+        if (i != unknownSettings.end()) {
             if (set)
                 warn("setting '%s' is set, but it's an alias of '%s' which is also set",
                     alias, setting->name);
             else {
                 setting->set(i->second);
                 setting->overriden = true;
-                extras.erase(i);
+                unknownSettings.erase(i);
                 set = true;
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-void Config::handleUnknownSettings()
+void AbstractConfig::warnUnknownSettings()
 {
-    for (auto & s : extras)
+    for (auto & s : unknownSettings)
         warn("unknown setting '%s'", s.first);
 }
 
-StringMap Config::getSettings(bool overridenOnly)
+void AbstractConfig::reapplyUnknownSettings()
 {
-    StringMap res;
+    auto unknownSettings2 = std::move(unknownSettings);
-    for (auto & opt : _settings)
+    for (auto & s : unknownSettings2)
-        if (!opt.second.isAlias && (!overridenOnly || opt.second.setting->overriden))
+        set(s.first, s.second);
-            res.emplace(opt.first, opt.second.setting->to_string());
-    return res;
 }
 
-void Config::applyConfigFile(const Path & path)
+void Config::getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly)
+{
+    for (auto & opt : _settings)
+        if (!opt.second.isAlias && (!overridenOnly || opt.second.setting->overriden))
+            res.emplace(opt.first, SettingInfo{opt.second.setting->to_string(), opt.second.setting->description});
+}
+
+void AbstractConfig::applyConfigFile(const Path & path)
 {
     try {
         string contents = readFile(path);
@@ -287,4 +290,49 @@ void PathSetting::set(const std::string & str)
         value = canonPath(str);
 }
 
+bool GlobalConfig::set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value)
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        if (config->set(name, value)) return true;
+
+    unknownSettings.emplace(name, value);
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+void GlobalConfig::getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly)
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        config->getSettings(res, overridenOnly);
+}
+
+void GlobalConfig::resetOverriden()
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        config->resetOverriden();
+}
+
+void GlobalConfig::toJSON(JSONObject & out)
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        config->toJSON(out);
+}
+
+void GlobalConfig::convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category)
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        config->convertToArgs(args, category);
+}
+
+GlobalConfig globalConfig;
+
+GlobalConfig::ConfigRegistrations * GlobalConfig::configRegistrations;
+
+GlobalConfig::Register::Register(Config * config)
+{
+    if (!configRegistrations)
+        configRegistrations = new ConfigRegistrations;
+    configRegistrations->emplace_back(config);
+}
+
 }

src/libutil/config.hh

@@ -12,6 +12,40 @@ class AbstractSetting;
 class JSONPlaceholder;
 class JSONObject;
 
+class AbstractConfig
+{
+protected:
+    StringMap unknownSettings;
+
+    AbstractConfig(const StringMap & initials = {})
+        : unknownSettings(initials)
+    { }
+
+public:
+
+    virtual bool set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value) = 0;
+
+    struct SettingInfo
+    {
+        std::string value;
+        std::string description;
+    };
+
+    virtual void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) = 0;
+
+    void applyConfigFile(const Path & path);
+
+    virtual void resetOverriden() = 0;
+
+    virtual void toJSON(JSONObject & out) = 0;
+
+    virtual void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category) = 0;
+
+    void warnUnknownSettings();
+
+    void reapplyUnknownSettings();
+};
+
 /* A class to simplify providing configuration settings. The typical
    use is to inherit Config and add Setting<T> members:
 
@@ -27,7 +61,7 @@ class JSONObject;
    };
 */
 
-class Config
+class Config : public AbstractConfig
 {
     friend class AbstractSetting;
 
@@ -48,31 +82,23 @@ private:
 
     Settings _settings;
 
-    StringMap extras;
-
 public:
 
-    Config(const StringMap & initials)
+    Config(const StringMap & initials = {})
-        : extras(initials)
+        : AbstractConfig(initials)
     { }
 
-    void set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value);
+    bool set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value) override;
 
     void addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting);
 
-    void handleUnknownSettings();
+    void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) override;
 
-    StringMap getSettings(bool overridenOnly = false);
+    void resetOverriden() override;
 
-    const Settings & _getSettings() { return _settings; }
+    void toJSON(JSONObject & out) override;
 
-    void applyConfigFile(const Path & path);
+    void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category) override;
-
-    void resetOverriden();
-
-    void toJSON(JSONObject & out);
-
-    void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category);
 };
 
 class AbstractSetting
@@ -209,4 +235,27 @@ public:
     void operator =(const Path & v) { this->assign(v); }
 };
 
+struct GlobalConfig : public AbstractConfig
+{
+    typedef std::vector<Config*> ConfigRegistrations;
+    static ConfigRegistrations * configRegistrations;
+
+    bool set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value) override;
+
+    void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) override;
+
+    void resetOverriden() override;
+
+    void toJSON(JSONObject & out) override;
+
+    void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category) override;
+
+    struct Register
+    {
+        Register(Config * config);
+    };
+};
+
+extern GlobalConfig globalConfig;
+
 }

src/nix/main.cc

@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs
             .handler([&]() {
                 std::cout << "The following configuration options are available:\n\n";
                 Table2 tbl;
-                for (const auto & s : settings._getSettings())
+                std::map<std::string, Config::SettingInfo> settings;
-                    if (!s.second.isAlias)
+                globalConfig.getSettings(settings);
-                        tbl.emplace_back(s.first, s.second.setting->description);
+                for (const auto & s : settings)
+                    tbl.emplace_back(s.first, s.second.description);
                 printTable(std::cout, tbl);
                 throw Exit();
             });

src/nix/show-config.cc

@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ struct CmdShowConfig : Command, MixJSON
         if (json) {
             // FIXME: use appropriate JSON types (bool, ints, etc).
             JSONObject jsonObj(std::cout);
-            settings.toJSON(jsonObj);
+            globalConfig.toJSON(jsonObj);
         } else {
-            for (auto & s : settings.getSettings())
+            std::map<std::string, Config::SettingInfo> settings;
-                std::cout << s.first + " = " + s.second + "\n";
+            globalConfig.getSettings(settings);
+            for (auto & s : settings)
+                std::cout << s.first + " = " + s.second.value + "\n";
         }
     }
 };

tests/plugins/plugintest.cc

@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-#include "globals.hh"
+#include "config.hh"
 #include "primops.hh"
 
 using namespace nix;
 
-static BaseSetting<bool> settingSet{false, "setting-set",
+struct MySettings : Config
+{
+    Setting<bool> settingSet{this, false, "setting-set",
         "Whether the plugin-defined setting was set"};
+};
 
-static RegisterSetting rs(&settingSet);
+MySettings mySettings;
+
+static GlobalConfig::Register rs(&mySettings);
 
 static void prim_anotherNull (EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value ** args, Value & v)
 {
-    if (settingSet)
+    if (mySettings.settingSet)
         mkNull(v);
     else
         mkBool(v, false);