nixos/apfs: init

Add the final missing pieces for full APFS support.

nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml

@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
           <link linkend="opt-services.filebeat.enable">services.filebeat</link>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/linux-apfs/linux-apfs-rw">apfs</link>,
+          a kernel module for mounting the Apple File System (APFS).
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <link xlink:href="https://frrouting.org/">FRRouting</link>, a

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - [filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-overview.html), a lightweight shipper for forwarding and centralizing log data. Available as [services.filebeat](#opt-services.filebeat.enable).
 
+- [apfs](https://github.com/linux-apfs/linux-apfs-rw), a kernel module for mounting the Apple File System (APFS).
+
 - [FRRouting](https://frrouting.org/), a popular suite of Internet routing protocol daemons (BGP, BFD, OSPF, IS-IS, VVRP and others). Available as [services.frr](#opt-services.ffr.babel.enable)
 
 - [heisenbridge](https://github.com/hifi/heisenbridge), a bouncer-style Matrix IRC bridge. Available as [services.heisenbridge](options.html#opt-services.heisenbridge.enable).

nixos/modules/module-list.nix

@@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@
   ./tasks/cpu-freq.nix
   ./tasks/encrypted-devices.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems.nix
+  ./tasks/filesystems/apfs.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems/btrfs.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems/cifs.nix

nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh

@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ checkFS() {
     # Don't check resilient COWs as they validate the fs structures at mount time
     if [ "$fsType" = btrfs -o "$fsType" = zfs -o "$fsType" = bcachefs ]; then return 0; fi
 
+    # Skip fsck for apfs as the fsck utility does not support repairing the filesystem (no -a option)
+    if [ "$fsType" = apfs ]; then return 0; fi
+
     # Skip fsck for nilfs2 - not needed by design and no fsck tool for this filesystem.
     if [ "$fsType" = nilfs2 ]; then return 0; fi
 

nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ in
 
     environment.etc.fstab.text =
       let
-        fsToSkipCheck = [ "none" "bindfs" "btrfs" "zfs" "tmpfs" "nfs" "vboxsf" "glusterfs" ];
+        fsToSkipCheck = [ "none" "bindfs" "btrfs" "zfs" "tmpfs" "nfs" "vboxsf" "glusterfs" "apfs" ];
         skipCheck = fs: fs.noCheck || fs.device == "none" || builtins.elem fs.fsType fsToSkipCheck;
         # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fstab#Filepath_spaces
         escape = string: builtins.replaceStrings [ " " "\t" ] [ "\\040" "\\011" ] string;

nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/apfs.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  inInitrd = any (fs: fs == "apfs") config.boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems;
+
+in
+
+{
+  config = mkIf (any (fs: fs == "apfs") config.boot.supportedFilesystems) {
+
+    system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.apfsprogs ];
+
+    boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.apfs ];
+
+    boot.initrd.kernelModules = mkIf inInitrd [ "apfs" ];
+
+    # Don't copy apfsck into the initramfs since it does not support repairing the filesystem
+  };
+}

nixos/tests/all-tests.nix

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ in
   agda = handleTest ./agda.nix {};
   airsonic = handleTest ./airsonic.nix {};
   amazon-init-shell = handleTest ./amazon-init-shell.nix {};
+  apfs = handleTest ./apfs.nix {};
   apparmor = handleTest ./apparmor.nix {};
   atd = handleTest ./atd.nix {};
   atop = handleTest ./atop.nix {};

nixos/tests/apfs.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "apfs";
+  meta.maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ Luflosi ];
+
+  machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    virtualisation.emptyDiskImages = [ 1024 ];
+
+    boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "apfs" ];
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("basic.target")
+    machine.succeed("mkdir /tmp/mnt")
+
+    with subtest("mkapfs refuses to work with a label that is too long"):
+      machine.fail( "mkapfs -L '000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F202122232425262728292A2B2C2D2E2F303132333435363738393A3B3C3D3E3F404142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F505152535455565758595A5B5C5D5E5F606162636465666768696A6B6C6D6E6F707172737475767778797A7B7C7D7E7F' /dev/vdb")
+
+    with subtest("mkapfs works with the maximum label length"):
+      machine.succeed("mkapfs -L '000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F202122232425262728292A2B2C2D2E2F303132333435363738393A3B3C3D3E3F404142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F505152535455565758595A5B5C5D5E5F606162636465666768696A6B6C6D6E6F707172737475767778797A7B7C7D7E7' /dev/vdb")
+
+    with subtest("Enable case sensitivity and normalization sensitivity"):
+      machine.succeed(
+          "mkapfs -s -z /dev/vdb",
+          # Triggers a bug, see https://github.com/linux-apfs/linux-apfs-rw/issues/15
+          # "mount -o cknodes,readwrite /dev/vdb /tmp/mnt",
+          "mount -o readwrite /dev/vdb /tmp/mnt",
+          "echo 'Hello World 1' > /tmp/mnt/test.txt",
+          "[ ! -f /tmp/mnt/TeSt.TxT ] || false", # Test case sensitivity
+          "echo 'Hello World 1' | diff - /tmp/mnt/test.txt",
+          "echo 'Hello World 2' > /tmp/mnt/\u0061\u0301.txt",
+          "echo 'Hello World 2' | diff - /tmp/mnt/\u0061\u0301.txt",
+          "[ ! -f /tmp/mnt/\u00e1.txt ] || false", # Test Unicode normalization sensitivity
+          "umount /tmp/mnt",
+          "apfsck /dev/vdb",
+      )
+    with subtest("Disable case sensitivity and normalization sensitivity"):
+      machine.succeed(
+          "mkapfs /dev/vdb",
+          "mount -o readwrite /dev/vdb /tmp/mnt",
+          "echo 'bla bla bla' > /tmp/mnt/Test.txt",
+          "echo -n 'Hello World' > /tmp/mnt/test.txt",
+          "echo ' 1' >> /tmp/mnt/TEST.TXT",
+          "umount /tmp/mnt",
+          "apfsck /dev/vdb",
+          "mount -o readwrite /dev/vdb /tmp/mnt",
+          "echo 'Hello World 1' | diff - /tmp/mnt/TeSt.TxT", # Test case insensitivity
+          "echo 'Hello World 2' > /tmp/mnt/\u0061\u0301.txt",
+          "echo 'Hello World 2' | diff - /tmp/mnt/\u0061\u0301.txt",
+          "echo 'Hello World 2' | diff - /tmp/mnt/\u00e1.txt", # Test Unicode normalization
+          "umount /tmp/mnt",
+          "apfsck /dev/vdb",
+      )
+  '';
+})