GC: Don't delete own temproots file

Since file locks are per-process rather than per-file-descriptor, the
garbage collector would always acquire a lock on its own temproots
file and conclude that it's stale.

src/libstore/gc.cc

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ namespace nix {
 
 
 static string gcLockName = "gc.lock";
-static string tempRootsDir = "temproots";
 static string gcRootsDir = "gcroots";
 
 
@@ -153,30 +152,25 @@ void LocalStore::addTempRoot(const Path & path)
     if (!state->fdTempRoots) {
 
         while (1) {
-            Path dir = (format("%1%/%2%") % stateDir % tempRootsDir).str();
-            createDirs(dir);
-
-            state->fnTempRoots = (format("%1%/%2%") % dir % getpid()).str();
-
             AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltRead);
 
-            if (pathExists(state->fnTempRoots))
+            if (pathExists(fnTempRoots))
                 /* It *must* be stale, since there can be no two
                    processes with the same pid. */
-                unlink(state->fnTempRoots.c_str());
+                unlink(fnTempRoots.c_str());
 
-            state->fdTempRoots = openLockFile(state->fnTempRoots, true);
+            state->fdTempRoots = openLockFile(fnTempRoots, true);
 
             fdGCLock = -1;
 
-            debug(format("acquiring read lock on '%1%'") % state->fnTempRoots);
+            debug(format("acquiring read lock on '%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
             lockFile(state->fdTempRoots.get(), ltRead, true);
 
             /* Check whether the garbage collector didn't get in our
                way. */
             struct stat st;
             if (fstat(state->fdTempRoots.get(), &st) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("statting '%1%'") % state->fnTempRoots);
+                throw SysError(format("statting '%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
             if (st.st_size == 0) break;
 
             /* The garbage collector deleted this file before we could
@@ -188,14 +182,14 @@ void LocalStore::addTempRoot(const Path & path)
 
     /* Upgrade the lock to a write lock.  This will cause us to block
        if the garbage collector is holding our lock. */
-    debug(format("acquiring write lock on '%1%'") % state->fnTempRoots);
+    debug(format("acquiring write lock on '%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
     lockFile(state->fdTempRoots.get(), ltWrite, true);
 
     string s = path + '\0';
     writeFull(state->fdTempRoots.get(), s);
 
     /* Downgrade to a read lock. */
-    debug(format("downgrading to read lock on '%1%'") % state->fnTempRoots);
+    debug(format("downgrading to read lock on '%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
     lockFile(state->fdTempRoots.get(), ltRead, true);
 }
 
@@ -204,11 +198,10 @@ void LocalStore::readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
 {
     /* Read the `temproots' directory for per-process temporary root
        files. */
-    DirEntries tempRootFiles = readDirectory(
-        (format("%1%/%2%") % stateDir % tempRootsDir).str());
+    DirEntries tempRootFiles = readDirectory(tempRootsDir);
 
     for (auto & i : tempRootFiles) {
-        Path path = (format("%1%/%2%/%3%") % stateDir % tempRootsDir % i.name).str();
+        Path path = tempRootsDir + "/" + i.name;
 
         debug(format("reading temporary root file '%1%'") % path);
         FDPtr fd(new AutoCloseFD(open(path.c_str(), O_CLOEXEC | O_RDWR, 0666)));
@@ -222,6 +215,8 @@ void LocalStore::readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
         //FDPtr fd(new AutoCloseFD(openLockFile(path, false)));
         //if (*fd == -1) continue;
 
+        if (path != fnTempRoots) {
+
             /* Try to acquire a write lock without blocking.  This can
                only succeed if the owning process has died.  In that case
                we don't care about its temporary roots. */
@@ -238,6 +233,8 @@ void LocalStore::readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
             debug(format("waiting for read lock on '%1%'") % path);
             lockFile(fd->get(), ltRead, true);
 
+        }
+
         /* Read the entire file. */
         string contents = readFile(fd->get());
 

src/libstore/local-store.cc

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
     , reservedPath(dbDir + "/reserved")
     , schemaPath(dbDir + "/schema")
     , trashDir(realStoreDir + "/trash")
+    , tempRootsDir(stateDir + "/temproots")
+    , fnTempRoots(fmt("%s/%d", tempRootsDir, getpid()))
     , publicKeys(getDefaultPublicKeys())
 {
     auto state(_state.lock());
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
     createDirs(linksDir);
     Path profilesDir = stateDir + "/profiles";
     createDirs(profilesDir);
-    createDirs(stateDir + "/temproots");
+    createDirs(tempRootsDir);
     createDirs(dbDir);
     Path gcRootsDir = stateDir + "/gcroots";
     if (!pathExists(gcRootsDir)) {
@@ -242,12 +244,12 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
 
 LocalStore::~LocalStore()
 {
-    auto state(_state.lock());
 
     try {
+        auto state(_state.lock());
         if (state->fdTempRoots) {
             state->fdTempRoots = -1;
-            unlink(state->fnTempRoots.c_str());
+            unlink(fnTempRoots.c_str());
         }
     } catch (...) {
         ignoreException();

src/libstore/local-store.hh

@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ private:
         SQLiteStmt stmtQueryValidPaths;
 
         /* The file to which we write our temporary roots. */
-        Path fnTempRoots;
         AutoCloseFD fdTempRoots;
     };
 
@@ -75,6 +74,8 @@ public:
     const Path reservedPath;
     const Path schemaPath;
     const Path trashDir;
+    const Path tempRootsDir;
+    const Path fnTempRoots;
 
 private: