Handle log messages from build-remote

This makes the progress indicator show statuses like "connecting to
'root@machine'".

src/build-remote/build-remote.cc

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ int main (int argc, char * * argv)
     return handleExceptions(argv[0], [&]() {
         initNix();
 
+        logger = makeJSONLogger(*logger);
+
         /* Ensure we don't get any SSH passphrase or host key popups. */
         unsetenv("DISPLAY");
         unsetenv("SSH_ASKPASS");
@@ -172,6 +174,8 @@ int main (int argc, char * * argv)
 
                 try {
 
+                    Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actUnknown, fmt("connecting to '%s'", bestMachine->storeUri));
+
                     Store::Params storeParams{{"max-connections", "1"}, {"log-fd", "4"}};
                     if (bestMachine->sshKey != "")
                         storeParams["ssh-key"] = bestMachine->sshKey;
@@ -197,6 +201,9 @@ connected:
         auto inputs = readStrings<PathSet>(source);
         auto outputs = readStrings<PathSet>(source);
 
+        {
+            Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actUnknown, fmt("waiting for the upload lock to '%s'", storeUri));
+
             AutoCloseFD uploadLock = openLockFile(currentLoad + "/" + escapeUri(storeUri) + ".upload-lock", true);
 
             auto old = signal(SIGALRM, handleAlarm);
@@ -207,11 +214,12 @@ connected:
             signal(SIGALRM, old);
             copyPaths(store, ref<Store>(sshStore), inputs, NoRepair, NoCheckSigs);
             uploadLock = -1;
+        }
 
         BasicDerivation drv(readDerivation(drvPath));
         drv.inputSrcs = inputs;
 
-        printError("building '%s' on '%s'", drvPath, storeUri);
+        printInfo("building '%s' on '%s'", drvPath, storeUri);
         auto result = sshStore->buildDerivation(drvPath, drv);
 
         if (!result.success())

src/libstore/build.cc

@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
 #include <sys/statvfs.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -612,6 +610,8 @@ struct HookInstance
 
     FdSink sink;
 
+    std::map<ActivityId, Activity> activities;
+
     HookInstance();
 
     ~HookInstance();
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ private:
     std::string currentLogLine;
     size_t currentLogLinePos = 0; // to handle carriage return
 
+    std::string currentHookLine;
+
     /* Pipe for the builder's standard output/error. */
     Pipe builderOut;
 
@@ -1653,13 +1655,17 @@ HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
         string reply;
         while (true) {
             string s = readLine(worker.hook->fromHook.readSide.get());
-            if (string(s, 0, 2) == "# ") {
+            if (handleJSONLogMessage(s, worker.act, worker.hook->activities))
+                ;
+            else if (string(s, 0, 2) == "# ") {
                 reply = string(s, 2);
                 break;
             }
+            else {
                 s += "\n";
                 writeToStderr(s);
             }
+        }
 
         debug(format("hook reply is '%1%'") % reply);
 
@@ -2414,64 +2420,6 @@ void setupSeccomp()
 }
 
 
-struct BuilderLogger : Logger
-{
-    Logger & prevLogger;
-
-    BuilderLogger(Logger & prevLogger) : prevLogger(prevLogger) { }
-
-    void addFields(nlohmann::json & json, const Fields & fields)
-    {
-        if (fields.empty()) return;
-        auto & arr = json["fields"] = nlohmann::json::array();
-        for (auto & f : fields)
-            if (f.type == Logger::Field::tInt)
-                arr.push_back(f.i);
-            else if (f.type == Logger::Field::tString)
-                arr.push_back(f.s);
-            else
-                abort();
-    }
-
-    void log(Verbosity lvl, const FormatOrString & fs) override
-    {
-        prevLogger.log(lvl, fs);
-    }
-
-    void startActivity(ActivityId act, Verbosity lvl, ActivityType type,
-        const std::string & s, const Fields & fields, ActivityId parent) override
-    {
-        nlohmann::json json;
-        json["action"] = "start";
-        json["id"] = act;
-        json["level"] = lvl;
-        json["type"] = type;
-        json["text"] = s;
-        addFields(json, fields);
-        // FIXME: handle parent
-        log(lvlError, "@nix " + json.dump());
-    }
-
-    void stopActivity(ActivityId act) override
-    {
-        nlohmann::json json;
-        json["action"] = "stop";
-        json["id"] = act;
-        log(lvlError, "@nix " + json.dump());
-    }
-
-    void result(ActivityId act, ResultType type, const Fields & fields) override
-    {
-        nlohmann::json json;
-        json["action"] = "result";
-        json["id"] = act;
-        json["type"] = type;
-        addFields(json, fields);
-        log(lvlError, "@nix " + json.dump());
-    }
-};
-
-
 void DerivationGoal::runChild()
 {
     /* Warning: in the child we should absolutely not make any SQLite
@@ -2874,7 +2822,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
         /* Execute the program.  This should not return. */
         if (drv->isBuiltin()) {
             try {
-                logger = new BuilderLogger(*logger);
+                logger = makeJSONLogger(*logger);
                 if (drv->builder == "builtin:fetchurl")
                     builtinFetchurl(*drv, netrcData);
                 else
@@ -3315,8 +3263,14 @@ void DerivationGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
         if (logSink) (*logSink)(data);
     }
 
-    if (hook && fd == hook->fromHook.readSide.get())
+    if (hook && fd == hook->fromHook.readSide.get()) {
-        printError(chomp(data));
+        for (auto c : data)
+            if (c == '\n') {
+                handleJSONLogMessage(currentHookLine, worker.act, hook->activities);
+                currentHookLine.clear();
+            } else
+                currentHookLine += c;
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -3327,56 +3281,10 @@ void DerivationGoal::handleEOF(int fd)
 }
 
 
-static Logger::Fields getFields(nlohmann::json & json)
-{
-    Logger::Fields fields;
-    for (auto & f : json) {
-        if (f.type() == nlohmann::json::value_t::number_unsigned)
-            fields.emplace_back(Logger::Field(f.get<uint64_t>()));
-        else if (f.type() == nlohmann::json::value_t::string)
-            fields.emplace_back(Logger::Field(f.get<std::string>()));
-        else throw Error("unsupported JSON type %d", (int) f.type());
-    }
-    return fields;
-}
-
-
 void DerivationGoal::flushLine()
 {
-    if (hasPrefix(currentLogLine, "@nix ")) {
+    if (handleJSONLogMessage(currentLogLine, *act, builderActivities))
-
+        ;
-        try {
-            auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(std::string(currentLogLine, 5));
-
-            std::string action = json["action"];
-
-            if (action == "start") {
-                auto type = (ActivityType) json["type"];
-                if (type == actDownload)
-                    builderActivities.emplace(std::piecewise_construct,
-                        std::forward_as_tuple(json["id"]),
-                        std::forward_as_tuple(*logger, (Verbosity) json["level"], type,
-                            json["text"], getFields(json["fields"]), act->id));
-            }
-
-            else if (action == "stop")
-                builderActivities.erase((ActivityId) json["id"]);
-
-            else if (action == "result") {
-                auto i = builderActivities.find((ActivityId) json["id"]);
-                if (i != builderActivities.end())
-                    i->second.result((ResultType) json["type"], getFields(json["fields"]));
-            }
-
-            else if (action == "setPhase") {
-                std::string phase = json["phase"];
-                act->result(resSetPhase, phase);
-            }
-
-        } catch (std::exception & e) {
-            printError("bad log message from builder: %s", e.what());
-        }
-    }
 
     else {
         if (settings.verboseBuild &&

src/libutil/logging.cc

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "util.hh"
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -90,4 +91,133 @@ Activity::Activity(Logger & logger, Verbosity lvl, ActivityType type,
     logger.startActivity(id, lvl, type, s, fields, parent);
 }
 
+struct JSONLogger : Logger
+{
+    Logger & prevLogger;
+
+    JSONLogger(Logger & prevLogger) : prevLogger(prevLogger) { }
+
+    void addFields(nlohmann::json & json, const Fields & fields)
+    {
+        if (fields.empty()) return;
+        auto & arr = json["fields"] = nlohmann::json::array();
+        for (auto & f : fields)
+            if (f.type == Logger::Field::tInt)
+                arr.push_back(f.i);
+            else if (f.type == Logger::Field::tString)
+                arr.push_back(f.s);
+            else
+                abort();
+    }
+
+    void write(const nlohmann::json & json)
+    {
+        prevLogger.log(lvlError, "@nix " + json.dump());
+    }
+
+    void log(Verbosity lvl, const FormatOrString & fs) override
+    {
+        nlohmann::json json;
+        json["action"] = "msg";
+        json["level"] = lvl;
+        json["msg"] = fs.s;
+        write(json);
+    }
+
+    void startActivity(ActivityId act, Verbosity lvl, ActivityType type,
+        const std::string & s, const Fields & fields, ActivityId parent) override
+    {
+        nlohmann::json json;
+        json["action"] = "start";
+        json["id"] = act;
+        json["level"] = lvl;
+        json["type"] = type;
+        json["text"] = s;
+        addFields(json, fields);
+        // FIXME: handle parent
+        write(json);
+    }
+
+    void stopActivity(ActivityId act) override
+    {
+        nlohmann::json json;
+        json["action"] = "stop";
+        json["id"] = act;
+        write(json);
+    }
+
+    void result(ActivityId act, ResultType type, const Fields & fields) override
+    {
+        nlohmann::json json;
+        json["action"] = "result";
+        json["id"] = act;
+        json["type"] = type;
+        addFields(json, fields);
+        write(json);
+    }
+};
+
+Logger * makeJSONLogger(Logger & prevLogger)
+{
+    return new JSONLogger(prevLogger);
+}
+
+static Logger::Fields getFields(nlohmann::json & json)
+{
+    Logger::Fields fields;
+    for (auto & f : json) {
+        if (f.type() == nlohmann::json::value_t::number_unsigned)
+            fields.emplace_back(Logger::Field(f.get<uint64_t>()));
+        else if (f.type() == nlohmann::json::value_t::string)
+            fields.emplace_back(Logger::Field(f.get<std::string>()));
+        else throw Error("unsupported JSON type %d", (int) f.type());
+    }
+    return fields;
+}
+
+bool handleJSONLogMessage(const std::string & msg,
+    const Activity & act, std::map<ActivityId, Activity> & activities)
+{
+    if (!hasPrefix(msg, "@nix ")) return false;
+
+    try {
+        auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(std::string(msg, 5));
+
+        std::string action = json["action"];
+
+        if (action == "start") {
+            auto type = (ActivityType) json["type"];
+            if (type == actDownload || type == actUnknown)
+                activities.emplace(std::piecewise_construct,
+                    std::forward_as_tuple(json["id"]),
+                    std::forward_as_tuple(*logger, (Verbosity) json["level"], type,
+                        json["text"], getFields(json["fields"]), act.id));
+        }
+
+        else if (action == "stop")
+            activities.erase((ActivityId) json["id"]);
+
+        else if (action == "result") {
+            auto i = activities.find((ActivityId) json["id"]);
+            if (i != activities.end())
+                i->second.result((ResultType) json["type"], getFields(json["fields"]));
+        }
+
+        else if (action == "setPhase") {
+            std::string phase = json["phase"];
+            act.result(resSetPhase, phase);
+        }
+
+        else if (action == "msg") {
+            std::string msg = json["msg"];
+            logger->log((Verbosity) json["level"], msg);
+        }
+
+    } catch (std::exception & e) {
+        printError("bad log message from builder: %s", e.what());
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 }

src/libutil/logging.hh

@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ extern Logger * logger;
 
 Logger * makeDefaultLogger();
 
+Logger * makeJSONLogger(Logger & prevLogger);
+
+bool handleJSONLogMessage(const std::string & msg,
+    const Activity & act, std::map<ActivityId, Activity> & activities);
+
 extern Verbosity verbosity; /* suppress msgs > this */
 
 /* Print a message if the current log level is at least the specified