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authorAnton Hvornum <anton@hvornum.se>2021-09-18 15:52:29 +0200
committerAnton Hvornum <anton@hvornum.se>2021-09-18 15:52:29 +0200
commited823be3bae2151a73ba9817a32c226ac5a3c1c0 (patch)
treeb947300c920369024447939c9cd5fbe688eb2c88 /archinstall/lib
parent68212dd32cf10e263456ae69cead762731667775 (diff)
Refactoring and cleaning up a bit
I'm making sure that the JSON structure of the user config can get a say in how the subvolumes should be used later on. As well as splitting up where the logic should be to make it easier to maintain.
Diffstat (limited to 'archinstall/lib')
-rw-r--r--archinstall/lib/disk.py35
-rw-r--r--archinstall/lib/disk2/btrfs.py11
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk.py b/archinstall/lib/disk.py
index be5b9edb..740fd4ce 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk.py
@@ -111,19 +111,6 @@ def select_disk_larger_than_or_close_to(devices, gigabytes, filter_out=None):
return min(copy_devices, key=(lambda device : abs(device.size - gigabytes)))
-def disk_layout_filesystem_checks(layout):
- # This can probably be compressed into a any(<list comprehension>)
- options = {}
- for block_device in layout:
- for partition in block_device.get('partitions', []):
- if partition.get('filesystem', {}).get('format', False) == 'btrfs':
- if not partition['filesystem'].get('subvolume', None):
- if not options.get('btrfs-subvolumes', None) is None:
- options['btrfs-subvolumes'] = input('Would you like to use BTRFS subvolumes? (Y/n)').strip().lower() in ('', 'y', 'yes')
-
- if options['btrfs-subvolumes']:
- btrfs.create_subvolume(partition)
-
def suggest_single_disk_layout(block_device, default_filesystem=None):
if not default_filesystem:
from .user_interaction import ask_for_main_filesystem_format
@@ -164,7 +151,23 @@ def suggest_single_disk_layout(block_device, default_filesystem=None):
}
})
- if block_device.size >= MIN_SIZE_TO_ALLOW_HOME_PART:
+ if default_filesystem == 'btrfs' and input('Would you like to use BTRFS subvolumes? (Y/n)').strip().lower() in ('', 'y', 'yes'):
+ # https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ
+ # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/246976/btrfs-subvolume-uuid-clash
+ # https://github.com/classy-giraffe/easy-arch/blob/main/easy-arch.sh
+ layout[block_device.path]['partitions'][1]['btrfs'] = {
+ "subvolumes" : {
+ '@home' : '/home',
+ '@log' : '/var/log',
+ '@pkgs' : '/var/cache/pacman/pkg',
+ '@.snapshots' : '/.snapshots'
+ }
+ }
+
+ elif block_device.size >= MIN_SIZE_TO_ALLOW_HOME_PART:
+ # If we don't want to use subvolumes,
+ # But we want to be able to re-use data between re-installs..
+ # A second partition for /home would be nice if we have the space for it
layout[block_device.path]['partitions'].append({
# Home
"type" : "primary",
@@ -186,6 +189,10 @@ def suggest_multi_disk_layout(block_devices, default_filesystem=None):
from .user_interaction import ask_for_main_filesystem_format
default_filesystem = ask_for_main_filesystem_format()
+ # Not really a rock solid foundation of information to stand on, but it's a start:
+ # https://www.reddit.com/r/btrfs/comments/m287gp/partition_strategy_for_two_physical_disks/
+ # https://www.reddit.com/r/btrfs/comments/9us4hr/what_is_your_btrfs_partitionsubvolumes_scheme/
+
MIN_SIZE_TO_ALLOW_HOME_PART = 40 # Gb
ARCH_LINUX_INSTALLED_SIZE = 20 # Gb, rough estimate taking in to account user desktops etc. TODO: Catch user packages to detect size?
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk2/btrfs.py b/archinstall/lib/disk2/btrfs.py
index 549d23c1..d6758b3f 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk2/btrfs.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk2/btrfs.py
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-def create_subvolume(partition):
- if partition['mountpoint'] == '/':
- partition['filesystem']['subvolume'] = '@'
- elif partition['mountpoint'] == '/home':
- partition['filesystem']['subvolume'] = '@home'
+from ..general import SysCommand
- # @.snapshots /.snapshots
- # @log /var/log
- # @pkg /var/cache/pacman/pkg \ No newline at end of file
+def create_subvolume(installation):
+ SysCommand(f"btrfs subvolume create {installation.target}/@") \ No newline at end of file