/* Create tests that run in the nix sandbox with additional access to selected host paths This is for example useful for testing hardware where a tests needs access to /sys and optionally more. The following example shows a test that accesses the GPU: Example: makeImpureTest { name = "opencl"; testedPackage = "mypackage"; # Or testPath = "mypackage.impureTests.opencl.testDerivation" sandboxPaths = [ "/sys" "/dev/dri" ]; # Defaults to ["/sys"] prepareRunCommands = ""; # (Optional) Setup for the runScript nixFlags = []; # (Optional) nix-build options for the runScript testScript = "..."; } Save as `test.nix` next to a package and reference it from the package: passthru.impureTests = { opencl = callPackage ./test.nix {}; }; `makeImpureTest` will return here a script that contains the actual nix-build command including all necessary sandbox flags. It can be executed like this: $(nix-build -A mypackage.impureTests) Rerun an already cached test: $(nix-build -A mypackage.impureTests) --check */ { lib , stdenv , writeShellScript , name , testedPackage ? null , testPath ? "${testedPackage}.impureTests.${name}.testDerivation" , sandboxPaths ? [ "/sys" ] , prepareRunCommands ? "" , nixFlags ? [ ] , testScript , ... } @ args: let sandboxPathsTests = builtins.map (path: "[[ ! -e '${path}' ]]") sandboxPaths; sandboxPathsTest = lib.concatStringsSep " || " sandboxPathsTests; sandboxPathsList = lib.concatStringsSep " " sandboxPaths; testDerivation = stdenv.mkDerivation (lib.recursiveUpdate { name = "test-run-${name}"; requiredSystemFeatures = [ "nixos-test" ]; buildCommand = '' mkdir -p $out if ${sandboxPathsTest}; then echo 'Run this test as *root* with `--option extra-sandbox-paths '"'${sandboxPathsList}'"'`' exit 1 fi # Run test ${testScript} ''; passthru.runScript = runScript; } (builtins.removeAttrs args [ "lib" "stdenv" "writeShellScript" "name" "testedPackage" "testPath" "sandboxPaths" "prepareRunCommands" "nixFlags" "testScript" ]) ); runScript = writeShellScript "run-script-${name}" '' set -euo pipefail ${prepareRunCommands} sudo nix-build --option extra-sandbox-paths '${sandboxPathsList}' ${lib.escapeShellArgs nixFlags} -A ${testPath} "$@" ''; in # The main output is the run script, inject the derivation for the actual test runScript.overrideAttrs (old: { passthru = { inherit testDerivation; }; })