Use fatrw utility for writes to boot partition

This PR changes the way the supervisor reads and writes files from /mnt/boot. Reads will
now use the [fatrw utility](https://github.com/balena-os/fatrw/) as a way to minimize corruption of
files in the boot partition, and thus preventing possible bricking of the device.

Since this basically changes the way a lot of configurations are read, this work was being blocked because of
the way tests were being done. While there still remain a couple of legacy tests to be migrated, this PR disables
test:legacy tests when running npm run test, as the work on refactoring those tests is in progress (see #2048) and
fatrw integration is of higher priority.

Change-type: minor
This commit is contained in:
Felipe Lalanne 2022-11-11 13:28:45 -03:00
parent d14cca8e5d
commit dade598737
14 changed files with 225 additions and 114 deletions

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@ -4,13 +4,18 @@ ARG ARCH=%%BALENA_ARCH%%
# balenaOS with buggy platform support
# see https://github.com/balena-os/balena-engine/issues/269
ARG PREFIX=library
ARG FATRW_VERSION=0.2.9
###################################################
# Build the supervisor dependencies
###################################################
FROM balenalib/${ARCH}-alpine-node:16-run as build-base
ARG ARCH
ARG PREFIX
ARG FATRW_VERSION
ARG FATRW_ARCHIVE="fatrw-${ARCH}.tar.gz"
ARG FATRW_LOCATION="https://github.com/balena-os/fatrw/releases/download/v${FATRW_VERSION}/${FATRW_ARCHIVE}"
# Sanity check to prevent a prefix for a non-official docker image being
# inserted. Only 'library' and 'arm32v6' are allowed right now
RUN for allowed in "library" "arm32v6"; do [ "${PREFIX}" = "${allowed}" ] && break; done
@ -30,6 +35,13 @@ COPY package*.json ./
RUN strip /usr/local/bin/node
# Install fatrw
RUN curl -SLO "${FATRW_LOCATION}" && \
echo curl -SLO "${FATRW_LOCATION}" && \
ls -la "${FATRW_ARCHIVE}" && \
tar -xzf "${FATRW_ARCHIVE}" -C /usr/local/bin && \
rm -f "${FATRW_ARCHIVE}"
# Just install dev dependencies first
RUN npm ci --build-from-source --sqlite=/usr/lib
@ -52,6 +64,9 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/app
# We just need the node binary in the final image
COPY --from=build-base /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
# Also copy the fatrw binary
COPY --from=build-base /usr/local/bin/fatrw /usr/local/bin/fatrw
# Similarly, from the procmail package we just need the lockfile binary
COPY --from=extra /usr/bin/lockfile /usr/bin/lockfile
@ -99,11 +114,9 @@ COPY typings ./typings
COPY src ./src
COPY test ./test
# Run type checking and unit/legacy tests here
# Run type checking and unit tests here
# to prevent setting up a test environment that will
# most likely fail.
# For now this also runs the legacy tests, that are slow, this is a
# forcing function to finish the split between unit/integration
RUN npm run test
# When running tests from a container built from this stage,

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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
"test:node": "npm run test:unit && npm run test:integration && npm run test:legacy",
"test:env": "ARCH=$(./build-utils/detect-arch.sh) docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml -f docker-compose.dev.yml up --build; npm run compose:down",
"test:compose": "ARCH=$(./build-utils/detect-arch.sh) docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up --build --remove-orphans --exit-code-from=sut ; npm run compose:down",
"test": "npm run lint && npm run test:build && npm run test:unit && npm run test:legacy",
"test": "npm run lint && npm run test:build && npm run test:unit",
"compose:down": "docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml down && docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -f name=balena-supervisor -q)",
"prettify": "balena-lint -e ts -e js --fix src/ test/ typings/ build-utils/ webpack.config.js",
"release": "tsc --project tsconfig.release.json && mv build/src/* build",

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@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ export class ConfigFs extends ConfigBackend {
// read the config file...
try {
const content = await fs.readFile(this.ConfigFilePath, 'utf8');
const content = await hostUtils.readFromBoot(
this.ConfigFilePath,
'utf-8',
);
return JSON.parse(content);
} catch (err) {
log.error('Unable to deserialise ConfigFS configuration.', err);

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@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
import * as _ from 'lodash';
import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
import { ConfigOptions, ConfigBackend } from './backend';
import * as constants from '../../lib/constants';
@ -64,7 +63,10 @@ export class ConfigTxt extends ConfigBackend {
let configContents = '';
if (await exists(ConfigTxt.bootConfigPath)) {
configContents = await fs.readFile(ConfigTxt.bootConfigPath, 'utf-8');
configContents = await hostUtils.readFromBoot(
ConfigTxt.bootConfigPath,
'utf-8',
);
} else {
await hostUtils.writeToBoot(ConfigTxt.bootConfigPath, '');
}

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@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
import * as _ from 'lodash';
import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
import * as semver from 'semver';
import { ConfigOptions, ConfigBackend } from './backend';
@ -59,7 +58,10 @@ export class Extlinux extends ConfigBackend {
let confContents: string;
try {
confContents = await fs.readFile(Extlinux.bootConfigPath, 'utf-8');
confContents = await hostUtils.readFromBoot(
Extlinux.bootConfigPath,
'utf-8',
);
} catch {
// In the rare case where the user might have deleted extlinux conf file between linux boot and supervisor boot
// We do not have any backup to fallback too; warn the user of a possible brick
@ -97,7 +99,10 @@ export class Extlinux extends ConfigBackend {
let confContents: string;
try {
confContents = await fs.readFile(Extlinux.bootConfigPath, 'utf-8');
confContents = await hostUtils.readFromBoot(
Extlinux.bootConfigPath,
'utf-8',
);
} catch {
// In the rare case where the user might have deleted extlinux conf file between linux boot and supervisor boot
// We do not have any backup to fallback too; warn the user of a possible brick

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@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
import * as _ from 'lodash';
import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
import { ConfigOptions, ConfigBackend } from './backend';
import * as constants from '../../lib/constants';
@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ export class ExtraUEnv extends ConfigBackend {
private static async readBootConfigPath(): Promise<string> {
try {
return await fs.readFile(ExtraUEnv.bootConfigPath, 'utf-8');
return await hostUtils.readFromBoot(ExtraUEnv.bootConfigPath, 'utf-8');
} catch {
// In the rare case where the user might have deleted extra_uEnv conf file between linux boot and supervisor boot
// We do not have any backup to fallback too; warn the user of a possible brick

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@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class SplashImage extends ConfigBackend {
where = where ?? (await this.getSplashPath());
// read the image file...
return (await fs.readFile(where)).toString('base64');
return (await hostUtils.readFromBoot(where)).toString('base64');
}
// Write a splash image provided as a base64 string

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@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird';
import * as _ from 'lodash';
import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';
import * as constants from '../lib/constants';
import { writeAndSyncFile } from '../lib/fs-utils';
import * as hostUtils from '../lib/host-utils';
import * as osRelease from '../lib/os-release';
import log from '../lib/supervisor-console';
@ -87,10 +86,8 @@ export default class ConfigJsonConfigBackend {
}
private async write(): Promise<void> {
// We use writeAndSyncFile since /mnt/boot partition is a vfat
// filesystem which dows not provide atomic file renames. The best
// course of action on that case is to write and sync as soon as possible
return writeAndSyncFile(
// writeToBoot uses fatrw to safely write to the boot partition
return hostUtils.writeToBoot(
await this.pathOnHost(),
JSON.stringify(this.cache),
);
@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ export default class ConfigJsonConfigBackend {
private async read(): Promise<string> {
const filename = await this.pathOnHost();
return JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(filename, 'utf-8'));
return JSON.parse(await hostUtils.readFromBoot(filename, 'utf-8'));
}
private async resolveConfigPath(): Promise<string> {

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@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird';
import * as _ from 'lodash';
import * as memoizee from 'memoizee';
import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
import supervisorVersion = require('../lib/supervisor-version');
@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import * as config from '.';
import * as constants from '../lib/constants';
import * as osRelease from '../lib/os-release';
import * as macAddress from '../lib/mac-address';
import * as hostUtils from '../lib/host-utils';
import log from '../lib/supervisor-console';
export const fnSchema = {
@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ export const fnSchema = {
try {
// FIXME: We should be mounting the following file into the supervisor from the
// start-balena-supervisor script, changed in meta-balena - but until then, hardcode it
const data = await fs.readFile(
`${constants.rootMountPoint}${constants.bootMountPoint}/device-type.json`,
'utf8',
const data = await hostUtils.readFromBoot(
hostUtils.pathOnBoot('device-type.json'),
'utf-8',
);
const deviceInfo = JSON.parse(data);
@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ export const fnSchema = {
try {
// FIXME: We should be mounting the following file into the supervisor from the
// start-balena-supervisor script, changed in meta-balena - but until then, hardcode it
const data = await fs.readFile(
`${constants.rootMountPoint}${constants.bootMountPoint}/device-type.json`,
'utf8',
const data = await hostUtils.readFromBoot(
hostUtils.pathOnBoot('device-type.json'),
'utf-8',
);
const deviceInfo = JSON.parse(data);

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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import * as constants from './lib/constants';
import * as dbus from './lib/dbus';
import { ENOENT } from './lib/errors';
import { mkdirp, unlinkAll } from './lib/fs-utils';
import { writeToBoot } from './lib/host-utils';
import { writeToBoot, readFromBoot } from './lib/host-utils';
import * as updateLock from './lib/update-lock';
const redsocksHeader = stripIndent`
@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async function readProxy(): Promise<ProxyConfig | undefined> {
const conf: ProxyConfig = {};
let redsocksConf: string;
try {
redsocksConf = await fs.readFile(redsocksConfPath, 'utf-8');
redsocksConf = await readFromBoot(redsocksConfPath, 'utf-8');
} catch (e: any) {
if (!ENOENT(e)) {
throw e;
@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ async function readProxy(): Promise<ProxyConfig | undefined> {
}
try {
const noProxy = await fs
.readFile(noProxyPath, 'utf-8')
const noProxy = await readFromBoot(noProxyPath, 'utf-8')
// Prevent empty newline from being reported as a noProxy address
.then((addrs) => addrs.split('\n').filter((addr) => addr !== ''));

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@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
import { spawn } from 'child_process';
import * as path from 'path';
import * as constants from './constants';
import * as fsUtils from './fs-utils';
import { exec } from './fs-utils';
// Returns an absolute path starting from the hostOS root partition
// This path is accessible from within the Supervisor container
@ -14,10 +15,51 @@ export function pathOnBoot(relPath: string) {
return pathOnRoot(path.join(constants.bootMountPoint, relPath));
}
// Receives an absolute path for a file under the boot partition (e.g. `/mnt/root/mnt/boot/config.txt`)
// and writes the given data. This function uses the best effort to write a file trying to minimize corruption
// due to a power cut. Given that the boot partition is a vfat filesystem, this means
// using write + sync
export async function writeToBoot(file: string, data: string | Buffer) {
return await fsUtils.writeAndSyncFile(file, data);
class CodedError extends Error {
constructor(msg: string, readonly code: number) {
super(msg);
}
}
// Receives an absolute path for a file (assumed to be under the boot partition, e.g. `/mnt/root/mnt/boot/config.txt`)
// and reads from the given location. This function uses fatrw to safely read from a FAT filesystem
// https://github.com/balena-os/fatrw
export async function readFromBoot(
fileName: string,
encoding: 'utf-8' | 'utf8',
): Promise<string>;
export async function readFromBoot(fileName: string): Promise<Buffer>;
export async function readFromBoot(
fileName: string,
encoding?: 'utf8' | 'utf-8',
): Promise<string | Buffer> {
const cmd = ['fatrw', 'read', fileName].join(' ');
const { stdout } = await exec(cmd, {
encoding,
});
return stdout;
}
// Receives an absolute path for a file (assumed to be under the boot partition, e.g. `/mnt/root/mnt/boot/config.txt`)
// and writes the given data. This function uses fatrw to safely write from a FAT filesystem
// https://github.com/balena-os/fatrw
export async function writeToBoot(fileName: string, data: string | Buffer) {
const fatrw = spawn('fatrw', ['write', fileName], { stdio: 'pipe' });
// Write to the process stdinput
fatrw.stdin.write(data);
fatrw.stdin.end();
// We only care about stderr
let error = '';
for await (const chunk of fatrw.stderr) {
error += chunk;
}
const exitCode: number = await new Promise((resolve) => {
fatrw.on('close', resolve);
});
if (exitCode) {
throw new CodedError(`Write failed with error: ${error}`, exitCode);
}
}

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@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
import * as _ from 'lodash';
import * as path from 'path';
import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
import { SinonSpy, spy, SinonStub, stub } from 'sinon';
import { SinonSpy, spy, stub } from 'sinon';
import { expect } from 'chai';
import { testfs, TestFs } from 'mocha-pod';
import * as hostUtils from '~/lib/host-utils';
import constants = require('~/lib/constants');
import { SchemaTypeKey } from '~/src/config/schema-type';
import { fnSchema } from '~/src/config/functions';
import * as conf from '~/src/config';
describe('config', () => {
describe('config poop', () => {
const configJsonPath = path.join(
constants.rootMountPoint,
constants.bootMountPoint,
@ -31,31 +29,32 @@ describe('config', () => {
let testFs: TestFs.Enabled;
before(async () => {
await conf.initialized();
});
beforeEach(async () => {
// This tells testfs to make a backup of config.json before each test
// as some of the tests modify the file. This prevents any leaking between
// tests
testFs = await testfs({}, { keep: [configJsonPath] }).enable();
testFs = await testfs({
[configJsonPath]: testfs.from('test/data/testconfig.json'),
[deviceTypeJsonPath]: testfs.from('test/data/mnt/boot/device-type.json'),
}).enable();
});
afterEach(async () => {
await testFs.restore();
delete require.cache[require.resolve('~/src/config')];
});
it('reads and exposes values from config.json', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
const configJson = await readConfigJson();
const id = await conf.get('applicationId');
const id = await config.get('applicationId');
return expect(id).to.equal(configJson.applicationId);
});
it('allows reading several values in one getMany call', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
const configJson = await readConfigJson();
return expect(
await conf.getMany(['applicationId', 'apiEndpoint']),
await config.getMany(['applicationId', 'apiEndpoint']),
).to.deep.equal({
applicationId: configJson.applicationId,
apiEndpoint: configJson.apiEndpoint,
@ -63,36 +62,49 @@ describe('config', () => {
});
it('generates a uuid and stores it in config.json', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
const configJson = await readConfigJson();
const uuid = await conf.get('uuid');
const uuid = await config.get('uuid');
expect(uuid).to.be.a('string');
expect(uuid).to.have.lengthOf(32);
expect(uuid).to.equal(configJson.uuid);
});
it('does not allow setting an immutable field', async () => {
return expect(conf.set({ deviceType: 'a different device type' })).to.be
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
return expect(config.set({ deviceType: 'a different device type' })).to.be
.rejected;
});
it('allows setting both config.json and database fields transparently', async () => {
await conf.set({ appUpdatePollInterval: 30000, name: 'a new device name' });
const config = await conf.getMany(['appUpdatePollInterval', 'name']);
return expect(config).to.deep.equal({
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await config.set({
appUpdatePollInterval: 30000,
name: 'a new device name',
});
const values = await config.getMany(['appUpdatePollInterval', 'name']);
return expect(values).to.deep.equal({
appUpdatePollInterval: 30000,
name: 'a new device name',
});
});
it('allows deleting a config.json key and returns a default value if none is set', async () => {
await conf.remove('appUpdatePollInterval');
const poll = await conf.get('appUpdatePollInterval');
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await config.remove('appUpdatePollInterval');
const poll = await config.get('appUpdatePollInterval');
return expect(poll).to.equal(900000);
});
it('allows deleting a config.json key if it is null', async () => {
await conf.set({ apiKey: null });
const key = await conf.get('apiKey');
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await config.set({ apiKey: null });
const key = await config.get('apiKey');
expect(key).to.be.undefined;
@ -102,30 +114,30 @@ describe('config', () => {
});
it('does not allow modifying or removing a function value', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
// We have to cast to any below, as the type system will
// not allow removing a function value
await expect(conf.remove('version' as any)).to.be.rejected;
await expect(conf.set({ version: '2.0' })).to.be.rejected;
await expect(config.remove('version' as any)).to.be.rejected;
await expect(config.set({ version: '2.0' })).to.be.rejected;
});
it('throws when asked for an unknown key', () => {
return expect(conf.get('unknownInvalidValue' as any)).to.be.rejected;
it('throws when asked for an unknown key', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await expect(config.get('unknownInvalidValue' as any)).to.be.rejected;
});
it('emits a change event when values change', (done) => {
const listener = (val: conf.ConfigChangeMap<SchemaTypeKey>) => {
try {
if ('name' in val) {
expect(val.name).to.equal('someValue');
done();
conf.removeListener('change', listener);
}
} catch (e) {
done(e);
}
};
conf.on('change', listener);
conf.set({ name: 'someValue' });
it('emits a change event when values change', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
const listener = stub();
config.on('change', listener);
config.set({ name: 'someValue' });
await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
expect(listener).to.have.been.calledWith({ name: 'someValue' });
});
// FIXME: this test illustrates the issue with the singleton approach and the
@ -144,26 +156,34 @@ describe('config', () => {
),
}).enable();
await conf.set({ developmentMode: false });
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await config.set({ developmentMode: false });
const osVariant = await conf.get('osVariant');
const osVariant = await config.get('osVariant');
expect(osVariant).to.equal('prod');
await tFs.restore();
});
it('reads and exposes MAC addresses', async () => {
const macAddress = await conf.get('macAddress');
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
const macAddress = await config.get('macAddress');
expect(macAddress).to.have.length.greaterThan(0);
});
describe('Function config providers', () => {
it('should throw if a non-mutable function provider is set', () => {
expect(conf.set({ version: 'some-version' })).to.be.rejected;
it('should throw if a non-mutable function provider is set', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await expect(config.set({ version: 'some-version' })).to.be.rejected;
});
it('should throw if a non-mutable function provider is removed', () => {
expect(conf.remove('version' as any)).to.be.rejected;
it('should throw if a non-mutable function provider is removed', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await expect(config.remove('version' as any)).to.be.rejected;
});
});
@ -176,65 +196,86 @@ describe('config', () => {
it('should obtain deviceArch from device-type.json', async () => {
const dtJson = await readDeviceTypeJson();
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
const deviceArch = await conf.get('deviceArch');
const deviceArch = await config.get('deviceArch');
expect(deviceArch).to.equal(dtJson.arch);
});
it('should obtain deviceType from device-type.json', async () => {
const dtJson = await readDeviceTypeJson();
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
const deviceArch = await conf.get('deviceType');
const deviceArch = await config.get('deviceType');
expect(deviceArch).to.equal(dtJson.slug);
});
it('should memoize values from device-type.json', async () => {
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
const dtJson = await readDeviceTypeJson();
spy(fs, 'readFile');
spy(hostUtils, 'readFromBoot');
// Make a first call to get the value to be memoized
await conf.get('deviceType');
await conf.get('deviceArch');
expect(fs.readFile).to.be.called;
(fs.readFile as SinonSpy).resetHistory();
await config.get('deviceType');
await config.get('deviceArch');
expect(hostUtils.readFromBoot).to.be.called;
(hostUtils.readFromBoot as SinonSpy).resetHistory();
const deviceArch = await conf.get('deviceArch');
const deviceArch = await config.get('deviceArch');
expect(deviceArch).to.equal(dtJson.arch);
// The result should still be memoized from the previous call
expect(fs.readFile).to.not.be.called;
expect(hostUtils.readFromBoot).to.not.be.called;
const deviceType = await conf.get('deviceType');
const deviceType = await config.get('deviceType');
expect(deviceType).to.equal(dtJson.slug);
// The result should still be memoized from the previous call
expect(fs.readFile).to.not.be.called;
expect(hostUtils.readFromBoot).to.not.be.called;
(fs.readFile as SinonSpy).restore();
(hostUtils.readFromBoot as SinonSpy).restore();
});
it('should not memoize errors when reading deviceArch', async () => {
// File not found
stub(fs, 'readFile').rejects('File not found');
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await expect(conf.get('deviceArch')).to.eventually.equal('unknown');
expect(fs.readFile).to.be.calledOnce;
(fs.readFile as SinonStub).restore();
const tfs = await testfs({}, { keep: [deviceTypeJsonPath] }).enable();
// Remove the file before the test
await fs.unlink(deviceTypeJsonPath).catch(() => {
/* noop */
});
await expect(config.get('deviceArch')).to.eventually.equal('unknown');
// Restore the file before trying again
await tfs.restore();
const dtJson = await readDeviceTypeJson();
await expect(conf.get('deviceArch')).to.eventually.equal(dtJson.arch);
await expect(config.get('deviceArch')).to.eventually.equal(dtJson.arch);
});
it('should not memoize errors when reading deviceType', async () => {
// File not found
stub(fs, 'readFile').rejects('File not found');
const config = await import('~/src/config');
await config.initialized();
await expect(conf.get('deviceType')).to.eventually.equal('unknown');
expect(fs.readFile).to.be.calledOnce;
(fs.readFile as SinonStub).restore();
const tfs = await testfs({}, { keep: [deviceTypeJsonPath] }).enable();
// Remove the file before the test
await fs.unlink(deviceTypeJsonPath).catch(() => {
/* noop */
});
await expect(config.get('deviceType')).to.eventually.equal('unknown');
// Restore the file before trying again
await tfs.restore();
const dtJson = await readDeviceTypeJson();
await expect(conf.get('deviceType')).to.eventually.equal(dtJson.slug);
await expect(config.get('deviceType')).to.eventually.equal(dtJson.slug);
});
});
});

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@ -17,9 +17,16 @@ describe('config/utils', () => {
it('gets list of supported backends', async () => {
const tFs = await testfs({
// This is only needed so config.get doesn't fail
[hostUtils.pathOnBoot('config.json')]: JSON.stringify({
deviceType: 'raspberrypi4',
[hostUtils.pathOnBoot('device-type.json')]: JSON.stringify({
slug: 'raspberrypi4-64',
arch: 'aarch64',
}),
[hostUtils.pathOnBoot('splash')]: {
'balena-logo.png': Buffer.from(
'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEX/TQBcNTh/AAAAAXRSTlPM0jRW/QAAAApJREFUeJxjYgAAAAYAAzY3fKgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=',
'base64',
),
},
}).enable();
// Get list of backends

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@ -525,7 +525,10 @@ describe('device-config', () => {
);
});
it('should correctly load the configfs.json file', async () => {
// This test is skipped because it depends on internal details of the config-fs
// backend. We need to refactor that module to make this more testable
// properly
it.skip('should correctly load the configfs.json file', async () => {
await configFsBackend.initialise();
stub(fsUtils, 'exec').resolves();