Revert "Module-builtin assertions, disabling assertions and submodule assertions"

13 files changed, 45 insertions, 303 deletions

diff --git a/lib/modules.nix b/lib/modules.nix
index 5548c5f7049c..3f2bfd478b0d 100644
--- a/lib/modules.nix
+++ b/lib/modules.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ let
     showFiles
     showOption
     unknownModule
-    literalExample
     ;
 in
 
@@ -73,20 +72,14 @@ rec {
                   check ? true
                 }:
     let
-      # An internal module that's always added, defining special options which
-      # change the behavior of the module evaluation itself. This is under a
-      # `_`-prefixed namespace in order to prevent name clashes with
-      # user-defined options
+      # This internal module declare internal options under the `_module'
+      # attribute.  These options are fragile, as they are used by the
+      # module system to change the interpretation of modules.
       internalModule = rec {
-        # FIXME: Using ./modules.nix directly breaks the doc for some reason
-        _file = "lib/modules.nix";
+        _file = ./modules.nix;
 
         key = _file;
 
-        # Most of these options are set to be internal only for prefix != [],
-        # aka it's a submodule evaluation. This way their docs are displayed
-        # only once as a top-level NixOS option, but will be hidden for all
-        # submodules, even though they are available there too
         options = {
           _module.args = mkOption {
             # Because things like `mkIf` are entirely useless for
@@ -96,7 +89,7 @@ rec {
             # a `_module.args.pkgs = import (fetchTarball { ... }) {}` won't
             # start a download when `pkgs` wasn't evaluated.
             type = types.lazyAttrsOf types.unspecified;
-            internal = prefix != [];
+            internal = true;
             description = "Arguments passed to each module.";
           };
 
@@ -104,19 +97,13 @@ rec {
             type = types.bool;
             internal = true;
             default = check;
-            description = ''
-              Whether to check whether all option definitions have matching
-              declarations.
-
-              Note that this has nothing to do with the similarly named
-              <option>_module.checks</option> option
-            '';
+            description = "Whether to check whether all option definitions have matching declarations.";
           };
 
           _module.freeformType = mkOption {
             # Disallow merging for now, but could be implemented nicely with a `types.optionType`
             type = types.nullOr (types.uniq types.attrs);
-            internal = prefix != [];
+            internal = true;
             default = null;
             description = ''
               If set, merge all definitions that don't have an associated option
@@ -129,75 +116,6 @@ rec {
               turned off.
             '';
           };
-
-          _module.checks = mkOption {
-            description = ''
-              Evaluation checks to trigger during module evaluation. The
-              attribute name will be displayed when it is triggered, allowing
-              users to disable/change these checks if necessary. See
-              the section on Warnings and Assertions in the manual for more
-              information.
-            '';
-            example = literalExample ''
-              {
-                gpgSshAgent = {
-                  enable = config.programs.gnupg.agent.enableSSHSupport && config.programs.ssh.startAgent;
-                  message = "You can't use ssh-agent and GnuPG agent with SSH support enabled at the same time!";
-                };
-
-                grafanaPassword = {
-                  enable = config.services.grafana.database.password != "";
-                  message = "Grafana passwords will be stored as plaintext in the Nix store!";
-                  type = "warning";
-                };
-              }
-            '';
-            default = {};
-            internal = prefix != [];
-            type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule {
-              options.enable = mkOption {
-                description = ''
-                  Whether to enable this check. Set this to false to not trigger
-                  any errors or warning messages. This is useful for ignoring a
-                  check in case it doesn't make sense in certain scenarios.
-                '';
-                default = true;
-                type = types.bool;
-              };
-
-              options.check = mkOption {
-                description = ''
-                  The condition that must succeed in order for this check to be
-                  successful and not trigger a warning or error.
-                '';
-                readOnly = true;
-                type = types.bool;
-              };
-
-              options.type = mkOption {
-                description = ''
-                  The type of the check. The default
-                  <literal>"error"</literal> type will cause evaluation to fail,
-                  while the <literal>"warning"</literal> type will only show a
-                  warning.
-                '';
-                type = types.enum [ "error" "warning" ];
-                default = "error";
-                example = "warning";
-              };
-
-              options.message = mkOption {
-                description = ''
-                  The message to display if this check triggers.
-                  To display option names in the message, add
-                  <literal>options</literal> to the module function arguments
-                  and use <literal>''${options.path.to.option}</literal>.
-                '';
-                type = types.str;
-                example = "Enabling both \${options.services.foo.enable} and \${options.services.bar.enable} is not possible.";
-              };
-            });
-          };
         };
 
         config = {
@@ -236,35 +154,6 @@ rec {
           # paths, meaning recursiveUpdate will never override any value
           else recursiveUpdate freeformConfig declaredConfig;
 
-      # Triggers all checks defined by _module.checks before returning its argument
-      triggerChecks = let
-
-        handleCheck = errors: name:
-          let
-            value = config._module.checks.${name};
-            show =
-              # Assertions with a _ prefix aren't meant to be configurable
-              if lib.hasPrefix "_" name then value.message
-              else "[${showOption prefix}${optionalString (prefix != []) "/"}${name}] ${value.message}";
-          in
-            if value.enable -> value.check then errors
-            else if value.type == "warning" then lib.warn show errors
-            else if value.type == "error" then errors ++ [ show ]
-            else abort "Unknown check type ${value.type}";
-
-        errors = lib.foldl' handleCheck [] (lib.attrNames config._module.checks);
-
-        errorMessage = ''
-          Failed checks:
-          ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (a: "- ${a}") errors}
-        '';
-
-        trigger = if errors == [] then null else throw errorMessage;
-
-      in builtins.seq trigger;
-
-      finalConfig = triggerChecks (removeAttrs config [ "_module" ]);
-
       checkUnmatched =
         if config._module.check && config._module.freeformType == null && merged.unmatchedDefns != [] then
           let
@@ -284,7 +173,7 @@ rec {
 
       result = builtins.seq checkUnmatched {
         inherit options;
-        config = finalConfig;
+        config = removeAttrs config [ "_module" ];
         inherit (config) _module;
       };
     in result;
@@ -625,8 +514,6 @@ rec {
         definitions = map (def: def.value) res.defsFinal;
         files = map (def: def.file) res.defsFinal;
         inherit (res) isDefined;
-        # This allows options to be correctly displayed using `${options.path.to.it}`
-        __toString = _: showOption loc;
       };
 
   # Merge definitions of a value of a given type.
@@ -886,15 +773,14 @@ rec {
         visible = false;
         apply = x: throw "The option `${showOption optionName}' can no longer be used since it's been removed. ${replacementInstructions}";
       });
-      config._module.checks =
-        let opt = getAttrFromPath optionName options; in {
-        ${"removed-" + showOption optionName} = lib.mkIf opt.isDefined {
+      config.assertions =
+        let opt = getAttrFromPath optionName options; in [{
+          assertion = !opt.isDefined;
           message = ''
             The option definition `${showOption optionName}' in ${showFiles opt.files} no longer has any effect; please remove it.
             ${replacementInstructions}
           '';
-        };
-      };
+        }];
     };
 
   /* Return a module that causes a warning to be shown if the
@@ -955,18 +841,14 @@ rec {
       })) from);
 
       config = {
-        _module.checks =
-          let warningMessages = map (f:
-            let val = getAttrFromPath f config;
-                opt = getAttrFromPath f options;
-            in {
-              ${"merged" + showOption f} = lib.mkIf (val != "_mkMergedOptionModule") {
-                type = "warning";
-                message = "The option `${showOption f}' defined in ${showFiles opt.files} has been changed to `${showOption to}' that has a different type. Please read `${showOption to}' documentation and update your configuration accordingly.";
-              };
-            }
-            ) from;
-          in mkMerge warningMessages;
+        warnings = filter (x: x != "") (map (f:
+          let val = getAttrFromPath f config;
+              opt = getAttrFromPath f options;
+          in
+          optionalString
+            (val != "_mkMergedOptionModule")
+            "The option `${showOption f}' defined in ${showFiles opt.files} has been changed to `${showOption to}' that has a different type. Please read `${showOption to}' documentation and update your configuration accordingly."
+        ) from);
       } // setAttrByPath to (mkMerge
              (optional
                (any (f: (getAttrFromPath f config) != "_mkMergedOptionModule") from)
@@ -1025,10 +907,8 @@ rec {
       });
       config = mkMerge [
         {
-          _module.checks.${"renamed-" + showOption from} = mkIf (warn && fromOpt.isDefined) {
-            type = "warning";
-            message = "The option `${showOption from}' defined in ${showFiles fromOpt.files} has been renamed to `${showOption to}'.";
-          };
+          warnings = optional (warn && fromOpt.isDefined)
+            "The option `${showOption from}' defined in ${showFiles fromOpt.files} has been renamed to `${showOption to}'.";
         }
         (if withPriority
           then mkAliasAndWrapDefsWithPriority (setAttrByPath to) fromOpt
diff --git a/lib/options.nix b/lib/options.nix
index 5c042a6c6f29..87cd8b797969 100644
--- a/lib/options.nix
+++ b/lib/options.nix
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ rec {
           let ss = opt.type.getSubOptions opt.loc;
           in if ss != {} then optionAttrSetToDocList' opt.loc ss else [];
       in
-        [ docOption ] ++ optionals (docOption.visible && ! docOption.internal) subOptions) (collect isOption options);
+        [ docOption ] ++ optionals docOption.visible subOptions) (collect isOption options);
 
 
   /* This function recursively removes all derivation attributes from
diff --git a/lib/tests/misc.nix b/lib/tests/misc.nix
index 2d53ed81176d..35a5801c724f 100644
--- a/lib/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/misc.nix
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ runTests {
           modules = [ module ];
         }).options;
 
-        locs = filter (o: ! o.internal) (optionAttrSetToDocList (removeAttrs options [ "_module" ]));
+        locs = filter (o: ! o.internal) (optionAttrSetToDocList options);
       in map (o: o.loc) locs;
     expected = [ [ "foo" ] [ "foo" "<name>" "bar" ] [ "foo" "bar" ] ];
   };
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules.sh b/lib/tests/modules.sh
index 775be9f7209b..309c5311361c 100755
--- a/lib/tests/modules.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/modules.sh
@@ -27,50 +27,37 @@ reportFailure() {
     fail=$((fail + 1))
 }
 
-checkConfigCodeOutErr() {
-    local expectedExit=$1
-    shift;
+checkConfigOutput() {
     local outputContains=$1
     shift;
-    local errorContains=$1
-    shift;
-    out=$(mktemp)
-    err=$(mktemp)
-    evalConfig "$@" 1>"$out" 2>"$err"
-    if [[ "$?" -ne "$expectedExit" ]]; then
-        echo 2>&1 "error: Expected exit code $expectedExit while evaluating"
-        reportFailure "$@"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    if [[ -n "$outputContains" ]] && ! grep -zP --silent "$outputContains" "$out"; then
-        echo 2>&1 "error: Expected output matching '$outputContains', while evaluating"
+    if evalConfig "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep --silent "$outputContains" ; then
+        pass=$((pass + 1))
+        return 0;
+    else
+        echo 2>&1 "error: Expected result matching '$outputContains', while evaluating"
         reportFailure "$@"
         return 1
     fi
-
-    if [[ -n "$errorContains" ]] && ! grep -zP --silent "$errorContains" "$err"; then
-        echo 2>&1 "error: Expected error matching '$errorContains', while evaluating"
-        reportFailure "$@"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    pass=$((pass + 1))
-
-    # Clean up temp files
-    rm "$out" "$err"
-}
-
-checkConfigOutput() {
-    local outputContains=$1
-    shift;
-    checkConfigCodeOutErr 0 "$outputContains" "" "$@"
 }
 
 checkConfigError() {
     local errorContains=$1
+    local err=""
     shift;
-    checkConfigCodeOutErr 1 "" "$errorContains" "$@"
+    if err==$(evalConfig "$@" 2>&1 >/dev/null); then
+        echo 2>&1 "error: Expected error code, got exit code 0, while evaluating"
+        reportFailure "$@"
+        return 1
+    else
+        if echo "$err" | grep -zP --silent "$errorContains" ; then
+            pass=$((pass + 1))
+            return 0;
+        else
+            echo 2>&1 "error: Expected error matching '$errorContains', while evaluating"
+            reportFailure "$@"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
 }
 
 # Check boolean option.
@@ -275,29 +262,6 @@ checkConfigOutput true config.value.mkbefore ./types-anything/mk-mods.nix
 checkConfigOutput 1 config.value.nested.foo ./types-anything/mk-mods.nix
 checkConfigOutput baz config.value.nested.bar.baz ./types-anything/mk-mods.nix
 
-## Module assertions
-# Check that assertions are triggered by default for just evaluating config
-checkConfigError 'Failed checks:\n- \[test\] Assertion failed' config ./assertions/simple.nix
-
-# Assertion is not triggered when enable is false or condition is true
-checkConfigOutput '{ }' config ./assertions/condition-true.nix
-checkConfigOutput '{ }' config ./assertions/enable-false.nix
-
-# Warnings should be displayed on standard error
-checkConfigCodeOutErr 0 '{ }' 'warning: \[test\] Warning message' config ./assertions/warning.nix
-
-# Check that multiple assertions and warnings can be triggered at once
-checkConfigError 'Failed checks:\n- \[test1\] Assertion 1 failed\n- \[test2\] Assertion 2 failed' config ./assertions/multi.nix
-checkConfigError 'trace: warning: \[test3\] Warning 3 failed\ntrace: warning: \[test4\] Warning 4 failed' config ./assertions/multi.nix
-
-# Submodules should be able to trigger assertions and display the submodule prefix in their error
-checkConfigError 'Failed checks:\n- \[foo/test\] Assertion failed' config.foo ./assertions/submodule.nix
-checkConfigError 'Failed checks:\n- \[foo.bar/test\] Assertion failed' config.foo.bar ./assertions/submodule-attrsOf.nix
-checkConfigError 'Failed checks:\n- \[foo.bar.baz/test\] Assertion failed' config.foo.bar.baz ./assertions/submodule-attrsOf-attrsOf.nix
-
-# Assertions with an attribute starting with _ shouldn't have their name displayed
-checkConfigError 'Failed checks:\n- Assertion failed' config ./assertions/underscore-attributes.nix
-
 cat <<EOF
 ====== module tests ======
 $pass Pass
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/condition-true.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/condition-true.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ca0817a2397..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/condition-true.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-  _module.checks.test = {
-    check = true;
-    message = "Assertion failed";
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/enable-false.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/enable-false.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 11f753bb32e8..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/enable-false.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-  _module.checks.test = {
-    enable = false;
-    check = false;
-    message = "Assertion failed";
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/multi.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/multi.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e2e14b8643a..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/multi.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-  _module.checks = {
-    test1 = {
-      check = false;
-      message = "Assertion 1 failed";
-    };
-    test2 = {
-      check = false;
-      message = "Assertion 2 failed";
-    };
-    test3 = {
-      check = false;
-      message = "Warning 3 failed";
-      type = "warning";
-    };
-    test4 = {
-      check = false;
-      message = "Warning 4 failed";
-      type = "warning";
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/simple.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/simple.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 115d89a30362..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/simple.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  _module.checks.test = {
-    check = false;
-    message = "Assertion failed";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule-attrsOf-attrsOf.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule-attrsOf-attrsOf.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 27a63d1e4329..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule-attrsOf-attrsOf.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, ... }: {
-
-  options.foo = lib.mkOption {
-    default = { bar.baz = {}; };
-    type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule {
-      _module.checks.test = {
-        check = false;
-        message = "Assertion failed";
-      };
-    }));
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule-attrsOf.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule-attrsOf.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index aac5937cf7e5..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule-attrsOf.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, ... }: {
-
-  options.foo = lib.mkOption {
-    default = { bar = {}; };
-    type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule {
-      _module.checks.test = {
-        check = false;
-        message = "Assertion failed";
-      };
-    });
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e7e0b1bd61e..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/submodule.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, ... }: {
-
-  options.foo = lib.mkOption {
-    default = {};
-    type = lib.types.submodule {
-      _module.checks.test = {
-        check = false;
-        message = "Assertion failed";
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/underscore-attributes.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/underscore-attributes.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f9ee5c5787b0..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/underscore-attributes.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-  _module.checks._test = {
-    check = false;
-    message = "Assertion failed";
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/warning.nix b/lib/tests/modules/assertions/warning.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 72598ba3fdd5..000000000000
--- a/lib/tests/modules/assertions/warning.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-  _module.checks.test = {
-    check = false;
-    type = "warning";
-    message = "Warning message";
-  };
-
-}