NoMount v2.0.0

NoMount v2.0.0 is here!🎉

This is a big update from previous release, and is needed to update both the kernel and the module, because both are not compatible with previous version.

Small Changelog:

There are too many changes made in this release, so I will only highlight the most relevant and important ones here.

• kernel/:

  • Remove all in-kernel hooks in favor of hijacking of i_op / f_op / s_op structures of rules injected.
  • Added official support to LKM mode. Added a Kconfig and a Makefile and also its respective workflow to compile LKM's into the module.
  • Implement the NM_FLAG_WHITEOUT bitmask to explicitly hide existing physical files from the VFS.
  • Replace hashtable lookups for structure hijacking lookups for O(1) lookups in hot-paths.
  • Remove nomount_inodes_ht and nomount_inode_node. Added nm_inode_info to O(1) inode operations.
  • Replace directory child arrays to directory child arrays, to improve management of directory childs and also to optimize iterate_dir operations.
  • Replace UID exclusion lists/hashtables to a IDR tree for O(1) checks.
  • Replace Generic Netlink API to a Keyring-based Payload API. Now kernel-userspace communication is managed sending a payload via add_key() syscall to the kernel instead of Generic Netlink API.
  • Added an automatic setup.sh script to integrate NoMount into the kernel. Removed kernel patches.
  • Simplifying and removing dead code. Fixed a lot of weird bugs.

• userspace/:

  • Replace Generic Netlink API to a Keyring-based Payload API. Now kernel-userspace communication is managed sending a payload via add_key() syscall to the kernel instead of Generic Netlink API.
  • Refactor nm binary commands, expanding it to a more ordenated and intuitive commands, while keeping support to legacy commands.
  • Extend payload struct to pack NM_FLAG_WHITEOUT instructions via the new w (whiteout) command argument in the nm CLI tool.
  • Adapt the JSON and raw nm list parsers to properly identify and print whiteout entries natively. Also add a UID list command to manage UID's excluded in a better form.
  • Implement UID-based rules operations. Now can add, o hide files / folders for some UID's
    • Example:
    • nm add /system/etc/hosts /data/adb/modules/hosts/system/etc/hosts --uid 10100
    • nm whiteout /system/etc/lineage.prop --uid 10240
  • Replace .bss buffers for a stack-based buffers, to avoid strange bugs in some devices when .bss is ignored.
  • Solved some little bugs.

• module/:

  • Add support for traditional OverlayFS character device (mknod) and Magisk .replace syntax detection during the boot phase inside metamount.sh. In response of the issue #16
  • Added official support to LKM mode. Refactor the module to support the LKM mode.
  • Added a banner in WebUI status to show if using NoMount built-in or LKM.
  • Add a symlink from /data/adb/modules/nomount/bin/nm to /data/adb/ksu/bin in case of KSU or to /data/adb/ap/bin in case of APatch.
  • Refactor xargs batching pipelines in metamount.sh and index.js to process up to the maximum ARG_MAX limit dynamically via null-byte (\0) streams.
  • Remove JSON parsing overhead from hot-unloading routines in the WebUI, opting for a direct unified file/symlink/char device file-system scan targeting nm d.
  • Implement UID exclusion list directly from kernel, to verify what's UID's are really blocked in kernel.
  • Remove the alias engine.

and a lot of other misc changes :)

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v2.0.0

NOTE: With this release, if you have a GKI kernel, you don't need to have NoMount integrated in your kernel, you can use it in LKM mode. For more information of this, please read the README.md#do-i-need-a-custom-kernel :)

Thanks to all testers and new contributors to make this possible 🫂❤️🎉