hst/config: identity bounds check early

This makes sense to do here instead of in internal/app.

Signed-off-by: Ophestra <cat@gensokyo.uk>

hst/config.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package hst
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"hakurei.app/container"
@@ -118,15 +119,28 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
-// ErrConfigNull is returned by [Config.Validate] for an invalid configuration that contains a null value for any
-// field that must not be null.
-var ErrConfigNull = errors.New("unexpected null in config")
+var (
+	// ErrConfigNull is returned by [Config.Validate] for an invalid configuration that contains a null value for any
+	// field that must not be null.
+	ErrConfigNull = errors.New("unexpected null in config")
 
+	// ErrIdentityBounds is returned by [Config.Validate] for an out of bounds [Config.Identity] value.
+	ErrIdentityBounds = errors.New("identity out of bounds")
+)
+
+// Validate checks [Config] and returns [AppError] if an invalid value is encountered.
 func (config *Config) Validate() error {
 	if config == nil {
 		return &AppError{Step: "validate configuration", Err: ErrConfigNull,
 			Msg: "invalid configuration"}
 	}
+
+	// this is checked again in hsu
+	if config.Identity < IdentityMin || config.Identity > IdentityMax {
+		return &AppError{Step: "validate configuration", Err: ErrIdentityBounds,
+			Msg: "identity " + strconv.Itoa(config.Identity) + " out of range"}
+	}
+
 	if config.Container == nil {
 		return &AppError{Step: "validate configuration", Err: ErrConfigNull,
 			Msg: "configuration missing container state"}

hst/config_test.go

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ func TestConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"nil", nil, &hst.AppError{Step: "validate configuration", Err: hst.ErrConfigNull,
 			Msg: "invalid configuration"}},
+		{"identity lower", &hst.Config{Identity: -1}, &hst.AppError{Step: "validate configuration", Err: hst.ErrIdentityBounds,
+			Msg: "identity -1 out of range"}},
+		{"identity upper", &hst.Config{Identity: 10000}, &hst.AppError{Step: "validate configuration", Err: hst.ErrIdentityBounds,
+			Msg: "identity 10000 out of range"}},
 		{"container", &hst.Config{}, &hst.AppError{Step: "validate configuration", Err: hst.ErrConfigNull,
 			Msg: "configuration missing container state"}},
 		{"home", &hst.Config{Container: &hst.ContainerConfig{}}, &hst.AppError{Step: "validate configuration", Err: hst.ErrConfigNull,

internal/app/finalise.go

@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ func (k *outcome) finalise(ctx context.Context, msg container.Msg, id *state.ID,
 		k.ct = ct
 	}
 
-	// this is checked again in hsu
-	if config.Identity < hst.IdentityMin || config.Identity > hst.IdentityMax {
-		return newWithMessage(fmt.Sprintf("identity %d out of range", config.Identity))
-	}
-
 	kp.supp = make([]string, len(config.Groups))
 	for i, name := range config.Groups {
 		if gid, err := k.lookupGroupId(name); err != nil {
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@ func (k *outcome) finalise(ctx context.Context, msg container.Msg, id *state.ID,
 		}
 	}
 
-	// validation complete at this point
+	// early validation complete at this point
 	s := outcomeState{
 		ID:        id,
 		Identity:  config.Identity,