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component: decide updates by changed content, not package versions - #1181
This is a big one, but I've tried to split out the commits where I felt it made sense. The core commit is e4d7bfa (decide updates by changed content), which fundamentally changes how bootupd decides when to update. As a result, it also completely drops the concept of WouldDowngrade (including the --json output), as with this model that's no longer possible since any change results in an update. I think that this makes more sense anyway, as it allows for intentional downgrades. It also means the ESP should converge on a rolled-back deployment.
Comparisons are made by using the FileTree structs we already store for the EFI component, and by adding a single-file (GRUB binary) FileTree to the BIOS component. These store checksums for every file in the given directory, so comparing the recorded installed files to the files in the update payload directory gives us has_changed_content.
Side-effects:
The BIOS change means that there will be a one-time update for systems with that component as currently no FileTree is recorded
status and update now hash the update payload instead of comparing version strings, adding some I/O to each query
Downgrade refusal was also protecting us from a payload which does not include the bootloader (or shim where relevant), so that protection needed to be re-introduced separately
Automatic updates can of course still be disabled by masking the bootloader-update.service when required.
EDIT
Updates:
no longer using a single-file FileTree for BIOS, now including inputs as well (e.g. kernel.img)
covered some additional edge cases suggested by coderabbit
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Update eligibility now depends on installed and payload file content rather than package-version ordering. EFI and BIOS operations record or compare installed content, and EFI operations validate required payload components. Command status, design documentation, and end-to-end tests reflect the content-based update flow.
Changes: Content-based bootloader updates
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Summary
Content comparison and update query src/component.rs, src/filetree.rs, src/bootloader.rs, src/model.rs, src/packagesystem.rs
The component query combines update metadata with content-based eligibility. Filetree comparison ignores source-path differences, and traversal skips excluded directories before inspecting their contents. Version-ordering comparison and the WouldDowngrade status were removed.
EFI payload selection and validation src/efi.rs
EFI operations select the new or legacy payload layout and filter out other bootloader directories. Operations validate required bootloader components and preserve required installed binaries. EFI eligibility compares filtered filetrees.
BIOS installed content tracking src/bios.rs
BIOS install, adoption, and update results record GRUB input filetrees. BIOS adoption checks the selected bootloader, and update eligibility compares filetree content.
Command integration and update validation src/bootupd.rs, tests/e2e-update/*, README-design.md
Update and status use the combined metadata and eligibility query. Adoption passes the selected bootloader. End-to-end tests check adoption status and a changed lower-EVR payload. The design document describes the workflow and payload requirements.
sequenceDiagram
participant CLI as bootupctl update or status
participant Query as Component::query_updatable
participant EFI as EFI content comparison
participant Tree as FileTree::is_content_eq
CLI->>Query: Request update metadata and eligibility
Query->>EFI: Compare installed content with payload
EFI->>Tree: Compare filtered filetree content
Tree-->>EFI: Return content equality
EFI-->>Query: Return whether content changed
Query-->>CLI: Return metadata and eligibility
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Possibly related PRs
coreos/bootupd#1180: Enables the boot-time service that runs the update operation whose eligibility changes in this PR.
Suggested reviewers:johan-liebert1
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to de0f2
Status can fail for an EFI record without a saved filetree, and adoption may leave an existing shim outside future update checks. Resolve or explicitly accept these risks before merging.
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content: /var/tmp/tmt/run-001/tests/tmt/plans/smoke/discover/default-0/tests/target/release/bootupd: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
EDIT: seems that with our pin to Ubuntu 24, the built binary is trying to use openssl 3, while the image that the tmt tests actually run on (I guess Fedora:latest) likely only has openssl 4. Opened #1182.
Adoption recorded the unfiltered update payload tree, unlike install.
Pass the bootloader through adopt_update so other bootloaders' dirs are
skipped. Also skip BIOS adoption for non-grub bootloaders.
The BIOS component compiles on ppc64le and will need to hash
grub2-install through FileMetadata::new_from_path. Enable the method
there and update the required imports.
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src/efi.rs: 1
1746-1749: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift
Test incomplete payload rejection through the update path.
The missing-shim test calls ensure_boot_components directly. If Efi::run_update stops calling it, the test still passes and an update can remove the installed shim.
Add update-path tests for missing shim and bootloader components. Assert that each update is rejected and the ESP remains unchanged.
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Review comment at @src/efi.rs around lines 1746 - 1749:
Add tests that exercise Efi::run_update with payloads missing the shim and
bootloader components, rather than relying only on the direct
ensure_boot_components test. For each case, assert the update is rejected and
the ESP remains unchanged.
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Review comments at @src/bios.rs:
- Around line 45-50: Update grub_filetree so the BIOS fingerprint includes the
target GRUB image and module inputs, not only GRUB_BIN. Identify and reuse the
existing target-specific image and module paths, ensuring changes to those
inputs alter the fingerprint while preserving the current metadata hashing and
error-context behavior.
- Line 155: Update the BIOS installation flow around grub_filetree(&src_dir) so
the recorded installer hash matches the installer actually used; if that cannot
be established there, ensure the first boot forces an update when the source and
installed BIOS content differ.
Review comments at @src/bootupd.rs:
- Around line 465-468: The update match in the component update flow should
return AtLatestVersion immediately when an update is present but the component
is already AtLatestVersion, avoiding the later query_requires_update call.
Preserve the existing handling for upgradable and other component states.
Review comments at @src/efi.rs:
- Around line 786-789: Update the `FileTree::new_from_dir` flow in the update
payload handling to apply `dirs_to_skip` before traversing excluded directories,
so excluded entries are not opened or hashed and cannot make status or unrelated
component updates fail. Preserve the existing selected-payload behavior.
- Around line 1049-1051: Update the legacy-payload early return in the flow
using get_efi_component_from_usr so it rejects the update before applying the
diff whenever that diff would remove an installed shim or bootloader required by
the boot chain. Preserve the existing handling for legacy payloads that do not
remove required binaries.
- Around line 445-447: Validate the new-layout payload in the EFI adoption flow
before any ESP changes: when it contains shim, require the grub2 component and
reject the payload if it is missing. Use the existing boot-component validation
mechanism, and keep the validation ahead of the update payload loading and
adoption path around get_update_payload_dir.
- Around line 1061-1062: Update the required-component validation loop to verify
that the selected payload contains each required boot-chain executable at its
destination path, rather than accepting a matching component directory by name
alone; perform this validation before applying the update.
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Review comments at @src/efi.rs:
- Around line 1746-1749: Add tests that exercise Efi::run_update with payloads
missing the shim and bootloader components, rather than relying only on the
direct ensure_boot_components test. For each case, assert the update is rejected
and the ESP remains unchanged.
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src/packagesystem.rs
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Compare the stored installed filetree against the update payload tree
instead of comparing package versions. Versions are still stored and
displayed, but they no longer decide updates.
Across minor or major release boundaries the installed packages can
carry a higher version than the target image. The comparison then
skipped the update, even though the target image carried the correct
signed binaries.
The BIOS component now records a filetree. Existing installs without one
are treated as updatable once.
Closes: coreos#1137
With the historical approach of version comparisons being used to decide
if an update is required, the protection against removing existing
components is gone. This change aims to re-introduce that protection for
the new "changed content wins" approach, by ensuring that updates refuse
payloads missing shim (when relevant) or a bootloader.
The legacy update dir has no per-bootloader components so it is not
checked.
Excluded directories were traversed and hashed before being filtered
out of the result, so a symlink or unreadable file inside e.g. a
systemd-boot directory failed the whole tree build. This is a new
failure surface now that status builds payload trees. Skip excluded
entries during traversal instead.
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Major · Do not abort the whole status and update workflow on one component query… · bootupd.rs:652-654
src/bootupd.rs:652-654 Major · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift
Do not abort the whole status and update workflow on one component query error.
InstalledContent01.filetree is optional, and legacy state conversion preserves None. That state reaches Efi::has_changed_content, which returns No filetree for installed EFI found!. Because status() propagates this error, bootupctl status --json and client_run_update() can fail before processing the remaining components.
Handle this legacy state before content comparison. The fallback must also leave the update path executable, or reconstruct and persist the installed EFI filetree. Payload traversal errors should be handled with the same per-component policy instead of aborting the complete status result.
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Review comment at @src/bootupd.rs around lines 652 - 654:
Update the per-component `query_updatable` flow so errors, including missing
`InstalledContent01.filetree` and payload traversal failures, do not abort
`status()` before other components are processed. Preserve an executable update
path for the legacy missing-filetree state, either by safely handling it before
`Efi::has_changed_content` or by reconstructing and persisting the installed EFI
filetree; establish the correct existing mechanism before choosing. Apply the
same per-component error policy to `client_run_update()` without bypassing
required update safeguards.
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Review comments at @src/efi.rs:
- Around line 1822-1825: Update tree_from to return FileTree::new_from_dir
directly, removing the redundant outer Ok and trailing question mark while
preserving the existing directory-opening arguments.
- Around line 1105-1118: Update the required-binary check to preserve each
installed destination path, not merely the binary’s basename. In the loop over
required_binaries, inspect matching paths in currentf.children and ensure each
exact path exists in updatef.children; reject the update if any installed path
is missing.
Review comments at @src/filetree.rs:
- Around line 173-175: Limit dirs_to_skip handling in
FileTree::unsorted_from_dir to directory entries at the top level; do not skip
matching files or nested payload entries. Stop propagating the exclusion list
into recursive calls so nested directories with matching names remain in
FileTree and content comparison.
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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @src/bootupd.rs:
- Around line 652-654: Update the per-component `query_updatable` flow so
errors, including missing `InstalledContent01.filetree` and payload traversal
failures, do not abort `status()` before other components are processed.
Preserve an executable update path for the legacy missing-filetree state, either
by safely handling it before `Efi::has_changed_content` or by reconstructing and
persisting the installed EFI filetree; establish the correct existing mechanism
before choosing. Apply the same per-component error policy to
`client_run_update()` without bypassing required update safeguards.
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src/bios.rs: 1
340-340: Data Integrity & Integration
The root mismatch does not occur on the current update paths.
RootContext::new is private, and its only caller passes /. Both adopt_and_update and run_update therefore record grub_filetree(&rootcxt.path) for /, matching the root used by run_grub_install.
src/efi.rs: 1
56-66: Functional Correctness
The BOOTLOADER_BIN name is correct for GrubCC payloads.
The GrubCC RPM's source filename is normalized to grubx64.efi when the /usr/lib/efi/grub-cc payload is created. The grubx64-cc.efi test fixture covers component discovery only and does not represent the installed payload name.
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Minor · Require shim when adopting an ESP that already boots through shim. · efi.rs:456-460
src/efi.rs:456-460 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Require shim when adopting an ESP that already boots through shim.
query_adopt does not inspect the ESP for SHIM, and adopt_update validates the payload with boots_via_shim set to false. A grub2-only payload can therefore be adopted onto an ESP that already contains shimx64.efi or the architecture-equivalent shim. The recorded filetree then excludes shim, so later updates do not require or compare it.
During adoption, detect whether the existing ESP boots through shim and require the payload's shim component in that case. This keeps shim in the recorded tree and preserves shim validation for subsequent updates.
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Review comment at @src/efi.rs around lines 456 - 460:
Update the adoption flow in query_adopt and adopt_update to detect whether the
existing ESP boots through the architecture-appropriate shim, then require the
payload’s shim component in that case instead of validating with boots_via_shim
set to false. Ensure the detected state is also used when building the recorded
FileTree so shim remains included for subsequent update validation.
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Review comments at @src/efi.rs:
- Around line 1111-1113: In the run_update path, replace the panic from `expect`
on `Utf8Path::file_name()` with an error for keys that have no filename.
Preserve normal filename handling and include the malformed key in the error
context.
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Review comments at @src/efi.rs:
- Around line 456-460: Update the adoption flow in query_adopt and adopt_update
to detect whether the existing ESP boots through the architecture-appropriate
shim, then require the payload’s shim component in that case instead of
validating with boots_via_shim set to false. Ensure the detected state is also
used when building the recorded FileTree so shim remains included for subsequent
update validation.
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Filtering for Bootloader::Grub does not remove the shim metadata. get_component_update therefore returns metadata, and ensure_boot_components reports the missing grub2 component as asserted.
ensure_boot_components only inspects the usr/lib/efi layout, so it
does not catch payloads using the legacy update directory, or payloads
whose component directories exist but lack their binaries. An update
would then remove the shim or bootloader from the ESP.
Compare the installed and payload file trees instead: what is
currently installed must remain provided by the payload. This covers
both payload layouts.
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Could maybe do a WalkDir here instead, but I'll wait for other reviews
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See #1137
This is a big one, but I've tried to split out the commits where I felt it made sense. The core commit is e4d7bfa (
decide updates by changed content), which fundamentally changes howbootupddecides when to update. As a result, it also completely drops the concept ofWouldDowngrade(including the--jsonoutput), as with this model that's no longer possible since any change results in an update. I think that this makes more sense anyway, as it allows for intentional downgrades. It also means the ESP should converge on a rolled-back deployment.Comparisons are made by using the
FileTreestructs we already store for the EFI component, and by adding a single-file (GRUB binary)FileTreeto the BIOS component. These store checksums for every file in the given directory, so comparing the recorded installed files to the files in the update payload directory gives ushas_changed_content.Side-effects:
FileTreeis recordedstatusandupdatenow hash the update payload instead of comparing version strings, adding some I/O to each queryAutomatic updates can of course still be disabled by masking the
bootloader-update.servicewhen required.EDIT
Updates:
FileTreefor BIOS, now including inputs as well (e.g.kernel.img)