repart: clamp copied timestamps to $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH

Use the new copy timestamp clamping mechanism from the previous commit
to fix unreproducible wall-clock files in the generated images.

That covers both modes: online mode writes through the kernel, and
offline mode stages the tree in a temporary directory before handing it
to mkfs or mcopy. `mcopy -m` then carries the clamped mtimes into the
FAT.

This complements commit 34c3d57474 (directory times) and commit
f191ca982c (FAT insertion order).

Cover all combinations (online/offline, with and without epoch) in the
new `testcase_vfat_reproducibility()`. Update `testcase_make_symlinks()`
to cover the symlink creation/re-fix their parent directory code paths.

Sadly, images are still not reproducible byte for byte. Document
systemd-repart's $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH handling and remaining
reproducibility issues in the manpage.
This commit is contained in:
Martin Pitt
2026-08-28 11:16:29 +02:00
parent edbf043333
commit 94bb5f8e4d
3 changed files with 227 additions and 16 deletions
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@@ -803,6 +803,36 @@
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
<variablelist class='environment-variables'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a UNIX timestamp in seconds. Clamps access and modification times written
into the image. See the
<ulink url="https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/">reproducible builds
specification</ulink>.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v262"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Byte-for-byte reproducible images require <option>--offline=yes</option> mode. Populating a file
system through the kernel writes metadata that cannot be corrected from userspace afterwards.</para>
<para><varname>Format=</varname><literal>vfat</literal> images have additional noise: the
directory entry of the volume label is written with a wallclock timestamp by
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.fat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
with dosfstools versions up to and including 4.2. A later release or a backport of the
<ulink url="https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/commit/8da7bc93315c">upstream fix</ulink>
sets it to <varname>$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH</varname>.</para>
<para>Offline and online mode also write <literal>vfat</literal> short names differently, so images
built in both ways never match each other.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
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@@ -6807,6 +6807,17 @@ static int file_is_denylisted(const char *source, Hashmap *denylist) {
return 0;
}
/* Adding an entry to a directory bumps its mtime. Clamp it back to ts. */
static int clamp_directory_mtime(int dir_fd, usec_t ts) {
assert(dir_fd >= 0);
if (ts == USEC_INFINITY)
return 0;
/* chase() hands out O_PATH descriptors. */
return futimens_opath(dir_fd, (const struct timespec[2]) { TIMESPEC_OMIT, *TIMESPEC_STORE(ts) });
}
static int do_copy_files(Context *context, Partition *p, const char *root) {
_cleanup_hashmap_free_ Hashmap *subvolumes = NULL;
int r;
@@ -6830,6 +6841,7 @@ static int do_copy_files(Context *context, Partition *p, const char *root) {
}
bool copy_ownership = fstype_can_ownership(p->format);
usec_t ts = parse_source_date_epoch();
/* copy_tree_at() automatically copies the permissions of source directories to target directories if
* it created them. However, the root directory is created by us, so we have to manually take care
@@ -6854,7 +6866,7 @@ static int do_copy_files(Context *context, Partition *p, const char *root) {
(void) copy_xattr(sfd, NULL, rfd, NULL, COPY_ALL_XATTRS);
if (copy_ownership)
(void) copy_access(sfd, rfd);
(void) copy_times(sfd, rfd, 0);
(void) copy_times_full(sfd, rfd, /* flags= */ 0, ts);
break;
}
@@ -6866,7 +6878,6 @@ static int do_copy_files(Context *context, Partition *p, const char *root) {
_cleanup_hashmap_free_ Hashmap *denylist = NULL;
_cleanup_hashmap_free_ Hashmap *subvolumes_by_source_inode = NULL;
_cleanup_close_ int sfd = -EBADF, pfd = -EBADF, tfd = -EBADF;
usec_t ts = parse_source_date_epoch();
r = make_copy_files_denylist(context, p, line->source, line->target, &denylist);
if (r < 0)
@@ -6915,19 +6926,35 @@ static int do_copy_files(Context *context, Partition *p, const char *root) {
if (pfd < 0)
return log_error_errno(pfd, "Failed to open parent directory of target: %m");
r = copy_tree_at(
r = copy_tree_at_full(
sfd, ".",
pfd, fn,
uid, gid,
line->flags,
denylist, subvolumes_by_source_inode);
ts,
denylist, subvolumes_by_source_inode,
/* progress_path= */ NULL,
/* progress_bytes= */ NULL,
/* userdata= */ NULL);
if (r >= 0) {
/* Creating the target bumped the parent directory's mtime,
* just like in the regular file case below. */
r = clamp_directory_mtime(pfd, ts);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(
r, "Failed to set timestamp of '%s': %m", dn);
}
} else
r = copy_tree_at(
r = copy_tree_at_full(
sfd, ".",
tfd, ".",
uid, gid,
line->flags,
denylist, subvolumes_by_source_inode);
ts,
denylist, subvolumes_by_source_inode,
/* progress_path= */ NULL,
/* progress_bytes= */ NULL,
/* userdata= */ NULL);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to copy '%s%s' to '%s%s': %m",
strempty(arg_copy_source), line->source, strempty(root), line->target);
@@ -6974,15 +7001,12 @@ static int do_copy_files(Context *context, Partition *p, const char *root) {
(void) copy_xattr(sfd, NULL, tfd, NULL, COPY_ALL_XATTRS);
if (copy_ownership)
(void) copy_access(sfd, tfd);
(void) copy_times(sfd, tfd, 0);
(void) copy_times_full(sfd, tfd, /* flags= */ 0, ts);
if (ts != USEC_INFINITY) {
struct timespec tspec;
timespec_store(&tspec, ts);
if (futimens(pfd, (const struct timespec[2]) { TIMESPEC_OMIT, tspec }) < 0)
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to set timestamp of '%s': %m", dn);
}
/* Creating the file bumped the parent directory's mtime. */
r = clamp_directory_mtime(pfd, ts);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to set timestamp of '%s': %m", dn);
}
}
@@ -7017,6 +7041,7 @@ static int do_make_directories(Partition *p, const char *root) {
}
static int do_make_symlinks(Partition *p, const char *root) {
usec_t ts = parse_source_date_epoch();
int r;
assert(p);
@@ -7032,6 +7057,18 @@ static int do_make_symlinks(Partition *p, const char *root) {
if (symlinkat(*target, parent_fd, f) < 0)
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create symlink at %s to %s: %m", *path, *target);
/* The new symlink carries the wall clock, and creating it bumped the directory we put
* it into. We are the last population step, so nothing overwrites this again. */
if (ts != USEC_INFINITY &&
utimensat(parent_fd, f,
(const struct timespec[2]) { *TIMESPEC_STORE(ts), *TIMESPEC_STORE(ts) },
AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) < 0)
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to set timestamp of symlink '%s': %m", *path);
r = clamp_directory_mtime(parent_fd, ts);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to set timestamp of '%s': %m", *path);
}
return 0;
@@ -7218,6 +7255,21 @@ static int partition_populate_directory(Context *context, Partition *p, char **r
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create temporary directory: %m");
/* Nothing below touches its atime (adding an entry to a directory only moves mtime), so stamp here. */
usec_t ts = parse_source_date_epoch();
if (ts != USEC_INFINITY) {
_cleanup_close_ int rfd = -EBADF;
struct timespec tspec;
rfd = open(root, O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC|O_NOFOLLOW);
if (rfd < 0)
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to open temporary directory: %m");
timespec_store(&tspec, ts);
if (futimens(rfd, (const struct timespec[2]) { tspec, tspec }) < 0)
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to set timestamp of temporary directory: %m");
}
r = do_copy_files(context, p, root);
if (r < 0)
return r;
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@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ EOF
}
testcase_make_symlinks() {
local defs imgs output
local defs imgs output epoch
if systemd-detect-virt --quiet --container; then
echo "Skipping MakeSymlinks= test in container."
@@ -2191,7 +2191,13 @@ MakeSymlinks=/dir/foo-%a:/bar-%a
MakeSymlinks=/dir/bar-%a:../bar-%a
EOF
systemd-repart --offline="$OFFLINE" \
# Build with an epoch, so that this also covers do_make_symlinks()' time stamping. It has to
# stamp the symlink itself and repair the directory it lands in, because creating an entry there
# bumps that directory back to the wall clock.
epoch=1700000000
env SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="$epoch" \
systemd-repart --offline="$OFFLINE" \
--definitions="$defs" \
--empty=create \
--size=1G \
@@ -2205,6 +2211,12 @@ EOF
assert_eq "$(readlink "$imgs/mnt/dir/foo")" "/bar"
assert_eq "$(readlink "$imgs/mnt/dir/foo-${architecture}")" "/bar-${architecture}"
assert_eq "$(readlink "$imgs/mnt/dir/bar-${architecture}")" "../bar-${architecture}"
# the symlink's own mtime (no -L)
assert_eq "$(stat -c %Y "$imgs/mnt/dir/foo")" "$epoch"
# a MakeDirectories= dir, stamped with the epoch and then bumped by the symlinks below it.
assert_eq "$(stat -c %Y "$imgs/mnt/dir")" "$epoch"
systemd-dissect -U "$imgs/mnt"
}
@@ -2756,6 +2768,123 @@ EOF
cmp "$imgs/test1.img" "$imgs/test2.img"
}
testcase_vfat_reproducibility() {
local defs imgs img dot_efi dot_linux
if ! command -v mdir >/dev/null; then
echo "Skipping vfat reproducibility test, mtools is not installed."
return 0
fi
defs="$(mktemp --directory "/tmp/test-repart.defs.XXXXXXXXXX")"
imgs="$(mktemp --directory "/var/tmp/test-repart.imgs.XXXXXXXXXX")"
# shellcheck disable=SC2064
trap "rm -rf '$defs' '$imgs'" RETURN
tee "$defs/esp.conf" <<EOF
[Partition]
Type=esp
Format=vfat
CopyFiles=/:/
EOF
# $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is a clamp, not an override, so put one file on either side of it to cover
# both directions.
mkdir -p "$imgs/tree/EFI/Linux"
echo old >"$imgs/tree/EFI/Linux/old.efi"
echo new >"$imgs/tree/EFI/Linux/new.efi"
touch --date=@1600000000 "$imgs/tree/EFI/Linux/old.efi"
touch --date=@1750000000 "$imgs/tree/EFI/Linux/new.efi"
# The timestamps as mdir(1) reports them.
local -r time_epoch="2023-11-14 22:13" # $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH below, i.e. @1700000000
local -r time_old="2020-09-13 12:26" # old.efi's mtime, before the epoch
local -r time_new="2025-06-15 15:06" # new.efi's mtime, after the epoch
# Build $1 from the tree and set $img to it, in the "file@@offset" form mdir(1) wants. The
# remaining arguments are passed to env(1), to control $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
build_image() {
local name="$1" output offset
shift
output=$(env "$@" \
systemd-repart \
--offline="$OFFLINE" \
--definitions="$defs" \
--empty=create \
--size=auto \
--seed="$seed" \
--dry-run=no \
--root="$imgs/tree" \
--json=pretty \
"$imgs/$name")
offset=$(jq -r '.[0].offset' <<<"$output")
img="$imgs/$name@@$offset"
# dump listing for debugging
fat_entry -/ ::/
}
# Print $img's mdir(1) entry for the given path. mdir lists a directory's contents; a trailing `*`
# gets the directory's own entry instead. Insensitive path matching, thus works with mtools' 8.3
# lower case and kernel vfat's upper case names.
fat_entry() {
env MTOOLS_SKIP_CHECK=1 TZ=UTC mdir -i "$img" "$@"
}
# Same, for the "." entry of directory $1, which cannot be addressed directly.
fat_dot_entry() {
fat_entry "$1" | grep -E '^\. +<DIR>'
}
build_image epoch.img SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1700000000
# The directories and the file newer than the epoch are clamped down to it, ...
assert_in "$time_epoch" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI*')"
assert_in "$time_epoch" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI/Linux*')"
assert_in "$time_epoch" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI/Linux/new.efi')"
# ... while the older one keeps its own mtime.
assert_in "$time_old" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI/Linux/old.efi')"
# "." and ".." behave differently
dot_efi=$(fat_dot_entry '::/EFI')
dot_linux=$(fat_dot_entry '::/EFI/Linux')
if [[ "$OFFLINE" == "yes" ]]; then
# mmd creates them and respects SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
assert_in "$time_epoch" "$dot_efi"
assert_in "$time_epoch" "$dot_linux"
else
# The kernel's vfat driver creates them with wallclock mtime. Our utimensat()
# afterwards only rewrites the directory's entry in its *parent*, never this pair.
# Out of reach from userspace, remains unreproducible. Just log them.
echo "'.' entries carry the wall clock, as expected online: $dot_efi / $dot_linux"
fi
# Without an epoch, both files keep their own mtime.
build_image wallclock.img -u SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
assert_in "$time_new" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI/Linux/new.efi')"
assert_in "$time_old" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI/Linux/old.efi')"
# A value we cannot parse is dropped rather than passed on
build_image bogus.img SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=99999999999999999999
assert_in "$time_new" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI/Linux/new.efi')"
assert_in "$time_old" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI/Linux/old.efi')"
# SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH in hex - we do parse that, but mtools doesn't
build_image hex.img SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=0x6553F100
assert_in "$time_epoch" "$(fat_entry '::/EFI*')"
# Note the images still are not reproducible byte for byte: the volume label entry carries
# mkfs.fat's wall clock, in *both* modes, and that needs a dosfstools with $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
# support (https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/commit/8da7bc93315c, release > 4.2). Once
# that lands, offline mode can move to a `cmp` like in testcase_ext_reproducibility; online
# mode cannot, because of the "." and ".." entries above.
}
testcase_luks2_keyhash() {
local defs imgs output root