diff --git a/man/systemd-repart.xml b/man/systemd-repart.xml
index 096eb0c53d..75104c2abc 100644
--- a/man/systemd-repart.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-repart.xml
@@ -803,6 +803,36 @@
+
+ Environment
+
+
+
+ $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+
+ Takes a UNIX timestamp in seconds. Clamps access and modification times written
+ into the image. See the
+ reproducible builds
+ specification.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Byte-for-byte reproducible images require mode. Populating a file
+ system through the kernel writes metadata that cannot be corrected from userspace afterwards.
+
+ Format=vfat images have additional noise: the
+ directory entry of the volume label is written with a wallclock timestamp by
+ mkfs.fat8
+ with dosfstools versions up to and including 4.2. A later release or a backport of the
+ upstream fix
+ sets it to $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
+
+ Offline and online mode also write vfat short names differently, so images
+ built in both ways never match each other.
+
+
Exit status
diff --git a/src/repart/repart.c b/src/repart/repart.c
index dfd05f56ab..388f25c398 100644
--- a/src/repart/repart.c
+++ b/src/repart/repart.c
@@ -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;
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-58-REPART.sh b/test/units/TEST-58-REPART.sh
index d2b0e95970..c862c07d2e 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-58-REPART.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-58-REPART.sh
@@ -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 "$defs/esp.conf" <"$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 "$1" | grep -E '^\. +'
+ }
+
+ build_image epoch.img SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1700000000
+
+ # The directories and the file newer than the epoch are clamped down to it, ...
+ assert_in "$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