Blame SOURCES/0289-squish-BLS-only-write-etc-kernel-cmdline-if-writable.patch

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From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Jonathan Lebon <jonathan@jlebon.com>
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:26:03 -0400
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Subject: [PATCH] squish: BLS: only write /etc/kernel/cmdline if writable
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On OSTree systems, `grub2-mkconfig` is run with `/etc` mounted read-only
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because as part of the promise of transactional updates, we want to make
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sure that we're not modifying the current deployment's state (`/etc` or
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`/var`).
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This conflicts with 0837dcdf1 ("BLS: create /etc/kernel/cmdline during
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mkconfig") which wants to write to `/etc/kernel/cmdline`. I'm not
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exactly sure on the background there, but based on the comment I think
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the intent is to fulfill grubby's expectation that the file exists.
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However, in systems like Silverblue, kernel arguments are managed by the
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rpm-ostree stack and grubby is not shipped at all.
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Adjust the script slightly so that we only write `/etc/kernel/cmdline`
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if the parent directory is writable.
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In the future, we're hoping to simplify things further on rpm-ostree
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systems by not running `grub2-mkconfig` at all since libostree already
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directly writes BLS entries. Doing that would also have avoided this,
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but ratcheting it into existing systems needs more careful thought.
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Signed-off-by: Jonathan Lebon <jonathan@jlebon.com>
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Fixes: https://github.com/fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker/issues/322
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(cherry picked from commit 3c3d1a3c4a2dc4adfb38c2724618fefc913a63fc)
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---
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 util/grub.d/10_linux.in | 13 +++++++------
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 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in b/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
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index 5a7e5326da..b1b9255c32 100644
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--- a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
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+++ b/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
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@@ -166,12 +166,13 @@ update_bls_cmdline()
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     local cmdline="root=${LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE} ro ${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX} ${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT}"
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     local -a files=($(get_sorted_bls))
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-    if [[ ! -f /etc/kernel/cmdline ]] ||
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-	   [[ /etc/kernel/cmdline -ot /etc/default/grub ]]; then
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-	# anaconda has the correct information to create this during install;
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-	# afterward, grubby will take care of syncing on updates.  If the user
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-	# has modified /etc/default/grub, try to cope.
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-	echo "$cmdline" > /etc/kernel/cmdline
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+    if [ -w /etc/kernel ] &&
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+           [[ ! -f /etc/kernel/cmdline ||
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+                  /etc/kernel/cmdline -ot /etc/default/grub ]]; then
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+        # anaconda has the correct information to create this during install;
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+        # afterward, grubby will take care of syncing on updates.  If the user
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+        # has modified /etc/default/grub, try to cope.
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+        echo "$cmdline" > /etc/kernel/cmdline
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     fi
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     for bls in "${files[@]}"; do