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This is related to coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker#1623, and adds a varlink interface that fwupd can use to tell bootupd to sync firmware capsule updates to other co-located ESPs for our RAID setups (redundant ESPs).

There is already a related fwupd PR, which @hughsie built against a copr project I created. The tests included here should confirm we're working as intended though.

The way it works is it accepts a partuuid of the device the update was written to, and a capsule_dir with the relative path to the update dir on the device, and syncs those updates across co-located ESPs by mounting each in turn. On my system, I can interact with the interface like this:

sudo dnf copr enable rapneset/bootupd-varlink
sudo dnf install bootupd-0.3d32bdb --repo 'copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:rapneset:bootupd-varlink'
sudo systemctl start bootupd-varlink.socket
sudo varlinkctl call /run/bootupd/org.coreos.bootupd1 \
  org.coreos.bootupd1.SyncFwupdUpdates \
  '{"partuuid": "2e126947-2730-49df-af3f-012de73bccfd", "capsule_dir": "EFI/fedora/fw"}'

Couple notes:

  • Put the varlink subcommand under bootupd since it shouldn't be user-facing
  • Implemented a simple service first, but now I'm leaning mostly towards socket-activated (both currently implemented)
  • Socket will need to be enabled in fedora-coreos-config. We'll also need to have udisks2 for fwupd to work as intended.
  • I haven't made any updates to the readme just yet - waiting to see if we want to make any changes to the approach here
  • RAID tests are divided by architecture just like the raid1-boot tests
  • Since zlink required an async runtime, I chose smol as a lightweight option

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CI failures related to coreos/fedora-coreos-config#4261

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I'll include a quick note on why we even need this:

Typical RAID setups only have a single ESP, but CoreOS duplicates the ESP as plain vfat partitions across all disks, which are all updated by bootupd (and hence kept in "sync"). If fwupd places capsule updates on one ESP, the firmware will only process them from the ESP on the boot disk. By syncing capsules to all co-located ESPs, we ensure the firmware update applies regardless of which disk the system boots from.

%{_prefix}/lib/bootupd/grub2-static/
%{_unitdir}/bootloader-update.service
%{_unitdir}/bootupd-varlink.socket
%{_unitdir}/bootupd-varlink.service

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I think it'd be nice to have systemd units enforce locking.

So we have a single bootupd.service and change bootloader-update.service to actually call into the varlink API too, which would activate that service in the same way.

Alternatively, do we actually need a .socket unit? What we did in e.g. varlink for https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/ is that it remains a CLI that has an interface one forks that enables varlink.

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Current state should work without a socket unit actually, so just bootupd varlink will run it's own daemon. I don't quite understand the suggestion for a single bootupd.service though, would you mind clarifying? If we're gonna have a service anyway why not let systemd handle the socket? I don't have a strong opinion on this and initially leaned towards a simple service at first but the PR over on fwupd assumed it was socket-activated so I shifted that direction.

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Thanks for taking a look by the way @cgwalters

Comment thread src/varlink.rs
bootupd::list_dev_current_root, efi::Efi, freezethaw::fsfreeze_thaw_cycle, model::SavedState,
};

const SOCKET_PATH: &str = "/run/bootupd/org.coreos.bootupd1";

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See above re the socket

Comment thread src/varlink.rs

#[zlink::service(interface = "org.coreos.bootupd1")]
impl BootupdVarlinkService {
/// Sync capsule update files from a "primary" ESP to all colocated ESPs.

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Should this really be specific to capsules? Isn't the general use case here "I am some software that touched one of the ESPs, please sync the others"?

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That's what I assumed at first, but @travier wanted just the "fwupd folder" in coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker#1623 (comment)

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OK, but I want to discuss generalizing because I think the interface and implementation may actually end up simpler.

I'm basically proposing that we have a sync verb that looks at all ESPs, and if there is newer content/changes on one of them, then we sync it to the others. This should take a file path as an argument, but I feel like in the general case we can cheaply do "detect changes" by looking at modification times or so.

Type=simple
# It doesn't make sense to sync ESP updates in "Live" environments.
# https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/2136
ExecCondition=/bin/bash -c '[[ ! $(findmnt -n -o FSTYPE /sysroot) =~ ^(erofs|squashfs)$ ]]'

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See above, if we changed bootloader-update.service then we could avoid copy-pasta this

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These are already dropped on scope exit. Any reason why we need to be explicit?

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No reason in particular, just making it clear we want it unmounted. Would you prefer without the (now 2) drop's?

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The change adds an EFI-only Varlink service for firmware-update capsule synchronization across colocated ESPs. It adds systemd activation, CLI wiring, package installation, and Kola tests for single-ESP and mirrored-ESP configurations.

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Varlink capsule synchronization

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Varlink service and capsule synchronization
Cargo.toml, src/backend/statefile.rs, src/efi.rs, src/varlink.rs
The service validates capsule requests, locates ESPs, acquires the update lock, mounts ESPs, and atomically copies capsule files to colocated ESPs.
EFI-only command and systemd entrypoints
src/main.rs, src/cli/bootupd.rs, systemd/bootupd-varlink.socket, systemd/bootupd-varlink.service
The hidden EFI-only varlink command starts the service. Systemd provides socket activation and applies EFI and live-environment conditions.
Systemd unit installation and packaging
Makefile, contrib/packaging/bootupd.spec
The installation target and RPM package include both Varlink unit files.
Varlink integration coverage
tests/kola/varlink/*
Kola helpers and architecture-specific tests cover introspection, validation errors, single-ESP synchronization, and mirrored-ESP replication.

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This change adds firmware-update synchronization across redundant ESPs, but the current implementation may allow concurrent writers to bypass the intended shared lock, and its test does not verify socket activation at boot. Merge should wait for these issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

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  participant varlinkctl
  participant systemd_socket
  participant systemd_service
  participant bootupd
  participant ESPs
  varlinkctl->>systemd_socket: Call SyncFwupdUpdates
  systemd_socket->>systemd_service: Activate bootupd-varlink.service
  systemd_service->>bootupd: Run bootupd varlink
  bootupd->>ESPs: Validate and synchronize capsule files
  ESPs-->>bootupd: Return synchronization result
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Use a stable inode for the write lock.

atomic_write_with_perms uses atomic_replace_with to replace run/bootupd-lock before flock opens it. Concurrent callers can therefore lock different inodes, which defeats cross-process exclusion. src/varlink.rs relies on this lock, so bootloader updates and capsule synchronization may overlap.

Create the lock file without replacing an existing pathname, then acquire flock on that stable file descriptor.

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In `@src/varlink.rs`:
- Line 140: Update the varlink flow around the secondary_efi assignment to use
an accessible ESP-mount API: make efi::mount_esp pub(crate) if it is the
intended internal helper, or replace the call with an existing accessible
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Apply the same fix in `@tests/kola/varlink/raid/aarch64/data/libtest_varlink.sh`
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unit="bootupd-varlink.socket"
if ! systemctl is-enabled "${unit}" 1> /dev/null; then
# TODO: remove when enabled by default
systemctl start "$unit"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not start a disabled socket in this enabled-state check.

If systemctl is-enabled fails, Line 38 starts the socket and the test then reports success. A socket that remains disabled at boot will pass this test but leave the Varlink endpoint unavailable after a reboot. Fail the test instead.

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minimal, and validate.

In `@tests/kola/varlink/data/libtest_varlink.sh` at line 38, Update the
enabled-state check around systemctl is-enabled so a failure immediately fails
the test instead of invoking systemctl start on the socket. Preserve startup
behavior only for sockets confirmed enabled, ensuring disabled sockets cannot
make the test report success.

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Temporary, we'll need to have this enabled by default in fedora-coreos-config before we can modify this test.

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@Rolv-Apneseth, agreed. The startup fallback is necessary until fedora-coreos-config enables bootupd-varlink.socket by default. This check should change after that configuration update lands.


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Learning: For the bootupd Varlink Kola tests in `tests/kola/varlink/data/libtest_varlink.sh`, `check_service()` temporarily starts `bootupd-varlink.socket` when it is not enabled. `fedora-coreos-config` must enable the socket by default before the test can require `systemctl is-enabled` to succeed.

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Interesting concern brought up by the bot:

Use a stable inode for the write lock.

atomic_write_with_perms uses atomic_replace_with to replace run/bootupd-lock before flock opens it. Concurrent callers can therefore lock different inodes, which defeats cross-process exclusion. src/varlink.rs relies on this lock, so bootloader updates and capsule synchronization may overlap.

Create the lock file without replacing an existing pathname, then acquire flock on that stable file descriptor.

Seems unlikely we'd actually run into this, but I added a commit to address it anyway. Can remove it / open a separate PR if you prefer though @Johan-Liebert1

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Seems unlikely we'd actually run into this, but I added a commit to address it anyway.

that is a really nice catch. I tried it locally and yup, if the inodes are different then flock is kinda useless

Can remove it / open a separate PR if you prefer though @Johan-Liebert1

A separate PR is better as it's pretty much unrelated to this one

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Alright will remove the commit from here, thanks

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Also, maybe the race conditions we were seeing in the CI might've been because of this?

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Also, maybe the race conditions we were seeing in the CI might've been because of this?

Ah yes, seems likely doesn't it.

I moved that commit over to #1138

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Typical RAID setups only have a single ESP, but CoreOS duplicates the ESP as plain vfat partitions across all disks,

Conceptually I don't think this is CoreOS specific, it's really the only way to do it without having dedicated firmware support.

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Conceptually I don't think this is CoreOS specific, it's really the only way to do it without having dedicated firmware support.

True. My understanding is just that it's not common to do this.

Comment thread src/varlink.rs
let primary_mount =
primary_efi.ensure_mounted_esp(Path::new("/"), Path::new(&primary_device.path()))?;

let src_capsule_path = primary_mount.join(capsule_dir);

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Don't we need to honor partuuid for finding this?

Comment thread src/varlink.rs

#[zlink::service(interface = "org.coreos.bootupd1")]
impl BootupdVarlinkService {
/// Sync capsule update files from a "primary" ESP to all colocated ESPs.

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OK, but I want to discuss generalizing because I think the interface and implementation may actually end up simpler.

I'm basically proposing that we have a sync verb that looks at all ESPs, and if there is newer content/changes on one of them, then we sync it to the others. This should take a file path as an argument, but I feel like in the general case we can cheaply do "detect changes" by looking at modification times or so.

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