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* [PATCH kvmtool] Make static libc and guest-init functionality optional.
@ 2015-09-04 12:04 Dimitri John Ledkov
  2015-09-11 12:47 ` Andre Przywara
  2015-09-11 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 " Dimitri John Ledkov
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dimitri John Ledkov @ 2015-09-04 12:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvm

If one typically only boots full disk-images, one wouldn't necessaraly
want to statically link glibc, for the guest-init feature of the
kvmtool. As statically linked glibc triggers haevy security
maintainance.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.j.ledkov@intel.com>
---
 Makefile        | 11 ++++++-----
 builtin-run.c   |  7 +++++++
 builtin-setup.c |  7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1534e6f..42a629a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ bindir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir))
 PROGRAM	:= lkvm
 PROGRAM_ALIAS := vm
 
-GUEST_INIT := guest/init
-
 OBJS	+= builtin-balloon.o
 OBJS	+= builtin-debug.o
 OBJS	+= builtin-help.o
@@ -279,8 +277,12 @@ ifeq ($(LTO),1)
 	endif
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(call try-build,$(SOURCE_STATIC),,-static),y)
-        $(error No static libc found. Please install glibc-static package.)
+ifeq ($(call try-build,$(SOURCE_STATIC),,-static),y)
+	CFLAGS        	+= -DCONFIG_HAS_LIBC
+	GUEST_INIT := guest/init
+	GUEST_OBJS = guest/guest_init.o
+else
+	NOTFOUND        += static-libc
 endif
 
 ifeq (y,$(ARCH_WANT_LIBFDT))
@@ -356,7 +358,6 @@ c_flags	= -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(CFLAGS)
 # $(OTHEROBJS) are things that do not get substituted like this.
 #
 STATIC_OBJS = $(patsubst %.o,%.static.o,$(OBJS) $(OBJS_STATOPT))
-GUEST_OBJS = guest/guest_init.o
 
 $(PROGRAM)-static:  $(STATIC_OBJS) $(OTHEROBJS) $(GUEST_INIT)
 	$(E) "  LINK    " $@
diff --git a/builtin-run.c b/builtin-run.c
index 1ee75ad..0f67471 100644
--- a/builtin-run.c
+++ b/builtin-run.c
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ static int  kvm_run_wrapper;
 
 bool do_debug_print = false;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_LIBC
 extern char _binary_guest_init_start;
 extern char _binary_guest_init_size;
+#else
+static char _binary_guest_init_start=0;
+static char _binary_guest_init_size=0;
+#endif
 
 static const char * const run_usage[] = {
 	"lkvm run [<options>] [<kernel image>]",
@@ -354,6 +359,8 @@ static int kvm_setup_guest_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 	char *data;
 
 	/* Setup /virt/init */
+	if (!_binary_guest_init_size)
+		die("Guest init not compiled");
 	size = (size_t)&_binary_guest_init_size;
 	data = (char *)&_binary_guest_init_start;
 	snprintf(tmp, PATH_MAX, "%s%s/virt/init", kvm__get_dir(), rootfs);
diff --git a/builtin-setup.c b/builtin-setup.c
index 8b45c56..d77e5e0 100644
--- a/builtin-setup.c
+++ b/builtin-setup.c
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_LIBC
 extern char _binary_guest_init_start;
 extern char _binary_guest_init_size;
+#else
+static char _binary_guest_init_start=0;
+static char _binary_guest_init_size=0;
+#endif
 
 static const char *instance_name;
 
@@ -131,6 +136,8 @@ static int copy_init(const char *guestfs_name)
 	int fd, ret;
 	char *data;
 
+	if (!_binary_guest_init_size)
+		die("Guest init not compiled");
 	size = (size_t)&_binary_guest_init_size;
 	data = (char *)&_binary_guest_init_start;
 	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s%s/virt/init", kvm__get_dir(), guestfs_name);
-- 
2.1.4


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