Migrate meminfo-writer=False service setting to maxmem=0 as a method to
disable dynamic memory management. Remove the service from vm.features
dict in the process.
Additionally, translate any attempt to set the service.meminfo-writer
feature to either setting maxmem=0 or resetting it to the default (which
is memory balancing enabled if supported by given domain). This is to at
least partially not break existing tools using service.meminfo-writer as
a way to control dynamic memory management. This code does _not_ support
reading service.meminfo-writer feature state to get the current state of
dynamic memory management, as it would require synchronizing with all
the factors affecting its value. One of main reasons for migrating to
maxmem=0 approach is to avoid the need of such synchronization.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#4480
Use maxmem=0 for disabling dynamic memory balance, instead of cryptic
service.meminfo-writer feature. Under the hood, meminfo-writer service
is also set based on maxmem property (directly in qubesdb, not
vm.features dict).
Having this as a property (not "feature"), allow to have sensible
handling of default value. Specifically, disable it automatically if
otherwise it would crash a VM. This is the case for:
- domain with PCI devices (PoD is not supported by Xen then)
- domain without balloon driver and/or meminfo-writer service
The check for the latter is heuristic (assume presence of 'qrexec' also
can indicate balloon driver support), but it is true for currently
supported systems.
This also allows more reliable control of libvirt config: do not set
memory != maxmem, unless qmemman is enabled.
memory != maxmem only makes sense if qmemman for given domain is
enabled. Besides wasting some domain resources for extra page tables
etc, for HVM domains this is harmful, because maxmem-memory difference
is made of Popupate-on-Demand pool, which - when depleted - will kill
the domain. This means domain without balloon driver will die as soon
as will try to use more than initial memory - but without balloon driver
it sees maxmem memory and doesn't know about the lower limit.
FixesQubesOS/qubes-issues#4135
It makes a lot of sense to call long-running operations in that event
handler, including calling back into the VM. Allow that by using
fire_event_async, not just fire_event.
Also, document the event.
Support 'supported-service.*' features requests coming from VMs. Set
such features directly (allow only value '1') and remove any not
reported in given call. This way uninstalling package providing given
service will automatically remove related 'supported-service...'
feature.
FixesQubesOS/qubes-issues#4402
R3 format had limitation of ~40 rules per VM. Do not generate compat
rules (possibly hitting that limitation) if new format, free of that
limitation is supported.
FixesQubesOS/qubes-issues#1570FixesQubesOS/qubes-issues#4228
Handle 'os' feature - if it's Windows, then set rpc-clipboard feature.
Handle 'gui-emulated' feature - request for specifically stubdomain GUI.
With 'gui' feature it is only possible to enable gui-agent based on, or
disable GUI completely.
Handle 'default-user' - verify it for weird characters and set
'default_user' property (if wasn't already set).
QubesOS/qubes-issues#3585
Resolve:
- no-else-return
- useless-object-inheritance
- useless-return
- consider-using-set-comprehension
- consider-using-in
- logging-not-lazy
Ignore:
- not-an-iterable - false possitives for asyncio coroutines
Ignore all the above in qubespolicy/__init__.py, as the file will be
moved to separate repository (core-qrexec) - it already has a copy
there, don't desynchronize them.
* qubesos/pr/185:
vm: remove doc for non-existing event `monitor-layout-change`
vm: include tag/feature name in event name
events: add support for wildcard event handlers
Rename events:
- domain-feature-set -> domain-feature-set:feature
- domain-feature-delete -> domain-feature-delete:feature
- domain-tag-add -> domain-tag-add:tag
- domain-tag-delete -> domain-tag-delete:tag
Make it consistent with property-* events. It makes more sense to
include tag/feature name in event name, so handler can watch a single
tag/feature - which is the most common case. Otherwise, most handlers
would begin with `if feature == '...'` anyway, wasting time on most
events.
In cases where multiple features/tags should be handled by a single
handler, it is now possible to register a handler with wildcard, for
example `domain-feature-set:*`.
* services:
tests: check clockvm-related handlers
doc: include list of extensions
qubesvm: fix docstring
ext/services: move exporting 'service.*' features to extensions
app: update handling features/service os ClockVM
Make qubes.NotifyTools reuse logic of qubes.FeaturesRequest, then move
actual request processing to 'features-request' event handler. At the
same time implement handling 'qrexec' and 'gui' features request -
allowing to set template features when wasn't already there.
Behavior change: template is no longer allowed to change feature value
(regardless of being True or False). This means the user will always be
able to override what template have set.
And place them in /qubes-service/ QubesDB directory. This allows
extensions to easily store some data not exposed to VM, but also have
control what VM will see. And at the same time, it make it compatible
with existing services framework
QubesOS/qubes-issues#1637
...in core-mgmt-client repository. qubesd isn't the right place to start
GUI applications, which will be even more important when GUI domain will
be something different than Dom0.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#833
This is migration of core2 commits:
commit d0ba43f253
Author: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Date: Mon Jun 6 02:21:08 2016 +0200
core: start guid as normal user even when VM started by root
Another attempt to avoid permissions-related problems...
QubesOS/qubes-issues#1768
commit 89d002a031
Author: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Date: Mon Jun 6 02:19:51 2016 +0200
core: use runuser instead of sudo for switching root->user
There are problems with using sudo in early system startup
(systemd-logind not running yet, pam_systemd timeouts). Since we don't
need full session here, runuser is good enough (even better: faster).
commit 2265fd3d52
Author: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Date: Sat Jun 4 17:42:24 2016 +0200
core: start qubesdb as normal user, even when VM is started by root
On VM start, old qubesdb-daemon is terminated (if still running). In
practice it happen only at VM startart (shutdown and quickly start
again). But in that case, if the VM was started by root, such operation
would fail.
So when VM is started by root, make sure that qubesdb-daemon will be
running as normal user (the first user in group 'qubes' - there should
be only one).
FixesQubesOS/qubes-issues#1745
Commit from core2:
commit 94d52a13e7
core: adjust guid parameters when running on KDE5
On KDE5 native decoration plugin is used and requires special properties
set (instead of `_QUBES_VMNAME` etc).
Special care needs to be taken when detecting environment, because
environment variables aren't good enough - this script may be running
with cleared environment (through sudo, or from systemd). So check
properties of X11 root window.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#1784
Instead of old per-VM flag 'pci_strictreset', now implement this as
per-device flag using features. To not fail on particular device
assignment set 'pci-no-strict-reset/DEVICE-BDF' to True. For
example 'pci-no-strict-reset/00:1b.0'.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#2257
Implement required event handlers according to documentation in
qubes.devices.
A modification of qubes.devices.DeviceInfo is needed to allow dynamic,
read-only properties.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#2257
When properly set, applications will have a chance to automatically
detect HiDPI and act accordingly. This is the case for Fedora 23
template and GNOME apps (maybe even all built on top of GTK).
But for privacy reasons, don't provide real values, only some
approximate one. Give enough information to distinguish DPI above 150,
200 and 300. This is some compromise between privacy and HiDPI support.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#1951
This commit is migrated from gui-daemon repository
(dec462795d14a336bf27cc46948bbd592c307401).
This allows the user to start VM based on "old" system (from R3.x) in
R4.0. For example after restoring from backup, or migration. This also
makes upgrade instruction much easier - no need complex recovery
instruction if one upgrade dom0 before upgrading all the templates.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#1812
