内容简介:It has been a while since thelast Redox OS news, and I think it is good to provide an update on how things are progressing.The dynamic linking support in relibc got to the point where rustc could be loaded, but hangs occur after loading the LLVM codegen li
It has been a while since thelast Redox OS news, and I think it is good to provide an update on how things are progressing.
The dynamic linking support in relibc got to the point where rustc could be loaded, but hangs occur after loading the LLVM codegen library. Debugging this issue has been difficult, so I am taking some time to consider other aspects of Redox OS. Recently, I have been working on a new package format, calledpkgar.
What is pkgar
?
pkgar
, short for package archive, is a file format, library, and command line
executable for creating and extracting cryptographically secure collections of
files, primarly for use in package management on Redox OS. The technical details
are still in development, so I think it is good to instead review the goals of pkgar
and some examples that demonstrate its design principles.
The goals of pkgar
are as follows:
- Atomic - updates are done atomically if possible
- Economical - transfer of data must only occur when hashes change, allowing for network and data usage to be minimized
- Fast - encryption and hashing algorithms are chosen for performance, and packages can potentially be extracted in parallel
-
Minimal - unlike other formats such as
tar
, the metadata included in apkgar
file is only what is required to extract the package - Relocatable - packages can be installed to any directory, by any user, provided the user can verify the package signature and has access to that directory.
- Secure - packages are always cryptographically secure, and verification of all contents must occur before installation of a package completes.
To demonstrate how the format’s design achieves these goals, let’s look at some examples.
Example 1: Newly installed package
In this example, a package is installed that has never been installed on the
system, from a remote repository. We assume that the repository’s public key is
already installed on disk, and that the URL to the package’s pkgar
is known.
First, a small, fixed-size header portion of the pkgar
is downloaded. This is
currently 136 bytes in size. It contains a NaCL signature, NaCL public key,
BLAKE3 hash of the entry metadata, and 64-bit count of entry metadata structs.
Before this header can be used, it is verified. The public key must match the one installed on disk. The signature of the struct must verify against the public key. If this is true, the hash and entry count are considered valid.
The entry metadata can now be downloaded to a temporary file. During the download, the BLAKE3 hash is calculated. If this hash matches the hash in the header, the metadata is considered valid and is moved atomically to the correct location for future use. Both the header and metadata are stored in this file.
Each entry metadata struct contains a BLAKE3 hash of the entry data, a 64-bit
offset of the file data in the data portion of the pkgar
, a 64-bit size of the
file data, a 32-bit mode identifying Unix permissions, and up to a 256-byte
relative path for the file.
For each entry, before downloading the file data, the path can be validated for install permissions. The file data is downloaded to a temporary file, with no read, write, or execute permissions. While the download is happening, the BLAKE3 hash is calculated. If this hash matches, the file data is considered valid.
After downloading all entries, the temporary files have their permissions set as indicated by the mode in the metadata. They are then moved atomically to the correct location. At this point, the package is successfully installed.
Example 2: Updated package
In this example, a package is updated, and only one file changes. This is to
demonstrate the capabilities of pkgar
to minimize disk writes and network
traffic.
First, the header is downloaded. The header is verified as before. Since a file has changed, the metadata hash will have changed. The metadata will be downloaded and verified. Both header and metadata will be atomically updated on disk.
The entry metadata will be compared to the previous entry metadata. The hash for one specific file will have changed. Only the contents for that file will be downloaded to a temporary file, and verified. Once that is complete, it will be atomically updated on disk. The package update is successfully completed, and only the header, entry metadata, and the files that have changed were downloaded and written.
Example 3: Package verification
In this example, a package is verified against the metadata saved on disk. It is possible to reconstruct a package from an installed system, for example, in order to install that package from a live disk.
First, the header is verified as before. The entry metadata is then verified. If there is a mismatch, an error is thrown and the package could be reinstalled.
The entry metadata will be compared to the files on disk. The mode of each file will be compared to the metadata mode. Then the hash of the file data will be compared to the hash in the metadata. If there is a mismatch, again, an error is thrown and the package could be reinstalled.
It would be possible to perform this process while copying the package to a new target. This allows the installation of a package from a live disk to a new install without having to store the entire package contents.
Conclusion
As the examples show, the design of pkgar
is meant to provide the best
possible package management experience on Redox OS. At no point should invalid
data be installed on disk in accessible files, and installation should be
incredibly fast and efficient.
Work still continues on determining the repository format, as well as
integrating pkgar
into the current package management tools. The source for pkgar
is fairly lightweight, I highly recommend reading it and contributing
on the Redox OS GitLab: https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/pkgar
. Feel free to
reach out to https://twitter.com/redox_os
and https://twitter.com/jeremy_soller
if you have questions.
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