core: create abstraction for the "Exec" part of Unit.StartTransient

The handling of the `Exec` parameters for the varlink
`io.systemd.Unit.StartTransient()` became a bit unwieldy. So
this commit creates another abstraction to handle the various
fields in the `Exec` part of the StartTransient code.

Each Exec property is now described by a single TransientExecProperty
entry and adding a new property is just a single entry there plus
an apply function.

Thanks to Ivan Kruglov for many useful suggestions.
This commit is contained in:
Michael Vogt
2026-06-21 20:17:51 +02:00
parent a4f7c9589e
commit 4f0b27922f
+240 -161
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@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ typedef struct TransientExecContextParameters {
const char *user;
const char *group;
char **supplementary_groups;
int nice; /* INT_MAX means unset */
bool nice_set;
int nice;
} TransientExecContextParameters;
static void transient_set_credential_array_free(TransientSetCredential *items, size_t n) {
@@ -809,11 +810,22 @@ static int dispatch_transient_working_directory(const char *name, sd_json_varian
return sd_json_dispatch(variant, dispatch, flags, &p->working_directory);
}
static int dispatch_transient_environment(const char *name, sd_json_variant *variant, sd_json_dispatch_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
TransientExecContextParameters *p = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
p->environment_set = true;
return sd_json_dispatch_strv(name, variant, flags, &p->environment);
}
/* Generate a parse wrapper that flips TransientExecContextParameters.<field>_set and delegates the
* actual value parse to the named primitive dispatcher. For fields where the JSON value type alone
* cannot distinguish "absent" from "explicitly set to the default" (int 0, empty strv, etc.). */
#define DEFINE_TRANSIENT_EXEC_SETTABLE(field, primitive_dispatch) \
static int dispatch_transient_##field( \
const char *name, \
sd_json_variant *variant, \
sd_json_dispatch_flags_t flags, \
void *userdata) { \
TransientExecContextParameters *p = ASSERT_PTR(userdata); \
p->field##_set = true; \
return primitive_dispatch(name, variant, flags, &p->field); \
}
DEFINE_TRANSIENT_EXEC_SETTABLE(environment, sd_json_dispatch_strv);
DEFINE_TRANSIENT_EXEC_SETTABLE(nice, sd_json_dispatch_int32);
static int dispatch_transient_set_credential_array(
sd_json_variant *variant,
@@ -869,24 +881,7 @@ static int dispatch_transient_set_credential_encrypted(const char *name, sd_json
return dispatch_transient_set_credential_array(variant, &p->set_credentials_encrypted, &p->n_set_credentials_encrypted);
}
static int dispatch_transient_exec_context(const char *name, sd_json_variant *variant, sd_json_dispatch_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
/* Key names compatible with D-Bus property names. */
static const sd_json_dispatch_field exec_dispatch[] = {
{ "Environment", _SD_JSON_VARIANT_TYPE_INVALID, dispatch_transient_environment, 0, 0 },
{ "Group", SD_JSON_VARIANT_STRING, json_dispatch_const_user_group_name, offsetof(TransientExecContextParameters, group), SD_JSON_RELAX },
{ "Nice", SD_JSON_VARIANT_INTEGER, sd_json_dispatch_int32, offsetof(TransientExecContextParameters, nice), 0 },
{ "SetCredential", SD_JSON_VARIANT_ARRAY, dispatch_transient_set_credential, 0, 0 },
{ "SetCredentialEncrypted", SD_JSON_VARIANT_ARRAY, dispatch_transient_set_credential_encrypted, 0, 0 },
{ "SupplementaryGroups", SD_JSON_VARIANT_ARRAY, sd_json_dispatch_strv, offsetof(TransientExecContextParameters, supplementary_groups), 0 },
{ "User", SD_JSON_VARIANT_STRING, json_dispatch_const_user_group_name, offsetof(TransientExecContextParameters, user), SD_JSON_RELAX },
{ "WorkingDirectory", SD_JSON_VARIANT_OBJECT, dispatch_transient_working_directory, 0, 0 },
{}
};
StartTransientContextParameters *p = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
p->exec.present = true;
return sd_json_dispatch_full(variant, exec_dispatch, /* bad= */ NULL, /* flags= */ 0, &p->exec, &p->bad_exec_field);
}
static int dispatch_transient_exec_context(const char *name, sd_json_variant *variant, sd_json_dispatch_flags_t flags, void *userdata);
static int dispatch_transient_service(const char *name, sd_json_variant *variant, sd_json_dispatch_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
static const sd_json_dispatch_field service_dispatch[] = {
@@ -976,146 +971,229 @@ static int transient_apply_set_credentials(
return 0;
}
static int transient_exec_context_apply_properties(
Unit *u,
ExecContext *c,
TransientExecContextParameters *p,
const char **reterr_field) {
static int apply_exec_environment(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p) {
int r;
assert(p);
if (!p->environment_set)
return 0;
r = exec_context_apply_environment(u, c, p->environment, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE);
if (IN_SET(r, -E2BIG, -EINVAL))
/* Convert E2BIG into EINVAL so the central loop maps it to Exec.Environment. */
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
r == -E2BIG ? "Too many environment assignments." : "Invalid Environment list.");
return r;
}
static int apply_exec_nice(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p) {
assert(p);
if (!p->nice_set)
return 0;
if (!nice_is_valid(p->nice))
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid Nice= value: %i", p->nice);
c->nice = p->nice;
c->nice_set = true;
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE, "Nice", "Nice=%i", p->nice);
return 0;
}
static int apply_exec_set_credential(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p) {
assert(p);
if (!p->set_credentials_set)
return 0;
return transient_apply_set_credentials(u, c, p->set_credentials, p->n_set_credentials, /* encrypted= */ false);
}
static int apply_exec_set_credential_encrypted(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p) {
assert(p);
if (!p->set_credentials_encrypted_set)
return 0;
return transient_apply_set_credentials(u, c, p->set_credentials_encrypted, p->n_set_credentials_encrypted, /* encrypted= */ true);
}
static int apply_exec_supplementary_groups(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p) {
_cleanup_free_ char *joined = NULL;
int r;
assert(p);
if (!p->supplementary_groups)
return 0;
STRV_FOREACH(g, p->supplementary_groups)
if (!valid_user_group_name(*g, VALID_USER_ALLOW_NUMERIC|VALID_USER_RELAX))
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"Invalid supplementary group name: %s", *g);
r = strv_extend_strv(&c->supplementary_groups, p->supplementary_groups, /* filter_duplicates= */ true);
if (r < 0)
return r;
joined = strv_join(p->supplementary_groups, " ");
if (!joined)
return -ENOMEM;
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE|UNIT_ESCAPE_SPECIFIERS, "SupplementaryGroups",
"SupplementaryGroups=%s", joined);
return 0;
}
static int apply_exec_working_directory(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p) {
_cleanup_free_ char *simplified = NULL;
TransientWorkingDirectory *wd = &p->working_directory;
int r;
assert(p);
if (!p->working_directory_set)
return 0;
if (wd->home && wd->path)
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"WorkingDirectory: 'home' and 'path' are mutually exclusive");
if (!wd->home && !wd->path)
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"WorkingDirectory: must specify either 'home' or 'path'");
if (!wd->home) {
if (!path_is_absolute(wd->path))
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"WorkingDirectory: expects an absolute path");
r = path_simplify_alloc(wd->path, &simplified);
if (r < 0)
return r;
if (!path_is_normalized(simplified))
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"WorkingDirectory: expects a normalized path");
}
free_and_replace(c->working_directory, simplified);
c->working_directory_home = wd->home;
c->working_directory_missing_ok = wd->missing_ok;
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE|UNIT_ESCAPE_SPECIFIERS, "WorkingDirectory",
"WorkingDirectory=%s%s",
c->working_directory_missing_ok ? "-" : "",
c->working_directory_home ? "~" : strempty(c->working_directory));
return 0;
}
/* Generate an apply fn for an exec-context string field: copy the parsed value to ExecContext and
* write the corresponding "Name=value" line, skipping if the caller didn't set the field.
* Used where the parsed value is NULL or already validated by the dispatch callback. */
#define DEFINE_APPLY_EXEC_STRING(field, JsonName) \
static int apply_exec_##field(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p) { \
int r; \
\
assert(p); \
\
if (!p->field) \
return 0; \
\
r = free_and_strdup(&c->field, p->field); \
if (r < 0) \
return r; \
\
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE|UNIT_ESCAPE_SPECIFIERS, JsonName, \
JsonName "=%s", p->field); \
return 0; \
}
DEFINE_APPLY_EXEC_STRING(user, "User");
DEFINE_APPLY_EXEC_STRING(group, "Group");
/* Per-property descriptor for fields of the Exec context.
*
* json_name - JSON key inside the Exec object (e.g. "Nice").
* err_field - Qualified field name used for varlink error replies (e.g. "Exec.Nice").
* json_type - Expected JSON type for sd_json_dispatch_full().
* dispatch - Parses the JSON value into TransientExecContextParameters.
* parse_offset - offsetof() into TransientExecContextParameters; 0 if dispatch writes via &p directly.
* json_flags - Per-field flags forwarded to sd_json_dispatch_full().
* apply - Writes the parsed value to ExecContext. Returns 0 on success (whether or not
* the property was set), <0 on error. -EINVAL is mapped to err_field by the
* central loop.
*/
typedef struct TransientExecProperty {
const char *json_name;
const char *err_field;
sd_json_variant_type_t json_type;
sd_json_dispatch_callback_t dispatch;
size_t parse_offset;
sd_json_dispatch_flags_t json_flags;
int (*apply)(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p);
} TransientExecProperty;
/* Property descriptors for the Exec object. Ordered to match src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Unit.c so related
* fields (e.g. User/Group) stay close. JSON keys match the D-Bus property names. */
#define EXEC_PROPERTY(json, type, dispatch_fn, parse_offset, json_flags, apply_fn) \
{ json, "Exec." json, type, dispatch_fn, parse_offset, json_flags, apply_fn }
/* String property: dispatched into a const char* field and applied via the matching
* DEFINE_APPLY_EXEC_STRING() function. dispatch_fn/json_flags vary per field (e.g. User/Group use
* json_dispatch_const_user_group_name with SD_JSON_RELAX). */
#define EXEC_PROPERTY_STRING(json, field, dispatch_fn, json_flags) \
{ json, "Exec." json, SD_JSON_VARIANT_STRING, dispatch_fn, \
offsetof(TransientExecContextParameters, field), json_flags, apply_exec_##field }
static const TransientExecProperty exec_properties[] = {
EXEC_PROPERTY ("WorkingDirectory", SD_JSON_VARIANT_OBJECT, dispatch_transient_working_directory, 0, 0, apply_exec_working_directory),
EXEC_PROPERTY_STRING ("User", user, json_dispatch_const_user_group_name, SD_JSON_RELAX),
EXEC_PROPERTY_STRING ("Group", group, json_dispatch_const_user_group_name, SD_JSON_RELAX),
EXEC_PROPERTY ("SupplementaryGroups", SD_JSON_VARIANT_ARRAY, sd_json_dispatch_strv, offsetof(TransientExecContextParameters, supplementary_groups), 0, apply_exec_supplementary_groups),
EXEC_PROPERTY ("Nice", SD_JSON_VARIANT_INTEGER, dispatch_transient_nice, 0, 0, apply_exec_nice),
EXEC_PROPERTY ("Environment", _SD_JSON_VARIANT_TYPE_INVALID, dispatch_transient_environment, 0, 0, apply_exec_environment),
EXEC_PROPERTY ("SetCredential", SD_JSON_VARIANT_ARRAY, dispatch_transient_set_credential, 0, 0, apply_exec_set_credential),
EXEC_PROPERTY ("SetCredentialEncrypted", SD_JSON_VARIANT_ARRAY, dispatch_transient_set_credential_encrypted, 0, 0, apply_exec_set_credential_encrypted),
};
#undef EXEC_PROPERTY
#undef EXEC_PROPERTY_STRING
static int dispatch_transient_exec_context(const char *name, sd_json_variant *variant, sd_json_dispatch_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
/* Build dispatch table only once, its constant. */
static sd_json_dispatch_field exec_dispatch[ELEMENTSOF(exec_properties) + 1] = {};
static bool exec_dispatch_set = false;
StartTransientContextParameters *p = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
if (!exec_dispatch_set) {
FOREACH_ELEMENT(prop, exec_properties)
exec_dispatch[prop - exec_properties] = (sd_json_dispatch_field) {
.name = prop->json_name,
.type = prop->json_type,
.callback = prop->dispatch,
.offset = prop->parse_offset,
.flags = prop->json_flags,
};
exec_dispatch_set = true;
}
p->exec.present = true;
return sd_json_dispatch_full(variant, exec_dispatch, /* bad= */ NULL, /* flags= */ 0, &p->exec, &p->bad_exec_field);
}
static int transient_exec_context_apply_properties(Unit *u, ExecContext *c, TransientExecContextParameters *p, const char **reterr_field) {
int r;
assert(u);
assert(c);
assert(p);
if (p->working_directory_set) {
TransientWorkingDirectory *wd = &p->working_directory;
_cleanup_free_ char *simplified = NULL;
if (wd->home && wd->path) {
FOREACH_ELEMENT(prop, exec_properties) {
r = prop->apply(u, c, p);
if (r < 0) {
if (reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.WorkingDirectory";
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"WorkingDirectory: 'home' and 'path' are mutually exclusive");
*reterr_field = r == -EINVAL ? prop->err_field : NULL;
return r;
}
if (!wd->home && !wd->path) {
if (reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.WorkingDirectory";
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"WorkingDirectory: must specify either 'home' or 'path'");
}
if (!wd->home) {
if (!path_is_absolute(wd->path)) {
if (reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.WorkingDirectory";
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"WorkingDirectory: expects an absolute path");
}
r = path_simplify_alloc(wd->path, &simplified);
if (r < 0)
return r;
if (!path_is_normalized(simplified)) {
if (reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.WorkingDirectory";
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"WorkingDirectory: expects a normalized path");
}
}
free_and_replace(c->working_directory, simplified);
c->working_directory_home = wd->home;
c->working_directory_missing_ok = wd->missing_ok;
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE|UNIT_ESCAPE_SPECIFIERS, "WorkingDirectory",
"WorkingDirectory=%s%s",
c->working_directory_missing_ok ? "-" : "",
c->working_directory_home ? "~" : strempty(c->working_directory));
}
if (p->environment_set) {
r = exec_context_apply_environment(u, c, p->environment, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE);
if (IN_SET(r, -E2BIG, -EINVAL)) {
if (reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.Environment";
/* Convert E2BIG into EINVAL to ensure upper layers get the right error context */
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
r == -E2BIG ? "Too many environment assignments." : "Invalid Environment list.");
}
if (r < 0)
return r;
}
if (p->set_credentials_set) {
r = transient_apply_set_credentials(u, c, p->set_credentials, p->n_set_credentials, /* encrypted= */ false);
if (r == -EINVAL && reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.SetCredential";
if (r < 0)
return r;
}
if (p->set_credentials_encrypted_set) {
r = transient_apply_set_credentials(u, c, p->set_credentials_encrypted, p->n_set_credentials_encrypted, /* encrypted= */ true);
if (r == -EINVAL && reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.SetCredentialEncrypted";
if (r < 0)
return r;
}
/* User/Group names already validated by json_dispatch_const_user_group_name() in the dispatch table:
* either NULL or a non-empty validated name. */
if (p->user) {
r = free_and_strdup(&c->user, p->user);
if (r < 0)
return r;
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE|UNIT_ESCAPE_SPECIFIERS, "User",
"User=%s", p->user);
}
if (p->group) {
r = free_and_strdup(&c->group, p->group);
if (r < 0)
return r;
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE|UNIT_ESCAPE_SPECIFIERS, "Group",
"Group=%s", p->group);
}
if (p->supplementary_groups) {
_cleanup_free_ char *joined = NULL;
STRV_FOREACH(g, p->supplementary_groups)
if (!valid_user_group_name(*g, VALID_USER_ALLOW_NUMERIC|VALID_USER_RELAX)) {
if (reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.SupplementaryGroups";
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"Invalid supplementary group name: %s", *g);
}
r = strv_extend_strv(&c->supplementary_groups, p->supplementary_groups, /* filter_duplicates= */ true);
if (r < 0)
return r;
joined = strv_join(p->supplementary_groups, " ");
if (!joined)
return -ENOMEM;
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE|UNIT_ESCAPE_SPECIFIERS, "SupplementaryGroups",
"SupplementaryGroups=%s", joined);
}
if (p->nice != INT_MAX) {
if (!nice_is_valid(p->nice)) {
if (reterr_field)
*reterr_field = "Exec.Nice";
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid Nice= value: %i", p->nice);
}
c->nice = p->nice;
c->nice_set = true;
unit_write_settingf(u, UNIT_RUNTIME|UNIT_PRIVATE, "Nice", "Nice=%i", p->nice);
}
return 0;
@@ -1220,7 +1298,6 @@ int vl_method_start_transient_unit(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters
.notify_unit_changes = -1,
.context.service.type = _SERVICE_TYPE_INVALID,
.context.service.remain_after_exit = -1,
.context.exec.nice = INT_MAX,
};
Manager *manager = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
const char *bad_field = NULL;
@@ -1280,17 +1357,19 @@ int vl_method_start_transient_unit(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters
if (r < 0)
return sd_varlink_error_errno(link, r);
/* Apply exec-specific properties from context.Exec */
ExecContext *c = unit_get_exec_context(u);
if (c) {
/* Apply context.Exec only when an Exec object was sent, and only to unit types with an exec context. */
if (p.context.exec.present) {
ExecContext *c = unit_get_exec_context(u);
if (!c)
return sd_varlink_error(link, VARLINK_ERROR_UNIT_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED, NULL);
bad_field = NULL;
r = transient_exec_context_apply_properties(u, c, &p.context.exec, &bad_field);
if (r == -EINVAL)
return sd_varlink_error_invalid_parameter_name(link, bad_field ?: "Exec");
if (r < 0)
return sd_varlink_error_errno(link, r);
} else if (p.context.exec.present)
return sd_varlink_error(link, VARLINK_ERROR_UNIT_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED, NULL);
}
/* Apply service-specific properties from context.Service */
Service *s = SERVICE(u);