Merge pull request 'Let a declared file travel by its sha256 digest instead of its content, so a node's declaration is no longer bounded by one bus message (issue 1694, ADR 0486 step 1)' (#59) from fix/1694-file-references into main

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package catalogue
import "testing"
// 1694/AC5: the capability a node-engine reports for files by digest (novox/hq ADR 0486 §5) is a known one.
func TestFileReferencesIsAKnownCapability(t *testing.T) {
if !oneOf(KnownCapabilities, "file-references") {
t.Fatal("file-references is not a known capability")
}
}
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@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var capabilityName = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$`)
// names an `if-capability` may give (novox/hq ADR 0255). A name nothing detects would leave its
// contribution out on every machine, silently, so it is refused. A detector added there is added here.
var KnownCapabilities = []string{
"battery", "container-runtime", "firewall", "graphical-session", "overlay", "package-manager",
"battery", "container-runtime", "file-references", "firewall", "graphical-session", "overlay", "package-manager",
"power-meter", "privileged", "seat", "service-manager", "uplink-dhcpcd", "uplink-networkmanager",
"uplink-systemd-networkd", "user-namespaces", "virtualisation",
}
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@@ -324,6 +324,15 @@ type File struct {
// depend on a field somewhere else.
Bytes string `json:"bytes,omitempty"`
// Digest and Size say the content is not carried but fetched: a file over FileReferenceThreshold travels as
// the sha256 digest of its content, "sha256:<64 hex>", and its size in bytes, in place of Content or Bytes
// (novox/hq ADR 0486 §1). The node-engine fetches the object of that name from FileBucket, checks what it
// received against Digest and Size, and only then writes the file. Exclusive with Content, Sealed, Bytes,
// VaultSealed and Secrets; sent only to an engine that reports FileReferencesCapability, as an older engine
// refuses a field it does not know, whole.
Digest string `json:"digest,omitempty"`
Size int64 `json:"size,omitempty"`
// Owner is the user this belongs to, by name. Absent means root.
Owner string `json:"owner,omitempty"`
@@ -465,6 +474,10 @@ func (f *File) validate(where string, _ bool) []string {
problems = append(problems, where+": a file the vault sealed whole has no holes for secrets")
}
}
problems = append(problems, f.checkReference(where)...)
if f.Digest != "" || f.Size != 0 {
said = append(said, "digest")
}
if len(said) > 1 {
sort.Strings(said)
problems = append(problems, where+
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package declaration
import (
"crypto/sha256"
"encoding/base64"
"encoding/hex"
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
// The three names of a file travelling by digest (novox/hq ADR 0486 §1, §2, §5), shared by the node-engine that
// reads them and the controller that writes them.
const (
// FileReferenceThreshold is the size above which a file travels by digest: a file of this many bytes or fewer
// stays in the declaration as it is.
FileReferenceThreshold = 64 * 1024
// FileBucket is the object bucket of the bus that holds the contents, each under the hex of its sha256 digest
// (ObjectName). The controller alone writes it; a node-engine reads an object by name.
FileBucket = "declaration-files"
// FileReferencesCapability is what a node-engine reports when it reads a file given as a digest and size.
FileReferencesCapability = "file-references"
)
var digestForm = regexp.MustCompile(`^sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}$`)
// DigestOf is the digest a reference names for a content: "sha256:<64 lower-case hex>".
func DigestOf(content []byte) string {
sum := sha256.Sum256(content)
return "sha256:" + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
}
// ObjectName is the name of the object holding the content a digest names: the hex without its "sha256:" prefix.
func ObjectName(digest string) (string, error) {
if !digestForm.MatchString(digest) {
return "", fmt.Errorf("digest %q is not sha256:<64 lower-case hex characters>", digest)
}
return digest[len("sha256:"):], nil
}
// IsReference reports whether the file gives its content as a digest and size instead of carrying it.
func (f *File) IsReference() bool { return f.Digest != "" }
// checkReference judges the digest and size, and what a reference may not be given with.
func (f *File) checkReference(where string) []string {
if f.Digest == "" && f.Size == 0 {
return nil
}
var problems []string
if !digestForm.MatchString(f.Digest) {
problems = append(problems, fmt.Sprintf("%s: digest %q; a file by reference names its content as "+
"sha256:<64 lower-case hex characters>", where, f.Digest))
}
if f.Size <= 0 {
problems = append(problems, fmt.Sprintf("%s: size %d; a file by reference states its size in bytes, "+
"more than zero", where, f.Size))
}
if f.Content != "" || f.Bytes != "" || f.Sealed != "" || f.VaultSealed != nil || len(f.Secrets) > 0 {
problems = append(problems, where+": a file by reference carries its content in the object its digest "+
"names, so it says no content, bytes, sealed, vault-sealed or secrets")
}
if f.Into != "" {
problems = append(problems, where+": a file by reference is written whole; a file written into says its "+
"part in content")
}
return problems
}
// Body is the bytes the file's content stands for: its content, or its bytes decoded.
func (f *File) Body() ([]byte, error) {
if f.Bytes == "" {
return []byte(f.Content), nil
}
b, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(f.Bytes)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("file %s: bytes are not base64: %w", f.ID, err)
}
return b, nil
}
// TravelsByDigest reports whether the controller may put this file's content in the bucket: it is plain content
// or bytes (not sealed, not filled with secrets, not written into another file) of more than FileReferenceThreshold
// bytes.
func (f *File) TravelsByDigest() bool {
if f.IsReference() || f.Sealed != "" || f.VaultSealed != nil || len(f.Secrets) > 0 || f.Into != "" {
return false
}
if f.Bytes != "" {
// DecodedLen counts padding, so the exact length is taken off the decoded bytes.
body, err := f.Body()
return err == nil && len(body) > FileReferenceThreshold
}
return len(f.Content) > FileReferenceThreshold
}
// AsReference is the file as it is sent to an engine that reports FileReferencesCapability: a copy with the digest
// and size in place of the content, and the content the controller puts into the bucket under ObjectName(digest).
// A file that does not travel by digest is refused, not passed through, so a caller cannot send a small file empty.
func (f *File) AsReference() (File, []byte, error) {
if !f.TravelsByDigest() {
return File{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("file %s does not travel by digest", f.ID)
}
body, err := f.Body()
if err != nil {
return File{}, nil, err
}
ref := *f
ref.Content, ref.Bytes = "", ""
ref.Digest, ref.Size = DigestOf(body), int64(len(body))
return ref, body, nil
}
// Verify checks what was fetched against the digest and size the file names; the node-engine writes the file only
// after it returns nil. A mismatch is the apply's failure, never a partial apply (ADR 0486 §1).
func (f *File) Verify(body []byte) error {
if !f.IsReference() {
return fmt.Errorf("file %s is not given by reference", f.ID)
}
if int64(len(body)) != f.Size {
return fmt.Errorf("file %s: the object is %d bytes and the declaration says %d", f.ID, len(body), f.Size)
}
if got := DigestOf(body); got != f.Digest {
return fmt.Errorf("file %s: the object hashes to %s and the declaration names %s", f.ID, got, f.Digest)
}
return nil
}
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package declaration
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/base64"
"encoding/json"
"reflect"
"strings"
"testing"
)
func refFile(extra string) string {
return `{"declaration":1,"resources":[{"id":"m.f","type":"file","path":"/etc/m","digest":"sha256:` +
strings.Repeat("a", 64) + `","size":70000` + extra + `}]}`
}
// 1694/AC1: a reference round trips, and an invalid one is refused naming the field.
func TestAFileReferenceRoundTripsAndABadOneNamesItsField(t *testing.T) {
d, err := Parse([]byte(refFile("")))
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
f := d.Resources[0].(*File)
if !f.IsReference() || f.Size != 70000 || f.Digest != "sha256:"+strings.Repeat("a", 64) {
t.Fatalf("read: %+v", f)
}
raw, _ := json.Marshal(d.Resources[0])
d2, err := Parse([]byte(`{"declaration":1,"resources":[` + string(raw) + `]}`))
if err != nil || !reflect.DeepEqual(d2.Resources[0], d.Resources[0]) {
t.Fatalf("round trip: %v %s", err, raw)
}
for want, raw := range map[string]string{
"digest": strings.Replace(refFile(""), strings.Repeat("a", 64), "abc", 1),
"size": strings.Replace(refFile(""), `"size":70000`, `"size":0`, 1),
"lower-case": strings.Replace(refFile(""), strings.Repeat("a", 64), strings.Repeat("A", 64), 1),
"content": refFile(`,"content":"x"`),
"bytes": refFile(`,"bytes":"eA=="`),
"whole": refFile(`,"into":"block"`),
} {
_, err := Parse([]byte(raw))
if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), want) {
t.Errorf("want a refusal naming %q, got %v", want, err)
}
}
// a size alone is not a reference
if _, err := Parse([]byte(`{"declaration":1,"resources":[{"id":"m.f","type":"file","path":"/e","size":5}]}`)); err == nil {
t.Error("a size without a digest was accepted")
}
}
// 1694/AC2: a declaration as today's SDK writes it reads unchanged and its bytes carry no new key.
func TestAnInlineFileIsReadAndWrittenAsBefore(t *testing.T) {
const in = `{"id":"m.f","type":"file","path":"/e","content":"hello"}`
d, err := Parse([]byte(`{"declaration":1,"resources":[` + in + `]}`))
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
out, _ := json.Marshal(d.Resources[0])
if string(out) != in {
t.Fatalf("signed bytes changed: %s", out)
}
if d.Resources[0].(*File).IsReference() {
t.Fatal("inline read as a reference")
}
}
// 1694/AC3: the controller's helper makes a reference of a big file and the engine's check refuses a changed byte.
func TestABigFileBecomesAReferenceAndAChangedByteFailsTheCheck(t *testing.T) {
big := strings.Repeat("x", FileReferenceThreshold+1)
f := &File{ID: "m.f", Type: TypeFile, Path: "/e", Content: big}
if !f.TravelsByDigest() {
t.Fatal("a file over the threshold stays inline")
}
ref, body, err := f.AsReference()
if err != nil || ref.Content != "" || ref.Size != int64(len(big)) || string(body) != big {
t.Fatalf("%v %+v", err, ref)
}
if p := ref.validate("f", false); len(p) > 0 {
t.Fatalf("the reference is refused: %v", p)
}
if name, err := ObjectName(ref.Digest); err != nil || len(name) != 64 {
t.Fatalf("object name %q %v", name, err)
}
if err := ref.Verify(body); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
bad := bytes.Clone(body)
bad[7] ^= 1
if err := ref.Verify(bad); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "hashes to") {
t.Fatalf("a changed byte: %v", err)
}
if err := ref.Verify(body[1:]); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "bytes") {
t.Fatalf("a short object: %v", err)
}
}
// 1694/AC4: what stays inline, and bytes files travel decoded.
func TestWhichFilesTravelByDigest(t *testing.T) {
small := strings.Repeat("x", FileReferenceThreshold)
big := strings.Repeat("x", FileReferenceThreshold+1)
for name, f := range map[string]File{
"at the threshold": {Content: small},
"sealed": {Sealed: "s"},
"secrets": {Content: big, Secrets: map[string]string{"a": "b"}},
"into": {Content: big, Into: IntoBlock},
} {
if f.TravelsByDigest() {
t.Errorf("%s travels by digest", name)
}
if _, _, err := f.AsReference(); err == nil {
t.Errorf("%s was made a reference", name)
}
}
exact := File{ID: "m.e", Bytes: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(bytes.Repeat([]byte{7}, FileReferenceThreshold))}
if exact.TravelsByDigest() {
t.Error("a bytes file of exactly the threshold travels by digest")
}
if _, _, err := exact.AsReference(); err == nil {
t.Error("a bytes file of exactly the threshold was made a reference")
}
raw := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0, 1, 2}, FileReferenceThreshold)
f := File{ID: "m.b", Bytes: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(raw)}
ref, body, err := f.AsReference()
if err != nil || !bytes.Equal(body, raw) || ref.Size != int64(len(raw)) || ref.Digest != DigestOf(raw) {
t.Fatalf("bytes file: %v", err)
}
}
func TestTheSharedNames(t *testing.T) {
if FileBucket != "declaration-files" || FileReferencesCapability != "file-references" || FileReferenceThreshold != 65536 {
t.Fatal("a name changed")
}
if _, err := ObjectName("sha256:zz"); err == nil {
t.Fatal("bad digest named an object")
}
}