[Rpm-maint] [PATCH 4/5] Extend header size to 64MB due to file signatures

Stefan Berger stefanb at us.ibm.com
Fri Apr 29 13:31:38 UTC 2016


Lubos Kardos <lkardos at redhat.com> wrote on 04/29/2016 08:33:58 AM:

> 
> Here is a backtrace for rpmfilesPopulate() called during the first 
phase:
> 
>     rpmfilesPopulate() at rpmfi.c:1427
>     rpmfilesNew() at rpmfi.c:1585
>     getFiles() at rpmte.c:110
>     addTE() at rpmte.c:173
>     rpmteNew() at rpmte.c:241
>     addPackage() at depends.c:438
>     rpmtsAddInstallElementat() depends.c:493
>     rpmInstall() at rp minstall.c:583
>     main() at rpmqv.c:295
> 
> Here is a backtrace for rpmfilesPopulate() called during the second 
phase:
> 
>     rpmfilesPopulate() at rpmfi.c:1427
>     rpmfilesNew() at rpmfi.c:1585
>     getFiles() at rpmte.c:110
>     rpmteOpen() at rpmte.c:571
>     rpmteProcess() at rpmte.c:755
>     rpmtsProcess() at transaction.c:1362
>     rpmtsRun() at transaction.c:1542
>     rpmcliTransaction() at rpminstall.c:289
>     rpmInstall() at rpminstall.c:617
>     main() at rpmqv.c:295

I am not sure whether this patch is entirely correct:

diff --git a/lib/rpmte.c b/lib/rpmte.c
index 248956c..5134e9b 100644
--- a/lib/rpmte.c
+++ b/lib/rpmte.c
@@ -88,12 +88,15 @@ void rpmteCleanDS(rpmte te)
     te->order = rpmdsFree(te->order);
 }
 
-static rpmfiles getFiles(rpmte p, Header h)
+static rpmfiles getFiles(rpmte p, Header h, int in_phase2)
 {
     rpmfiFlags fiflags;
     fiflags = (p->type == TR_ADDED) ? (RPMFI_NOHEADER | 
RPMFI_FLAGS_INSTALL) :
                                      (RPMFI_NOHEADER | 
RPMFI_FLAGS_ERASE);
 
+    if (!in_phase2)
+        fiflags |= RPMFI_NOFILESIGNATURES;
+
     /* relocate stuff in header if necessary */
     if (rpmteType(p) == TR_ADDED && rpmfsFC(p->fs) > 0) {
        if (!headerIsEntry(h, RPMTAG_ORIGBASENAMES)) {
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ static int addTE(rpmte p, Header h, fnpyKey key, 
rpmRelocation * relocs)
     p->fs = rpmfsNew(rpmtdCount(&bnames), (p->type == TR_ADDED));
     rpmtdFreeData(&bnames);
 
-    p->files = getFiles(p, h);
+    p->files = getFiles(p, h, 0);
 
     /* Packages with no files return an empty file info set, NULL is an 
error */
     if (p->files == NULL)
@@ -568,7 +571,7 @@ static int rpmteOpen(rpmte te, int reload_fi)
     if (h != NULL) {
        if (reload_fi) {
            /* This can fail if we get a different, bad header from 
callback */
-           te->files = getFiles(te, h);
+           te->files = getFiles(te, h, 1);
            rc = (te->files != NULL);
        } else {
            rc = 1;


rpmteOpen only has one caller, which is rpmteProcess. But rpmteProcess has 
2 callers from lib/transaction.c : runTransScripts and rpmtsProcess. I 
didn't follow those further.

addTE has just one caller, which is rpmteNew, which in turn has 1 possible 
caller from lib/verify.c::rpmVerifyScript, which also only has one caller 
from lib/verify.c::showVerifyPackage. So the '0' to getFiles is likely 
correct.

    Stefan

> 
> One solution how to detect phase could be adding another argument to 
function
> getFiles() and this argument will indicate if getFiles() was called from
> addTE() i. e. the first phase or from rpmteOpen() i. e. the  second 
phase then
> flags could be set according to this argument in function getFiles().
> 
> Lubos
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stefan Berger" <stefanb at us.ibm.com>
> > To: "Lubos Kardos" <lkardos at redhat.com>
> > Cc: "Florian Festi" <ffesti at redhat.com>, rpm-maint at lists.rpm.org
> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 1:35:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rpm-maint] [PATCH 4/5] Extend header size to 64MB 
> due to file signatures
> > 
> > Lubos Kardos <lkardos at redhat.com> wrote on 04/29/2016 06:40:16 AM:
> > 
> > > 
> > > It is just a thought. Rpm transaction can be divided in two phases.
> > > In the first phase in the beginning of transaction rpm loads all 
file
> > infos to
> > > perform transactions checks and then releases them. In the second 
phase
> > rpm
> > > reloads single file infos to install single packages in row. The 
memory
> > peak
> > > happens in the first phase when all file infos are loaded. These 
file
> > infos
> > > contain also file signatures but in the first phase they needn't to
> > contain
> > > them because the signature checking is performed only in the second
> > phase.
> > > 
> > > So if the file signatures blow up the file infos so much so we need
> > > to increase
> > > maximum header size then maybe it would be nice not to load file
> > signatures
> > > into file infos during the first phase of transaction when the rpm
> > memory peak
> > > happens.
> > 
> > I agreed and it would be a separate patch.
> > 
> > I didn't look very deeply, but how does one detect the phases? I 
suppose
> > the part
> > to skip would be in lib/trpmfi.c::rpmfilePopulate where the flag
> > RPMFI_NOFILESIGNATURES is
> > checked. If that's the case, maybe the 1st phase could call this 
function
> > with this
> > flag always set?
> > 
> >     Stefan
> > 
> > > 
> > > Lubos
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Florian Festi" <ffesti at redhat.com>
> > > > To: "Stefan Berger" <stefanb at us.ibm.com>
> > > > Cc: rpm-maint at lists.rpm.org
> > > > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:27:39 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Rpm-maint] [PATCH 4/5] Extend header size to 64MB
> > > due to file signatures
> > > > 
> > > > On 04/27/2016 09:47 PM, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > > > > "Rpm-maint" <rpm-maint-bounces at lists.rpm.org> wrote on 
04/27/2016
> > > > > 05:50:54 AM:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Well changing header size limit needs a bit more thought. The 
main
> > > > >> problem is that packages with bigger header will look broken on
> > older
> > > > >> rpm versions and the usual way of dealing with this (adding
> > rpmlib()
> > > > >> Requires) won't work it needs reading the header.
> > > > > 
> > > > > These huge headers are only occurring in a few very large 
packages
> > and
> > > > > only if one applies the per-file signatures. So most users 
probably
> > > > > won't notice.
> > > > > 
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Also I wonder if we should increase the header size even more, 
to
> > get
> > > > >> rid of this topic for a longer time. I thought about 256MB 
which
> > gives a
> > > > >> 4 times increase over the 16MB. I am kinda tempted to go even
> > further.
> > > > >> Otoh the limit is there for a reason. And having rpm chew 
through
> > one GB
> > > > >> of broken data doesn't sound like a pleasant experience.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Anything >=16 MB works with signed files for all packages in 
Fedora
> > 23.
> > > > > Let me know if you want me to resubmit the patch with a higher
> > limit.
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, please. 256MB is probably the way to go. Let's hope we don't
> > reach
> > > > that any time soon.
> > > > 
> > > > Florian
> > > > 
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