Hash the guest-visible boot inputs into the snapshot key (#821) - #863
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build_runtime_boot_args read six guest-visible values from the host at launch time without them being part of the snapshot key: the fcvm_dns host fallback and fcvm_dns_search (both from the host's resolv.conf), fuse_readers, fuse_trace_rate, fuse_max_write, and no_writeback_cache. A cache hit could therefore serve a snapshot baked with different guest behavior, e.g. a host resolver change left every cached snapshot answering with the old DNS servers. Following the guest_failpoint pattern, the six values are now resolved once at FirecrackerConfig construction (GuestBootInputs::resolve, called by build_firecracker_config and build_launch_config) and stored in new skip-serialized fields, and build_runtime_boot_args emits every non-per-instance token from that hashed config instead of re-reading env vars and resolv.conf, so the hashed value and the emitted value cannot diverge. Only ip= and ipv6= (plus the mode's DNS choice in network_config) remain per-instance. The host fallback stays empty when --dns overrides it: the fallback is never emitted then, and hashing it would fragment keys between hosts whose guests boot identically. All new fields skip-serialize at their defaults, so existing cache keys are unchanged; test_snapshot_key_golden still pins 4278f265ad63, unmodified. The #818 token-audit dispositions flip from "unhashed, tracked in #821" to the hashing field for each token. Red, watched failing on the unfixed constructors (keys identical on both sides of every assert): commands::podman::tests::host_dns_fallback_changes_snapshot_key commands::podman::tests::dns_search_changes_snapshot_key commands::podman::tests::fuse_readers_changes_snapshot_key commands::podman::tests::fuse_trace_rate_changes_snapshot_key commands::podman::tests::fuse_max_write_changes_snapshot_key commands::podman::tests::no_writeback_cache_changes_snapshot_key assertion `left != right` failed: fuse_max_write must change the key left: "a65206085631" right: "a65206085631" commands::podman::vm_config::tests::runtime_boot_args_emit_the_hashed_config_values expected "fcvm_dns=192.0.2.1|192.0.2.2" in boot args "fcvm_dns=<real host resolv.conf servers> fcvm_dns_search=<real host domains>" Green after the fix: cargo test --lib -p fcvm reports 490 passed, 0 failed, including the six new per-field key pins in firecracker::config::tests and the unchanged golden key test. Vacuity check: marking host_dns #[serde(skip)] turns test_snapshot_key_changes_with_host_dns and host_dns_fallback_changes_snapshot_key red again. cargo fmt --check and cargo clippy -p fcvm --lib --tests -- -D warnings are both clean.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughGuest boot inputs are resolved once per launch and stored in ChangesGuest boot configuration
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The change hashes guest-visible boot inputs into the snapshot key so cached snapshots do not reuse stale DNS or FUSE behavior. With the supplied tests and checks passing, no actionable merge-blocking risk remains. Possibly related issues
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…erve Three review findings on #863, each fixed with a test watched failing first. BridgedNetwork::setup re-read /etc/resolv.conf after GuestBootInputs::resolve had already hashed the earlier read into the snapshot key, so a mid-launch resolv.conf change could save a snapshot under DNS A's key while the guest booted with DNS B. The launch now resolves host DNS once (prepare_vm_for_lifecycle), and that single copy feeds the key (fc_config or the VmSetupParams.boot_inputs fallback), the bridged network's guest resolver (BridgedNetwork::with_dns_server), and the clone-restore path (which threads the resolver captured in snapshot metadata instead of the restore host's current one). setup() no longer reads host DNS at all; the old fail-closed behavior on a DNS-less bridged host moves to a bail at network construction. The key stored the whole host resolver list while bridged mode emits only the first entry, so a secondary-nameserver change cold-booted guests whose cmdline was identical. The four FUSE knobs (fuse_readers, fuse_trace_rate, fuse_max_write, no_writeback_cache) were hashed even for runs with no --map, where fc-agent never reaches them: they are read only inside fc-agent/src/fuse/mod.rs's mount path, mounts::mount_fuse_volumes is their only caller, and fc-agent/src/agent.rs calls that only when plan.volumes is non-empty. GuestBootInputs::for_launch, applied by both config constructors, now truncates host_dns to one entry for bridged mode and clears the FUSE knobs for volume-free runs, so the hashed value equals the emitted value and behaviorally identical runs share a key. Red, watched failing on the unfixed tree: commands::podman::tests::bridged_mode_keys_only_the_emitted_dns assertion `left == right` failed: a secondary nameserver never reaches a bridged guest and must not change its key left: "886ad01a49c4" right: "143729ccc31b" commands::podman::tests::fuse_knobs_do_not_fragment_volume_free_keys assertion `left == right` failed: FUSE knobs are dormant without volumes and must not change the key left: "a65206085631" right: "a0f32cf676a3" network::bridged::tests::setup_does_not_reread_host_dns panicked: BridgedNetwork::setup reads host DNS itself; thread the launch config's hashed value via with_dns_server instead Re-red check: removing the for_launch call in build_firecracker_config turns the first two red again. The per-knob FUSE key tests now build against args with a volume mapped, where the knobs still must change the key; the golden key test still pins 4278f265ad63 unmodified. Also serializes the bridged fake-ip test and the pasta ip-batch test on a shared PATH_IP_LOCK: plain `cargo test` runs both in one process, and the bridged test's PATH window intermittently made the pasta batch script resolve `ip` to a deleted fake ("/bin/sh: /tmp/fcvm-fakeip-*/ip: No such file or directory"), a pre-existing failure reproduced on the parent commit. Green: cargo test --lib -p fcvm passed 493/493 on five consecutive runs; cargo clippy --all-targets -p fcvm -- -D warnings and cargo fmt --check clean.
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1462-1479: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a unit test for the new bridged-mode DNS bail path.
This check bails when a bridged launch has no
--dnsoverride andboot_inputs.host_dnsis empty. The logic is correct and matches the documented fail-closed intent. No test in this file exercises it directly, unlike similar guard conditions in the same file (validate_prepare_args,snapshot_cache_opt_out,should_arm_startup_snapshot), which are extracted into small pure functions specifically so they can be unit-tested.Extract the condition into a small helper, for example
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In `@src/commands/podman/mod.rs`:
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NOT-A-DEFECT: the review bodies are summaries and reviewer auto-replies; the three inline findings are dispositioned in their threads, all RED-VERIFIED in 5bb2057 with tests named there: one DNS resolution now feeds the key, the bridged guest, and the fallback config; bridged mode keys only the resolver it emits; and the four FUSE knobs no longer fragment volume-free keys (dormancy verified in fc-agent's call chain first).
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build_runtime_boot_args read six guest-visible values from the host at launch time without them being part of the snapshot key: the fcvm_dns host fallback and fcvm_dns_search (both from the host's resolv.conf), fuse_readers, fuse_trace_rate, fuse_max_write, and no_writeback_cache. A cache hit could therefore serve a snapshot baked with different guest behavior, e.g. a host resolver change left every cached snapshot answering with the old DNS servers.
Following the guest_failpoint pattern, the six values are now resolved once at FirecrackerConfig construction (GuestBootInputs::resolve, called by build_firecracker_config and build_launch_config) and stored in new skip-serialized fields, and build_runtime_boot_args emits every non-per-instance token from that hashed config instead of re-reading env vars and resolv.conf, so the hashed value and the emitted value cannot diverge. Only ip= and ipv6= (plus the mode's DNS choice in network_config) remain per-instance. The host fallback stays empty when --dns overrides it: the fallback is never emitted then, and hashing it would fragment keys between hosts whose guests boot identically. All new fields skip-serialize at their defaults, so existing cache keys are unchanged; test_snapshot_key_golden still pins 4278f265ad63, unmodified. The #818 token-audit dispositions flip from "unhashed, tracked in #821" to the hashing field for each token.
Red, watched failing on the unfixed constructors (keys identical on both sides of every assert):
commands::podman::tests::host_dns_fallback_changes_snapshot_key
commands::podman::tests::dns_search_changes_snapshot_key
commands::podman::tests::fuse_readers_changes_snapshot_key
commands::podman::tests::fuse_trace_rate_changes_snapshot_key
commands::podman::tests::fuse_max_write_changes_snapshot_key
commands::podman::tests::no_writeback_cache_changes_snapshot_key
assertion
left != rightfailed: fuse_max_write must change the keyleft: "a65206085631" right: "a65206085631"
commands::podman::vm_config::tests::runtime_boot_args_emit_the_hashed_config_values
expected "fcvm_dns=192.0.2.1|192.0.2.2" in boot args
"fcvm_dns= fcvm_dns_search="
Green after the fix: cargo test --lib -p fcvm reports 490 passed, 0 failed, including the six new per-field key pins in firecracker::config::tests and the unchanged golden key test. Vacuity check: marking host_dns #[serde(skip)] turns test_snapshot_key_changes_with_host_dns and host_dns_fallback_changes_snapshot_key red again. cargo fmt --check and cargo clippy -p fcvm --lib --tests -- -D warnings are both clean.
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