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LXC 4.0.11 has been released

2021年10月19日

Introduction

The LXC team is pleased to announce the release of LXC 4.0.11!

This is the eleventh bugfix release for LXC 4.0 which is supported until June 2025.

Bugfixes

As usual this bugfix releases focus on stability and hardening. Some of the highlights for this release are:

  • Core scheduling support (lxc.sched.core)
  • riscv64 support in lxc.arch
  • Significantly improved bash completion profile
  • Greater use of the new VFS mount API (when supported by the kernel)
  • Fix containers with empty network namespaces
  • Handle kernels that lack TIOCGPTPEER
  • Improve CPU bitmask/id handling (handle skipped CPU numbers)
  • Reworked the tests to run offline

The full list of commits is available below:

Detailed changelog
  • cgroups: populate hierarchy for device cgroup
  • cgroups: remove unneeded variables from cgroup_tree_create
  • lxc_setup_ttys: Handle existing ttyN file without underlying device
  • bpf: bpf_devices_cgroup_supported() should check if bpf() is available
  • conf: use new mount api for devpts setup
  • terminal: ttyname_r() returns an error number on failure
  • conf: ensure devpts_fd is set to -EBADF
  • Fix typos
  • conf: surface failures to setup console
  • conf: set source property for devpts
  • conf: attach devpts mount directly when new mount api can be used
  • conf: s/lxc_setup_devpts_parent/lxc_recv_devpts_from_child/g
  • conf: use a relative path in symlinkat()
  • conf: update comment
  • conf: add and use mount_beneath_fd()
  • terminal: don't use ttyname_r() for native terminal allocation
  • conf: merge devpts setup and move before pivot root
  • string_utils: cast __s64 to long long signed int
  • terminal: split out lxc_devpts_terminal() helper
  • conf: move lxc_create_ttys() before pivot root
  • conf: stash pty_nr in struct lxc_terminal
  • mount_utils: add mount_fd()
  • conf: use mount_fd() helper when mounting ttys
  • conf: use mount_fd() in lxc_setup_dev_console()
  • conf: use mount_fd() during console mounting
  • file_utils: add open_at_same()
  • conf: rework console setup
  • terminal: remove unused argument from lxc_devpts_terminal()
  • start: allow containers to use a native console
  • conf: handle kernels without TIOCGPTPEER
  • terminal: move native terminal allocation from error logging to info
  • terminal: fail on unknown error during TIOCGPTPEER
  • mount_utils: introduce mount_at()
  • conf: fix logging in lxc_idmapped_mounts_child()
  • conf: refactor lxc_recv_ttys_from_child()
  • conf: log failure to create tty mountpoint
  • conf: let parse_vfs_attr() handle legacy mount flags as well
  • mount_utils: make some mount helpers static inline
  • conf: allow mount options for rootfs when using new mount api
  • tests: add test for rootfs mount options
  • network: fix container with empty network namespaces
  • lsm/apparmor: log failure to write AppArmor profile
  • lsm/apparmor: use cleanup macro
  • doc/api-extensions: Grammar fix
  • tests: fix config file tests
  • Fix typo on documentation for lxc-autostart.
  • Fix typo on documentation for lxc-{attach,execute}.
  • Create rules to add/remove symlinks for bash completion.
  • Improve bash completion.
  • cgroups: log at warning instead of error level
  • conf: log session keyring failure on WARN level
  • tree-wide: s/lxc_epoll_descr/lxc_async_descr/g
  • doc: Adds mention of ability to specify manual IPv4 broadcast address
  • mainloop: add io_uring support
  • lxc-download: add LXC version/compat level to user-agent
  • mainloop: s,sys/poll,poll
  • mainloop: minor fixes
  • mainloop: remove CANCEL_RAISE flag
  • mainloop: fix io_uring cleanup handling
  • memory_utils: make cleanup handler as unused
  • mainloop: move variables into tighter scope
  • mainloop: s/handler_name/name/g
  • mainloop: add comments about multishot and oneshot cleanup
  • mainloop: disable IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL for now
  • cgroups: fix cpu bitmasks
  • cgroups: s/calloc/zalloc/g
  • Revert "cgroups: fix cpu bitmasks"
  • cgroups: fix comments in cpuset1_initialize()
  • cgroups: fix cpumask handling
  • cgroups: use semantically clean check in cpuset1_cpus_initialize()
  • cgroups: simplify offline and isolated cpu handling
  • tests: set lxc-test-automount/createconfig/snapdeps as executable
  • file_utils: add same_device() helper
  • terminal: use /dev/ptmx when allocating pty devices from devpts instances we didn't mount ourselves
  • busybox: mount sys:ro
  • busybox: simplify
  • conf: allow for tty allocation even when container did not request separate devpts instance
  • tests: fix order in sys_mixed
  • test: use busybox in lxc-test-apparmor-generated
  • test: use busybox in lxc-test-apparmor-mount
  • test: use busybox in lxc-test-autostart
  • tests: use busybox in lxc-test-no-new-privs
  • tests: use busybox in lxc-test-unpriv
  • tests: use busybox in lxc-test-usernic.in
  • seccomp: fix complication when !HAVE_DECL_SECCOMP_NOTIFY_FD
  • config: enable seccomp profile only when compiled with libseccomp
  • confile: return negative errno everywhere
  • attach: allow LSM attach without new mnt namespace
  • tools: fix variable declarations in lxc-attach
  • tools: align struct initialization
  • attach_options: add LXC_ATTACH_LSM_LABEL to LXC_ATTACH_LSM flags
  • confile: rework lxc_fill_elevated_privileges()
  • tools: fix elevated privilege handler in lxc-attach
  • list: add new kernel-based list implementation
  • tree-wide: port network handling to new list type
  • cgroups: port bpf devices to new list type
  • mainloop: port handlers to new list type
  • conf: port state_clients to new list type
  • conf: port rlimits to new list type
  • conf: port sysctls to new list type
  • conf: port procs to new list type
  • conf: port cgroup settings to new list type
  • conf: port id_map to new list type
  • conf: remove unused mountflags nember
  • rootfs: remove "options" member
  • conf: rework recursive mount option handling
  • conf: support recursive propagation options properly
  • conf: switch to parse_mount_attrs() even for legacy mount()
  • conf: remove unused variables
  • conf: port environment to new list type
  • terminal: remove unused struct member
  • cgroup: remove unneeded forward declaration
  • conf: simplify and port caps to new list type
  • network: port ipv4 to new list type
  • network: port ipv6 addresses to new list type
  • tree-wide: s/ipv{4,6}_list/ipv{4,6}_addresses/g
  • lxccontainer: align initialization
  • cgroups: fix cgroup settings sorting
  • network: port ipv4 routes to new list type
  • network: port ipv6 routes to new list type
  • cgroups: fix bpf device list
  • conf: port mounts to new list type
  • conf: port apparmor to new list type
  • conf: port hooks to new list type
  • conf: port groups to new list type
  • lxccontainer: improve add_to_array()
  • lxccontainer: improve add_to_clist()
  • lxccontainer: tweak some array handling helpers
  • attach: Fix -c command
  • tree-wide: fix list_entry()
  • lxc-usernsexec: small tweaks
  • lxccontainer: use free_disarm() in list_all_containers()
  • lxccontainer: remove useless {}
  • lxccontainer: fail when container can't be loaded
  • lxccontainer: don't pass NULL pointer
  • configure: add sanitizer flags to LDFLAGS as well
  • include: make all functions __hidden
  • tree-wide: fix build
  • build: add src/include to build and simplify header inclusions
  • syscall_wrapper: fix pivot_root() declaration
  • cgroups: fix integer comparisons
  • confile: fix integer comparisons
  • storage: fix integer comparisons
  • attach: fix helper declarations
  • lsm: fix integer comparisons
  • conf: fix integer comparisons
  • string_utils: fix integer comparisons
  • conf: fix struct mount_attr initalization
  • conf: fix array initalization
  • tree-wide: fix attach header inclusion
  • confile_utils: fix integer comparisons
  • criu: fix integer comparisons
  • commands: fix integer comparisons
  • tree-wide: fix public lxc header inclusions
  • network: fix integer comparisons
  • lxccontainer: fix integer comparisons
  • terminal: fix integer comparisons
  • utils: fix integer comparisons
  • start: fix integer comparisons
  • netns_ifaddrs: fix integer comparisons
  • lxcmntent: fix fallthrough
  • seccomp: fix integer comparisons
  • uuid: fix integer comparisons
  • nl: fix integer comparisons
  • monitor: fix integer comparisons
  • file_utils: fix integer comparisons
  • commands_utils: fix integer comparisons
  • arguments: fix includes
  • string_utils: fix includes
  • conf: fix includes
  • initutils: fix includes
  • log: fix includes
  • initutils: fix includes
  • arguments: fix includes
  • tools/lxc_start: fix includes
  • caps: fix includes
  • tree-wide: fix lxc header inclusion
  • tools: fix build warnings
  • tree-wide: fix config.h inclusion
  • tests: include "version.h"
  • lxc: remove "version.h" inclusion
  • build: make sure _GNU_SOURCE is set
  • build: add meson skeleton
  • build: add tools to meson
  • Fill missing commands on name completion.
  • Use --running instead of --active.
  • Add compopt call to __lxc_piped_args.
  • Improve name completion handling.
  • Add completion output for lxc-ls --fancy-format.
  • Add support for container composed names.
  • Use more bash-like syntax.
  • Fix lxc-snapshot completion.
  • Refactor __lxc_piped_args.
  • Add support for comma as a completion word.
  • Fix lxc-create completion.
  • Another round of more bash-like syntax.
  • Refactor __lxc_groups() to __lxc_get_groups().
  • Add __lxc_get_selinux_contexts().
  • Add completion for lxc-copy param --fssize.
  • Update _lxc_usernsexec.
  • Add __lxc_cgroup_state_object().
  • Check completion for prefixes names.
  • Refactor __lxc_check_name_present().
  • Fix lxc-cgroup smart completion.
  • build: set pie in default_options
  • build: set as-needed in default_options
  • build: use dependency() where possible
  • build: -fPIC and -shared are handled automatically
  • build: set find_library('libcap', require : false)
  • build: libdir and bindir are the default for shared libraries and executables
  • build: use common dependencies variable
  • build: remove unneeded variables
  • build: add single option directly to static library
  • build: set diagnostic colours directly in default_options
  • build: add more global config variables
  • build: set more variables and print summary
  • log: fix cross-compilation with %m modifier
  • tests: fix config file tests
  • build: remove pointless prefixdir validation
  • build: use correct minimal meson version requirement
  • build: record meson version
  • build: show more detailed information
  • build: ensure all relevant calls are checked for availability at build time
  • network: fix integer comparisons
  • cgroups: fix declarations and headers
  • build: support lto
  • tools: use correct include for Android
  • Don't include internal headers in external library headers
  • build: fix hook program build
  • build: fix tools build
  • hooks: use cloexec everywhere
  • build: split netns_ifaddrs into separate sources
  • build: add commands
  • build: expand default_options
  • build: use dummy config data
  • build: improve meson build
  • build: build hooks directly in their folder
  • build: add hooks
  • build: add cmd builds
  • lxc-monitord: use {} around ;
  • cmds: fix integer conversions
  • cmds: fix includes
  • tree-wide: fix HAVE_* checks
  • build: fix remaining HAVE_* generations
  • build: add templates
  • templates: don't double quote
  • hooks: fix quoting
  • build: check whether compiler supports nonnull and returns_nonnull attributes
  • github: Drop 16.04 tests
  • build: compiler attribute improvements
  • initutils: add missing prctl include
  • lxc: add lxc.sched.core
  • attach: handle core scheduling
  • tree-wide: cast to core scheduling cookie to llu
  • syscall_wrappers: fix core scheduling creation helper naming
  • start: don't fail when core scheduling isn't supported
  • start: use core scheduling error helper
  • start: make failure to apply core scheduling fatal
  • log: improve %m handling on musl
  • terminal: log at warning message
  • conf: fix lxc.cap.keep behavior
  • tests: add test for lxc.cap.keep
  • conf: improve capability handling
  • cgroups: use __u32 for cpumasks
  • tree-wide: use __u32 for capabilities
  • tests: expand capability tests
  • attach: improve error logging for drop_capabilities()
  • test: fix nested capability tests
  • lxc-monitord: fix integer comparisions
  • tests: remove trailing endifs
  • criu: fix error message
  • af_unix: replace log_error_errno()
  • attach: improve error logging
  • caps: ensure \0-termination
  • conf: fix coding style
  • conf: don't fail umount2()
  • Add riscv64 to --arch parameter values
  • README.md: mention RISC-V architecture
  • conf: verify that rootfs is stable after setting up mounts

Support and upgrade

The LXC 4.0 branch is supported until June 2025.
Only bugfixes and securitiy issues get included into the stable bugfix releases, so it's always safe and recommended to keep up and run the latest bugfix release.

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