man/systemd.special.xml

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     <filename>initrd-fs.target</filename>,
     <filename>initrd-root-device.target</filename>,
     <filename>initrd-root-fs.target</filename>,
-    <filename>initrd-usr-fs.target</filename>,
     <filename>kbrequest.target</filename>,
     <filename>kexec.target</filename>,
     <filename>local-fs-pre.target</filename>,
@@ -373,13 +372,12 @@
           <term><filename>initrd-fs.target</filename></term>
           <listitem>
             <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-            automatically adds dependencies of type <varname>Before=</varname> to
+            automatically adds dependencies of type
-            <filename>sysroot-usr.mount</filename> and all mount points found in
+            <varname>Before=</varname> to
-            <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> that have the <option>x-initrd.mount</option> mount option set
+            <filename>sysroot-usr.mount</filename> and all mount points
-            and do not have the <option>noauto</option> mount option set. It is also indirectly ordered after
+            found in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> that have
-            <filename>sysroot.mount</filename>. Thus, once this target is reached the
+            <option>x-initrd.mount</option> and not have
-            <filename>/sysroot/</filename> hierarchy is fully set up, in preparation for the transition to
+            <option>noauto</option> mount options set.</para>
-            the host OS.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
@@ -398,27 +396,11 @@
           <term><filename>initrd-root-fs.target</filename></term>
           <listitem>
             <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-            automatically adds dependencies of type <varname>Before=</varname> to the
+            automatically adds dependencies of type
-            <filename>sysroot.mount</filename> unit, which is generated from the kernel command line's
+            <varname>Before=</varname> to the
-            <varname>root=</varname> setting (or equivalent).</para>
+            <filename>sysroot.mount</filename> unit, which is generated
-          </listitem>
+            from the kernel command line.
-        </varlistentry>
+            </para>
-        <varlistentry>
-          <term><filename>initrd-usr-fs.target</filename></term>
-          <listitem>
-            <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-            automatically adds dependencies of type <varname>Before=</varname> to the
-            <filename>sysusr-usr.mount</filename> unit, which is generated from the kernel command line's
-            <varname>usr=</varname> switch. Services may order themselves after this target unit in order to
-            run once the <filename>/sysusr/</filename> hierarchy becomes available, on systems that come up
-            initially without a root file system, but with an initialized <filename>/usr/</filename> and need
-            to access that before setting up the root file system to ultimately switch to. On systems where
-            <varname>usr=</varname> is not used this target is ordered afer
-            <filename>sysroot.mount</filename> and thus mostly equivalent to
-            <filename>initrd-root-fs.target</filename>. In effect on any system once this target is reached
-            the file system backing <filename>/usr/</filename> is mounted, though possibly at two different
-            locations, either below the <filename>/sysusr/</filename> or the <filename>/sysroot/</filename>
-            hierarchies.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>

src/basic/special.h

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #define SPECIAL_INITRD_FS_TARGET "initrd-fs.target"
 #define SPECIAL_INITRD_ROOT_DEVICE_TARGET "initrd-root-device.target"
 #define SPECIAL_INITRD_ROOT_FS_TARGET "initrd-root-fs.target"
-#define SPECIAL_INITRD_USR_FS_TARGET "initrd-usr-fs.target"
 #define SPECIAL_REMOTE_FS_TARGET "remote-fs.target"       /* LSB's $remote_fs */
 #define SPECIAL_REMOTE_FS_PRE_TARGET "remote-fs-pre.target"
 #define SPECIAL_SWAP_TARGET "swap.target"

src/core/namespace.c

@@ -1863,8 +1863,6 @@ int setup_namespace(
                                 loop_device->fd,
                                 &verity,
                                 root_image_options,
-                                loop_device->uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                                loop_device->timestamp_not_before,
                                 dissect_image_flags,
                                 &dissected_image);
                 if (r < 0)

src/dissect/dissect.c

@@ -781,8 +781,6 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         arg_image,
                         &arg_verity_settings,
                         NULL,
-                        d->uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                        d->timestamp_not_before,
                         arg_flags,
                         &m);
         if (r < 0)

src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c

@@ -433,11 +433,6 @@ static int add_mount(
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        /* Order the mount unit we generate relative to the post unit, so that DefaultDependencies= on the
-         * target unit won't affect us. */
-        if (post && !FLAGS_SET(flags, AUTOMOUNT) && !FLAGS_SET(flags, NOAUTO))
-                fprintf(f, "Before=%s\n", post);
-
         if (passno != 0) {
                 r = generator_write_fsck_deps(f, dest, what, where, fstype);
                 if (r < 0)
@@ -726,7 +721,7 @@ static int add_sysroot_mount(void) {
         else
                 opts = arg_root_options;
 
-        log_debug("Found entry what=%s where=/sysroot type=%s opts=%s", what, strna(arg_root_fstype), strempty(opts));
+        log_debug("Found entry what=%s where=/sysroot type=%s", what, strna(arg_root_fstype));
 
         if (is_device_path(what)) {
                 r = generator_write_initrd_root_device_deps(arg_dest, what);
@@ -749,10 +744,6 @@ static int add_sysroot_mount(void) {
 static int add_sysroot_usr_mount(void) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *what = NULL;
         const char *opts;
-        int r;
-
-        /* Returns 0 if we didn't do anything, > 0 if we either generated a unit for the /usr/ mount, or we
-         * know for sure something else did */
 
         if (!arg_usr_what && !arg_usr_fstype && !arg_usr_options)
                 return 0;
@@ -776,23 +767,8 @@ static int add_sysroot_usr_mount(void) {
                         return log_oom();
         }
 
-        if (isempty(arg_usr_what)) {
+        if (!arg_usr_what)
-                log_debug("Could not find a usr= entry on the kernel command line.");
                 return 0;
-        }
-
-        if (streq(arg_usr_what, "gpt-auto")) {
-                /* This is handled by the gpt-auto generator */
-                log_debug("Skipping /usr/ directory handling, as gpt-auto was requested.");
-                return 1; /* systemd-gpt-auto-generator will generate a unit for this, hence report that a
-                           * unit file is being created for the host /usr/ mount. */
-        }
-
-        if (path_equal(arg_usr_what, "/dev/nfs")) {
-                /* This is handled by the initrd (if at all supported, that is) */
-                log_debug("Skipping /usr/ directory handling, as /dev/nfs was requested.");
-                return 1; /* As above, report that NFS code will create the unit */
-        }
 
         what = fstab_node_to_udev_node(arg_usr_what);
         if (!what)
@@ -805,62 +781,17 @@ static int add_sysroot_usr_mount(void) {
         else
                 opts = arg_usr_options;
 
-        /* When mounting /usr from the initrd, we add an extra level of indirection: we first mount the /usr/
+        log_debug("Found entry what=%s where=/sysroot/usr type=%s", what, strna(arg_usr_fstype));
-         * partition to /sysusr/usr/, and then afterwards bind mount that to /sysroot/usr/. We do this so
+        return add_mount(arg_dest,
-         * that we can cover for systems that initially only have a /usr/ around and where the root fs needs
-         * to be synthesized, based on configuration included in /usr/, e.g. systemd-repart. Software like
-         * this should order itself after initrd-usr-fs.target and before initrd-fs.target; and it should
-         * look into both /sysusr/ and /sysroot/ for the configuration data to apply. */
-
-        log_debug("Found entry what=%s where=/sysusr/usr type=%s opts=%s", what, strna(arg_usr_fstype), strempty(opts));
-
-        r = add_mount(arg_dest,
                          what,
-                      "/sysusr/usr",
+                         "/sysroot/usr",
                          NULL,
                          arg_usr_fstype,
                          opts,
                          is_device_path(what) ? 1 : 0, /* passno */
                          0,
-                      SPECIAL_INITRD_USR_FS_TARGET,
-                      "/proc/cmdline");
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        log_debug("Synthesizing entry what=/sysusr/usr where=/sysrootr/usr opts=bind");
-
-        r = add_mount(arg_dest,
-                      "/sysusr/usr",
-                      "/sysroot/usr",
-                      NULL,
-                      NULL,
-                      "bind",
-                      0,
-                      0,
                          SPECIAL_INITRD_FS_TARGET,
                          "/proc/cmdline");
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        return 1;
-}
-
-static int add_sysroot_usr_mount_or_fallback(void) {
-        int r;
-
-        r = add_sysroot_usr_mount();
-        if (r != 0)
-                return r;
-
-        /* OK, so we didn't write anything out for /sysusr/usr/ nor /sysroot/usr/. In this case, let's make
-         * sure that initrd-usr-fs.target is at least ordered after sysroot.mount so that services that order
-         * themselves get the guarantee that /usr/ is definitely mounted somewhere. */
-
-        return generator_add_symlink(
-                        arg_dest,
-                        SPECIAL_INITRD_USR_FS_TARGET,
-                        "requires",
-                        "sysroot.mount");
 }
 
 static int add_volatile_root(void) {
@@ -1022,7 +953,7 @@ static int run(const char *dest, const char *dest_early, const char *dest_late)
         if (in_initrd()) {
                 r = add_sysroot_mount();
 
-                r2 = add_sysroot_usr_mount_or_fallback();
+                r2 = add_sysroot_usr_mount();
 
                 r3 = add_volatile_root();
         } else

src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c

@@ -672,8 +672,6 @@ static int enumerate_partitions(dev_t devnum) {
         r = dissect_image(
                         fd,
                         NULL, NULL,
-                        UINT64_MAX,
-                        USEC_INFINITY,
                         DISSECT_IMAGE_GPT_ONLY|
                         DISSECT_IMAGE_NO_UDEV|
                         DISSECT_IMAGE_USR_NO_ROOT,

src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym

@@ -756,5 +756,4 @@ LIBSYSTEMD_249 {
 global:
         sd_device_monitor_filter_add_match_sysattr;
         sd_device_monitor_filter_add_match_parent;
-        sd_device_get_usec_initialized;
 } LIBSYSTEMD_248;

src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct sd_device {
 
         char *id_filename;
 
-        usec_t usec_initialized;
+        uint64_t usec_initialized;
 
         mode_t devmode;
         uid_t devuid;

src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c

@@ -1428,27 +1428,6 @@ _public_ int sd_device_get_is_initialized(sd_device *device) {
         return device->is_initialized;
 }
 
-_public_ int sd_device_get_usec_initialized(sd_device *device, uint64_t *ret) {
-        int r;
-
-        assert_return(device, -EINVAL);
-
-        r = device_read_db(device);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        if (!device->is_initialized)
-                return -EBUSY;
-
-        if (device->usec_initialized == 0)
-                return -ENODATA;
-
-        if (ret)
-                *ret = device->usec_initialized;
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
 _public_ int sd_device_get_usec_since_initialized(sd_device *device, uint64_t *usec) {
         usec_t now_ts;
         int r;
@@ -1462,10 +1441,10 @@ _public_ int sd_device_get_usec_since_initialized(sd_device *device, uint64_t *u
         if (!device->is_initialized)
                 return -EBUSY;
 
-        if (device->usec_initialized == 0)
+        if (!device->usec_initialized)
                 return -ENODATA;
 
-        now_ts = now(CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+        now_ts = now(clock_boottime_or_monotonic());
 
         if (now_ts < device->usec_initialized)
                 return -EIO;

src/nspawn/nspawn.c

@@ -5483,8 +5483,6 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                 arg_image,
                                 &arg_verity_settings,
                                 NULL,
-                                loop->uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                                loop->timestamp_not_before,
                                 dissect_image_flags,
                                 &dissected_image);
                 if (r == -ENOPKG) {

src/partition/repart.c

@@ -4318,18 +4318,8 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (arg_image && arg_root)
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Please specify either --root= or --image=, the combination of both is not supported.");
         else if (!arg_image && !arg_root && in_initrd()) {
-
+                /* Default to operation on /sysroot when invoked in the initrd! */
-                /* By default operate on /sysusr/ or /sysroot/ when invoked in the initrd. We prefer the
-                 * former, if it is mounted, so that we have deterministic behaviour on systems where /usr/
-                 * is vendor-supplied but the root fs formatted on first boot. */
-                r = path_is_mount_point("/sysusr/usr", NULL, 0);
-                if (r <= 0) {
-                        if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
-                                log_debug_errno(r, "Unable to determine whether /sysusr/usr is a mount point, assuming it is not: %m");
-
                 arg_root = strdup("/sysroot");
-                } else
-                        arg_root = strdup("/sysusr");
                 if (!arg_root)
                         return log_oom();
         }
@@ -4481,43 +4471,8 @@ static int acquire_root_devno(
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int find_os_prefix(const char **ret) {
-        int r;
-
-        assert(ret);
-
-        /* Searches for the right place to look for the OS root. This is relevant in the initrd: in the
-         * initrd the host OS is typically mounted to /sysroot/ — except in setups where /usr/ is a separate
-         * partition, in which case it is mounted to /sysusr/usr/ before being moved to /sysroot/usr/. */
-
-        if (!in_initrd()) {
-                *ret = NULL; /* no prefix */
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        r = path_is_mount_point("/sysroot", NULL, 0);
-        if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
-                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to determine whether /sysroot/ is a mount point, assuming it is not: %m");
-        else if (r > 0) {
-                log_debug("/sysroot/ is a mount point, assuming it's the prefix.");
-                *ret = "/sysroot";
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        r = path_is_mount_point("/sysusr/usr", NULL, 0);
-        if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
-                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to determine whether /sysusr/usr is a mount point, assuming it is not: %m");
-        else if (r > 0) {
-                log_debug("/sysusr/usr/ is a mount point, assuming /sysusr/ is the prefix.");
-                *ret = "/sysusr";
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        return -ENOENT;
-}
-
 static int find_root(char **ret, int *ret_fd) {
-        const char *t, *prefix;
+        const char *t;
         int r;
 
         assert(ret);
@@ -4558,16 +4513,12 @@ static int find_root(char **ret, int *ret_fd) {
          * latter we check for cases where / is a tmpfs and only /usr is an actual persistent block device
          * (think: volatile setups) */
 
-        r = find_os_prefix(&prefix);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to determine OS prefix: %m");
-
         FOREACH_STRING(t, "/", "/usr") {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *j = NULL;
                 const char *p;
 
-                if (prefix) {
+                if (in_initrd()) {
-                        j = path_join(prefix, t);
+                        j = path_join("/sysroot", t);
                         if (!j)
                                 return log_oom();
 

src/portable/portable.c

@@ -395,8 +395,6 @@ static int portable_extract_by_path(
                 r = dissect_image(
                                 d->fd,
                                 NULL, NULL,
-                                d->uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                                d->timestamp_not_before,
                                 DISSECT_IMAGE_READ_ONLY |
                                 DISSECT_IMAGE_GENERIC_ROOT |
                                 DISSECT_IMAGE_REQUIRE_ROOT |

src/shared/discover-image.c

@@ -1201,13 +1201,10 @@ int image_read_metadata(Image *i) {
                 r = dissect_image(
                                 d->fd,
                                 NULL, NULL,
-                                d->uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                                d->timestamp_not_before,
                                 DISSECT_IMAGE_GENERIC_ROOT |
                                 DISSECT_IMAGE_REQUIRE_ROOT |
                                 DISSECT_IMAGE_RELAX_VAR_CHECK |
-                                DISSECT_IMAGE_USR_NO_ROOT,
+                                DISSECT_IMAGE_USR_NO_ROOT, &m);
-                                &m);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 

src/shared/dissect-image.c

@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ static int enumerator_for_parent(sd_device *d, sd_device_enumerator **ret) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
+        r = sd_device_enumerator_allow_uninitialized(e);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         r = sd_device_enumerator_add_match_subsystem(e, "block", true);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -225,7 +229,6 @@ static int device_is_partition(sd_device *d, sd_device *expected_parent, blkid_p
 static int find_partition(
                 sd_device *parent,
                 blkid_partition pp,
-                usec_t timestamp_not_before,
                 sd_device **ret) {
 
         _cleanup_(sd_device_enumerator_unrefp) sd_device_enumerator *e = NULL;
@@ -241,18 +244,6 @@ static int find_partition(
                 return r;
 
         FOREACH_DEVICE(e, q) {
-                uint64_t usec;
-
-                r = sd_device_get_usec_initialized(q, &usec);
-                if (r == -EBUSY) /* Not initialized yet */
-                        continue;
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-
-                if (timestamp_not_before != USEC_INFINITY &&
-                    usec < timestamp_not_before) /* udev database entry older than our attachment? Then it's not ours */
-                        continue;
-
                 r = device_is_partition(q, parent, pp);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
@@ -269,7 +260,6 @@ struct wait_data {
         sd_device *parent_device;
         blkid_partition blkidp;
         sd_device *found;
-        uint64_t uevent_seqnum_not_before;
 };
 
 static inline void wait_data_done(struct wait_data *d) {
@@ -285,20 +275,6 @@ static int device_monitor_handler(sd_device_monitor *monitor, sd_device *device,
         if (device_for_action(device, SD_DEVICE_REMOVE))
                 return 0;
 
-        if (w->uevent_seqnum_not_before != UINT64_MAX) {
-                uint64_t seqnum;
-
-                r = sd_device_get_seqnum(device, &seqnum);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        goto finish;
-
-                if (seqnum <= w->uevent_seqnum_not_before) { /* From an older use of this loop device */
-                        log_debug("Dropping event because seqnum too old (%" PRIu64 " <= %" PRIu64 ")",
-                                  seqnum, w->uevent_seqnum_not_before);
-                        return 0;
-                }
-        }
-
         r = device_is_partition(device, w->parent_device, w->blkidp);
         if (r < 0)
                 goto finish;
@@ -318,8 +294,6 @@ static int wait_for_partition_device(
                 sd_device *parent,
                 blkid_partition pp,
                 usec_t deadline,
-                uint64_t uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                usec_t timestamp_not_before,
                 sd_device **ret) {
 
         _cleanup_(sd_event_source_unrefp) sd_event_source *timeout_source = NULL;
@@ -331,7 +305,7 @@ static int wait_for_partition_device(
         assert(pp);
         assert(ret);
 
-        r = find_partition(parent, pp, timestamp_not_before, ret);
+        r = find_partition(parent, pp, ret);
         if (r != -ENXIO)
                 return r;
 
@@ -362,7 +336,6 @@ static int wait_for_partition_device(
         _cleanup_(wait_data_done) struct wait_data w = {
                 .parent_device = parent,
                 .blkidp = pp,
-                .uevent_seqnum_not_before = uevent_seqnum_not_before,
         };
 
         r = sd_device_monitor_start(monitor, device_monitor_handler, &w);
@@ -370,7 +343,7 @@ static int wait_for_partition_device(
                 return r;
 
         /* Check again, the partition might have appeared in the meantime */
-        r = find_partition(parent, pp, timestamp_not_before, ret);
+        r = find_partition(parent, pp, ret);
         if (r != -ENXIO)
                 return r;
 
@@ -519,8 +492,6 @@ int dissect_image(
                 int fd,
                 const VeritySettings *verity,
                 const MountOptions *mount_options,
-                uint64_t uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                usec_t timestamp_not_before,
                 DissectImageFlags flags,
                 DissectedImage **ret) {
 
@@ -773,7 +744,7 @@ int dissect_image(
                 if (!pp)
                         return errno_or_else(EIO);
 
-                r = wait_for_partition_device(d, pp, deadline, uevent_seqnum_not_before, timestamp_not_before, &q);
+                r = wait_for_partition_device(d, pp, deadline, &q);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
@@ -2608,8 +2579,6 @@ int dissect_image_and_warn(
                 const char *name,
                 const VeritySettings *verity,
                 const MountOptions *mount_options,
-                uint64_t uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                usec_t timestamp_not_before,
                 DissectImageFlags flags,
                 DissectedImage **ret) {
 
@@ -2624,7 +2593,7 @@ int dissect_image_and_warn(
                 name = buffer;
         }
 
-        r = dissect_image(fd, verity, mount_options, uevent_seqnum_not_before, timestamp_not_before, flags, ret);
+        r = dissect_image(fd, verity, mount_options, flags, ret);
         switch (r) {
 
         case -EOPNOTSUPP:
@@ -2732,7 +2701,7 @@ int mount_image_privately_interactively(
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to set up loopback device: %m");
 
-        r = dissect_image_and_warn(d->fd, image, &verity, NULL, d->uevent_seqnum_not_before, d->timestamp_not_before, flags, &dissected_image);
+        r = dissect_image_and_warn(d->fd, image, &verity, NULL, flags, &dissected_image);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
@@ -2823,8 +2792,6 @@ int verity_dissect_and_mount(
                         loop_device->fd,
                         &verity,
                         options,
-                        loop_device->uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                        loop_device->timestamp_not_before,
                         dissect_image_flags,
                         &dissected_image);
         /* No partition table? Might be a single-filesystem image, try again */
@@ -2833,8 +2800,6 @@ int verity_dissect_and_mount(
                                 loop_device->fd,
                                 &verity,
                                 options,
-                                loop_device->uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                                loop_device->timestamp_not_before,
                                 dissect_image_flags|DISSECT_IMAGE_NO_PARTITION_TABLE,
                                 &dissected_image);
         if (r < 0)

src/shared/dissect-image.h

@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(MountOptions*, mount_options_free_all);
 const char* mount_options_from_designator(const MountOptions *options, PartitionDesignator designator);
 
 int probe_filesystem(const char *node, char **ret_fstype);
-int dissect_image(int fd, const VeritySettings *verity, const MountOptions *mount_options, uint64_t uevent_seqnum_not_before, usec_t timestamp_not_before, DissectImageFlags flags, DissectedImage **ret);
+int dissect_image(int fd, const VeritySettings *verity, const MountOptions *mount_options, DissectImageFlags flags, DissectedImage **ret);
-int dissect_image_and_warn(int fd, const char *name, const VeritySettings *verity, const MountOptions *mount_options, uint64_t uevent_seqnum_not_before, usec_t timestamp_not_before, DissectImageFlags flags, DissectedImage **ret);
+int dissect_image_and_warn(int fd, const char *name, const VeritySettings *verity, const MountOptions *mount_options, DissectImageFlags flags, DissectedImage **ret);
 
 DissectedImage* dissected_image_unref(DissectedImage *m);
 DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(DissectedImage*, dissected_image_unref);

src/shared/loop-util.c

@@ -53,23 +53,6 @@ static int loop_is_bound(int fd) {
         return true; /* bound! */
 }
 
-static int get_current_uevent_seqnum(uint64_t *ret) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *p = NULL;
-        int r;
-
-        r = read_full_virtual_file("/sys/kernel/uevent_seqnum", &p, NULL);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to read current uevent sequence number: %m");
-
-        truncate_nl(p);
-
-        r = safe_atou64(p, ret);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to parse current uevent sequence number: %s", p);
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
 static int device_has_block_children(sd_device *d) {
         _cleanup_(sd_device_enumerator_unrefp) sd_device_enumerator *e = NULL;
         const char *main_sn, *main_ss;
@@ -131,15 +114,11 @@ static int loop_configure(
                 int fd,
                 int nr,
                 const struct loop_config *c,
-                bool *try_loop_configure,
+                bool *try_loop_configure) {
-                uint64_t *ret_seqnum_not_before,
-                usec_t *ret_timestamp_not_before) {
 
         _cleanup_(sd_device_unrefp) sd_device *d = NULL;
         _cleanup_free_ char *sysname = NULL;
         _cleanup_close_ int lock_fd = -1;
-        uint64_t seqnum;
-        usec_t timestamp;
         int r;
 
         assert(fd >= 0);
@@ -188,17 +167,6 @@ static int loop_configure(
         }
 
         if (*try_loop_configure) {
-                /* Acquire uevent seqnum immediately before attaching the loopback device. This allows
-                 * callers to ignore all uevents with a seqnum before this one, if they need to associate
-                 * uevent with this attachment. Doing so isn't race-free though, as uevents that happen in
-                 * the window between this reading of the seqnum, and the LOOP_CONFIGURE call might still be
-                 * mistaken as originating from our attachment, even though might be caused by an earlier
-                 * use. But doing this at least shortens the race window a bit. */
-                r = get_current_uevent_seqnum(&seqnum);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-                timestamp = now(CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
-
                 if (ioctl(fd, LOOP_CONFIGURE, c) < 0) {
                         /* Do fallback only if LOOP_CONFIGURE is not supported, propagate all other
                          * errors. Note that the kernel is weird: non-existing ioctls currently return EINVAL
@@ -256,21 +224,10 @@ static int loop_configure(
                                 goto fail;
                         }
 
-                        if (ret_seqnum_not_before)
-                                *ret_seqnum_not_before = seqnum;
-                        if (ret_timestamp_not_before)
-                                *ret_timestamp_not_before = timestamp;
-
                         return 0;
                 }
         }
 
-        /* Let's read the seqnum again, to shorten the window. */
-        r = get_current_uevent_seqnum(&seqnum);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-        timestamp = now(CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
-
         /* Since kernel commit 5db470e229e22b7eda6e23b5566e532c96fb5bc3 (kernel v5.0) the LOOP_SET_STATUS64
          * ioctl can return EAGAIN in case we change the lo_offset field, if someone else is accessing the
          * block device while we try to reconfigure it. This is a pretty common case, since udev might
@@ -295,14 +252,9 @@ static int loop_configure(
                 /* Sleep some random time, but at least 10ms, at most 250ms. Increase the delay the more
                  * failed attempts we see */
                 (void) usleep(UINT64_C(10) * USEC_PER_MSEC +
-                              random_u64_range(UINT64_C(240) * USEC_PER_MSEC * n_attempts/64));
+                              random_u64() % (UINT64_C(240) * USEC_PER_MSEC * n_attempts/64));
         }
 
-        if (ret_seqnum_not_before)
-                *ret_seqnum_not_before = seqnum;
-        if (ret_timestamp_not_before)
-                *ret_timestamp_not_before = timestamp;
-
         return 0;
 
 fail:
@@ -360,8 +312,6 @@ int loop_device_make(
         bool try_loop_configure = true;
         struct loop_config config;
         LoopDevice *d = NULL;
-        uint64_t seqnum = UINT64_MAX;
-        usec_t timestamp = USEC_INFINITY;
         struct stat st;
         int nr = -1, r;
 
@@ -404,8 +354,6 @@ int loop_device_make(
                                 .node = TAKE_PTR(loopdev),
                                 .relinquished = true, /* It's not allocated by us, don't destroy it when this object is freed */
                                 .devno = st.st_rdev,
-                                .uevent_seqnum_not_before = UINT64_MAX,
-                                .timestamp_not_before = USEC_INFINITY,
                         };
 
                         *ret = d;
@@ -453,7 +401,7 @@ int loop_device_make(
                         if (!IN_SET(errno, ENOENT, ENXIO))
                                 return -errno;
                 } else {
-                        r = loop_configure(loop, nr, &config, &try_loop_configure, &seqnum, &timestamp);
+                        r = loop_configure(loop, nr, &config, &try_loop_configure);
                         if (r >= 0) {
                                 loop_with_fd = TAKE_FD(loop);
                                 break;
@@ -474,7 +422,7 @@ int loop_device_make(
 
                 /* Wait some random time, to make collision less likely. Let's pick a random time in the
                  * range 0ms…250ms, linearly scaled by the number of failed attempts. */
-                (void) usleep(random_u64_range(UINT64_C(10) * USEC_PER_MSEC +
+                (void) usleep(random_u64() % (UINT64_C(10) * USEC_PER_MSEC +
                                               UINT64_C(240) * USEC_PER_MSEC * n_attempts/64));
         }
 
@@ -490,20 +438,13 @@ int loop_device_make(
                 .node = TAKE_PTR(loopdev),
                 .nr = nr,
                 .devno = st.st_rdev,
-                .uevent_seqnum_not_before = seqnum,
-                .timestamp_not_before = timestamp,
         };
 
         *ret = d;
-        return d->fd;
+        return 0;
 }
 
-int loop_device_make_by_path(
+int loop_device_make_by_path(const char *path, int open_flags, uint32_t loop_flags, LoopDevice **ret) {
-                const char *path,
-                int open_flags,
-                uint32_t loop_flags,
-                LoopDevice **ret) {
-
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
         int r;
 
@@ -626,9 +567,6 @@ int loop_device_open(const char *loop_path, int open_flags, LoopDevice **ret) {
                 .nr = nr,
                 .node = TAKE_PTR(p),
                 .relinquished = true, /* It's not ours, don't try to destroy it when this object is freed */
-                .devno = st.st_dev,
-                .uevent_seqnum_not_before = UINT64_MAX,
-                .timestamp_not_before = USEC_INFINITY,
         };
 
         *ret = d;

src/shared/loop-util.h

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "macro.h"
-#include "time-util.h"
 
 typedef struct LoopDevice LoopDevice;
 
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ struct LoopDevice {
         dev_t devno;
         char *node;
         bool relinquished;
-        uint64_t uevent_seqnum_not_before; /* uevent sequm right before we attached the loopback device, or UINT64_MAX if we don't know */
-        usec_t timestamp_not_before; /* CLOCK_MONOTONIC timestamp taken immediately before attaching the loopback device, or USEC_INFINITY if we don't know */
 };
 
 int loop_device_make(int fd, int open_flags, uint64_t offset, uint64_t size, uint32_t loop_flags, LoopDevice **ret);

src/sysext/sysext.c

@@ -532,8 +532,6 @@ static int merge_subprocess(Hashmap *images, const char *workspace) {
                                         img->path,
                                         &verity_settings,
                                         NULL,
-                                        d->uevent_seqnum_not_before,
-                                        d->timestamp_not_before,
                                         flags,
                                         &m);
                         if (r < 0)

src/systemd/sd-device.h

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ int sd_device_get_action(sd_device *device, sd_device_action_t *ret);
 int sd_device_get_seqnum(sd_device *device, uint64_t *ret);
 
 int sd_device_get_is_initialized(sd_device *device);
-int sd_device_get_usec_initialized(sd_device *device, uint64_t *usec);
 int sd_device_get_usec_since_initialized(sd_device *device, uint64_t *usec);
 
 const char *sd_device_get_tag_first(sd_device *device);

src/test/test-loop-block.c

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void* thread_func(void *ptr) {
 
                 log_notice("Acquired loop device %s, will mount on %s", loop->node, mounted);
 
-                r = dissect_image(loop->fd, NULL, NULL, loop->uevent_seqnum_not_before, loop->timestamp_not_before, DISSECT_IMAGE_READ_ONLY, &dissected);
+                r = dissect_image(loop->fd, NULL, NULL, DISSECT_IMAGE_READ_ONLY, &dissected);
                 if (r < 0)
                         log_error_errno(r, "Failed dissect loopback device %s: %m", loop->node);
                 assert_se(r >= 0);
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         sfdisk = NULL;
 
         assert_se(loop_device_make(fd, O_RDWR, 0, UINT64_MAX, LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN, &loop) >= 0);
-        assert_se(dissect_image(loop->fd, NULL, NULL, loop->uevent_seqnum_not_before, loop->timestamp_not_before, 0, &dissected) >= 0);
+        assert_se(dissect_image(loop->fd, NULL, NULL, 0, &dissected) >= 0);
 
         assert_se(dissected->partitions[PARTITION_ESP].found);
         assert_se(dissected->partitions[PARTITION_ESP].node);
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         assert_se(make_filesystem(dissected->partitions[PARTITION_HOME].node, "ext4", "home", id, true) >= 0);
 
         dissected = dissected_image_unref(dissected);
-        assert_se(dissect_image(loop->fd, NULL, NULL, loop->uevent_seqnum_not_before, loop->timestamp_not_before, 0, &dissected) >= 0);
+        assert_se(dissect_image(loop->fd, NULL, NULL, 0, &dissected) >= 0);
 
         assert_se(mkdtemp_malloc(NULL, &mounted) >= 0);
 

test/TEST-50-DISSECT/deny-list-ubuntu-ci

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Skip this test due to issue #17469
+https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/17469

units/initrd-fs.target

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Initrd File Systems
 Documentation=man:systemd.special(7)
-AssertPathExists=/etc/initrd-release
 OnFailure=emergency.target
 OnFailureJobMode=replace-irreversibly
+AssertPathExists=/etc/initrd-release
 After=initrd-parse-etc.service
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=shutdown.target

units/initrd-usr-fs.target

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-#
-#  This file is part of systemd.
-#
-#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-
-[Unit]
-Description=Initrd /usr File System
-Documentation=man:systemd.special(7)
-AssertPathExists=/etc/initrd-release
-OnFailure=emergency.target
-OnFailureJobMode=replace-irreversibly
-DefaultDependencies=no
-Conflicts=shutdown.target

units/initrd.target

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ OnFailure=emergency.target
 OnFailureJobMode=replace-irreversibly
 AssertPathExists=/etc/initrd-release
 Requires=basic.target
-Wants=initrd-root-fs.target initrd-root-device.target initrd-fs.target initrd-usr-fs.target initrd-parse-etc.service
+Wants=initrd-root-fs.target initrd-root-device.target initrd-fs.target initrd-parse-etc.service
-After=initrd-root-fs.target initrd-root-device.target initrd-fs.target initrd-usr-fs.target basic.target rescue.service rescue.target
+After=initrd-root-fs.target initrd-root-device.target initrd-fs.target basic.target rescue.service rescue.target
 AllowIsolate=yes

units/meson.build

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ units = [
         ['initrd-switch-root.service',          'ENABLE_INITRD'],
         ['initrd-switch-root.target',           'ENABLE_INITRD'],
         ['initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service',   'ENABLE_INITRD'],
-        ['initrd-usr-fs.target',                'ENABLE_INITRD'],
         ['initrd.target',                       'ENABLE_INITRD'],
         ['kexec.target',                        ''],
         ['ldconfig.service',                    'ENABLE_LDCONFIG',

units/systemd-repart.service.in

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description=Repartition Root Disk
 Documentation=man:systemd-repart.service(8)
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=shutdown.target
-After=initrd-usr-fs.target
+After=sysroot.mount
 Before=initrd-root-fs.target shutdown.target
 ConditionVirtualization=!container
 ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=|/usr/lib/repart.d

units/systemd-volatile-root.service.in

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description=Enforce Volatile Root File Systems
 Documentation=man:systemd-volatile-root.service(8)
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=shutdown.target
-After=sysroot.mount sysroot-usr.mount systemd-repart.service
+After=sysroot.mount systemd-repart.service
 Before=initrd-root-fs.target shutdown.target
 AssertPathExists=/etc/initrd-release