meson: bump version numbers for v244

Fix for the issue when machine cannot be started second time, and better nspawn logging

man/systemd-nspawn.xml

@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@
         container, with the exception of the loopback device and those
         specified with <option>--network-interface=</option> and
         configured with <option>--network-veth</option>. If this
-        option is specified, the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability will be
+        option is specified, the <constant>CAP_NET_ADMIN</constant> capability will be
         added to the set of capabilities the container retains. The
         latter may be disabled by using <option>--drop-capability=</option>.
         If this option is not specified (or implied by one of the options
@@ -943,17 +943,27 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--capability=</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>List one or more additional capabilities to grant the container.
+        <listitem><para>List one or more additional capabilities to grant the container.  Takes a
-        Takes a comma-separated list of capability names, see
+        comma-separated list of capability names, see <citerefentry
-        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+        project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
         for more information. Note that the following capabilities will be granted in any way:
-        CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL, CAP_AUDIT_WRITE, CAP_CHOWN, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH,
+        <constant>CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL</constant>, <constant>CAP_AUDIT_WRITE</constant>,
-        CAP_FOWNER, CAP_FSETID, CAP_IPC_OWNER, CAP_KILL, CAP_LEASE, CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE,
+        <constant>CAP_CHOWN</constant>, <constant>CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE</constant>,
-        CAP_MKNOD, CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE, CAP_NET_BROADCAST, CAP_NET_RAW, CAP_SETFCAP,
+        <constant>CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH</constant>, <constant>CAP_FOWNER</constant>,
-        CAP_SETGID, CAP_SETPCAP, CAP_SETUID, CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SYS_BOOT, CAP_SYS_CHROOT,
+        <constant>CAP_FSETID</constant>, <constant>CAP_IPC_OWNER</constant>, <constant>CAP_KILL</constant>,
-        CAP_SYS_NICE, CAP_SYS_PTRACE, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE, CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG. Also CAP_NET_ADMIN
+        <constant>CAP_LEASE</constant>, <constant>CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE</constant>,
-        is retained if <option>--private-network</option> is specified.  If the special value
+        <constant>CAP_MKNOD</constant>, <constant>CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE</constant>,
-        <literal>all</literal> is passed, all capabilities are retained.</para></listitem>
+        <constant>CAP_NET_BROADCAST</constant>, <constant>CAP_NET_RAW</constant>,
+        <constant>CAP_SETFCAP</constant>, <constant>CAP_SETGID</constant>, <constant>CAP_SETPCAP</constant>,
+        <constant>CAP_SETUID</constant>, <constant>CAP_SYS_ADMIN</constant>,
+        <constant>CAP_SYS_BOOT</constant>, <constant>CAP_SYS_CHROOT</constant>,
+        <constant>CAP_SYS_NICE</constant>, <constant>CAP_SYS_PTRACE</constant>,
+        <constant>CAP_SYS_RESOURCE</constant>, <constant>CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG</constant>. Also
+        <constant>CAP_NET_ADMIN</constant> is retained if <option>--private-network</option> is specified.
+        If the special value <literal>all</literal> is passed, all capabilities are retained.</para>
+
+        <para>If the special value of <literal>help</literal> is passed, the program will print known
+        capability names and exit.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
@@ -962,7 +972,10 @@
         <listitem><para>Specify one or more additional capabilities to
         drop for the container. This allows running the container with
         fewer capabilities than the default (see
-        above).</para></listitem>
+        above).</para>
+
+        <para>If the special value of <literal>help</literal> is passed, the program will print known
+        capability names and exit.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>

meson.build

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 
 project('systemd', 'c',
-        version : '243',
+        version : '244',
         license : 'LGPLv2+',
         default_options: [
                 'c_std=gnu99',
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ project('systemd', 'c',
         meson_version : '>= 0.46',
        )
 
-libsystemd_version = '0.27.0'
+libsystemd_version = '0.27.1'
-libudev_version = '1.6.15'
+libudev_version = '1.6.16'
 
 # We need the same data in two different formats, ugh!
 # Also, for hysterical reasons, we use different variable

src/machine/machine.c

@@ -330,36 +330,107 @@ int machine_load(Machine *m) {
         return r;
 }
 
-static int machine_start_scope(Machine *m, sd_bus_message *properties, sd_bus_error *error) {
+static int machine_start_scope(
+                Machine *machine,
+                sd_bus_message *more_properties,
+                sd_bus_error *error) {
+
+        _cleanup_(sd_bus_message_unrefp) sd_bus_message *m = NULL, *reply = NULL;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *escaped = NULL, *unit = NULL;
+        const char *description;
+        int r;
+
+        assert(machine);
+        assert(machine->leader > 0);
+        assert(!machine->unit);
+
+        escaped = unit_name_escape(machine->name);
+        if (!escaped)
+                return log_oom();
+
+        unit = strjoin("machine-", escaped, ".scope");
+        if (!unit)
+                return log_oom();
+
+        r = sd_bus_message_new_method_call(
+                        machine->manager->bus,
+                        &m,
+                        "org.freedesktop.systemd1",
+                        "/org/freedesktop/systemd1",
+                        "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager",
+                        "StartTransientUnit");
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "ss", unit, "fail");
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = sd_bus_message_open_container(m, 'a', "(sv)");
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", "Slice", "s", SPECIAL_MACHINE_SLICE);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        description = strjoina(machine->class == MACHINE_VM ? "Virtual Machine " : "Container ", machine->name);
+        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", "Description", "s", description);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)(sv)(sv)(sv)(sv)",
+                                  "PIDs", "au", 1, machine->leader,
+                                  "Delegate", "b", 1,
+                                  "CollectMode", "s", "inactive-or-failed",
+                                  "AddRef", "b", 1,
+                                  "TasksMax", "t", UINT64_C(16384));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        if (more_properties) {
+                r = sd_bus_message_copy(m, more_properties, true);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
+
+        r = sd_bus_message_close_container(m);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "a(sa(sv))", 0);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = sd_bus_call(NULL, m, 0, error, &reply);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        machine->unit = TAKE_PTR(unit);
+        machine->referenced = true;
+
+        const char *job;
+        r = sd_bus_message_read(reply, "o", &job);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        return free_and_strdup(&machine->scope_job, job);
+}
+
+static int machine_ensure_scope(Machine *m, sd_bus_message *properties, sd_bus_error *error) {
+        int r;
+
         assert(m);
         assert(m->class != MACHINE_HOST);
 
         if (!m->unit) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *escaped = NULL, *scope = NULL;
+                r = machine_start_scope(m, properties, error);
-                char *description, *job = NULL;
-                int r;
-
-                escaped = unit_name_escape(m->name);
-                if (!escaped)
-                        return log_oom();
-
-                scope = strjoin("machine-", escaped, ".scope");
-                if (!scope)
-                        return log_oom();
-
-                description = strjoina(m->class == MACHINE_VM ? "Virtual Machine " : "Container ", m->name);
-
-                r = manager_start_scope(m->manager, scope, m->leader, SPECIAL_MACHINE_SLICE, description, properties, error, &job);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to start machine scope: %s", bus_error_message(error, r));
-
-                m->unit = TAKE_PTR(scope);
-                m->referenced = true;
-                free_and_replace(m->scope_job, job);
         }
 
-        if (m->unit)
+        assert(m->unit);
-                hashmap_put(m->manager->machine_units, m->unit, m);
+        hashmap_put(m->manager->machine_units, m->unit, m);
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -380,7 +451,7 @@ int machine_start(Machine *m, sd_bus_message *properties, sd_bus_error *error) {
                 return r;
 
         /* Create cgroup */
-        r = machine_start_scope(m, properties, error);
+        r = machine_ensure_scope(m, properties, error);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
@@ -404,49 +475,31 @@ int machine_start(Machine *m, sd_bus_message *properties, sd_bus_error *error) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int machine_stop_scope(Machine *m) {
-        _cleanup_(sd_bus_error_free) sd_bus_error error = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
-        char *job = NULL;
-        int r, q;
-
-        assert(m);
-        assert(m->class != MACHINE_HOST);
-
-        if (!m->unit)
-                return 0;
-
-        r = manager_stop_unit(m->manager, m->unit, &error, &job);
-        if (r < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(r, "Failed to stop machine scope: %s", bus_error_message(&error, r));
-                sd_bus_error_free(&error);
-        } else
-                free_and_replace(m->scope_job, job);
-
-        if (m->referenced) {
-                q = manager_unref_unit(m->manager, m->unit, &error);
-                if (q < 0)
-                        log_warning_errno(q, "Failed to drop reference to machine scope, ignoring: %s", bus_error_message(&error, r));
-                m->referenced = false;
-        }
-
-        return r;
-}
-
 int machine_stop(Machine *m) {
         int r;
+
         assert(m);
 
         if (!IN_SET(m->class, MACHINE_CONTAINER, MACHINE_VM))
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-        r = machine_stop_scope(m);
+        if (m->unit) {
+                _cleanup_(sd_bus_error_free) sd_bus_error error = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
+                char *job = NULL;
+
+                r = manager_stop_unit(m->manager, m->unit, &error, &job);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to stop machine scope: %s", bus_error_message(&error, r));
+
+                free_and_replace(m->scope_job, job);
+        }
 
         m->stopping = true;
 
         machine_save(m);
         (void) manager_enqueue_nscd_cache_flush(m->manager);
 
-        return r;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 int machine_finalize(Machine *m) {
@@ -583,6 +636,18 @@ void machine_release_unit(Machine *m) {
         if (!m->unit)
                 return;
 
+        if (m->referenced) {
+                _cleanup_(sd_bus_error_free) sd_bus_error error = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
+                int r;
+
+                r = manager_unref_unit(m->manager, m->unit, &error);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to drop reference to machine scope, ignoring: %s",
+                                          bus_error_message(&error, r));
+
+                m->referenced = false;
+        }
+
         (void) hashmap_remove(m->manager->machine_units, m->unit);
         m->unit = mfree(m->unit);
 }

src/machine/machined-dbus.c

@@ -1294,98 +1294,6 @@ int match_reloading(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *error
         return 0;
 }
 
-int manager_start_scope(
-                Manager *manager,
-                const char *scope,
-                pid_t pid,
-                const char *slice,
-                const char *description,
-                sd_bus_message *more_properties,
-                sd_bus_error *error,
-                char **job) {
-
-        _cleanup_(sd_bus_message_unrefp) sd_bus_message *m = NULL, *reply = NULL;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(manager);
-        assert(scope);
-        assert(pid > 1);
-
-        r = sd_bus_message_new_method_call(
-                        manager->bus,
-                        &m,
-                        "org.freedesktop.systemd1",
-                        "/org/freedesktop/systemd1",
-                        "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager",
-                        "StartTransientUnit");
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "ss", strempty(scope), "fail");
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = sd_bus_message_open_container(m, 'a', "(sv)");
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        if (!isempty(slice)) {
-                r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", "Slice", "s", slice);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-        }
-
-        if (!isempty(description)) {
-                r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", "Description", "s", description);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-        }
-
-        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)(sv)(sv)(sv)(sv)",
-                                  "PIDs", "au", 1, pid,
-                                  "Delegate", "b", 1,
-                                  "CollectMode", "s", "inactive-or-failed",
-                                  "AddRef", "b", 1,
-                                  "TasksMax", "t", UINT64_C(16384));
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        if (more_properties) {
-                r = sd_bus_message_copy(m, more_properties, true);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-        }
-
-        r = sd_bus_message_close_container(m);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "a(sa(sv))", 0);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = sd_bus_call(manager->bus, m, 0, error, &reply);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        if (job) {
-                const char *j;
-                char *copy;
-
-                r = sd_bus_message_read(reply, "o", &j);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-
-                copy = strdup(j);
-                if (!copy)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-
-                *job = copy;
-        }
-
-        return 1;
-}
-
 int manager_unref_unit(
                 Manager *m,
                 const char *unit,

src/machine/machined.h

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ int match_unit_removed(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *er
 int match_properties_changed(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *error);
 int match_job_removed(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *error);
 
-int manager_start_scope(Manager *manager, const char *scope, pid_t pid, const char *slice, const char *description, sd_bus_message *more_properties, sd_bus_error *error, char **job);
 int manager_stop_unit(Manager *manager, const char *unit, sd_bus_error *error, char **job);
 int manager_kill_unit(Manager *manager, const char *unit, int signo, sd_bus_error *error);
 int manager_unref_unit(Manager *m, const char *unit, sd_bus_error *error);

src/nspawn/nspawn-seccomp.c

@@ -139,11 +139,10 @@ static int seccomp_add_default_syscall_filter(
                  */
         };
 
-        int r;
-        size_t i;
         char **p;
+        int r;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < ELEMENTSOF(whitelist); i++) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < ELEMENTSOF(whitelist); i++) {
                 if (whitelist[i].capability != 0 && (cap_list_retain & (1ULL << whitelist[i].capability)) == 0)
                         continue;
 
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ static int seccomp_add_default_syscall_filter(
         }
 
         STRV_FOREACH(p, syscall_whitelist) {
-                r = seccomp_add_syscall_filter_item(ctx, *p, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, syscall_blacklist, false);
+                r = seccomp_add_syscall_filter_item(ctx, *p, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, syscall_blacklist, true);
                 if (r < 0)
                         log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to add rule for system call %s on %s, ignoring: %m",
                                           *p, seccomp_arch_to_string(arch));

src/nspawn/nspawn.c

@@ -492,6 +492,46 @@ static int detect_unified_cgroup_hierarchy_from_image(const char *directory) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+static int parse_capability_spec(const char *spec, uint64_t *ret_mask) {
+        uint64_t mask = 0;
+        int r;
+
+        for (;;) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *t = NULL;
+
+                r = extract_first_word(&spec, &t, ",", 0);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse capability %s.", t);
+                if (r == 0)
+                        break;
+
+                if (streq(t, "help")) {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < capability_list_length(); i++) {
+                                const char *name;
+
+                                name = capability_to_name(i);
+                                if (name)
+                                        puts(name);
+                        }
+
+                        return 0; /* quit */
+                }
+
+                if (streq(t, "all"))
+                        mask = (uint64_t) -1;
+                else {
+                        r = capability_from_name(t);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse capability %s.", t);
+
+                        mask |= 1ULL << r;
+                }
+        }
+
+        *ret_mask = mask;
+        return 1; /* continue */
+}
+
 static int parse_share_ns_env(const char *name, unsigned long ns_flag) {
         int r;
 
@@ -695,7 +735,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         };
 
         int c, r;
-        const char *p;
         uint64_t plus = 0, minus = 0;
         bool mask_all_settings = false, mask_no_settings = false;
 
@@ -937,37 +976,18 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                 case ARG_CAPABILITY:
                 case ARG_DROP_CAPABILITY: {
-                        p = optarg;
+                        uint64_t m;
-                        for (;;) {
+                        r = parse_capability_spec(optarg, &m);
-                                _cleanup_free_ char *t = NULL;
+                        if (r <= 0)
-
+                                return r;
-                                r = extract_first_word(&p, &t, ",", 0);
-                                if (r < 0)
-                                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse capability %s.", t);
-                                if (r == 0)
-                                        break;
-
-                                if (streq(t, "all")) {
-                                        if (c == ARG_CAPABILITY)
-                                                plus = (uint64_t) -1;
-                                        else
-                                                minus = (uint64_t) -1;
-                                } else {
-                                        r = capability_from_name(t);
-                                        if (r < 0)
-                                                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse capability %s.", t);
-
-                                        if (c == ARG_CAPABILITY)
-                                                plus |= 1ULL << r;
-                                        else
-                                                minus |= 1ULL << r;
-                                }
-                        }
 
+                        if (c == ARG_CAPABILITY)
+                                plus |= m;
+                        else
+                                minus |= m;
                         arg_settings_mask |= SETTING_CAPABILITY;
                         break;
                 }
-
                 case ARG_NO_NEW_PRIVILEGES:
                         r = parse_boolean(optarg);
                         if (r < 0)

src/resolve/resolved-dnstls-gnutls.c

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "resolved-dns-stream.h"
 #include "resolved-dnstls.h"
 
-#define PRIORTY_STRING "NORMAL:-VERS-ALL:+VERS-TLS1.3:+VERS-TLS1.2"
+#define TLS_PROTOCOL_PRIORITY "NORMAL:-VERS-ALL:+VERS-TLS1.3:+VERS-TLS1.2"
 DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(gnutls_session_t, gnutls_deinit);
 
 static ssize_t dnstls_stream_writev(gnutls_transport_ptr_t p, const giovec_t *iov, int iovcnt) {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int dnstls_stream_connect_tls(DnsStream *stream, DnsServer *server) {
                 return r;
 
         /* As DNS-over-TLS is a recent protocol, older TLS versions can be disabled */
-        r = gnutls_priority_set_direct(gs, PRIORTY_STRING, NULL);
+        r = gnutls_priority_set_direct(gs, TLS_PROTOCOL_PRIORITY, NULL);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 

src/shared/varlink.c

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ typedef enum VarlinkState {
         /* Client side states */
         VARLINK_IDLE_CLIENT,
         VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY,
+        VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE,
         VARLINK_CALLING,
         VARLINK_CALLED,
         VARLINK_PROCESSING_REPLY,
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ typedef enum VarlinkState {
         VARLINK_PROCESSING_METHOD_MORE,
         VARLINK_PROCESSING_METHOD_ONEWAY,
         VARLINK_PROCESSED_METHOD,
-        VARLINK_PROCESSED_METHOD_MORE,
         VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD,
         VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD_MORE,
 
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ typedef enum VarlinkState {
         IN_SET(state,                                   \
                VARLINK_IDLE_CLIENT,                     \
                VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY,                  \
+               VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE,             \
                VARLINK_CALLING,                         \
                VARLINK_CALLED,                          \
                VARLINK_PROCESSING_REPLY,                \
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ typedef enum VarlinkState {
                VARLINK_PROCESSING_METHOD_MORE,          \
                VARLINK_PROCESSING_METHOD_ONEWAY,        \
                VARLINK_PROCESSED_METHOD,                \
-               VARLINK_PROCESSED_METHOD_MORE,           \
                VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD,                  \
                VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD_MORE)
 
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ struct VarlinkServer {
 static const char* const varlink_state_table[_VARLINK_STATE_MAX] = {
         [VARLINK_IDLE_CLIENT]              = "idle-client",
         [VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY]           = "awaiting-reply",
+        [VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE]      = "awaiting-reply-more",
         [VARLINK_CALLING]                  = "calling",
         [VARLINK_CALLED]                   = "called",
         [VARLINK_PROCESSING_REPLY]         = "processing-reply",
@@ -193,7 +194,6 @@ static const char* const varlink_state_table[_VARLINK_STATE_MAX] = {
         [VARLINK_PROCESSING_METHOD_MORE]   = "processing-method-more",
         [VARLINK_PROCESSING_METHOD_ONEWAY] = "processing-method-oneway",
         [VARLINK_PROCESSED_METHOD]         = "processed-method",
-        [VARLINK_PROCESSED_METHOD_MORE]    = "processed-method-more",
         [VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD]           = "pending-method",
         [VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD_MORE]      = "pending-method-more",
         [VARLINK_PENDING_DISCONNECT]       = "pending-disconnect",
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ int varlink_connect_address(Varlink **ret, const char *address) {
         if (v->fd < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
+        v->fd = fd_move_above_stdio(v->fd);
+
         if (connect(v->fd, &sockaddr.sa, SOCKADDR_UN_LEN(sockaddr.un)) < 0) {
                 if (!IN_SET(errno, EAGAIN, EINPROGRESS))
                         return -errno;
@@ -341,11 +343,8 @@ static void varlink_detach_event_sources(Varlink *v) {
         assert(v);
 
         v->io_event_source = sd_event_source_disable_unref(v->io_event_source);
-
         v->time_event_source = sd_event_source_disable_unref(v->time_event_source);
-
         v->quit_event_source = sd_event_source_disable_unref(v->quit_event_source);
-
         v->defer_event_source = sd_event_source_disable_unref(v->defer_event_source);
 }
 
@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ static int varlink_test_disconnect(Varlink *v) {
                 goto disconnect;
 
         /* If we are waiting for incoming data but the read side is shut down, disconnect. */
-        if (IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_CALLING, VARLINK_IDLE_SERVER) && v->read_disconnected)
+        if (IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE, VARLINK_CALLING, VARLINK_IDLE_SERVER) && v->read_disconnected)
                 goto disconnect;
 
         /* Similar, if are a client that hasn't written anything yet but the write side is dead, also
@@ -478,7 +477,7 @@ static int varlink_read(Varlink *v) {
 
         assert(v);
 
-        if (!IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_CALLING, VARLINK_IDLE_SERVER))
+        if (!IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE, VARLINK_CALLING, VARLINK_IDLE_SERVER))
                 return 0;
         if (v->connecting) /* read() on a socket while we are in connect() will fail with EINVAL, hence exit early here */
                 return 0;
@@ -596,7 +595,7 @@ static int varlink_parse_message(Varlink *v) {
 static int varlink_test_timeout(Varlink *v) {
         assert(v);
 
-        if (!IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_CALLING))
+        if (!IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE, VARLINK_CALLING))
                 return 0;
         if (v->timeout == USEC_INFINITY)
                 return 0;
@@ -673,7 +672,7 @@ static int varlink_dispatch_reply(Varlink *v) {
 
         assert(v);
 
-        if (!IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_CALLING))
+        if (!IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE, VARLINK_CALLING))
                 return 0;
         if (!v->current)
                 return 0;
@@ -715,6 +714,11 @@ static int varlink_dispatch_reply(Varlink *v) {
                         goto invalid;
         }
 
+        /* Replies with 'continue' set are only OK if we set 'more' when the method call was initiated */
+        if (v->state != VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE && FLAGS_SET(flags, VARLINK_REPLY_CONTINUES))
+                goto invalid;
+
+        /* An error is final */
         if (error && FLAGS_SET(flags, VARLINK_REPLY_CONTINUES))
                 goto invalid;
 
@@ -722,7 +726,7 @@ static int varlink_dispatch_reply(Varlink *v) {
         if (r < 0)
                 goto invalid;
 
-        if (v->state == VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY) {
+        if (IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE)) {
                 varlink_set_state(v, VARLINK_PROCESSING_REPLY);
 
                 if (v->reply_callback) {
@@ -734,17 +738,18 @@ static int varlink_dispatch_reply(Varlink *v) {
                 v->current = json_variant_unref(v->current);
 
                 if (v->state == VARLINK_PROCESSING_REPLY) {
-                        assert(v->n_pending > 0);
-                        v->n_pending--;
 
-                        varlink_set_state(v, v->n_pending == 0 ? VARLINK_IDLE_CLIENT : VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY);
+                        assert(v->n_pending > 0);
+
+                        if (!FLAGS_SET(flags, VARLINK_REPLY_CONTINUES))
+                                v->n_pending--;
+
+                        varlink_set_state(v,
+                                          FLAGS_SET(flags, VARLINK_REPLY_CONTINUES) ? VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE :
+                                          v->n_pending == 0 ? VARLINK_IDLE_CLIENT : VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY);
                 }
         } else {
                 assert(v->state == VARLINK_CALLING);
-
-                if (FLAGS_SET(flags, VARLINK_REPLY_CONTINUES))
-                        goto invalid;
-
                 varlink_set_state(v, VARLINK_CALLED);
         }
 
@@ -878,7 +883,6 @@ static int varlink_dispatch_method(Varlink *v) {
                 varlink_set_state(v, VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD);
                 break;
 
-        case VARLINK_PROCESSED_METHOD_MORE:  /* One reply for a "more" message was sent, more to come */
         case VARLINK_PROCESSING_METHOD_MORE: /* No reply for a "more" message was sent, more to come */
                 varlink_set_state(v, VARLINK_PENDING_METHOD_MORE);
                 break;
@@ -1073,7 +1077,7 @@ int varlink_get_events(Varlink *v) {
                 return EPOLLOUT;
 
         if (!v->read_disconnected &&
-            IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_CALLING, VARLINK_IDLE_SERVER) &&
+            IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE, VARLINK_CALLING, VARLINK_IDLE_SERVER) &&
             !v->current &&
             v->input_buffer_unscanned <= 0)
                 ret |= EPOLLIN;
@@ -1091,7 +1095,7 @@ int varlink_get_timeout(Varlink *v, usec_t *ret) {
         if (v->state == VARLINK_DISCONNECTED)
                 return -ENOTCONN;
 
-        if (IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_CALLING) &&
+        if (IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE, VARLINK_CALLING) &&
             v->timeout != USEC_INFINITY) {
                 if (ret)
                         *ret = usec_add(v->timestamp, v->timeout);
@@ -1259,6 +1263,8 @@ int varlink_send(Varlink *v, const char *method, JsonVariant *parameters) {
 
         if (v->state == VARLINK_DISCONNECTED)
                 return -ENOTCONN;
+
+        /* We allow enqueuing multiple method calls at once! */
         if (!IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_IDLE_CLIENT, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY))
                 return -EBUSY;
 
@@ -1308,6 +1314,8 @@ int varlink_invoke(Varlink *v, const char *method, JsonVariant *parameters) {
 
         if (v->state == VARLINK_DISCONNECTED)
                 return -ENOTCONN;
+
+        /* We allow enqueing multiple method calls at once! */
         if (!IN_SET(v->state, VARLINK_IDLE_CLIENT, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY))
                 return -EBUSY;
 
@@ -1349,6 +1357,60 @@ int varlink_invokeb(Varlink *v, const char *method, ...) {
         return varlink_invoke(v, method, parameters);
 }
 
+int varlink_observe(Varlink *v, const char *method, JsonVariant *parameters) {
+        _cleanup_(json_variant_unrefp) JsonVariant *m = NULL;
+        int r;
+
+        assert_return(v, -EINVAL);
+        assert_return(method, -EINVAL);
+
+        if (v->state == VARLINK_DISCONNECTED)
+                return -ENOTCONN;
+        /* Note that we don't allow enqueuing multiple method calls when we are in more/continues mode! We
+         * thus insist on an idle client here. */
+        if (v->state != VARLINK_IDLE_CLIENT)
+                return -EBUSY;
+
+        r = varlink_sanitize_parameters(&parameters);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = json_build(&m, JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
+                                       JSON_BUILD_PAIR("method", JSON_BUILD_STRING(method)),
+                                       JSON_BUILD_PAIR("parameters", JSON_BUILD_VARIANT(parameters)),
+                                       JSON_BUILD_PAIR("more", JSON_BUILD_BOOLEAN(true))));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = varlink_enqueue_json(v, m);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+
+        varlink_set_state(v, VARLINK_AWAITING_REPLY_MORE);
+        v->n_pending++;
+        v->timestamp = now(CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int varlink_observeb(Varlink *v, const char *method, ...) {
+        _cleanup_(json_variant_unrefp) JsonVariant *parameters = NULL;
+        va_list ap;
+        int r;
+
+        assert_return(v, -EINVAL);
+
+        va_start(ap, method);
+        r = json_buildv(&parameters, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        return varlink_observe(v, method, parameters);
+}
+
 int varlink_call(
                 Varlink *v,
                 const char *method,
@@ -1769,6 +1831,7 @@ static int prepare_callback(sd_event_source *s, void *userdata) {
         Varlink *v = userdata;
         int r, e;
         usec_t until;
+        bool have_timeout;
 
         assert(s);
         assert(v);
@@ -1784,13 +1847,15 @@ static int prepare_callback(sd_event_source *s, void *userdata) {
         r = varlink_get_timeout(v, &until);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
-        if (r > 0) {
+        have_timeout = r > 0;
+
+        if (have_timeout) {
                 r = sd_event_source_set_time(v->time_event_source, until);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }
 
-        r = sd_event_source_set_enabled(v->time_event_source, r > 0 ? SD_EVENT_ON : SD_EVENT_OFF);
+        r = sd_event_source_set_enabled(v->time_event_source, have_timeout ? SD_EVENT_ON : SD_EVENT_OFF);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
@@ -2157,6 +2222,8 @@ int varlink_server_listen_address(VarlinkServer *s, const char *address, mode_t
         if (fd < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
+        fd = fd_move_above_stdio(fd);
+
         (void) sockaddr_un_unlink(&sockaddr.un);
 
         RUN_WITH_UMASK(~m & 0777)
@@ -2339,17 +2406,18 @@ int varlink_server_bind_connect(VarlinkServer *s, VarlinkConnect callback) {
 }
 
 unsigned varlink_server_connections_max(VarlinkServer *s) {
-        struct rlimit rl;
+        int dts;
 
         /* If a server is specified, return the setting for that server, otherwise the default value */
         if (s)
                 return s->connections_max;
 
-        assert_se(getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) >= 0);
+        dts = getdtablesize();
+        assert_se(dts > 0);
 
         /* Make sure we never use up more than ¾th of RLIMIT_NOFILE for IPC */
-        if (VARLINK_DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_MAX > rl.rlim_cur / 4 * 3)
+        if (VARLINK_DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_MAX > (unsigned) dts / 4 * 3)
-                return rl.rlim_cur / 4 * 3;
+                return dts / 4 * 3;
 
         return VARLINK_DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_MAX;
 }

src/shared/varlink.h

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ int varlink_callb(Varlink *v, const char *method, JsonVariant **ret_parameters,
 int varlink_invoke(Varlink *v, const char *method, JsonVariant *parameters);
 int varlink_invokeb(Varlink *v, const char *method, ...);
 
+/* Enqueue method call, expect a reply now, and possibly more later, which are all delivered to the reply callback */
+int varlink_observe(Varlink *v, const char *method, JsonVariant *parameters);
+int varlink_observeb(Varlink *v, const char *method, ...);
+
 /* Enqueue a final reply */
 int varlink_reply(Varlink *v, JsonVariant *parameters);
 int varlink_replyb(Varlink *v, ...);

units/meson.build

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ units = [
         ['systemd-poweroff.service',             ''],
         ['systemd-reboot.service',               ''],
         ['systemd-rfkill.socket',               'ENABLE_RFKILL'],
-        ['systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer',        '',
+        ['systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer',        'ENABLE_TMPFILES',
          'timers.target.wants/'],
         ['systemd-udevd-control.socket',        '',
          'sockets.target.wants/'],