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state: Skip state check for GrubCC and Systemd on non-efi systems

We were relying on cfg(efi_arch) to check for the existence of
bootupd's statefile, but that's not correct.

Using just cfg(efi_arch) is insufficient, as if the binary's
built on x86, but the target system is only BIOS, then we WILL enter
the branch which will want to check the statefile in the ESP and will
encounter an error.

Also, skip statefile check if we're only installing for BIOS and we do
not have EFI component


tests: Add bootc install tests for BIOS and UEFI

Also check whether the final VM boots or not

Related to: #1139

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The change adds BIOS and UEFI VM boot tests, updates bootloader state checks for non-EFI systems, and integrates QEMU-based validation into the Ubuntu 24.04 CI job.

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Bootloader and VM validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bootloader state handling
src/bootupd.rs, src/backend/statefile.rs, src/efi.rs
Installation discovers components before opening sources and limits EFI state loading to applicable bootloader components. EFI detection errors now include context.
BIOS installation and boot validation
scripts/helpers.sh, scripts/test-bios-*.sh
New helpers and scripts create BIOS disk images, validate BIOS bootloader selections, install boot content, and verify BIOS VM boot through QEMU.
UEFI installation and boot validation
scripts/test-uefi-*.sh
New scripts create ostree or composefs disk images, launch QEMU instances, monitor serial output, and clean up test resources.
CI test wiring and supporting updates
.github/workflows/ci.yml, scripts/.gitignore, scripts/test-bootloader.sh, src/sha512string.rs
CI installs VM prerequisites, configures KVM access, and runs BIOS and UEFI tests on Ubuntu 24.04. Supporting ignore, Podman, and formatting updates are included.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 84fc2

This change adjusts BIOS/EFI bootloader state handling and adds VM boot validation, but unresolved state-validation and test-cleanup behavior can allow saved-state protection to be bypassed or CI to report invalid boot results. Resolve these issues before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CI
  participant BootTest
  participant Podman
  participant QEMU
  CI->>BootTest: run BIOS or UEFI boot test
  BootTest->>Podman: create and install disk image
  BootTest->>QEMU: launch VM with BIOS or OVMF firmware
  QEMU-->>BootTest: emit serial boot output
  BootTest-->>CI: return pass or fail
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Title check ⚠️ Warning The title is related to the BIOS boot and state-file changes, but it does not follow the required subsystem: lowercase description format or use imperative mood. Replace BIOS Fix with a title such as src: skip state checks on BIOS systems or tests: add BIOS and UEFI boot tests. Keep the description lowercase after the colon and omit a trailing period.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 57.14% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 11 files. (1 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Commit Message Convention ⚠️ Warning Six non-merge commits in the PR do not follow subsystem: lowercase description: 191f64f uses state: Skip..., 11f12df uses test: Add..., 43db544 uses UEFI install tests with no colon or s… Reword the six commit subjects, for example: state: skip state check for GrubCC and Systemd on non-efi systems; test: add BIOS installation tests; test: add UEFI install tests; ci: add BIOS + UEFI boot tests; `test: fix scripts sour…
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Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the BIOS state-file fix and the added BIOS and UEFI installation and VM boot tests.
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Docstring coverage is 57.14% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 11 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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Reword the six commit subjects, for example: state: skip state check for GrubCC and Systemd on non-efi systems; test: add BIOS installation tests; test: add UEFI install tests; ci: add BIOS + UEFI boot tests; test: fix scripts source directory; and test: adjust test scripts. Ensure no subject ends with a period.

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Finally the BIOS tests pass. Some weird issue with bcvk though. Looking into it

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In @.github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Line 54: Move the Podman configuration and its podman --version check to
execute after the existing ARM-specific Podman installation step, ensuring the
command runs only once Podman is available.

In `@scripts/test-bios-vm-boot.sh`:
- Around line 19-20: Update the cleanup steps in scripts/test-bios-vm-boot.sh
lines 19-20 and scripts/test-uefi-vm-boot.sh lines 16-17 to fail immediately
when /var/mnt cannot be unmounted or the loop device for DISK_IMAGE cannot be
detached; then verify no loop device remains attached before launching QEMU.

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- Around line 146-150: Update the EFI applicability check in the
state-validation flow around is_efi_booted so it inspects root_path’s target
device or ESP rather than the installer host boot mode. Ensure existing GrubCC
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We were relying on `cfg(efi_arch)` to check for the existence of
bootupd's statefile, but that's not correct.

Using just `cfg(efi_arch)` is insufficient, as if the binary's
built on x86, but the target system is only BIOS, then we WILL enter
the branch which will want to check the statefile in the ESP and will
encounter an error.

Also, skip statefile check if we're only installing for BIOS and we do
not have EFI component

Signed-off-by: Pragyan Poudyal <pragyanpoudyal41999@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pragyan Poudyal <pragyanpoudyal41999@gmail.com>

tests: Add bootc install tests for BIOS only

Also check whether the final VM boots or not

Signed-off-by: Pragyan Poudyal <pragyanpoudyal41999@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pragyan Poudyal <pragyanpoudyal41999@gmail.com>
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Need to run the fedora QA tests on that build. I'll report here once I get the status

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195-195: 🎯 Functional Correctness

No issue: the UEFI tests use the existing rootful image.

sudo podman build stores $IMG_NAME in root's Podman store. The UEFI workflow invokes sudo ./scripts/test-uefi-vm-boot.sh, and its podman run therefore uses that same rootful store. The rootless podman load does not remove the image from root's store.

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183-183: 🎯 Functional Correctness

Verify the Podman storage user for the copied image.

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if sudo podman image exists "$image"; then
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test: Pass device for BIOS installations

BOIS installations require us to pass in the device else it's simply
skipped. Also, set bootloader to None when installing ostree as bootc
assumes EFI systems

test: Explicitly install only bios component

Since bootupd tests for existence of `/sys/firmware/efi` to check if
system is EFI booted or not, we need to explicitly ask it to install
only the BIOS component

Also make sure `/boot` is mounted rw

Signed-off-by: Pragyan Poudyal <pragyanpoudyal41999@gmail.com>
- Remove BIOS disk image after testing
- Disable apparomor for podman
- Add variable for DISK_IMAGE
- Use `-display none` instead of `-nographic` in qemu command as `-nographic`
sets stdout to non-blocking mode, and when QEMU is killed it doesn't
restore it causing `cat` to fail
- Pass `--filesystem` to `bootc install to-disk`
- Check if something is mounted at `/var/mnt` before trying to unmount
  and ignoring error

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LGTM. I'll leave it up to you if you think the bot's suggestion is worth changing

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