Commit fcdb9fdbbc for qemu.org
commit fcdb9fdbbcd662e7b8d128320dab29ce115a120c
Author: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Thu Oct 29 00:08:52 2026 +0000
tests/docker/dockerfiles: add release.docker
This new dockerfile allows to build a distroless image containing only
qemu stripped release binaries, their lib dependencies, and installed
artifacts (roms, keymap, ...). There is no shell, no python, nothing
else. This is achieved thanks to a multi-stage build, where we add qemu
binaries, artifacts and libraries in a new scratch image. Image has
the minimal size possible.
This is based on Ubuntu, which has the advantage to have working
containers available down to 14.04. Debian old old stable have broken
apt sources for instance.
This unique dockerfile works for all qemu versions >= 3.1.0 (2018).
We could build down to v0.12.0, but it would require more tweaks in the
dockerfile, so we keep it simple instead.
To build the image, you need to provide a qemu and ubuntu version:
$ podman build -f release.Dockerfile --build-arg QEMU_VERSION=v11.1.0 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 -t qemu/v11.1.0
To run it, as there is no shell, and no defined entrypoint, you need to
choose the binary you want explicitely:
$ podman run -it --rm qemu/v11.1.0 qemu-system-aarch64 --version
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20261029000853.15166-2-pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/release.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/release.docker
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+ARG UBUNTU_VERSION="UBUNTU_VERSION_build_arg_must_be_set"
+
+FROM ubuntu:$UBUNTU_VERSION AS build
+
+# add deb-src for apt build-dep
+RUN sed -e 's/Types: deb/Types: deb deb-src/' -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* || true
+RUN sed -e 's/# deb-src/deb-src/' -i /etc/apt/sources.list
+# archive.canonical.com is not reachable anymore, and cause a long timeout
+RUN sed -e '/archive.canonical.com/d' -i /etc/apt/sources.list
+
+# build dependencies
+RUN apt update && \
+env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y git build-essential flex bison
+RUN apt update && \
+env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt build-dep -y --arch-only qemu
+
+ARG QEMU_VERSION
+RUN echo "QEMU_VERSION=${QEMU_VERSION:?QEMU_VERSION build arg must be set}"
+ARG QEMU_REPO="https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu.git"
+
+RUN cd /tmp && \
+mkdir qemu && cd qemu && git init && \
+git remote add origin "${QEMU_REPO}" && \
+git fetch origin "${QEMU_VERSION}" --depth 1 && \
+git checkout FETCH_HEAD && \
+./configure --prefix=/opt/qemu --disable-docs --disable-werror && \
+make install -j $(nproc) && \
+strip /opt/qemu/bin/* && \
+rm -rf /tmp/*
+
+# retrieve runtime dependencies (libs)
+RUN ldd /opt/qemu/bin/* | grep '=>' | sed -e 's/.*=>//' -e 's/(.*//' | sort -u > /opt/qemu/libs
+# store them in /deps/lib
+RUN mkdir -p /deps/lib && cp --preserve --dereference $(cat /opt/qemu/libs) /deps/lib
+# copy loader (with its original path)
+RUN cp --preserve --parents --dereference /lib*/ld-linux* /deps/
+
+################################################################################
+FROM scratch
+
+COPY --from=build /deps /
+# copy qemu and all associated artifacts (roms, ...)
+COPY --from=build /opt/qemu /usr
+
+# build with:
+# podman build -f release.docker --build-arg QEMU_VERSION=v11.1.0 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 -t qemu/v11.1.0
+# run with:
+# podman run -it --rm qemu/v11.1.0 qemu-system-aarch64 --version