v0.15.0 (Pandora)

We are proud to announce the latest version update of Unikraft, v0.15.0! This release brings important new features and further improvements and stabilizing to the previous release (0.14.0 - Prometheus). It adds new features, a healthy number of fixes and it enhances application support.

Here is the full updates list:

🚀 New Features#

• Improved application documentation and support scripts
  • [app-click]: Add configuration files and run scripts (#5 by @StefanJum
  • [app-click]: Port app-click to use musl (#4 by @MekalBoy
  • [app-duktape]: Update setup for developer-centric scripts (#10 by @razvand
  • [app-duktape]: Add Musl support (#9 by @razvand
  • [app-duktape]: Added Makefile and Makefile.uk to duktape, including the necessary li… (#7 by @justin9939
  • [app-duktape]: lib/duktape: port to musl addresses: [#3 (#6](https://github.com/unikraft/app-duktape/pull/3 (#6) by @JoachimBose
  • [app-helloworld-cpp]: README.md: Use correct Firecracker JSON file name (#22 by @razvand
  • [app-helloworld-cpp]: Stefan jum/add dev content (#21 by @StefanJum
  • [app-helloworld-cpp]: Add KraftKit configuration file for KraftCloud (#20 by @razvand
  • [app-helloworld-cpp]: kraft.yaml: Fix contents (#19 by @razvand
  • [app-helloworld-go]: Add networking support for Go applications (#11 by @razvand
  • [app-helloworld-go]: Add KraftKit configuration file for KraftCloud (#10 by @razvand
  • [app-helloworld]: Makefile: Remove lwip (#30 by @razvand
  • [app-helloworld]: Makefile: Remove lwip (#29 by @razvand
  • [app-helloworld]: Testlib fxdiv (#28 by @SumairShergill
  • [app-helloworld]: lib/update/test: added library (#27 by @SumairShergill
  • [app-helloworld]: lib-intx upadate v0.10.0 (#26 by @ZackYe42
  • [app-helloworld]: Stefan jum/add dev content (#25 by @StefanJum
  • [app-helloworld]: Add KraftKit configuration file for KraftCloud (#23 by @razvand
  • [app-httpreply]: README.md: Update documentation (#20 by @razvand
  • [app-httpreply]: Stefan jum/add dev content (#19 by @StefanJum
  • [app-httpreply]: Add KraftKit configuration file for KraftCloud (#18 by @razvand
  • [app-lua]: Stefan jum/add dev content (#12 by @StefanJum
  • [app-lua]: Add KraftKit configuration file for KraftCloud (#11 by @razvand
  • [app-lua]: Makefile: Port app-lua to use musl (#6 by @panagiotiskon
  • [app-nginx]: README.md: Fix repeating words (#22 by @Mihnea0Firoiu
  • [app-nginx]: README.md: Update README (#20 by @razvand
  • [app-nginx]: Stefan jum/add dev content (#17 by @StefanJum
  • [app-nginx]: Add KraftKit configuration file for KraftCloud (#16 by @razvand
  • [app-python3]: README.md: Fix typo (#24 by @gabrielpitic
  • [app-python3]: README.md: Update kraft run command (#23 by @SorinAlexB
  • [app-python3]: Update setup for developer-centric scripts (#21 by @razvand
  • [app-python3]: kraft.cloud.yaml: Add networking support (#20 by @razvand
  • [app-python3]: Simplify root filesystem (#19 by @razvand
  • [app-python3]: Add KraftKit configuration file for KraftCloud (#18 by @razvand
  • [app-python3]: kraft.yaml: Update libraries order (#14 by @StefanJum
  • [app-redis]: Update Redis app directory (#20 by @razvand
  • [app-redis]: Add kraft.cloud.yaml (#19 by @razvand
  • [app-run-app-elfloader]: Add new applications and use fs1 as 9p index (#18 by @razvand
  • [app-run-app-elfloader]: Update prebuilt images to Unikraft 0.14 (#17 by @razvand
  • [app-run-app-elfloader]: [run.sh] Let user use custom QEMU arguments (#11 by @costinsin
  • [app-sqlite]: Stefan jum/add dev content (#13 by @StefanJum
  • [app-sqlite]: Add KraftKit configuration file for KraftCloud (#12 by @razvand
  • [app-testing]: Introduce generate.py script (#4 by @razvand
  • [app-wamr]: Update setup for developer-centric scripts (#7 by @razvand
  • [app-wamr]: Update README.md (#6 by @chococandy63
  • [app-wamr]: add makefile, makefile.uk (#4 by @akouk
  • [run-app-elfloader]: Add new applications and use fs1 as 9p index (#18 by @razvand
  • [run-app-elfloader]: Update prebuilt images to Unikraft 0.14 (#17 by @razvand
  • [run-app-elfloader]: [run.sh] Let user use custom QEMU arguments (#11 by @costinsin
  • [lib-click]: Update lib click to the latest Unikraft version (#7 by @StefanJum
  • [lib-wamr]: patches: Remove patch 0005: main adaptation (#9 by @razvand
  • [lib-wamr]: base to pbase (#2 by @akouk
• Improved Python support
  • [lib-python-numpy]: Makefile.uk: Fix internal build include paths (#2 by @andreittr
  • [lib-python-pillow]: Port upstream Pillow 10.0.0 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-python3]: Add support for the Pillow extension (#22 by @andreittr
  • [lib-python3]: Makefile.uk: Supress warnings (#21 by @andreittr
  • [lib-python3]: Enable the mmap stdlib module (#20 by @andreittr
  • [lib-python3]: Makefile.uk: Fix generated header include path (#19 by @andreittr
  • [lib-python3]: patches: Fix ctypes import error (#18 by @andreittr
  • [lib-python3]: Introduce Library.uk (#14 by @nderjung
• Extended application support
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add sed pre-built binary (#103 by @gabrielpitic
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add awk PIE build (#102 by @andreistan26
  • [dynamic-apps]: README.md: Fix "dyamic" typo (#101 by @SorinAlexB
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add tar pre-built binary (#100 by @gabrielpitic
  • [dynamic-apps]: lang/go: Update libraries for helloworld (#99 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: nginx: Ingore generated files (#98 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: gzip: Use input.txt as input file (#97 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: extract.sh: Simplify script (#96 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: openssl: Update binary and libraries (#95 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: bzip2: Use input.txt as input file (#94 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: lang/go: Rename client-server to client_server (#93 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add Python helloworld (#92 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: imagemagick: Remove duplicate libraries (#91 by @StefanJum
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add curl into dynamic apps (#86 by @cozkul
  • [dynamic-apps]: added wget to dynamic-apps (#83 by @sinamhdv
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add du linux app (#82 by @hadisinaee
  • [dynamic-apps]: app/linux: add md5sum (#81 by @Moh3nsalehi
  • [dynamic-apps]: add blackjack example for c++ (#78 by @br-zhou
  • [dynamic-apps]: adding unzip to dynamic-apps (#74 by @Moh3nsalehi
  • [dynamic-apps]: adding netcat to dynamic apps (#73 by @hadisinaee
  • [dynamic-apps]: Grep: Add grep dynamic executable (#71 by @chococandy63
  • [dynamic-apps]: imagemagick: Add magick command (#70 by @TiagoRG
  • [dynamic-apps]: imagemagick: convert command (#69 by @GuilhermeVieiraDev
  • [dynamic-apps]: lang: Add Linux pre-built Python interpreter (#68 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: lang/python: Add HTTP server program (#67 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: lang/go: Add simple HTTP program (#66 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: lang/c++: Add simple HTTP program (#65 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: lang/c: Add simple HTTP program (#64 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add busybox 1.36.1 (#63 by @StefanJum
  • [dynamic-apps]: lang/rust: Introduce simple HTTP server (#62 by @razvand
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add nats-server application build from source (#58 by @SHOREQU69
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add GnuPG dynamic application built from source (#57 by @andreistan26
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add ffmpeg-source (#55 by @razvang0307
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add GnuPG 2.4.3 (#52 by @mtimaN
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add ffmpeg 5.1.2 (#49 by @timmmyeo
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add busybox 1.36.1 (#17 by @i-Pear
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add perl 5.36 (#14 by @LucaSeri
  • [dynamic-apps]: Add NodeJS 18.15.0 (#10 by @maniatro111
  • [app-elfloader]: Add lang/c/http_server to run.yaml (#60 by @ALEX11BR
  • [app-elfloader]: Add du to run.yaml (#59 by @valudimi
  • [app-elfloader]: Add GnuPG to run.yaml (#58 by @ALEX11BR
  • [app-elfloader]: Add du to run.yaml (#56 by @valudimi
  • [app-elfloader]: Add gzip to run.yaml (#55 by @ALEX11BR
  • [app-elfloader]: Make VDSO creation work for cross-compilation and Darwin (#54 by @skuenzer
  • [app-elfloader]: Update scripts (#53 by @razvand
  • [app-elfloader]: Added support for openssl to run.yaml (#52 by @sinamhdv
  • [app-elfloader]: Added curl config into run.yaml (#42 by @cozkul
  • [app-elfloader]: Added support for running echo by modifying run.yaml (#41 by @JackieHam
  • [app-elfloader]: Made changes to run.yaml file to support running bzip2 application (#39 by @JackieHam
  • [app-elfloader]: Add ls to run.yaml (#37 by @willgao23
  • [app-elfloader]: Add node and gnupg to run.yaml (#33 by @SorenEricMent
  • [app-elfloader]: scripts: Add support for running http_server-cpp (#32 by @chococandy63
  • [app-elfloader]: scripts: Add support for running helloworld-cpp (#31 by @willgao23
  • [app-elfloader]: Add sqlite3 to run.yaml (#30 by @SorenEricMent
  • [app-elfloader]: mmap each ELF segment if CONFIG_LIBPOSIXMMAP is enabled (#28 by @mogasergiu
  • [app-elfloader]: Add developer-centric contents (#27 by @razvand
  • [app-elfloader]: Add KraftKit configuration files (#26 by @razvand
  • [lib-cairo]: Port upstream Cairo 1.17.8 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-fribidi]: Port upstream Fribidi 1.0.13 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-giflib]: Port upstream GIFLIB 5.2.1 ([#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-harfbuzz]: Port upstream HarfBuzz 8.1.1 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-libdeflate]: Port upstream libdeflate 1.18 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-libtiff]: Port upstream libtiff 4.5.1 (#3 by @andreittr
  • [lib-libwebp]: Port upstream libwebp 1.3.1 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-littlecms]: Port upstream LittleCMS 2.15 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-openjpeg]: Port upstream OpenJPEG 2.5.0 (#3 by @andreittr
  • [lib-pixman]: Port upstream pixman 0.42.2 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-python-pillow]: Port upstream Pillow 10.0.0 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-raqm]: Port upstream Raqm 0.10.1 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-xz]: Port upstream xz 5.4.4 (#1 by @andreittr
  • [lib-zstd]: Port upstream zstd 1.5.5 (#1 by @andreittr
• Steps towards library versioning (Library.uk)
  • [lib-axtls]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-boost]: Introduce Library.uk (#8 by @nderjung
  • [lib-bzip2]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-c-ares]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-click]: Introduce Library.uk (#5 by @nderjung
  • [lib-compiler-rt]: Introduce Library.uk (#15 by @nderjung
  • [lib-dafny]: Introduce Library.uk (#1 by @nderjung
  • [lib-dnnl]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-duktape]: Introduce Library.uk (#3 by @nderjung
  • [lib-eigen]: Introduce Library.uk (#4 by @nderjung
  • [lib-farmhash]: Introduce Library.uk (#1 by @nderjung
  • [lib-fft2d]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-flatbuffers]: Introduce Library.uk (#1 by @nderjung
  • [lib-gcc]: Introduce Library.uk (#4 by @nderjung
  • [lib-gemmlowp]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-googletest]: Introduce Library.uk (#3 by @nderjung
  • [lib-http-parser]: Introduce Library.uk (#7 by @nderjung
  • [lib-intel-intrinsics]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-intx]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libc-test]: Introduce Library.uk (#3 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libcxx]: Introduce Library.uk (#29 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libcxxabi]: Introduce Library.uk (#5 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libelf]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libfxdiv]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libgo]: Introduce Library.uk (#6 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libhogweed]: Introduce Library.uk (#1 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libicu]: Introduce Library.uk (#1 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libsodium]: Introduce Library.uk (#9 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libtasn1]: Introduce Library.uk (#1 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libucontext]: Introduce Library.uk (#4 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libunwind]: Introduce Library.uk (#8 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libuuid]: Introduce Library.uk (#3 by @nderjung
  • [lib-libuv]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-lua]: Introduce Library.uk (#6 by @nderjung
  • [lib-lvgl]: Introduce Library.uk (#3 by @nderjung
  • [lib-lwip]: Introduce Library.uk (#37 by @nderjung
  • [lib-lzma]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-mbedtls]: Introduce Library.uk (#3 by @nderjung
  • [lib-micropython]: Introduce Library.uk (#8 by @nderjung
  • [lib-mimalloc]: Introduce Library.uk (#5 by @nderjung
  • [lib-musl]: Introduce Library.uk (#60 by @nderjung
  • [lib-nettle]: Introduce Library.uk (#1 by @nderjung
  • [lib-newlib]: Introduce Library.uk (#34 by @nderjung
  • [lib-nginx]: Introduce Library.uk (#14 by @nderjung
  • [lib-nnpack]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-open62541]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-openssl]: Introduce Library.uk (#6 by @nderjung
  • [lib-pcre]: Introduce Library.uk (#4 by @nderjung
  • [lib-protobuf]: Introduce Library.uk (#5 by @nderjung
  • [lib-psimd]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-pthread-embedded]: Introduce Library.uk (#12 by @nderjung
  • [lib-pthreadpool]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-python3]: Introduce Library.uk (#14 by @nderjung
  • [lib-redis]: Introduce Library.uk (#11 by @nderjung
  • [lib-ruby]: Introduce Library.uk (#3 by @nderjung
  • [lib-rust]: Introduce Library.uk (#5 by @nderjung
  • [lib-shfs]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-sqlite]: Introduce Library.uk (#7 by @nderjung
  • [lib-tflite]: Introduce Library.uk (#5 by @nderjung
  • [lib-tinyalloc]: Introduce Library.uk (#2 by @nderjung
  • [lib-tlsf]: Introduce Library.uk (#3 by @nderjung
  • [lib-wamr]: Introduce Library.uk (#5 by @nderjung
  • [lib-zlib]: Introduce Library.uk (#6 by @nderjung
  • [lib-zydis]: Introduce Library.uk (#1 by @nderjung
• Firecracker networking support + modern virtio
  • drivers/virtio: Pass virtio-mmio devices via the cmdline (#1116 by @michpappas
  • drivers/virtio: Support modern virtio (#1115 by @michpappas
• Initial ARM64 binary compatibility support
  • arch/arm64: Support AArch64 binary syscalls (#1009 by @i-Pear
  • arch/arm64: Fix dependency for arm64_syscall_adapter (#1132 by @i-Pear
  • [app-elfloader]: feat: Support AArch64 architecture (#24 by @i-Pear
• Re-arch drivers
  • plat: Migrate bus drivers to drivers/ukbus (#1024 by @michpappas
  • Introduce drivers subsystem (#1023 by @michpappas
  • plat: Migrate gic to drivers/ukintctlr (#971 by @rares-miculescu
  • drivers: Move virtio from plat/drivers/ to drivers/ (#967 by @rares-miculescu
  • lib: Add ofw from plat/drivers to lib (#966 by @rares-miculescu
• plat/kvm: Adapt EFI boot to new APIC driver (#1138 by @kha-dinh
• build, scripts: Ensure using GNU coreutils on Darwin (#1109 by @skuenzer
• support/scripts: mkcpio: Support Darwin (MacOS) environments (#1078 by @skuenzer
• build: Support replacing internal libraries (#1104 by @skuenzer
• drivers/virtio: Implement support for event index notification suppression (#1089 by @mschlumpp
• {lib/uknetdev,drivers/virtio}: Add support for IPv4/TCP segmentation offloading (#1088 by @mschlumpp
• lib/ukintctlr: Introduce uk_intctlr API - Re-arch IRQ handling (#1103 by @michpappas

🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements#

• plat/kvm/x86: Pre-initialize VGA framebuffer terminal_buffer (#1136 by @mogasergiu
• plat/kvm/x86: Use ur_pte for the first page table (#1135 by @mogasergiu
• lib/uklibid: Clang-compatible compile option flags (#1131 by @skuenzer
• build: Use ISO 8601 format for $(HOSTUTC) (#1127 by @skuenzer
• plat/kvm/x86: Make zero page inaccessible (#1123 by @mschlumpp
• plat/common/acpi: Check for offline GICC's and fix VGIC IRQ Mode flag (#1120 by @mogasergiu
• build: Recompile everything on .config changes (workaround) (#1119 by @skuenzer
• Makefile: Save UK_NAME on savedefconfig (#1118 by @StefanJum
• lib/uklibid: Library metadata (#1117 by @skuenzer
• plat/common/x86: Make SIPI Vector related symbols relocations independent from ukreloc (#1113 by @mogasergiu
• driver/ukbus: Fix an invalid check in PCI probe (#1110 by @kha-dinh
• build: Add target to print unikernel LoC stats (#1108 by @andreittr
• lib/vfscore: Fix spelling mistake in Config.uk (#1106 by @chococandy63
• lib/nolibc: Move prctl.h inside nolibc/musl-imported (#1102 by @TAGOliveira201000
• lib: Remove vfscore_mount_initrd_volume-related build warnings (#1100 by @TAGOliveira201000
• lib: Remove timeval-related build warnings (#1099 by @TAGOliveira201000
• lib/9pfs: Return ENOTSUP on ioctl requests except for FIONBIO (#1098 by @StefanJum
• lib Remove dirent64-related build warnings (#1097 by @TAGOliveira201000
• arch: Add an non-aligned version for stack-pushing (#1096 by @i-Pear
• drivers: Add PLAT_COMMON_BASE to the include path (#1095 by @michpappas
• lib/vfscore: Fix pipe error codes (#1093 by @andreittr
• build: Forward YACC/LEX to kconfig make invocation (#1092 by @mschlumpp
• arch: Align virtual/physical address validation on x86 and arm64 (#1091 by @kha-dinh
• lib/uklock: Remove the rwlock_{upgrade,downgrade} functions (#1090 by @mschlumpp
• lib/9pfs: Add check for NULL data in uk_9pfs_parse_options (#1086 by @mogasergiu
• arch/ctx.h: Update ctx members declaration order (#1085 by @StefanJum
• build: Always save architecture with savedefconfig (#1084 by @skuenzer
• Makefile: Fix support for external platforms (#1082 by @kubanrob
• plat/kvm: Fix typo in configuration variable (#1081 by @kubanrob
• Make elf64_to_32.py also build the multiboot header and rename it to multiboot.py (#1079 by @mogasergiu
• support/scripts: checkpatch WARN on commit summary > 70 chars (#1077 by @mogasergiu
• plat/virtio: Fix vring_avail_event macro (#1076 by @mschlumpp
• lib/ramfs: Fix UAF bug when deleting open file (#1075 by @andreittr
• lib/vfscore: Fix potential vfscore_file mem leak (#1074 by @andreittr
• lib/ukmmap: Fix wrong return of NULL (#1073 by @andreittr
• lib/posix-user: Allow custom user & group (#1072 by @andreittr
• lib/ukcpio: Misc fixes and improvements (#1071 by @andreittr
• lib/vfscore: Embedded initrd (#1070 by @skuenzer
• lib/vfscore: Replace dup2 syscalls with dup3 (#1069 by @andreittr
• doc: Add KIT to ADOPTERS.md (#1068 by @lluchs
• Makefile: Fix build verbosity for V=0 (#1066 by @StefanJum
• plat/kvm: Use AllocatePages() to allocate memory regions in UEFI (#1061 by @mogasergiu
• plat: Let coalescing method ensure memregion alignment (#1060 by @mogasergiu
• lib/nolibc: Add __errno_location implementation (#1044 by @Starnox
• lib/nolibc: Provide symbols for malloc, free, calloc, realloc... (#1042 by @Starnox
• [lib-click]: Makefile.uk: Fix build-time infinite loop (#6 by @eduardvintila
• [lib-intel-intrinsics]: Add cpuid.h header (#5 by @andreittr
• [lib-libcxx]: Makefile.uk: Add -D_GNU_SOURCE to C++ flags (#34 by @andreittr
• [lib-libffi]: Fix missing internal function declaration (#2 by @andreittr
• [lib-libgo]: Config.uk: Imply LIBUKMMAP / LIBPOSIX_MMAP (#8 by @razvand
• [lib-libunwind]: Select lib-compiler-rt as Kconfig dependency (#10 by @andreittr
• [lib-libuuid]: Makefile.uk: Restrict private headers to -iquote (#6 by @andreittr
• [lib-lua]: Fix structure member naming in patches (#5 by @panagiotiskon
• [lib-newlib]: Makefile.uk: Suppress more warnings (#36 by @andreittr
• [lib-nginx]: Config.uk: Imply LIBUKMMAP (#15 by @razvand
• [lib-python-numpy]: Makefile.uk: Fix internal build include paths (#2 by @andreittr
• [lib-libcxx]: Assign -Wno-keyword-compat to clang only (#35 by @skuenzer
• [lib-libelf]: Set ELFTC_HAVE_MMAP to 1 (#3 by @mogasergiu
• [lib-sqlite]: Makefile.uk: Register library using addlib_s (#8 by @andreittr

A big thank you also to all those who helped in the review process: Adina-Maria Vaman, Andra Paraschiv, Andrei Tatar, Andrei Topală, Cezar Crăciunoiu, Delia Pavel, Eduard Vintilă, Eduard-Florin Mihăilescu, Ioan-Teodor Țeugea, Jakub Ciolek, Marco Schlumpp, Maria Sfîrăială, Michalis Pappas, Radu Nichita, Rareș Miculescu, Răzvan Deaconescu, Răzvan Vîrtan, Robert Kuban, Sergiu Moga, Simon Kuenzer, Ștefan Jumarea, Tianyi Liu.