RFR: 8293550: Optionally add get-task-allow entitlement to macos binaries
Erik Joelsson
erikj at openjdk.org
Wed Sep 14 20:32:40 UTC 2022
When signing Macos binaries, it's possible to add various entitlements. We already do this for things that Java and the JDK needs when actually signing the binaries.
There is a special entitlement "com.apple.security.get-task-allow" which is needed to be able to debug an application and to get core dumps. Xcode will automatically set this on debug builds, but not on release builds. We never include this as it's not allowed when notarizing applications.
I was recently made aware of the possibility of adding entitlements without actually signing a binary, using the codesign tool. This makes it possible for us to add the get-task-allow entitlement to builds that are never intended to be notarized. We can also be consistent with adding the standard set of entitlements to all builds, regardless of if proper signing is going to be performed.
Not adding any entitlements to non signed builds is currently not a problem on x64, however, on aarch64, the Xcode linker will unconditionally always perform an "adhoc" signing without any entitlements. This is blocking at least core file generation from those binaries, and probably other kinds of debug operations as well.
In this change, I propose that we by default always add entitlements to all builds, and as long as we aren't explicitly signing with a real signing identity with hardened runtime enabled, we also add the get-task-allow entitlement. The codesign behavior is controlled with the new configure parameter `--with-macosx-codesign=[hardened|debug|auto]`.
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Commit messages:
- JDK-8293550
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10275/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=10275&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8293550
Stats: 205 lines in 10 files changed: 151 ins; 47 del; 7 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10275.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/10275/head:pull/10275
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10275
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