Re: Call for GSoC and Outreachy project ideas for summer 2023

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2023 at 11:43, German Maglione <gmaglione@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> Sorry for being so late, if it is still possible I would like to propose the
> following project:

Added, thanks!
https://wiki.qemu.org/Internships/ProjectIdeas/VirtiofsdSandboxingTool

Stefan

>
> === A sandboxing tool for virtiofsd ===
>
> ''Summary:''' Create a tool that runs virtiofsd in a sandboxed environment
>
> Virtiofs is a shared file system that lets virtual machines access a directory
> tree on the host. Unlike existing approaches, it is designed to
> offer local file system semantics and performance.
>
> Currently, virtiofsd integrates the sandboxing code and the server code in a
> single binary. The goal is to extract that code and create an external tool 
> that
> creates a sandbox environment and runs virtiofsd in it. In addition, that tool
> should be extended to be able to run virtiofsd in a restricted environment 
> with
> Landlock.
>
> This will allow greater flexibility when integrating virtiofsd into a VMM or
> running it inside a container.
>
> Goals:
> * Understand how to setup a restricted environment using chroot, namespaces, 
> and
>   Landlock
> * Refactor virtiofsd to extract the sandbox code to its own crate
> * Create an external sandboxing tool for virtiofsd
>
> '''Links:'''
> * https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/
> * https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd
> * https://landlock.io/
>
> '''Details:'''
> * Project size: 175 hours
> * Skill level: intermediate (knowledge of Rust and C)
> * Language: Rust
> * Mentor: German Maglione <gmaglione@redhat.com>, Stefano Garzarella 
> <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> * Suggested by: German Maglione <gmaglione@redhat.com>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 4:18 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear QEMU, KVM, and rust-vmm communities,
>> QEMU will apply for Google Summer of Code 2023
>> (https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) and has been accepted into
>> Outreachy May 2023 (https://www.outreachy.org/). You can now
>> submit internship project ideas for QEMU, KVM, and rust-vmm!
>>
>> Please reply to this email by February 6th with your project ideas.
>>
>> If you have experience contributing to QEMU, KVM, or rust-vmm you can
>> be a mentor. Mentors support interns as they work on their project. It's a
>> great way to give back and you get to work with people who are just
>> starting out in open source.
>>
>> Good project ideas are suitable for remote work by a competent
>> programmer who is not yet familiar with the codebase. In
>> addition, they are:
>> - Well-defined - the scope is clear
>> - Self-contained - there are few dependencies
>> - Uncontroversial - they are acceptable to the community
>> - Incremental - they produce deliverables along the way
>>
>> Feel free to post ideas even if you are unable to mentor the project.
>> It doesn't hurt to share the idea!
>>
>> I will review project ideas and keep you up-to-date on QEMU's
>> acceptance into GSoC.
>>
>> Internship program details:
>> - Paid, remote work open source internships
>> - GSoC projects are 175 or 350 hours, Outreachy projects are 30
>> hrs/week for 12 weeks
>> - Mentored by volunteers from QEMU, KVM, and rust-vmm
>> - Mentors typically spend at least 5 hours per week during the coding period
>>
>> For more background on QEMU internships, check out this video:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNVCX7YMUL8
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any questions!
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>
>
> --
> German