homed: wait for user input during firstboot

This mirrors the behavior of `systemd-firstboot` and allows bootup
messages to settle down before user input is actually processed.

See: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/34448

4 files changed, 24 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.c b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
index 94720c9adf..cff1d50e42 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
@@ -255,6 +255,25 @@ int ask_string(char **ret, const char *text, ...) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+bool any_key_to_proceed(void) {
+        char key = 0;
+        bool need_nl = true;
+
+        /*
+         * Insert a new line here as well as to when the user inputs, as this is also used during the
+         * boot up sequence when status messages may be interleaved with the current program output.
+         * This ensures that the status messages aren't appended on the same line as this message.
+         */
+        puts("-- Press any key to proceed --");
+
+        (void) read_one_char(stdin, &key, USEC_INFINITY, &need_nl);
+
+        if (need_nl)
+                putchar('\n');
+
+        return key != 'q';
+}
+
 int open_terminal(const char *name, int mode) {
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -EBADF;
         unsigned c = 0;
diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.h b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
index f8a30bbb64..180ca24ef4 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ int chvt(int vt);
 int read_one_char(FILE *f, char *ret, usec_t timeout, bool *need_nl);
 int ask_char(char *ret, const char *replies, const char *text, ...) _printf_(3, 4);
 int ask_string(char **ret, const char *text, ...) _printf_(2, 3);
+bool any_key_to_proceed(void);
 
 int vt_disallocate(const char *name);
 
diff --git a/src/firstboot/firstboot.c b/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
index 85ceffa13b..f4601c0210 100644
--- a/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
+++ b/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
@@ -93,20 +93,6 @@ STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_root_shell, freep);
 STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_kernel_cmdline, freep);
 STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_image_policy, image_policy_freep);
 
-static bool press_any_key(void) {
-        char k = 0;
-        bool need_nl = true;
-
-        puts("-- Press any key to proceed --");
-
-        (void) read_one_char(stdin, &k, USEC_INFINITY, &need_nl);
-
-        if (need_nl)
-                putchar('\n');
-
-        return k != 'q';
-}
-
 static void print_welcome(int rfd) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *pretty_name = NULL, *os_name = NULL, *ansi_color = NULL;
         static bool done = false;
@@ -141,7 +127,7 @@ static void print_welcome(int rfd) {
 
         printf("\nPlease configure your system!\n\n");
 
-        press_any_key();
+        any_key_to_proceed();
 
         done = true;
 }
@@ -184,7 +170,7 @@ static int show_menu(char **x, unsigned n_columns, unsigned width, unsigned perc
 
                 /* on the first screen we reserve 2 extra lines for the title */
                 if (i % break_lines == break_modulo) {
-                        if (!press_any_key())
+                        if (!any_key_to_proceed())
                                 return 0;
                 }
         }
diff --git a/src/home/homectl.c b/src/home/homectl.c
index 83deeac123..a52bc6d464 100644
--- a/src/home/homectl.c
+++ b/src/home/homectl.c
@@ -2434,6 +2434,8 @@ static int create_interactively(void) {
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        any_key_to_proceed();
+
         r = acquire_bus(&bus);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;