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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Many manager configuration settings that are only applicable to user
4 manager or system manager can be always set. It would be better to reject
5 them when parsing config.
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7* Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user@1000.service has alias user@.service.
8 Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user@6.service has alias user@.service.
9 Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user-runtime-dir@6.service has alias user-runtime-dir@.service.
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f38afcd0 13* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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15* dbus:
16 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
17 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
18
19* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
20
21* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
22
23* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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25* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
26
27* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
28
29* register catalog database signature as file magic
30
31* zsh shell completion:
32 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
33 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
34
35* systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
36* If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
37 after being started.
38
39* write blog stories about:
40 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
41 - enabling dbus services
42 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
43 - remote access
44 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
45 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
46 - auto-restart
47 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
48 - the journal HTTP iface
49 - non-cgroup resource management
50 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
51 - refreshed, longer missions statement
52 - calendar time events
53 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
54 - how to create your own target
55 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
56 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
57
58Regularly:
59
60* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
61
62* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
63
64* pahole
65
66* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
67
68* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
69
70* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
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72Janitorial Clean-ups:
73
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74* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
75
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76* rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
77 semantics, like we do for device.c now
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79Features:
80
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81* add linker script that implicitly adds symbol for build ID and new coredump
82 json package metadata, and use that when logging
83
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84* systemd-dissect: show GPT disk UUID in output
85
86* Enable RestricFileSystems= for all our long-running services (similar:
87 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=)
88
89* Add systemd-analyze security checks for RestrictFileSystems= and
90 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=
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92* cryptsetup/homed: implement TOTP authentication backed by TPM2 and its
93 internal clock.
94
1ccfb792 95* nspawn: optionally set up nftables/iptables routes that forward UDP/TCP
f08e143c 96 traffic on port 53 to resolved stub 127.0.0.54
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98* man: rework os-release(5), and clearly separate our extension-release.d/ and
99 initrd-release parts, i.e. list explicitly which fields are about what.
100
101* sysext: before applying a sysext, do a superficial validation run so that
102 things are not rearranged to wildy. I.e. protect against accidental fuckups,
103 such as masking out /usr/lib/ or so. We should probably refuse if existing
104 inodes are replaced by other types of inodes or so.
105
106* sysext: ensure one can build a sysext that can safely apply to *any* system
107 (because it contains only static go binaries in /opt/ or so)
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109* userdb: when synthesizing NSS records, pick "best" password from defined
110 passwords, not just the first. i.e. if there are multiple defined, prefer
111 unlocked over locked and prefer non-empty over empty.
112
113* maybe add a tool inspired by the GPT auto discovery spec that runs in the
114 initrd and rearranges the rootfs hierarchy via bind mounts, if
115 enabled. Specifically in some top-level dir /@auto/ it will look for
116 dirs/symlinks/subvolumes that are named after their purpose, and optionally
117 encode a version as well as assessment counters, and then mount them into the
118 file system tree to boot into, similar to how we do that for the gpt auto
119 logic. Maybe then bind mount the original root into /.superior or something
120 like that (so that update tools can look there). Further discussion in this
121 thread:
122 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2021-November/047059.html
123 The GPT dissection logic should automatically enable this tool whenever we
124 detect a specially marked root fs (i.e introduce a new generic root gpt type
125 for this, that is arch independent). The also implement this in the image
126 dissection logic, so that nspawn/RootImage= and so on grok it. Maybe make
127 generic enough so that it can also work for ostrees arrangements.
128
129* if a path ending in ".auto.d/" is set for RootDirectory=/RootImage= then do a
130 strverscmp() of everything inside that dir and use that. i.e. implement very
131 simple version control. Also use this in systemd-nspawn --image= and so on.
132
133* homed: while a home dir is not activated generate slightly different NSS
134 records for it, that reports the home dir as "/" and the shell as some binary
135 provided by us. Then, when an SSH login happens and SSH permits it our binary
136 is invoked. This binary can then talk to homed and activate the homedir if
137 it's not around yet, prompting the user for a password. Once that succeeded
138 we'll switch to the real user record, i.e. home dir and shell, and our tool
139 exec()s the latter. Net effect: ssh'ing into a homed account will just work:
140 we'll neatly prompt for the homedir's password if its needed. –– Building on
141 this we could take this even further: since this tool will potentially have
142 access to the client's ssh-agent (if ssh-agent forwarding is enabled) we
143 could implement SSH unlocking of a homedir with that: when enrolling a new
144 ssh pubkey in a user record we'd ask the ssh-agent to sign some random value
145 with the privkey, then use that as luks key to unlock the home dir. Will not
146 work for ECDSA keys since their signatures contain a random component, but
147 will work for RSA and Ed25519 keys.
148
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149* add tiny service that decrypts encrypted user records passed via initrd
150 credential logic and drops them into /run where nss-systemd can pick them up,
151 similar to /run/host/userdb/. Usecase: drop a root user JSON record there,
152 and use it in the initrd to log in as root with locally selected password,
153 for debugging purposes.
154
155* drop dependency on libcap, replace by direct syscalls based on
156 CapabilityQuintet we already have. (This likely allows us drop drop libcap
157 dep in the base OS image)
158
159* sysext: automatically activate sysext images dropped in via new sd-stub
160 sysext pickup logic.
161
162* add concept for "exitrd" as inverse of "initrd", that we can transition to at
163 shutdown, and has similar security semantics. This should then take the place
164 of dracut's shutdown logic. Should probably support sysexts too. Care needs
165 to be taken that the resulting logic ends up in RAM, i.e. is copied out of
166 on-disk storage.
167
168* sd-stub: automatically pick up microcode from ESP and synthesize initrd from
169 it, and measure it. Signing is not necessary, as microcode does that on its
170 own. Pass as first initrd to kernel.
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172* userdbd: implement an additional varlink service socket that provides the
173 host user db in restricted form, then allow this to be bind mounted into
174 sandboxed environments that want the host database in minimal form. All
175 records would be stripped of all meta info, except the basic UID/name
176 info. Then use this in portabled environments that do not use PrivateUsers=1.
177
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178* logind introduce two types of sessions: "heavy" and "light". The former would
179 be our current sessions. But the latter would be a new type of session that
180 is mostly the same but does not pull in user@.service or wait for it. Then,
181 allow configuration which type of session is desired via pam_systemd
182 parameters, and then make user@.service's session one of these "light" ones.
183 People could then choose to make FTP sessions and suchlike "light" if they
184 don't want the service manager to be started for that.
185
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186* /etc/veritytab: allow that the roothash column can be specified as fs path
187 including a path to an AF_UNIX path, similar to how we do things with the
188 keys of /etc/crypttab. That way people can store/provide the roothash
189 externally and provide to us on demand only.
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191* add high-level lockdown level for GPT dissection logic: e.g. an enum that can
192 be ANY (to mount anything), TRUSTED (to require that /usr is on signed
193 verity, but rest doesn't matter), LOCKEDDOWN (to require that everything is
194 on signed verity, except for ESP), SUPERLOCKDOWN (like LOCKEDDOWN but ESP not
195 allowed). And then maybe some flavours of that that declare what is expected
196 from home/srv/var… Then, add a new cmdline flag to all tools that parse such
197 images, to configure this. Also, add a kernel cmdline option for this, to be
198 honoured by the gpt auto generator.
199
200* nspawn: maybe optionally insert .nspawn file as GPT partition into images, so
201 that such container images are entirely stand-alone and can be updated as
202 one.
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204* we probably should extend the root verity hash of the root fs into some PCR
205 on boot. (i.e. maybe add a crypttab option tpm2-measure=8 or so to measure it
206 into PCR 8)
207
208* add a "policy" to the dissection logic. i.e. a bit mask what is OK to mount,
209 what must be read-only, what requires encryption, and what requires
210 authentication.
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212* in uefi stub: query firmware regarding which PCRs are being used, store that
213 in EFI var. then use this when enrolling TPM2 in cryptsetup to verify that
214 the selected PCRs actually are used by firmware.
215
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216* rework recursive read-only remount to use new mount API
217
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218* PAM: pick auf one authentication token from credentials
219
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220* tpm2: figure out if we need to do anything for TPM2 parameter encryption? And
221 if so, what precisely?
222
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223* when mounting disk images: if IMAGE_ID/IMAGE_VERSION is set in os-release
224 data in the image, make sure the image filename actually matches this, so
225 that images cannot be misused.
226
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227* New udev block device symlink names:
228 /dev/disk/by-parttypelabel/<pttype>/<ptlabel>. Use case: if pt label is used
229 as partition image version string, this is a safe way to reference a specific
230 version of a specific partition type, in particular where related partitions
231 are processed (e.g. verity + rootfs both named "LennartOS_0.7").
232
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233* in sd-id128: also parse UUIDs in RFC4122 URN syntax (i.e. chop off urn:uuid: prefix)
234
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235* DynamicUser= + StateDirectory= → use uid mapping mounts, too, in order to
236 make dirs appear under right UID.
237
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238* systemd-sysext: optionally, run it in initrd already, before transitioning
239 into host, to open up possibility for services shipped like that.
240
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241* maybe add a tool that displays most recent journal logs as QR code to scan
242 off screen and run it automatically on boot failures, emergency logs and
243 such. Use DRM APIs directly, see
244 https://github.com/dvdhrm/docs/blob/master/drm-howto/modeset.c for an example
245 for doing that.
246
247* pass systemd-detect-virt result to generators as env var. Modifying behaviour
248 based on whether we are virtualized or not is a pretty common thing, hence
249 maybe just pass that info along for free in an env var. We cache the result
250 anyway, so it's basically free.
251
24063ba1 252* introduce /dev/disk/root/* symlinks that allow referencing partitions on the
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253 disk the rootfs is on in a reasonably secure way. (or maybe: add
254 /dev/gpt-auto-{home,srv,boot,…} similar in style to /dev/gpt-auto-root as we
255 already have it.
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257* whenever we receive fds via SCM_RIGHTS make sure none got dropped due to the
258 reception limit the kernel silently enforces.
259
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260* add an Open= setting to service unit files that can open arbitrary file
261 system paths at service startup time and pass them to the service process via
262 our usual socket activation protocol. If passed path refers to AF_UNIX
263 socket: connect() to it.
264
265* add a ConnectSocket= setting to service unit files, that may reference a
266 socket unit, and which will connect to the socket defined therein, and pass
267 the resulting fd to the service program via socket activation proto.
268
269* Add a concept of ListenStream=anonymous to socket units: listen on a socket
270 that is deleted in the fs. Usecase would be with ConnectSocket= above.
271
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272* importd: support image signature verification with PKCS#7 + OpenBSD signify
273 logic, as alternative to crummy gpg
274
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275* sysext: optionally, if the merged trees allow it use bind mounts instead of
276 overlayfs
277
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278* add "systemd-analyze debug" + AttachDebugger= in unit files: The former
279 specifies a command to execute; the latter specifies that an already running
280 "systemd-analyze debug" instance shall be contacted and execution paused
281 until it gives an OK. That way, tools like gdb or strace can be safely be
282 invoked on processes forked off PID 1.
283
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284* expose MS_NOSYMFOLLOW in various places
285
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286* make LoadCredential= automatically find credentials in /etc/creds,
287 /run/creds, … and so on, if path component is unqualified
288
289* teach LoadCredential=/LoadCredentialEncrypted= to load credentials from
290 kernel cmdline, maybe: LoadCredentialEncrypted=foobar:proc-cmdline:foobar
291
292* credentials system:
293 - acquire from kernel command line
294 - acquire from EFI variable?
295 - acquire via via ask-password?
296 - acquire creds via keyring?
297 - pass creds via keyring?
298 - pass creds via memfd?
299 - acquire + decrypt creds from pkcs11?
300 - make systemd-cryptsetup acquire pw via creds logic
301 - make PAMName= acquire pw via creds logic
302 - make macsec/wireguard code in networkd read key via creds logic
303 - make gatwayd/remote read key via creds logic
304 - add sd_notify() command for flushing out creds not needed anymore
305
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306* add tpm.target or so which is delayed until TPM2 device showed up in case
307 firmware indicates there is one.
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309* tpm2: support a PIN policy, i.e. allowing windows-style short authentication
310 passwords by using the TPM2 to enforce ratelimiting and such, use for
311 cryptsetup and homed
312
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313* Add concept for upgrading TPM2 enrollments, maybe a new switch
314 --pcrs=4:<hash> or so, i.e. select a PCR to include in the hash, and then
315 override its hash
316
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317* TPM2: auto-reenroll in cryptsetup, as fallback for hosed firmware upgrades
318 and such
319
320* introduce a new group to own TPM devices
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322* cryptsetup: if only recovery keys are registered and no regular passphrases,
323 ask user for "recovery key", not "passphrase"
324
325* cyptsetup: add option for automatically removing empty password slot on boot
326
7d7c75f1 327* cryptsetup: optionally, when run during boot-up and password is never
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328 entered, and we are on battery power (or so), power off machine again
329
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330* cryptsetup: when waiting for FIDO2/PKCS#11 token, tell plymouth that, and
331 allow plymouth to abort the waiting and enter pw instead
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333* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
334
335* cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
336 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
337
338* cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
339 systemd-makefs.service instead.
340
341* cryptsetup:
342 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
343 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
344
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345* when configuring loopback netif, and it fails due to EPERM, eat up error if
346 it happens to be set up alright already.
347
348* at boot: check if battery above some threshold, if not power off again after explanation
349
350* userdb: add field for ambient caps, so that a user can have CAP_WAKE_ALARM
351 for example. And add code that resets ambient caps for all services by
352 default.
353
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354* sd-bus: when connecting to some dbus server socker, set originating AF_UNIX
355 socket name in abstract namespace to include "description" string, and pick
356 it up from there in sd_bus_creds logic. i.e. we can use the socket peer
357 address as conduit for some minimal connection metainfo, and use it to
358 restore the "description" logic that kdbus used to have.
359
08d33656 360* systemd-analyze netif that explains predictable interface (or networkctl)
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362* Add service setting to run a service within the specified VRF. i.e. do the
363 equivalent of "ip vrf exec".
364
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365* change SwitchRoot() implementation in PID 1 to use pivot_root(".", "."), as
366 documented in the pivot_root(2) man page, so that we can drop the /oldroot
367 temporary dir.
368
369* special case some calls of chase_symlinks() to use openat2() internally, so
370 that the kernel does what we otherwise do.
371
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372* add a new flag to chase_symlinks() that stops chasing once the first missing
373 component is found and then allows the caller to create the rest.
374
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375* make use of new glibc 2.32 APIs sigabbrev_np() and strerrorname_np().
376
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377* if /usr/bin/swapoff fails due to OOM, log a friendly explanatory message about it
378
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379* Remove any support for booting without /usr pre-mounted in the initrd entirely.
380 Update INITRD_INTERFACE.md accordingly.
381
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382* pid1: Move to tracking of main pid/control pid of units per pidfd
383
384* pid1: support new clone3() fork-into-cgroup feature
385
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386* pid1: also remove PID files of a service when the service starts, not just
387 when it exits
388
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389* make us use dynamically fewer deps for containers in general purpose distros:
390 o turn into dlopen() deps:
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391 - p11-kit-trust (always)
392 - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
a52dc0b6 393 - libblkid (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not elsewhere)
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394 - libpam (only when called from PID 1)
395 - bzip2, xz, lz4 (always — gzip and zstd should probably stay static deps the way they are,
396 since they are so basic and our defaults)
397 o move into separate libsystemd-shared-iptables.so .so
398 - iptables-libs (only used by nspawn + networkd)
399
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400* seccomp: maybe use seccomp_merge() to merge our filters per-arch if we can.
401 Apparently kernel performance is much better with fewer larger seccomp
402 filters than with more smaller seccomp filters.
403
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404* systemd-path: add ESP and XBOOTLDR path. Add "private" runtime/state/cache dir enum,
405 mapping to $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, $STATE_DIRECTORY and such
406
a6e1018d 407* All tools that support --root= should also learn --image= so that they can
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408 operate on disk images directly. Specifically: bootctl, systemctl,
409 coredumpctl. (Already done: systemd-nspawn, systemd-firstboot,
410 systemd-repart, systemd-tmpfiles, systemd-sysusers, journalctl)
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412* seccomp: by default mask x32 ABI system wide on x86-64. it's on its way out
413
414* seccomp: don't install filters for ABIs that are masked anyway for the
415 specific service
416
417* seccomp: maybe merge all filters we install into one with that libseccomp API that allows merging.
418
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419* busctl: maybe expose a verb "ping" for pinging a dbus service to see if it
420 exists and responds.
421
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422* Maybe add a separate GPT partition type to the discoverable partition spec
423 for "hibernate" partitions, that are exactly like swap partitions but only
424 activated right before hibernation and thus never used for regular swapping.
425
91fc013f 426* socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
86b52a39 427 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
91fc013f 428
7e8facb3 429* unify on openssl:
492f91d8 430 - port journald + fsprg over from libgcrypt
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431 - when that's done: kill gnutls support in resolved
432
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433* add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
434 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
435
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436* userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
437 realname substr searches in varlink API
006c44c1 438
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439* userdb: allow uid/gid range checks
440
2a4be3c5 441* userdb: allow existence checks
006c44c1 442
f1eb0ccd 443* pid1: activation by journal search expression
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445* when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
446 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
447 initrd had set.
448
173c7873 449* sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
84a1ff94 450 it for reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
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451 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
452 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
453 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
454 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
455
456* tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
457 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
458 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
459
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460* maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
461 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
462 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
463 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
464 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
465 source.
466
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467* coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
468 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
469 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
470
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471* teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
472
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473* beef up hibernation to optionally do swapon/swapoff immediately before/after
474 the hibernation
475
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476* beef up s2h to implement a battery watch loop: instead of entering
477 hibernation unconditionally after coming back from resume make a decision
478 based on the battery load level: if battery level is above a specific
479 threshold, go to suspend again, only hibernate if below it. This means we'd
480 stick to suspend usually, but fall back to hibernation only when battery runs
481 empty (well, subject to our sampling interval). Related to this, check if we
482 can make ACPI _BTP (i.e. /sys/class/power_supply/*/alarm) work for us too,
483 i.e. see if it can wake up machines from suspend, so that we could resume
484 automatically when the system is low on power and move automatically to
485 hibernation mode. (see
486 https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf
487 section 10.2.2.8 and
488 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/modern-standby-wake-sources
489 at the end).
490
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491* We should probably replace /etc/rc.d/README with a symlink to doc
492 content. After all it is constant vendor data.
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c6526b8d 494* maybe add kernel cmdline params: to force random seed crediting
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496* introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
497 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
498 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
499 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
500 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
501 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
502 exec().
503
504* let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
505
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506* when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
507 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
508
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509* make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
510 gnome-bluetooth and friends
511
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512* make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
513 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
514 root.
515
516* maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
517 is issued.
518
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519* when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
520
521* when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
522
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523* Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
524 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
525 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
d7b659ef 526
d238709c 527* rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
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528 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
529 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
530
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531* when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
532
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533* add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
534 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
535
06898123 536* paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
309c6b19 537 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
9ae4ef49 538 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
8b213bf1 539 Alternatively (preferably?) use memfd_secret().
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542
543* support the bind/connect/sendmsg cgroup stuff for sandboxing, and possibly
544 patching around
545
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546* maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
547 log.c and sd-journal-send
548
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549* optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
550
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551* introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
552
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553* sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
554 non-zero "tries done" count
555
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556* augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
557 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
558 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
559 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
560 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
561 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
562 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
563 CODE_FILE.
564
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565* Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
566 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
567 some explanatory text online.
568
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569* maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
570
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571* When reloading configuration PID 1 should reset all its properties to the
572 original defaults before calling parse_config()
573
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574* hibernate/s2h: make this robust and safe to enable in Fedora by default.
575 Specifically:
576
577 1. add resume_offset support to the resume code (i.e. support swap files
578 properly)
e83419d0 579 2. check if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
46c41478 580 3. add auto-detection of hibernation images
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582* cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
583 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
584
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585* beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
586 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
587 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
588 files and suchlike we operate on.
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590* importd: add ability download images for portabled + sysext
591
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592* add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
593
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594* sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
595 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
596
5da19043 597* Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
5238e957 598 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it. Also
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599 DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH should probably add an extra "-" into account for negative
600 numbers.
601
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602* Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
603 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
604 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
605 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
606 unlinked from any dir.
607
bd1b3f75 608* port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
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610* pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
611
612* add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
613
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614* introduce Ephemeral= unit file switch, that creates an ephemeral copy of all
615 files and directories that are left writable for a unit, and which are
616 removed after the unit goes down again. A bit like --ephemeral for
617 systemd-nspawn but for system services. If used together with RootImage= this
618 should reflink the image file itself.
619
620 Related: add Ephemeral=<path1> <path2> … which would allow marking
621 specific paths only like this.
622
53c70a27 623* add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
5238e957 624 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
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625 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
626 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
2aed63f4 627 images, for example fall back to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
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629* show invocation ID in systemd-run output
630
631* bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
632
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633* add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
634 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
635
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636* introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
637 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
638 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
639 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
640 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
641 different slice too by default. Usecase: people who want to put resources on
642 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
643 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
644
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645* maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
646 for root, but only then.
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648* be stricter with fds we receive for the fdstore: close them asynchronously
649
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650* calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
651 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
652
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653* sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
654 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
655
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656* sd-bus: parse addresses given in sd_bus_set_addresses immediately and not
657 only when used. Add unit tests.
658
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659* make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
660 host-side interface pointing to the container.
661
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662* add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
663 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
664 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
665 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
666 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
667
cb77e122 668* taint systemd if there are fewer than 65536 users assigned (userns) to the system.
c6009ff0 669
899feb72 670* deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
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672* add a new RuntimeDirectoryPreserve= mode that defines a similar lifecycle for
673 the runtime dir as we maintain for the fdstore: i.e. keep it around as long
674 as the unit is running or has a job queued.
675
5f7ecd61 676* support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
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678* add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
679 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
680
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681* blog about fd store and restartable services
682
683* document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
684
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685* rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
686 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
687
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688* in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
689 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
690 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
691 ID is available.
692
693* optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
694 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
695 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
696
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697* beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
698 parameters
699
6fc373ee 700* maybe hook of xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
d51c4fca 701 the quota of the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
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702 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
703 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
704 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
705 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
706 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
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708* In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
709 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
710
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711* expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
712 about it in the resource log message
713
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714* Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
715 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
716 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
717
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718* add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
719 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
720
721 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
722
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723* hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
724 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
725 "convertible" form factor
726
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727* Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
728 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
729 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
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731* track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
732 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
733
734* add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
735 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
736 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
737 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
738 natural habitat.
739
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740* gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
741
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742* add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
743 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
744 relative to the configured default value.
745
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746* enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
747
04397464 748* Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
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750* define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
751
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752* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
753
04397464 754* ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
42d61ded 755
04397464 756* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
563a69f4 757
04397464 758* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
2c5f2958 759
8ce9b83a 760* RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
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762* ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
763 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
764 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
765
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767 via the new unprivileged Landlock LSM (https://landlock.io)
768
e40a326c 769* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
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771* in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
772 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
773 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
774 mapping to work.
775
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776* add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
777
778* add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
779
780* add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
781
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782* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
783 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
784
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785* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
786 reload the unit file anyway
787
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788* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
789
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790* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
791
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792* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
793 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
794
f9bf1b8f 795* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 796 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 797 specifications.
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800
5ebbb45b 801* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller
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803* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
804
a2088fd0 805* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
5238e957 806 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
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807 prefixed with /sys generally special.
808 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
809
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810* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
811
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812* initrd-parse-etc.service: can we skip daemon-reload if /sysroot/etc/fstab is missing?
813 Note that we start initrd-fs.target and initrd-cleanup.target there, so a straightforward
814 ConditionPathExists= is not enough.
815
931bc195 816* docs: bring https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
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818* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
819 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
820 state.
821 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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823* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
824 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
825 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
826 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
827 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
828
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829* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
830
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831* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
832 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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834* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
835 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
836
e031c227 837* as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
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838 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
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840* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
841
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842* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
843 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
844
25e773ee 845* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 846
720652b3 847* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 848
720652b3 849* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
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851* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
852
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853* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
854 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
855
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856* drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
857
9d6db739 858* resolved:
9d6db739 859 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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860 - service registration
861 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 862 - avahi compat
9d6db739 863 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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864 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
865 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
866 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 867 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 868 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 869
e25b5a8d 870* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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872* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
873
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874* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
875
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876* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
877
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878* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
879
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880* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
881 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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883* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
884
6a3f892a 885* gpt-auto-generator:
2a781fc9 886 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 887 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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889* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
890 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
891 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 892
f9bf1b8f 893* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
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896 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
897 for ReusePort=
898
f38afcd0 899* cgroups:
f38afcd0 900 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
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901 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
902 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
903 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
904 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
905 the hierarchies of child processes
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f38afcd0 907* transient units:
f38afcd0 908 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
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910* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
911
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912* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
913
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914* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
915
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916* rfkill,backlight: we probably should run the load tools inside of the udev rules so that the state is properly initialized by the time other software sees it
917
7f79cd71 918* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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920* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
921 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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922 path anyway.
923
04397464 924* refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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926* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
927
928* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
929
07eabc2b 930* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
f38afcd0 931
07eabc2b 932* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
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934* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
935
936* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
937 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
938 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
939
940* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
941 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
942
943* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
944
945* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
946
947* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
948
949* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
950 needs to be auto-respawned?
951
952* pid1:
953 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
954 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
955 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
956 that are not supported...
957 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
958 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
959 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
960 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
961 - move PAM code into its own binary
962 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
963 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
964 - Support --test based on current system state
965 - If we show an error about a unit (such as not showing up) and it has no Description string, then show a description string generated form the reverse of unit_name_mangle().
966 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
967 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
968 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
969 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
970 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
971 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
972 but much rather a disconnect on success.
973 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
974 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
975 - maybe introduce CoreScheduling=yes/no to optionally set a PR_SCHED_CORE cookie, so that all
976 processes in a service's cgroup share the same cookie and are guaranteed not to share SMT cores
977 with other units https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst
978
979* unit files:
980 - allow port=0 in .socket units
981 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
982 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
983 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
984 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
985 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
986 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
987 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
988 - introduce Type=pid-file
989 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
990 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
991 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
992
993* timer units:
994 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
995 o DST changes
996 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
997
998* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
999
1000* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
1001
1002* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
1003
1004* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
1005
1006* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
1007
1008* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
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1010* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
1011
1012* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
1013
fff87a35 1014* test/:
20d52ab6 1015 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
b8b4d3dd 1016
b5c03638 1017* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 1018 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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1019 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
1020 destination.
1021
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1022* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
1023 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
1024
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1025* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
1026
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1027* Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
1028 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
1029 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
1030
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1031* BootLoaderSpec: Define a way how an installer can figure out whether a BLS
1032 compliant boot loader is installed.
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1034* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
1035 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
1036 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
1037 that automatically.
1038
e5ec62c5 1039* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 1040
ccddd104 1041* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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1043* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
1044
356ce991 1045* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 1046
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1047* add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1048
1049* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
1050
1051* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1052
1053* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1054
1055* sd-bus:
1056 - EBADSLT handling
1057 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
1058 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1059 - see if we can introduce a new sd_bus_get_owner_machine_id() call to retrieve the machine ID of the machine of the bus itself
1060 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
1061 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
1062 - longer term: priority inheritance
1063 - dbus spec updates:
1064 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
1065 - GVariant
1066 - path escaping
1067 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
1068
1069* sd-event
1070 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
1071 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
1072 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
1073 - maybe support iouring as backend, so that we allow hooking read and write
1074 operations instead of IO ready events into event loops. See considerations
1075 here:
1076 http://blog.vmsplice.net/2020/07/rethinking-event-loop-integration-for.html
1077
1078* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
1079 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
1080
1081* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
1082
1083* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
1084
1085* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
1086
1087* firstboot: allow provisioning of /etc/hosts entries, so that we can via the
1088 credentials logic insert host name to resolve into containers/hosts. Usecase:
1089 fork a container, and make it ping some specific address which is defined by
1090 the host on invocation
1091
1092* systemd-firstboot: make sure to always use chase_symlinks() before
1093 reading/writing files
1094
1095* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
1096
1097* sd-boot: define a drop-in dir in the ESP that may contain X.509
1098 certificates. If the firmware is detected to be in setup mode, automatically
1099 enroll them as PK/KEK/db, turn off setup mode and proceed. Optionally,
1100 instead of auto-enrolling them add them to the sd-boot menu, giving the user
1101 the option to manually enroll them, after selecting the menu entry. This way,
1102 installer images can just drop the certfiicates in the ESP, and on first boot
1103 can easily enroll the keys without ever booting up.
1104
1105* efi stub: optionally, load initrd from disk as a separate file, HMAC check it
1106 with key from TPM, bound to PCR, refusing if failing. This would then allow
1107 traditional distros that generate initrds locally to secure them with TPM:
1108 after generating the initrd, do the HMAC calculation, put result in initrd
1109 filename, done. This would then bind the validity of the initrd to the local
1110 host, and used kernel, and means people cannot change initrd or kernel
1111 without booting the kernel + initrd.
1112
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1114 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
1115 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 1116 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
631427d6 1117* bootctl
631427d6 1118 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
e4181484 1119
07eabc2b 1120* bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
e9fd44b7 1121
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1122* bootctl:
1123 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
1124 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
1125 - make it operate on loopback files, dissecting enough to find ESP to operate on
e6c6e7af 1126
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1128 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
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1129 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
1130 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
1131 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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1132 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
1133 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
1134 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
1135 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
1136 needs setuid().
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1137 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
1138 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
1139 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
1140 complete.
1141 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
1142 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
1143 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
28423d9a 1144 - expose "Locked" property on logind session objects
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1146 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
1147 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
1148 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
1149 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
1150 relogins
77b19caf 1151 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
e673ad04 1152
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1154
1155* move multiseat vid/pid matches from logind udev rule to hwdb
1156
1157* logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
1158 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
1159 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
1160
1161* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
1162 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
1163
b44be3ec 1164* journal:
57f2a947 1165 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
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1166 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
1167 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
1168 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
2aed63f4 1169 - fall back to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 1170 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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1171 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
1172 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
1173 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
5238e957 1174 message that works, but already after a short timeout
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1175 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
1176 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
f47ec8eb 1177 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
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1178 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
1179 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
06847d0f 1180 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() in the header,
038cf334 1181 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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1182 - journal-send.c, log.c: when the log socket is clogged, and we drop, count this and write a message about this when it gets unclogged again.
1183 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
1184 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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1185 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
1186 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
1187 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
1188 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 1189 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 1190 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 1191 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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1192 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
1193 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
1194 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
1195 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
1196 to syslog when it works again.
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1197 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
1198 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
1199 journals in.
1200 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
1201 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
1202 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
1203 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
1204 the most common operations.
e25b5a8d 1205 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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1206 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
1207 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
1208 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
1209 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
1210 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
1211 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
1212 operation.
1213 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
1214 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
1215 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
1216 binary logs data
e25b5a8d 1217 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
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1218 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
1219 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
1220 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
1221 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
06847d0f 1222 - check if loop in decompress_blob_xz() is necessary
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1225 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19251#issuecomment-816601955
1226
1227* Hook up journald's FSS logic with TPM2: seal the verification disk by
1228 time-based policy, so that the verification key can remain on host and ve
1229 validated via TPM.
1230
1231* build short web pages out of each catalog entry, build them along with man
1232 pages, and include hyperlinks to them in the journal output
1233
1234* journald: do journal file writing out-of-process, with one writer process per
1235 client UID, so that synthetic hash table collisions can slow down a specific
1236 user's journal stream down but not the others.
1237
1238* tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
1239 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
1240 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
1241 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
1242 cgroup.
1243
1244* maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
1245 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
1246 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
1247 logging.
1248
1249* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
1250
1251* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
1252 from the SIGBUS handler
1253
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1255 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
1256 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
1257 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
1258
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1259* homed:
1260 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
1261 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
1262 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
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1263 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
1264 - create on activate?
1265 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
1266 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
1267 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
1268 systemd --user is shut down.
1269 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
1270 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk
1271 images (and btrfs snapshots of subvolumes) (think: time machine)
1272 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
1273 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
1274 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
1275 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
1276 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
1277 - query password from kernel keyring first
1278 - update even if record is "absent"
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1279 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
1280 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
1281 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
1282 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
1283 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
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1284 - when homed is in use, maybe start the user session manager in a mount namespace with MS_SLAVE,
1285 so that mounts propagate down but not up - eg, user A setting up a backup volume
1286 doesn't mean user B sees it
9c53de8b 1287 - use credentials logic/TPM2 logic to store homed signing key
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1288 - permit multiple user record signing keys to be used locally, and pick
1289 the right one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing
1290 signature
1291 - add a way to "adopt" a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
1292 and insert a local signature instead.
1293 - as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
1294 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
1295 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
1296 though: if no one is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
1297 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
1298 - support new FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl for setting up fscrypt
1299 - maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
1300 easily?
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1301 - add a switch to homectl (maybe called --first-boot) where it will check if
1302 any non-system users exist, and if not prompts interactively for basic user
1303 info, mimicking systemd-firstboot. Then, place this in a service that runs
1304 after systemd-homed, but before gdm and friends, as a simple, barebones
1305 fallback logic to get a regular user created on uninitialized systems.
1306 - store PKCS#11 + FIDO2 token info in LUKS2 header, compatible with
1307 systemd-cryptsetup, so that it can unlock homed volumes
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1308 - maybe make all *.home files owned by `systemd-home` user or so, so that we
1309 can easily set overall quota for all users
1310 - on login, if we can't fallocate initially, but rebalance is on, then allow
1311 login in discard mode, then immediately rebalance, then turn off discard
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1313* add a new switch --auto-definitions=yes/no or so to systemd-repart. If
1314 specified, synthesize a definition automatically if we can: enlarge last
1315 partition on disk, but only if it is marked for growing and not read-only.
1316
1317* systemd-repart: read LUKS encryption key from $CREDENTIALS_PATH
1318
1319* systemd-repart: add a switch to factory reset the partition table without
1320 immediately applying the new configuration again. i.e. --factory-reset=leave
1321 or so. (this is useful to factory reset an image, then putting it into
1322 another machine, ensuring that luks key is generated on new machine, not old)
1323
1324* systemd-repart: support setting up dm-integrity with HMAC
1325
1326* systemd-repart: maybe remove half-initialized image on failure. It fails
1327 if the output file exists, so a repeated invocation will usually fail if
1328 something goes wrong on the way.
1329
1330* systemd-repart: drop pager mode on normal operation?
1331
1332* systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
1333 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
1334 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
1335 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
1336
1337* systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
1338 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
1339 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
1340 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
1341 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
1342 automatically.
1343
1344* systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
1345 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
1346
1347* systemd-repart: allow boolean option that ensures that if existing partition
1348 doesn't exist within the configured size bounds the whole command fails. This
1349 is useful to implement ESP vs. XBOOTLDR schemes in installers: have one set
1350 of repart files for the case where ESP is large enough and one where it isn't
1351 and XBOOTLDR is added in instead. Then apply the former first, and if it
1352 fails to apply use the latter.
1353
1354* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to never reuse existing partition
1355 and always create anew even if matching partition already exists.
1356
1357* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to fail if partition already exist,
1358 i.e. is not added new. Similar, add option to fail if partition does not exist yet.
1359
1360* systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
1361 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
1362
1363* systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
1364 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
1365
b44be3ec 1366* document:
8b8f2591 1367 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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1368 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
1369 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 1370 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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1371 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
1372 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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1373 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
1374 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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1375 - man: add more examples to man pages,
1376 - in particular an example how to do the equivalent of switching runlevels
f38afcd0 1377 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
17ec531f 1378 - document root=gpt-auto properly
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1379
1380* systemctl:
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1381 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
1382 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
1383 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
1384 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
1385 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
1386 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
1387 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 1388 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 1389 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
61233823 1390 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
f38afcd0 1391
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1392* introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
1393 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
1394 it should skip the variant type string though.
8b04b925 1395
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1396* add an explicit "vertical" mode to format-table, so that "systemctl
1397 status"-like outputs (i.e. with a series of field names left and values
1398 right) become genuine first class citizens, and we gain automatic, sane JSON
1399 output for them.
d2e83c23 1400
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1401* Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
1402 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
1403 the slices, and the units attached to them.
a19554ed 1404
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1405* add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
1406 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
1407 wait to retrieve their exit data.
a7a3f28b 1408
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1409* show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
1410 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
08f95888 1411
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1412* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
1413 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
1414 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
1415 do, for example)
dcfc4b2e 1416
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1417* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
1418 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
1419 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
1420 returning from the "systemctl stop".
71ef24d0 1421
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1422* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
1423
1424* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
1425
1426* unit install:
1427 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
1428 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
1b89884b 1429
b44be3ec 1430* nspawn:
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1431 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
1432 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
1433 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
1434 from the kernel's logs.
1435 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
1436 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
1437 interface be missing
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1438 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
1439 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
1440 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
1441 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
1442 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
1443 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
1444 PID 1...
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1445 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
1446 running, remove them when shut down.
e25b5a8d 1447
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1448* nspawn: add support for sysext extensions, too. i.e. a new --extension=
1449 switch that takes one or more arguments, and applies the extensions already
1450 during startup.
1451
1452* when main nspawn supervisor process gets suspended due to SIGSTOP/SIGTTOU or
1453 so, freeze the payload too.
1454
1455* machined: add API to acquire UID range. add API to mount/dissect loopback
1456 file. Both protected by PK. Then make nspawn use these APIs to run
1457 unprivileged containers. i.e. push the truly privileged bits into machined,
1458 so that the client side can remain entirely unprivileged, with SUID or
1459 anything like that.
1460
1461* nspawn: support time namespaces
1462
1463* nspawn: on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events,
1464 so that we make cgroup agent logic safe
1465
1466* nspawn/machined: add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as
1467 fallback in "machinectl shell"
1468
1469* nspawn: make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a
1470 hangup when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait
1471 for hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
1472
1473* nspawn: greater control over selinux label?
1474
1475* nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
1476
e25b5a8d 1477* machined:
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1478 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
1479 removed or added to an existing machine
1480 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
1481 difference host, via ssh
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1482 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
1483 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
1484 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
1485 question
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1486 - "machinectl history"
1487 - "machinectl diff"
1488 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
1489 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
1490
abd55b16 1491* udev:
abd55b16 1492 - move to LGPL
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1493 - kill scsi_id
1494 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 1495 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 1496
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1497* coredump:
1498 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
73a99163 1499 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
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1500
1501* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
1502
f38afcd0 1503* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 1504 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
614cc34f 1505 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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1506 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
1507 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
1508 calls follow symlinks.
36f57e02 1509 - add --test mode
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1510 - teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
1511 project quota
1258097c 1512
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1513* udev-link-config:
1514 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
1515 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
1516 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 1517
88e4d1d7 1518* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 1519 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 1520 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 1521
0a4b9a07 1522* networkd:
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1523 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
1524 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
e8d842a0 1525 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
798e174a 1526 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
a8eaaee7 1527 - work with non-Ethernet devices
e25b5a8d 1528 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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1529 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
1530 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
1531 - expose in the API the following bits:
e2da6491 1532 - option 15, domain name
38b38500 1533 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
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1534 - option 123, 144, geolocation
1535 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
1536 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
1537 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
1538 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
1539 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
e25b5a8d 1540 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
155e8b9a 1541
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1542* in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
1543
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1544* Figure out how to do unittests of networkd's state serialization
1545
ac976532 1546* dhcp:
424a8732 1547 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 1548
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1549* dhcp6:
1550 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
1551 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
1552 - write more test cases
37d8b536 1553 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 1554 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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1555 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
1556 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
1557 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
1558 or interface down
1559 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
1560 this behavior
4a77c53d 1561 - RouteTable= ?