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1 Bugfixes:
2
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.
6
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.
10
11 External:
12
13 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
14
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 * 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=
20
21 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
22
23 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
24
25 * register catalog database signature as file magic
26
27 * zsh shell completion:
28 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
29 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
30 - systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=
31
32 * systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
33 * If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
34 after being started.
35
36 * write blog stories about:
37 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
38 - enabling dbus services
39 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
40 - remote access
41 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
42 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
43 - auto-restart
44 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
45 - the journal HTTP iface
46 - non-cgroup resource management
47 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
48 - refreshed, longer missions statement
49 - calendar time events
50 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
51 - how to create your own target
52 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
53 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/early boot
54
55 Regularly:
56
57 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
58
59 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
60
61 * pahole
62
63 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
64
65 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
66
67 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
68
69 Janitorial Clean-ups:
70
71 * rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
72 semantics, like we do for device.c now
73
74 * get rid of prefix_roota() and similar, only use chase() and related
75 calls instead.
76
77 * get rid of basename() and replace by path_extract_filename()
78
79 * Replace our fstype_is_network() with a call to libmount's mnt_fstype_is_netfs()?
80 Having two lists is not nice, but maybe it's now worth making a dependency on
81 libmount for something so trivial.
82
83 * drop set_free_free() and switch things over from string_hash_ops to
84 string_hash_ops_free everywhere, so that destruction is implicit rather than
85 explicit. Similar, for other special hashmap/set/ordered_hashmap destructors.
86
87 * generators sometimes apply C escaping and sometimes specifier escaping to
88 paths and similar strings they write out. Sometimes both. We should clean
89 this up, and should probably always apply both, i.e. introduce
90 unit_file_escape() or so, which applies both.
91
92 * xopenat() should pin the parent dir of the inode it creates before doing its
93 thing, so that it can create, open, label somewhat atomically.
94
95 Deprecations and removals:
96
97 * Remove any support for booting without /usr pre-mounted in the initrd entirely.
98 Update INITRD_INTERFACE.md accordingly.
99
100 * remove cgroups v1 support EOY 2023. As per
101 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2022-July/048120.html
102 and then rework cgroupsv2 support around fds, i.e. keep one fd per active
103 unit around, and always operate on that, instead of cgroup fs paths.
104
105 * drop support for kernels that lack ambient capabilities support (i.e. make
106 4.3 new baseline). Then drop support for "!!" modifier for ExecStart= which
107 is only supported for such old kernels.
108
109 * drop support for kernels lacking memfd_create() (i.e. make 3.17 new
110 baseline), then drop all pipe() based fallbacks.
111
112 * drop support for getrandom()-less kernels. (GRND_INSECURE means once kernel
113 5.6 becomes our baseline). See
114 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24101#issuecomment-1193966468 for
115 details. Maybe before that: at taint-flags/warn about kernels that lack
116 getrandom()/environments where it is blocked.
117
118 * drop support for LOOP_CONFIGURE-less loopback block devices, once kernel
119 baseline is 5.8.
120
121 * drop fd_is_mount_point() fallback mess once we can rely on
122 STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT to exist i.e. kernel baseline 5.8
123
124 * Remove /dev/mem ACPI FPDT parsing when /sys/firmware/acpi/fpdt is ubiquitous.
125 That requires distros to enable CONFIG_ACPI_FPDT, and have kernels v5.12 for
126 x86 and v6.2 for arm.
127
128 * Once baseline is 4.13, remove support for INTERFACE_OLD= checks in "udevadm
129 trigger"'s waiting logic, since we can then rely on uuid-tagged uevents
130
131 * remove remaining tpm1.2 support from sd-stub
132
133 Features:
134
135 * add a kernel cmdline switch (and cred?) for marking a system to be
136 "headless", in which case we never open /dev/console for reading, only for
137 writing. This would then mean: systemd-firstboot would process creds but not
138 ask interactively, getty would not be started and so on.
139
140 * extend mime database with mime types for:
141 - journal files
142 - credential files
143 - hwdb files
144 - catalog files
145
146 * cryptsetup: new crypttab option to auto-grow a luks device to its backing
147 partition size. new crypttab option to reencrypt a luks device with a new
148 volume key.
149
150 * we probably should have some infrastructure to acquire sysexts with
151 drivers/firmware for local hardware automatically. Idea: reuse the modalias
152 logic of the kernel for this: make the main OS image install a hwdb file
153 that matches against local modalias strings, and adds properties to relevant
154 devices listing names of sysexts needed to support the hw. Then provide some
155 tool that goes through all devices and tries to acquire/download the
156 specified images.
157
158 * repart + cryptsetup: support file systems that are encrypted and use verity
159 on top. Usecase: confexts that shall be signed by the admin but also be
160 confidential. Then, add a new --make-ddi=confext-encrypted for this.
161
162 * tmpfiles: add new line type for moving files from some source dir to some
163 target dir. then use that to move sysexts/confexts and stuff from initrd
164 tmpfs to /run/, so that host can pick things up.
165
166 * tiny varlink service that takes a fd passed in and serves it via http. Then
167 make use of that in networkd, and expose some EFI binary of choice for
168 DHCP/HTTP base EFI boot.
169
170 * bootctl: add reboot-to-disk which takes a block device name, and
171 automatically sets things up so that system reboots into that device next.
172
173 * maybe: in PID1, when we detect we run in an initrd, make superblock read-only
174 early on, but provide opt-out via kernel cmdline.
175
176 * systemd-pcrextend:
177 - support measuring to nvindex with PCR update semantics ("fake PCRs")
178 - add api for "allocating" such an nvindex
179 - once we have that start measuring every sysext we apply, every confext,
180 every RootImage= we apply, every nspawn and so on. All in separate fake
181 PCRs.
182
183 * vmspawn:
184 - enable hyperv extension by default (https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/i386/hyperv.html)
185 - register with machined
186 - run in scope unit when invoked from command line, and machined registration is off
187 - support --directory= via virtiofs
188 - sd_notify support
189 - --ephemeral support
190 - --read-only support
191 - automatically suspend/resume the VM if the host suspends. Use logind
192 suspend inhibitor to implement this. request clean suspend by generating
193 suspend key presses.
194 - support for "real" networking via "-n" and --network-bridge=
195 - automatically run service "at the side" for swtpm
196 - translate SIGTERM to clean ACPI shutdown event
197
198 * systemd-pcrmachine should probably also measure the SMBIOS system UUID.
199
200 * sd-boot: allow synthesizing additional type1 entries via SMBIOS vendor strings
201
202 * storagetm:
203 - add USB mass storage device logic, so that all local disks are also exposed
204 as mass storage devices on systems that have a USB controller that can
205 operate in device mode
206 - add NVMe authentication
207
208 * add support for activating nvme-oF devices at boot automatically via kernel
209 cmdline, and maybe even support a syntax such as
210 root=nvme:<trtype>:<traddr>:<trsvcid>:<nqn>:<partition> to boot directly from
211 nvme-oF
212
213 * pcrlock:
214 - make signed PCR work together with pcrlock
215 - add kernel-install plugin that automatically creates UKI .pcrlock file when
216 UKI is installed, and removes it when it is removed again
217 - automatically install PE measurement of sd-boot on "bootctl install"
218 - write generated pcrlock signature files to the ESP as credential, one for
219 each installed OS & pick up generated pcrlock signature file in sd-stub,
220 pass it via initrd to OS
221 - pre-calc sysext + kernel cmdline measurements
222 - pre-calc cryptsetup root key measurement
223 - maybe make systemd-repart generate .pcrlock for old and new GPT header in
224 /run?
225 - Add support for more than 8 branches per PCR OR
226 - add "systemd-pcrlock lock-kernel-current" or so which synthesizes .pcrlock
227 policy from currently booted kernel/event log, to close gap for first boot
228 for pre-built images
229
230 * add a new systemd-project@.service that is very similar to user@.service but
231 uses DynamicUser=1 and no PAMName= to invoke an unprivileged somewhat
232 light-weight service manager. Use HOME=/var/lib/systemd/projects/%i as home
233 dir. Similar for $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Start project@%i.target. Use LogField= to
234 add a field identifying the project.
235
236 * logind: add a new dbus call Sleep() which automatically redirects to one of
237 Suspend(), Hibernate(), SuspendThenHibernate() depending on what is
238 available, and also subject to some local configuration in
239 logind.conf. Should default to SuspendThenHibernate() if available, and then
240 fallback to Suspend() and finally Hibernate() if not. Then expose this as
241 "systemctl sleep", and tell DEs to default to this.
242
243 * in sd-boot and sd-stub measure the SMBIOS vendor strings to some PCR (at
244 least some subset of them that look like systemd stuff), because apparently
245 some firmware does not, but systemd honours it. avoid duplicate measurement
246 by sd-boot and sd-stub by adding LoaderFeatures/StubFeatures flag for this,
247 so that sd-stub can avoid it if sd-boot already did it.
248
249 * cryptsetup: a mechanism that allows signing a volume key with some key that
250 has to be present in the kernel keyring, or similar, to ensure that confext
251 DDIs can be encrypted against the local SRK but signed with the admin's key
252 and thus can authenticated locally before they are decrypted.
253
254 * image policy should be extended to allow dictating *how* a disk is unlocked,
255 i.e. root=encrypted-tpm2+encrypted-fido2 would mean "root fs must be
256 encrypted and unlocked via fido2 or tpm2, but not otherwise"
257
258 * systemd-repart: add support for formatting dm-crypt + dm-integrity file
259 systems.
260
261 * homed: use systemd-storagetm to expose home dirs via nvme-tcp. Then,
262 teach homed/pam_systemd_homed with a user name such as
263 lennart%nvme_tcp_192.168.100.77_8787 to log in from any linux host with the
264 same home dir. Similar maybe for nbd, iscsi? this should then first ask for
265 the local root pw, to authenticate that logging in like this is ok, and would
266 then be followed by another password prompt asking for the user's own
267 password. Also, do something similar for CIFS: if you log in via
268 lennart%cifs-someserver_someshare, then set up the homed dir for it
269 automatically. The PAM module should update the user name used for login to
270 the short version once it set up the user. Some care should be taken, so that
271 the long version can be still be resolved via NSS afterwards, to deal with
272 PAM clients that do not support PAM sessions where PAM_USER changes half-way.
273
274 * redefine /var/lib/extensions/ as the dir one can place all three of sysext,
275 confext as well is multi-modal DDIs that qualify as both. Then introduce
276 /var/lib/sysexts/ which can be used to place only DDIs that shall be used as
277 sysext
278
279 * in pid1: move out all cgroup state settings from Unit into a new object
280 CGroupState or so which is allocated when we realize the unit into a cgroup,
281 and then remains referenced by it. The new object should also carry an fd to
282 the realized cgroup, to pin it (and later execute all cgroup operations over,
283 once we drop cgroupv1 compat).
284
285 * add new "systemd-ssh-generator", which allows basic ssh config via
286 credentials (host key). It generates sshd.socket for IP, but also
287 sshd-vsock.socket for listening on AF_VSOCK when running in a VM, and
288 sshd-unix.socket on AF_UNIX when running in a container. It also generates a
289 matching sshd.service file with a host key passed in on the cmdline via
290 credentials. Then, add a ssh_config drop-in that matches some suitable
291 hostname pattern and has a ProxyCommand set that allows connecting to any
292 local VM/container that way without any networking configured.
293
294 * Varlinkification of the following command line tools, to open them up to
295 other programs via IPC:
296 - bootctl
297 - journalctl (allowing journal read access via IPC)
298 - coredumpcl
299 - systemd-bless-boot
300 - systemd-measure
301 - systemd-creds (allowing clients to encrypt credentials locally)
302 - systemd-cryptenroll (to allow UIs to enroll FIDO2 keys and such)
303 - systemd-dissect
304 - systemd-sysupdate
305 - systemd-analyze
306 - kernel-install
307
308 * Varlink: add glue code to allow varlink clients to be authenticated via
309 Polkit by passing client pidfd over.
310
311 * in the service manager, pick up ERRNO= + BUSERROR= + VARLINKERROR= error
312 identifiers, and store them along with the exit status of a server and report
313 via "systemctl status".
314
315 * enumerate virtiofs devices during boot-up in a generator, and synthesize
316 mounts for rootfs, /usr/, /home/, /srv/ and some others from it, depending on
317 the "tag". (waits for: https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/issues/128)
318
319 * automatically mount one virtiofs during early boot phase to /run/host/,
320 similar to how we do that for nspawn, based on some clear tag.
321
322 * add some service that makes an atomic snapshot of PCR state and event log up
323 to that point available, possibly even with quote by the TPM.
324
325 * encode type1 entries in some UKI section to add additional entries to the
326 menu.
327
328 * Add ACL-based access management to .socket units. i.e. add AllowPeerUser= +
329 AllowPeerGroup= that installs additional user/group ACL entries on AF_UNIX
330 sockets.
331
332 * systemd-tpm2-setup should probably have a factory reset logic, i.e. when some
333 kernel command line option is set we reset the TPM (equivalent of tpm2_clear
334 -c owner?).
335
336 * systemd-tpm2-setup should support a mode where we refuse booting if the SRK
337 changed. (Must be opt-in, to not break systems which are supposed to be
338 migratable between PCs)
339
340 * when systemd-sysext learns mutable /usr/ (and systemd-confext mutable /etc/)
341 then allow them to store the result in a .v/ versioned subdir, for some basic
342 snapshot logic
343
344 * add a new PE binary section ".mokkeys" or so which sd-stub will insert into
345 Mok keyring, by overriding/extending whatever shim sets in the EFI
346 var. Benefit: we can extend the kernel module keyring at ukify time,
347 i.e. without recompiling the kernel, taking an upstream OS' kernel and adding
348 a local key to it.
349
350 * PidRef conversion work:
351 - cg_pid_get_xyz()
352 - pid_from_same_root_fs()
353 - get_ctty_devnr()
354 - pid1: sd_notify() receiver should use SCM_PIDFD to authenticate client
355 - actually wait for POLLIN on pidref's pidfd in service logic
356 - exec_spawn() + safe_fork()
357 - openpt_allocate_in_namespace()
358 - sd_bus_creds
359 - unit_attach_pid_to_cgroup_via_bus()
360 - cg_attach() – requires new kernel feature
361 - varlink_get_peer_pid()
362
363 * ddi must be listed as block device fstype
364
365 * measure some string via pcrphase whenever we end up booting into emergency
366 mode.
367
368 * homed: add a basic form of secrets management to homed, that stores
369 secrets in $HOME somewhere, is protected by the accounts own authentication
370 mechanisms. Should implement something PKCS#11-like that can be used to
371 implement emulated FIDO2 in unpriv userspace on top (which should happen
372 outside of homed), emulated PKCS11, and libsecrets support. Operate with a
373 2nd key derived from volume key of the user, with which to wrap all
374 keys. maintain keys in kernel keyring if possible.
375
376 * use sd-event ratelimit feature optionally for journal stream clients that log
377 too much
378
379 * systemd-mount should only consider modern file systems when mounting, similar
380 to systemd-dissect
381
382 * add another PE section ".fname" or so that encodes the intended filename for
383 PE file, and validate that when loading add-ons and similar before using
384 it. This is particularly relevant when we load multiple add-ons and want to
385 sort them to apply them in a define order. The order should not be under
386 control of the attacker.
387
388 * also include packaging metadata (á la
389 https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/) in our UEFI PE binaries, using the
390 same JSON format.
391
392 * make "bootctl install" + "bootctl update" useful for installing shim too. For
393 that introduce new dir /usr/lib/systemd/efi/extra/ which we copy mostly 1:1
394 into the ESP at install time. Then make the logic smart enough so that we
395 don't overwrite bootx64.efi with our own if the extra tree already contains
396 one. Also, follow symlinks when copying, so that shim rpm can symlink their
397 stuff into our dir (which is safe since the target ESP is generally VFAT and
398 thus does not have symlinks anyway). Later, teach the update logic to look at
399 the ELF package metadata (which we also should include in all PE files, see
400 above) for version info in all *.EFI files, and use it to only update if
401 newer.
402
403 * in sd-stub: optionally add support for a new PE section .keyring or so that
404 contains additional certificates to include in the Mok keyring, extending
405 what shim might have placed there. why? let's say I use "ukify" to build +
406 sign my own fedora-based UKIs, and only enroll my personal lennart key via
407 shim. Then, I want to include the fedora keyring in it, so that kmods work.
408 But I might not want to enroll the fedora key in shim, because this would
409 also mean that the key would be in effect whenever I boot an archlinux UKI
410 built the same way, signed with the same lennart key.
411
412 * resolved: take possession of some IPv6 ULA address (let's say
413 fd00:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353), and listen on port 53 on it for the
414 local stubs, so that we can make the stub available via ipv6 too.
415
416 * introduce a .microcode PE section for sd-stub which we'll pass as first initrd
417 to the kernel which will then upload it to the CPU. This should be distinct
418 from .initrd to guarantee right ordering. also, and maybe more importantly
419 support .microcode in PE add-ons, so that a microcode update can be shipped
420 independently of any kernel.
421
422 * Maybe add SwitchRootEx() as new bus call that takes env vars to set for new
423 PID 1 as argument. When adding SwitchRootEx() we should maybe also add a
424 flags param that allows disabling and enabling whether serialization is
425 requested during switch root.
426
427 * introduce a .acpitable section for early ACPI table override
428
429 * add proper .osrel matching for PE addons. i.e. refuse applying an addon
430 intended for a different OS. Take inspiration from how confext/sysext are
431 matched against OS.
432
433 * figure out what to do about credentials sealed to PCRs in kexec + soft-reboot
434 scenarios. Maybe insist sealing is done additionally against some keypair in
435 the TPM to which access is updated on each boot, for the next, or so?
436
437 * logind: when logging in, always take an fd to the home dir, to keep the dir
438 busy, so that autofs release can never happen. (this is generally a good
439 idea, and specifically works around the fact the autofs ignores busy by mount
440 namespaces)
441
442 * mount most file systems with a restrictive uidmap. e.g. mount /usr/ with a
443 uidmap that blocks out anything outside 0…1000 (i.e. system users) and similar.
444
445 * mount the root fs with MS_NOSUID by default, and then mount /usr/ without
446 both so that suid executables can only be placed there. Do this already in
447 the initrd. If /usr/ is not split out create a bind mount automatically.
448
449 * fix our various hwdb lookup keys to end with ":" again. The original idea was
450 that hwdb patterns can match arbitrary fields with expressions like
451 "*:foobar:*", to wildcard match both the start and the end of the string.
452 This only works safely for later extensions of the string if the strings
453 always end in a colon. This requires updating our udev rules, as well as
454 checking if the various hwdb files are fine with that.
455
456 * mount /tmp/ and /var/tmp with a uidmap applied that blocks out "nobody" user
457 among other things such as dynamic uid ranges for containers and so on. That
458 way no one can create files there with these uids and we enforce they are only
459 used transiently, never persistently.
460
461 * rework loopback support in fstab: when "loop" option is used, then
462 instantiate a new systemd-loop@.service for the source path, set the
463 lo_file_name field for it to something recognizable derived from the fstab
464 line, and then generate a mount unit for it using a udev generated symlink
465 based on lo_file_name.
466
467 * remove tomoyo support, it's obsolete and unmaintained apparently
468
469 * In .socket units, add ConnectStream=, ConnectDatagram=,
470 ConnectSequentialPacket= that create a socket, and then *connect to* rather than
471 listen on some socket. Then, add a new setting WriteData= that takes some
472 base64 data that systemd will write into the socket early on. This can then
473 be used to create connections to arbitrary services and issue requests into
474 them, as long as the data is static. This can then be combined with the
475 aforementioned journald subscription varlink service, to enable
476 activation-by-message id and similar.
477
478 * .service with invalid Sockets= starts successfully.
479
480 * landlock: lock down RuntimeDirectory= via landlock, so that services lose
481 ability to write anywhere else below /run/. Similar for
482 StateDirectory=. Benefit would be clear delegation via unit files: services
483 get the directories they get, and nothing else even if they wanted to.
484
485 * landlock: for unprivileged systemd (i.e. systemd --user), use landlock to
486 implement ProtectSystem=, ProtectHome= and so on. Landlock does not require
487 privs, and we can implement pretty similar behaviour. Also, maybe add a mode
488 where ProtectSystem= combined with an explicit PrivateMounts=no could request
489 similar behaviour for system services, too.
490
491 * Add systemd-mount@.service which is instantiated for a block device and
492 invokes systemd-mount and exits. This is then useful to use in
493 ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS} in udev rules, and a bit prettier than using RUN+=
494
495 * udevd: extend memory pressure logic: also kill any idle worker processes
496
497 * udevadm: to make symlink querying with udevadm nicer:
498 - do not enable the pager for queries like 'udevadm info -q -r symlink'
499 - add mode with newlines instead of spaces (for grep)?
500
501 * SIGRTMIN+18 and memory pressure handling should still be added to: hostnamed,
502 localed, oomd, timedated.
503
504 * repart/gpt-auto/DDIs: maybe introduce a concept of "extension" partitions,
505 that have a new type uuid and can "extend" earlier partitions, to work around
506 the fact that systemd-repart can only grow the last partition defined. During
507 activation we'd simply set up a dm-linear mapping to merge them again. A
508 partition that is to be extended would just set a bit in the partition flags
509 field to indicate that there's another extension partition to look for. The
510 identifying UUID of the extension partition would be hashed in counter mode
511 from the uuid of the original partition it extends. Inspiration for this is
512 the "dynamic partitions" concept of new Android. This would be a minimalistic
513 concept of a volume manager, with the extents it manages being exposes as GPT
514 partitions. I a partition is extended multiple times they should probably
515 grow exponentially in size to ensure O(log(n)) time for finding them on
516 access.
517
518 * Use CLONE_INTO_CGROUP to spawn systemd-executor, once glibc supports it in
519 posix_spawn().
520
521 * Make nspawn to a frontend for systemd-executor, so that we have to ways into
522 the executor: via unit files/dbus/varlink through PID1 and via cmdline/OCI
523 through nspawn.
524
525 * sd-stub: detect if we are running with uefi console output on serial, and if so
526 automatically add console= to kernel cmdline matching the same port.
527
528 * add a utility that can be used with the kernel's
529 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH and then handles them within pid1 so that
530 security, resource management and cgroup settings can be enforced properly
531 for all umh processes.
532
533 * systemd-shutdown: keep sending sd_notify() status updates immediately before
534 going down, in particular include the "reboot param" string.
535
536 * homed: when resizing an fs don't sync identity beforehand there might simply
537 not be enough disk space for that. try to be defensive and sync only after
538 resize.
539
540 * homed: if for some reason the partition ended up being much smaller than
541 whole disk, recover from that, and grow it again.
542
543 * timesyncd: when saving/restoring clock try to take boot time into account.
544 Specifically, along with the saved clock, store the current boot ID. When
545 starting, check if the boot id matches. If so, don't do anything (we are on
546 the same boot and clock just kept running anyway). If not, then read
547 CLOCK_BOOTTIME (which started at boot), and add it to the saved clock
548 timestamp, to compensate for the time we spent booting. If EFI timestamps are
549 available, also include that in the calculation. With this we'll then only
550 miss the time spent during shutdown after timesync stopped and before the
551 system actually reset.
552
553 * systemd-stub: maybe store a "boot counter" in the ESP, and pass it down to
554 userspace to allow ordering boots (for example in journalctl). The counter
555 would be monotonically increased on every boot.
556
557 * pam_systemd_home: add module parameter to control whether to only accept
558 only password or only pcks11/fido2 auth, and then use this to hook nicely
559 into two of the three PAM stacks gdm provides.
560 See discussion at https://github.com/authselect/authselect/pull/311
561
562 * sd-boot: make boot loader spec type #1 accept http urls in "linux"
563 lines. Then, do the uefi http dance to download kernels and boot them. This
564 is then useful for network boot, by embedding a cpio with type #1 snippets
565 in sd-boot, which reference remote kernels.
566
567 * maybe prohibit setuid() to the nobody user, to lock things down, via seccomp.
568 the nobody is not a user any code should run under, ever, as that user would
569 possibly get a lot of access to resources it really shouldn't be getting
570 access to due to the userns + nfs semantics of the user. Alternatively: use
571 the seccomp log action, and allow it.
572
573 * sd-boot: add a new PE section .bls or so that carries a cpio with additional
574 boot loader entries (both type1 and type2). Then when initializing, find this
575 section, iterate through it and populate menu with it. cpio is simple enough
576 to make a parser for this reasonably robust. use same path structures as in
577 the ESP. Similar add one for signature key drop-ins.
578
579 * sd-boot: also allow passing in the cpio as in the previous item via SMBIOS
580
581 * add a new EFI tool "sd-fetch" or so. It looks in a PE section ".url" for an
582 URL, then downloads the file from it using UEFI HTTP APIs, and executes it.
583 Use case: provide a minimal ESP with sd-boot and a couple of these sd-fetch
584 binaries in place of UKIs, and download them on-the-fly.
585
586 * maybe: systemd-loop-generator that sets up loopback devices if requested via kernel
587 cmdline. use case: include encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
588
589 * systemd-gpt-auto-generator: add kernel cmdline option to override block
590 device to dissect. also support dissecting a regular file. useccase: include
591 encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
592
593 * sd-stub: add ".bootcfg" section for kernel bootconfig data (as per
594 https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/bootconfig.html)
595
596 * tpm2: add (optional) support for generating a local signing key from PCR 15
597 state. use private key part to sign PCR 7+14 policies. stash signatures for
598 expected PCR7+14 policies in EFI var. use public key part in disk encryption.
599 generate new sigs whenever db/dbx/mok/mokx gets updated. that way we can
600 securely bind against SecureBoot/shim state, without having to renroll
601 everything on each update (but we still have to generate one sig on each
602 update, but that should be robust/idempotent). needs rollback protection, as
603 usual.
604
605 * Lennart: big blog story about DDIs
606
607 * Lennart: big blog story about building initrds
608
609 * Lennart: big blog story about "why systemd-boot"
610
611 * bpf: see if we can use BPF to solve the syslog message cgroup source problem:
612 one idea would be to patch source sockaddr of all AF_UNIX/SOCK_DGRAM to
613 implicitly contain the source cgroup id. Another idea would be to patch
614 sendto()/connect()/sendmsg() sockaddr on-the-fly to use a different target
615 sockaddr.
616
617 * bpf: see if we can address opportunistic inode sharing of immutable fs images
618 with BPF. i.e. if bpf gives us power to hook into openat() and return a
619 different inode than is requested for which we however it has same contents
620 then we can use that to implement opportunistic inode sharing among DDIs:
621 make all DDIs ship xattr on all reg files with a SHA256 hash. Then, also
622 dictate that DDIs should come with a top-level subdir where all reg files are
623 linked into by their SHA256 sum. Then, whenever an inode is opened with the
624 xattr set, check bpf table to find dirs with hashes for other prior DDIs and
625 try to use inode from there.
626
627 * extend the verity signature partition to permit multiple signatures for the
628 same root hash, so that people can sign a single image with multiple keys.
629
630 * consider adding a new partition type, just for /opt/ for usage in system
631 extensions
632
633 * gpt-auto-discovery: also use the pkcs7 signature stuff, and pass signature to
634 kernel. So far we only did this for the various --image= switches, but not
635 for the root fs or /usr/.
636
637 * dissection policy should enforce that unlocking can only take place by
638 certain means, i.e. only via pw, only via tpm2, or only via fido, or a
639 combination thereof.
640
641 * make the systemd-repart "seed" value provisionable via credentials, so that
642 confidential computing environments can set it and deterministically
643 enforce the uuids for partitions created, so that they can calculate PCR 15
644 ahead of time.
645
646 * systemd-repart: also derive the volume key from the seed value, for the
647 aforementioned purpose.
648
649 * in the initrd: derive the default machine ID to pass to the host PID 1 via
650 $machine_id from the same seed credential.
651
652 * Add systemd-sysupdate-initrd.service or so that runs systemd-sysupdate in the
653 initrd to bootstrap the initrd to populate the initial partitions. Some things
654 to figure out:
655 - Should it run on firstboot or on every boot?
656 - If run on every boot, should it use the sysupdate config from the host on
657 subsequent boots?
658
659 * provide an API (probably IPC) to apps to encrypt/decrypt
660 credentials. use case: allow bluez bluetooth daemon to pass pairings to initrd
661 that way, without shelling out to our tools.
662
663 * revisit default PCR bindings in cryptenroll and systemd-creds. Currently they
664 use PCR 7 which should contain secureboot state db/dbx. Which sounded like a
665 safe bet, given that it should change only on policy changes, and not
666 software updates. But that's wrong. Recent fwupd (rightfully) contains code
667 for updating the dbx denylist. This means even without any active policy
668 change PCR 7 might change. Hence, better idea might be in systemd-creds to
669 default to PCR 15 at least if sd-stub is used (i.e. bind to system identity),
670 and in cryptsetup simply the empty list? Also, PCR 14 almost certainly should
671 be included as much as PCR 7 (as it contains shim's policy, which is
672 certainly as relevant as PCR 7 on many systems)
673
674 * To mimic the new tpm2-measure-pcr= crypttab option add the same to veritytab
675 (measuring the root hash) and integritytab (measuring the HMAC key if one is
676 used)
677
678 * We should start measuring all services, containers, and system extensions we
679 activate. probably into PCR 13. i.e. add --tpm2-measure-pcr= or so to
680 systemd-nspawn, and MeasurePCR= to unit files. Should contain a measurement
681 of the activated configuration and the image that is being activated (in case
682 verity is used, hash of the root hash).
683
684 * bootspec: permit graceful "update" from type #2 to type #1. If both a type #1
685 and a type #2 entry exist under otherwise the exact same name, then use the
686 type #1 entry, and ignore the type #2 entry. This way, people can "upgrade"
687 from the UKI with all parameters baked in to a Type #1 .conf file with manual
688 parametrization, if needed. This matches our usual rule that admin config
689 should win over vendor defaults.
690
691 * write a "search path" spec, that documents the prefixes to search in
692 (i.e. the usual /etc/, /run/, /usr/lib/ dance, potentially /usr/etc/), how to
693 sort found entries, how masking works and overriding.
694
695 * automatic boot assessment: add one more default success check that just waits
696 for a bit after boot, and blesses the boot if the system stayed up that long.
697
698 * implement concept of "versioned" resources inside a dir, and write a spec for
699 it. Make all tools in systemd, in particular
700 RootImage=/RootDirectory=/--image=/--directory= implement this. Idea:
701 directories ending in ".v/" indicate a directory with versioned resources in
702 them. Versioned resources inside a .v dir are always named in the pattern
703 <prefix>_<version>[+<tries-left>[-<tries-done>]].<suffix>
704
705 * add support for using this .v/ logic on the root fs itself: in the initrd,
706 after mounting the rootfs, look for root-<arch>.v/ in the root fs, and then
707 apply the logic, moving the switch root logic there.
708
709 * systemd-repart: add support for generating ISO9660 images
710
711 * systemd-repart: in addition to the existing "factory reset" mode (which
712 simply empties existing partitions marked for that). add a mode where
713 partitions marked for it are entirely removed. Use case: remove secondary OS
714 copy, and redundant partitions entirely, and recreate them anew.
715
716 * systemd-boot: maybe add support for collapsing menu entries of the same OS
717 into one item that can be opened (like in a "tree view" UI element) or
718 collapsed. If only a single OS is installed, disable this mode, but if
719 multiple OSes are installed might make sense to default to it, so that user
720 is not immediately bombarded with a multitude of Linux kernel versions but
721 only one for each OS.
722
723 * systemd-repart: if the GPT *disk* UUID (i.e. the one global for the entire
724 disk) is set to all FFFFF then use this as trigger for factory reset, in
725 addition to the existing mechanisms via EFI variables and kernel command
726 line. Benefit: works also on non-EFI systems, and can be requested on one
727 boot, for the next.
728
729 * systemd-sysupdate: make transport pluggable, so people can plug casync or
730 similar behind it, instead of http.
731
732 * systemd-tmpfiles: add concept for conditionalizing lines on factory reset
733 boot, or on first boot.
734
735 * in UKIs: add way to define allowlist of additional words that can be added to
736 the kernel cmdline even in SecureBoot mode
737
738 * we probably needs .pcrpkeyrd or so as additional PE section in UKIs,
739 which contains a separate public key for PCR values that only apply in the
740 initrd, i.e. in the boot phase "enter-initrd". Then, consumers in userspace
741 can easily bind resources to just the initrd. Similar, maybe one more for
742 "enter-initrd:leave-initrd" for resources that shall be accessible only
743 before unprivileged user code is allowed. (we only need this for .pcrpkey,
744 not for .pcrsig, since the latter is a list of signatures anyway). With that,
745 when you enroll a LUKS volume or similar, pick either the .pcrkey (for
746 coverage through all phases of the boot, but excluding shutdown), the
747 .pcrpkeyrd (for coverage in the initrd only) and .pcrpkeybt (for coverage
748 until users are allowed to log in).
749
750 * Once the root fs LUKS volume key is measured into PCR 15, default to binding
751 credentials to PCR 15 in "systemd-creds"
752
753 * add support for asymmetric LUKS2 TPM based encryption. i.e. allow preparing
754 an encrypted image on some host given a public key belonging to a specific
755 other host, so that only hosts possessing the private key in the TPM2 chip
756 can decrypt the volume key and activate the volume. Use case: systemd-confext
757 for a central orchestrator to generate confext images securely that can only
758 be activated on one specific host (which can be used for installing a bunch
759 of creds in /etc/credstore/ for example). Extending on this: allow binding
760 LUKS2 TPM based encryption also to the TPM2 internal clock. Net result:
761 prepare a confext image that can only be activated on a specific host that
762 runs a specific software in a specific time window. confext would be
763 automatically invalidated outside of it.
764
765 * maybe add a "systemd-report" tool, that generates a TPM2-backed "report" of
766 current system state, i.e. a combination of PCR information, local system
767 time and TPM clock, running services, recent high-priority log
768 messages/coredumps, system load/PSI, signed by the local TPM chip, to form an
769 enhanced remote attestation quote. Use case: a simple orchestrator could use
770 this: have the report tool upload these reports every 3min somewhere. Then
771 have the orchestrator collect these reports centrally over a 3min time
772 window, and use them to determine what which node should now start/stop what,
773 and generate a small confext for each node, that uses Uphold= to pin services
774 on each node. The confext would be encrypted using the asymmetric encryption
775 proposed above, so that it can only be activated on the specific host, if the
776 software is in a good state, and within a specific time frame. Then run a
777 loop on each node that sends report to orchestrator and then sysupdate to
778 update confext. Orchestrator would be stateless, i.e. operate on desired
779 config and collected reports in the last 3min time window only, and thus can
780 be trivially scaled up since all instances of the orchestrator should come to
781 the same conclusions given the same inputs of reports/desired workload info.
782 Could also be used to deliver Wireguard secrets and thus to clients, thus
783 permitting zero-trust networking: secrets are rolled over via confext updates,
784 and via the time window TPM logic invalidated if node doesn't keep itself
785 updated, or becomes corrupted in some way.
786
787 * in the initrd, once the rootfs encryption key has been measured to PCR 15,
788 derive default machine ID to use from it, and pass it to host PID 1.
789
790 * tree-wide: convert as much as possible over to use sd_event_set_signal_exit(), instead
791 of manually hooking into SIGINT/SIGTERM
792
793 * tree-wide: convert as much as possible over to SD_EVENT_SIGNAL_PROCMASK
794 instead of manual blocking.
795
796 * sd-boot: for each installed OS, grey out older entries (i.e. all but the
797 newest), to indicate they are obsolete
798
799 * automatically propagate LUKS password credential into cryptsetup from host
800 (i.e. SMBIOS type #11, …), so that one can unlock LUKS via VM hypervisor
801 supplied password.
802
803 * add ability to path_is_valid() to classify paths that refer to a dir from
804 those which may refer to anything, and use that in various places to filter
805 early. i.e. stuff ending in "/", "/." and "/.." definitely refers to a
806 directory, and paths ending that way can be refused early in many contexts.
807
808 * systemd-measure: allow operating with PEM certificates in addition to PEM
809 public keys when signing PCR values. SecureBoot and our Verity signatures
810 operate with certificates already, hence I guess we should also just deal for
811 convenience with certificates for the PCR stuff too.
812
813 * systemd-measure: add --pcrpkey-auto as an alternative to --pcrpkey=, where it
814 would just use the same public key specified with --public-key= (or the one
815 automatically derived from --private-key=).
816
817 * push people to use ".sysext.raw" as suffix for sysext DDIs (DDI =
818 discoverable disk images, i.e. the new name for gpt disk images following the
819 discoverable disk spec). [Also: just ".sysext/" for directory-based sysext]
820
821 * Add "purpose" flag to partition flags in discoverable partition spec that
822 indicate if partition is intended for sysext, for portable service, for
823 booting and so on. Then, when dissecting DDI allow specifying a purpose to
824 use as additional search condition. Use case: images that combined a sysext
825 partition with a portable service partition in one.
826
827 * On boot, auto-generate an asymmetric key pair from the TPM,
828 and use it for validating DDIs and credentials. Maybe upload it to the kernel
829 keyring, so that the kernel does this validation for us for verity and kernel
830 modules
831
832 * for systemd-confext: add a tool that can generate suitable DDIs with verity +
833 sig using squashfs-tools-ng's library. Maybe just systemd-repart called under
834 a new name with a built-in config?
835
836 * lock down acceptable encrypted credentials at boot, via simple allowlist,
837 maybe on kernel command line:
838 systemd.import_encrypted_creds=foobar.waldo,tmpfiles.extra to protect locked
839 down kernels from credentials generated on the host with a weak kernel
840
841 * Add support for extra verity configuration options to systemd-repart (FEC,
842 hash type, etc)
843
844 * chase(): take inspiration from path_extract_filename() and return
845 O_DIRECTORY if input path contains trailing slash.
846
847 * chase(): refuse resolution if trailing slash is specified on input,
848 but final node is not a directory
849
850 * document in boot loader spec that symlinks in XBOOTLDR/ESP are not OK even if
851 non-VFAT fs is used.
852
853 * measure credentials picked up from SMBIOS to some suitable PCR
854
855 * measure GPT and LUKS headers somewhere when we use them (i.e. in
856 systemd-gpt-auto-generator/systemd-repart and in systemd-cryptsetup?)
857
858 * pick up creds from EFI vars
859
860 * Add and pickup tpm2 metadata for creds structure.
861
862 * sd-boot: we probably should include all BootXY EFI variable defined boot
863 entries in our menu, and then suppress ourselves. Benefit: instant
864 compatibility with all other OSes which register things there, in particular
865 on other disks. Always boot into them via NextBoot EFI variable, to not
866 affect PCR values.
867
868 * systemd-measure tool:
869 - pre-calculate PCR 12 (command line) + PCR 13 (sysext) the same way we can precalculate PCR 11
870
871 * in sd-boot: load EFI drivers from a new PE section. That way, one can have a
872 "supercharged" sd-boot binary, that could carry ext4 drivers built-in.
873
874 * sd-bus: document that sd_bus_process() only returns messages that non of the
875 filters/handlers installed on the connection took possession of.
876
877 * sd-device: add an API for acquiring list of child devices, given a device
878 objects (i.e. all child dirents that dirs or symlinks to dirs)
879
880 * sd-device: maybe pin the sysfs dir with an fd, during the entire runtime of
881 an sd_device, then always work based on that.
882
883 * maybe add new flags to gpt partition tables for rootfs and usrfs indicating
884 purpose, i.e. whether something is supposed to be bootable in a VM, on
885 baremetal, on an nspawn-style container, if it is a portable service image,
886 or a sysext for initrd, for host os, or for portable container. Then hook
887 portabled/… up to udev to watch block devices coming up with the flags set, and
888 use it.
889
890 * sd-boot should look for information what to boot in SMBIOS, too, so that VM
891 managers can tell sd-boot what to boot into and suchlike
892
893 * add "systemd-sysext identify" verb, that you can point on any file in /usr/
894 and that determines from which overlayfs layer it originates, which image, and with
895 what it was signed.
896
897 * systemd-creds: extend encryption logic to support asymmetric
898 encryption/authentication. Idea: add new verb "systemd-creds public-key"
899 which generates a priv/pub key pair on the TPM2 and stores the priv key
900 locally in /var. It then outputs a certificate for the pub part to stdout.
901 This can then be copied/taken elsewhere, and can be used for encrypting creds
902 that only the host on its specific hw can decrypt. Then, support a drop-in
903 dir with certificates that can be used to authenticate credentials. Flow of
904 operations is then this: build image with owner certificate, then after
905 boot up issue "systemd-creds public-key" to acquire pubkey of the machine.
906 Then, when passing data to the machine, sign with privkey belonging to one of
907 the dropped in certs and encrypted with machine pubkey, and pass to machine.
908 Machine is then able to authenticate you, and confidentiality is guaranteed.
909
910 * building on top of the above, the pub/priv key pair generated on the TPM2
911 should probably also one you can use to get a remote attestation quote.
912
913 * Process credentials in:
914 • networkd/udevd: add a way to define additional .link, .network, .netdev files
915 via the credentials logic.
916 • crypttab-generator: allow defining additional crypttab-like volumes via
917 credentials (similar: verity-generator, integrity-generator). Use
918 fstab-generator logic as inspiration.
919 • run-generator: allow defining additional commands to run via a credential
920 • resolved: allow defining additional /etc/hosts entries via a credential (it
921 might make sense to then synthesize a new combined /etc/hosts file in /run
922 and bind mount it on /etc/hosts for other clients that want to read it.
923 • repart: allow defining additional partitions via credential
924 • timesyncd: pick NTP server info from credential
925 • portabled: read a credential "portable.extra" or so, that takes a list of
926 file system paths to enable on start.
927 • make systemd-fstab-generator look for a system credential encoding root= or
928 usr=
929 • systemd-homed: when initializing, look for a credential
930 systemd.homed.register or so with JSON user records to automatically
931 register if not registered yet. Use case: deploy a system, and add an
932 account one can directly log into.
933 • in gpt-auto-generator: check partition uuids against such uuids supplied via
934 sd-stub credentials. That way, we can support parallel OS installations with
935 pre-built kernels.
936
937 * define a JSON format for units, separating out unit definitions from unit
938 runtime state. Then, expose it:
939
940 1. Add Describe() method to Unit D-Bus object that returns a JSON object
941 about the unit.
942 2. Expose this natively via Varlink, in similar style
943 3. Use it when invoking binaries (i.e. make PID 1 fork off systemd-executor
944 binary which reads the JSON definition and runs it), to address the cow
945 trap issue and the fact that NSS is actually forbidden in
946 forked-but-not-exec'ed children
947 4. Add varlink API to run transient units based on provided JSON definitions
948
949 * Add SUPPORT_END_URL= field to os-release with more *actionable* information
950 what to do if support ended
951
952 * pam_systemd: on interactive logins, maybe show SUPPORT_END information at
953 login time, à la motd
954
955 * sd-boot: instead of unconditionally deriving the ESP to search boot loader
956 spec entries in from the paths of sd-boot binary, let's optionally allow it
957 to be configured on sd-boot cmdline + efi var. Use case: embed sd-boot in the
958 UEFI firmware (for example, ovmf supports that via qemu cmdline option), and
959 use it to load stuff from the ESP.
960
961 * mount /var/ from initrd, so that we can apply sysext and stuff before the
962 initrd transition. Specifically:
963 1. There should be a var= kernel cmdline option, matching root= and usr=
964 2. systemd-gpt-auto-generator should auto-mount /var if it finds it on disk
965 3. mount.x-initrd mount option in fstab should be implied for /var
966
967 * make persistent restarts easier by adding a new setting OpenPersistentFile=
968 or so, which allows opening one or more files that is "persistent" across
969 service restarts, hot reboot, cold reboots (depending on configuration): the
970 files are created empty on first invocation, and on subsequent invocations
971 the files are reboot. The files would be backed by tmpfs, pmem or /var
972 depending on desired level of persistency.
973
974 * sd-event: add ability to "chain" event sources. Specifically, add a call
975 sd_event_source_chain(x, y), which will automatically enable event source y
976 in oneshot mode once x is triggered. Use case: in src/core/mount.c implement
977 the /proc/self/mountinfo rescan on SIGCHLD with this: whenever a SIGCHLD is
978 seen, trigger the rescan defer event source automatically, and allow it to be
979 dispatched *before* the SIGCHLD is handled (based on priorities). Benefit:
980 dispatch order is strictly controlled by priorities again. (next step: chain
981 event sources to the ratelimit being over)
982
983 * if we fork of a service with StandardOutput=journal, and it forks off a
984 subprocess that quickly dies, we might not be able to identify the cgroup it
985 comes from, but we can still derive that from the stdin socket its output
986 came from. We apparently don't do that right now.
987
988 * add ability to set hostname with suffix derived from machine id at boot
989
990 * add PR_SET_DUMPABLE service setting
991
992 * homed/userdb: maybe define a "companion" dir for home directories where apps
993 can safely put privileged stuff in. Would not be writable by the user, but
994 still conceptually belong to the user. Would be included in user's quota if
995 possible, even if files are not owned by UID of user. Use case: container
996 images that owned by arbitrary UIDs, and are owned/managed by the users, but
997 are not directly belonging to the user's UID. Goal: we shouldn't place more
998 privileged dirs inside of unprivileged dirs, and thus containers really
999 should not be placed inside of traditional UNIX home dirs (which are owned by
1000 users themselves) but somewhere else, that is separate, but still close
1001 by. Inform user code about path to this companion dir via env var, so that
1002 container managers find it. the ~/.identity file is also a candidate for a
1003 file to move there, since it is managed by privileged code (i.e. homed) and
1004 not unprivileged code.
1005
1006 * given that /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/ is a thing now, ship a drop-in for that
1007 that hooks up userdbctl ssh-key stuff.
1008
1009 * maybe add support for binding and connecting AF_UNIX sockets in the file
1010 system outside of the 108ch limit. When connecting, open O_PATH fd to socket
1011 inode first, then connect to /proc/self/fd/XYZ. When binding, create symlink
1012 to target dir in /tmp, and bind through it.
1013
1014 * add a proper concept of a "developer" mode, i.e. where cryptographic
1015 protections of the root OS are weakened after interactive confirmation, to
1016 allow hackers to allow their own stuff. idea: allow entering developer mode
1017 only via explicit choice in boot menu: i.e. add explicit boot menu item for
1018 it. When developer mode is entered, generate a key pair in the TPM2, and add
1019 the public part of it automatically to keychain of valid code signature keys
1020 on subsequent boots. Then provide a tool to sign code with the key in the
1021 TPM2. Ensure that boot menu item is the only way to enter developer mode, by
1022 binding it to locality/PCRs so that keys cannot be generated otherwise.
1023
1024 * services: add support for cryptographically unlocking per-service directories
1025 via TPM2. Specifically, for StateDirectory= (and related dirs) use fscrypt to
1026 set up the directory so that it can only be accessed if host and app are in
1027 order.
1028
1029 * update HACKING.md to suggest developing systemd with the ideas from:
1030 https://0pointer.net/blog/testing-my-system-code-in-usr-without-modifying-usr.html
1031 https://0pointer.net/blog/running-an-container-off-the-host-usr.html
1032
1033 * sd-event: compat wd reuse in inotify code: keep a set of removed watch
1034 descriptors, and clear this set piecemeal when we see the IN_IGNORED event
1035 for it, or when read() returns EAGAIN or on IN_Q_OVERFLOW. Then, whenever we
1036 see an inotify wd event check against this set, and if it is contained ignore
1037 the event. (to be fully correct this would have to count the occurrences, in
1038 case the same wd is reused multiple times before we start processing
1039 IN_IGNORED again)
1040
1041 * for vendor-built signed initrds:
1042 - kernel-install should be able to install encrypted creds automatically for
1043 machine id, root pw, rootfs uuid, resume partition uuid, and place next to
1044 EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up. These creds should be locked to
1045 the TPM, and bind to the right PCR the kernel is measured to.
1046 - kernel-install should be able to pick up initrd sysexts automatically and
1047 place them next to EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up.
1048 - systemd-fstab-generator should look for rootfs device to mount in creds
1049 - systemd-resume-generator should look for resume partition uuid in creds
1050 - sd-stub: automatically pick up microcode from ESP (/loader/microcode/*)
1051 and synthesize initrd from it, and measure it. Signing is not necessary, as
1052 microcode does that on its own. Pass as first initrd to kernel.
1053
1054 * Maybe extend the service protocol to support handling of some specific SIGRT
1055 signal for setting service log level, that carries the level via the
1056 sigqueue() data parameter. Enable this via unit file setting.
1057
1058 * sd_notify/vsock: maybe support binding to AF_VSOCK in Type=notify services,
1059 then passing $NOTIFY_SOCKET and $NOTIFY_GUESTCID with PID1's cid (typically
1060 fixed to "2", i.e. the official host cid) and the expected guest cid, for the
1061 two sides of the channel. The latter env var could then be used in an
1062 appropriate qemu cmdline. That way qemu payloads could talk sd_notify()
1063 directly to host service manager.
1064
1065 * sd-device has an API to create an sd_device object from a device id, but has
1066 no api to query the device id
1067
1068 * sd-device should return the devnum type (i.e. 'b' or 'c') via some API for an
1069 sd_device object, so that data passed into sd_device_new_from_devnum() can
1070 also be queried.
1071
1072 * sd-event: optionally, if per-event source rate limit is hit, downgrade
1073 priority, but leave enabled, and once ratelimit window is over, upgrade
1074 priority again. That way we can combat event source starvation without
1075 stopping processing events from one source entirely.
1076
1077 * sd-event: similar to existing inotify support add fanotify support (given
1078 that apparently new features in this area are only going to be added to the
1079 latter).
1080
1081 * sd-event: add 1st class event source for clock changes
1082
1083 * sd-event: add 1st class event source for timezone changes
1084
1085 * support uefi/http boots with sd-boot: instead of looking for dropin files in
1086 /loader/entries/ dir, look for a file /loader/entries/SHA256SUMS and use that
1087 as directory manifest. The file would be a standard directory listing as
1088 generated by GNU sha256sums.
1089
1090 * sd-boot: maybe add support for embedding the various auxiliary resources we
1091 look for right in the sd-boot binary. i.e. take inspiration from sd-stub
1092 logic: allow combining sd-boot via ukify with kernels to enumerate, .conf
1093 files, drivers, keys to enroll and so on. Then, add whatever we find that way
1094 to the menu. Use case: allow building a single PE image you can boot into via
1095 UEFI HTTP boot.
1096
1097 * maybe add a new UEFI stub binary "sd-http". It works similar to sd-stub, but
1098 all it does is download a file from a http server, and execute it, after
1099 optionally checking its hash sum. idea would be: combine this "sd-http" stub
1100 binary with some minimal info about a URL + hash sum, plus .osrel data, and
1101 drop it into the unified kernel dir in the ESP. And bam you have something
1102 that is tiny, feels a lot like a unified kernel, but all it does is chainload
1103 the real kernel. benefit: downloading these stubs would be tiny and quick,
1104 hence cheap for enumeration.
1105
1106 * sysext: measure all activated sysext into a TPM PCR
1107
1108 * systemd-dissect: show available versions inside of a disk image, i.e. if
1109 multiple versions are around of the same resource, show which ones. (in other
1110 words: show partition labels).
1111
1112 * maybe add a generator that reads /proc/cmdline, looks for
1113 systemd.pull-raw-portable=, systemd-pull-raw-sysext= and similar switches
1114 that take a URL as parameter. It then generates service units for
1115 systemd-pull calls that download these URLs if not installed yet. Use case:
1116 invoke a VM or nspawn container in a way it automatically deploys/runs these
1117 images as OS payloads. i.e. have a generic OS image you can point to any
1118 payload you like, which is then downloaded, securely verified and run.
1119
1120 * deprecate cgroupsv1 further (print log message at boot)
1121
1122 * systemd-dissect: add --cat switch for dumping files such as /etc/os-release
1123
1124 * per-service sandboxing option: ProtectIds=. If used, will overmount
1125 /etc/machine-id and /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id with synthetic files, to
1126 make it harder for the service to identify the host. Depending on the user
1127 setting it should be fully randomized at invocation time, or a hash of the
1128 real thing, keyed by the unit name or so. Of course, there are other ways to
1129 get these IDs (e.g. journal) or similar ids (e.g. MAC addresses, DMI ids, CPU
1130 ids), so this knob would only be useful in combination with other lockdown
1131 options. Particularly useful for portable services, and anything else that
1132 uses RootDirectory= or RootImage=. (Might also over-mount
1133 /sys/class/dmi/id/*{uuid,serial} with /dev/null).
1134
1135 * doc: prep a document explaining resolved's internal objects, i.e. Query
1136 vs. Question vs. Transaction vs. Stream and so on.
1137
1138 * doc: prep a document explaining PID 1's internal logic, i.e. transactions,
1139 jobs, units
1140
1141 * bootspec: bring UEFI and userspace enumeration of bootspec entries back into
1142 sync, i.e. parse out architecture field in sd-boot (currently only done in
1143 userspace)
1144
1145 * automatically ignore threaded cgroups in cg_xyz().
1146
1147 * add linker script that implicitly adds symbol for build ID and new coredump
1148 json package metadata, and use that when logging
1149
1150 * Enable RestrictFileSystems= for all our long-running services (similar:
1151 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=)
1152
1153 * Add systemd-analyze security checks for RestrictFileSystems= and
1154 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=
1155
1156 * cryptsetup/homed: implement TOTP authentication backed by TPM2 and its
1157 internal clock.
1158
1159 * man: rework os-release(5), and clearly separate our extension-release.d/ and
1160 initrd-release parts, i.e. list explicitly which fields are about what.
1161
1162 * sysext: before applying a sysext, do a superficial validation run so that
1163 things are not rearranged to wildy. I.e. protect against accidental fuckups,
1164 such as masking out /usr/lib/ or so. We should probably refuse if existing
1165 inodes are replaced by other types of inodes or so.
1166
1167 * userdb: when synthesizing NSS records, pick "best" password from defined
1168 passwords, not just the first. i.e. if there are multiple defined, prefer
1169 unlocked over locked and prefer non-empty over empty.
1170
1171 * maybe add a tool inspired by the GPT auto discovery spec that runs in the
1172 initrd and rearranges the rootfs hierarchy via bind mounts, if
1173 enabled. Specifically in some top-level dir /@auto/ it will look for
1174 dirs/symlinks/subvolumes that are named after their purpose, and optionally
1175 encode a version as well as assessment counters, and then mount them into the
1176 file system tree to boot into, similar to how we do that for the gpt auto
1177 logic. Maybe then bind mount the original root into /.superior or something
1178 like that (so that update tools can look there). Further discussion in this
1179 thread:
1180 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2021-November/047059.html
1181 The GPT dissection logic should automatically enable this tool whenever we
1182 detect a specially marked root fs (i.e introduce a new generic root gpt type
1183 for this, that is arch independent). The also implement this in the image
1184 dissection logic, so that nspawn/RootImage= and so on grok it. Maybe make
1185 generic enough so that it can also work for ostrees arrangements.
1186
1187 * if a path ending in ".auto.d/" is set for RootDirectory=/RootImage= then do a
1188 strverscmp() of everything inside that dir and use that. i.e. implement very
1189 simple version control. Also use this in systemd-nspawn --image= and so on.
1190
1191 * homed: while a home dir is not activated generate slightly different NSS
1192 records for it, that reports the home dir as "/" and the shell as some binary
1193 provided by us. Then, when an SSH login happens and SSH permits it our binary
1194 is invoked. This binary can then talk to homed and activate the homedir if
1195 it's not around yet, prompting the user for a password. Once that succeeded
1196 we'll switch to the real user record, i.e. home dir and shell, and our tool
1197 exec()s the latter. Net effect: ssh'ing into a homed account will just work:
1198 we'll neatly prompt for the homedir's password if its needed. –– Building on
1199 this we could take this even further: since this tool will potentially have
1200 access to the client's ssh-agent (if ssh-agent forwarding is enabled) we
1201 could implement SSH unlocking of a homedir with that: when enrolling a new
1202 ssh pubkey in a user record we'd ask the ssh-agent to sign some random value
1203 with the privkey, then use that as luks key to unlock the home dir. Will not
1204 work for ECDSA keys since their signatures contain a random component, but
1205 will work for RSA and Ed25519 keys.
1206
1207 * add tiny service that decrypts encrypted user records passed via initrd
1208 credential logic and drops them into /run where nss-systemd can pick them up,
1209 similar to /run/host/userdb/. Use case: drop a root user JSON record there,
1210 and use it in the initrd to log in as root with locally selected password,
1211 for debugging purposes. Other use case: boot into qemu with regular user
1212 mounted from host. maybe put this in systemd-user-sessions.service?
1213
1214 * drop dependency on libcap, replace by direct syscalls based on
1215 CapabilityQuintet we already have. (This likely allows us to drop libcap
1216 dep in the base OS image)
1217
1218 * add concept for "exitrd" as inverse of "initrd", that we can transition to at
1219 shutdown, and has similar security semantics. This should then take the place
1220 of dracut's shutdown logic. Should probably support sysexts too. Care needs
1221 to be taken that the resulting logic ends up in RAM, i.e. is copied out of
1222 on-disk storage.
1223
1224 * userdbd: implement an additional varlink service socket that provides the
1225 host user db in restricted form, then allow this to be bind mounted into
1226 sandboxed environments that want the host database in minimal form. All
1227 records would be stripped of all meta info, except the basic UID/name
1228 info. Then use this in portabled environments that do not use PrivateUsers=1.
1229
1230 * portabled: when extracting unit files and copying to system.attached, if a
1231 .p7s is available in the image, use it to protect the system.attached copy
1232 with fs-verity, so that it cannot be tampered with
1233
1234 * logind introduce two types of sessions: "heavy" and "light". The former would
1235 be our current sessions. But the latter would be a new type of session that
1236 is mostly the same but does not pull in user@.service or wait for it. Then,
1237 allow configuration which type of session is desired via pam_systemd
1238 parameters, and then make user@.service's session one of these "light" ones.
1239 People could then choose to make FTP sessions and suchlike "light" if they
1240 don't want the service manager to be started for that.
1241
1242 * /etc/veritytab: allow that the roothash column can be specified as fs path
1243 including a path to an AF_UNIX path, similar to how we do things with the
1244 keys of /etc/crypttab. That way people can store/provide the roothash
1245 externally and provide to us on demand only.
1246
1247 * we probably should extend the root verity hash of the root fs into some PCR
1248 on boot. (i.e. maybe add a veritytab option tpm2-measure=12 or so to measure
1249 it into PCR 12); Similar: we probably should extend the LUKS volume key of
1250 the root fs into some PCR on boot. (i.e. maybe add a crypttab option
1251 tpm2-measure=15 or so to measure it into PCR 15); once both are in place
1252 update gpt-auto-discovery to generate these by default for the partitions it
1253 discovers. Static vendor stuff should probably end up in PCR 12 (i.e. the
1254 verity hash), with local keys in PCR 15 (i.e. the encryption volume
1255 key). That way, we nicely distinguish resources supplied by the OS vendor
1256 (i.e. sysext, root verity) from those inherently local (i.e. encryption key),
1257 which is useful if they shall be signed separately.
1258
1259 * in uefi stub: query firmware regarding which PCR banks are being used, store
1260 that in EFI var. then use this when enrolling TPM2 in cryptsetup to verify
1261 that the selected PCRs actually are used by firmware.
1262
1263 * rework recursive read-only remount to use new mount API
1264
1265 * PAM: pick up authentication token from credentials
1266
1267 * when mounting disk images: if IMAGE_ID/IMAGE_VERSION is set in os-release
1268 data in the image, make sure the image filename actually matches this, so
1269 that images cannot be misused.
1270
1271 * New udev block device symlink names:
1272 /dev/disk/by-parttypelabel/<pttype>-<ptlabel>. Use case: if pt label is used
1273 as partition image version string, this is a safe way to reference a specific
1274 version of a specific partition type, in particular where related partitions
1275 are processed (e.g. verity + rootfs both named "LennartOS_0.7").
1276
1277 * sysupdate:
1278 - add fuzzing to the pattern parser
1279 - support casync as download mechanism
1280 - "systemd-sysupdate update --all" support, that iterates through all components
1281 defined on the host, plus all images installed into /var/lib/machines/,
1282 /var/lib/portable/ and so on.
1283 - figure out what to do about system extensions (i.e. they need to imply an
1284 update component, since otherwise sysupdate.d/ files would override the
1285 host's update files.)
1286 - Allow invocation with a single transfer definition, i.e. with
1287 --definitions= pointing to a file rather than a dir.
1288 - add ability to disable implicit decompression of downloaded artifacts,
1289 i.e. a Compress=no option in the transfer definitions
1290
1291 * in sd-id128: also parse UUIDs in RFC4122 URN syntax (i.e. chop off urn:uuid: prefix)
1292
1293 * DynamicUser= + StateDirectory= → use uid mapping mounts, too, in order to
1294 make dirs appear under right UID.
1295
1296 * systemd-sysext: optionally, run it in initrd already, before transitioning
1297 into host, to open up possibility for services shipped like that.
1298
1299 * introduce /dev/disk/root/* symlinks that allow referencing partitions on the
1300 disk the rootfs is on in a reasonably secure way. (or maybe: add
1301 /dev/gpt-auto-{home,srv,boot,…} similar in style to /dev/gpt-auto-root as we
1302 already have it.
1303
1304 * whenever we receive fds via SCM_RIGHTS make sure none got dropped due to the
1305 reception limit the kernel silently enforces.
1306
1307 * Add service unit setting ConnectStream= which takes IP addresses and connects to them.
1308
1309 * Similar, Load= which takes literal data in text or base64 format, and puts it
1310 into a memfd, and passes that. This enables some fun stuff, such as embedding
1311 bash scripts in unit files, by combining Load= with ExecStart=/bin/bash
1312 /proc/self/fd/3
1313
1314 * add a ConnectSocket= setting to service unit files, that may reference a
1315 socket unit, and which will connect to the socket defined therein, and pass
1316 the resulting fd to the service program via socket activation proto.
1317
1318 * Add a concept of ListenStream=anonymous to socket units: listen on a socket
1319 that is deleted in the fs. Use case would be with ConnectSocket= above.
1320
1321 * importd: support image signature verification with PKCS#7 + OpenBSD signify
1322 logic, as alternative to crummy gpg
1323
1324 * add "systemd-analyze debug" + AttachDebugger= in unit files: The former
1325 specifies a command to execute; the latter specifies that an already running
1326 "systemd-analyze debug" instance shall be contacted and execution paused
1327 until it gives an OK. That way, tools like gdb or strace can be safely be
1328 invoked on processes forked off PID 1.
1329
1330 * expose MS_NOSYMFOLLOW in various places
1331
1332 * credentials system:
1333 - acquire from EFI variable?
1334 - acquire via ask-password?
1335 - acquire creds via keyring?
1336 - pass creds via keyring?
1337 - pass creds via memfd?
1338 - acquire + decrypt creds from pkcs11?
1339 - make systemd-cryptsetup acquire pw via creds logic
1340 - make PAMName= acquire pw via creds logic
1341 - make macsec/wireguard code in networkd read key via creds logic
1342 - make gatwayd/remote read key via creds logic
1343 - add sd_notify() command for flushing out creds not needed anymore
1344 - make user manager instances create and use a user-specific key (the one in
1345 /var/lib is root-only) and add --user switch to systemd-creds to use it
1346
1347 * add tpm.target or so which is delayed until TPM2 device showed up in case
1348 firmware indicates there is one.
1349
1350 * TPM2: auto-reenroll in cryptsetup, as fallback for hosed firmware upgrades
1351 and such
1352
1353 * introduce a new group to own TPM devices
1354
1355 * cryptsetup: add option for automatically removing empty password slot on boot
1356
1357 * cryptsetup: optionally, when run during boot-up and password is never
1358 entered, and we are on battery power (or so), power off machine again
1359
1360 * cryptsetup: when waiting for FIDO2/PKCS#11 token, tell plymouth that, and
1361 allow plymouth to abort the waiting and enter pw instead
1362
1363 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1364
1365 * cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
1366 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
1367
1368 * cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
1369 systemd-makefs.service instead.
1370
1371 * cryptsetup:
1372 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
1373 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
1374
1375 * systemd-analyze netif that explains predictable interface (or networkctl)
1376
1377 * Add service setting to run a service within the specified VRF. i.e. do the
1378 equivalent of "ip vrf exec".
1379
1380 * special case some calls of chase() to use openat2() internally, so
1381 that the kernel does what we otherwise do.
1382
1383 * add a new flag to chase() that stops chasing once the first missing
1384 component is found and then allows the caller to create the rest.
1385
1386 * make use of new glibc 2.32 APIs sigabbrev_np() and strerrorname_np().
1387
1388 * if /usr/bin/swapoff fails due to OOM, log a friendly explanatory message about it
1389
1390 * pid1: support new clone3() fork-into-cgroup feature
1391
1392 * pid1: also remove PID files of a service when the service starts, not just
1393 when it exits
1394
1395 * make us use dynamically fewer deps for containers in general purpose distros:
1396 o turn into dlopen() deps:
1397 - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
1398 - libblkid (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not elsewhere)
1399 - libpam (only when called from PID 1)
1400 - bzip2, xz, lz4 (always — gzip and zstd should probably stay static deps the way they are,
1401 since they are so basic and our defaults)
1402
1403 * seccomp: maybe use seccomp_merge() to merge our filters per-arch if we can.
1404 Apparently kernel performance is much better with fewer larger seccomp
1405 filters than with more smaller seccomp filters.
1406
1407 * systemd-path: add ESP and XBOOTLDR path. Add "private" runtime/state/cache dir enum,
1408 mapping to $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, $STATE_DIRECTORY and such
1409
1410 * seccomp: by default mask x32 ABI system wide on x86-64. it's on its way out
1411
1412 * seccomp: don't install filters for ABIs that are masked anyway for the
1413 specific service
1414
1415 * busctl: maybe expose a verb "ping" for pinging a dbus service to see if it
1416 exists and responds.
1417
1418 * socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
1419 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
1420
1421 * unify on openssl:
1422 - kill gnutls support in resolved
1423 - figure out what to do about libmicrohttpd, which has a hard dependency on
1424 gnutls
1425 - port fsprg over to a dlopen lib, then switch it to openssl
1426
1427 * add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
1428 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
1429
1430 * userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
1431 realname substr searches in varlink API
1432
1433 * userdb: allow uid/gid range checks
1434
1435 * userdb: allow existence checks
1436
1437 * pid1: activation by journal search expression
1438
1439 * when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
1440 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
1441 initrd had set.
1442
1443 * sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
1444 it for reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
1445 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
1446 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
1447 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
1448 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
1449
1450 * tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
1451 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
1452 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
1453
1454 * maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
1455 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
1456 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
1457 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
1458 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
1459 source.
1460
1461 * coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
1462 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
1463 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
1464
1465 * teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
1466
1467 * We should probably replace /etc/rc.d/README with a symlink to doc
1468 content. After all it is constant vendor data.
1469
1470 * maybe add kernel cmdline params: to force random seed crediting
1471
1472 * introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
1473 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
1474 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
1475 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
1476 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
1477 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
1478 exec().
1479
1480 * let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
1481
1482 * when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
1483 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
1484
1485 * make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
1486 gnome-bluetooth and friends
1487
1488 * make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
1489 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
1490 root.
1491
1492 * maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
1493 is issued.
1494
1495 * when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
1496
1497 * when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
1498
1499 * Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
1500 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
1501 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
1502
1503 * rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
1504 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
1505 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
1506
1507 * when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
1508
1509 * add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
1510 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
1511
1512 * paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
1513 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
1514 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
1515 Alternatively (preferably?) use memfd_secret().
1516
1517 * Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
1518
1519 * optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
1520
1521 * sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
1522 non-zero "tries done" count
1523
1524 * augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
1525 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
1526 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
1527 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
1528 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
1529 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
1530 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
1531 CODE_FILE.
1532
1533 * Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
1534 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
1535 some explanatory text online.
1536
1537 * maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
1538
1539 * hibernate/s2h: if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
1540
1541 * cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
1542 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
1543
1544 * beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
1545 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
1546 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
1547 files and suchlike we operate on.
1548
1549 * importd: add ability download images for portabled + sysext
1550
1551 * add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
1552
1553 * sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
1554 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
1555
1556 * Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
1557 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it.
1558
1559 * Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
1560 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
1561 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
1562 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
1563 unlinked from any dir.
1564
1565 * port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
1566
1567 * pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
1568
1569 * add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
1570
1571 * add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
1572 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
1573 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
1574 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
1575 images, for example fall back to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
1576
1577 * bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
1578
1579 * add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
1580 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
1581
1582 * introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
1583 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
1584 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
1585 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
1586 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
1587 different slice too by default. Use case: people who want to put resources on
1588 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
1589 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
1590
1591 * maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
1592 for root, but only then.
1593
1594 * calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
1595 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
1596
1597 * sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
1598 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
1599
1600 * sd-bus: parse addresses given in sd_bus_set_addresses immediately and not
1601 only when used. Add unit tests.
1602
1603 * make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
1604 host-side interface pointing to the container.
1605
1606 * add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
1607 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
1608 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
1609 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
1610 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
1611
1612 * deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
1613
1614 * support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
1615
1616 * add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
1617 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
1618
1619 * blog about fd store and restartable services
1620
1621 * document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
1622
1623 * rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
1624 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
1625
1626 * in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
1627 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
1628 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
1629 ID is available.
1630
1631 * optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
1632 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
1633 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
1634
1635 * beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
1636 parameters
1637
1638 * maybe hook up xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
1639 the quota of the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
1640 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
1641 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
1642 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
1643 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
1644 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
1645
1646 * In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
1647 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
1648
1649 * Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
1650 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
1651 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
1652
1653 * add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
1654 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
1655
1656 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
1657
1658 * Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
1659 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
1660 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
1661
1662 * track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
1663 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
1664
1665 * add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
1666 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
1667 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
1668 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
1669 natural habitat.
1670
1671 * gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force
1672 it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
1673
1674 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
1675 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
1676 relative to the configured default value.
1677
1678 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
1679
1680 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
1681
1682 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
1683
1684 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
1685
1686 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
1687
1688 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
1689
1690 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
1691
1692 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
1693
1694 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
1695 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
1696 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
1697
1698 * Support ReadWritePaths/ReadOnlyPaths/InaccessiblePaths in systemd --user instances
1699 via the new unprivileged Landlock LSM (https://landlock.io)
1700
1701 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
1702
1703 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
1704 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
1705 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
1706 mapping to work.
1707
1708 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
1709
1710 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
1711
1712 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
1713
1714 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
1715 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
1716
1717 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
1718 reload the unit file anyway
1719
1720 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
1721
1722 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
1723
1724 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
1725 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
1726
1727 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
1728 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
1729 specifications.
1730
1731 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
1732
1733 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
1734
1735 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
1736 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
1737 prefixed with /sys generally special.
1738 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
1739
1740 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
1741
1742 * docs: bring https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
1743
1744 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
1745 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
1746 state.
1747 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
1748
1749 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
1750 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
1751 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
1752 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
1753 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
1754
1755 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
1756
1757 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
1758 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
1759
1760 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
1761 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
1762
1763 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
1764 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
1765
1766 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
1767
1768 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
1769 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
1770
1771 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
1772
1773 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
1774
1775 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
1776
1777 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
1778 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
1779
1780 * drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
1781
1782 * resolved:
1783 - mDNS/DNS-SD
1784 - service registration
1785 - service/domain/types browsing
1786 - avahi compat
1787 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
1788 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
1789 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
1790 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
1791 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
1792 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
1793
1794 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
1795
1796 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
1797
1798 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
1799
1800 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
1801
1802 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
1803
1804 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
1805 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
1806
1807 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
1808
1809 * gpt-auto-generator:
1810 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
1811 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
1812
1813 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
1814 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
1815 when it is otherwise off
1816
1817 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
1818
1819 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
1820 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
1821 for ReusePort=
1822
1823 * cgroups:
1824 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
1825 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
1826 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
1827 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
1828 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
1829 the hierarchies of child processes
1830 - add settings for cgroup.max.descendants and cgroup.max.depth,
1831 maybe use them for user@.service
1832
1833 * transient units:
1834 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
1835
1836 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
1837
1838 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
1839
1840 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
1841
1842 * 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
1843
1844 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
1845 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
1846 path anyway.
1847
1848 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
1849
1850 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
1851
1852 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
1853
1854 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
1855
1856 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
1857
1858 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
1859
1860 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
1861 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
1862 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
1863
1864 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
1865 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
1866
1867 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
1868
1869 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
1870
1871 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
1872
1873 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
1874 needs to be auto-respawned?
1875
1876 * pid1:
1877 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
1878 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
1879 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
1880 that are not supported...
1881 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
1882 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Use case:
1883 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
1884 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
1885 - move PAM code into its own binary
1886 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
1887 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
1888 - Support --test based on current system state
1889 - 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().
1890 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
1891 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
1892 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1893 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1894 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1895 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1896 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1897 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1898 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1899 - maybe introduce CoreScheduling=yes/no to optionally set a PR_SCHED_CORE cookie, so that all
1900 processes in a service's cgroup share the same cookie and are guaranteed not to share SMT cores
1901 with other units https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst
1902
1903 * unit files:
1904 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1905 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
1906 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1907 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1908 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1909 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1910 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
1911 - introduce Type=pid-file
1912 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
1913 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
1914 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
1915
1916 * timer units:
1917 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when DST changes
1918 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
1919
1920 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
1921
1922 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
1923
1924 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
1925
1926 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
1927
1928 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1929
1930 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
1931
1932 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
1933
1934 * test/:
1935 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
1936
1937 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
1938 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
1939 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
1940 destination.
1941
1942 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
1943 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
1944
1945 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
1946
1947 * Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
1948 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
1949 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
1950
1951 * BootLoaderSpec: Define a way how an installer can figure out whether a BLS
1952 compliant boot loader is installed.
1953
1954 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? use case:
1955 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
1956 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
1957 that automatically.
1958
1959 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
1960
1961 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
1962
1963 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
1964
1965 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
1966
1967 * add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1968
1969 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
1970
1971 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1972
1973 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1974
1975 * sd-bus:
1976 - EBADSLT handling
1977 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
1978 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1979 - 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
1980 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
1981 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
1982 - longer term: priority inheritance
1983 - dbus spec updates:
1984 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
1985 - path escaping
1986 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
1987
1988 * sd-event
1989 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
1990 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
1991 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
1992 - maybe support iouring as backend, so that we allow hooking read and write
1993 operations instead of IO ready events into event loops. See considerations
1994 here:
1995 http://blog.vmsplice.net/2020/07/rethinking-event-loop-integration-for.html
1996
1997 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
1998 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
1999
2000 * document org.freedesktop.MemoryAllocation1
2001
2002 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
2003
2004 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
2005
2006 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
2007
2008 * EFI:
2009 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
2010 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
2011 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
2012 * bootctl
2013 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
2014
2015 * bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
2016
2017 * bootctl:
2018 - show whether UEFI audit mode is available
2019 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
2020 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
2021
2022 * logind:
2023 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
2024 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
2025 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
2026 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
2027 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
2028 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
2029 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
2030 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
2031 needs setuid().
2032 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
2033 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
2034 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
2035 complete.
2036 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
2037 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
2038 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
2039 - expose "Locked" property on logind session objects
2040 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
2041 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
2042 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
2043 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
2044 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
2045 relogins
2046 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
2047 - expose details of boot entries on the bus. In particular, it should be possible
2048 to query the list of boot entry titles that bootctl / sd-boot would show.
2049 Currently we only expose their identifiers.
2050
2051 * move multiseat vid/pid matches from logind udev rule to hwdb
2052
2053 * logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
2054 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
2055 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
2056
2057 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
2058 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
2059
2060 * journal:
2061 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
2062 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
2063 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
2064 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
2065 - fall back to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
2066 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
2067 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
2068 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
2069 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
2070 message that works, but already after a short timeout
2071 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
2072 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
2073 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
2074 - journalctl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
2075 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
2076 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() in the header,
2077 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
2078 - 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.
2079 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
2080 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
2081 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
2082 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
2083 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
2084 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
2085 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
2086 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
2087 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
2088 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
2089 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
2090 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
2091 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
2092 to syslog when it works again.
2093 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
2094 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
2095 journals in.
2096 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
2097 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
2098 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
2099 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
2100 the most common operations.
2101 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
2102 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
2103 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
2104 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
2105 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
2106 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
2107 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
2108 operation.
2109 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
2110 written to as FAIL, but instead show that they are being written to.
2111 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
2112 binary logs data
2113 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
2114 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
2115 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
2116 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
2117 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
2118 - check if loop in decompress_blob_xz() is necessary
2119
2120 * journald: support RFC3164 fully for the incoming syslog transport, see
2121 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19251#issuecomment-816601955
2122
2123 * Hook up journald's FSS logic with TPM2: seal the verification disk by
2124 time-based policy, so that the verification key can remain on host and ve
2125 validated via TPM.
2126
2127 * rework journalctl -M to be based on a machined method that generates a mount
2128 fd of the relevant journal dirs in the container with uidmapping applied to
2129 allow the host to read it, while making everything read-only.
2130
2131 * journald: add varlink service that allows subscribing to certain log events,
2132 for example matching by message ID, or log level returns a list of journal
2133 cursors as they happen.
2134
2135 * journald: also collect CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamps per log entry. Then, derive
2136 "corrected" CLOCK_REALTIME information on display from that and the timestamp
2137 info of the newest entry of the specific boot (as identified by the boot
2138 ID). This way, if a system comes up without a valid clock but acquires a
2139 better clock later, we can "fix" older entry timestamps on display, by
2140 calculating backwards. We cannot use CLOCK_MONOTONIC for this, since it does
2141 not account for suspend phases. This would then also enable us to correct the
2142 kmsg timestamping we consume (where we erroneously assume the clock was in
2143 CLOCK_MONOTONIC, but it actually is CLOCK_BOOTTIME as per kernel).
2144
2145 * in journald, write out a recognizable log record whenever the system clock is
2146 changed ("stepped"), and in timesyncd whenever we acquire an NTP fix
2147 ("slewing"). Then, in journalctl for each boot time we come across, find
2148 these records, and use the structured info they include to display
2149 "corrected" wallclock time, as calculated from the monotonic timestamp in the
2150 log record, adjusted by the delta declared in the structured log record.
2151
2152 * in journald: whenever we start a new journal file because the boot ID
2153 changed, let's generate a recognizable log record containing info about old
2154 and new ID. Then, when displaying log stream in journalctl look for these
2155 records, to be able to order them.
2156
2157 * journald: generate recognizable log events whenever we shutdown journald
2158 cleanly, and when we migrate run → var. This way tools can verify that a
2159 previous boot terminated cleanly, because either of these two messages must
2160 be safely written to disk, then.
2161
2162 * hook up journald with TPMs? measure new journal records to the TPM in regular
2163 intervals, validate the journal against current TPM state with that. (taking
2164 inspiration from IMA log)
2165
2166 * sd-journal puts a limit on parallel journal files to view at once. journald
2167 should probably honour that same limit (JOURNAL_FILES_MAX) when vacuuming to
2168 ensure we never generate more files than we can actually view.
2169
2170 * maybe add a tool that displays most recent journal logs as QR code to scan
2171 off screen and run it automatically on boot failures, emergency logs and
2172 such. Use DRM APIs directly, see
2173 https://github.com/dvdhrm/docs/blob/master/drm-howto/modeset.c for an example
2174 for doing that.
2175
2176 * maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
2177 log.c and sd-journal-send
2178
2179 * journalctl/timesyncd: whenever timesyncd acquires a synchronization from NTP,
2180 create a structured log entry that contains boot ID, monotonic clock and
2181 realtime clock (I mean, this requires no special work, as these three fields
2182 are implicit). Then in journalctl when attempting to display the realtime
2183 timestamp of a log entry, first search for the closest later log entry
2184 of this kinda that has a matching boot id, and convert the monotonic clock
2185 timestamp of the entry to the realtime clock using this info. This way we can
2186 retroactively correct the wallclock timestamps, in particular for systems
2187 without RTC, i.e. where initially wallclock timestamps carry rubbish, until
2188 an NTP sync is acquired.
2189
2190 * introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
2191
2192 * journald: do journal file writing out-of-process, with one writer process per
2193 client UID, so that synthetic hash table collisions can slow down a specific
2194 user's journal stream down but not the others.
2195
2196 * tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
2197 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
2198 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
2199 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
2200 cgroup.
2201
2202 * maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
2203 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
2204 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
2205 logging.
2206
2207 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
2208
2209 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
2210 from the SIGBUS handler
2211
2212 * add a test if all entries in the catalog are properly formatted.
2213 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
2214 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
2215 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
2216
2217 * build short web pages out of each catalog entry, build them along with man
2218 pages, and include hyperlinks to them in the journal output
2219
2220 * homed:
2221 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
2222 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
2223 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
2224 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
2225 - create on activate?
2226 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
2227 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
2228 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
2229 systemd --user is shut down.
2230 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
2231 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk
2232 images (and btrfs snapshots of subvolumes) (think: time machine)
2233 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
2234 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
2235 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
2236 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
2237 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
2238 - query password from kernel keyring first
2239 - update even if record is "absent"
2240 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
2241 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
2242 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
2243 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
2244 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
2245 - when homed is in use, maybe start the user session manager in a mount namespace with MS_SLAVE,
2246 so that mounts propagate down but not up - eg, user A setting up a backup volume
2247 doesn't mean user B sees it
2248 - use credentials logic/TPM2 logic to store homed signing key
2249 - permit multiple user record signing keys to be used locally, and pick
2250 the right one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing
2251 signature
2252 - add a way to "adopt" a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
2253 and insert a local signature instead.
2254 - as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
2255 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
2256 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
2257 though: if no one is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
2258 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
2259 - support new FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl for setting up fscrypt
2260 - maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
2261 easily?
2262 - add a switch to homectl (maybe called --first-boot) where it will check if
2263 any non-system users exist, and if not prompts interactively for basic user
2264 info, mimicking systemd-firstboot. Then, place this in a service that runs
2265 after systemd-homed, but before gdm and friends, as a simple, barebones
2266 fallback logic to get a regular user created on uninitialized systems.
2267 - store PKCS#11 + FIDO2 token info in LUKS2 header, compatible with
2268 systemd-cryptsetup, so that it can unlock homed volumes
2269 - maybe make all *.home files owned by `systemd-home` user or so, so that we
2270 can easily set overall quota for all users
2271 - on login, if we can't fallocate initially, but rebalance is on, then allow
2272 login in discard mode, then immediately rebalance, then turn off discard
2273 - extend user records with optional "bulk" data. Specifically, a user
2274 avatar/photo or so. This data should be stored along with the user record,
2275 but probably shouldn't be part of the record itself, since it might be
2276 large.
2277 - add "homectl unbind" command to remove local user record of an inactive
2278 home dir
2279
2280 * add a new switch --auto-definitions=yes/no or so to systemd-repart. If
2281 specified, synthesize a definition automatically if we can: enlarge last
2282 partition on disk, but only if it is marked for growing and not read-only.
2283
2284 * systemd-repart: read LUKS encryption key from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY
2285
2286 * systemd-repart: add a switch to factory reset the partition table without
2287 immediately applying the new configuration again. i.e. --factory-reset=leave
2288 or so. (this is useful to factory reset an image, then putting it into
2289 another machine, ensuring that luks key is generated on new machine, not old)
2290
2291 * systemd-repart: support setting up dm-integrity with HMAC
2292
2293 * systemd-repart: maybe remove half-initialized image on failure. It fails
2294 if the output file exists, so a repeated invocation will usually fail if
2295 something goes wrong on the way.
2296
2297 * systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
2298 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
2299 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
2300 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
2301
2302 * systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
2303 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
2304 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
2305 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
2306 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
2307 automatically.
2308
2309 * systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
2310 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
2311
2312 * systemd-repart: allow boolean option that ensures that if existing partition
2313 doesn't exist within the configured size bounds the whole command fails. This
2314 is useful to implement ESP vs. XBOOTLDR schemes in installers: have one set
2315 of repart files for the case where ESP is large enough and one where it isn't
2316 and XBOOTLDR is added in instead. Then apply the former first, and if it
2317 fails to apply use the latter.
2318
2319 * systemd-repart: add per-partition option to never reuse existing partition
2320 and always create anew even if matching partition already exists.
2321
2322 * systemd-repart: add per-partition option to fail if partition already exist,
2323 i.e. is not added new. Similar, add option to fail if partition does not exist yet.
2324
2325 * systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
2326 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
2327 Also add option to disable operation via kernel command line.
2328
2329 * systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
2330 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
2331
2332 * systemd-repart: add support for SD_GPT_FLAG_GROWFS also on real systems, i.e.
2333 generate some unit to actually enlarge the fs after growing the partition
2334 during boot.
2335
2336 * systemd-repart: do not print "Successfully resized …" when no change was done.
2337
2338 * document:
2339 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
2340 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
2341 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
2342 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
2343 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
2344 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
2345 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
2346 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
2347 - man: add more examples to man pages,
2348 - in particular an example how to do the equivalent of switching runlevels
2349 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
2350 - document root=gpt-auto properly
2351
2352 * systemctl:
2353 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
2354 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
2355 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
2356 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
2357 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
2358 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
2359 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
2360 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
2361 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
2362 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
2363
2364 * introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
2365 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
2366 it should skip the variant type string though.
2367
2368 * Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
2369 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
2370 the slices, and the units attached to them.
2371
2372 * add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
2373 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
2374 wait to retrieve their exit data.
2375
2376 * show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
2377 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
2378
2379 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
2380 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
2381 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
2382 do, for example)
2383
2384 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
2385 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
2386 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
2387 returning from the "systemctl stop".
2388
2389 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
2390
2391 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
2392
2393 * unit install:
2394 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
2395 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
2396
2397 * nspawn:
2398 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
2399 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
2400 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
2401 from the kernel's logs.
2402 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
2403 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
2404 interface be missing
2405 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
2406 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
2407 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
2408 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
2409 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
2410 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
2411 PID 1...
2412 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
2413 running, remove them when shut down.
2414 - add support for sysext extensions, too. i.e. a new --extension= switch that
2415 takes one or more arguments, and applies the extensions already during
2416 startup.
2417 - when main nspawn supervisor process gets suspended due to SIGSTOP/SIGTTOU
2418 or so, freeze the payload too.
2419 - support time namespaces
2420 - on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events, so
2421 that we make cgroup agent logic safe
2422 - add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as fallback in
2423 "machinectl shell"
2424 - make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a hangup
2425 when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait for
2426 hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
2427 - greater control over selinux label?
2428 - support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
2429 - maybe allow TPM passthrough, backed by swtpm, and measure --image= hash
2430 into its PCR 11, so that nspawn instances can be TPM enabled, and partake
2431 in measurements/remote attestation and such. swtpm would run outside of
2432 control of container, and ideally would itself bind its encryption keys to
2433 host TPM.
2434 - make boot assessment do something sensible in a container. i.e send an
2435 sd_notify() from payload to container manager once boot-up is completed
2436 successfully, and use that in nspawn for dealing with boot counting,
2437 implemented in the partition table labels and directory names.
2438 - optionally set up nftables/iptables routes that forward UDP/TCP traffic on
2439 port 53 to resolved stub 127.0.0.54
2440 - maybe optionally insert .nspawn file as GPT partition into images, so that
2441 such container images are entirely stand-alone and can be updated as one.
2442 - The subreaper logic we currently have seems overly complex. We should
2443 investigate whether creating the inner child with CLONE_PARENT isn't better.
2444 - Reduce the number of sockets that are currently in use and just rely on one
2445 or two sockets.
2446 - Support running nspawn as an unprivileged user.
2447
2448 * machined: add API to acquire UID range. add API to mount/dissect loopback
2449 file. Both protected by PK. Then make nspawn use these APIs to run
2450 unprivileged containers. i.e. push the truly privileged bits into machined,
2451 so that the client side can remain entirely unprivileged, with SUID or
2452 anything like that.
2453
2454 * machined:
2455 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
2456 removed or added to an existing machine
2457 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
2458 difference host, via ssh
2459 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
2460 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
2461 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
2462 question
2463 - "machinectl history"
2464 - "machinectl diff"
2465 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
2466 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
2467
2468 * udev:
2469 - move to LGPL
2470 - kill scsi_id
2471 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
2472 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
2473 - re-enable ProtectClock= once only cgroupsv2 is supported.
2474 See f562abe2963bad241d34e0b308e48cf114672c84.
2475
2476 * coredump:
2477 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
2478 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
2479 - add examples for other distros in ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA
2480
2481 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
2482
2483 * tmpfiles:
2484 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
2485 - allow time-based cleanup in r and R too
2486 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
2487 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
2488 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
2489 calls follow symlinks.
2490 - add --test mode
2491 - teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
2492 project quota
2493 - teach tmpfiles.d m/M to move / atomic move + symlink old -> new
2494 - add new line type for setting btrfs subvolume attributes (i.e. rw/ro)
2495 - tmpfiles: add new line type for setting fcaps
2496
2497 * udev-link-config:
2498 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
2499 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
2500 on Path= matching
2501
2502 * sd-rtnl:
2503 - add support for more attribute types
2504 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
2505
2506 * networkd:
2507 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
2508 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
2509 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
2510 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
2511 - work with non-Ethernet devices
2512 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
2513 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
2514 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
2515 - expose in the API the following bits:
2516 - option 15, domain name
2517 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
2518 - option 123, 144, geolocation
2519 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
2520 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
2521 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
2522 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
2523 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
2524 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
2525
2526 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
2527
2528 * Figure out how to do unittests of networkd's state serialization
2529
2530 * dhcp:
2531 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
2532
2533 * dhcp6:
2534 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
2535 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
2536 - write more test cases
2537 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
2538 - implement support for temporary addresses (IA_TA)
2539 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
2540 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
2541 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
2542 or interface down
2543 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
2544 this behavior
2545 - RouteTable= ?
2546
2547 * shared/wall: Once more programs are taught to prefer sd-login over utmp,
2548 switch the default wall implementation to wall_logind
2549 (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/29051#issuecomment-1704917074)