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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Many manager configuration settings that are only applicable to user
4 manager or system manager can be always set. It would be better to reject
5 them when parsing config.
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7* Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user@1000.service has alias user@.service.
8 Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user@6.service has alias user@.service.
9 Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user-runtime-dir@6.service has alias user-runtime-dir@.service.
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f38afcd0 13* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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15* dbus:
16 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
17 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
18
19* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
20
21* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
22
23* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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25* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
26
27* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
28
29* register catalog database signature as file magic
30
31* zsh shell completion:
32 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
33 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
76c068b7 34 - systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=
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36* systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
37* If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
38 after being started.
39
40* write blog stories about:
41 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
42 - enabling dbus services
43 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
44 - remote access
45 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
46 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
47 - auto-restart
48 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
49 - the journal HTTP iface
50 - non-cgroup resource management
51 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
52 - refreshed, longer missions statement
53 - calendar time events
54 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
55 - how to create your own target
56 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
57 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
58
59Regularly:
60
61* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
62
63* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
64
65* pahole
66
67* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
68
69* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
70
71* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
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73Janitorial Clean-ups:
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75* rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
76 semantics, like we do for device.c now
77
f461a28d 78* get rid of prefix_roota() and similar, only use chase() and related
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79 calls instead.
80
81* get rid of basename() and replace by path_extract_filename()
82
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83* Replace our fstype_is_network() with a call to libmount's mnt_fstype_is_netfs()?
84 Having two lists is not nice, but maybe it's now worth making a dependency on
85 libmount for something so trivial.
86
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87* drop set_free_free() and switch things over from string_hash_ops to
88 string_hash_ops_free everywhere, so that destruction is implicit rather than
89 explicit. Similar, for other special hashmap/set/ordered_hashmap destructors.
90
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91* generators sometimes apply C escaping and somethines specifier escaping to
92 paths and similar strings they write out. Sometimes both. We should clean
93 this up, and should probably always apply both, i.e. introduce
94 unit_file_escape() or so, which applies both.
95
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96Deprecations and removals:
97
98* Remove any support for booting without /usr pre-mounted in the initrd entirely.
99 Update INITRD_INTERFACE.md accordingly.
100
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101* remove cgrouspv1 support EOY 2023. As per
102 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2022-July/048120.html
103 and then rework cgroupsv2 support around fds, i.e. keep one fd per active
104 unit around, and always operate on that, instead of cgroup fs paths.
105
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106* drop support for kernels that lack ambient capabilities support (i.e. make
107 4.3 new baseline). Then drop support for "!!" modifier for ExecStart= which
9eb41aab 108 is only supported for such old kernels.
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110* drop support for kernels lacking memfd_create() (i.e. make 3.17 new
111 baseline), then drop all pipe() based fallbacks.
112
9eb41aab 113* drop support for getrandom()-less kernels. (GRND_INSECURE means once kernel
3345802c 114 5.6 becomes our baseline). See
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115 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24101#issuecomment-1193966468 for
116 details. Maybe before that: at taint-flags/warn about kernels that lack
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117 getrandom()/environments where it is blocked.
118
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119* drop support for LOOP_CONFIGURE-less loopback block devices, once kernel
120 baseline is 5.8.
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122* drop fd_is_mount_point() fallback mess once we can rely on
123 STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT to exist i.e. kernel baseline 5.8
124
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125* Remove /dev/mem ACPI FPDT parsing when /sys/firmware/acpi/fpdt is ubiquitous.
126 That requires distros to enable CONFIG_ACPI_FPDT, and have kernels v5.12 for
127 x86 and v6.2 for arm.
128
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129* Once baseline is 4.13, remove support for INTERFACE_OLD= checks in "udevadm
130 trigger"'s waiting logic, since we can then rely on uuid-tagged uevents
131
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132* remove remaining tpm1.2 support from sd-stub
133
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134Features:
135
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136* enumerate virtiofs devices during boot-up in a generator, and synthesize
137 mounts for rootfs, /usr/, /home/, /srv/ and some others from it, depending on
138 the "tag".
139
140* automatically mount one virtiofs during early boot phase to /run/host/,
141 similar to how we do that for nspawn, based on some clear tag.
142
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143* make systemd-pcrphase accessible via varlink so that clients can measure
144 things reasonably freely, and get a proper entry in the TPM event log we
145 maintain, correctly synchronized
146
147* add some service that makes an atomic snapshot of PCR state and event log up
148 to that point available, possibly even with quote by the TPM.
149
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150* encode type1 entries in some UKI section to add additional entries to the
151 menu.
152
153* extend the various CLI tools we have that output JSON already to also read
154 their command to execute from JSON in varlink format, so that you can fork
155 them off and talk to them fully via varlink.
156
157* add a "varlinkctl" tool that allows interacting with varlink services from
158 the shell. In particular add a "--exec=" switch, which allows specifying a
159 binary to invoke to which to talk via stdin/stdout
160
161* make tools that speak varlink over stdin/stdout trivially sockect
162 activatable. i.e. once bootctl, kernel-install, systemd-measure and similar
163 speak varlink make them available via a .socket unit with Accept=yes, so that
164 they can be talked to via IPC out-of-process
165
166* beef up .service units that are socket activated with Accept=yes with options
167 AllowPeerUser= + AllowPeerGroup= to allow trivially simple access control
168 when invoked via socket as IPC services
169
170* when systemd-sysext learns mutable /usr/ (and systemd-confext mutable /etc/)
171 then allow them to store the result in a .v/ versioned subdir, for some basic
172 snapshot logic
173
174* add a new PE binary section ".mokkeys" or so which sd-stub will insert into
175 Mok keyring, by overriding/extending whatever shim sets in the EFI
176 var. Benefit: we can extend the kernel module keyring at ukify time,
177 i.e. without recompiling the kernel, taking an upstrem OS' kernel and adding
178 a local key to it.
179
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180* PidRef conversion work:
181 - pid_is_unwaited() → pidref_is_unwaited()
182 - pid_is_alive() → pidref_is_alive()
183 - unit_watch_pid() → unit_watch_pidref()
4775b55d 184 - actually wait for POLLIN on pidref's pidfd in service logic
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185 - exec_spawn()
186 - serialization of control/main pid in service, socket, mount, swap units
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187 - cg_pid_get_unit()
188 - openpt_allocate_in_namespace()
189 - scope dbus PIDs property needs to gain PIDFDs companion
190
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191* ddi must be listed as block device fstype
192
193* measure some string via pcrphase whenever we end up booting into emergency
194 mode.
195
196* homed: add a basic form of of secrets management to homed, that stores
197 secrets in $HOME somewhere, is protected by the accounts own authentication
198 mechanisms. Should implement something PKCS#11-like that can be used to
199 implement emulated FIDO2 in unpriv userspace on top (which should happen
200 outside of homed), emulated PKCS11, and libsecrets support. Operate with a
201 2nd key derived from volume key of the user, with which to wrap all
202 keys. maintain keys in kernel keyring if possible.
203
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204* add ConditionSecurity=stub-measured or so that checks if we are booted with
205 systemd-stub and its measurements
206
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207* sd-boot should probably measure its configuration file to PCR 5 at boot, as
208 per TCG PC Client Platform Firmware Profile Spec.
209
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210* use sd-event ratelimit feature optionally for .socket units to "pause" overly
211 busy sockets temporarily. (as a less drastic version of the trigger
212 ratelimit)
213
214* similar, add the same for journal stream clients that log too much
215
216* systemd-mount sould only consider modern file systems when mounting, similar
217 to systemd-dissect
218
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219* new "systemd-pcrlock" component for dealing with PCR4. Design idea:
220 1. define /{etc,usr,var/lib}/pcrlock.d/<component>/<version>.pcrlock
221 2. these files contain list of hashes that will be measured when component is
222 run, per PCR
223 3. each component involved in the boot that is deterministically measured can
224 place one or more of these files in those dirs (shim, sd-boot,
225 sd-stub/UKI, cryptsetup, pcrphase, pcrfs, …)
226 4. since each component has its own dir, with multiple files in them, package
227 such as kernels (of which there can be multiple installed at the same
228 time) can be grouped together: only one of them is measured at a time.
229 5. whenever a new component is added or an old one removed, or the PCR lock
230 shall be relaxed or tightened the systemd-pcrlock tool is invoked.
231 6. tool iterates through all these files, orders them alphabetically by
232 component, then matches them up with current measurements (as per uefi
233 event log), identifying by hash, accepting that the "beginning" of the
234 measurements might not be recognizable.
235 7. Then calculates expected PCR values starting with the "unrecognized
236 head" from the event log, then continuing with all of components
237 defined via the .pcrlock files (but dropping out the "recognized tail"
238 from the uefi event log). (This might mean combinatorial explosion, if
239 there are multiple shims, multiple sd-boot, and so on.)
240 8. Generates a public/private key pair on the TPM
241 9. Generates a counter object in the TPM, with a policy that allows only
242 one-by-one increase with signature policy by the public/private key pair.
243 10. now signs policies of all expected PCR values with the generated keypair,
244 using all combinations of components defined in the .pcrlock files
245 restricting it to the counter + 1.
246 11. locks down the keypair with a signed policy with its own public key
247 12. generates JSON file of all these policies with their signatures, drops
248 them as singleton in ESP
249 13. increases the counter by one.
250 14. after boot sd-stub picks JSON up from ESP, passes it to userspace via
251 .extra
252 15. JSON contained policies can now be used to unlock disk as well as the
253 public/key itself for signing further policies, as well as increment for
254 the counter
255 16. whenever any of the components above is added/removed new JSON file with
256 signatures for counter + 1 is generated, dropped in ESP, then counter
257 increased. (i.e. this means the "recognized tail" of the event log is
258 deterministically swapped out)
259 17. when firmware update is expected, relaxed signed policy is generated for
260 next boot only valid if counter is increased (this means the
261 "unrecognized head" for the event log can change without losing access)
262 18. on every boot checks if releaxed policy is in effect, if so, new strict
263 policy is generated and counter increased.
264 Net result: Removes downgrade attack surface + Locks OS to firmware + Allows
265 downgrades within bounds
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267* add another PE section ".fname" or so that encodes the intended filename for
268 PE file, and validate that when loading add-ons and similar before using
269 it. This is particularly relevant when we load multiple add-ons and want to
270 sort them to apply them in a define order. The order should not be under
271 control of the attacker.
272
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273* also include packaging metadata (á la
274 https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/) in our UEFI PE binaries, using the
275 same JSON format.
276
277* make "bootctl install" + "bootctl update" useful for installing shim too. For
278 that introduce new dir /usr/lib/systemd/efi/extra/ which we copy mostly 1:1
279 into the ESP at install time. Then make the logic smart enough so that we
280 don't overwrite bootx64.efi with our own if the extra tree already contains
281 one. Also, follow symlinks when copying, so that shim rpm can symlink their
282 stuff into our dir (which is safe since the target ESP is generally VFAT and
283 thus does not have symlinks anyway). Later, teach the update logic to look at
284 the ELF package metadata (which we also should include in all PE files, see
285 above) for version info in all *.EFI files, and use it to only update if
286 newer.
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288* in sd-stub: optionally add support for a new PE section .keyring or so that
289 contains additional certificates to include in the Mok keyring, extending
290 what shim might have placed there. why? let's say I use "ukify" to build +
291 sign my own fedora-based UKIs, and only enroll my personal lennart key via
292 shim. Then, I want to include the fedora keyring in it, so that kmods work.
293 But I might not want to enroll the fedora key in shim, because this would
294 also mean that the key would be in effect whenever I boot an archlinux UKI
295 built the same way, signed with the same lennart key.
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297* resolved: take possession of some IPv6 ULA address (let's say
298 fd00:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353), and listen on port 53 on it for the
299 local stubs, so that we can make the stub available via ipv6 too.
300
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301* introduce a .microcode PE section for sd-stub which we'll pass as first initrd
302 to the kernel which will then upload it to the CPU. This should be distinct
303 from .initrd to guarantee right ordering. also, and maybe more importantly
304 support .microcode in PE add-ons, so that a microcode update can be shipped
9a27ef09 305 independently of any kernel.
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307* Maybe add SwitchRootEx() as new bus call that takes env vars to set for new
308 PID 1 as argument. When adding SwitchRootEx() we should maybe also add a
309 flags param that allows disabling and enabling whether serialization is
310 requested during switch root.
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312* introduce a .acpitable section for early ACPI table override
313
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314* add proper .osrel matching for PE addons. i.e. refuse applying an addon
315 intended for a different OS. Take inspiration from how confext/sysext are
316 matched against OS.
317
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318* use different sbat for sd-boot and sd-stub (so that people can revoke one
319 without the other)
320
321* in ukify merge sbat info from kernel (if it has any, upstream kernels so far
322 dont), of sd-stub and data supplied by user. Then measure sbat too in
323 sd-stub, explicitly.
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325* figure out what to do about credentials sealed to PCRs in kexec + soft-reboot
326 scenarios. Maybe insist sealing is done additionally against some keypair in
327 the TPM to which access is updated on each boot, for the next, or so?
328
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329* logind: when logging in, always take an fd to the home dir, to keep the dir
330 busy, so that autofs release can never happen. (this is generally a good
331 idea, and specifically works around the fact the autofs ignores busy by mount
332 namespaces)
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334* mount most file systems with a restrictive uidmap. e.g. mount /usr/ with a
335 uidmap that blocks out anything outside 0…1000 (i.e. system users) and similar.
336
337* mount the root fs with MS_NOSUID by default, and then mount /usr/ without
338 both so that suid executables can only be placed there. Do this already in
339 the initrd. If /usr/ is not split out create a bind mount automatically.
340
f447b741 341* fix our various hwdb lookup keys to end with ":" again. The original idea was
94d82b59 342 that hwdb patterns can match arbitrary fields with expressions like
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343 "*:foobar:*", to wildcard match both the start and the end of the string.
344 This only works safely for later extensions of the string if the strings
345 always end in a colon. This requires updating our udev rules, as well as
346 checking if the various hwdb files are fine with that.
347
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348* mount /tmp/ and /var/tmp with a uidmap applied that blocks out "nobody" user
349 among other things such as dynamic uid ranges for containers and so on. That
94d82b59 350 way no one can create files there with these uids and we enforce they are only
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351 used transiently, never persistently.
352
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353* rework loopback support in fstab: when "loop" option is used, then
354 instantiate a new systemd-loop@.service for the source path, set the
355 lo_file_name field for it to something recognizable derived from the fstab
356 line, and then generate a mount unit for it using a udev generated symlink
357 based on lo_file_name.
358
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359* remove tomoyo support, it's obsolete and unmaintained apparently
360
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361* In .socket units, add ConnectStream=, ConnectDatagram=,
362 ConnectSequentialPacket= that create a socket, and then *connect to* rather than
363 listen on some socket. Then, add a new setting WriteData= that takes some
364 base64 data that systemd will write into the socket early on. This can then
365 be used to create connections to arbitrary services and issue requests into
366 them, as long as the data is static. This can then be combined with the
367 aforementioned journald subscription varlink service, to enable
368 activation-by-message id and similar.
369
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370* .service with invalid Sockets= starts successfully.
371
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372* landlock: lock down RuntimeDirectory= via landlock, so that services lose
373 ability to write anywehere else below /run/. Similar for
374 StateDirectory=. Benefit would be clear delegation via unit files: services
375 get the directories they get, and nothing else even if they wanted to.
376
377* landlock: for unprivileged systemd (i.e. systemd --user), use landlock to
378 implement ProtectSystem=, ProtectHome= and so on. Landlock does not require
379 privs, and we can implement pretty similar behaviour. Also, maybe add a mode
380 where ProtectSystem= combined with an explicit PrivateMounts=no could request
381 similar behaviour for system services, too.
382
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383* Add systemd-mount@.service which is instantiated for a block device and
384 invokes systemd-mount and exits. This is then useful to use in
385 ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS} in udev rules, and a bit prettier than using RUN+=
386
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387* udevd: extend memory pressure logic: also kill any idle worker processes
388
389* SIGRTMIN+18 and memory pressure handling should still be added to: hostnamed,
390 localed, oomd, timedated.
391
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392* in order to make binding to PCR 4 realistic:
393 - generate one keypair "U" and store it in a tpm2 nvindex.
394 - Generate another keypair "P" and store it in a second tpm2 nvindex.
395 - allocate a persistent counter object "C" in the tpm2
396 - Enroll all user objects (i.e. luks volumes, creds, …) to a tpm2 policy
397 signed by U.
398 - Lock both U and P down with a tpm2 policy signed by P (yes, P can only be
399 used if a signature by P itself can be provided)
400 - For regular reboots generate a signature for a restrictive PCR4 + counter C
401 based policy with key P. Place signature in EFI var, so it can be found on
402 next boot
403 - For reboots where a firmware update is expected generate a signature with a
404 more open policy against just counter C. Place signature in same EFI var.
405 - Increase C whenever switching between these two signature types.
406 - During early boot, use the signature from the EFI var to unlock U and P.
407 Use it to generate a signature for unlocking user objects given the current
408 PCR 4 value, store that away into /run somewhere, for user during the whole
409 later boot.
410 - When booting up automatically update the mentioned efi var so that it
411 contains the restrictive signature. But also generate a signature ahead of
412 time that could be used in case during the current boot we later detect we might
413 need to reboot for a firmware update. Store that in /run somewhere, so that
414 it can be placed in the EFI var, if needed.
415
416* repart/gpt-auto/DDIs: maybe introduce a concept of "extension" partitions,
417 that have a new type uuid and can "extend" earlier partitions, to work around
418 the fact that systemd-repart can only grow the last partition defined. During
419 activation we'd simply set up a dm-linear mapping to merge them again. A
420 partition that is to be extended would just set a bit in the partition flags
421 field to indicate that there's another extension partition to look for. The
627cdcc7 422 identifying UUID of the extension partition would be hashed in counter mode
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423 from the uuid of the original partition it extends. Inspiration for this is
424 the "dynamic partitions" concept of new Android. This would be a minimalistic
425 concept of a volume manager, with the extents it manages being exposes as GPT
426 partitions. I a partition is extended multiple times they should probably
427 grow exponentially in size to ensure O(log(n)) time for finding them on
428 access.
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430* split out execute.c into new "systemd-executor" binary. Then make PID 1 fork
431 that off via vfork(), and then let that executor do the hard work. Ultimately
432 the executor then gets replaced by the real binary sooner or later. Reason:
433 currently the intermediary "stub" process is a CoW trap that doubles memory
434 usage of PID 1 on each service start. Also, strictly speaking we are not
d09df6b9 435 allowed to do NSS from the stub process yet we do anyway. Next steps would
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436 then be maybe use CLONE_INTO_CGROUP for the executor, given that we don't
437 need glibc anymore in the stub process then. Then, switch nspawn to just be a
438 frontend for this too, so that we have to ways into the executor: via unit
439 files/dbus/varlin through PID1 and via cmdline/OCI through nspawn.
440
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441* sd-stub: detect if we are running with uefi console output on serial, and if so
442 automatically add console= to kernel cmdline matching the same port.
443
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444* add a utility that can be used with the kernel's
445 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH and then handles them within pid1 so that
446 security, resource management and cgroup settings can be enforced properly
447 for all umh processes.
448
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449* systemd-shutdown: keep sending sd_notify() status updates immediately before
450 going down, in particular include the "reboot param" string.
451
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452* homed: when resizing an fs don't sync identity beforehand there might simply
453 not be enough disk space for that. try to be defensive and sync only after
454 resize.
455
456* homed: if for some reason the partition ended up being much smaller than
457 whole disk, recover from that, and grow it again.
458
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459* timesyncd: when saving/restoring clock try to take boot time into account.
460 Specifically, along with the saved clock, store the current boot ID. When
461 starting, check if the boot id matches. If so, don't do anything (we are on
462 the same boot and clock just kept running anyway). If not, then read
463 CLOCK_BOOTTIME (which started at boot), and add it to the saved clock
464 timestamp, to compensate for the time we spent booting. If EFI timestamps are
465 available, also include that in the calculation. With this we'll then only
466 miss the time spent during shutdown after timesync stopped and before the
467 system actually reset.
468
469* systemd-stub: maybe store a "boot counter" in the ESP, and pass it down to
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470 userspace to allow ordering boots (for example in journalctl). The counter
471 would be monotonically increased on every boot.
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473* pam_systemd_home: add module parameter to control whether to only accept
474 only password or only pcks11/fido2 auth, and then use this to hook nicely
475 into two of the three PAM stacks gdm provides.
476 See discussion at https://github.com/authselect/authselect/pull/311
477
4cb8a25b 478* sd-boot: make boot loader spec type #1 accept http urls in "linux"
1c904337 479 lines. Then, do the uefi http dance to download kernels and boot them. This
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480 is then useful for network boot, by embdedding a cpio with type #1 snippets
481 in sd-boot, which reference remote kernels.
482
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483* maybe prohibit setuid() to the nobody user, to lock things down, via seccomp.
484 the nobody is not a user any code should run under, ever, as that user would
485 possibly get a lot of access to resources it really shouldn't be getting
486 access to due to the userns + nfs semantics of the user. Alternatively: use
487 the seccomp log action, and allow it.
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490 boot loader entries (both type1 and type2). Then when initializing, find this
491 section, iterate through it and populate menu with it. cpio is simple enough
492 to make a parser for this reasonably robust. use same path structures as in
493 the ESP. Similar add one for signature key drop-ins.
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496
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498 URL, then downloads the file from it using UEFI HTTP APIs, and executes it.
7227dd81 499 Use case: provide a minimal ESP with sd-boot and a couple of these sd-fetch
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501
084ecae5 502* maybe: systemd-loop-generator that sets up loopback devices if requested via kernel
7227dd81 503 cmdline. use case: include encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
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505* systemd-gpt-auto-generator: add kernel cmdline option to override block
506 device to dissect. also support dissecting a regular file. useccase: include
507 encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
508
6d040d84 509* sd-stub: add ".bootcfg" section for kernel bootconfig data (as per
4cb8a25b 510 https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/bootconfig.html)
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512* tpm2: add (optional) support for generating a local signing key from PCR 15
513 state. use private key part to sign PCR 7+14 policies. stash signatures for
514 expected PCR7+14 policies in EFI var. use public key part in disk encryption.
515 generate new sigs whenever db/dbx/mok/mokx gets updated. that way we can
516 securely bind against SecureBoot/shim state, without having to renroll
517 everything on each update (but we still have to generate one sig on each
518 update, but that should be robust/idempotent). needs rollback protection, as
519 usual.
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522
523* Lennart: big blog story about building initrds
524
525* Lennart: big blog story about "why systemd-boot"
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528 one idea would be to patch source sockaddr of all AF_UNIX/SOCK_DGRAM to
529 implicitly contain the source cgroup id. Another idea would be to patch
530 sendto()/connect()/sendmsg() sockaddr on-the-fly to use a different target
531 sockaddr.
532
533* bpf: see if we can address opportunistic inode sharing of immutable fs images
534 with BPF. i.e. if bpf gives us power to hook into openat() and return a
535 different inode than is requested for which we however it has same contents
536 then we can use that to implement opportunistic inode sharing among DDIs:
537 make all DDIs ship xattr on all reg files with a SHA256 hash. Then, also
538 dictate that DDIs should come with a top-level subdir where all reg files are
539 linked into by their SHA256 sum. Then, whenever an inode is opened with the
540 xattr set, check bpf table to find dirs with hashes for other prior DDIs and
541 try to use inode from there.
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544 same root hash, so that people can sign a single image with multiple keys.
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547 extensions
548
549* gpt-auto-discovery: also use the pkcs7 signature stuff, and pass signature to
550 kernel. So far we only did this for the various --image= switches, but not
551 for the root fs or /usr/.
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554 certain means, i.e. only via pw, only via tpm2, or only via fido, or a
555 combination thereof.
556
557* make the systemd-repart "seed" value provisionable via credentials, so that
558 confidential computing environments can set it and deterministically
559 enforce the uuids for partitions created, so that they can calculate PCR 15
560 ahead of time.
561
562* systemd-repart: also derive the volume key from the seed value, for the
563 aforementioned purpose.
564
565* in the initrd: derive the default machine ID to pass to the host PID 1 via
566 $machine_id from the same seed credential.
567
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569 initrd to bootstrap the initrd to populate the initial partitions. Some things
570 to figure out:
571 - Should it run on firstboot or on every boot?
572 - If run on every boot, should it use the sysupdate config from the host on
573 subsequent boots?
574
dbc62e59 575* provide an API (probably IPC) to apps to encrypt/decrypt
7227dd81 576 credentials. use case: allow bluez bluetooth daemon to pass pairings to initrd
dbc62e59 577 that way, without shelling out to our tools.
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580 use PCR 7 which should contain secureboot state db/dbx. Which sounded like a
581 safe bet, given that it should change only on policy changes, and not
582 software updates. But that's wrong. Recent fwupd (rightfully) contains code
583 for updating the dbx denylist. This means even without any active policy
584 change PCR 7 might change. Hence, better idea might be in systemd-creds to
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586 and in cryptsetup simply the empty list? Also, PCR 14 almost certainly should
587 be included as much as PCR 7 (as it contains shim's policy, which is
588 certainly as relevant as PCR 7 on many systems)
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591 (measuring the root hash) and integritytab (measuring the HMAC key if one is
592 used)
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595 activate. probably into PCR 13. i.e. add --tpm2-measure-pcr= or so to
596 systemd-nspawn, and MeasurePCR= to unit files. Should contain a measurement
597 of the activated configuration and the image that is being activated (in case
598 verity is used, hash of the root hash).
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601 TCG's "Canonical Event Log" format to some file, so that we can reason about
602 how PCR values we manage came to
603 be. https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/canonical-event-log-format/
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606 and a type #2 entry exist under otherwise the exact same name, then use the
607 type #1 entry, and ignore the type #2 entry. This way, people can "upgrade"
608 from the UKI with all parameters baked in to a Type #1 .conf file with manual
7ff7eadf 609 parametrization, if needed. This matches our usual rule that admin config
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611
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613 (i.e. the usual /etc/, /run/, /usr/lib/ dance, potentially /usr/etc/), how to
614 sort found entries, how masking works and overriding.
615
616* automatic boot assessment: add one more default success check that just waits
617 for a bit after boot, and blesses the boot if the system stayed up that long.
618
619* implement concept of "versioned" resources inside a dir, and write a spec for
620 it. Make all tools in systemd, in particular
621 RootImage=/RootDirectory=/--image=/--directory= implement this. Idea:
622 directories ending in ".v/" indicate a directory with versioned resources in
623 them. Versioned resources inside a .v dir are always named in the pattern
624 <prefix>_<version>[+<tries-left>[-<tries-done>]].<suffix>
625
626* add support for using this .v/ logic on the root fs itself: in the initrd,
627 after mounting the rootfs, look for root-<arch>.v/ in the root fs, and then
628 apply the logic, moving the switch root logic there.
629
630* systemd-repart: add support for generating ISO9660 images
631
632* systemd-repart: in addition to the existing "factory reset" mode (which
633 simply empties existing partitions marked for that). add a mode where
7227dd81 634 partitions marked for it are entirely removed. Use case: remove secondary OS
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636
637* systemd-boot: maybe add support for collapsing menu entries of the same OS
638 into one item that can be opened (like in a "tree view" UI element) or
639 collapsed. If only a single OS is installed, disable this mode, but if
640 multiple OSes are installed might make sense to default to it, so that user
641 is not immediately bombarded with a multitude of Linux kernel versions but
642 only one for each OS.
643
644* systemd-repart: if the GPT *disk* UUID (i.e. the one global for the entire
645 disk) is set to all FFFFF then use this as trigger for factory reset, in
7ff7eadf 646 addition to the existing mechanisms via EFI variables and kernel command
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648 boot, for the next.
649
650* figure out a sane way when building UKIs how to extract SBAT data from inner
651 kernel, extend it with component info, and add to outer kernel.
652
653* systemd-sysupdate: make transport pluggable, so people can plug casync or
654 similar behind it, instead of http.
655
656* systemd-tmpfiles: add concept for conditionalizing lines on factory reset
657 boot, or on first boot.
658
659* in UKIs: add way to define allowlist of additional words that can be added to
660 the kernel cmdline even in SecureBoot mode
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663 which contains a separate public key for PCR values that only apply in the
664 initrd, i.e. in the boot phase "enter-initrd". Then, consumers in userspace
665 can easily bind resources to just the initrd. Similar, maybe one more for
666 "enter-initrd:leave-initrd" for resources that shall be accessible only
667 before unprivileged user code is allowed. (we only need this for .pcrpkey,
668 not for .pcrsig, since the latter is a list of signatures anyway). With that,
669 when you enroll a LUKS volume or similar, pick either the .pcrkey (for
670 coverage through all phases of the boot, but excluding shutdown), the
671 .pcrpkeyrd (for coverage in the initrd only) and .pcrpkeybt (for coverage
672 until users are allowed to log in).
673
674* Once the root fs LUKS volume key is measured into PCR 15, default to binding
675 credentials to PCR 15 in "systemd-creds"
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678 an encrypted image on some host given a public key belonging to a specific
679 other host, so that only hosts possessing the private key in the TPM2 chip
7227dd81 680 can decrypt the volume key and activate the volume. Use case: systemd-confext
b60e0f57 681 for a central orchestrator to generate confext images securely that can only
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683 of creds in /etc/credstore/ for example). Extending on this: allow binding
684 LUKS2 TPM based encryption also to the TPM2 internal clock. Net result:
b60e0f57 685 prepare a confext image that can only be activated on a specific host that
686 runs a specific software in a specific time window. confext would be
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688
689* maybe add a "systemd-report" tool, that generates a TPM2-backed "report" of
690 current system state, i.e. a combination of PCR information, local system
691 time and TPM clock, running services, recent high-priority log
692 messages/coredumps, system load/PSI, signed by the local TPM chip, to form an
7227dd81 693 enhanced remote attestation quote. Use case: a simple orchestrator could use
ae24e4e8 694 this: have the report tool upload these reports every 3min somewhere. Then
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696 window, and use them to determine what which node should now start/stop what,
b60e0f57 697 and generate a small confext for each node, that uses Uphold= to pin services
698 on each node. The confext would be encrypted using the asymmetric encryption
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700 software is in a good state, and within a specific time frame. Then run a
701 loop on each node that sends report to orchestrator and then sysupdate to
b60e0f57 702 update confext. Orchestrator would be stateless, i.e. operate on desired
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704 be trivially scaled up since all instances of the orchestrator should come to
705 the same conclusions given the same inputs of reports/desired workload info.
706 Could also be used to deliver Wireguard secrets and thus to clients, thus
b60e0f57 707 permitting zero-trust networking: secrets are rolled over via confext updates,
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709 updated, or becomes corrupted in some way.
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712 derive default machine ID to use from it, and pass it to host PID 1.
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715 of manually hooking into SIGINT/SIGTERM
716
717* tree-wide: convert as much as possible over to SD_EVENT_SIGNAL_PROCMASK
718 instead of manual blocking.
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721 newest), to indicate they are obsolete
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724 (i.e. SMBIOS type #11, …), so that one can unlock LUKS via VM hypervisor
725 supplied password.
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728 those which may refer to anything, and use that in various places to filter
729 early. i.e. stuff ending in "/", "/." and "/.." definitely refers to a
730 directory, and paths ending that way can be refused early in many contexts.
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733 public keys when signing PCR values. SecureBoot and our Verity signatures
734 operate with certificates already, hence I guess we should also just deal for
735 convencience with certificates for the PCR stuff too.
736
737* systemd-measure: add --pcrpkey-auto as an alternative to --pcrpkey=, where it
738 would just use the same public key specified with --public-key= (or the one
739 automatically derived from --private-key=).
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742 discoverable disk images, i.e. the new name for gpt disk images following the
743 discoverable disk spec). [Also: just ".sysext/" for directory-based sysext]
744
745* Add "purpose" flag to partition flags in discoverable partition spec that
746 indicate if partition is intended for sysext, for portable service, for
747 booting and so on. Then, when dissecting DDI allow specifying a purpose to
7227dd81 748 use as additional search condition. Use case: images that combined a sysext
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750
751* On boot, auto-generate an asymmetric key pair from the TPM,
752 and use it for validating DDIs and credentials. Maybe upload it to the kernel
753 keyring, so that the kernel does this validation for us for verity and kernel
754 modules
755
b60e0f57 756* for systemd-confext: add a tool that can generate suitable DDIs with verity +
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758 a new name with a built-in config?
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761 maybe on kernel command line:
762 systemd.import_encrypted_creds=foobar.waldo,tmpfiles.extra to protect locked
763 down kernels from credentials generated on the host with a weak kernel
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766 hash type, etc)
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770
f461a28d 771* chase(): refuse resolution if trailing slash is specified on input,
4e0ceefe 772 but final node is not a directory
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775 non-VFAT fs is used.
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778
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780 systemd-gpt-auto-generator/systemd-repart and in systemd-cryptsetup?)
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787 entries in our menu, and then suppress ourselves. Benefit: instant
788 compatibility with all other OSes which register things there, in particular
789 on other disks. Always boot into them via NextBoot EFI variable, to not
790 affect PCR values.
791
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793 - pre-calculate PCR 12 (command line) + PCR 13 (sysext) the same way we can precalculate PCR 11
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796 "supercharged" sd-boot binary, that could carry ext4 drivers built-in.
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799 filters/handlers installed on the connection took possession of.
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802 objects (i.e. all child dirents that dirs or symlinks to dirs)
803
804* sd-device: maybe pin the sysfs dir with an fd, during the entire runtime of
805 an sd_device, then always work based on that.
806
9f3a3ac7 807* add small wrapper around qemu that implements sd_notify/AF_VSOCK + machined and
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809 equivalent to nspawn's. Maybe be called "systemd-vmspawn". Should imply good
810 settings, i.e. RNG + HyperV enlightenments. Should also result in swtpm
811 instance, plus virtiofsd instances. Translate credentials into smbios type
812 11 strings. Correctly translate SIGTERM into ACPI shutdown events.
813 Listen to logind suspend events and turn these into suspend key pressed +
814 ACPI resume events.
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818 baremetal, on an nspawn-style container, if it is a portable service image,
819 or a sysext for initrd, for host os, or for portable container. Then hook
820 portabled/… up to udev to watch block devices coming up with the flags set, and
821 use it.
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824 managers can tell sd-boot what to boot into and suchlike
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827 and that determines from which overlayfs layer it originates, which image, and with
828 what it was signed.
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831 encryption/authentication. Idea: add new verb "systemd-creds public-key"
832 which generates a priv/pub key pair on the TPM2 and stores the priv key
833 locally in /var. It then outputs a certificate for the pub part to stdout.
834 This can then be copied/taken elsewhere, and can be used for encrypting creds
835 that only the host on its specific hw can decrypt. Then, support a drop-in
836 dir with certificates that can be used to authenticate credentials. Flow of
837 operations is then this: build image with owner certificate, then after
838 boot up issue "systemd-creds public-key" to acquire pubkey of the machine.
839 Then, when passing data to the machine, sign with privkey belonging to one of
840 the dropped in certs and encrypted with machine pubkey, and pass to machine.
841 Machine is then able to authenticate you, and confidentiality is guaranteed.
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844 should probably also one you can use to get a remote attestation quote.
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847 • networkd/udevd: add a way to define additional .link, .network, .netdev files
848 via the credentials logic.
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850 credentials (similar: verity-generator, integrity-generator). Use
851 fstab-generator logic as inspiration.
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853 • resolved: allow defining additional /etc/hosts entries via a credential (it
854 might make sense to then synthesize a new combined /etc/hosts file in /run
855 and bind mount it on /etc/hosts for other clients that want to read it.
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857 • timesyncd: pick NTP server info from credential
858 • portabled: read a credential "portable.extra" or so, that takes a list of
859 file system paths to enable on start.
860 • make systemd-fstab-generator look for a system credential encoding root= or
861 usr=
862 • systemd-homed: when initializing, look for a credential
863 systemd.homed.register or so with JSON user records to automatically
7227dd81 864 register if not registered yet. Use case: deploy a system, and add an
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867 sd-stub credentials. That way, we can support parallel OS installations with
868 pre-built kernels.
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871 runtime state. Then, expose it:
872
873 1. Add Describe() method to Unit D-Bus object that returns a JSON object
874 about the unit.
875 2. Expose this natively via Varlink, in similar style
876 3. Use it when invoking binaries (i.e. make PID 1 fork off systemd-executor
877 binary which reads the JSON definition and runs it), to address the cow
878 trap issue and the fact that NSS is actually forbidden in
879 forked-but-not-exec'ed children
880 4. Add varlink API to run transient units based on provided JSON definitions
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883 what to do if support ended
884
885* pam_systemd: on interactive logins, maybe show SUPPORT_END information at
3ff1721c 886 login time, à la motd
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9c18b363 889 spec entries in from the paths of sd-boot binary, let's optionally allow it
7227dd81 890 to be configured on sd-boot cmdline + efi var. Use case: embed sd-boot in the
9c18b363 891 UEFI firmware (for example, ovmf supports that via qemu cmdline option), and
e1b45a75 892 use it to load stuff from the ESP.
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895 initrd transition. Specifically:
896 1. There should be a var= kernel cmdline option, matching root= and usr=
897 2. systemd-gpt-auto-generator should auto-mount /var if it finds it on disk
898 3. mount.x-initrd mount option in fstab should be implied for /var
899
900* implement varlink introspection
901
d486b26f 902* make persistent restarts easier by adding a new setting OpenPersistentFile=
47b86590 903 or so, which allows opening one or more files that is "persistent" across
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905 files are created empty on first invocation, and on subsequent invocations
906 the files are reboot. The files would be backed by tmpfs, pmem or /var
907 depending on desired level of persistency.
908
909* sd-event: add ability to "chain" event sources. Specifically, add a call
910 sd_event_source_chain(x, y), which will automatically enable event source y
1c904337 911 in oneshot mode once x is triggered. Use case: in src/core/mount.c implement
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913 seen, trigger the rescan defer event source automatically, and allow it to be
914 dispatched *before* the SIGCHLD is handled (based on priorities). Benefit:
915 dispatch order is strictly controlled by priorities again. (next step: chain
916 event sources to the ratelimit being over)
917
918* if we fork of a service with StandardOutput=journal, and it forks off a
919 subprocess that quickly dies, we might not be able to identify the cgroup it
920 comes from, but we can still derive that from the stdin socket its output
921 came from. We apparently don't do that right now.
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928 can safely put privileged stuff in. Would not be writable by the user, but
929 still conceptually belong to the user. Would be included in user's quota if
7227dd81 930 possible, even if files are not owned by UID of user. Use case: container
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932 are not directly belonging to the user's UID. Goal: we shouldn't place more
933 privileged dirs inside of unprivileged dirs, and thus containers really
934 should not be placed inside of traditional UNIX home dirs (which are owned by
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936 by. Inform user code about path to this companion dir via env var, so that
937 container managers find it. the ~/.identity file is also a candidate for a
938 file to move there, since it is managed by privileged code (i.e. homed) and
939 not unprivileged code.
940
941* given that /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/ is a thing now, ship a drop-in for that
02c914ef 942 that hooks up userdbctl ssh-key stuff.
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945 system outside of the 108ch limit. When connecting, open O_PATH fd to socket
946 inode first, then connect to /proc/self/fd/XYZ. When binding, create symlink
947 to target dir in /tmp, and bind through it.
948
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950 protections of the root OS are weakened after interactive confirmation, to
951 allow hackers to allow their own stuff. idea: allow entering developer mode
952 only via explicit choice in boot menu: i.e. add explicit boot menu item for
30fd9a2d 953 it. When developer mode is entered, generate a key pair in the TPM2, and add
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954 the public part of it automatically to keychain of valid code signature keys
955 on subsequent boots. Then provide a tool to sign code with the key in the
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956 TPM2. Ensure that boot menu item is the only way to enter developer mode, by
957 binding it to locality/PCRs so that keys cannot be generated otherwise.
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959* services: add support for cryptographically unlocking per-service directories
960 via TPM2. Specifically, for StateDirectory= (and related dirs) use fscrypt to
961 set up the directory so that it can only be accessed if host and app are in
962 order.
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965 policies: policy probably must take some nvram based generation counter into
966 account that can only monotonically increase and can be used to invalidate
967 old PCR signatures. Otherwise people could downgrade to old signed PCR sets
968 whenever they want.
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970* update HACKING.md to suggest developing systemd with the ideas from:
971 https://0pointer.net/blog/testing-my-system-code-in-usr-without-modifying-usr.html
972 https://0pointer.net/blog/running-an-container-off-the-host-usr.html
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975 descriptors, and clear this set piecemeal when we see the IN_IGNORED event
976 for it, or when read() returns EAGAIN or on IN_Q_OVERFLOW. Then, whenever we
977 see an inotify wd event check against this set, and if it is contained ignore
8ac6b05b 978 the event. (to be fully correct this would have to count the occurrences, in
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979 case the same wd is reused multiple times before we start processing
980 IN_IGNORED again)
981
5b06ad51 982* for vendor-built signed initrds:
a4b329e6 983 - kernel-install should be able to install encrypted creds automatically for
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984 machine id, root pw, rootfs uuid, resume partition uuid, and place next to
985 EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up. These creds should be locked to
986 the TPM, and bind to the right PCR the kernel is measured to.
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987 - kernel-install should be able to pick up initrd sysexts automatically and
988 place them next to EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up.
5b06ad51 989 - systemd-fstab-generator should look for rootfs device to mount in creds
62471289 990 - systemd-resume-generator should look for resume partition uuid in creds
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992 and synthesize initrd from it, and measure it. Signing is not necessary, as
993 microcode does that on its own. Pass as first initrd to kernel.
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996 signal for setting service log level, that carries the level via the
997 sigqueue() data parameter. Enable this via unit file setting.
2df2bb1f 998
03ede612 999* sd_notify/vsock: maybe support binding to AF_VSOCK in Type=notify services,
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1001 fixed to "2", i.e. the official host cid) and the expected guest cid, for the
3a258d3a 1002 two sides of the channel. The latter env var could then be used in an
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1003 appropriate qemu cmdline. That way qemu payloads could talk sd_notify()
1004 directly to host service manager.
1005
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1006* sd-device has an API to create an sd_device object from a device id, but has
1007 no api to query the device id
1008
1009* sd-device should return the devnum type (i.e. 'b' or 'c') via some API for an
1010 sd_device object, so that data passed into sd_device_new_from_devnum() can
1011 also be queried.
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1014 priority, but leave enabled, and once ratelimit window is over, upgrade
1015 priority again. That way we can combat event source starvation without
1016 stopping processing events from one source entirely.
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1018* sd-event: similar to existing inotify support add fanotify support (given
1019 that apparently new features in this area are only going to be added to the
1020 latter).
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1022* sd-event: add 1st class event source for clock changes
1023
1024* sd-event: add 1st class event source for timezone changes
1025
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1026* support uefi/http boots with sd-boot: instead of looking for dropin files in
1027 /loader/entries/ dir, look for a file /loader/entries/SHA256SUMS and use that
1028 as directory manifest. The file would be a standard directory listing as
1029 generated by GNU sha256sums.
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1032 look for right in the sd-boot binary. i.e. take inspiration from sd-stub
02c914ef 1033 logic: allow combining sd-boot via ukify with kernels to enumerate, .conf
47a9f917 1034 files, drivers, keys to enroll and so on. Then, add whatever we find that way
7227dd81 1035 to the menu. Use case: allow building a single PE image you can boot into via
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1037
1038* maybe add a new UEFI stub binary "sd-http". It works similar to sd-stub, but
1039 all it does is download a file from a http server, and execute it, after
1040 optionally checking its hash sum. idea would be: combine this "sd-http" stub
5bc9ea07 1041 binary with some minimal info about a URL + hash sum, plus .osrel data, and
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1042 drop it into the unified kernel dir in the ESP. And bam you have something
1043 that is tiny, feels a lot like a unified kernel, but all it does is chainload
1044 the real kernel. benefit: downloading these stubs would be tiny and quick,
1045 hence cheap for enumeration.
1046
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1048
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1050 multiple versions are around of the same resource, show which ones. (in other
1051 words: show partition labels).
1052
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1054 systemd.pull-raw-portable=, systemd-pull-raw-sysext= and similar switches
5bc9ea07 1055 that take a URL as parameter. It then generates service units for
7227dd81 1056 systemd-pull calls that download these URLs if not installed yet. Use case:
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1058 images as OS payloads. i.e. have a generic OS image you can point to any
1059 payload you like, which is then downloaded, securely verified and run.
1060
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1062
e4f92a62 1063* deprecate cgroupsv1 further (print log message at boot)
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1065* systemd-dissect: add --cat switch for dumping files such as /etc/os-release
1066
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1067* per-service sandboxing option: ProtectIds=. If used, will overmount
1068 /etc/machine-id and /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id with synthetic files, to
1069 make it harder for the service to identify the host. Depending on the user
1070 setting it should be fully randomized at invocation time, or a hash of the
1071 real thing, keyed by the unit name or so. Of course, there are other ways to
1072 get these IDs (e.g. journal) or similar ids (e.g. MAC addresses, DMI ids, CPU
1073 ids), so this knob would only be useful in combination with other lockdown
1074 options. Particularly useful for portable services, and anything else that
1075 uses RootDirectory= or RootImage=. (Might also over-mount
1076 /sys/class/dmi/id/*{uuid,serial} with /dev/null).
1077
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1079 - add --all switch for rerunning kernel-install for all installed kernels
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1081* doc: prep a document explaining resolved's internal objects, i.e. Query
1082 vs. Question vs. Transaction vs. Stream and so on.
1083
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1084* doc: prep a document explaining PID 1's internal logic, i.e. transactions,
1085 jobs, units
1086
a57d72ce 1087* bootspec: bring UEFI and userspace enumeration of bootspec entries back into
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1089 userspace)
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1091* automatically ignore threaded cgroups in cg_xyz().
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1094 json package metadata, and use that when logging
1095
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1098
1099* Add systemd-analyze security checks for RestrictFileSystems= and
1100 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=
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1102* cryptsetup/homed: implement TOTP authentication backed by TPM2 and its
1103 internal clock.
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1105* man: rework os-release(5), and clearly separate our extension-release.d/ and
1106 initrd-release parts, i.e. list explicitly which fields are about what.
1107
1108* sysext: before applying a sysext, do a superficial validation run so that
1109 things are not rearranged to wildy. I.e. protect against accidental fuckups,
1110 such as masking out /usr/lib/ or so. We should probably refuse if existing
1111 inodes are replaced by other types of inodes or so.
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1114 passwords, not just the first. i.e. if there are multiple defined, prefer
1115 unlocked over locked and prefer non-empty over empty.
1116
1117* maybe add a tool inspired by the GPT auto discovery spec that runs in the
1118 initrd and rearranges the rootfs hierarchy via bind mounts, if
1119 enabled. Specifically in some top-level dir /@auto/ it will look for
1120 dirs/symlinks/subvolumes that are named after their purpose, and optionally
1121 encode a version as well as assessment counters, and then mount them into the
1122 file system tree to boot into, similar to how we do that for the gpt auto
1123 logic. Maybe then bind mount the original root into /.superior or something
1124 like that (so that update tools can look there). Further discussion in this
1125 thread:
1126 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2021-November/047059.html
1127 The GPT dissection logic should automatically enable this tool whenever we
1128 detect a specially marked root fs (i.e introduce a new generic root gpt type
1129 for this, that is arch independent). The also implement this in the image
1130 dissection logic, so that nspawn/RootImage= and so on grok it. Maybe make
1131 generic enough so that it can also work for ostrees arrangements.
1132
1133* if a path ending in ".auto.d/" is set for RootDirectory=/RootImage= then do a
1134 strverscmp() of everything inside that dir and use that. i.e. implement very
1135 simple version control. Also use this in systemd-nspawn --image= and so on.
1136
1137* homed: while a home dir is not activated generate slightly different NSS
1138 records for it, that reports the home dir as "/" and the shell as some binary
1139 provided by us. Then, when an SSH login happens and SSH permits it our binary
1140 is invoked. This binary can then talk to homed and activate the homedir if
1141 it's not around yet, prompting the user for a password. Once that succeeded
1142 we'll switch to the real user record, i.e. home dir and shell, and our tool
1143 exec()s the latter. Net effect: ssh'ing into a homed account will just work:
1144 we'll neatly prompt for the homedir's password if its needed. –– Building on
1145 this we could take this even further: since this tool will potentially have
1146 access to the client's ssh-agent (if ssh-agent forwarding is enabled) we
1147 could implement SSH unlocking of a homedir with that: when enrolling a new
1148 ssh pubkey in a user record we'd ask the ssh-agent to sign some random value
1149 with the privkey, then use that as luks key to unlock the home dir. Will not
1150 work for ECDSA keys since their signatures contain a random component, but
1151 will work for RSA and Ed25519 keys.
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1154 credential logic and drops them into /run where nss-systemd can pick them up,
7227dd81 1155 similar to /run/host/userdb/. Use case: drop a root user JSON record there,
bb5464ad 1156 and use it in the initrd to log in as root with locally selected password,
7227dd81 1157 for debugging purposes. Other use case: boot into qemu with regular user
11b957b5 1158 mounted from host. maybe put this in systemd-user-sessions.service?
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1160* drop dependency on libcap, replace by direct syscalls based on
30fd9a2d 1161 CapabilityQuintet we already have. (This likely allows us to drop libcap
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1163
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1165 shutdown, and has similar security semantics. This should then take the place
1166 of dracut's shutdown logic. Should probably support sysexts too. Care needs
1167 to be taken that the resulting logic ends up in RAM, i.e. is copied out of
1168 on-disk storage.
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1171 host user db in restricted form, then allow this to be bind mounted into
1172 sandboxed environments that want the host database in minimal form. All
1173 records would be stripped of all meta info, except the basic UID/name
1174 info. Then use this in portabled environments that do not use PrivateUsers=1.
1175
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1176* portabled: when extracting unit files and copying to system.attached, if a
1177 .p7s is available in the image, use it to protect the system.attached copy
1178 with fs-verity, so that it cannot be tampered with
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1180* logind introduce two types of sessions: "heavy" and "light". The former would
1181 be our current sessions. But the latter would be a new type of session that
1182 is mostly the same but does not pull in user@.service or wait for it. Then,
1183 allow configuration which type of session is desired via pam_systemd
1184 parameters, and then make user@.service's session one of these "light" ones.
1185 People could then choose to make FTP sessions and suchlike "light" if they
1186 don't want the service manager to be started for that.
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1189 including a path to an AF_UNIX path, similar to how we do things with the
1190 keys of /etc/crypttab. That way people can store/provide the roothash
1191 externally and provide to us on demand only.
1192
3fc0688d 1193* we probably should extend the root verity hash of the root fs into some PCR
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1194 on boot. (i.e. maybe add a veritytab option tpm2-measure=12 or so to measure
1195 it into PCR 12); Similar: we probably should extend the LUKS volume key of
1196 the root fs into some PCR on boot. (i.e. maybe add a crypttab option
1197 tpm2-measure=15 or so to measure it into PCR 15); once both are in place
1198 update gpt-auto-discovery to generate these by default for the partitions it
1199 discovers. Static vendor stuff should probably end up in PCR 12 (i.e. the
1200 verity hash), with local keys in PCR 15 (i.e. the encryption volume
1201 key). That way, we nicely distinguish resources supplied by the OS vendor
1202 (i.e. sysext, root verity) from those inherently local (i.e. encryption key),
1203 which is useful if they shall be signed separately.
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1206 that in EFI var. then use this when enrolling TPM2 in cryptsetup to verify
1207 that the selected PCRs actually are used by firmware.
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1210
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1214 data in the image, make sure the image filename actually matches this, so
1215 that images cannot be misused.
1216
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178d3ff2 1218 /dev/disk/by-parttypelabel/<pttype>-<ptlabel>. Use case: if pt label is used
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1219 as partition image version string, this is a safe way to reference a specific
1220 version of a specific partition type, in particular where related partitions
1221 are processed (e.g. verity + rootfs both named "LennartOS_0.7").
1222
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1224 - add fuzzing to the pattern parser
1225 - support casync as download mechanism
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1226 - "systemd-sysupdate update --all" support, that iterates through all components
1227 defined on the host, plus all images installed into /var/lib/machines/,
1228 /var/lib/portable/ and so on.
1229 - figure out what to do about system extensions (i.e. they need to imply an
1230 update component, since otherwise system extenion' sysupdate.d/ files would
1231 override the host's update files.)
1232 - Allow invocation with a single transfer definition, i.e. with
1233 --definitions= pointing to a file rather than a dir.
1234 - add ability to disable implicit decompression of downloaded artifacts,
1235 i.e. a Compress=no option in the transfer definitions
1236
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1237* in sd-id128: also parse UUIDs in RFC4122 URN syntax (i.e. chop off urn:uuid: prefix)
1238
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1239* DynamicUser= + StateDirectory= → use uid mapping mounts, too, in order to
1240 make dirs appear under right UID.
1241
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1242* systemd-sysext: optionally, run it in initrd already, before transitioning
1243 into host, to open up possibility for services shipped like that.
1244
24063ba1 1245* introduce /dev/disk/root/* symlinks that allow referencing partitions on the
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1247 /dev/gpt-auto-{home,srv,boot,…} similar in style to /dev/gpt-auto-root as we
1248 already have it.
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1250* whenever we receive fds via SCM_RIGHTS make sure none got dropped due to the
1251 reception limit the kernel silently enforces.
1252
1c904337 1253* Add service unit setting ConnectStream= which takes IP addresses and connects to them.
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1255* Similar, Load= which takes literal data in text or base64 format, and puts it
1256 into a memfd, and passes that. This enables some fun stuff, such as embedding
1257 bash scripts in unit files, by combining Load= with ExecStart=/bin/bash
1258 /proc/self/fd/3
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1260* add a ConnectSocket= setting to service unit files, that may reference a
1261 socket unit, and which will connect to the socket defined therein, and pass
1262 the resulting fd to the service program via socket activation proto.
1263
1264* Add a concept of ListenStream=anonymous to socket units: listen on a socket
7227dd81 1265 that is deleted in the fs. Use case would be with ConnectSocket= above.
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1267* importd: support image signature verification with PKCS#7 + OpenBSD signify
1268 logic, as alternative to crummy gpg
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1270* add "systemd-analyze debug" + AttachDebugger= in unit files: The former
1271 specifies a command to execute; the latter specifies that an already running
1272 "systemd-analyze debug" instance shall be contacted and execution paused
1273 until it gives an OK. That way, tools like gdb or strace can be safely be
1274 invoked on processes forked off PID 1.
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1277
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199b097d 1279 - acquire from EFI variable?
30fd9a2d 1280 - acquire via ask-password?
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1282 - pass creds via keyring?
1283 - pass creds via memfd?
1284 - acquire + decrypt creds from pkcs11?
1285 - make systemd-cryptsetup acquire pw via creds logic
1286 - make PAMName= acquire pw via creds logic
1287 - make macsec/wireguard code in networkd read key via creds logic
1288 - make gatwayd/remote read key via creds logic
1289 - add sd_notify() command for flushing out creds not needed anymore
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1291 /var/lib is root-only) and add --user switch to systemd-creds to use it
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1294 firmware indicates there is one.
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1297 and such
1298
1299* introduce a new group to own TPM devices
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02c914ef 1301* cryptsetup: add option for automatically removing empty password slot on boot
80670e74 1302
7d7c75f1 1303* cryptsetup: optionally, when run during boot-up and password is never
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1306* cryptsetup: when waiting for FIDO2/PKCS#11 token, tell plymouth that, and
1307 allow plymouth to abort the waiting and enter pw instead
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1310
1311* cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
1312 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
1313
1314* cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
1315 systemd-makefs.service instead.
1316
1317* cryptsetup:
1318 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
1319 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
1320
08d33656 1321* systemd-analyze netif that explains predictable interface (or networkctl)
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1324 equivalent of "ip vrf exec".
1325
f461a28d 1326* special case some calls of chase() to use openat2() internally, so
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1328
f461a28d 1329* add a new flag to chase() that stops chasing once the first missing
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1330 component is found and then allows the caller to create the rest.
1331
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1333
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1334* if /usr/bin/swapoff fails due to OOM, log a friendly explanatory message about it
1335
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1336* pid1: support new clone3() fork-into-cgroup feature
1337
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1338* pid1: also remove PID files of a service when the service starts, not just
1339 when it exits
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1342 o turn into dlopen() deps:
cdfd8537 1343 - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
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1346 - bzip2, xz, lz4 (always — gzip and zstd should probably stay static deps the way they are,
1347 since they are so basic and our defaults)
1348 o move into separate libsystemd-shared-iptables.so .so
1349 - iptables-libs (only used by nspawn + networkd)
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1352 Apparently kernel performance is much better with fewer larger seccomp
1353 filters than with more smaller seccomp filters.
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1355* systemd-path: add ESP and XBOOTLDR path. Add "private" runtime/state/cache dir enum,
1356 mapping to $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, $STATE_DIRECTORY and such
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1358* seccomp: by default mask x32 ABI system wide on x86-64. it's on its way out
1359
1360* seccomp: don't install filters for ABIs that are masked anyway for the
1361 specific service
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1364 exists and responds.
1365
91fc013f 1366* socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
86b52a39 1367 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
91fc013f 1368
7e8facb3 1369* unify on openssl:
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1370 - kill gnutls support in resolved
1371 - figure out what to do about libmicrohttpd, which has a hard dependency on
1372 gnutls
1373 - port fsprg over to a dlopen lib, then switch it to openssl
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1375* add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
1376 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
1377
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1378* userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
1379 realname substr searches in varlink API
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1381* userdb: allow uid/gid range checks
1382
2a4be3c5 1383* userdb: allow existence checks
006c44c1 1384
f1eb0ccd 1385* pid1: activation by journal search expression
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1387* when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
1388 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
1389 initrd had set.
1390
173c7873 1391* sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
84a1ff94 1392 it for reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
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1393 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
1394 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
1395 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
1396 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
1397
1398* tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
1399 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
1400 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
1401
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1402* maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
1403 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
1404 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
1405 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
1406 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
1407 source.
1408
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1409* coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
1410 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
1411 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
1412
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1413* teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
1414
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1415* beef up s2h to implement a battery watch loop: instead of entering
1416 hibernation unconditionally after coming back from resume make a decision
1417 based on the battery load level: if battery level is above a specific
1418 threshold, go to suspend again, only hibernate if below it. This means we'd
1419 stick to suspend usually, but fall back to hibernation only when battery runs
1420 empty (well, subject to our sampling interval). Related to this, check if we
1421 can make ACPI _BTP (i.e. /sys/class/power_supply/*/alarm) work for us too,
1422 i.e. see if it can wake up machines from suspend, so that we could resume
1423 automatically when the system is low on power and move automatically to
1424 hibernation mode. (see
1425 https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf
1426 section 10.2.2.8 and
1427 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/modern-standby-wake-sources
1428 at the end).
1429
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1430* We should probably replace /etc/rc.d/README with a symlink to doc
1431 content. After all it is constant vendor data.
9c230b8f 1432
c6526b8d 1433* maybe add kernel cmdline params: to force random seed crediting
312dc153 1434
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1435* introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
1436 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
1437 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
1438 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
1439 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
1440 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
1441 exec().
1442
1443* let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
1444
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1445* when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
1446 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
1447
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1448* make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
1449 gnome-bluetooth and friends
1450
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1451* make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
1452 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
1453 root.
1454
1455* maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
1456 is issued.
1457
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1458* when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
1459
1460* when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
1461
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1462* Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
1463 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
1464 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
d7b659ef 1465
d238709c 1466* rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
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1467 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
1468 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
1469
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1470* when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
1471
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1472* add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
1473 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
1474
06898123 1475* paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
309c6b19 1476 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
9ae4ef49 1477 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
8b213bf1 1478 Alternatively (preferably?) use memfd_secret().
06898123 1479
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1480* Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
1481
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1482* optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
1483
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1484* sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
1485 non-zero "tries done" count
1486
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1487* augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
1488 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
1489 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
1490 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
1491 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
1492 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
1493 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
1494 CODE_FILE.
1495
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1496* Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
1497 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
1498 some explanatory text online.
1499
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1500* maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
1501
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1502* When reloading configuration PID 1 should reset all its properties to the
1503 original defaults before calling parse_config()
1504
d1797c42 1505* hibernate/s2h: if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
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1507* cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
1508 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
1509
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1510* beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
1511 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
1512 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
1513 files and suchlike we operate on.
070d0ac9 1514
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1515* importd: add ability download images for portabled + sysext
1516
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1517* add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
1518
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1519* sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
1520 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
1521
5da19043 1522* Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
63a185dc 1523 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it.
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1525* Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
1526 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
1527 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
1528 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
1529 unlinked from any dir.
1530
bd1b3f75 1531* port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
5da19043 1532
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1533* pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
1534
1535* add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
1536
53c70a27 1537* add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
5238e957 1538 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
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1539 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
1540 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
2aed63f4 1541 images, for example fall back to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
53c70a27 1542
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1543* show invocation ID in systemd-run output
1544
1545* bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
1546
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1547* add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
1548 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
1549
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1550* introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
1551 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
1552 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
1553 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
1554 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
7227dd81 1555 different slice too by default. Use case: people who want to put resources on
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1556 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
1557 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
1558
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1559* maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
1560 for root, but only then.
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1562* calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
1563 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
1564
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1565* sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
1566 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
1567
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1568* sd-bus: parse addresses given in sd_bus_set_addresses immediately and not
1569 only when used. Add unit tests.
1570
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1571* make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
1572 host-side interface pointing to the container.
1573
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1574* add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
1575 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
1576 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
1577 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
1578 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
1579
899feb72 1580* deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
c6009ff0 1581
5f7ecd61 1582* support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
5962e9db 1583
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1584* add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
1585 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
1586
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1587* blog about fd store and restartable services
1588
1589* document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
1590
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1591* rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
1592 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
1593
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1594* in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
1595 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
1596 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
1597 ID is available.
1598
1599* optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
1600 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
1601 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
1602
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1603* beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
1604 parameters
1605
63a185dc 1606* maybe hook up xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
d51c4fca 1607 the quota of the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
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1608 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
1609 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
1610 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
1611 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
1612 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
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1614* In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
1615 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
1616
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1617* expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
1618 about it in the resource log message
1619
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1620* Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
1621 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
1622 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
1623
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1624* add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
1625 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
1626
1627 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
1628
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1629* Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
1630 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
1631 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
1632
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1633* track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
1634 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
1635
1636* add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
1637 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
1638 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
1639 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
1640 natural habitat.
1641
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1642* gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force
1643 it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
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1645* add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
1646 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
1647 relative to the configured default value.
1648
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1649* enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
1650
04397464 1651* Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
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1653* define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
1654
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1655* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
1656
04397464 1657* ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
42d61ded 1658
04397464 1659* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
563a69f4 1660
04397464 1661* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
2c5f2958 1662
8ce9b83a 1663* RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
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1665* ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
1666 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
1667 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
1668
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1669* Support ReadWritePaths/ReadOnlyPaths/InaccessiblePaths in systemd --user instances
1670 via the new unprivileged Landlock LSM (https://landlock.io)
1671
e40a326c 1672* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
89f193fa 1673
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1674* in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
1675 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
1676 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
1677 mapping to work.
1678
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1679* add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
1680
1681* add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
1682
1683* add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
1684
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1685* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
1686 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
1687
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1688* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
1689 reload the unit file anyway
1690
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1691* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
1692
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1693* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
1694
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1695* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
1696 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
1697
f9bf1b8f 1698* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 1699 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 1700 specifications.
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1702* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
1703
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1704* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
1705
a2088fd0 1706* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
5238e957 1707 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
a2088fd0 1708 prefixed with /sys generally special.
41d6f3bf 1709 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
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1711* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
1712
931bc195 1713* docs: bring https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
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1715* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
1716 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
1717 state.
41d6f3bf 1718 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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1720* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
1721 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
1722 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
1723 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
1724 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
1725
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1726* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
1727
d2f81fb0 1728* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
41d6f3bf 1729 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
98cd2651 1730
0a86c1a9 1731* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
41d6f3bf 1732 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
0a86c1a9 1733
e031c227 1734* as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
41d6f3bf 1735 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
0a86c1a9 1736
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1737* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
1738
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1739* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
1740 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
1741
25e773ee 1742* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 1743
720652b3 1744* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 1745
720652b3 1746* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
e25b5a8d 1747
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1748* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
1749 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
1750
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1751* drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
1752
9d6db739 1753* resolved:
9d6db739 1754 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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1755 - service registration
1756 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 1757 - avahi compat
9d6db739 1758 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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1759 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
1760 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
1761 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 1762 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 1763 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 1764
e25b5a8d 1765* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 1766
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1767* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
1768
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1769* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
1770
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1771* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
1772
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1773* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
1774
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1775* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
1776 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 1777
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1778* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
1779
6a3f892a 1780* gpt-auto-generator:
2a781fc9 1781 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 1782 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 1783
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1784* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
1785 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
1786 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 1787
f9bf1b8f 1788* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
eda8f067 1789
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1790* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
1791 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
1792 for ReusePort=
1793
f38afcd0 1794* cgroups:
f38afcd0 1795 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
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1796 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
1797 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
1798 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
1799 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
1800 the hierarchies of child processes
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1801- add settings for cgroup.max.descendants and cgroup.max.depth,
1802 maybe use them for user@.service
0bee65f0 1803
f38afcd0 1804* transient units:
f38afcd0 1805 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
ebcf1f97 1806
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1807* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
1808
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1809* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
1810
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1811* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
1812
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1813* 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
1814
7f79cd71 1815* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 1816
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1817* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
1818 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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1819 path anyway.
1820
04397464 1821* refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
fcba531e 1822
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1823* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
1824
1825* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
1826
07eabc2b 1827* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
f38afcd0 1828
07eabc2b 1829* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
eb01ba5d 1830
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1831* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
1832
1833* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
1834 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
1835 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
1836
1837* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
1838 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
1839
1840* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
1841
1842* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
1843
1844* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
1845
1846* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
1847 needs to be auto-respawned?
1848
1849* pid1:
1850 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
1851 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
1852 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
1853 that are not supported...
41d6f3bf 1854 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
7227dd81 1855 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Use case:
41d6f3bf 1856 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
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1857 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
1858 - move PAM code into its own binary
1859 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
1860 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
1861 - Support --test based on current system state
1862 - 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().
1863 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
1864 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
1865 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1866 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1867 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1868 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1869 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1870 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1871 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1872 - maybe introduce CoreScheduling=yes/no to optionally set a PR_SCHED_CORE cookie, so that all
1873 processes in a service's cgroup share the same cookie and are guaranteed not to share SMT cores
1874 with other units https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst
1875
1876* unit files:
1877 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1878 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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1879 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1880 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1881 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1882 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1883 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
1884 - introduce Type=pid-file
1885 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
1886 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
1887 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
1888
1889* timer units:
63a185dc 1890 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when DST changes
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1891 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
1892
1893* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
1894
1895* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
1896
1897* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
1898
1899* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
1900
07eabc2b 1901* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
461bd8e4 1902
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1903* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
1904
1905* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
1906
fff87a35 1907* test/:
20d52ab6 1908 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
b8b4d3dd 1909
b5c03638 1910* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 1911 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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1912 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
1913 destination.
1914
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1915* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
1916 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
1917
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1918* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
1919
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1920* Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
1921 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
1922 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
1923
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1924* BootLoaderSpec: Define a way how an installer can figure out whether a BLS
1925 compliant boot loader is installed.
795607b2 1926
7227dd81 1927* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? use case:
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1928 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
1929 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
1930 that automatically.
1931
e5ec62c5 1932* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 1933
ccddd104 1934* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 1935
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1936* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
1937
356ce991 1938* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 1939
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1940* add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1941
1942* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
1943
1944* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1945
1946* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1947
1948* sd-bus:
1949 - EBADSLT handling
1950 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
1951 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1952 - 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
1953 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
1954 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
1955 - longer term: priority inheritance
1956 - dbus spec updates:
1957 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
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1958 - path escaping
1959 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
1960
1961* sd-event
1962 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
1963 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
1964 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
1965 - maybe support iouring as backend, so that we allow hooking read and write
1966 operations instead of IO ready events into event loops. See considerations
1967 here:
1968 http://blog.vmsplice.net/2020/07/rethinking-event-loop-integration-for.html
1969
1970* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
1971 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
1972
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1973* document org.freedesktop.MemoryAllocation1
1974
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1975* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
1976
1977* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
1978
1979* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
1980
b44be3ec 1981* EFI:
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1982 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
1983 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 1984 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
631427d6 1985* bootctl
631427d6 1986 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
e4181484 1987
07eabc2b 1988* bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
e9fd44b7 1989
07eabc2b 1990* bootctl:
483091b0 1991 - show whether UEFI audit mode is available
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1992 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
1993 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
f620a368 1994
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1995* logind:
1996 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
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1997 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
1998 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
1999 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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2000 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
2001 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
2002 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
2003 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
2004 needs setuid().
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2005 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
2006 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
2007 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
2008 complete.
2009 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
2010 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
2011 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
28423d9a 2012 - expose "Locked" property on logind session objects
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2013 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
2014 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
2015 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
2016 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
2017 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
2018 relogins
77b19caf 2019 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
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2020 - expose details of boot entries on the bus. In particular, it should be possible
2021 to query the list of boot entry titles that bootctl / sd-boot would show.
2022 Currently we only expose their identifiers.
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2023
2024* move multiseat vid/pid matches from logind udev rule to hwdb
2025
2026* logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
2027 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
2028 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
2029
2030* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
2031 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
2032
b44be3ec 2033* journal:
57f2a947 2034 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
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2035 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
2036 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
2037 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
2aed63f4 2038 - fall back to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 2039 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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2040 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
2041 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
2042 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
5238e957 2043 message that works, but already after a short timeout
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2044 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
2045 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
f47ec8eb 2046 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
02c914ef 2047 - journalctl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
b44be3ec 2048 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
06847d0f 2049 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() in the header,
038cf334 2050 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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2051 - 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.
2052 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
2053 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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2054 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
2055 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
2056 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
2057 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 2058 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 2059 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 2060 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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2061 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
2062 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
2063 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
2064 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
2065 to syslog when it works again.
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2066 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
2067 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
2068 journals in.
2069 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
2070 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
2071 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
2072 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
2073 the most common operations.
e25b5a8d 2074 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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2075 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
2076 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
2077 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
2078 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
2079 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
2080 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
2081 operation.
2082 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
2083 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
2084 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
2085 binary logs data
e25b5a8d 2086 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
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2087 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
2088 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
2089 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
2090 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
06847d0f 2091 - check if loop in decompress_blob_xz() is necessary
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2093* journald: support RFC3164 fully for the incoming syslog transport, see
2094 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19251#issuecomment-816601955
2095
2096* Hook up journald's FSS logic with TPM2: seal the verification disk by
2097 time-based policy, so that the verification key can remain on host and ve
2098 validated via TPM.
2099
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2101 fd of the relevant journal dirs in the container with uidmapping applied to
2102 allow the host to read it, while making everything read-only.
2103
2104* journald: add varlink service that allows subscribing to certain log events,
2105 for example matching by message ID, or log level returns a list of journal
2106 cursors as they happen.
2107
2108* journald: also collect CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamps per log entry. Then, derive
2109 "corrected" CLOCK_REALTIME information on display from that and the timestamp
2110 info of the newest entry of the specific boot (as identified by the boot
2111 ID). This way, if a system comes up without a valid clock but acquires a
2112 better clock later, we can "fix" older entry timestamps on display, by
2113 calculating backwards. We cannot use CLOCK_MONOTONIC for this, since it does
2114 not account for suspend phases. This would then also enable us to correct the
2115 kmsg timestamping we consume (where we erroneously assume the clock was in
2116 CLOCK_MONOTONIC, but it actually is CLOCK_BOOTTIME as per kernel).
2117
2118* in journald, write out a recognizable log record whenever the system clock is
2119 changed ("stepped"), and in timesyncd whenever we acquire an NTP fix
2120 ("slewing"). Then, in journalctl for each boot time we come across, find
2121 these records, and use the structured info they include to display
cbcf76b1 2122 "corrected" wallclock time, as calculated from the monotonic timestamp in the
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2124
2125* in journald: whenever we start a new journal file because the boot ID
2126 changed, let's generate a recognizable log record containing info about old
2127 and new ID. Then, when displaying log stream in journalctl look for these
2128 records, to be able to order them.
2129
2130* journald: generate recognizable log events whenever we shutdown journald
2131 cleanly, and when we migrate run → var. This way tools can verify that a
2132 previous boot terminated cleanly, because either of these two messages must
2133 be safely written to disk, then.
2134
2135* hook up journald with TPMs? measure new journal records to the TPM in regular
2136 intervals, validate the journal against current TPM state with that. (taking
2137 inspiration from IMA log)
2138
2139* sd-journal puts a limit on parallel journal files to view at once. journald
2140 should probably honour that same limit (JOURNAL_FILES_MAX) when vacuuming to
2141 ensure we never generate more files than we can actually view.
2142
2143* maybe add a tool that displays most recent journal logs as QR code to scan
2144 off screen and run it automatically on boot failures, emergency logs and
2145 such. Use DRM APIs directly, see
2146 https://github.com/dvdhrm/docs/blob/master/drm-howto/modeset.c for an example
2147 for doing that.
2148
2149* maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
2150 log.c and sd-journal-send
2151
2152* journalctl/timesyncd: whenever timesyncd acquires a synchronization from NTP,
2153 create a structured log entry that contains boot ID, monotonic clock and
2154 realtime clock (I mean, this requires no special work, as these three fields
2155 are implicit). Then in journalctl when attempting to display the realtime
2156 timestamp of a log entry, first search for the closest later log entry
2157 of this kinda that has a matching boot id, and convert the monotonic clock
2158 timestamp of the entry to the realtime clock using this info. This way we can
2159 retroactively correct the wallclock timestamps, in particular for systems
2160 without RTC, i.e. where initially wallclock timestamps carry rubbish, until
2161 an NTP sync is acquired.
2162
2163* introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
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2165* journald: do journal file writing out-of-process, with one writer process per
2166 client UID, so that synthetic hash table collisions can slow down a specific
2167 user's journal stream down but not the others.
2168
2169* tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
2170 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
2171 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
2172 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
2173 cgroup.
2174
2175* maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
2176 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
2177 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
2178 logging.
2179
2180* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
2181
2182* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
2183 from the SIGBUS handler
2184
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2186 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
2187 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
2188 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
2189
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2190* build short web pages out of each catalog entry, build them along with man
2191 pages, and include hyperlinks to them in the journal output
2192
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2193* homed:
2194 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
2195 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
2196 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
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2197 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
2198 - create on activate?
2199 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
2200 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
2201 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
2202 systemd --user is shut down.
2203 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
2204 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk
2205 images (and btrfs snapshots of subvolumes) (think: time machine)
2206 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
2207 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
2208 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
2209 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
2210 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
2211 - query password from kernel keyring first
2212 - update even if record is "absent"
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2213 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
2214 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
2215 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
2216 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
2217 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
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2218 - when homed is in use, maybe start the user session manager in a mount namespace with MS_SLAVE,
2219 so that mounts propagate down but not up - eg, user A setting up a backup volume
2220 doesn't mean user B sees it
9c53de8b 2221 - use credentials logic/TPM2 logic to store homed signing key
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2222 - permit multiple user record signing keys to be used locally, and pick
2223 the right one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing
2224 signature
2225 - add a way to "adopt" a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
2226 and insert a local signature instead.
2227 - as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
2228 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
2229 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
2230 though: if no one is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
2231 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
2232 - support new FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl for setting up fscrypt
2233 - maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
2234 easily?
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2235 - add a switch to homectl (maybe called --first-boot) where it will check if
2236 any non-system users exist, and if not prompts interactively for basic user
2237 info, mimicking systemd-firstboot. Then, place this in a service that runs
2238 after systemd-homed, but before gdm and friends, as a simple, barebones
2239 fallback logic to get a regular user created on uninitialized systems.
2240 - store PKCS#11 + FIDO2 token info in LUKS2 header, compatible with
2241 systemd-cryptsetup, so that it can unlock homed volumes
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2242 - maybe make all *.home files owned by `systemd-home` user or so, so that we
2243 can easily set overall quota for all users
2244 - on login, if we can't fallocate initially, but rebalance is on, then allow
2245 login in discard mode, then immediately rebalance, then turn off discard
f1a147f2 2246 - extend user records with optional "bulk" data. Specifically, a user
288bd406 2247 avatar/photo or so. This data should be stored along with the user record,
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2248 but probably shouldn't be part of the record itself, since it might be
2249 large.
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2251* add a new switch --auto-definitions=yes/no or so to systemd-repart. If
2252 specified, synthesize a definition automatically if we can: enlarge last
2253 partition on disk, but only if it is marked for growing and not read-only.
2254
2df2bb1f 2255* systemd-repart: read LUKS encryption key from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY
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2256
2257* systemd-repart: add a switch to factory reset the partition table without
2258 immediately applying the new configuration again. i.e. --factory-reset=leave
2259 or so. (this is useful to factory reset an image, then putting it into
2260 another machine, ensuring that luks key is generated on new machine, not old)
2261
2262* systemd-repart: support setting up dm-integrity with HMAC
2263
2264* systemd-repart: maybe remove half-initialized image on failure. It fails
2265 if the output file exists, so a repeated invocation will usually fail if
2266 something goes wrong on the way.
2267
2268* systemd-repart: drop pager mode on normal operation?
2269
2270* systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
2271 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
2272 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
2273 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
2274
2275* systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
2276 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
2277 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
2278 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
2279 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
2280 automatically.
2281
2282* systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
2283 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
2284
2285* systemd-repart: allow boolean option that ensures that if existing partition
2286 doesn't exist within the configured size bounds the whole command fails. This
2287 is useful to implement ESP vs. XBOOTLDR schemes in installers: have one set
2288 of repart files for the case where ESP is large enough and one where it isn't
2289 and XBOOTLDR is added in instead. Then apply the former first, and if it
2290 fails to apply use the latter.
2291
2292* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to never reuse existing partition
2293 and always create anew even if matching partition already exists.
2294
2295* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to fail if partition already exist,
2296 i.e. is not added new. Similar, add option to fail if partition does not exist yet.
2297
2298* systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
2299 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
d01d9197 2300 Also add option to disable operation via kernel command line.
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2301
2302* systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
2303 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
2304
92e72028 2305* systemd-repart: add support for SD_GPT_FLAG_GROWFS also on real systems, i.e.
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2306 generate some unit to actually enlarge the fs after growing the partition
2307 during boot.
2308
2309* systemd-repart: do not print "Successfully resized …" when no change was done.
2310
b44be3ec 2311* document:
8b8f2591 2312 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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2313 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
2314 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 2315 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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2316 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
2317 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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2318 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
2319 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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2320 - man: add more examples to man pages,
2321 - in particular an example how to do the equivalent of switching runlevels
f38afcd0 2322 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
17ec531f 2323 - document root=gpt-auto properly
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2324
2325* systemctl:
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2326 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
2327 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
2328 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
2329 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
2330 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
2331 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
2332 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 2333 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 2334 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
61233823 2335 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
f38afcd0 2336
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2337* introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
2338 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
2339 it should skip the variant type string though.
8b04b925 2340
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2341* Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
2342 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
2343 the slices, and the units attached to them.
a19554ed 2344
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2345* add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
2346 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
2347 wait to retrieve their exit data.
a7a3f28b 2348
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2349* show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
2350 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
08f95888 2351
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2352* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
2353 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
2354 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
2355 do, for example)
dcfc4b2e 2356
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2357* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
2358 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
2359 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
2360 returning from the "systemctl stop".
71ef24d0 2361
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2362* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
2363
2364* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
2365
2366* unit install:
2367 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
2368 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
1b89884b 2369
b44be3ec 2370* nspawn:
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2371 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
2372 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
2373 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
2374 from the kernel's logs.
2375 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
2376 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
2377 interface be missing
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2378 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
2379 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
2380 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
2381 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
2382 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
2383 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
2384 PID 1...
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2385 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
2386 running, remove them when shut down.
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2387 - add support for sysext extensions, too. i.e. a new --extension= switch that
2388 takes one or more arguments, and applies the extensions already during
2389 startup.
2390 - when main nspawn supervisor process gets suspended due to SIGSTOP/SIGTTOU
2391 or so, freeze the payload too.
2392 - support time namespaces
2393 - on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events, so
2394 that we make cgroup agent logic safe
2395 - add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as fallback in
2396 "machinectl shell"
2397 - make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a hangup
2398 when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait for
2399 hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
2400 - greater control over selinux label?
2401 - support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
2402 - maybe allow TPM passthrough, backed by swtpm, and measure --image= hash
2403 into its PCR 11, so that nspawn instances can be TPM enabled, and partake
2404 in measurements/remote attestation and such. swtpm would run outside of
2405 control of container, and ideally would itself bind its encryption keys to
2406 host TPM.
2407 - make boot assessment do something sensible in a container. i.e send an
2408 sd_notify() from payload to container manager once boot-up is completed
2409 successfully, and use that in nspawn for dealing with boot counting,
2410 implemented in the partition table labels and directory names.
2411 - optionally set up nftables/iptables routes that forward UDP/TCP traffic on
2412 port 53 to resolved stub 127.0.0.54
2413 - maybe optionally insert .nspawn file as GPT partition into images, so that
2414 such container images are entirely stand-alone and can be updated as one.
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2415 - The subreaper logic we currently have seems overly complex. We should
2416 investigate whether creating the inner child with CLONE_PARENT isn't better.
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2417 - Reduce the number of sockets that are currently in use and just rely on one
2418 or two sockets.
3734fec7 2419 - Support running nspawn as an unprivileged user.
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2420
2421* machined: add API to acquire UID range. add API to mount/dissect loopback
2422 file. Both protected by PK. Then make nspawn use these APIs to run
2423 unprivileged containers. i.e. push the truly privileged bits into machined,
2424 so that the client side can remain entirely unprivileged, with SUID or
2425 anything like that.
2426
e25b5a8d 2427* machined:
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2428 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
2429 removed or added to an existing machine
2430 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
2431 difference host, via ssh
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2432 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
2433 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
2434 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
2435 question
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2436 - "machinectl history"
2437 - "machinectl diff"
2438 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
2439 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
2440
abd55b16 2441* udev:
abd55b16 2442 - move to LGPL
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2443 - kill scsi_id
2444 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 2445 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
75723d31 2446 - re-enable ProtectClock= once only cgroupsv2 is supported.
8cfde28b 2447 See f562abe2963bad241d34e0b308e48cf114672c84.
b8217b7b 2448
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2449* coredump:
2450 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
73a99163 2451 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
1a0281a3 2452 - add examples for other distros in ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA
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2453
2454* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
2455
f38afcd0 2456* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 2457 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
beca6b6e 2458 - allow time-based cleanup in r and R too
614cc34f 2459 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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2460 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
2461 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
2462 calls follow symlinks.
36f57e02 2463 - add --test mode
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2464 - teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
2465 project quota
a9b0d0a2 2466 - teach tmpfiles.d m/M to move / atomic move + symlink old -> new
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2467 - add new line type for setting btrfs subvolume attributes (i.e. rw/ro)
2468 - tmpfiles: add new line type for setting fcaps
1258097c 2469
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2470* udev-link-config:
2471 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
2472 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
2473 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 2474
88e4d1d7 2475* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 2476 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 2477 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 2478
0a4b9a07 2479* networkd:
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2480 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
2481 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
e8d842a0 2482 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
798e174a 2483 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
a8eaaee7 2484 - work with non-Ethernet devices
e25b5a8d 2485 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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2486 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
2487 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
2488 - expose in the API the following bits:
e2da6491 2489 - option 15, domain name
38b38500 2490 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
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2491 - option 123, 144, geolocation
2492 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
2493 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
2494 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
2495 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
2496 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
e25b5a8d 2497 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
155e8b9a 2498
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2499* in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
2500
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2501* Figure out how to do unittests of networkd's state serialization
2502
ac976532 2503* dhcp:
424a8732 2504 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 2505
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2506* dhcp6:
2507 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
2508 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
2509 - write more test cases
37d8b536 2510 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 2511 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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2512 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
2513 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
2514 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
2515 or interface down
2516 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
2517 this behavior
4a77c53d 2518 - RouteTable= ?
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2519
2520* shared/wall: Once more programs are taught to prefer sd-login over utmp,
2521 switch the default wall implementation to wall_logind
2522 (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/29051#issuecomment-1704917074)