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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.
6
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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=
24
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
72
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73Janitorial Clean-ups:
74
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75* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
76
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77* rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
78 semantics, like we do for device.c now
79
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80* get rid of prefix_roota() and similar, only use chase_symlinks() and related
81 calls instead.
82
83* get rid of basename() and replace by path_extract_filename()
84
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85Deprecations and removals:
86
87* Remove any support for booting without /usr pre-mounted in the initrd entirely.
88 Update INITRD_INTERFACE.md accordingly.
89
90* 2019-10 – Remove POINTINGSTICK_CONST_ACCEL references from the hwdb, see #9573
c6407108 91
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92* remove cgrouspv1 support EOY 2023. As per
93 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2022-July/048120.html
94 and then rework cgroupsv2 support around fds, i.e. keep one fd per active
95 unit around, and always operate on that, instead of cgroup fs paths.
96
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97* drop support for kernels that lack ambient capabilities support (i.e. make
98 4.3 new baseline). Then drop support for "!!" modifier for ExecStart= which
9eb41aab 99 is only supported for such old kernels.
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9eb41aab 101* drop support for getrandom()-less kernels. (GRND_INSECURE means once kernel
3345802c 102 5.6 becomes our baseline). See
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103 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24101#issuecomment-1193966468 for
104 details. Maybe before that: at taint-flags/warn about kernels that lack
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105 getrandom()/environments where it is blocked.
106
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107* drop support for LOOP_CONFIGURE-less loopback block devices, once kernel
108 baseline is 5.8.
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110* drop fd_is_mount_point() fallback mess once we can rely on
111 STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT to exist i.e. kernel baseline 5.8
112
3345802c 113* rework our PID tracking in services and so on, to be strictly based on pidfd,
9eb41aab 114 once kernel baseline is 5.13.
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116* ~2023: remove support for TPM_PCR_INDEX_KERNEL_PARAMETERS_COMPAT
117
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118* H2 2023: remove support for unmerged-usr
119
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120Features:
121
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122* sd-boot: for each installed OS, grey out older entries (i.e. all but the
123 newest), to indicate they are obsolete
124
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125* automatically propagate LUKS password credential into cryptsetup from host
126 (i.e. SMBIOS type #11, …), so that one can unlock LUKS via VM hypervisor
127 supplied password.
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129* add ability to path_is_valid() to classify paths that refer to a dir from
130 those which may refer to anything, and use that in various places to filter
131 early. i.e. stuff ending in "/", "/." and "/.." definitely refers to a
132 directory, and paths ending that way can be refused early in many contexts.
133
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134* systemd-measure: allow operating with PEM certificates in addition to PEM
135 public keys when signing PCR values. SecureBoot and our Verity signatures
136 operate with certificates already, hence I guess we should also just deal for
137 convencience with certificates for the PCR stuff too.
138
139* systemd-measure: add --pcrpkey-auto as an alternative to --pcrpkey=, where it
140 would just use the same public key specified with --public-key= (or the one
141 automatically derived from --private-key=).
142
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143* tmpfiles: add new line type for setting btrfs subvolume attributes (i.e. rw/ro)
144
145* tmpfiles: add new line type for setting fcaps
146
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147* push people to use ".sysext.raw" as suffix for sysext DDIs (DDI =
148 discoverable disk images, i.e. the new name for gpt disk images following the
149 discoverable disk spec). [Also: just ".sysext/" for directory-based sysext]
150
151* Add "purpose" flag to partition flags in discoverable partition spec that
152 indicate if partition is intended for sysext, for portable service, for
153 booting and so on. Then, when dissecting DDI allow specifying a purpose to
154 use as additional search condition. Usecase: images that combined a sysext
155 partition with a portable service partition in one.
156
157* On boot, auto-generate an asymmetric key pair from the TPM,
158 and use it for validating DDIs and credentials. Maybe upload it to the kernel
159 keyring, so that the kernel does this validation for us for verity and kernel
160 modules
161
162* for systemd-syscfg: add a tool that can generate suitable DDIs with verity +
163 sig using squashfs-tools-ng's library. Maybe just systemd-repart called under
164 a new name with a built-in config?
165
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166* gpt-auto: generate mount units that reference partitions via
167 /dev/disk/by-diskseq/… so that they can't be swapped out behind our back.
168
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169* lock down acceptable encrypted credentials at boot, via simple allowlist,
170 maybe on kernel command line:
171 systemd.import_encrypted_creds=foobar.waldo,tmpfiles.extra to protect locked
172 down kernels from credentials generated on the host with a weak kernel
173
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174* Add support for extra verity configuration options to systemd-repart (FEC,
175 hash type, etc)
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177* chase_symlinks(): take inspiraton from path_extract_filename() and return
178 O_DIRECTORY if input path contains trailing slash.
179
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180* chase_symlinks(): refuse resolution if trailing slash is specified on input,
181 but final node is not a directory
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183* chase_symlinks(): add new flag that simply refuses all symlink use in a path,
184 then use that for accessing XBOOTLDR/ESP
185
186* document in boot loader spec that symlinks in XBOOTLDR/ESP are not OK even if
187 non-VFAT fs is used.
188
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189* measure credentials picked up from SMBIOS to some suitable PCR
190
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191* measure GPT and LUKS headers somewhere when we use them (i.e. in
192 systemd-gpt-auto-generator/systemd-repart and in systemd-cryptsetup?)
193
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194* pick up creds from EFI vars
195
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196* sd-stub/sd-boot: write RNG seed to LINUX_EFI_RANDOM_SEED_TABLE_GUID config
197 table as well. (and possibly drop our efi var). Current kernels will pick up
198 the seed from there already, if EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL is not implemented by
199 firmware.
200
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201* sd-boot: include domain specific hash string in hash function for random seed
202 plus sizes of everything. also include DMI/SMBIOS blob
203
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204* sd-stub: invoke random seed logic the same way as in sd-boot, except if
205 random seed EFI variable is already set. That way, the variable set will be
206 set in all cases: if you just use sd-stub, or just sd-boot, or both.
207
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208* sd-boot: we probably should include all BootXY EFI variable defined boot
209 entries in our menu, and then suppress ourselves. Benefit: instant
210 compatibility with all other OSes which register things there, in particular
211 on other disks. Always boot into them via NextBoot EFI variable, to not
212 affect PCR values.
213
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214* systemd-measure tool:
215 - pre-calculate PCR 12 (command line) + PCR 13 (sysext) the same way we can precalculate PCR 11
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217* in sd-boot: load EFI drivers from a new PE section. That way, one can have a
218 "supercharged" sd-boot binary, that could carry ext4 drivers built-in.
219
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220* sd-bus: document that sd_bus_process() only returns messages that non of the
221 filters/handlers installed on the connection took possession of.
222
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223* sd-device: add an API for acquiring list of child devices, given a device
224 objects (i.e. all child dirents that dirs or symlinks to dirs)
225
226* sd-device: maybe pin the sysfs dir with an fd, during the entire runtime of
227 an sd_device, then always work based on that.
228
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229* add small wrapper around qemu that implements sd_notify/AF_VSOCK + machined and
230 maybe some other stuff and boots it
231
e1b45a75 232* maybe add new flags to gpt partition tables for rootfs and usrfs indicating
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233 purpose, i.e. whether something is supposed to be bootable in a VM, on
234 baremetal, on an nspawn-style container, if it is a portable service image,
235 or a sysext for initrd, for host os, or for portable container. Then hook
236 portabled/… up to udev to watch block devices coming up with the flags set, and
237 use it.
238
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239* sd-boot should look for information what to boot in SMBIOS, too, so that VM
240 managers can tell sd-boot what to boot into and suchlike
241
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242* PID 1 should look for an SMBIOS variable that encodes an AF_VSOCK address it
243 should send sd_notify() ready notifications to. That way a VMM can boot up a
244 system, and generically know when it finished booting.
245
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246* add "systemd-sysext identify" verb, that you can point on any file in /usr/
247 and that determines from which overlayfs layer it originates, which image, and with
248 what it was signed.
249
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250* journald: generate recognizable log events whenever we shutdown journald
251 cleanly, and when we migrate run → var. This way tools can verify that a
252 previous boot terminated cleanly, because either of these two messages must
253 be safely written to disk, then.
254
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255* systemd-creds: extend encryption logic to support asymmetric
256 encryption/authentication. Idea: add new verb "systemd-creds public-key"
257 which generates a priv/pub key pair on the TPM2 and stores the priv key
258 locally in /var. It then outputs a certificate for the pub part to stdout.
259 This can then be copied/taken elsewhere, and can be used for encrypting creds
260 that only the host on its specific hw can decrypt. Then, support a drop-in
261 dir with certificates that can be used to authenticate credentials. Flow of
262 operations is then this: build image with owner certificate, then after
263 boot up issue "systemd-creds public-key" to acquire pubkey of the machine.
264 Then, when passing data to the machine, sign with privkey belonging to one of
265 the dropped in certs and encrypted with machine pubkey, and pass to machine.
266 Machine is then able to authenticate you, and confidentiality is guaranteed.
267
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268* building on top of the above, the pub/priv key pair generated on the TPM2
269 should probably also one you can use to get a remote attestation quote.
270
8c776523 271* bootctl: add "gc" verb that loads all type #1 .conf files, and then removes
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272 all files from the set of files from the ESP/XBOOTLDR matching the entry
273 token that are not referenced by any. Then, change kernel-install to use only
274 this to remove auxiliary files, and never remove them explicitly. Benefit:
275 resources such as initrds/kernels/dtb can be shared between entries.
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277* Process credentials in:
278 • networkd/udevd: add a way to define additional .link, .network, .netdev files
279 via the credentials logic.
280 • fstab-generator: allow defining additional fstab-like mounts via
281 credentials (similar: crypttab-generator, verity-generator,
282 integrity-generator)
283 • getty-generator: allow defining additional getty instances via a credential
284 • run-generator: allow defining additional commands to run via a credential
285 • resolved: allow defining additional /etc/hosts entries via a credential (it
286 might make sense to then synthesize a new combined /etc/hosts file in /run
287 and bind mount it on /etc/hosts for other clients that want to read it.
288 Similar, allow picking up DNS server IP addresses from credential.
289 • repart: allow defining additional partitions via credential
290 • timesyncd: pick NTP server info from credential
291 • portabled: read a credential "portable.extra" or so, that takes a list of
292 file system paths to enable on start.
293 • make systemd-fstab-generator look for a system credential encoding root= or
294 usr=
295 • systemd-homed: when initializing, look for a credential
296 systemd.homed.register or so with JSON user records to automatically
297 register if not registered yet. Usecase: deploy a system, and add an
298 account one can directly log into.
299 • initialize machine ID from systemd credential picked up from the ESP via
300 sd-stub, so that machine ID is stable even on systems where unified kernels
301 are used, and hence kernel cmdline cannot be modified locally
302 • in gpt-auto-generator: check partition uuids against such uuids supplied via
303 sd-stub credentials. That way, we can support parallel OS installations with
304 pre-built kernels.
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306* define a JSON format for units, separating out unit definitions from unit
307 runtime state. Then, expose it:
308
309 1. Add Describe() method to Unit D-Bus object that returns a JSON object
310 about the unit.
311 2. Expose this natively via Varlink, in similar style
312 3. Use it when invoking binaries (i.e. make PID 1 fork off systemd-executor
313 binary which reads the JSON definition and runs it), to address the cow
314 trap issue and the fact that NSS is actually forbidden in
315 forked-but-not-exec'ed children
316 4. Add varlink API to run transient units based on provided JSON definitions
317
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318* show SUPPORT_END= data in "hostnamectl" output (and thus also expose a prop
319 for this on dbus)
320
321* Add SUPPORT_END_URL= field to os-release with more *actionable* information
322 what to do if support ended
323
324* pam_systemd: on interactive logins, maybe show SUPPORT_END information at
325 login time, á la motd
326
e1b45a75 327* sd-boot: instead of unconditionally deriving the ESP to search boot loader
9c18b363 328 spec entries in from the paths of sd-boot binary, let's optionally allow it
e1b45a75 329 to be configured on sd-boot cmdline + efi var. Usecase: embed sd-boot in the
9c18b363 330 UEFI firmware (for example, ovmf supports that via qemu cmdline option), and
e1b45a75 331 use it to load stuff from the ESP.
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333* mount /var/ from initrd, so that we can apply sysext and stuff before the
334 initrd transition. Specifically:
335 1. There should be a var= kernel cmdline option, matching root= and usr=
336 2. systemd-gpt-auto-generator should auto-mount /var if it finds it on disk
337 3. mount.x-initrd mount option in fstab should be implied for /var
338
339* implement varlink introspection
340
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341* we should probably drop all use of prefix_roota() and friends, and use
342 chase_symlinks() instead
343
d486b26f 344* make persistent restarts easier by adding a new setting OpenPersistentFile=
47b86590 345 or so, which allows opening one or more files that is "persistent" across
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346 service restarts, hot reboot, cold reboots (depending on configuration): the
347 files are created empty on first invocation, and on subsequent invocations
348 the files are reboot. The files would be backed by tmpfs, pmem or /var
349 depending on desired level of persistency.
350
351* sd-event: add ability to "chain" event sources. Specifically, add a call
352 sd_event_source_chain(x, y), which will automatically enable event source y
353 in oneshit mode once x is triggered. Use case: in src/core/mount.c implement
354 the /proc/self/mountinfo rescan on SIGCHLD with this: whenever a SIGCHLD is
355 seen, trigger the rescan defer event source automatically, and allow it to be
356 dispatched *before* the SIGCHLD is handled (based on priorities). Benefit:
357 dispatch order is strictly controlled by priorities again. (next step: chain
358 event sources to the ratelimit being over)
359
360* if we fork of a service with StandardOutput=journal, and it forks off a
361 subprocess that quickly dies, we might not be able to identify the cgroup it
362 comes from, but we can still derive that from the stdin socket its output
363 came from. We apparently don't do that right now.
364
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365* add ability to set hostname with suffix derived from machine id at boot
366
367* ask dracut to generate usr= on the kernel cmdline so that we don't need to
368 read /etc/fstab from the root fs from the initrd and do daemon-reload
369
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370* add PR_SET_DUMPABLE service setting
371
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372* homed/userdb: maybe define a "companion" dir for home directories where apps
373 can safely put privileged stuff in. Would not be writable by the user, but
374 still conceptually belong to the user. Would be included in user's quota if
375 possible, even if files are not owned by UID of user. Usecase: container
376 images that owned by arbitrary UIDs, and are owned/managed by the users, but
377 are not directly belonging to the user's UID. Goal: we shouldn't place more
378 privileged dirs inside of unprivileged dirs, and thus containers really
379 should not be placed inside of traditional UNIX home dirs (which are owned by
3881fd40 380 users themselves) but somewhere else, that is separate, but still close
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381 by. Inform user code about path to this companion dir via env var, so that
382 container managers find it. the ~/.identity file is also a candidate for a
383 file to move there, since it is managed by privileged code (i.e. homed) and
384 not unprivileged code.
385
386* given that /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/ is a thing now, ship a drop-in for that
387 that hooks up userbdctl ssh-key stuff.
388
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389* maybe add support for binding and connecting AF_UNIX sockets in the file
390 system outside of the 108ch limit. When connecting, open O_PATH fd to socket
391 inode first, then connect to /proc/self/fd/XYZ. When binding, create symlink
392 to target dir in /tmp, and bind through it.
393
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394* add a proper concept of a "developer" mode, i.e. where cryptographic
395 protections of the root OS are weakened after interactive confirmation, to
396 allow hackers to allow their own stuff. idea: allow entering developer mode
397 only via explicit choice in boot menu: i.e. add explicit boot menu item for
398 it. when developer mode is entered generate a key pair in the TPM2, and add
399 the public part of it automatically to keychain of valid code signature keys
400 on subsequent boots. Then provide a tool to sign code with the key in the
401 TPM2. Ensure that boot menu item is only way to enter developer mode, by
402 binding it to locality/PCRs so that that keys cannot be generated otherwise.
403
404* services: add support for cryptographically unlocking per-service directories
405 via TPM2. Specifically, for StateDirectory= (and related dirs) use fscrypt to
406 set up the directory so that it can only be accessed if host and app are in
407 order.
408
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409* TPM2: extend unlock policy to protect against version downgrades in signed
410 policies: policy probably must take some nvram based generation counter into
411 account that can only monotonically increase and can be used to invalidate
412 old PCR signatures. Otherwise people could downgrade to old signed PCR sets
413 whenever they want.
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415* update HACKING.md to suggest developing systemd with the ideas from:
416 https://0pointer.net/blog/testing-my-system-code-in-usr-without-modifying-usr.html
417 https://0pointer.net/blog/running-an-container-off-the-host-usr.html
418
419* add a clear concept how the initrd can make up credentials on their own to
420 pass to the system when transitioning into the host OS. usecase: things like
421 cloud-init/ignitation and similar can parameterize the host with data they
422 acquire.
423
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424* sd-event: compat wd reuse in inotify code: keep a set of removed watch
425 descriptors, and clear this set piecemeal when we see the IN_IGNORED event
426 for it, or when read() returns EAGAIN or on IN_Q_OVERFLOW. Then, whenever we
427 see an inotify wd event check against this set, and if it is contained ignore
8ac6b05b 428 the event. (to be fully correct this would have to count the occurrences, in
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429 case the same wd is reused multiple times before we start processing
430 IN_IGNORED again)
431
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432* systemd-fstab-generator: support addition mount specifications via kernel
433 cmdline. Usecase: invoke a VM, and mount a host homedir into it via
434 virtio-fs.
435
436* for vendor-built signed initrds:
62471289 437 - make sysext run in the initrd
5b06ad51 438 - sysext should pick up sysext images from /.extra/ in the initrd, and insist
62471289 439 on verification if in secureboot mode
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440 - kernel-install should be able to install pre-built unified kernel images in
441 type #2 drop-in dir in the ESP.
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442 - kernel-install should be able install encrypted creds automatically for
443 machine id, root pw, rootfs uuid, resume partition uuid, and place next to
444 EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up. These creds should be locked to
445 the TPM, and bind to the right PCR the kernel is measured to.
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446 - kernel-install should be able to pick up initrd sysexts automatically and
447 place them next to EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up.
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448 - systemd-fstab-generator should look for rootfs device to mount in creds
449 - pid 1 should look for machine ID in creds
62471289 450 - systemd-resume-generator should look for resume partition uuid in creds
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451 - sd-stub: automatically pick up microcode from ESP (/loader/microcode/*)
452 and synthesize initrd from it, and measure it. Signing is not necessary, as
453 microcode does that on its own. Pass as first initrd to kernel.
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455* Add a new service type very similar to Type=notify, that goes one step
456 further and extends the protocol to cover reloads. Specifically, SIGHUP will
457 become the official way to reload, and daemon has to respond with sd_notify()
458 to report when it starts reloading, and when it is complete reloading. Care
459 must be taken to remove races from this model. I.e. PID 1 needs to take
460 CLOCK_MONOTONIC, then send SIGHUP, then wait for at least one RELOADING=1
461 message that comes with a newer timestamp, then wait for a READY=1 message.
462 while we are at it, also maybe extend the logic to require handling of some
463 specific SIGRT signal for setting debug log level, that carries the level via
464 the sigqueue() data parameter. With that we extended with minimal logic the
465 service runtime logic quite substantially.
466
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467* firstboot: maybe just default to C.UTF-8 locale if nothing is set, so that we
468 don't query this unnecessarily in entirely uninitialized
469 containers. (i.e. containers with empty /etc).
470
598e4315 471* beef up sd_notify() to support AV_VSOCK in $NOTIFY_SOCKET, so that VM
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472 managers can get ready notifications from VMs, just like container managers
473 from their payload. Also pick up address from qemu/fw_cfg if set there.
474 (which has benefits, given SecureBoot and kernel cmdline are not necessarily
475 friends.)
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477* mirroring this: maybe support binding to AV_VSOCK in Type=notify services,
478 then passing $NOTIFY_SOCKET and $NOTIFY_GUESTCID with PID1's cid (typically
479 fixed to "2", i.e. the official host cid) and the expected guest cid, for the
3a258d3a 480 two sides of the channel. The latter env var could then be used in an
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481 appropriate qemu cmdline. That way qemu payloads could talk sd_notify()
482 directly to host service manager.
483
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484* maybe write a tool that binds an AF_VFSOCK socket, then invokes qemu,
485 extending the command line to enable vsock on the VM, and using fw_cfg to
486 configure socket address.
487
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488* sd-boot: rework random seed handling following recent kernel changes: always
489 pass seed to kernel, but credit only if secure boot is used
490
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491* sd-boot: also include the hyperv "vm generation id" in the random seed hash,
492 to cover nicely for machine clones. It's found in the ACPI tables, which
493 should be easily accessible from UEFI.
494
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495* sd-boot: add menu item for shutdown? or hotkey?
496
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497* sd-device has an API to create an sd_device object from a device id, but has
498 no api to query the device id
499
500* sd-device should return the devnum type (i.e. 'b' or 'c') via some API for an
501 sd_device object, so that data passed into sd_device_new_from_devnum() can
502 also be queried.
503
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504* sd-event: optionally, if per-event source rate limit is hit, downgrade
505 priority, but leave enabled, and once ratelimit window is over, upgrade
506 priority again. That way we can combat event source starvation without
507 stopping processing events from one source entirely.
508
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509* sd-event: similar to existing inotify support add fanotify support (given
510 that apparently new features in this area are only going to be added to the
511 latter).
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513* sd-event: add 1st class event source for clock changes
514
515* sd-event: add 1st class event source for timezone changes
516
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517* support uefi/http boots with sd-boot: instead of looking for dropin files in
518 /loader/entries/ dir, look for a file /loader/entries/SHA256SUMS and use that
519 as directory manifest. The file would be a standard directory listing as
520 generated by GNU sha256sums.
521
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522* sd-boot: maybe add support for embedding the various auxiliary resources we
523 look for right in the sd-boot binary. i.e. take inspiration from sd-stub
524 logic: allow combining sd-boot via objcopy with kernels to enumerate, .conf
525 files, drivers, keys to enroll and so on. Then, add whatever we find that way
526 to the menu. Usecase: allow building a single PE image you can boot into via
527 UEFI HTTP boot.
528
529* maybe add a new UEFI stub binary "sd-http". It works similar to sd-stub, but
530 all it does is download a file from a http server, and execute it, after
531 optionally checking its hash sum. idea would be: combine this "sd-http" stub
532 binary with some minimal info about an URL + hash sum, plus .osrel data, and
533 drop it into the unified kernel dir in the ESP. And bam you have something
534 that is tiny, feels a lot like a unified kernel, but all it does is chainload
535 the real kernel. benefit: downloading these stubs would be tiny and quick,
536 hence cheap for enumeration.
537
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538* sysext: measure all activated sysext into a TPM PCR
539
540* maybe add a "syscfg" concept, that is almost entirely identical to "sysext",
541 but operates on /etc/ instead of /usr/ and /opt/. Use case would be: trusted,
542 authenticated, atomic, additive configuration management primitive: drop in a
543 configuration bundle, and activate it, so that it is instantly visible,
544 comprehensively.
545
546* systemd-dissect: show available versions inside of a disk image, i.e. if
547 multiple versions are around of the same resource, show which ones. (in other
548 words: show partition labels).
549
550* systemd-nspawn: make boot assessment do something sensible in a
551 container. i.e send an sd_notify() from payload to container manager once
552 boot-up is completed successfully, and use that in nspawn for dealing with
553 boot counting, implemented in the partition table labels and directory names.
554
555* maybe add a generator that reads /proc/cmdline, looks for
556 systemd.pull-raw-portable=, systemd-pull-raw-sysext= and similar switches
557 that take an URL as parameter. It then generates service units for
b17a681b 558 systemd-pull calls that download these URLs if not installed yet. usecase:
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559 invoke a VM or nspawn container in a way it automatically deploys/runs these
560 images as OS payloads. i.e. have a generic OS image you can point to any
561 payload you like, which is then downloaded, securely verified and run.
562
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564
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567* systemd-dissect: add --cat switch for dumping files such as /etc/os-release
568
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569* per-service sandboxing option: ProtectIds=. If used, will overmount
570 /etc/machine-id and /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id with synthetic files, to
571 make it harder for the service to identify the host. Depending on the user
572 setting it should be fully randomized at invocation time, or a hash of the
573 real thing, keyed by the unit name or so. Of course, there are other ways to
574 get these IDs (e.g. journal) or similar ids (e.g. MAC addresses, DMI ids, CPU
575 ids), so this knob would only be useful in combination with other lockdown
576 options. Particularly useful for portable services, and anything else that
577 uses RootDirectory= or RootImage=. (Might also over-mount
578 /sys/class/dmi/id/*{uuid,serial} with /dev/null).
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580* journalctl/timesyncd: whenever timesyncd acquires a synchronization from NTP,
581 create a structured log entry that contains boot ID, monotonic clock and
582 realtime clock (I mean, this requires no special work, as these three fields
583 are implicit). Then in journalctl when attempting to display the realtime
584 timestamp of a log entry, first search for the closest later log entry
585 of this kinda that has a matching boot id, and convert the monotonic clock
586 timestamp of the entry to the realtime clock using this info. This way we can
587 retroactively correct the wallclock timestamps, in particular for systems
588 without RTC, i.e. where initially wallclock timestamps carry rubbish, until
589 an NTP sync is acquired.
590
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592 - add --all switch for rerunning kernel-install for all installed kernels
593 - maybe add env var that shortcuts kernel-install for installers that want to
594 call it at the end only
595
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596* doc: prep a document explaining resolved's internal objects, i.e. Query
597 vs. Question vs. Transaction vs. Stream and so on.
598
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599* doc: prep a document explaining PID 1's internal logic, i.e. transactions,
600 jobs, units
601
a57d72ce 602* bootspec: bring UEFI and userspace enumeration of bootspec entries back into
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603 sync, i.e. parse out architecture field in sd-boot (currently only done in
604 userspace)
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606* automatically ignore threaded cgroups in cg_xyz().
607
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608* add linker script that implicitly adds symbol for build ID and new coredump
609 json package metadata, and use that when logging
610
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611* systemd-dissect: show GPT disk UUID in output
612
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615
616* Add systemd-analyze security checks for RestrictFileSystems= and
617 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=
618
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619* cryptsetup/homed: implement TOTP authentication backed by TPM2 and its
620 internal clock.
621
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f08e143c 623 traffic on port 53 to resolved stub 127.0.0.54
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625* man: rework os-release(5), and clearly separate our extension-release.d/ and
626 initrd-release parts, i.e. list explicitly which fields are about what.
627
628* sysext: before applying a sysext, do a superficial validation run so that
629 things are not rearranged to wildy. I.e. protect against accidental fuckups,
630 such as masking out /usr/lib/ or so. We should probably refuse if existing
631 inodes are replaced by other types of inodes or so.
632
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633* userdb: when synthesizing NSS records, pick "best" password from defined
634 passwords, not just the first. i.e. if there are multiple defined, prefer
635 unlocked over locked and prefer non-empty over empty.
636
637* maybe add a tool inspired by the GPT auto discovery spec that runs in the
638 initrd and rearranges the rootfs hierarchy via bind mounts, if
639 enabled. Specifically in some top-level dir /@auto/ it will look for
640 dirs/symlinks/subvolumes that are named after their purpose, and optionally
641 encode a version as well as assessment counters, and then mount them into the
642 file system tree to boot into, similar to how we do that for the gpt auto
643 logic. Maybe then bind mount the original root into /.superior or something
644 like that (so that update tools can look there). Further discussion in this
645 thread:
646 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2021-November/047059.html
647 The GPT dissection logic should automatically enable this tool whenever we
648 detect a specially marked root fs (i.e introduce a new generic root gpt type
649 for this, that is arch independent). The also implement this in the image
650 dissection logic, so that nspawn/RootImage= and so on grok it. Maybe make
651 generic enough so that it can also work for ostrees arrangements.
652
653* if a path ending in ".auto.d/" is set for RootDirectory=/RootImage= then do a
654 strverscmp() of everything inside that dir and use that. i.e. implement very
655 simple version control. Also use this in systemd-nspawn --image= and so on.
656
657* homed: while a home dir is not activated generate slightly different NSS
658 records for it, that reports the home dir as "/" and the shell as some binary
659 provided by us. Then, when an SSH login happens and SSH permits it our binary
660 is invoked. This binary can then talk to homed and activate the homedir if
661 it's not around yet, prompting the user for a password. Once that succeeded
662 we'll switch to the real user record, i.e. home dir and shell, and our tool
663 exec()s the latter. Net effect: ssh'ing into a homed account will just work:
664 we'll neatly prompt for the homedir's password if its needed. –– Building on
665 this we could take this even further: since this tool will potentially have
666 access to the client's ssh-agent (if ssh-agent forwarding is enabled) we
667 could implement SSH unlocking of a homedir with that: when enrolling a new
668 ssh pubkey in a user record we'd ask the ssh-agent to sign some random value
669 with the privkey, then use that as luks key to unlock the home dir. Will not
670 work for ECDSA keys since their signatures contain a random component, but
671 will work for RSA and Ed25519 keys.
672
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673* add tiny service that decrypts encrypted user records passed via initrd
674 credential logic and drops them into /run where nss-systemd can pick them up,
675 similar to /run/host/userdb/. Usecase: drop a root user JSON record there,
676 and use it in the initrd to log in as root with locally selected password,
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677 for debugging purposes. Other usecase: boot into qemu with regular user
678 mounted from host. maybe put this in systemd-user-sessions.service?
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680* drop dependency on libcap, replace by direct syscalls based on
681 CapabilityQuintet we already have. (This likely allows us drop drop libcap
682 dep in the base OS image)
683
684* sysext: automatically activate sysext images dropped in via new sd-stub
c0a74f62 685 sysext pickup logic. (must insist on verity + signature on those though)
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687* add concept for "exitrd" as inverse of "initrd", that we can transition to at
688 shutdown, and has similar security semantics. This should then take the place
689 of dracut's shutdown logic. Should probably support sysexts too. Care needs
690 to be taken that the resulting logic ends up in RAM, i.e. is copied out of
691 on-disk storage.
692
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693* userdbd: implement an additional varlink service socket that provides the
694 host user db in restricted form, then allow this to be bind mounted into
695 sandboxed environments that want the host database in minimal form. All
696 records would be stripped of all meta info, except the basic UID/name
697 info. Then use this in portabled environments that do not use PrivateUsers=1.
698
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699* logind introduce two types of sessions: "heavy" and "light". The former would
700 be our current sessions. But the latter would be a new type of session that
701 is mostly the same but does not pull in user@.service or wait for it. Then,
702 allow configuration which type of session is desired via pam_systemd
703 parameters, and then make user@.service's session one of these "light" ones.
704 People could then choose to make FTP sessions and suchlike "light" if they
705 don't want the service manager to be started for that.
706
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707* /etc/veritytab: allow that the roothash column can be specified as fs path
708 including a path to an AF_UNIX path, similar to how we do things with the
709 keys of /etc/crypttab. That way people can store/provide the roothash
710 externally and provide to us on demand only.
711
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712* add high-level lockdown level for GPT dissection logic: e.g. an enum that can
713 be ANY (to mount anything), TRUSTED (to require that /usr is on signed
714 verity, but rest doesn't matter), LOCKEDDOWN (to require that everything is
715 on signed verity, except for ESP), SUPERLOCKDOWN (like LOCKEDDOWN but ESP not
716 allowed). And then maybe some flavours of that that declare what is expected
717 from home/srv/var… Then, add a new cmdline flag to all tools that parse such
718 images, to configure this. Also, add a kernel cmdline option for this, to be
719 honoured by the gpt auto generator.
720
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722 only mount root dir, /home/ dir, /var/ and /srv/, but nothing else. And then
723 minor extension to this, insisting on encryption, for example
af3d3873 724 "systemd.gpt_auto_policy=r+v+h" to require encryption for root and var but not
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725 for /home/, and similar. Similar add --image-dissect-policy= to tools that
726 take --image= that take the same short string.
727
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728* nspawn: maybe optionally insert .nspawn file as GPT partition into images, so
729 that such container images are entirely stand-alone and can be updated as
730 one.
731
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733 on boot. (i.e. maybe add a veritytab option tpm2-measure=12 or so to measure
734 it into PCR 12); Similar: we probably should extend the LUKS volume key of
735 the root fs into some PCR on boot. (i.e. maybe add a crypttab option
736 tpm2-measure=15 or so to measure it into PCR 15); once both are in place
737 update gpt-auto-discovery to generate these by default for the partitions it
738 discovers. Static vendor stuff should probably end up in PCR 12 (i.e. the
739 verity hash), with local keys in PCR 15 (i.e. the encryption volume
740 key). That way, we nicely distinguish resources supplied by the OS vendor
741 (i.e. sysext, root verity) from those inherently local (i.e. encryption key),
742 which is useful if they shall be signed separately.
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744* add a "policy" to the dissection logic. i.e. a bit mask what is OK to mount,
745 what must be read-only, what requires encryption, and what requires
746 authentication.
747
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748* in uefi stub: query firmware regarding which PCR banks are being used, store
749 that in EFI var. then use this when enrolling TPM2 in cryptsetup to verify
750 that the selected PCRs actually are used by firmware.
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752* rework recursive read-only remount to use new mount API
753
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756* when mounting disk images: if IMAGE_ID/IMAGE_VERSION is set in os-release
757 data in the image, make sure the image filename actually matches this, so
758 that images cannot be misused.
759
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178d3ff2 761 /dev/disk/by-parttypelabel/<pttype>-<ptlabel>. Use case: if pt label is used
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762 as partition image version string, this is a safe way to reference a specific
763 version of a specific partition type, in particular where related partitions
764 are processed (e.g. verity + rootfs both named "LennartOS_0.7").
765
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767 - add fuzzing to the pattern parser
768 - support casync as download mechanism
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769 - "systemd-sysupdate update --all" support, that iterates through all components
770 defined on the host, plus all images installed into /var/lib/machines/,
771 /var/lib/portable/ and so on.
772 - figure out what to do about system extensions (i.e. they need to imply an
773 update component, since otherwise system extenion' sysupdate.d/ files would
774 override the host's update files.)
775 - Allow invocation with a single transfer definition, i.e. with
776 --definitions= pointing to a file rather than a dir.
777 - add ability to disable implicit decompression of downloaded artifacts,
778 i.e. a Compress=no option in the transfer definitions
779
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780* in sd-id128: also parse UUIDs in RFC4122 URN syntax (i.e. chop off urn:uuid: prefix)
781
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782* DynamicUser= + StateDirectory= → use uid mapping mounts, too, in order to
783 make dirs appear under right UID.
784
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785* systemd-sysext: optionally, run it in initrd already, before transitioning
786 into host, to open up possibility for services shipped like that.
787
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788* maybe add a tool that displays most recent journal logs as QR code to scan
789 off screen and run it automatically on boot failures, emergency logs and
790 such. Use DRM APIs directly, see
791 https://github.com/dvdhrm/docs/blob/master/drm-howto/modeset.c for an example
792 for doing that.
793
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795 disk the rootfs is on in a reasonably secure way. (or maybe: add
796 /dev/gpt-auto-{home,srv,boot,…} similar in style to /dev/gpt-auto-root as we
797 already have it.
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799* whenever we receive fds via SCM_RIGHTS make sure none got dropped due to the
800 reception limit the kernel silently enforces.
801
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802* add an Open= setting to service unit files that can open arbitrary file
803 system paths at service startup time and pass them to the service process via
804 our usual socket activation protocol. If passed path refers to AF_UNIX
805 socket: connect() to it.
806
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807* Similar, ConnectStream= which takes IP addresses and connects to them.
808
809* Similar, Load= which takes literal data in text or base64 format, and puts it
810 into a memfd, and passes that. This enables some fun stuff, such as embedding
811 bash scripts in unit files, by combining Load= with ExecStart=/bin/bash
812 /proc/self/fd/3
813
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814* add a ConnectSocket= setting to service unit files, that may reference a
815 socket unit, and which will connect to the socket defined therein, and pass
816 the resulting fd to the service program via socket activation proto.
817
818* Add a concept of ListenStream=anonymous to socket units: listen on a socket
819 that is deleted in the fs. Usecase would be with ConnectSocket= above.
820
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821* importd: support image signature verification with PKCS#7 + OpenBSD signify
822 logic, as alternative to crummy gpg
823
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824* add "systemd-analyze debug" + AttachDebugger= in unit files: The former
825 specifies a command to execute; the latter specifies that an already running
826 "systemd-analyze debug" instance shall be contacted and execution paused
827 until it gives an OK. That way, tools like gdb or strace can be safely be
828 invoked on processes forked off PID 1.
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830* expose MS_NOSYMFOLLOW in various places
831
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834 - acquire via via ask-password?
835 - acquire creds via keyring?
836 - pass creds via keyring?
837 - pass creds via memfd?
838 - acquire + decrypt creds from pkcs11?
839 - make systemd-cryptsetup acquire pw via creds logic
840 - make PAMName= acquire pw via creds logic
841 - make macsec/wireguard code in networkd read key via creds logic
842 - make gatwayd/remote read key via creds logic
843 - add sd_notify() command for flushing out creds not needed anymore
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844 - make user manager instances create and use a user-specific key (the one in
845 /var/lib is root-only) and add --user switch to systemd-creds to use it
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847* add tpm.target or so which is delayed until TPM2 device showed up in case
848 firmware indicates there is one.
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850* TPM2: auto-reenroll in cryptsetup, as fallback for hosed firmware upgrades
851 and such
852
853* introduce a new group to own TPM devices
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855* cyptsetup: add option for automatically removing empty password slot on boot
856
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858 entered, and we are on battery power (or so), power off machine again
859
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860* cryptsetup: when waiting for FIDO2/PKCS#11 token, tell plymouth that, and
861 allow plymouth to abort the waiting and enter pw instead
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863* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
864
865* cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
866 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
867
868* cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
869 systemd-makefs.service instead.
870
871* cryptsetup:
872 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
873 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
874
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875* when configuring loopback netif, and it fails due to EPERM, eat up error if
876 it happens to be set up alright already.
877
878* at boot: check if battery above some threshold, if not power off again after explanation
879
880* userdb: add field for ambient caps, so that a user can have CAP_WAKE_ALARM
881 for example. And add code that resets ambient caps for all services by
882 default.
883
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884* sd-bus: when connecting to some dbus server socker, set originating AF_UNIX
885 socket name in abstract namespace to include "description" string, and pick
886 it up from there in sd_bus_creds logic. i.e. we can use the socket peer
887 address as conduit for some minimal connection metainfo, and use it to
888 restore the "description" logic that kdbus used to have.
889
08d33656 890* systemd-analyze netif that explains predictable interface (or networkctl)
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892* Add service setting to run a service within the specified VRF. i.e. do the
893 equivalent of "ip vrf exec".
894
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895* change SwitchRoot() implementation in PID 1 to use pivot_root(".", "."), as
896 documented in the pivot_root(2) man page, so that we can drop the /oldroot
897 temporary dir.
898
899* special case some calls of chase_symlinks() to use openat2() internally, so
900 that the kernel does what we otherwise do.
901
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902* add a new flag to chase_symlinks() that stops chasing once the first missing
903 component is found and then allows the caller to create the rest.
904
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905* make use of new glibc 2.32 APIs sigabbrev_np() and strerrorname_np().
906
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907* if /usr/bin/swapoff fails due to OOM, log a friendly explanatory message about it
908
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909* pid1: Move to tracking of main pid/control pid of units per pidfd
910
911* pid1: support new clone3() fork-into-cgroup feature
912
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913* pid1: also remove PID files of a service when the service starts, not just
914 when it exits
915
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917 o turn into dlopen() deps:
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919 - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
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922 - bzip2, xz, lz4 (always — gzip and zstd should probably stay static deps the way they are,
923 since they are so basic and our defaults)
924 o move into separate libsystemd-shared-iptables.so .so
925 - iptables-libs (only used by nspawn + networkd)
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928 Apparently kernel performance is much better with fewer larger seccomp
929 filters than with more smaller seccomp filters.
930
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932 mapping to $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, $STATE_DIRECTORY and such
933
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935 operate on disk images directly. Specifically: systemctl, coredumpctl.
936 (Already done: bootctl, systemd-nspawn, systemd-firstboot,
612d3a68 937 systemd-repart, systemd-tmpfiles, systemd-sysusers, journalctl)
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939* seccomp: by default mask x32 ABI system wide on x86-64. it's on its way out
940
941* seccomp: don't install filters for ABIs that are masked anyway for the
942 specific service
943
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944* busctl: maybe expose a verb "ping" for pinging a dbus service to see if it
945 exists and responds.
946
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947* Maybe add a separate GPT partition type to the discoverable partition spec
948 for "hibernate" partitions, that are exactly like swap partitions but only
949 activated right before hibernation and thus never used for regular swapping.
950
91fc013f 951* socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
86b52a39 952 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
91fc013f 953
7e8facb3 954* unify on openssl:
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955 - kill gnutls support in resolved
956 - figure out what to do about libmicrohttpd, which has a hard dependency on
957 gnutls
958 - port fsprg over to a dlopen lib, then switch it to openssl
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960* add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
961 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
962
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963* userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
964 realname substr searches in varlink API
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966* userdb: allow uid/gid range checks
967
2a4be3c5 968* userdb: allow existence checks
006c44c1 969
f1eb0ccd 970* pid1: activation by journal search expression
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972* when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
973 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
974 initrd had set.
975
173c7873 976* sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
84a1ff94 977 it for reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
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978 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
979 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
980 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
981 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
982
983* tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
984 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
985 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
986
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987* maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
988 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
989 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
990 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
991 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
992 source.
993
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994* coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
995 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
996 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
997
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998* teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
999
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1000* beef up hibernation to optionally do swapon/swapoff immediately before/after
1001 the hibernation
1002
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1003* beef up s2h to implement a battery watch loop: instead of entering
1004 hibernation unconditionally after coming back from resume make a decision
1005 based on the battery load level: if battery level is above a specific
1006 threshold, go to suspend again, only hibernate if below it. This means we'd
1007 stick to suspend usually, but fall back to hibernation only when battery runs
1008 empty (well, subject to our sampling interval). Related to this, check if we
1009 can make ACPI _BTP (i.e. /sys/class/power_supply/*/alarm) work for us too,
1010 i.e. see if it can wake up machines from suspend, so that we could resume
1011 automatically when the system is low on power and move automatically to
1012 hibernation mode. (see
1013 https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf
1014 section 10.2.2.8 and
1015 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/modern-standby-wake-sources
1016 at the end).
1017
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1018* We should probably replace /etc/rc.d/README with a symlink to doc
1019 content. After all it is constant vendor data.
9c230b8f 1020
c6526b8d 1021* maybe add kernel cmdline params: to force random seed crediting
312dc153 1022
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1023* introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
1024 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
1025 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
1026 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
1027 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
1028 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
1029 exec().
1030
1031* let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
1032
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1033* when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
1034 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
1035
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1036* make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
1037 gnome-bluetooth and friends
1038
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1039* make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
1040 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
1041 root.
1042
1043* maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
1044 is issued.
1045
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1046* when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
1047
1048* when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
1049
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1050* Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
1051 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
1052 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
d7b659ef 1053
d238709c 1054* rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
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1055 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
1056 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
1057
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1058* when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
1059
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1060* add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
1061 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
1062
06898123 1063* paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
309c6b19 1064 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
9ae4ef49 1065 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
8b213bf1 1066 Alternatively (preferably?) use memfd_secret().
06898123 1067
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1068* Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
1069
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1070* maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
1071 log.c and sd-journal-send
1072
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1073* optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
1074
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1075* introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
1076
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1077* sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
1078 non-zero "tries done" count
1079
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1080* augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
1081 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
1082 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
1083 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
1084 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
1085 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
1086 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
1087 CODE_FILE.
1088
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1089* Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
1090 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
1091 some explanatory text online.
1092
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1093* maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
1094
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1095* When reloading configuration PID 1 should reset all its properties to the
1096 original defaults before calling parse_config()
1097
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1098* hibernate/s2h: make this robust and safe to enable in Fedora by default.
1099 Specifically:
1100
1101 1. add resume_offset support to the resume code (i.e. support swap files
1102 properly)
e83419d0 1103 2. check if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
46c41478 1104 3. add auto-detection of hibernation images
c633b0a6 1105
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1106* cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
1107 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
1108
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1109* beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
1110 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
1111 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
1112 files and suchlike we operate on.
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1114* importd: add ability download images for portabled + sysext
1115
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1116* add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
1117
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1118* sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
1119 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
1120
5da19043 1121* Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
63a185dc 1122 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it.
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1124* Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
1125 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
1126 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
1127 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
1128 unlinked from any dir.
1129
bd1b3f75 1130* port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
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1132* pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
1133
1134* add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
1135
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1136* introduce Ephemeral= unit file switch, that creates an ephemeral copy of all
1137 files and directories that are left writable for a unit, and which are
1138 removed after the unit goes down again. A bit like --ephemeral for
1139 systemd-nspawn but for system services. If used together with RootImage= this
1140 should reflink the image file itself.
1141
1142 Related: add Ephemeral=<path1> <path2> … which would allow marking
1143 specific paths only like this.
1144
53c70a27 1145* add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
5238e957 1146 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
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1147 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
1148 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
2aed63f4 1149 images, for example fall back to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
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1151* show invocation ID in systemd-run output
1152
1153* bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
1154
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1155* add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
1156 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
1157
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1158* introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
1159 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
1160 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
1161 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
1162 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
1163 different slice too by default. Usecase: people who want to put resources on
1164 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
1165 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
1166
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1167* maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
1168 for root, but only then.
586a8e93 1169
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1170* be stricter with fds we receive for the fdstore: close them asynchronously
1171
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1172* calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
1173 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
1174
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1175* sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
1176 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
1177
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1178* sd-bus: parse addresses given in sd_bus_set_addresses immediately and not
1179 only when used. Add unit tests.
1180
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1181* make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
1182 host-side interface pointing to the container.
1183
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1184* add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
1185 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
1186 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
1187 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
1188 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
1189
899feb72 1190* deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
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1192* add a new RuntimeDirectoryPreserve= mode that defines a similar lifecycle for
1193 the runtime dir as we maintain for the fdstore: i.e. keep it around as long
1194 as the unit is running or has a job queued.
1195
5f7ecd61 1196* support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
5962e9db 1197
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1198* add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
1199 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
1200
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1201* blog about fd store and restartable services
1202
1203* document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
1204
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1205* rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
1206 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
1207
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1208* in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
1209 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
1210 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
1211 ID is available.
1212
1213* optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
1214 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
1215 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
1216
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1217* beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
1218 parameters
1219
63a185dc 1220* maybe hook up xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
d51c4fca 1221 the quota of the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
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1222 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
1223 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
1224 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
1225 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
1226 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
6fc373ee 1227
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1228* In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
1229 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
1230
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1231* expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
1232 about it in the resource log message
1233
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1234* Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
1235 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
1236 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
1237
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1238* add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
1239 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
1240
1241 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
1242
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1243* Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
1244 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
1245 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
1246
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1247* track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
1248 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
1249
1250* add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
1251 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
1252 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
1253 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
1254 natural habitat.
1255
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1256* gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force
1257 it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
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1259* add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
1260 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
1261 relative to the configured default value.
1262
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1263* enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
1264
04397464 1265* Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
d82047be 1266
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1267* define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
1268
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1269* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
1270
04397464 1271* ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
42d61ded 1272
04397464 1273* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
563a69f4 1274
04397464 1275* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
2c5f2958 1276
8ce9b83a 1277* RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
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1278
1279* ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
1280 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
1281 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
1282
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1283* Support ReadWritePaths/ReadOnlyPaths/InaccessiblePaths in systemd --user instances
1284 via the new unprivileged Landlock LSM (https://landlock.io)
1285
e40a326c 1286* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
89f193fa 1287
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1288* in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
1289 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
1290 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
1291 mapping to work.
1292
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1293* add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
1294
1295* add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
1296
1297* add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
1298
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1299* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
1300 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
1301
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1302* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
1303 reload the unit file anyway
1304
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1305* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
1306
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1307* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
1308
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1309* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
1310 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
1311
f9bf1b8f 1312* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 1313 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 1314 specifications.
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1316* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
1317
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1318* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
1319
a2088fd0 1320* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
5238e957 1321 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
a2088fd0 1322 prefixed with /sys generally special.
41d6f3bf 1323 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
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1325* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
1326
931bc195 1327* docs: bring https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
b18d23d7 1328
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1329* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
1330 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
1331 state.
41d6f3bf 1332 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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1334* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
1335 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
1336 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
1337 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
1338 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
1339
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1340* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
1341
d2f81fb0 1342* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
41d6f3bf 1343 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
98cd2651 1344
0a86c1a9 1345* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
41d6f3bf 1346 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
0a86c1a9 1347
e031c227 1348* as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
41d6f3bf 1349 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
0a86c1a9 1350
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1351* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
1352
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1353* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
1354 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
1355
25e773ee 1356* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 1357
720652b3 1358* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 1359
720652b3 1360* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
e25b5a8d 1361
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1362* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
1363
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1364* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
1365 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
1366
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1367* drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
1368
9d6db739 1369* resolved:
9d6db739 1370 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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1371 - service registration
1372 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 1373 - avahi compat
9d6db739 1374 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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1375 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
1376 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
1377 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 1378 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 1379 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 1380
e25b5a8d 1381* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 1382
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1383* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
1384
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1385* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
1386
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1387* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
1388
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1389* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
1390
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1391* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
1392 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 1393
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1394* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
1395
6a3f892a 1396* gpt-auto-generator:
2a781fc9 1397 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 1398 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 1399
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1400* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
1401 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
1402 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 1403
f9bf1b8f 1404* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
eda8f067 1405
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1406* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
1407 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
1408 for ReusePort=
1409
f38afcd0 1410* cgroups:
f38afcd0 1411 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
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1412 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
1413 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
1414 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
1415 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
1416 the hierarchies of child processes
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1417- add settings for cgroup.max.descendants and cgroup.max.depth,
1418 maybe use them for user@.service
0bee65f0 1419
f38afcd0 1420* transient units:
f38afcd0 1421 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
ebcf1f97 1422
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1423* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
1424
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1425* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
1426
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1427* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
1428
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1429* 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
1430
7f79cd71 1431* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 1432
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1433* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
1434 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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1435 path anyway.
1436
04397464 1437* refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
fcba531e 1438
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1439* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
1440
1441* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
1442
07eabc2b 1443* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
f38afcd0 1444
07eabc2b 1445* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
eb01ba5d 1446
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1447* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
1448
1449* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
1450 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
1451 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
1452
1453* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
1454 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
1455
1456* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
1457
1458* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
1459
1460* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
1461
1462* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
1463 needs to be auto-respawned?
1464
1465* pid1:
1466 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
1467 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
1468 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
1469 that are not supported...
41d6f3bf 1470 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
07eabc2b 1471 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
41d6f3bf 1472 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
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1473 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
1474 - move PAM code into its own binary
1475 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
1476 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
1477 - Support --test based on current system state
1478 - 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().
1479 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
1480 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
1481 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1482 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1483 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1484 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1485 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1486 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1487 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1488 - maybe introduce CoreScheduling=yes/no to optionally set a PR_SCHED_CORE cookie, so that all
1489 processes in a service's cgroup share the same cookie and are guaranteed not to share SMT cores
1490 with other units https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst
1491
1492* unit files:
1493 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1494 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
1495 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
1496 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1497 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1498 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1499 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1500 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
1501 - introduce Type=pid-file
1502 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
1503 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
1504 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
1505
1506* timer units:
63a185dc 1507 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when DST changes
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1508 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
1509
1510* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
1511
1512* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
1513
1514* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
1515
1516* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
1517
07eabc2b 1518* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
461bd8e4 1519
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1520* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
1521
1522* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
1523
fff87a35 1524* test/:
20d52ab6 1525 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
b8b4d3dd 1526
b5c03638 1527* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 1528 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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1529 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
1530 destination.
1531
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1532* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
1533 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
1534
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1535* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
1536
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1537* Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
1538 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
1539 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
1540
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1541* BootLoaderSpec: Define a way how an installer can figure out whether a BLS
1542 compliant boot loader is installed.
795607b2 1543
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1544* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
1545 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
1546 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
1547 that automatically.
1548
e5ec62c5 1549* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 1550
ccddd104 1551* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 1552
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1553* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
1554
356ce991 1555* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 1556
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1557* add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1558
1559* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
1560
1561* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1562
1563* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1564
1565* sd-bus:
1566 - EBADSLT handling
1567 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
1568 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1569 - 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
1570 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
1571 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
1572 - longer term: priority inheritance
1573 - dbus spec updates:
1574 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
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1575 - path escaping
1576 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
1577
1578* sd-event
1579 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
1580 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
1581 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
1582 - maybe support iouring as backend, so that we allow hooking read and write
1583 operations instead of IO ready events into event loops. See considerations
1584 here:
1585 http://blog.vmsplice.net/2020/07/rethinking-event-loop-integration-for.html
1586
1587* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
1588 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
1589
1590* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
1591
1592* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
1593
1594* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
1595
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1596* systemd-firstboot: make sure to always use chase_symlinks() before
1597 reading/writing files
1598
1599* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
1600
b44be3ec 1601* EFI:
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1602 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
1603 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 1604 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
631427d6 1605* bootctl
631427d6 1606 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
e4181484 1607
07eabc2b 1608* bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
e9fd44b7 1609
07eabc2b 1610* bootctl:
483091b0 1611 - show whether UEFI audit mode is available
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1612 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
1613 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
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1614
1615* kernel-install:
1616 - optionally, support generating type #2 entries instead of type #1, including signing them
e6c6e7af 1617
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1618* logind:
1619 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
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1620 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
1621 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
1622 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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1623 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
1624 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
1625 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
1626 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
1627 needs setuid().
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1628 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
1629 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
1630 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
1631 complete.
1632 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
1633 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
1634 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
28423d9a 1635 - expose "Locked" property on logind session objects
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1636 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
1637 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
1638 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
1639 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
1640 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
1641 relogins
77b19caf 1642 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
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1643 - expose details of boot entries on the bus. In particular, it should be possible
1644 to query the list of boot entry titles that bootctl / sd-boot would show.
1645 Currently we only expose their identifiers.
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1646
1647* move multiseat vid/pid matches from logind udev rule to hwdb
1648
1649* logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
1650 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
1651 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
1652
1653* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
1654 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
1655
b44be3ec 1656* journal:
57f2a947 1657 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
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1658 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
1659 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
1660 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
2aed63f4 1661 - fall back to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 1662 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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1663 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
1664 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
1665 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
5238e957 1666 message that works, but already after a short timeout
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1667 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
1668 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
f47ec8eb 1669 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
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1670 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
1671 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
06847d0f 1672 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() in the header,
038cf334 1673 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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1674 - 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.
1675 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
1676 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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1677 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
1678 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
1679 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
1680 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 1681 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 1682 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 1683 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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1684 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
1685 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
1686 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
1687 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
1688 to syslog when it works again.
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1689 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
1690 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
1691 journals in.
1692 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
1693 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
1694 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
1695 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
1696 the most common operations.
e25b5a8d 1697 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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1698 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
1699 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
1700 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
1701 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
1702 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
1703 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
1704 operation.
1705 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
1706 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
1707 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
1708 binary logs data
e25b5a8d 1709 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
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1710 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
1711 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
1712 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
1713 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
06847d0f 1714 - check if loop in decompress_blob_xz() is necessary
b44be3ec 1715
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1716* journald: support RFC3164 fully for the incoming syslog transport, see
1717 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19251#issuecomment-816601955
1718
1719* Hook up journald's FSS logic with TPM2: seal the verification disk by
1720 time-based policy, so that the verification key can remain on host and ve
1721 validated via TPM.
1722
1723* build short web pages out of each catalog entry, build them along with man
1724 pages, and include hyperlinks to them in the journal output
1725
1726* journald: do journal file writing out-of-process, with one writer process per
1727 client UID, so that synthetic hash table collisions can slow down a specific
1728 user's journal stream down but not the others.
1729
1730* tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
1731 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
1732 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
1733 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
1734 cgroup.
1735
1736* maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
1737 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
1738 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
1739 logging.
1740
1741* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
1742
1743* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
1744 from the SIGBUS handler
1745
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1746* add a test if all entries in the catalog are properly formatted.
1747 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
1748 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
1749 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
1750
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1751* homed:
1752 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
1753 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
1754 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
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1755 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
1756 - create on activate?
1757 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
1758 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
1759 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
1760 systemd --user is shut down.
1761 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
1762 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk
1763 images (and btrfs snapshots of subvolumes) (think: time machine)
1764 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
1765 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
1766 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
1767 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
1768 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
1769 - query password from kernel keyring first
1770 - update even if record is "absent"
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1771 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
1772 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
1773 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
1774 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
1775 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
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1776 - when homed is in use, maybe start the user session manager in a mount namespace with MS_SLAVE,
1777 so that mounts propagate down but not up - eg, user A setting up a backup volume
1778 doesn't mean user B sees it
9c53de8b 1779 - use credentials logic/TPM2 logic to store homed signing key
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1780 - permit multiple user record signing keys to be used locally, and pick
1781 the right one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing
1782 signature
1783 - add a way to "adopt" a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
1784 and insert a local signature instead.
1785 - as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
1786 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
1787 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
1788 though: if no one is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
1789 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
1790 - support new FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl for setting up fscrypt
1791 - maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
1792 easily?
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1793 - add a switch to homectl (maybe called --first-boot) where it will check if
1794 any non-system users exist, and if not prompts interactively for basic user
1795 info, mimicking systemd-firstboot. Then, place this in a service that runs
1796 after systemd-homed, but before gdm and friends, as a simple, barebones
1797 fallback logic to get a regular user created on uninitialized systems.
1798 - store PKCS#11 + FIDO2 token info in LUKS2 header, compatible with
1799 systemd-cryptsetup, so that it can unlock homed volumes
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1800 - maybe make all *.home files owned by `systemd-home` user or so, so that we
1801 can easily set overall quota for all users
1802 - on login, if we can't fallocate initially, but rebalance is on, then allow
1803 login in discard mode, then immediately rebalance, then turn off discard
f1a147f2 1804 - extend user records with optional "bulk" data. Specifically, a user
288bd406 1805 avatar/photo or so. This data should be stored along with the user record,
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1806 but probably shouldn't be part of the record itself, since it might be
1807 large.
07eabc2b 1808
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1809* add a new switch --auto-definitions=yes/no or so to systemd-repart. If
1810 specified, synthesize a definition automatically if we can: enlarge last
1811 partition on disk, but only if it is marked for growing and not read-only.
1812
2df2bb1f 1813* systemd-repart: read LUKS encryption key from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY
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1814
1815* systemd-repart: add a switch to factory reset the partition table without
1816 immediately applying the new configuration again. i.e. --factory-reset=leave
1817 or so. (this is useful to factory reset an image, then putting it into
1818 another machine, ensuring that luks key is generated on new machine, not old)
1819
1820* systemd-repart: support setting up dm-integrity with HMAC
1821
1822* systemd-repart: maybe remove half-initialized image on failure. It fails
1823 if the output file exists, so a repeated invocation will usually fail if
1824 something goes wrong on the way.
1825
1826* systemd-repart: drop pager mode on normal operation?
1827
1828* systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
1829 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
1830 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
1831 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
1832
1833* systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
1834 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
1835 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
1836 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
1837 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
1838 automatically.
1839
1840* systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
1841 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
1842
1843* systemd-repart: allow boolean option that ensures that if existing partition
1844 doesn't exist within the configured size bounds the whole command fails. This
1845 is useful to implement ESP vs. XBOOTLDR schemes in installers: have one set
1846 of repart files for the case where ESP is large enough and one where it isn't
1847 and XBOOTLDR is added in instead. Then apply the former first, and if it
1848 fails to apply use the latter.
1849
1850* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to never reuse existing partition
1851 and always create anew even if matching partition already exists.
1852
1853* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to fail if partition already exist,
1854 i.e. is not added new. Similar, add option to fail if partition does not exist yet.
1855
1856* systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
1857 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
d01d9197 1858 Also add option to disable operation via kernel command line.
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1860* systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
1861 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
1862
92e72028 1863* systemd-repart: add support for SD_GPT_FLAG_GROWFS also on real systems, i.e.
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1865 during boot.
1866
1867* systemd-repart: do not print "Successfully resized …" when no change was done.
1868
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8b8f2591 1870 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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1871 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
1872 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 1873 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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1874 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
1875 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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1876 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
1877 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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1878 - man: add more examples to man pages,
1879 - in particular an example how to do the equivalent of switching runlevels
f38afcd0 1880 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
17ec531f 1881 - document root=gpt-auto properly
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1883* systemctl:
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1885 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
1886 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
1887 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
1888 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
1889 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
1890 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 1891 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 1892 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
61233823 1893 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
f38afcd0 1894
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1896 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
1897 it should skip the variant type string though.
8b04b925 1898
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1899* add an explicit "vertical" mode to format-table, so that "systemctl
1900 status"-like outputs (i.e. with a series of field names left and values
1901 right) become genuine first class citizens, and we gain automatic, sane JSON
1902 output for them.
d2e83c23 1903
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1905 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
1906 the slices, and the units attached to them.
a19554ed 1907
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1909 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
1910 wait to retrieve their exit data.
a7a3f28b 1911
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1912* show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
1913 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
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1916 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
1917 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
1918 do, for example)
dcfc4b2e 1919
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1920* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
1921 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
1922 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
1923 returning from the "systemctl stop".
71ef24d0 1924
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1925* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
1926
1927* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
1928
1929* unit install:
1930 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
1931 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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b44be3ec 1933* nspawn:
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1935 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
1936 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
1937 from the kernel's logs.
1938 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
1939 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
1940 interface be missing
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1941 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
1942 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
1943 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
1944 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
1945 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
1946 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
1947 PID 1...
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1948 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
1949 running, remove them when shut down.
e25b5a8d 1950
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1951* nspawn: add support for sysext extensions, too. i.e. a new --extension=
1952 switch that takes one or more arguments, and applies the extensions already
1953 during startup.
1954
1955* when main nspawn supervisor process gets suspended due to SIGSTOP/SIGTTOU or
1956 so, freeze the payload too.
1957
1958* machined: add API to acquire UID range. add API to mount/dissect loopback
1959 file. Both protected by PK. Then make nspawn use these APIs to run
1960 unprivileged containers. i.e. push the truly privileged bits into machined,
1961 so that the client side can remain entirely unprivileged, with SUID or
1962 anything like that.
1963
1964* nspawn: support time namespaces
1965
1966* nspawn: on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events,
1967 so that we make cgroup agent logic safe
1968
1969* nspawn/machined: add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as
1970 fallback in "machinectl shell"
1971
1972* nspawn: make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a
1973 hangup when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait
1974 for hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
1975
1976* nspawn: greater control over selinux label?
1977
1978* nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
1979
e25b5a8d 1980* machined:
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1981 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
1982 removed or added to an existing machine
1983 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
1984 difference host, via ssh
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1985 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
1986 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
1987 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
1988 question
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1989 - "machinectl history"
1990 - "machinectl diff"
1991 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
1992 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
1993
abd55b16 1994* udev:
abd55b16 1995 - move to LGPL
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1997 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 1998 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
75723d31 1999 - re-enable ProtectClock= once only cgroupsv2 is supported.
8cfde28b 2000 See f562abe2963bad241d34e0b308e48cf114672c84.
b8217b7b 2001
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2002* coredump:
2003 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
73a99163 2004 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
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2006 libfoo.so, build-id DEADF12340, foo-libs-33.4-1.fc12
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2008* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
2009
f38afcd0 2010* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 2011 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
614cc34f 2012 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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2013 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
2014 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
2015 calls follow symlinks.
36f57e02 2016 - add --test mode
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2017 - teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
2018 project quota
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2020* udev-link-config:
2021 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
2022 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
2023 on Path= matching
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88e4d1d7 2025* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 2026 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 2027 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
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2030 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
2031 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
e8d842a0 2032 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
798e174a 2033 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
a8eaaee7 2034 - work with non-Ethernet devices
e25b5a8d 2035 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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2036 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
2037 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
2038 - expose in the API the following bits:
e2da6491 2039 - option 15, domain name
38b38500 2040 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
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2041 - option 123, 144, geolocation
2042 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
2043 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
2044 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
2045 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
2046 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
e25b5a8d 2047 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
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2049* in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
2050
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2051* Figure out how to do unittests of networkd's state serialization
2052
ac976532 2053* dhcp:
424a8732 2054 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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2056* dhcp6:
2057 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
2058 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
2059 - write more test cases
37d8b536 2060 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 2061 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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2062 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
2063 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
2064 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
2065 or interface down
2066 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
2067 this behavior
4a77c53d 2068 - RouteTable= ?