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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 11External:
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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
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19* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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21* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
22
23* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
24
25* register catalog database signature as file magic
26
27* zsh shell completion:
28 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
29 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
76c068b7 30 - systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=
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32* systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
33* If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
34 after being started.
35
36* write blog stories about:
37 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
38 - enabling dbus services
39 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
40 - remote access
41 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
42 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
43 - auto-restart
44 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
45 - the journal HTTP iface
46 - non-cgroup resource management
47 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
48 - refreshed, longer missions statement
49 - calendar time events
50 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
51 - how to create your own target
52 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
3a9e659a 53 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/early boot
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55Regularly:
56
57* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
58
59* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
60
61* pahole
62
63* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
64
65* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
66
67* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
68
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69Janitorial Clean-ups:
70
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71* rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
72 semantics, like we do for device.c now
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f461a28d 74* get rid of prefix_roota() and similar, only use chase() and related
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75 calls instead.
76
77* get rid of basename() and replace by path_extract_filename()
78
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79* Replace our fstype_is_network() with a call to libmount's mnt_fstype_is_netfs()?
80 Having two lists is not nice, but maybe it's now worth making a dependency on
81 libmount for something so trivial.
82
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83* drop set_free_free() and switch things over from string_hash_ops to
84 string_hash_ops_free everywhere, so that destruction is implicit rather than
85 explicit. Similar, for other special hashmap/set/ordered_hashmap destructors.
86
b3e199ce 87* generators sometimes apply C escaping and sometimes specifier escaping to
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88 paths and similar strings they write out. Sometimes both. We should clean
89 this up, and should probably always apply both, i.e. introduce
90 unit_file_escape() or so, which applies both.
91
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92* xopenat() should pin the parent dir of the inode it creates before doing its
93 thing, so that it can create, open, label somewhat atomically.
94
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95Deprecations and removals:
96
97* Remove any support for booting without /usr pre-mounted in the initrd entirely.
98 Update INITRD_INTERFACE.md accordingly.
99
b3e199ce 100* remove cgroups v1 support EOY 2023. As per
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101 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2022-July/048120.html
102 and then rework cgroupsv2 support around fds, i.e. keep one fd per active
103 unit around, and always operate on that, instead of cgroup fs paths.
104
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105* drop support for kernels that lack ambient capabilities support (i.e. make
106 4.3 new baseline). Then drop support for "!!" modifier for ExecStart= which
9eb41aab 107 is only supported for such old kernels.
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109* drop support for kernels lacking memfd_create() (i.e. make 3.17 new
110 baseline), then drop all pipe() based fallbacks.
111
9eb41aab 112* drop support for getrandom()-less kernels. (GRND_INSECURE means once kernel
3345802c 113 5.6 becomes our baseline). See
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114 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24101#issuecomment-1193966468 for
115 details. Maybe before that: at taint-flags/warn about kernels that lack
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116 getrandom()/environments where it is blocked.
117
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118* drop support for LOOP_CONFIGURE-less loopback block devices, once kernel
119 baseline is 5.8.
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121* drop fd_is_mount_point() fallback mess once we can rely on
122 STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT to exist i.e. kernel baseline 5.8
123
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124* Remove /dev/mem ACPI FPDT parsing when /sys/firmware/acpi/fpdt is ubiquitous.
125 That requires distros to enable CONFIG_ACPI_FPDT, and have kernels v5.12 for
126 x86 and v6.2 for arm.
127
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128* Once baseline is 4.13, remove support for INTERFACE_OLD= checks in "udevadm
129 trigger"'s waiting logic, since we can then rely on uuid-tagged uevents
130
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131* remove remaining tpm1.2 support from sd-stub
132
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133Features:
134
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135* rewrite bpf-devices in libbpf/C code, rather than home-grown BPF assembly, to
136 match bpf-restrict-fs, bpf-restrict-ifaces, bpf-socket-bind
137
138* ditto: rewrite bpf-firewall in libbpf/C code
139
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140* extend the smbios11 logic for passing credentials so that instead of passing
141 the credential data literally it can also just reference an AF_VSOCK CID/port
142 to read them from. This way the data doesn't remain in the SMBIOS blob during
143 runtime, but only in the credentials fs.
144
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145* machined: make machine registration available via varlink to simplify
146 nspawn/vmspawn, and to have an extensible way to register VM/machine metadata
147
148* ssh-proxy: add support for "ssh machine/foobar" to automatically connect to
149 machined registered machine "foobar". Requires updating machined to track CID
150 and unix-export dir of containers.
151
73d8041c 152* add a new ExecStart= flag that inserts the configured user's shell as first
bdc79e5f 153 word in the command line. (maybe use character '.'). Usecase: tool such as
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154 uid0 can use that to spawn the target user's default shell.
155
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156* varlink: figure out how to do docs for our varlink interfaces. Idea: install
157 interface files augmented with docs in /usr/share/ somewhere. And have
158 functionality in varlinkctl to merge interface info extracted from binaries
159 with interface info on disk. And store the doc strings only in the latter.
160
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161* introduce mntid_t, and make it 64bit, as apparently the kernel switched to
162 64bit mount ids
163
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164* use udev rule networkd ownership property to take ownership of network
165 interfaces nspawn creates
166
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167* support encrypted credentials in user context too. This is complicated by the
168 fact that the user does not have access to the TPM nor the system
169 credential. Implementation idea: extend the systemd-creds Varlink interface
170 to allow this: user must supply some per-user secret, that we'll include in
171 the encryption key.
172
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173* add a kernel cmdline switch (and cred?) for marking a system to be
174 "headless", in which case we never open /dev/console for reading, only for
175 writing. This would then mean: systemd-firstboot would process creds but not
176 ask interactively, getty would not be started and so on.
177
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178* extend mime database with mime types for:
179 - journal files
180 - credential files
181 - hwdb files
182 - catalog files
183
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184* cryptsetup: new crypttab option to auto-grow a luks device to its backing
185 partition size. new crypttab option to reencrypt a luks device with a new
186 volume key.
187
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188* we probably should have some infrastructure to acquire sysexts with
189 drivers/firmware for local hardware automatically. Idea: reuse the modalias
190 logic of the kernel for this: make the main OS image install a hwdb file
191 that matches against local modalias strings, and adds properties to relevant
192 devices listing names of sysexts needed to support the hw. Then provide some
193 tool that goes through all devices and tries to acquire/download the
194 specified images.
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196* repart + cryptsetup: support file systems that are encrypted and use verity
197 on top. Usecase: confexts that shall be signed by the admin but also be
198 confidential. Then, add a new --make-ddi=confext-encrypted for this.
199
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200* tmpfiles: add new line type for moving files from some source dir to some
201 target dir. then use that to move sysexts/confexts and stuff from initrd
202 tmpfs to /run/, so that host can pick things up.
203
204* tiny varlink service that takes a fd passed in and serves it via http. Then
205 make use of that in networkd, and expose some EFI binary of choice for
206 DHCP/HTTP base EFI boot.
207
208* bootctl: add reboot-to-disk which takes a block device name, and
209 automatically sets things up so that system reboots into that device next.
210
211* maybe: in PID1, when we detect we run in an initrd, make superblock read-only
212 early on, but provide opt-out via kernel cmdline.
213
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214* systemd-pcrextend:
215 - support measuring to nvindex with PCR update semantics ("fake PCRs")
216 - add api for "allocating" such an nvindex
217 - once we have that start measuring every sysext we apply, every confext,
620788da 218 every RootImage= we apply, every nspawn and so on. All in separate fake
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219 PCRs.
220
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221* vmspawn:
222 - enable hyperv extension by default (https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/i386/hyperv.html)
223 - register with machined
224 - run in scope unit when invoked from command line, and machined registration is off
225 - support --directory= via virtiofs
226 - sd_notify support
227 - --ephemeral support
228 - --read-only support
229 - automatically suspend/resume the VM if the host suspends. Use logind
230 suspend inhibitor to implement this. request clean suspend by generating
231 suspend key presses.
232 - support for "real" networking via "-n" and --network-bridge=
233 - automatically run service "at the side" for swtpm
234 - translate SIGTERM to clean ACPI shutdown event
235
236* systemd-pcrmachine should probably also measure the SMBIOS system UUID.
237
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238* sd-boot: allow synthesizing additional type1 entries via SMBIOS vendor strings
239
240* storagetm:
241 - add USB mass storage device logic, so that all local disks are also exposed
242 as mass storage devices on systems that have a USB controller that can
243 operate in device mode
244 - add NVMe authentication
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246* add support for activating nvme-oF devices at boot automatically via kernel
247 cmdline, and maybe even support a syntax such as
248 root=nvme:<trtype>:<traddr>:<trsvcid>:<nqn>:<partition> to boot directly from
249 nvme-oF
250
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251* pcrlock:
252 - make signed PCR work together with pcrlock
253 - add kernel-install plugin that automatically creates UKI .pcrlock file when
254 UKI is installed, and removes it when it is removed again
255 - automatically install PE measurement of sd-boot on "bootctl install"
256 - write generated pcrlock signature files to the ESP as credential, one for
257 each installed OS & pick up generated pcrlock signature file in sd-stub,
258 pass it via initrd to OS
259 - pre-calc sysext + kernel cmdline measurements
260 - pre-calc cryptsetup root key measurement
261 - maybe make systemd-repart generate .pcrlock for old and new GPT header in
262 /run?
263 - Add support for more than 8 branches per PCR OR
264 - add "systemd-pcrlock lock-kernel-current" or so which synthesizes .pcrlock
265 policy from currently booted kernel/event log, to close gap for first boot
266 for pre-built images
267
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268* add a new systemd-project@.service that is very similar to user@.service but
269 uses DynamicUser=1 and no PAMName= to invoke an unprivileged somewhat
270 light-weight service manager. Use HOME=/var/lib/systemd/projects/%i as home
271 dir. Similar for $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Start project@%i.target. Use LogField= to
272 add a field identifying the project.
273
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274* in sd-boot and sd-stub measure the SMBIOS vendor strings to some PCR (at
275 least some subset of them that look like systemd stuff), because apparently
276 some firmware does not, but systemd honours it. avoid duplicate measurement
277 by sd-boot and sd-stub by adding LoaderFeatures/StubFeatures flag for this,
278 so that sd-stub can avoid it if sd-boot already did it.
279
280* cryptsetup: a mechanism that allows signing a volume key with some key that
281 has to be present in the kernel keyring, or similar, to ensure that confext
282 DDIs can be encrypted against the local SRK but signed with the admin's key
283 and thus can authenticated locally before they are decrypted.
284
285* image policy should be extended to allow dictating *how* a disk is unlocked,
286 i.e. root=encrypted-tpm2+encrypted-fido2 would mean "root fs must be
287 encrypted and unlocked via fido2 or tpm2, but not otherwise"
288
289* systemd-repart: add support for formatting dm-crypt + dm-integrity file
290 systems.
291
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292* homed: use systemd-storagetm to expose home dirs via nvme-tcp. Then,
293 teach homed/pam_systemd_homed with a user name such as
294 lennart%nvme_tcp_192.168.100.77_8787 to log in from any linux host with the
295 same home dir. Similar maybe for nbd, iscsi? this should then first ask for
296 the local root pw, to authenticate that logging in like this is ok, and would
297 then be followed by another password prompt asking for the user's own
298 password. Also, do something similar for CIFS: if you log in via
0e9f2297 299 lennart%cifs-someserver_someshare, then set up the homed dir for it
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300 automatically. The PAM module should update the user name used for login to
301 the short version once it set up the user. Some care should be taken, so that
302 the long version can be still be resolved via NSS afterwards, to deal with
303 PAM clients that do not support PAM sessions where PAM_USER changes half-way.
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305* redefine /var/lib/extensions/ as the dir one can place all three of sysext,
306 confext as well is multi-modal DDIs that qualify as both. Then introduce
307 /var/lib/sysexts/ which can be used to place only DDIs that shall be used as
308 sysext
309
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310* in pid1: move out all cgroup state settings from Unit into a new object
311 CGroupState or so which is allocated when we realize the unit into a cgroup,
312 and then remains referenced by it. The new object should also carry an fd to
313 the realized cgroup, to pin it (and later execute all cgroup operations over,
314 once we drop cgroupv1 compat).
315
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316* Varlinkification of the following command line tools, to open them up to
317 other programs via IPC:
318 - bootctl
319 - journalctl (allowing journal read access via IPC)
320 - coredumpcl
321 - systemd-bless-boot
322 - systemd-measure
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323 - systemd-cryptenroll (to allow UIs to enroll FIDO2 keys and such)
324 - systemd-dissect
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325 - systemd-sysupdate
326 - systemd-analyze
ed272a9f 327 - systemd-pcrlock (to allow fwupd to relax policy)
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328 - kernel-install
329
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330* in the service manager, pick up ERRNO= + BUSERROR= + VARLINKERROR= error
331 identifiers, and store them along with the exit status of a server and report
332 via "systemctl status".
333
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334* enumerate virtiofs devices during boot-up in a generator, and synthesize
335 mounts for rootfs, /usr/, /home/, /srv/ and some others from it, depending on
02c9d62b 336 the "tag". (waits for: https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/issues/128)
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338* automatically mount one virtiofs during early boot phase to /run/host/,
339 similar to how we do that for nspawn, based on some clear tag.
340
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341* add some service that makes an atomic snapshot of PCR state and event log up
342 to that point available, possibly even with quote by the TPM.
343
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344* encode type1 entries in some UKI section to add additional entries to the
345 menu.
346
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347* Add ACL-based access management to .socket units. i.e. add AllowPeerUser= +
348 AllowPeerGroup= that installs additional user/group ACL entries on AF_UNIX
349 sockets.
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351* systemd-tpm2-setup should probably have a factory reset logic, i.e. when some
352 kernel command line option is set we reset the TPM (equivalent of tpm2_clear
353 -c owner?).
354
355* systemd-tpm2-setup should support a mode where we refuse booting if the SRK
356 changed. (Must be opt-in, to not break systems which are supposed to be
357 migratable between PCs)
358
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359* when systemd-sysext learns mutable /usr/ (and systemd-confext mutable /etc/)
360 then allow them to store the result in a .v/ versioned subdir, for some basic
361 snapshot logic
362
363* add a new PE binary section ".mokkeys" or so which sd-stub will insert into
364 Mok keyring, by overriding/extending whatever shim sets in the EFI
365 var. Benefit: we can extend the kernel module keyring at ukify time,
fcdd21ec 366 i.e. without recompiling the kernel, taking an upstream OS' kernel and adding
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367 a local key to it.
368
a1f7cdc6 369* PidRef conversion work:
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370 - cg_pid_get_xyz()
371 - pid_from_same_root_fs()
372 - get_ctty_devnr()
1158b06b 373 - pid1: sd_notify() receiver should use SCM_PIDFD to authenticate client
4775b55d 374 - actually wait for POLLIN on pidref's pidfd in service logic
1158b06b 375 - exec_spawn() + safe_fork()
a1f7cdc6 376 - openpt_allocate_in_namespace()
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377 - sd_bus_creds
378 - unit_attach_pid_to_cgroup_via_bus()
379 - cg_attach() – requires new kernel feature
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381* ddi must be listed as block device fstype
382
383* measure some string via pcrphase whenever we end up booting into emergency
384 mode.
385
3a9e659a 386* homed: add a basic form of secrets management to homed, that stores
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387 secrets in $HOME somewhere, is protected by the accounts own authentication
388 mechanisms. Should implement something PKCS#11-like that can be used to
389 implement emulated FIDO2 in unpriv userspace on top (which should happen
390 outside of homed), emulated PKCS11, and libsecrets support. Operate with a
391 2nd key derived from volume key of the user, with which to wrap all
392 keys. maintain keys in kernel keyring if possible.
393
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394* use sd-event ratelimit feature optionally for journal stream clients that log
395 too much
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fcdd21ec 397* systemd-mount should only consider modern file systems when mounting, similar
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398 to systemd-dissect
399
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400* add another PE section ".fname" or so that encodes the intended filename for
401 PE file, and validate that when loading add-ons and similar before using
402 it. This is particularly relevant when we load multiple add-ons and want to
403 sort them to apply them in a define order. The order should not be under
404 control of the attacker.
405
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406* also include packaging metadata (á la
407 https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/) in our UEFI PE binaries, using the
408 same JSON format.
409
410* make "bootctl install" + "bootctl update" useful for installing shim too. For
411 that introduce new dir /usr/lib/systemd/efi/extra/ which we copy mostly 1:1
412 into the ESP at install time. Then make the logic smart enough so that we
413 don't overwrite bootx64.efi with our own if the extra tree already contains
414 one. Also, follow symlinks when copying, so that shim rpm can symlink their
415 stuff into our dir (which is safe since the target ESP is generally VFAT and
416 thus does not have symlinks anyway). Later, teach the update logic to look at
417 the ELF package metadata (which we also should include in all PE files, see
418 above) for version info in all *.EFI files, and use it to only update if
419 newer.
420
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421* in sd-stub: optionally add support for a new PE section .keyring or so that
422 contains additional certificates to include in the Mok keyring, extending
423 what shim might have placed there. why? let's say I use "ukify" to build +
424 sign my own fedora-based UKIs, and only enroll my personal lennart key via
425 shim. Then, I want to include the fedora keyring in it, so that kmods work.
426 But I might not want to enroll the fedora key in shim, because this would
427 also mean that the key would be in effect whenever I boot an archlinux UKI
428 built the same way, signed with the same lennart key.
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430* resolved: take possession of some IPv6 ULA address (let's say
431 fd00:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353), and listen on port 53 on it for the
432 local stubs, so that we can make the stub available via ipv6 too.
433
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434* introduce a .microcode PE section for sd-stub which we'll pass as first initrd
435 to the kernel which will then upload it to the CPU. This should be distinct
436 from .initrd to guarantee right ordering. also, and maybe more importantly
437 support .microcode in PE add-ons, so that a microcode update can be shipped
9a27ef09 438 independently of any kernel.
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440* Maybe add SwitchRootEx() as new bus call that takes env vars to set for new
441 PID 1 as argument. When adding SwitchRootEx() we should maybe also add a
442 flags param that allows disabling and enabling whether serialization is
443 requested during switch root.
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445* introduce a .acpitable section for early ACPI table override
446
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447* add proper .osrel matching for PE addons. i.e. refuse applying an addon
448 intended for a different OS. Take inspiration from how confext/sysext are
449 matched against OS.
450
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451* figure out what to do about credentials sealed to PCRs in kexec + soft-reboot
452 scenarios. Maybe insist sealing is done additionally against some keypair in
453 the TPM to which access is updated on each boot, for the next, or so?
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455* logind: when logging in, always take an fd to the home dir, to keep the dir
456 busy, so that autofs release can never happen. (this is generally a good
457 idea, and specifically works around the fact the autofs ignores busy by mount
458 namespaces)
459
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460* mount most file systems with a restrictive uidmap. e.g. mount /usr/ with a
461 uidmap that blocks out anything outside 0…1000 (i.e. system users) and similar.
462
463* mount the root fs with MS_NOSUID by default, and then mount /usr/ without
464 both so that suid executables can only be placed there. Do this already in
465 the initrd. If /usr/ is not split out create a bind mount automatically.
466
f447b741 467* fix our various hwdb lookup keys to end with ":" again. The original idea was
94d82b59 468 that hwdb patterns can match arbitrary fields with expressions like
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469 "*:foobar:*", to wildcard match both the start and the end of the string.
470 This only works safely for later extensions of the string if the strings
471 always end in a colon. This requires updating our udev rules, as well as
472 checking if the various hwdb files are fine with that.
473
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474* mount /tmp/ and /var/tmp with a uidmap applied that blocks out "nobody" user
475 among other things such as dynamic uid ranges for containers and so on. That
94d82b59 476 way no one can create files there with these uids and we enforce they are only
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477 used transiently, never persistently.
478
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479* rework loopback support in fstab: when "loop" option is used, then
480 instantiate a new systemd-loop@.service for the source path, set the
481 lo_file_name field for it to something recognizable derived from the fstab
482 line, and then generate a mount unit for it using a udev generated symlink
483 based on lo_file_name.
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486 with success notifications from nspawn payloads. When this is enabled,
56a89426 487 automatically support reverting back to older OS version images if newer ones
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489
490* implement new "systemd-fsrebind" tool that works like gpt-auto-generator but
491 looks at a root dir and then applies vpick on various dirs/images to pick a
492 root tree, a /usr/ tree, a /home/, a /srv/, a /var/ tree and so on. Dirs
493 could also be btrfs subvols (combine with btrfs auto-snapshort approach for
494 creating versions like these automatically).
495
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497
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499 ConnectSequentialPacket= that create a socket, and then *connect to* rather than
500 listen on some socket. Then, add a new setting WriteData= that takes some
501 base64 data that systemd will write into the socket early on. This can then
502 be used to create connections to arbitrary services and issue requests into
503 them, as long as the data is static. This can then be combined with the
504 aforementioned journald subscription varlink service, to enable
505 activation-by-message id and similar.
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508
512f2da5 509* landlock: lock down RuntimeDirectory= via landlock, so that services lose
3a9e659a 510 ability to write anywhere else below /run/. Similar for
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512 get the directories they get, and nothing else even if they wanted to.
513
514* landlock: for unprivileged systemd (i.e. systemd --user), use landlock to
515 implement ProtectSystem=, ProtectHome= and so on. Landlock does not require
516 privs, and we can implement pretty similar behaviour. Also, maybe add a mode
517 where ProtectSystem= combined with an explicit PrivateMounts=no could request
518 similar behaviour for system services, too.
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521 invokes systemd-mount and exits. This is then useful to use in
522 ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS} in udev rules, and a bit prettier than using RUN+=
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525
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527 - do not enable the pager for queries like 'udevadm info -q -r symlink'
528 - add mode with newlines instead of spaces (for grep)?
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530* SIGRTMIN+18 and memory pressure handling should still be added to: hostnamed,
531 localed, oomd, timedated.
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534 that have a new type uuid and can "extend" earlier partitions, to work around
535 the fact that systemd-repart can only grow the last partition defined. During
536 activation we'd simply set up a dm-linear mapping to merge them again. A
537 partition that is to be extended would just set a bit in the partition flags
538 field to indicate that there's another extension partition to look for. The
627cdcc7 539 identifying UUID of the extension partition would be hashed in counter mode
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541 the "dynamic partitions" concept of new Android. This would be a minimalistic
542 concept of a volume manager, with the extents it manages being exposes as GPT
543 partitions. I a partition is extended multiple times they should probably
544 grow exponentially in size to ensure O(log(n)) time for finding them on
545 access.
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548 posix_spawn().
549
550* Make nspawn to a frontend for systemd-executor, so that we have to ways into
551 the executor: via unit files/dbus/varlink through PID1 and via cmdline/OCI
552 through nspawn.
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555 automatically add console= to kernel cmdline matching the same port.
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558 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH and then handles them within pid1 so that
559 security, resource management and cgroup settings can be enforced properly
560 for all umh processes.
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563 going down, in particular include the "reboot param" string.
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566 not be enough disk space for that. try to be defensive and sync only after
567 resize.
568
569* homed: if for some reason the partition ended up being much smaller than
570 whole disk, recover from that, and grow it again.
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573 Specifically, along with the saved clock, store the current boot ID. When
574 starting, check if the boot id matches. If so, don't do anything (we are on
575 the same boot and clock just kept running anyway). If not, then read
576 CLOCK_BOOTTIME (which started at boot), and add it to the saved clock
577 timestamp, to compensate for the time we spent booting. If EFI timestamps are
578 available, also include that in the calculation. With this we'll then only
579 miss the time spent during shutdown after timesync stopped and before the
580 system actually reset.
581
582* systemd-stub: maybe store a "boot counter" in the ESP, and pass it down to
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584 would be monotonically increased on every boot.
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587 only password or only pcks11/fido2 auth, and then use this to hook nicely
588 into two of the three PAM stacks gdm provides.
589 See discussion at https://github.com/authselect/authselect/pull/311
590
4cb8a25b 591* sd-boot: make boot loader spec type #1 accept http urls in "linux"
1c904337 592 lines. Then, do the uefi http dance to download kernels and boot them. This
fcdd21ec 593 is then useful for network boot, by embedding a cpio with type #1 snippets
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597 the nobody is not a user any code should run under, ever, as that user would
598 possibly get a lot of access to resources it really shouldn't be getting
599 access to due to the userns + nfs semantics of the user. Alternatively: use
600 the seccomp log action, and allow it.
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603 boot loader entries (both type1 and type2). Then when initializing, find this
604 section, iterate through it and populate menu with it. cpio is simple enough
605 to make a parser for this reasonably robust. use same path structures as in
606 the ESP. Similar add one for signature key drop-ins.
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611 URL, then downloads the file from it using UEFI HTTP APIs, and executes it.
7227dd81 612 Use case: provide a minimal ESP with sd-boot and a couple of these sd-fetch
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614
084ecae5 615* maybe: systemd-loop-generator that sets up loopback devices if requested via kernel
7227dd81 616 cmdline. use case: include encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
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618* systemd-gpt-auto-generator: add kernel cmdline option to override block
619 device to dissect. also support dissecting a regular file. useccase: include
620 encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
621
6d040d84 622* sd-stub: add ".bootcfg" section for kernel bootconfig data (as per
4cb8a25b 623 https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/bootconfig.html)
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625* tpm2: add (optional) support for generating a local signing key from PCR 15
626 state. use private key part to sign PCR 7+14 policies. stash signatures for
627 expected PCR7+14 policies in EFI var. use public key part in disk encryption.
628 generate new sigs whenever db/dbx/mok/mokx gets updated. that way we can
629 securely bind against SecureBoot/shim state, without having to renroll
630 everything on each update (but we still have to generate one sig on each
631 update, but that should be robust/idempotent). needs rollback protection, as
632 usual.
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635
636* Lennart: big blog story about building initrds
637
638* Lennart: big blog story about "why systemd-boot"
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641 one idea would be to patch source sockaddr of all AF_UNIX/SOCK_DGRAM to
642 implicitly contain the source cgroup id. Another idea would be to patch
643 sendto()/connect()/sendmsg() sockaddr on-the-fly to use a different target
644 sockaddr.
645
646* bpf: see if we can address opportunistic inode sharing of immutable fs images
647 with BPF. i.e. if bpf gives us power to hook into openat() and return a
648 different inode than is requested for which we however it has same contents
649 then we can use that to implement opportunistic inode sharing among DDIs:
650 make all DDIs ship xattr on all reg files with a SHA256 hash. Then, also
651 dictate that DDIs should come with a top-level subdir where all reg files are
652 linked into by their SHA256 sum. Then, whenever an inode is opened with the
653 xattr set, check bpf table to find dirs with hashes for other prior DDIs and
654 try to use inode from there.
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657 same root hash, so that people can sign a single image with multiple keys.
658
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660 extensions
661
662* gpt-auto-discovery: also use the pkcs7 signature stuff, and pass signature to
663 kernel. So far we only did this for the various --image= switches, but not
664 for the root fs or /usr/.
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667 certain means, i.e. only via pw, only via tpm2, or only via fido, or a
668 combination thereof.
669
670* make the systemd-repart "seed" value provisionable via credentials, so that
671 confidential computing environments can set it and deterministically
672 enforce the uuids for partitions created, so that they can calculate PCR 15
673 ahead of time.
674
675* systemd-repart: also derive the volume key from the seed value, for the
676 aforementioned purpose.
677
678* in the initrd: derive the default machine ID to pass to the host PID 1 via
679 $machine_id from the same seed credential.
680
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682 initrd to bootstrap the initrd to populate the initial partitions. Some things
683 to figure out:
684 - Should it run on firstboot or on every boot?
685 - If run on every boot, should it use the sysupdate config from the host on
686 subsequent boots?
687
dbc62e59 688* provide an API (probably IPC) to apps to encrypt/decrypt
7227dd81 689 credentials. use case: allow bluez bluetooth daemon to pass pairings to initrd
dbc62e59 690 that way, without shelling out to our tools.
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693 use PCR 7 which should contain secureboot state db/dbx. Which sounded like a
694 safe bet, given that it should change only on policy changes, and not
695 software updates. But that's wrong. Recent fwupd (rightfully) contains code
696 for updating the dbx denylist. This means even without any active policy
697 change PCR 7 might change. Hence, better idea might be in systemd-creds to
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699 and in cryptsetup simply the empty list? Also, PCR 14 almost certainly should
700 be included as much as PCR 7 (as it contains shim's policy, which is
701 certainly as relevant as PCR 7 on many systems)
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704 (measuring the root hash) and integritytab (measuring the HMAC key if one is
705 used)
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708 activate. probably into PCR 13. i.e. add --tpm2-measure-pcr= or so to
709 systemd-nspawn, and MeasurePCR= to unit files. Should contain a measurement
710 of the activated configuration and the image that is being activated (in case
711 verity is used, hash of the root hash).
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714 and a type #2 entry exist under otherwise the exact same name, then use the
715 type #1 entry, and ignore the type #2 entry. This way, people can "upgrade"
716 from the UKI with all parameters baked in to a Type #1 .conf file with manual
7ff7eadf 717 parametrization, if needed. This matches our usual rule that admin config
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721 (i.e. the usual /etc/, /run/, /usr/lib/ dance, potentially /usr/etc/), how to
722 sort found entries, how masking works and overriding.
723
724* automatic boot assessment: add one more default success check that just waits
725 for a bit after boot, and blesses the boot if the system stayed up that long.
726
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728
729* systemd-repart: in addition to the existing "factory reset" mode (which
730 simply empties existing partitions marked for that). add a mode where
7227dd81 731 partitions marked for it are entirely removed. Use case: remove secondary OS
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733
734* systemd-boot: maybe add support for collapsing menu entries of the same OS
735 into one item that can be opened (like in a "tree view" UI element) or
736 collapsed. If only a single OS is installed, disable this mode, but if
737 multiple OSes are installed might make sense to default to it, so that user
738 is not immediately bombarded with a multitude of Linux kernel versions but
739 only one for each OS.
740
741* systemd-repart: if the GPT *disk* UUID (i.e. the one global for the entire
742 disk) is set to all FFFFF then use this as trigger for factory reset, in
7ff7eadf 743 addition to the existing mechanisms via EFI variables and kernel command
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745 boot, for the next.
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748 similar behind it, instead of http.
749
750* systemd-tmpfiles: add concept for conditionalizing lines on factory reset
751 boot, or on first boot.
752
753* in UKIs: add way to define allowlist of additional words that can be added to
754 the kernel cmdline even in SecureBoot mode
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757 which contains a separate public key for PCR values that only apply in the
758 initrd, i.e. in the boot phase "enter-initrd". Then, consumers in userspace
759 can easily bind resources to just the initrd. Similar, maybe one more for
760 "enter-initrd:leave-initrd" for resources that shall be accessible only
761 before unprivileged user code is allowed. (we only need this for .pcrpkey,
762 not for .pcrsig, since the latter is a list of signatures anyway). With that,
763 when you enroll a LUKS volume or similar, pick either the .pcrkey (for
764 coverage through all phases of the boot, but excluding shutdown), the
765 .pcrpkeyrd (for coverage in the initrd only) and .pcrpkeybt (for coverage
766 until users are allowed to log in).
767
768* Once the root fs LUKS volume key is measured into PCR 15, default to binding
769 credentials to PCR 15 in "systemd-creds"
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772 an encrypted image on some host given a public key belonging to a specific
773 other host, so that only hosts possessing the private key in the TPM2 chip
7227dd81 774 can decrypt the volume key and activate the volume. Use case: systemd-confext
b60e0f57 775 for a central orchestrator to generate confext images securely that can only
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777 of creds in /etc/credstore/ for example). Extending on this: allow binding
778 LUKS2 TPM based encryption also to the TPM2 internal clock. Net result:
b60e0f57 779 prepare a confext image that can only be activated on a specific host that
780 runs a specific software in a specific time window. confext would be
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782
783* maybe add a "systemd-report" tool, that generates a TPM2-backed "report" of
784 current system state, i.e. a combination of PCR information, local system
785 time and TPM clock, running services, recent high-priority log
786 messages/coredumps, system load/PSI, signed by the local TPM chip, to form an
7227dd81 787 enhanced remote attestation quote. Use case: a simple orchestrator could use
ae24e4e8 788 this: have the report tool upload these reports every 3min somewhere. Then
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790 window, and use them to determine what which node should now start/stop what,
b60e0f57 791 and generate a small confext for each node, that uses Uphold= to pin services
792 on each node. The confext would be encrypted using the asymmetric encryption
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794 software is in a good state, and within a specific time frame. Then run a
795 loop on each node that sends report to orchestrator and then sysupdate to
b60e0f57 796 update confext. Orchestrator would be stateless, i.e. operate on desired
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798 be trivially scaled up since all instances of the orchestrator should come to
799 the same conclusions given the same inputs of reports/desired workload info.
800 Could also be used to deliver Wireguard secrets and thus to clients, thus
b60e0f57 801 permitting zero-trust networking: secrets are rolled over via confext updates,
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803 updated, or becomes corrupted in some way.
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806 derive default machine ID to use from it, and pass it to host PID 1.
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809 of manually hooking into SIGINT/SIGTERM
810
811* tree-wide: convert as much as possible over to SD_EVENT_SIGNAL_PROCMASK
812 instead of manual blocking.
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815 newest), to indicate they are obsolete
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818 (i.e. SMBIOS type #11, …), so that one can unlock LUKS via VM hypervisor
819 supplied password.
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822 those which may refer to anything, and use that in various places to filter
823 early. i.e. stuff ending in "/", "/." and "/.." definitely refers to a
824 directory, and paths ending that way can be refused early in many contexts.
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827 public keys when signing PCR values. SecureBoot and our Verity signatures
828 operate with certificates already, hence I guess we should also just deal for
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831* systemd-measure: add --pcrpkey-auto as an alternative to --pcrpkey=, where it
832 would just use the same public key specified with --public-key= (or the one
833 automatically derived from --private-key=).
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836 indicate if partition is intended for sysext, for portable service, for
837 booting and so on. Then, when dissecting DDI allow specifying a purpose to
7227dd81 838 use as additional search condition. Use case: images that combined a sysext
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841* On boot, auto-generate an asymmetric key pair from the TPM,
842 and use it for validating DDIs and credentials. Maybe upload it to the kernel
843 keyring, so that the kernel does this validation for us for verity and kernel
844 modules
845
b60e0f57 846* for systemd-confext: add a tool that can generate suitable DDIs with verity +
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848 a new name with a built-in config?
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851 maybe on kernel command line:
852 systemd.import_encrypted_creds=foobar.waldo,tmpfiles.extra to protect locked
853 down kernels from credentials generated on the host with a weak kernel
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856 hash type, etc)
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860
f461a28d 861* chase(): refuse resolution if trailing slash is specified on input,
4e0ceefe 862 but final node is not a directory
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865 non-VFAT fs is used.
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870 systemd-gpt-auto-generator/systemd-repart and in systemd-cryptsetup?)
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877 entries in our menu, and then suppress ourselves. Benefit: instant
878 compatibility with all other OSes which register things there, in particular
879 on other disks. Always boot into them via NextBoot EFI variable, to not
880 affect PCR values.
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883 - pre-calculate PCR 12 (command line) + PCR 13 (sysext) the same way we can precalculate PCR 11
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886 "supercharged" sd-boot binary, that could carry ext4 drivers built-in.
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889 filters/handlers installed on the connection took possession of.
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892 objects (i.e. all child dirents that dirs or symlinks to dirs)
893
894* sd-device: maybe pin the sysfs dir with an fd, during the entire runtime of
895 an sd_device, then always work based on that.
896
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899 baremetal, on an nspawn-style container, if it is a portable service image,
900 or a sysext for initrd, for host os, or for portable container. Then hook
901 portabled/… up to udev to watch block devices coming up with the flags set, and
902 use it.
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905 managers can tell sd-boot what to boot into and suchlike
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908 and that determines from which overlayfs layer it originates, which image, and with
909 what it was signed.
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912 encryption/authentication. Idea: add new verb "systemd-creds public-key"
913 which generates a priv/pub key pair on the TPM2 and stores the priv key
914 locally in /var. It then outputs a certificate for the pub part to stdout.
915 This can then be copied/taken elsewhere, and can be used for encrypting creds
916 that only the host on its specific hw can decrypt. Then, support a drop-in
917 dir with certificates that can be used to authenticate credentials. Flow of
918 operations is then this: build image with owner certificate, then after
919 boot up issue "systemd-creds public-key" to acquire pubkey of the machine.
920 Then, when passing data to the machine, sign with privkey belonging to one of
921 the dropped in certs and encrypted with machine pubkey, and pass to machine.
922 Machine is then able to authenticate you, and confidentiality is guaranteed.
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925 should probably also one you can use to get a remote attestation quote.
926
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929 credentials (similar: verity-generator, integrity-generator). Use
930 fstab-generator logic as inspiration.
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932 • resolved: allow defining additional /etc/hosts entries via a credential (it
933 might make sense to then synthesize a new combined /etc/hosts file in /run
934 and bind mount it on /etc/hosts for other clients that want to read it.
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936 • timesyncd: pick NTP server info from credential
937 • portabled: read a credential "portable.extra" or so, that takes a list of
938 file system paths to enable on start.
939 • make systemd-fstab-generator look for a system credential encoding root= or
940 usr=
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942 sd-stub credentials. That way, we can support parallel OS installations with
943 pre-built kernels.
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946 runtime state. Then, expose it:
947
948 1. Add Describe() method to Unit D-Bus object that returns a JSON object
949 about the unit.
950 2. Expose this natively via Varlink, in similar style
951 3. Use it when invoking binaries (i.e. make PID 1 fork off systemd-executor
952 binary which reads the JSON definition and runs it), to address the cow
953 trap issue and the fact that NSS is actually forbidden in
954 forked-but-not-exec'ed children
955 4. Add varlink API to run transient units based on provided JSON definitions
956
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958 what to do if support ended
959
960* pam_systemd: on interactive logins, maybe show SUPPORT_END information at
3ff1721c 961 login time, à la motd
81a96518 962
e1b45a75 963* sd-boot: instead of unconditionally deriving the ESP to search boot loader
9c18b363 964 spec entries in from the paths of sd-boot binary, let's optionally allow it
7227dd81 965 to be configured on sd-boot cmdline + efi var. Use case: embed sd-boot in the
9c18b363 966 UEFI firmware (for example, ovmf supports that via qemu cmdline option), and
e1b45a75 967 use it to load stuff from the ESP.
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970 initrd transition. Specifically:
971 1. There should be a var= kernel cmdline option, matching root= and usr=
972 2. systemd-gpt-auto-generator should auto-mount /var if it finds it on disk
973 3. mount.x-initrd mount option in fstab should be implied for /var
974
d486b26f 975* make persistent restarts easier by adding a new setting OpenPersistentFile=
47b86590 976 or so, which allows opening one or more files that is "persistent" across
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978 files are created empty on first invocation, and on subsequent invocations
979 the files are reboot. The files would be backed by tmpfs, pmem or /var
980 depending on desired level of persistency.
981
982* sd-event: add ability to "chain" event sources. Specifically, add a call
983 sd_event_source_chain(x, y), which will automatically enable event source y
1c904337 984 in oneshot mode once x is triggered. Use case: in src/core/mount.c implement
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985 the /proc/self/mountinfo rescan on SIGCHLD with this: whenever a SIGCHLD is
986 seen, trigger the rescan defer event source automatically, and allow it to be
987 dispatched *before* the SIGCHLD is handled (based on priorities). Benefit:
988 dispatch order is strictly controlled by priorities again. (next step: chain
989 event sources to the ratelimit being over)
990
991* if we fork of a service with StandardOutput=journal, and it forks off a
992 subprocess that quickly dies, we might not be able to identify the cgroup it
993 comes from, but we can still derive that from the stdin socket its output
994 came from. We apparently don't do that right now.
995
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996* add ability to set hostname with suffix derived from machine id at boot
997
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998* add PR_SET_DUMPABLE service setting
999
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1000* homed/userdb: maybe define a "companion" dir for home directories where apps
1001 can safely put privileged stuff in. Would not be writable by the user, but
1002 still conceptually belong to the user. Would be included in user's quota if
7227dd81 1003 possible, even if files are not owned by UID of user. Use case: container
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1004 images that owned by arbitrary UIDs, and are owned/managed by the users, but
1005 are not directly belonging to the user's UID. Goal: we shouldn't place more
1006 privileged dirs inside of unprivileged dirs, and thus containers really
1007 should not be placed inside of traditional UNIX home dirs (which are owned by
3881fd40 1008 users themselves) but somewhere else, that is separate, but still close
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1009 by. Inform user code about path to this companion dir via env var, so that
1010 container managers find it. the ~/.identity file is also a candidate for a
1011 file to move there, since it is managed by privileged code (i.e. homed) and
1012 not unprivileged code.
1013
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1015 system outside of the 108ch limit. When connecting, open O_PATH fd to socket
1016 inode first, then connect to /proc/self/fd/XYZ. When binding, create symlink
1017 to target dir in /tmp, and bind through it.
1018
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1020 protections of the root OS are weakened after interactive confirmation, to
1021 allow hackers to allow their own stuff. idea: allow entering developer mode
1022 only via explicit choice in boot menu: i.e. add explicit boot menu item for
30fd9a2d 1023 it. When developer mode is entered, generate a key pair in the TPM2, and add
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1024 the public part of it automatically to keychain of valid code signature keys
1025 on subsequent boots. Then provide a tool to sign code with the key in the
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1026 TPM2. Ensure that boot menu item is the only way to enter developer mode, by
1027 binding it to locality/PCRs so that keys cannot be generated otherwise.
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1029* services: add support for cryptographically unlocking per-service directories
1030 via TPM2. Specifically, for StateDirectory= (and related dirs) use fscrypt to
1031 set up the directory so that it can only be accessed if host and app are in
1032 order.
1033
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1035 https://0pointer.net/blog/testing-my-system-code-in-usr-without-modifying-usr.html
1036 https://0pointer.net/blog/running-an-container-off-the-host-usr.html
1037
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1038* sd-event: compat wd reuse in inotify code: keep a set of removed watch
1039 descriptors, and clear this set piecemeal when we see the IN_IGNORED event
1040 for it, or when read() returns EAGAIN or on IN_Q_OVERFLOW. Then, whenever we
1041 see an inotify wd event check against this set, and if it is contained ignore
8ac6b05b 1042 the event. (to be fully correct this would have to count the occurrences, in
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1043 case the same wd is reused multiple times before we start processing
1044 IN_IGNORED again)
1045
5b06ad51 1046* for vendor-built signed initrds:
a4b329e6 1047 - kernel-install should be able to install encrypted creds automatically for
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1048 machine id, root pw, rootfs uuid, resume partition uuid, and place next to
1049 EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up. These creds should be locked to
1050 the TPM, and bind to the right PCR the kernel is measured to.
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1051 - kernel-install should be able to pick up initrd sysexts automatically and
1052 place them next to EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up.
5b06ad51 1053 - systemd-fstab-generator should look for rootfs device to mount in creds
62471289 1054 - systemd-resume-generator should look for resume partition uuid in creds
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1055 - sd-stub: automatically pick up microcode from ESP (/loader/microcode/*)
1056 and synthesize initrd from it, and measure it. Signing is not necessary, as
1057 microcode does that on its own. Pass as first initrd to kernel.
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1059* Maybe extend the service protocol to support handling of some specific SIGRT
1060 signal for setting service log level, that carries the level via the
1061 sigqueue() data parameter. Enable this via unit file setting.
2df2bb1f 1062
03ede612 1063* sd_notify/vsock: maybe support binding to AF_VSOCK in Type=notify services,
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1064 then passing $NOTIFY_SOCKET and $NOTIFY_GUESTCID with PID1's cid (typically
1065 fixed to "2", i.e. the official host cid) and the expected guest cid, for the
3a258d3a 1066 two sides of the channel. The latter env var could then be used in an
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1067 appropriate qemu cmdline. That way qemu payloads could talk sd_notify()
1068 directly to host service manager.
1069
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1070* sd-device has an API to create an sd_device object from a device id, but has
1071 no api to query the device id
1072
1073* sd-device should return the devnum type (i.e. 'b' or 'c') via some API for an
1074 sd_device object, so that data passed into sd_device_new_from_devnum() can
1075 also be queried.
1076
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1077* sd-event: optionally, if per-event source rate limit is hit, downgrade
1078 priority, but leave enabled, and once ratelimit window is over, upgrade
1079 priority again. That way we can combat event source starvation without
1080 stopping processing events from one source entirely.
1081
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1082* sd-event: similar to existing inotify support add fanotify support (given
1083 that apparently new features in this area are only going to be added to the
1084 latter).
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1085
1086* sd-event: add 1st class event source for clock changes
1087
1088* sd-event: add 1st class event source for timezone changes
1089
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1090* support uefi/http boots with sd-boot: instead of looking for dropin files in
1091 /loader/entries/ dir, look for a file /loader/entries/SHA256SUMS and use that
1092 as directory manifest. The file would be a standard directory listing as
1093 generated by GNU sha256sums.
1094
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1095* sd-boot: maybe add support for embedding the various auxiliary resources we
1096 look for right in the sd-boot binary. i.e. take inspiration from sd-stub
02c914ef 1097 logic: allow combining sd-boot via ukify with kernels to enumerate, .conf
47a9f917 1098 files, drivers, keys to enroll and so on. Then, add whatever we find that way
7227dd81 1099 to the menu. Use case: allow building a single PE image you can boot into via
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1100 UEFI HTTP boot.
1101
1102* maybe add a new UEFI stub binary "sd-http". It works similar to sd-stub, but
1103 all it does is download a file from a http server, and execute it, after
1104 optionally checking its hash sum. idea would be: combine this "sd-http" stub
5bc9ea07 1105 binary with some minimal info about a URL + hash sum, plus .osrel data, and
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1106 drop it into the unified kernel dir in the ESP. And bam you have something
1107 that is tiny, feels a lot like a unified kernel, but all it does is chainload
1108 the real kernel. benefit: downloading these stubs would be tiny and quick,
1109 hence cheap for enumeration.
1110
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1111* sysext: measure all activated sysext into a TPM PCR
1112
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1113* systemd-dissect: show available versions inside of a disk image, i.e. if
1114 multiple versions are around of the same resource, show which ones. (in other
1115 words: show partition labels).
1116
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1117* maybe add a generator that reads /proc/cmdline, looks for
1118 systemd.pull-raw-portable=, systemd-pull-raw-sysext= and similar switches
5bc9ea07 1119 that take a URL as parameter. It then generates service units for
7227dd81 1120 systemd-pull calls that download these URLs if not installed yet. Use case:
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1121 invoke a VM or nspawn container in a way it automatically deploys/runs these
1122 images as OS payloads. i.e. have a generic OS image you can point to any
1123 payload you like, which is then downloaded, securely verified and run.
1124
e4f92a62 1125* deprecate cgroupsv1 further (print log message at boot)
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1127* systemd-dissect: add --cat switch for dumping files such as /etc/os-release
1128
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1129* per-service sandboxing option: ProtectIds=. If used, will overmount
1130 /etc/machine-id and /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id with synthetic files, to
1131 make it harder for the service to identify the host. Depending on the user
1132 setting it should be fully randomized at invocation time, or a hash of the
1133 real thing, keyed by the unit name or so. Of course, there are other ways to
1134 get these IDs (e.g. journal) or similar ids (e.g. MAC addresses, DMI ids, CPU
1135 ids), so this knob would only be useful in combination with other lockdown
1136 options. Particularly useful for portable services, and anything else that
1137 uses RootDirectory= or RootImage=. (Might also over-mount
1138 /sys/class/dmi/id/*{uuid,serial} with /dev/null).
1139
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1140* doc: prep a document explaining resolved's internal objects, i.e. Query
1141 vs. Question vs. Transaction vs. Stream and so on.
1142
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1143* doc: prep a document explaining PID 1's internal logic, i.e. transactions,
1144 jobs, units
1145
a57d72ce 1146* bootspec: bring UEFI and userspace enumeration of bootspec entries back into
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1147 sync, i.e. parse out architecture field in sd-boot (currently only done in
1148 userspace)
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1150* automatically ignore threaded cgroups in cg_xyz().
1151
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1152* add linker script that implicitly adds symbol for build ID and new coredump
1153 json package metadata, and use that when logging
1154
d1666bde 1155* Enable RestrictFileSystems= for all our long-running services (similar:
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1156 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=)
1157
1158* Add systemd-analyze security checks for RestrictFileSystems= and
1159 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=
1160
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1161* cryptsetup/homed: implement TOTP authentication backed by TPM2 and its
1162 internal clock.
1163
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1164* man: rework os-release(5), and clearly separate our extension-release.d/ and
1165 initrd-release parts, i.e. list explicitly which fields are about what.
1166
1167* sysext: before applying a sysext, do a superficial validation run so that
1168 things are not rearranged to wildy. I.e. protect against accidental fuckups,
1169 such as masking out /usr/lib/ or so. We should probably refuse if existing
1170 inodes are replaced by other types of inodes or so.
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1172* userdb: when synthesizing NSS records, pick "best" password from defined
1173 passwords, not just the first. i.e. if there are multiple defined, prefer
1174 unlocked over locked and prefer non-empty over empty.
1175
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1176* homed: while a home dir is not activated generate slightly different NSS
1177 records for it, that reports the home dir as "/" and the shell as some binary
1178 provided by us. Then, when an SSH login happens and SSH permits it our binary
1179 is invoked. This binary can then talk to homed and activate the homedir if
1180 it's not around yet, prompting the user for a password. Once that succeeded
1181 we'll switch to the real user record, i.e. home dir and shell, and our tool
1182 exec()s the latter. Net effect: ssh'ing into a homed account will just work:
1183 we'll neatly prompt for the homedir's password if its needed. –– Building on
1184 this we could take this even further: since this tool will potentially have
1185 access to the client's ssh-agent (if ssh-agent forwarding is enabled) we
1186 could implement SSH unlocking of a homedir with that: when enrolling a new
1187 ssh pubkey in a user record we'd ask the ssh-agent to sign some random value
1188 with the privkey, then use that as luks key to unlock the home dir. Will not
1189 work for ECDSA keys since their signatures contain a random component, but
1190 will work for RSA and Ed25519 keys.
1191
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1192* add tiny service that decrypts encrypted user records passed via initrd
1193 credential logic and drops them into /run where nss-systemd can pick them up,
7227dd81 1194 similar to /run/host/userdb/. Use case: drop a root user JSON record there,
bb5464ad 1195 and use it in the initrd to log in as root with locally selected password,
7227dd81 1196 for debugging purposes. Other use case: boot into qemu with regular user
11b957b5 1197 mounted from host. maybe put this in systemd-user-sessions.service?
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1199* drop dependency on libcap, replace by direct syscalls based on
30fd9a2d 1200 CapabilityQuintet we already have. (This likely allows us to drop libcap
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1201 dep in the base OS image)
1202
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1203* add concept for "exitrd" as inverse of "initrd", that we can transition to at
1204 shutdown, and has similar security semantics. This should then take the place
1205 of dracut's shutdown logic. Should probably support sysexts too. Care needs
1206 to be taken that the resulting logic ends up in RAM, i.e. is copied out of
1207 on-disk storage.
1208
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1209* userdbd: implement an additional varlink service socket that provides the
1210 host user db in restricted form, then allow this to be bind mounted into
1211 sandboxed environments that want the host database in minimal form. All
1212 records would be stripped of all meta info, except the basic UID/name
1213 info. Then use this in portabled environments that do not use PrivateUsers=1.
1214
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1215* portabled: when extracting unit files and copying to system.attached, if a
1216 .p7s is available in the image, use it to protect the system.attached copy
1217 with fs-verity, so that it cannot be tampered with
1218
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1219* /etc/veritytab: allow that the roothash column can be specified as fs path
1220 including a path to an AF_UNIX path, similar to how we do things with the
1221 keys of /etc/crypttab. That way people can store/provide the roothash
1222 externally and provide to us on demand only.
1223
3fc0688d 1224* we probably should extend the root verity hash of the root fs into some PCR
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1225 on boot. (i.e. maybe add a veritytab option tpm2-measure=12 or so to measure
1226 it into PCR 12); Similar: we probably should extend the LUKS volume key of
1227 the root fs into some PCR on boot. (i.e. maybe add a crypttab option
1228 tpm2-measure=15 or so to measure it into PCR 15); once both are in place
1229 update gpt-auto-discovery to generate these by default for the partitions it
1230 discovers. Static vendor stuff should probably end up in PCR 12 (i.e. the
1231 verity hash), with local keys in PCR 15 (i.e. the encryption volume
1232 key). That way, we nicely distinguish resources supplied by the OS vendor
1233 (i.e. sysext, root verity) from those inherently local (i.e. encryption key),
1234 which is useful if they shall be signed separately.
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1236* in uefi stub: query firmware regarding which PCR banks are being used, store
1237 that in EFI var. then use this when enrolling TPM2 in cryptsetup to verify
1238 that the selected PCRs actually are used by firmware.
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1240* rework recursive read-only remount to use new mount API
1241
63a185dc 1242* PAM: pick up authentication token from credentials
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1244* when mounting disk images: if IMAGE_ID/IMAGE_VERSION is set in os-release
1245 data in the image, make sure the image filename actually matches this, so
1246 that images cannot be misused.
1247
aca8ecc3 1248* New udev block device symlink names:
178d3ff2 1249 /dev/disk/by-parttypelabel/<pttype>-<ptlabel>. Use case: if pt label is used
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1250 as partition image version string, this is a safe way to reference a specific
1251 version of a specific partition type, in particular where related partitions
1252 are processed (e.g. verity + rootfs both named "LennartOS_0.7").
1253
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1254* sysupdate:
1255 - add fuzzing to the pattern parser
1256 - support casync as download mechanism
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1257 - "systemd-sysupdate update --all" support, that iterates through all components
1258 defined on the host, plus all images installed into /var/lib/machines/,
1259 /var/lib/portable/ and so on.
1260 - figure out what to do about system extensions (i.e. they need to imply an
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1261 update component, since otherwise sysupdate.d/ files would override the
1262 host's update files.)
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1263 - Allow invocation with a single transfer definition, i.e. with
1264 --definitions= pointing to a file rather than a dir.
1265 - add ability to disable implicit decompression of downloaded artifacts,
1266 i.e. a Compress=no option in the transfer definitions
1267
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1268* in sd-id128: also parse UUIDs in RFC4122 URN syntax (i.e. chop off urn:uuid: prefix)
1269
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1270* DynamicUser= + StateDirectory= → use uid mapping mounts, too, in order to
1271 make dirs appear under right UID.
1272
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1273* systemd-sysext: optionally, run it in initrd already, before transitioning
1274 into host, to open up possibility for services shipped like that.
1275
24063ba1 1276* introduce /dev/disk/root/* symlinks that allow referencing partitions on the
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1277 disk the rootfs is on in a reasonably secure way. (or maybe: add
1278 /dev/gpt-auto-{home,srv,boot,…} similar in style to /dev/gpt-auto-root as we
1279 already have it.
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1281* whenever we receive fds via SCM_RIGHTS make sure none got dropped due to the
1282 reception limit the kernel silently enforces.
1283
1c904337 1284* Add service unit setting ConnectStream= which takes IP addresses and connects to them.
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1286* Similar, Load= which takes literal data in text or base64 format, and puts it
1287 into a memfd, and passes that. This enables some fun stuff, such as embedding
1288 bash scripts in unit files, by combining Load= with ExecStart=/bin/bash
1289 /proc/self/fd/3
1290
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1291* add a ConnectSocket= setting to service unit files, that may reference a
1292 socket unit, and which will connect to the socket defined therein, and pass
1293 the resulting fd to the service program via socket activation proto.
1294
1295* Add a concept of ListenStream=anonymous to socket units: listen on a socket
7227dd81 1296 that is deleted in the fs. Use case would be with ConnectSocket= above.
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1298* importd: support image signature verification with PKCS#7 + OpenBSD signify
1299 logic, as alternative to crummy gpg
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1301* add "systemd-analyze debug" + AttachDebugger= in unit files: The former
1302 specifies a command to execute; the latter specifies that an already running
1303 "systemd-analyze debug" instance shall be contacted and execution paused
1304 until it gives an OK. That way, tools like gdb or strace can be safely be
1305 invoked on processes forked off PID 1.
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1307* expose MS_NOSYMFOLLOW in various places
1308
199b097d 1309* credentials system:
199b097d 1310 - acquire from EFI variable?
30fd9a2d 1311 - acquire via ask-password?
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1312 - acquire creds via keyring?
1313 - pass creds via keyring?
1314 - pass creds via memfd?
1315 - acquire + decrypt creds from pkcs11?
1316 - make systemd-cryptsetup acquire pw via creds logic
1317 - make PAMName= acquire pw via creds logic
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1318 - make macsec code in networkd read key via creds logic (copy logic from
1319 wireguard)
1320 - make gatewayd/remote read key via creds logic
199b097d 1321 - add sd_notify() command for flushing out creds not needed anymore
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1322 - make user manager instances create and use a user-specific key (the one in
1323 /var/lib is root-only) and add --user switch to systemd-creds to use it
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1325* TPM2: auto-reenroll in cryptsetup, as fallback for hosed firmware upgrades
1326 and such
1327
1328* introduce a new group to own TPM devices
80670e74 1329
02c914ef 1330* cryptsetup: add option for automatically removing empty password slot on boot
80670e74 1331
7d7c75f1 1332* cryptsetup: optionally, when run during boot-up and password is never
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1333 entered, and we are on battery power (or so), power off machine again
1334
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1335* cryptsetup: when waiting for FIDO2/PKCS#11 token, tell plymouth that, and
1336 allow plymouth to abort the waiting and enter pw instead
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1338* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1339
1340* cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
1341 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
1342
1343* cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
1344 systemd-makefs.service instead.
1345
1346* cryptsetup:
1347 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
1348 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
1349
08d33656 1350* systemd-analyze netif that explains predictable interface (or networkctl)
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1352* Add service setting to run a service within the specified VRF. i.e. do the
1353 equivalent of "ip vrf exec".
1354
f461a28d 1355* special case some calls of chase() to use openat2() internally, so
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1356 that the kernel does what we otherwise do.
1357
f461a28d 1358* add a new flag to chase() that stops chasing once the first missing
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1359 component is found and then allows the caller to create the rest.
1360
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1361* make use of new glibc 2.32 APIs sigabbrev_np() and strerrorname_np().
1362
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1363* if /usr/bin/swapoff fails due to OOM, log a friendly explanatory message about it
1364
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1365* pid1: support new clone3() fork-into-cgroup feature
1366
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1367* pid1: also remove PID files of a service when the service starts, not just
1368 when it exits
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1370* make us use dynamically fewer deps for containers in general purpose distros:
1371 o turn into dlopen() deps:
cdfd8537 1372 - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
a52dc0b6 1373 - libblkid (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not elsewhere)
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1374 - libpam (only when called from PID 1)
1375 - bzip2, xz, lz4 (always — gzip and zstd should probably stay static deps the way they are,
1376 since they are so basic and our defaults)
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1378* seccomp: maybe use seccomp_merge() to merge our filters per-arch if we can.
1379 Apparently kernel performance is much better with fewer larger seccomp
1380 filters than with more smaller seccomp filters.
1381
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1382* systemd-path: add ESP and XBOOTLDR path. Add "private" runtime/state/cache dir enum,
1383 mapping to $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, $STATE_DIRECTORY and such
1384
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1385* seccomp: by default mask x32 ABI system wide on x86-64. it's on its way out
1386
1387* seccomp: don't install filters for ABIs that are masked anyway for the
1388 specific service
1389
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1390* busctl: maybe expose a verb "ping" for pinging a dbus service to see if it
1391 exists and responds.
1392
91fc013f 1393* socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
86b52a39 1394 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
91fc013f 1395
7e8facb3 1396* unify on openssl:
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1397 - kill gnutls support in resolved
1398 - figure out what to do about libmicrohttpd, which has a hard dependency on
1399 gnutls
1400 - port fsprg over to a dlopen lib, then switch it to openssl
492f91d8 1401
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1402* add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
1403 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
1404
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1405* userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
1406 realname substr searches in varlink API
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1408* userdb: allow uid/gid range checks
1409
2a4be3c5 1410* userdb: allow existence checks
006c44c1 1411
f1eb0ccd 1412* pid1: activation by journal search expression
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1414* when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
1415 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
1416 initrd had set.
1417
173c7873 1418* sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
84a1ff94 1419 it for reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
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1420 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
1421 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
1422 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
1423 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
1424
1425* tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
1426 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
1427 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
1428
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1429* maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
1430 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
1431 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
1432 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
1433 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
1434 source.
1435
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1436* coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
1437 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
1438 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
1439
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1440* teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
1441
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1442* We should probably replace /etc/rc.d/README with a symlink to doc
1443 content. After all it is constant vendor data.
9c230b8f 1444
c6526b8d 1445* maybe add kernel cmdline params: to force random seed crediting
312dc153 1446
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1447* introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
1448 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
1449 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
1450 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
1451 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
1452 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
1453 exec().
1454
1455* let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
1456
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1457* when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
1458 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
1459
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1460* make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
1461 gnome-bluetooth and friends
1462
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1463* make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
1464 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
1465 root.
1466
1467* maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
1468 is issued.
1469
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1470* when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
1471
1472* when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
1473
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1474* Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
1475 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
1476 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
d7b659ef 1477
d238709c 1478* rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
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1479 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
1480 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
1481
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1482* when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
1483
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1484* add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
1485 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
1486
06898123 1487* paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
309c6b19 1488 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
9ae4ef49 1489 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
8b213bf1 1490 Alternatively (preferably?) use memfd_secret().
06898123 1491
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1492* Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
1493
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1494* optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
1495
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1496* sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
1497 non-zero "tries done" count
1498
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1499* augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
1500 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
1501 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
1502 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
1503 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
1504 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
1505 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
1506 CODE_FILE.
1507
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1508* Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
1509 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
1510 some explanatory text online.
1511
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1512* maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
1513
d1797c42 1514* hibernate/s2h: if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
c633b0a6 1515
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1516* cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
1517 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
1518
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1519* beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
1520 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
1521 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
1522 files and suchlike we operate on.
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1524* importd: add ability download images for portabled + sysext
1525
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1526* add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
1527
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1528* sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
1529 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
1530
5da19043 1531* Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
63a185dc 1532 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it.
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1534* Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
1535 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
1536 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
1537 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
1538 unlinked from any dir.
1539
bd1b3f75 1540* port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
5da19043 1541
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1542* pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
1543
1544* add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
1545
53c70a27 1546* add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
5238e957 1547 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
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1548 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
1549 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
2aed63f4 1550 images, for example fall back to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
53c70a27 1551
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1552* bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
1553
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1554* add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
1555 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
1556
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1557* introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
1558 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
1559 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
1560 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
1561 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
7227dd81 1562 different slice too by default. Use case: people who want to put resources on
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1563 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
1564 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
1565
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1566* maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
1567 for root, but only then.
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1569* calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
1570 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
1571
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1572* sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
1573 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
1574
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1575* sd-bus: parse addresses given in sd_bus_set_addresses immediately and not
1576 only when used. Add unit tests.
1577
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1578* make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
1579 host-side interface pointing to the container.
1580
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1581* add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
1582 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
1583 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
1584 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
1585 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
1586
899feb72 1587* deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
c6009ff0 1588
5f7ecd61 1589* support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
5962e9db 1590
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1591* add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
1592 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
1593
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1594* blog about fd store and restartable services
1595
1596* document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
1597
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1598* rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
1599 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
1600
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1601* in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
1602 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
1603 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
1604 ID is available.
1605
1606* optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
1607 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
1608 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
1609
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1610* beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
1611 parameters
1612
63a185dc 1613* maybe hook up xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
d51c4fca 1614 the quota of the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
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1615 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
1616 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
1617 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
1618 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
1619 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
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1621* In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
1622 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
1623
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1624* Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
1625 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
1626 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
1627
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1628* add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
1629 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
1630
1631 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
1632
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1633* Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
1634 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
1635 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
1636
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1637* track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
1638 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
1639
1640* add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
1641 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
1642 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
1643 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
1644 natural habitat.
1645
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1646* gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force
1647 it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
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1649* add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
1650 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
1651 relative to the configured default value.
1652
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1653* enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
1654
04397464 1655* Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
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1657* define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
1658
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1659* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
1660
04397464 1661* ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
42d61ded 1662
04397464 1663* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
563a69f4 1664
04397464 1665* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
2c5f2958 1666
8ce9b83a 1667* RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
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1669* ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
1670 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
1671 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
1672
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1673* Support ReadWritePaths/ReadOnlyPaths/InaccessiblePaths in systemd --user instances
1674 via the new unprivileged Landlock LSM (https://landlock.io)
1675
e40a326c 1676* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
89f193fa 1677
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1678* in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
1679 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
1680 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
1681 mapping to work.
1682
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1683* add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
1684
1685* add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
1686
1687* add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
1688
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1689* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
1690 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
1691
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1692* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
1693 reload the unit file anyway
1694
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1695* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
1696
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1697* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
1698
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1699* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
1700 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
1701
f9bf1b8f 1702* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 1703 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 1704 specifications.
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1706* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
1707
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1708* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
1709
a2088fd0 1710* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
5238e957 1711 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
a2088fd0 1712 prefixed with /sys generally special.
41d6f3bf 1713 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
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1715* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
1716
931bc195 1717* docs: bring https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
b18d23d7 1718
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1719* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
1720 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
1721 state.
41d6f3bf 1722 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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1724* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
1725 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
1726 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
1727 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
1728 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
1729
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1730* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
1731
d2f81fb0 1732* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
41d6f3bf 1733 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
98cd2651 1734
0a86c1a9 1735* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
41d6f3bf 1736 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
0a86c1a9 1737
e031c227 1738* as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
41d6f3bf 1739 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
0a86c1a9 1740
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1741* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
1742
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1743* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
1744 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
1745
25e773ee 1746* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 1747
720652b3 1748* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 1749
720652b3 1750* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
e25b5a8d 1751
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1752* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
1753 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
1754
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1755* drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
1756
9d6db739 1757* resolved:
9d6db739 1758 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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1759 - service registration
1760 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 1761 - avahi compat
9d6db739 1762 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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1763 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
1764 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
1765 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 1766 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 1767 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 1768
e25b5a8d 1769* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 1770
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1771* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
1772
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1773* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
1774
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1775* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
1776
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1777* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
1778
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1779* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
1780 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 1781
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1782* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
1783
6a3f892a 1784* gpt-auto-generator:
2a781fc9 1785 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 1786 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 1787
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1788* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
1789 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
1790 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 1791
f9bf1b8f 1792* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
eda8f067 1793
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1794* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
1795 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
1796 for ReusePort=
1797
f38afcd0 1798* cgroups:
f38afcd0 1799 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
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1800 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
1801 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
1802 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
1803 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
1804 the hierarchies of child processes
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1805 - add settings for cgroup.max.descendants and cgroup.max.depth,
1806 maybe use them for user@.service
0bee65f0 1807
f38afcd0 1808* transient units:
f38afcd0 1809 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
ebcf1f97 1810
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1811* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
1812
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1813* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
1814
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1815* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
1816
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1817* 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
1818
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1819* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
1820 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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1821 path anyway.
1822
04397464 1823* refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
fcba531e 1824
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1825* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
1826
07eabc2b 1827* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
f38afcd0 1828
07eabc2b 1829* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
eb01ba5d 1830
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1831* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
1832
1833* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
1834 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
1835 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
1836
1837* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
1838 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
1839
1840* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
1841
1842* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
1843
1844* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
1845
1846* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
1847 needs to be auto-respawned?
1848
1849* pid1:
1850 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
1851 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
1852 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
1853 that are not supported...
41d6f3bf 1854 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
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1855 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
1856 - move PAM code into its own binary
1857 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
1858 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
1859 - Support --test based on current system state
1860 - 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().
1861 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
1862 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
1863 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1864 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1865 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1866 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1867 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1868 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1869 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1870 - maybe introduce CoreScheduling=yes/no to optionally set a PR_SCHED_CORE cookie, so that all
1871 processes in a service's cgroup share the same cookie and are guaranteed not to share SMT cores
1872 with other units https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst
1873
1874* unit files:
1875 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1876 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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1877 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1878 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1879 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1880 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1881 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
1882 - introduce Type=pid-file
1883 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
1884 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
1885 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
1886
1887* timer units:
63a185dc 1888 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when DST changes
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1889 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
1890
1891* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
1892
1893* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
1894
1895* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
1896
1897* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
1898
07eabc2b 1899* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
461bd8e4 1900
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1901* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
1902
1903* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
1904
fff87a35 1905* test/:
20d52ab6 1906 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
b8b4d3dd 1907
b5c03638 1908* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 1909 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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1910 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
1911 destination.
1912
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1913* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
1914 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
1915
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1916* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
1917
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1918* Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
1919 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
1920 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
1921
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1922* BootLoaderSpec: Define a way how an installer can figure out whether a BLS
1923 compliant boot loader is installed.
795607b2 1924
7227dd81 1925* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? use case:
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1926 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
1927 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
1928 that automatically.
1929
e5ec62c5 1930* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 1931
ccddd104 1932* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 1933
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1934* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
1935
356ce991 1936* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 1937
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1938* add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1939
1940* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
1941
1942* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1943
1944* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1945
1946* sd-bus:
1947 - EBADSLT handling
1948 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
1949 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1950 - 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
1951 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
1952 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
1953 - longer term: priority inheritance
1954 - dbus spec updates:
1955 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
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1956 - path escaping
1957 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
1958
1959* sd-event
1960 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
1961 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
1962 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
1963 - maybe support iouring as backend, so that we allow hooking read and write
1964 operations instead of IO ready events into event loops. See considerations
1965 here:
1966 http://blog.vmsplice.net/2020/07/rethinking-event-loop-integration-for.html
1967
1968* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
1969 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
1970
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1971* document org.freedesktop.MemoryAllocation1
1972
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1973* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
1974
1975* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
1976
1977* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
1978
b44be3ec 1979* EFI:
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1980 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
1981 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 1982 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
631427d6 1983* bootctl
631427d6 1984 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
e4181484 1985
07eabc2b 1986* bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
e9fd44b7 1987
07eabc2b 1988* bootctl:
483091b0 1989 - show whether UEFI audit mode is available
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1990 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
1991 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
f620a368 1992
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1993* logind:
1994 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
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1995 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
1996 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
1997 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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1998 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
1999 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
2000 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
2001 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
2002 needs setuid().
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2003 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
2004 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
2005 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
2006 complete.
2007 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
2008 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
2009 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
28423d9a 2010 - expose "Locked" property on logind session objects
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2011 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
2012 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
2013 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
2014 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
2015 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
2016 relogins
77b19caf 2017 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
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2018 - expose details of boot entries on the bus. In particular, it should be possible
2019 to query the list of boot entry titles that bootctl / sd-boot would show.
2020 Currently we only expose their identifiers.
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2021
2022* move multiseat vid/pid matches from logind udev rule to hwdb
2023
2024* logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
2025 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
2026 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
2027
2028* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
2029 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
2030
b44be3ec 2031* journal:
57f2a947 2032 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
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2033 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
2034 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
2035 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
2aed63f4 2036 - fall back to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 2037 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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2038 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
2039 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
2040 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
5238e957 2041 message that works, but already after a short timeout
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2042 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
2043 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
f47ec8eb 2044 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
02c914ef 2045 - journalctl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
b44be3ec 2046 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
06847d0f 2047 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() in the header,
038cf334 2048 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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2049 - 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.
2050 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
2051 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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2052 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
2053 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
2054 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
2055 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 2056 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 2057 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 2058 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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2059 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
2060 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
2061 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
2062 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
2063 to syslog when it works again.
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2064 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
2065 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
2066 journals in.
2067 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
2068 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
2069 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
2070 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
2071 the most common operations.
e25b5a8d 2072 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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2073 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
2074 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
2075 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
2076 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
2077 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
2078 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
2079 operation.
2080 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
b3e199ce 2081 written to as FAIL, but instead show that they are being written to.
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2082 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
2083 binary logs data
e25b5a8d 2084 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
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2085 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
2086 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
2087 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
2088 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
06847d0f 2089 - check if loop in decompress_blob_xz() is necessary
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2091* journald: support RFC3164 fully for the incoming syslog transport, see
2092 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19251#issuecomment-816601955
2093
2094* Hook up journald's FSS logic with TPM2: seal the verification disk by
2095 time-based policy, so that the verification key can remain on host and ve
2096 validated via TPM.
2097
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2099 fd of the relevant journal dirs in the container with uidmapping applied to
2100 allow the host to read it, while making everything read-only.
2101
2102* journald: add varlink service that allows subscribing to certain log events,
2103 for example matching by message ID, or log level returns a list of journal
2104 cursors as they happen.
2105
2106* journald: also collect CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamps per log entry. Then, derive
2107 "corrected" CLOCK_REALTIME information on display from that and the timestamp
2108 info of the newest entry of the specific boot (as identified by the boot
2109 ID). This way, if a system comes up without a valid clock but acquires a
2110 better clock later, we can "fix" older entry timestamps on display, by
2111 calculating backwards. We cannot use CLOCK_MONOTONIC for this, since it does
2112 not account for suspend phases. This would then also enable us to correct the
2113 kmsg timestamping we consume (where we erroneously assume the clock was in
2114 CLOCK_MONOTONIC, but it actually is CLOCK_BOOTTIME as per kernel).
2115
2116* in journald, write out a recognizable log record whenever the system clock is
2117 changed ("stepped"), and in timesyncd whenever we acquire an NTP fix
2118 ("slewing"). Then, in journalctl for each boot time we come across, find
2119 these records, and use the structured info they include to display
cbcf76b1 2120 "corrected" wallclock time, as calculated from the monotonic timestamp in the
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2122
2123* in journald: whenever we start a new journal file because the boot ID
2124 changed, let's generate a recognizable log record containing info about old
2125 and new ID. Then, when displaying log stream in journalctl look for these
2126 records, to be able to order them.
2127
2128* journald: generate recognizable log events whenever we shutdown journald
2129 cleanly, and when we migrate run → var. This way tools can verify that a
2130 previous boot terminated cleanly, because either of these two messages must
2131 be safely written to disk, then.
2132
2133* hook up journald with TPMs? measure new journal records to the TPM in regular
2134 intervals, validate the journal against current TPM state with that. (taking
2135 inspiration from IMA log)
2136
2137* sd-journal puts a limit on parallel journal files to view at once. journald
2138 should probably honour that same limit (JOURNAL_FILES_MAX) when vacuuming to
2139 ensure we never generate more files than we can actually view.
2140
2141* maybe add a tool that displays most recent journal logs as QR code to scan
2142 off screen and run it automatically on boot failures, emergency logs and
2143 such. Use DRM APIs directly, see
2144 https://github.com/dvdhrm/docs/blob/master/drm-howto/modeset.c for an example
2145 for doing that.
2146
2147* maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
2148 log.c and sd-journal-send
2149
2150* journalctl/timesyncd: whenever timesyncd acquires a synchronization from NTP,
2151 create a structured log entry that contains boot ID, monotonic clock and
2152 realtime clock (I mean, this requires no special work, as these three fields
2153 are implicit). Then in journalctl when attempting to display the realtime
2154 timestamp of a log entry, first search for the closest later log entry
2155 of this kinda that has a matching boot id, and convert the monotonic clock
2156 timestamp of the entry to the realtime clock using this info. This way we can
2157 retroactively correct the wallclock timestamps, in particular for systems
2158 without RTC, i.e. where initially wallclock timestamps carry rubbish, until
2159 an NTP sync is acquired.
2160
2161* introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
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2162
2163* journald: do journal file writing out-of-process, with one writer process per
2164 client UID, so that synthetic hash table collisions can slow down a specific
2165 user's journal stream down but not the others.
2166
2167* tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
2168 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
2169 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
2170 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
2171 cgroup.
2172
2173* maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
2174 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
2175 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
2176 logging.
2177
2178* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
2179
2180* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
2181 from the SIGBUS handler
2182
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2183* add a test if all entries in the catalog are properly formatted.
2184 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
2185 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
2186 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
2187
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2188* build short web pages out of each catalog entry, build them along with man
2189 pages, and include hyperlinks to them in the journal output
2190
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2191* homed:
2192 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
2193 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
2194 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
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2195 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
2196 - create on activate?
2197 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
2198 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
2199 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
2200 systemd --user is shut down.
2201 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
2202 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk
2203 images (and btrfs snapshots of subvolumes) (think: time machine)
2204 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
2205 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
2206 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
2207 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
2208 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
2209 - query password from kernel keyring first
2210 - update even if record is "absent"
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2211 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
2212 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
2213 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
2214 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
2215 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
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2216 - when homed is in use, maybe start the user session manager in a mount namespace with MS_SLAVE,
2217 so that mounts propagate down but not up - eg, user A setting up a backup volume
2218 doesn't mean user B sees it
9c53de8b 2219 - use credentials logic/TPM2 logic to store homed signing key
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2220 - permit multiple user record signing keys to be used locally, and pick
2221 the right one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing
2222 signature
2223 - add a way to "adopt" a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
2224 and insert a local signature instead.
2225 - as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
2226 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
2227 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
2228 though: if no one is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
2229 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
2230 - support new FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl for setting up fscrypt
2231 - maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
2232 easily?
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2233 - store PKCS#11 + FIDO2 token info in LUKS2 header, compatible with
2234 systemd-cryptsetup, so that it can unlock homed volumes
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2235 - maybe make all *.home files owned by `systemd-home` user or so, so that we
2236 can easily set overall quota for all users
2237 - on login, if we can't fallocate initially, but rebalance is on, then allow
2238 login in discard mode, then immediately rebalance, then turn off discard
f1a147f2 2239 - extend user records with optional "bulk" data. Specifically, a user
288bd406 2240 avatar/photo or so. This data should be stored along with the user record,
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2241 but probably shouldn't be part of the record itself, since it might be
2242 large.
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2243 - add "homectl unbind" command to remove local user record of an inactive
2244 home dir
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2246* add a new switch --auto-definitions=yes/no or so to systemd-repart. If
2247 specified, synthesize a definition automatically if we can: enlarge last
2248 partition on disk, but only if it is marked for growing and not read-only.
2249
2df2bb1f 2250* systemd-repart: read LUKS encryption key from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY
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2251
2252* systemd-repart: add a switch to factory reset the partition table without
2253 immediately applying the new configuration again. i.e. --factory-reset=leave
2254 or so. (this is useful to factory reset an image, then putting it into
2255 another machine, ensuring that luks key is generated on new machine, not old)
2256
2257* systemd-repart: support setting up dm-integrity with HMAC
2258
2259* systemd-repart: maybe remove half-initialized image on failure. It fails
2260 if the output file exists, so a repeated invocation will usually fail if
2261 something goes wrong on the way.
2262
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2263* systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
2264 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
2265 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
2266 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
2267
2268* systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
2269 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
2270 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
2271 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
2272 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
2273 automatically.
2274
2275* systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
2276 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
2277
2278* systemd-repart: allow boolean option that ensures that if existing partition
2279 doesn't exist within the configured size bounds the whole command fails. This
2280 is useful to implement ESP vs. XBOOTLDR schemes in installers: have one set
2281 of repart files for the case where ESP is large enough and one where it isn't
2282 and XBOOTLDR is added in instead. Then apply the former first, and if it
2283 fails to apply use the latter.
2284
2285* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to never reuse existing partition
2286 and always create anew even if matching partition already exists.
2287
2288* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to fail if partition already exist,
2289 i.e. is not added new. Similar, add option to fail if partition does not exist yet.
2290
2291* systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
2292 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
d01d9197 2293 Also add option to disable operation via kernel command line.
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2294
2295* systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
2296 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
2297
92e72028 2298* systemd-repart: add support for SD_GPT_FLAG_GROWFS also on real systems, i.e.
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2299 generate some unit to actually enlarge the fs after growing the partition
2300 during boot.
2301
2302* systemd-repart: do not print "Successfully resized …" when no change was done.
2303
b44be3ec 2304* document:
8b8f2591 2305 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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2306 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
2307 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 2308 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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2309 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
2310 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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2311 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
2312 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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2313 - man: add more examples to man pages,
2314 - in particular an example how to do the equivalent of switching runlevels
f38afcd0 2315 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
17ec531f 2316 - document root=gpt-auto properly
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2317
2318* systemctl:
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2319 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
2320 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
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2321 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
2322 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 2323 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 2324 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
f38afcd0 2325
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2326* introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
2327 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
2328 it should skip the variant type string though.
8b04b925 2329
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2330* Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
2331 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
2332 the slices, and the units attached to them.
a19554ed 2333
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2334* add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
2335 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
2336 wait to retrieve their exit data.
a7a3f28b 2337
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2338* show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
2339 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
08f95888 2340
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2341* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
2342 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
2343 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
2344 do, for example)
dcfc4b2e 2345
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2346* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
2347 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
2348 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
2349 returning from the "systemctl stop".
71ef24d0 2350
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2351* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
2352
2353* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
2354
2355* unit install:
2356 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
2357 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
1b89884b 2358
b44be3ec 2359* nspawn:
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2360 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
2361 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
2362 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
2363 from the kernel's logs.
2364 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
2365 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
2366 interface be missing
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2367 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
2368 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
2369 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
2370 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
2371 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
2372 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
2373 PID 1...
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2374 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
2375 running, remove them when shut down.
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CB
2376 - add support for sysext extensions, too. i.e. a new --extension= switch that
2377 takes one or more arguments, and applies the extensions already during
2378 startup.
2379 - when main nspawn supervisor process gets suspended due to SIGSTOP/SIGTTOU
2380 or so, freeze the payload too.
2381 - support time namespaces
2382 - on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events, so
2383 that we make cgroup agent logic safe
2384 - add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as fallback in
2385 "machinectl shell"
2386 - make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a hangup
2387 when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait for
2388 hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
2389 - greater control over selinux label?
2390 - support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
2391 - maybe allow TPM passthrough, backed by swtpm, and measure --image= hash
2392 into its PCR 11, so that nspawn instances can be TPM enabled, and partake
2393 in measurements/remote attestation and such. swtpm would run outside of
2394 control of container, and ideally would itself bind its encryption keys to
2395 host TPM.
2396 - make boot assessment do something sensible in a container. i.e send an
2397 sd_notify() from payload to container manager once boot-up is completed
2398 successfully, and use that in nspawn for dealing with boot counting,
2399 implemented in the partition table labels and directory names.
2400 - optionally set up nftables/iptables routes that forward UDP/TCP traffic on
2401 port 53 to resolved stub 127.0.0.54
2402 - maybe optionally insert .nspawn file as GPT partition into images, so that
2403 such container images are entirely stand-alone and can be updated as one.
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2404 - The subreaper logic we currently have seems overly complex. We should
2405 investigate whether creating the inner child with CLONE_PARENT isn't better.
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2406 - Reduce the number of sockets that are currently in use and just rely on one
2407 or two sockets.
3734fec7 2408 - Support running nspawn as an unprivileged user.
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2409
2410* machined: add API to acquire UID range. add API to mount/dissect loopback
2411 file. Both protected by PK. Then make nspawn use these APIs to run
2412 unprivileged containers. i.e. push the truly privileged bits into machined,
2413 so that the client side can remain entirely unprivileged, with SUID or
2414 anything like that.
2415
e25b5a8d 2416* machined:
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2417 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
2418 removed or added to an existing machine
2419 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
2420 difference host, via ssh
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2421 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
2422 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
2423 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
2424 question
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2425 - "machinectl history"
2426 - "machinectl diff"
2427 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
2428 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
2429
abd55b16 2430* udev:
abd55b16 2431 - move to LGPL
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2432 - kill scsi_id
2433 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 2434 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
75723d31 2435 - re-enable ProtectClock= once only cgroupsv2 is supported.
8cfde28b 2436 See f562abe2963bad241d34e0b308e48cf114672c84.
b8217b7b 2437
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2438* coredump:
2439 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
73a99163 2440 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
1a0281a3 2441 - add examples for other distros in ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA
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2442
2443* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
2444
f38afcd0 2445* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 2446 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
beca6b6e 2447 - allow time-based cleanup in r and R too
614cc34f 2448 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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2449 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
2450 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
2451 calls follow symlinks.
36f57e02 2452 - add --test mode
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2453 - teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
2454 project quota
a9b0d0a2 2455 - teach tmpfiles.d m/M to move / atomic move + symlink old -> new
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2456 - add new line type for setting btrfs subvolume attributes (i.e. rw/ro)
2457 - tmpfiles: add new line type for setting fcaps
1258097c 2458
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2459* udev-link-config:
2460 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
2461 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
2462 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 2463
88e4d1d7 2464* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 2465 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 2466 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 2467
0a4b9a07 2468* networkd:
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2469 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
2470 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
e8d842a0 2471 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
798e174a 2472 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
a8eaaee7 2473 - work with non-Ethernet devices
e25b5a8d 2474 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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2475 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
2476 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
2477 - expose in the API the following bits:
e2da6491 2478 - option 15, domain name
38b38500 2479 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
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2480 - option 123, 144, geolocation
2481 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
2482 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
2483 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
2484 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
2485 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
e25b5a8d 2486 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
155e8b9a 2487
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2488* in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
2489
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ZJS
2490* Figure out how to do unittests of networkd's state serialization
2491
ac976532 2492* dhcp:
424a8732 2493 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 2494
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2495* dhcp6:
2496 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
2497 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
2498 - write more test cases
37d8b536 2499 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
b3e199ce 2500 - implement support for temporary addresses (IA_TA)
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PF
2501 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
2502 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
2503 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
2504 or interface down
2505 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
2506 this behavior
4a77c53d 2507 - RouteTable= ?
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2508
2509* shared/wall: Once more programs are taught to prefer sd-login over utmp,
2510 switch the default wall implementation to wall_logind
2511 (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/29051#issuecomment-1704917074)