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1 Bugfixes:
2
3 * Many manager configuration settings that are only applicable to user
4 manager or system manager can be always set. It would be better to reject
5 them when parsing config.
6
7 * Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user@1000.service has alias user@.service.
8 Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user@6.service has alias user@.service.
9 Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user-runtime-dir@6.service has alias user-runtime-dir@.service.
10
11 External:
12
13 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
14
15 * dbus:
16 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
17 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
18
19 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
20
21 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
22
23 * fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
24
25 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
26
27 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
28
29 * register catalog database signature as file magic
30
31 * zsh shell completion:
32 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
33 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
34 - systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=
35
36 * systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
37 * If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
38 after being started.
39
40 * write blog stories about:
41 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
42 - enabling dbus services
43 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
44 - remote access
45 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
46 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
47 - auto-restart
48 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
49 - the journal HTTP iface
50 - non-cgroup resource management
51 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
52 - refreshed, longer missions statement
53 - calendar time events
54 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
55 - how to create your own target
56 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
57 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
58
59 Regularly:
60
61 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
62
63 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
64
65 * pahole
66
67 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
68
69 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
70
71 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
72
73 Janitorial Clean-ups:
74
75 * rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
76 semantics, like we do for device.c now
77
78 * get rid of prefix_roota() and similar, only use chase() and related
79 calls instead.
80
81 * get rid of basename() and replace by path_extract_filename()
82
83 * Replace our fstype_is_network() with a call to libmount's mnt_fstype_is_netfs()?
84 Having two lists is not nice, but maybe it's now worth making a dependency on
85 libmount for something so trivial.
86
87 * drop set_free_free() and switch things over from string_hash_ops to
88 string_hash_ops_free everywhere, so that destruction is implicit rather than
89 explicit. Similar, for other special hashmap/set/ordered_hashmap destructors.
90
91 * generators sometimes apply C escaping and somethines specifier escaping to
92 paths and similar strings they write out. Sometimes both. We should clean
93 this up, and should probably always apply both, i.e. introduce
94 unit_file_escape() or so, which applies both.
95
96 Deprecations and removals:
97
98 * Remove any support for booting without /usr pre-mounted in the initrd entirely.
99 Update INITRD_INTERFACE.md accordingly.
100
101 * remove cgrouspv1 support EOY 2023. As per
102 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2022-July/048120.html
103 and then rework cgroupsv2 support around fds, i.e. keep one fd per active
104 unit around, and always operate on that, instead of cgroup fs paths.
105
106 * drop support for kernels that lack ambient capabilities support (i.e. make
107 4.3 new baseline). Then drop support for "!!" modifier for ExecStart= which
108 is only supported for such old kernels.
109
110 * drop support for kernels lacking memfd_create() (i.e. make 3.17 new
111 baseline), then drop all pipe() based fallbacks.
112
113 * drop support for getrandom()-less kernels. (GRND_INSECURE means once kernel
114 5.6 becomes our baseline). See
115 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24101#issuecomment-1193966468 for
116 details. Maybe before that: at taint-flags/warn about kernels that lack
117 getrandom()/environments where it is blocked.
118
119 * drop support for LOOP_CONFIGURE-less loopback block devices, once kernel
120 baseline is 5.8.
121
122 * drop fd_is_mount_point() fallback mess once we can rely on
123 STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT to exist i.e. kernel baseline 5.8
124
125 * Remove /dev/mem ACPI FPDT parsing when /sys/firmware/acpi/fpdt is ubiquitous.
126 That requires distros to enable CONFIG_ACPI_FPDT, and have kernels v5.12 for
127 x86 and v6.2 for arm.
128
129 * Once baseline is 4.13, remove support for INTERFACE_OLD= checks in "udevadm
130 trigger"'s waiting logic, since we can then rely on uuid-tagged uevents
131
132 * remove remaining tpm1.2 support from sd-stub
133
134 Features:
135
136 * add a new systemd-project@.service that is very similar to user@.service but
137 uses DynamicUser=1 and no PAMName= to invoke an unprivileged somewhat
138 light-weight service manager. Use HOME=/var/lib/systemd/projects/%i as home
139 dir. Similar for $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Start project@%i.target. Use LogField= to
140 add a field identifying the project.
141
142 * logind: add a new dbus call Sleep() which automatically redirects to one of
143 Suspend(), Hibernate(), SuspendThenHibernate() depending on what is
144 available, and also subject to some local configuration in
145 logind.conf. Should default to SuspendThenHibernate() if available, and then
146 fallback to Suspend() and finally Hibernate() if not. Then expose this as
147 "systemctl sleep", and tell DEs to default to this.
148
149 * in sd-boot and sd-stub measure the SMBIOS vendor strings to some PCR (at
150 least some subset of them that look like systemd stuff), because apparently
151 some firmware does not, but systemd honours it. avoid duplicate measurement
152 by sd-boot and sd-stub by adding LoaderFeatures/StubFeatures flag for this,
153 so that sd-stub can avoid it if sd-boot already did it.
154
155 * cryptsetup: a mechanism that allows signing a volume key with some key that
156 has to be present in the kernel keyring, or similar, to ensure that confext
157 DDIs can be encrypted against the local SRK but signed with the admin's key
158 and thus can authenticated locally before they are decrypted.
159
160 * image policy should be extended to allow dictating *how* a disk is unlocked,
161 i.e. root=encrypted-tpm2+encrypted-fido2 would mean "root fs must be
162 encrypted and unlocked via fido2 or tpm2, but not otherwise"
163
164 * systemd-repart: add support for formatting dm-crypt + dm-integrity file
165 systems.
166
167 * homed: add small tool that exposes a homed home dir via nvme-over-tcp (just a
168 bunch of sysfs writes). Then, teach homed/pam_systemd_homed with a user name
169 such as lennart%nvmettcp_192.168.100.77_8787_nqn to log in from any linux
170 host with the same home dir. Similar maybe for nbd, iscsi? this should then
171 first ask for the local root pw, to authenticate that logging in like this is
172 ok, and would then be followed by another password prompt asking for the
173 user's own password. Also, do something similar for CIFS: if you log in via
174 lennart%cifs-someserver_someshare, then set up the homed dir for it
175 automatically. The PAM module should update the user name used for login to the
176 short version once it set up the user. Some care should be taken, so that the
177 long version can be still be resolved via NSS afterwards, to deal with PAM
178 clients that do not support PAM sessions where PAM_USER changes half-way.
179
180 * redefine /var/lib/extensions/ as the dir one can place all three of sysext,
181 confext as well is multi-modal DDIs that qualify as both. Then introduce
182 /var/lib/sysexts/ which can be used to place only DDIs that shall be used as
183 sysext
184
185 * in pid1: move out all cgroup state settings from Unit into a new object
186 CGroupState or so which is allocated when we realize the unit into a cgroup,
187 and then remains referenced by it. The new object should also carry an fd to
188 the realized cgroup, to pin it (and later execute all cgroup operations over,
189 once we drop cgroupv1 compat).
190
191 * add new "systemd-ssh-generator", which allows basic ssh config via
192 credentials (host key). It generates sshd.socket for IP, but also
193 sshd-vsock.socket for listening on AF_VSOCK when running in a VM, and
194 sshd-unix.socket on AF_UNIX when running in a container. It also generates a
195 matching sshd.service file with a host key passed in on the cmdline via
196 credentials. Then, add a ssh_config drop-in that matches some suitable
197 hostname pattern and has a ProxyCommand set that allows connecting to any
198 local VM/container that way without any networking configured.
199
200 * Varlinkification of the following command line tools, to open them up to
201 other programs via IPC:
202 - bootctl
203 - journalctl (allowing journal read access via IPC)
204 - coredumpcl
205 - systemd-bless-boot
206 - systemd-measure
207 - systemd-creds (allowing clients to encrypt credentials locally)
208 - systemd-cryptenroll (to allow UIs to enroll FIDO2 keys and such)
209 - systemd-dissect
210 - systemd-sysupdate
211 - systemd-analyze
212 - kernel-install
213
214 * Varlink: add glue code to allow varlink clients to be authenticated via
215 Polkit by passing client pidfd over.
216
217 * in the service manager, pick up ERRNO= + BUSERROR= + VARLINKERROR= error
218 identifiers, and store them along with the exit status of a server and report
219 via "systemctl status".
220
221 * enumerate virtiofs devices during boot-up in a generator, and synthesize
222 mounts for rootfs, /usr/, /home/, /srv/ and some others from it, depending on
223 the "tag". (waits for: https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/issues/128)
224
225 * automatically mount one virtiofs during early boot phase to /run/host/,
226 similar to how we do that for nspawn, based on some clear tag.
227
228 * add some service that makes an atomic snapshot of PCR state and event log up
229 to that point available, possibly even with quote by the TPM.
230
231 * encode type1 entries in some UKI section to add additional entries to the
232 menu.
233
234 * Add ACL-based access management to .socket units. i.e. add AllowPeerUser= +
235 AllowPeerGroup= that installs additional user/group ACL entries on AF_UNIX
236 sockets.
237
238 * systemd-tpm2-setup should probably have a factory reset logic, i.e. when some
239 kernel command line option is set we reset the TPM (equivalent of tpm2_clear
240 -c owner?).
241
242 * systemd-tpm2-setup should support a mode where we refuse booting if the SRK
243 changed. (Must be opt-in, to not break systems which are supposed to be
244 migratable between PCs)
245
246 * when systemd-sysext learns mutable /usr/ (and systemd-confext mutable /etc/)
247 then allow them to store the result in a .v/ versioned subdir, for some basic
248 snapshot logic
249
250 * add a new PE binary section ".mokkeys" or so which sd-stub will insert into
251 Mok keyring, by overriding/extending whatever shim sets in the EFI
252 var. Benefit: we can extend the kernel module keyring at ukify time,
253 i.e. without recompiling the kernel, taking an upstream OS' kernel and adding
254 a local key to it.
255
256 * PidRef conversion work:
257 - cg_pid_get_xyz()
258 - pid_from_same_root_fs()
259 - get_ctty_devnr()
260 - pid1: sd_notify() receiver should use SCM_PIDFD to authenticate client
261 - actually wait for POLLIN on pidref's pidfd in service logic
262 - exec_spawn() + safe_fork()
263 - openpt_allocate_in_namespace()
264 - sd_bus_creds
265 - unit_attach_pid_to_cgroup_via_bus()
266 - cg_attach() – requires new kernel feature
267 - varlink_get_peer_pid()
268
269 * ddi must be listed as block device fstype
270
271 * measure some string via pcrphase whenever we end up booting into emergency
272 mode.
273
274 * homed: add a basic form of of secrets management to homed, that stores
275 secrets in $HOME somewhere, is protected by the accounts own authentication
276 mechanisms. Should implement something PKCS#11-like that can be used to
277 implement emulated FIDO2 in unpriv userspace on top (which should happen
278 outside of homed), emulated PKCS11, and libsecrets support. Operate with a
279 2nd key derived from volume key of the user, with which to wrap all
280 keys. maintain keys in kernel keyring if possible.
281
282 * use sd-event ratelimit feature optionally for journal stream clients that log
283 too much
284
285 * systemd-mount should only consider modern file systems when mounting, similar
286 to systemd-dissect
287
288 * new "systemd-pcrlock" component for dealing with PCR4. Design idea:
289 1. define /{etc,usr,var/lib}/pcrlock.d/<component>/<version>.pcrlock
290 2. these files contain list of hashes that will be measured when component is
291 run, per PCR
292 3. each component involved in the boot that is deterministically measured can
293 place one or more of these files in those dirs (shim, sd-boot,
294 sd-stub/UKI, cryptsetup, pcrphase, pcrfs, …)
295 4. since each component has its own dir, with multiple files in them, package
296 such as kernels (of which there can be multiple installed at the same
297 time) can be grouped together: only one of them is measured at a time.
298 5. whenever a new component is added or an old one removed, or the PCR lock
299 shall be relaxed or tightened the systemd-pcrlock tool is invoked.
300 6. tool iterates through all these files, orders them alphabetically by
301 component, then matches them up with current measurements (as per uefi
302 event log), identifying by hash, accepting that the "beginning" of the
303 measurements might not be recognizable.
304 7. Then calculates expected PCR values starting with the "unrecognized
305 head" from the event log, then continuing with all of components
306 defined via the .pcrlock files (but dropping out the "recognized tail"
307 from the uefi event log). (This might mean combinatorial explosion, if
308 there are multiple shims, multiple sd-boot, and so on.)
309 8. Generates a public/private key pair on the TPM
310 9. Generates a counter object in the TPM, with a policy that allows only
311 one-by-one increase with signature policy by the public/private key pair.
312 10. now signs policies of all expected PCR values with the generated keypair,
313 using all combinations of components defined in the .pcrlock files
314 restricting it to the counter + 1.
315 11. locks down the keypair with a signed policy with its own public key
316 12. generates JSON file of all these policies with their signatures, drops
317 them as singleton in ESP
318 13. increases the counter by one.
319 14. after boot sd-stub picks JSON up from ESP, passes it to userspace via
320 .extra
321 15. JSON contained policies can now be used to unlock disk as well as the
322 public/key itself for signing further policies, as well as increment for
323 the counter
324 16. whenever any of the components above is added/removed new JSON file with
325 signatures for counter + 1 is generated, dropped in ESP, then counter
326 increased. (i.e. this means the "recognized tail" of the event log is
327 deterministically swapped out)
328 17. when firmware update is expected, relaxed signed policy is generated for
329 next boot only valid if counter is increased (this means the
330 "unrecognized head" for the event log can change without losing access)
331 18. on every boot checks if releaxed policy is in effect, if so, new strict
332 policy is generated and counter increased.
333 Net result: Removes downgrade attack surface + Locks OS to firmware + Allows
334 downgrades within bounds
335
336 * add another PE section ".fname" or so that encodes the intended filename for
337 PE file, and validate that when loading add-ons and similar before using
338 it. This is particularly relevant when we load multiple add-ons and want to
339 sort them to apply them in a define order. The order should not be under
340 control of the attacker.
341
342 * also include packaging metadata (á la
343 https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/) in our UEFI PE binaries, using the
344 same JSON format.
345
346 * make "bootctl install" + "bootctl update" useful for installing shim too. For
347 that introduce new dir /usr/lib/systemd/efi/extra/ which we copy mostly 1:1
348 into the ESP at install time. Then make the logic smart enough so that we
349 don't overwrite bootx64.efi with our own if the extra tree already contains
350 one. Also, follow symlinks when copying, so that shim rpm can symlink their
351 stuff into our dir (which is safe since the target ESP is generally VFAT and
352 thus does not have symlinks anyway). Later, teach the update logic to look at
353 the ELF package metadata (which we also should include in all PE files, see
354 above) for version info in all *.EFI files, and use it to only update if
355 newer.
356
357 * in sd-stub: optionally add support for a new PE section .keyring or so that
358 contains additional certificates to include in the Mok keyring, extending
359 what shim might have placed there. why? let's say I use "ukify" to build +
360 sign my own fedora-based UKIs, and only enroll my personal lennart key via
361 shim. Then, I want to include the fedora keyring in it, so that kmods work.
362 But I might not want to enroll the fedora key in shim, because this would
363 also mean that the key would be in effect whenever I boot an archlinux UKI
364 built the same way, signed with the same lennart key.
365
366 * resolved: take possession of some IPv6 ULA address (let's say
367 fd00:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353), and listen on port 53 on it for the
368 local stubs, so that we can make the stub available via ipv6 too.
369
370 * introduce a .microcode PE section for sd-stub which we'll pass as first initrd
371 to the kernel which will then upload it to the CPU. This should be distinct
372 from .initrd to guarantee right ordering. also, and maybe more importantly
373 support .microcode in PE add-ons, so that a microcode update can be shipped
374 independently of any kernel.
375
376 * Maybe add SwitchRootEx() as new bus call that takes env vars to set for new
377 PID 1 as argument. When adding SwitchRootEx() we should maybe also add a
378 flags param that allows disabling and enabling whether serialization is
379 requested during switch root.
380
381 * introduce a .acpitable section for early ACPI table override
382
383 * add proper .osrel matching for PE addons. i.e. refuse applying an addon
384 intended for a different OS. Take inspiration from how confext/sysext are
385 matched against OS.
386
387 * figure out what to do about credentials sealed to PCRs in kexec + soft-reboot
388 scenarios. Maybe insist sealing is done additionally against some keypair in
389 the TPM to which access is updated on each boot, for the next, or so?
390
391 * logind: when logging in, always take an fd to the home dir, to keep the dir
392 busy, so that autofs release can never happen. (this is generally a good
393 idea, and specifically works around the fact the autofs ignores busy by mount
394 namespaces)
395
396 * mount most file systems with a restrictive uidmap. e.g. mount /usr/ with a
397 uidmap that blocks out anything outside 0…1000 (i.e. system users) and similar.
398
399 * mount the root fs with MS_NOSUID by default, and then mount /usr/ without
400 both so that suid executables can only be placed there. Do this already in
401 the initrd. If /usr/ is not split out create a bind mount automatically.
402
403 * fix our various hwdb lookup keys to end with ":" again. The original idea was
404 that hwdb patterns can match arbitrary fields with expressions like
405 "*:foobar:*", to wildcard match both the start and the end of the string.
406 This only works safely for later extensions of the string if the strings
407 always end in a colon. This requires updating our udev rules, as well as
408 checking if the various hwdb files are fine with that.
409
410 * mount /tmp/ and /var/tmp with a uidmap applied that blocks out "nobody" user
411 among other things such as dynamic uid ranges for containers and so on. That
412 way no one can create files there with these uids and we enforce they are only
413 used transiently, never persistently.
414
415 * rework loopback support in fstab: when "loop" option is used, then
416 instantiate a new systemd-loop@.service for the source path, set the
417 lo_file_name field for it to something recognizable derived from the fstab
418 line, and then generate a mount unit for it using a udev generated symlink
419 based on lo_file_name.
420
421 * remove tomoyo support, it's obsolete and unmaintained apparently
422
423 * In .socket units, add ConnectStream=, ConnectDatagram=,
424 ConnectSequentialPacket= that create a socket, and then *connect to* rather than
425 listen on some socket. Then, add a new setting WriteData= that takes some
426 base64 data that systemd will write into the socket early on. This can then
427 be used to create connections to arbitrary services and issue requests into
428 them, as long as the data is static. This can then be combined with the
429 aforementioned journald subscription varlink service, to enable
430 activation-by-message id and similar.
431
432 * .service with invalid Sockets= starts successfully.
433
434 * landlock: lock down RuntimeDirectory= via landlock, so that services lose
435 ability to write anywehere else below /run/. Similar for
436 StateDirectory=. Benefit would be clear delegation via unit files: services
437 get the directories they get, and nothing else even if they wanted to.
438
439 * landlock: for unprivileged systemd (i.e. systemd --user), use landlock to
440 implement ProtectSystem=, ProtectHome= and so on. Landlock does not require
441 privs, and we can implement pretty similar behaviour. Also, maybe add a mode
442 where ProtectSystem= combined with an explicit PrivateMounts=no could request
443 similar behaviour for system services, too.
444
445 * Add systemd-mount@.service which is instantiated for a block device and
446 invokes systemd-mount and exits. This is then useful to use in
447 ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS} in udev rules, and a bit prettier than using RUN+=
448
449 * udevd: extend memory pressure logic: also kill any idle worker processes
450
451 * udevadm: to make symlink querying with udevadm nicer:
452 - do not enable the pager for queries like 'udevadm info -q -r symlink'
453 - add mode with newlines instead of spaces (for grep)?
454
455 * SIGRTMIN+18 and memory pressure handling should still be added to: hostnamed,
456 localed, oomd, timedated.
457
458 * in order to make binding to PCR 4 realistic:
459 - generate one keypair "U" and store it in a tpm2 nvindex.
460 - Generate another keypair "P" and store it in a second tpm2 nvindex.
461 - allocate a persistent counter object "C" in the tpm2
462 - Enroll all user objects (i.e. luks volumes, creds, …) to a tpm2 policy
463 signed by U.
464 - Lock both U and P down with a tpm2 policy signed by P (yes, P can only be
465 used if a signature by P itself can be provided)
466 - For regular reboots generate a signature for a restrictive PCR4 + counter C
467 based policy with key P. Place signature in EFI var, so it can be found on
468 next boot
469 - For reboots where a firmware update is expected generate a signature with a
470 more open policy against just counter C. Place signature in same EFI var.
471 - Increase C whenever switching between these two signature types.
472 - During early boot, use the signature from the EFI var to unlock U and P.
473 Use it to generate a signature for unlocking user objects given the current
474 PCR 4 value, store that away into /run somewhere, for user during the whole
475 later boot.
476 - When booting up automatically update the mentioned efi var so that it
477 contains the restrictive signature. But also generate a signature ahead of
478 time that could be used in case during the current boot we later detect we might
479 need to reboot for a firmware update. Store that in /run somewhere, so that
480 it can be placed in the EFI var, if needed.
481
482 * repart/gpt-auto/DDIs: maybe introduce a concept of "extension" partitions,
483 that have a new type uuid and can "extend" earlier partitions, to work around
484 the fact that systemd-repart can only grow the last partition defined. During
485 activation we'd simply set up a dm-linear mapping to merge them again. A
486 partition that is to be extended would just set a bit in the partition flags
487 field to indicate that there's another extension partition to look for. The
488 identifying UUID of the extension partition would be hashed in counter mode
489 from the uuid of the original partition it extends. Inspiration for this is
490 the "dynamic partitions" concept of new Android. This would be a minimalistic
491 concept of a volume manager, with the extents it manages being exposes as GPT
492 partitions. I a partition is extended multiple times they should probably
493 grow exponentially in size to ensure O(log(n)) time for finding them on
494 access.
495
496 * split out execute.c into new "systemd-executor" binary. Then make PID 1 fork
497 that off via vfork(), and then let that executor do the hard work. Ultimately
498 the executor then gets replaced by the real binary sooner or later. Reason:
499 currently the intermediary "stub" process is a CoW trap that doubles memory
500 usage of PID 1 on each service start. Also, strictly speaking we are not
501 allowed to do NSS from the stub process yet we do anyway. Next steps would
502 then be maybe use CLONE_INTO_CGROUP for the executor, given that we don't
503 need glibc anymore in the stub process then. Then, switch nspawn to just be a
504 frontend for this too, so that we have to ways into the executor: via unit
505 files/dbus/varlin through PID1 and via cmdline/OCI through nspawn.
506
507 * sd-stub: detect if we are running with uefi console output on serial, and if so
508 automatically add console= to kernel cmdline matching the same port.
509
510 * add a utility that can be used with the kernel's
511 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH and then handles them within pid1 so that
512 security, resource management and cgroup settings can be enforced properly
513 for all umh processes.
514
515 * systemd-shutdown: keep sending sd_notify() status updates immediately before
516 going down, in particular include the "reboot param" string.
517
518 * homed: when resizing an fs don't sync identity beforehand there might simply
519 not be enough disk space for that. try to be defensive and sync only after
520 resize.
521
522 * homed: if for some reason the partition ended up being much smaller than
523 whole disk, recover from that, and grow it again.
524
525 * timesyncd: when saving/restoring clock try to take boot time into account.
526 Specifically, along with the saved clock, store the current boot ID. When
527 starting, check if the boot id matches. If so, don't do anything (we are on
528 the same boot and clock just kept running anyway). If not, then read
529 CLOCK_BOOTTIME (which started at boot), and add it to the saved clock
530 timestamp, to compensate for the time we spent booting. If EFI timestamps are
531 available, also include that in the calculation. With this we'll then only
532 miss the time spent during shutdown after timesync stopped and before the
533 system actually reset.
534
535 * systemd-stub: maybe store a "boot counter" in the ESP, and pass it down to
536 userspace to allow ordering boots (for example in journalctl). The counter
537 would be monotonically increased on every boot.
538
539 * pam_systemd_home: add module parameter to control whether to only accept
540 only password or only pcks11/fido2 auth, and then use this to hook nicely
541 into two of the three PAM stacks gdm provides.
542 See discussion at https://github.com/authselect/authselect/pull/311
543
544 * sd-boot: make boot loader spec type #1 accept http urls in "linux"
545 lines. Then, do the uefi http dance to download kernels and boot them. This
546 is then useful for network boot, by embedding a cpio with type #1 snippets
547 in sd-boot, which reference remote kernels.
548
549 * maybe prohibit setuid() to the nobody user, to lock things down, via seccomp.
550 the nobody is not a user any code should run under, ever, as that user would
551 possibly get a lot of access to resources it really shouldn't be getting
552 access to due to the userns + nfs semantics of the user. Alternatively: use
553 the seccomp log action, and allow it.
554
555 * sd-boot: add a new PE section .bls or so that carries a cpio with additional
556 boot loader entries (both type1 and type2). Then when initializing, find this
557 section, iterate through it and populate menu with it. cpio is simple enough
558 to make a parser for this reasonably robust. use same path structures as in
559 the ESP. Similar add one for signature key drop-ins.
560
561 * sd-boot: also allow passing in the cpio as in the previous item via SMBIOS
562
563 * add a new EFI tool "sd-fetch" or so. It looks in a PE section ".url" for an
564 URL, then downloads the file from it using UEFI HTTP APIs, and executes it.
565 Use case: provide a minimal ESP with sd-boot and a couple of these sd-fetch
566 binaries in place of UKIs, and download them on-the-fly.
567
568 * maybe: systemd-loop-generator that sets up loopback devices if requested via kernel
569 cmdline. use case: include encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
570
571 * systemd-gpt-auto-generator: add kernel cmdline option to override block
572 device to dissect. also support dissecting a regular file. useccase: include
573 encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
574
575 * sd-stub: add ".bootcfg" section for kernel bootconfig data (as per
576 https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/bootconfig.html)
577
578 * tpm2: add (optional) support for generating a local signing key from PCR 15
579 state. use private key part to sign PCR 7+14 policies. stash signatures for
580 expected PCR7+14 policies in EFI var. use public key part in disk encryption.
581 generate new sigs whenever db/dbx/mok/mokx gets updated. that way we can
582 securely bind against SecureBoot/shim state, without having to renroll
583 everything on each update (but we still have to generate one sig on each
584 update, but that should be robust/idempotent). needs rollback protection, as
585 usual.
586
587 * Lennart: big blog story about DDIs
588
589 * Lennart: big blog story about building initrds
590
591 * Lennart: big blog story about "why systemd-boot"
592
593 * bpf: see if we can use BPF to solve the syslog message cgroup source problem:
594 one idea would be to patch source sockaddr of all AF_UNIX/SOCK_DGRAM to
595 implicitly contain the source cgroup id. Another idea would be to patch
596 sendto()/connect()/sendmsg() sockaddr on-the-fly to use a different target
597 sockaddr.
598
599 * bpf: see if we can address opportunistic inode sharing of immutable fs images
600 with BPF. i.e. if bpf gives us power to hook into openat() and return a
601 different inode than is requested for which we however it has same contents
602 then we can use that to implement opportunistic inode sharing among DDIs:
603 make all DDIs ship xattr on all reg files with a SHA256 hash. Then, also
604 dictate that DDIs should come with a top-level subdir where all reg files are
605 linked into by their SHA256 sum. Then, whenever an inode is opened with the
606 xattr set, check bpf table to find dirs with hashes for other prior DDIs and
607 try to use inode from there.
608
609 * extend the verity signature partition to permit multiple signatures for the
610 same root hash, so that people can sign a single image with multiple keys.
611
612 * consider adding a new partition type, just for /opt/ for usage in system
613 extensions
614
615 * gpt-auto-discovery: also use the pkcs7 signature stuff, and pass signature to
616 kernel. So far we only did this for the various --image= switches, but not
617 for the root fs or /usr/.
618
619 * dissection policy should enforce that unlocking can only take place by
620 certain means, i.e. only via pw, only via tpm2, or only via fido, or a
621 combination thereof.
622
623 * make the systemd-repart "seed" value provisionable via credentials, so that
624 confidential computing environments can set it and deterministically
625 enforce the uuids for partitions created, so that they can calculate PCR 15
626 ahead of time.
627
628 * systemd-repart: also derive the volume key from the seed value, for the
629 aforementioned purpose.
630
631 * in the initrd: derive the default machine ID to pass to the host PID 1 via
632 $machine_id from the same seed credential.
633
634 * Add systemd-sysupdate-initrd.service or so that runs systemd-sysupdate in the
635 initrd to bootstrap the initrd to populate the initial partitions. Some things
636 to figure out:
637 - Should it run on firstboot or on every boot?
638 - If run on every boot, should it use the sysupdate config from the host on
639 subsequent boots?
640
641 * provide an API (probably IPC) to apps to encrypt/decrypt
642 credentials. use case: allow bluez bluetooth daemon to pass pairings to initrd
643 that way, without shelling out to our tools.
644
645 * revisit default PCR bindings in cryptenroll and systemd-creds. Currently they
646 use PCR 7 which should contain secureboot state db/dbx. Which sounded like a
647 safe bet, given that it should change only on policy changes, and not
648 software updates. But that's wrong. Recent fwupd (rightfully) contains code
649 for updating the dbx denylist. This means even without any active policy
650 change PCR 7 might change. Hence, better idea might be in systemd-creds to
651 default to PCR 15 at least if sd-stub is used (i.e. bind to system identity),
652 and in cryptsetup simply the empty list? Also, PCR 14 almost certainly should
653 be included as much as PCR 7 (as it contains shim's policy, which is
654 certainly as relevant as PCR 7 on many systems)
655
656 * To mimic the new tpm2-measure-pcr= crypttab option add the same to veritytab
657 (measuring the root hash) and integritytab (measuring the HMAC key if one is
658 used)
659
660 * We should start measuring all services, containers, and system extensions we
661 activate. probably into PCR 13. i.e. add --tpm2-measure-pcr= or so to
662 systemd-nspawn, and MeasurePCR= to unit files. Should contain a measurement
663 of the activated configuration and the image that is being activated (in case
664 verity is used, hash of the root hash).
665
666 * bootspec: permit graceful "update" from type #2 to type #1. If both a type #1
667 and a type #2 entry exist under otherwise the exact same name, then use the
668 type #1 entry, and ignore the type #2 entry. This way, people can "upgrade"
669 from the UKI with all parameters baked in to a Type #1 .conf file with manual
670 parametrization, if needed. This matches our usual rule that admin config
671 should win over vendor defaults.
672
673 * write a "search path" spec, that documents the prefixes to search in
674 (i.e. the usual /etc/, /run/, /usr/lib/ dance, potentially /usr/etc/), how to
675 sort found entries, how masking works and overriding.
676
677 * automatic boot assessment: add one more default success check that just waits
678 for a bit after boot, and blesses the boot if the system stayed up that long.
679
680 * implement concept of "versioned" resources inside a dir, and write a spec for
681 it. Make all tools in systemd, in particular
682 RootImage=/RootDirectory=/--image=/--directory= implement this. Idea:
683 directories ending in ".v/" indicate a directory with versioned resources in
684 them. Versioned resources inside a .v dir are always named in the pattern
685 <prefix>_<version>[+<tries-left>[-<tries-done>]].<suffix>
686
687 * add support for using this .v/ logic on the root fs itself: in the initrd,
688 after mounting the rootfs, look for root-<arch>.v/ in the root fs, and then
689 apply the logic, moving the switch root logic there.
690
691 * systemd-repart: add support for generating ISO9660 images
692
693 * systemd-repart: in addition to the existing "factory reset" mode (which
694 simply empties existing partitions marked for that). add a mode where
695 partitions marked for it are entirely removed. Use case: remove secondary OS
696 copy, and redundant partitions entirely, and recreate them anew.
697
698 * systemd-boot: maybe add support for collapsing menu entries of the same OS
699 into one item that can be opened (like in a "tree view" UI element) or
700 collapsed. If only a single OS is installed, disable this mode, but if
701 multiple OSes are installed might make sense to default to it, so that user
702 is not immediately bombarded with a multitude of Linux kernel versions but
703 only one for each OS.
704
705 * systemd-repart: if the GPT *disk* UUID (i.e. the one global for the entire
706 disk) is set to all FFFFF then use this as trigger for factory reset, in
707 addition to the existing mechanisms via EFI variables and kernel command
708 line. Benefit: works also on non-EFI systems, and can be requested on one
709 boot, for the next.
710
711 * systemd-sysupdate: make transport pluggable, so people can plug casync or
712 similar behind it, instead of http.
713
714 * systemd-tmpfiles: add concept for conditionalizing lines on factory reset
715 boot, or on first boot.
716
717 * in UKIs: add way to define allowlist of additional words that can be added to
718 the kernel cmdline even in SecureBoot mode
719
720 * we probably needs .pcrpkeyrd or so as additional PE section in UKIs,
721 which contains a separate public key for PCR values that only apply in the
722 initrd, i.e. in the boot phase "enter-initrd". Then, consumers in userspace
723 can easily bind resources to just the initrd. Similar, maybe one more for
724 "enter-initrd:leave-initrd" for resources that shall be accessible only
725 before unprivileged user code is allowed. (we only need this for .pcrpkey,
726 not for .pcrsig, since the latter is a list of signatures anyway). With that,
727 when you enroll a LUKS volume or similar, pick either the .pcrkey (for
728 coverage through all phases of the boot, but excluding shutdown), the
729 .pcrpkeyrd (for coverage in the initrd only) and .pcrpkeybt (for coverage
730 until users are allowed to log in).
731
732 * Once the root fs LUKS volume key is measured into PCR 15, default to binding
733 credentials to PCR 15 in "systemd-creds"
734
735 * add support for asymmetric LUKS2 TPM based encryption. i.e. allow preparing
736 an encrypted image on some host given a public key belonging to a specific
737 other host, so that only hosts possessing the private key in the TPM2 chip
738 can decrypt the volume key and activate the volume. Use case: systemd-confext
739 for a central orchestrator to generate confext images securely that can only
740 be activated on one specific host (which can be used for installing a bunch
741 of creds in /etc/credstore/ for example). Extending on this: allow binding
742 LUKS2 TPM based encryption also to the TPM2 internal clock. Net result:
743 prepare a confext image that can only be activated on a specific host that
744 runs a specific software in a specific time window. confext would be
745 automatically invalidated outside of it.
746
747 * maybe add a "systemd-report" tool, that generates a TPM2-backed "report" of
748 current system state, i.e. a combination of PCR information, local system
749 time and TPM clock, running services, recent high-priority log
750 messages/coredumps, system load/PSI, signed by the local TPM chip, to form an
751 enhanced remote attestation quote. Use case: a simple orchestrator could use
752 this: have the report tool upload these reports every 3min somewhere. Then
753 have the orchestrator collect these reports centrally over a 3min time
754 window, and use them to determine what which node should now start/stop what,
755 and generate a small confext for each node, that uses Uphold= to pin services
756 on each node. The confext would be encrypted using the asymmetric encryption
757 proposed above, so that it can only be activated on the specific host, if the
758 software is in a good state, and within a specific time frame. Then run a
759 loop on each node that sends report to orchestrator and then sysupdate to
760 update confext. Orchestrator would be stateless, i.e. operate on desired
761 config and collected reports in the last 3min time window only, and thus can
762 be trivially scaled up since all instances of the orchestrator should come to
763 the same conclusions given the same inputs of reports/desired workload info.
764 Could also be used to deliver Wireguard secrets and thus to clients, thus
765 permitting zero-trust networking: secrets are rolled over via confext updates,
766 and via the time window TPM logic invalidated if node doesn't keep itself
767 updated, or becomes corrupted in some way.
768
769 * in the initrd, once the rootfs encryption key has been measured to PCR 15,
770 derive default machine ID to use from it, and pass it to host PID 1.
771
772 * tree-wide: convert as much as possible over to use sd_event_set_signal_exit(), instead
773 of manually hooking into SIGINT/SIGTERM
774
775 * tree-wide: convert as much as possible over to SD_EVENT_SIGNAL_PROCMASK
776 instead of manual blocking.
777
778 * sd-boot: for each installed OS, grey out older entries (i.e. all but the
779 newest), to indicate they are obsolete
780
781 * automatically propagate LUKS password credential into cryptsetup from host
782 (i.e. SMBIOS type #11, …), so that one can unlock LUKS via VM hypervisor
783 supplied password.
784
785 * add ability to path_is_valid() to classify paths that refer to a dir from
786 those which may refer to anything, and use that in various places to filter
787 early. i.e. stuff ending in "/", "/." and "/.." definitely refers to a
788 directory, and paths ending that way can be refused early in many contexts.
789
790 * systemd-measure: allow operating with PEM certificates in addition to PEM
791 public keys when signing PCR values. SecureBoot and our Verity signatures
792 operate with certificates already, hence I guess we should also just deal for
793 convenience with certificates for the PCR stuff too.
794
795 * systemd-measure: add --pcrpkey-auto as an alternative to --pcrpkey=, where it
796 would just use the same public key specified with --public-key= (or the one
797 automatically derived from --private-key=).
798
799 * push people to use ".sysext.raw" as suffix for sysext DDIs (DDI =
800 discoverable disk images, i.e. the new name for gpt disk images following the
801 discoverable disk spec). [Also: just ".sysext/" for directory-based sysext]
802
803 * Add "purpose" flag to partition flags in discoverable partition spec that
804 indicate if partition is intended for sysext, for portable service, for
805 booting and so on. Then, when dissecting DDI allow specifying a purpose to
806 use as additional search condition. Use case: images that combined a sysext
807 partition with a portable service partition in one.
808
809 * On boot, auto-generate an asymmetric key pair from the TPM,
810 and use it for validating DDIs and credentials. Maybe upload it to the kernel
811 keyring, so that the kernel does this validation for us for verity and kernel
812 modules
813
814 * for systemd-confext: add a tool that can generate suitable DDIs with verity +
815 sig using squashfs-tools-ng's library. Maybe just systemd-repart called under
816 a new name with a built-in config?
817
818 * lock down acceptable encrypted credentials at boot, via simple allowlist,
819 maybe on kernel command line:
820 systemd.import_encrypted_creds=foobar.waldo,tmpfiles.extra to protect locked
821 down kernels from credentials generated on the host with a weak kernel
822
823 * Add support for extra verity configuration options to systemd-repart (FEC,
824 hash type, etc)
825
826 * chase(): take inspiration from path_extract_filename() and return
827 O_DIRECTORY if input path contains trailing slash.
828
829 * chase(): refuse resolution if trailing slash is specified on input,
830 but final node is not a directory
831
832 * document in boot loader spec that symlinks in XBOOTLDR/ESP are not OK even if
833 non-VFAT fs is used.
834
835 * measure credentials picked up from SMBIOS to some suitable PCR
836
837 * measure GPT and LUKS headers somewhere when we use them (i.e. in
838 systemd-gpt-auto-generator/systemd-repart and in systemd-cryptsetup?)
839
840 * pick up creds from EFI vars
841
842 * Add and pickup tpm2 metadata for creds structure.
843
844 * sd-boot: we probably should include all BootXY EFI variable defined boot
845 entries in our menu, and then suppress ourselves. Benefit: instant
846 compatibility with all other OSes which register things there, in particular
847 on other disks. Always boot into them via NextBoot EFI variable, to not
848 affect PCR values.
849
850 * systemd-measure tool:
851 - pre-calculate PCR 12 (command line) + PCR 13 (sysext) the same way we can precalculate PCR 11
852
853 * in sd-boot: load EFI drivers from a new PE section. That way, one can have a
854 "supercharged" sd-boot binary, that could carry ext4 drivers built-in.
855
856 * sd-bus: document that sd_bus_process() only returns messages that non of the
857 filters/handlers installed on the connection took possession of.
858
859 * sd-device: add an API for acquiring list of child devices, given a device
860 objects (i.e. all child dirents that dirs or symlinks to dirs)
861
862 * sd-device: maybe pin the sysfs dir with an fd, during the entire runtime of
863 an sd_device, then always work based on that.
864
865 * add small wrapper around qemu that implements sd_notify/AF_VSOCK + machined and
866 maybe some other stuff and boots it. Should implement command line roughly
867 equivalent to nspawn's. Maybe be called "systemd-vmspawn". Should imply good
868 settings, i.e. RNG + HyperV enlightenments. Should also result in swtpm
869 instance, plus virtiofsd instances. Translate credentials into smbios type
870 11 strings. Correctly translate SIGTERM into ACPI shutdown events.
871 Listen to logind suspend events and turn these into suspend key pressed +
872 ACPI resume events.
873
874 * maybe add new flags to gpt partition tables for rootfs and usrfs indicating
875 purpose, i.e. whether something is supposed to be bootable in a VM, on
876 baremetal, on an nspawn-style container, if it is a portable service image,
877 or a sysext for initrd, for host os, or for portable container. Then hook
878 portabled/… up to udev to watch block devices coming up with the flags set, and
879 use it.
880
881 * sd-boot should look for information what to boot in SMBIOS, too, so that VM
882 managers can tell sd-boot what to boot into and suchlike
883
884 * add "systemd-sysext identify" verb, that you can point on any file in /usr/
885 and that determines from which overlayfs layer it originates, which image, and with
886 what it was signed.
887
888 * systemd-creds: extend encryption logic to support asymmetric
889 encryption/authentication. Idea: add new verb "systemd-creds public-key"
890 which generates a priv/pub key pair on the TPM2 and stores the priv key
891 locally in /var. It then outputs a certificate for the pub part to stdout.
892 This can then be copied/taken elsewhere, and can be used for encrypting creds
893 that only the host on its specific hw can decrypt. Then, support a drop-in
894 dir with certificates that can be used to authenticate credentials. Flow of
895 operations is then this: build image with owner certificate, then after
896 boot up issue "systemd-creds public-key" to acquire pubkey of the machine.
897 Then, when passing data to the machine, sign with privkey belonging to one of
898 the dropped in certs and encrypted with machine pubkey, and pass to machine.
899 Machine is then able to authenticate you, and confidentiality is guaranteed.
900
901 * building on top of the above, the pub/priv key pair generated on the TPM2
902 should probably also one you can use to get a remote attestation quote.
903
904 * Process credentials in:
905 • networkd/udevd: add a way to define additional .link, .network, .netdev files
906 via the credentials logic.
907 • crypttab-generator: allow defining additional crypttab-like volumes via
908 credentials (similar: verity-generator, integrity-generator). Use
909 fstab-generator logic as inspiration.
910 • run-generator: allow defining additional commands to run via a credential
911 • resolved: allow defining additional /etc/hosts entries via a credential (it
912 might make sense to then synthesize a new combined /etc/hosts file in /run
913 and bind mount it on /etc/hosts for other clients that want to read it.
914 • repart: allow defining additional partitions via credential
915 • timesyncd: pick NTP server info from credential
916 • portabled: read a credential "portable.extra" or so, that takes a list of
917 file system paths to enable on start.
918 • make systemd-fstab-generator look for a system credential encoding root= or
919 usr=
920 • systemd-homed: when initializing, look for a credential
921 systemd.homed.register or so with JSON user records to automatically
922 register if not registered yet. Use case: deploy a system, and add an
923 account one can directly log into.
924 • in gpt-auto-generator: check partition uuids against such uuids supplied via
925 sd-stub credentials. That way, we can support parallel OS installations with
926 pre-built kernels.
927
928 * define a JSON format for units, separating out unit definitions from unit
929 runtime state. Then, expose it:
930
931 1. Add Describe() method to Unit D-Bus object that returns a JSON object
932 about the unit.
933 2. Expose this natively via Varlink, in similar style
934 3. Use it when invoking binaries (i.e. make PID 1 fork off systemd-executor
935 binary which reads the JSON definition and runs it), to address the cow
936 trap issue and the fact that NSS is actually forbidden in
937 forked-but-not-exec'ed children
938 4. Add varlink API to run transient units based on provided JSON definitions
939
940 * Add SUPPORT_END_URL= field to os-release with more *actionable* information
941 what to do if support ended
942
943 * pam_systemd: on interactive logins, maybe show SUPPORT_END information at
944 login time, à la motd
945
946 * sd-boot: instead of unconditionally deriving the ESP to search boot loader
947 spec entries in from the paths of sd-boot binary, let's optionally allow it
948 to be configured on sd-boot cmdline + efi var. Use case: embed sd-boot in the
949 UEFI firmware (for example, ovmf supports that via qemu cmdline option), and
950 use it to load stuff from the ESP.
951
952 * mount /var/ from initrd, so that we can apply sysext and stuff before the
953 initrd transition. Specifically:
954 1. There should be a var= kernel cmdline option, matching root= and usr=
955 2. systemd-gpt-auto-generator should auto-mount /var if it finds it on disk
956 3. mount.x-initrd mount option in fstab should be implied for /var
957
958 * make persistent restarts easier by adding a new setting OpenPersistentFile=
959 or so, which allows opening one or more files that is "persistent" across
960 service restarts, hot reboot, cold reboots (depending on configuration): the
961 files are created empty on first invocation, and on subsequent invocations
962 the files are reboot. The files would be backed by tmpfs, pmem or /var
963 depending on desired level of persistency.
964
965 * sd-event: add ability to "chain" event sources. Specifically, add a call
966 sd_event_source_chain(x, y), which will automatically enable event source y
967 in oneshot mode once x is triggered. Use case: in src/core/mount.c implement
968 the /proc/self/mountinfo rescan on SIGCHLD with this: whenever a SIGCHLD is
969 seen, trigger the rescan defer event source automatically, and allow it to be
970 dispatched *before* the SIGCHLD is handled (based on priorities). Benefit:
971 dispatch order is strictly controlled by priorities again. (next step: chain
972 event sources to the ratelimit being over)
973
974 * if we fork of a service with StandardOutput=journal, and it forks off a
975 subprocess that quickly dies, we might not be able to identify the cgroup it
976 comes from, but we can still derive that from the stdin socket its output
977 came from. We apparently don't do that right now.
978
979 * add ability to set hostname with suffix derived from machine id at boot
980
981 * add PR_SET_DUMPABLE service setting
982
983 * homed/userdb: maybe define a "companion" dir for home directories where apps
984 can safely put privileged stuff in. Would not be writable by the user, but
985 still conceptually belong to the user. Would be included in user's quota if
986 possible, even if files are not owned by UID of user. Use case: container
987 images that owned by arbitrary UIDs, and are owned/managed by the users, but
988 are not directly belonging to the user's UID. Goal: we shouldn't place more
989 privileged dirs inside of unprivileged dirs, and thus containers really
990 should not be placed inside of traditional UNIX home dirs (which are owned by
991 users themselves) but somewhere else, that is separate, but still close
992 by. Inform user code about path to this companion dir via env var, so that
993 container managers find it. the ~/.identity file is also a candidate for a
994 file to move there, since it is managed by privileged code (i.e. homed) and
995 not unprivileged code.
996
997 * given that /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/ is a thing now, ship a drop-in for that
998 that hooks up userdbctl ssh-key stuff.
999
1000 * maybe add support for binding and connecting AF_UNIX sockets in the file
1001 system outside of the 108ch limit. When connecting, open O_PATH fd to socket
1002 inode first, then connect to /proc/self/fd/XYZ. When binding, create symlink
1003 to target dir in /tmp, and bind through it.
1004
1005 * add a proper concept of a "developer" mode, i.e. where cryptographic
1006 protections of the root OS are weakened after interactive confirmation, to
1007 allow hackers to allow their own stuff. idea: allow entering developer mode
1008 only via explicit choice in boot menu: i.e. add explicit boot menu item for
1009 it. When developer mode is entered, generate a key pair in the TPM2, and add
1010 the public part of it automatically to keychain of valid code signature keys
1011 on subsequent boots. Then provide a tool to sign code with the key in the
1012 TPM2. Ensure that boot menu item is the only way to enter developer mode, by
1013 binding it to locality/PCRs so that keys cannot be generated otherwise.
1014
1015 * services: add support for cryptographically unlocking per-service directories
1016 via TPM2. Specifically, for StateDirectory= (and related dirs) use fscrypt to
1017 set up the directory so that it can only be accessed if host and app are in
1018 order.
1019
1020 * TPM2: extend unlock policy to protect against version downgrades in signed
1021 policies: policy probably must take some nvram based generation counter into
1022 account that can only monotonically increase and can be used to invalidate
1023 old PCR signatures. Otherwise people could downgrade to old signed PCR sets
1024 whenever they want.
1025
1026 * update HACKING.md to suggest developing systemd with the ideas from:
1027 https://0pointer.net/blog/testing-my-system-code-in-usr-without-modifying-usr.html
1028 https://0pointer.net/blog/running-an-container-off-the-host-usr.html
1029
1030 * sd-event: compat wd reuse in inotify code: keep a set of removed watch
1031 descriptors, and clear this set piecemeal when we see the IN_IGNORED event
1032 for it, or when read() returns EAGAIN or on IN_Q_OVERFLOW. Then, whenever we
1033 see an inotify wd event check against this set, and if it is contained ignore
1034 the event. (to be fully correct this would have to count the occurrences, in
1035 case the same wd is reused multiple times before we start processing
1036 IN_IGNORED again)
1037
1038 * for vendor-built signed initrds:
1039 - kernel-install should be able to install encrypted creds automatically for
1040 machine id, root pw, rootfs uuid, resume partition uuid, and place next to
1041 EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up. These creds should be locked to
1042 the TPM, and bind to the right PCR the kernel is measured to.
1043 - kernel-install should be able to pick up initrd sysexts automatically and
1044 place them next to EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up.
1045 - systemd-fstab-generator should look for rootfs device to mount in creds
1046 - systemd-resume-generator should look for resume partition uuid in creds
1047 - sd-stub: automatically pick up microcode from ESP (/loader/microcode/*)
1048 and synthesize initrd from it, and measure it. Signing is not necessary, as
1049 microcode does that on its own. Pass as first initrd to kernel.
1050
1051 * Maybe extend the service protocol to support handling of some specific SIGRT
1052 signal for setting service log level, that carries the level via the
1053 sigqueue() data parameter. Enable this via unit file setting.
1054
1055 * sd_notify/vsock: maybe support binding to AF_VSOCK in Type=notify services,
1056 then passing $NOTIFY_SOCKET and $NOTIFY_GUESTCID with PID1's cid (typically
1057 fixed to "2", i.e. the official host cid) and the expected guest cid, for the
1058 two sides of the channel. The latter env var could then be used in an
1059 appropriate qemu cmdline. That way qemu payloads could talk sd_notify()
1060 directly to host service manager.
1061
1062 * sd-device has an API to create an sd_device object from a device id, but has
1063 no api to query the device id
1064
1065 * sd-device should return the devnum type (i.e. 'b' or 'c') via some API for an
1066 sd_device object, so that data passed into sd_device_new_from_devnum() can
1067 also be queried.
1068
1069 * sd-event: optionally, if per-event source rate limit is hit, downgrade
1070 priority, but leave enabled, and once ratelimit window is over, upgrade
1071 priority again. That way we can combat event source starvation without
1072 stopping processing events from one source entirely.
1073
1074 * sd-event: similar to existing inotify support add fanotify support (given
1075 that apparently new features in this area are only going to be added to the
1076 latter).
1077
1078 * sd-event: add 1st class event source for clock changes
1079
1080 * sd-event: add 1st class event source for timezone changes
1081
1082 * support uefi/http boots with sd-boot: instead of looking for dropin files in
1083 /loader/entries/ dir, look for a file /loader/entries/SHA256SUMS and use that
1084 as directory manifest. The file would be a standard directory listing as
1085 generated by GNU sha256sums.
1086
1087 * sd-boot: maybe add support for embedding the various auxiliary resources we
1088 look for right in the sd-boot binary. i.e. take inspiration from sd-stub
1089 logic: allow combining sd-boot via ukify with kernels to enumerate, .conf
1090 files, drivers, keys to enroll and so on. Then, add whatever we find that way
1091 to the menu. Use case: allow building a single PE image you can boot into via
1092 UEFI HTTP boot.
1093
1094 * maybe add a new UEFI stub binary "sd-http". It works similar to sd-stub, but
1095 all it does is download a file from a http server, and execute it, after
1096 optionally checking its hash sum. idea would be: combine this "sd-http" stub
1097 binary with some minimal info about a URL + hash sum, plus .osrel data, and
1098 drop it into the unified kernel dir in the ESP. And bam you have something
1099 that is tiny, feels a lot like a unified kernel, but all it does is chainload
1100 the real kernel. benefit: downloading these stubs would be tiny and quick,
1101 hence cheap for enumeration.
1102
1103 * sysext: measure all activated sysext into a TPM PCR
1104
1105 * systemd-dissect: show available versions inside of a disk image, i.e. if
1106 multiple versions are around of the same resource, show which ones. (in other
1107 words: show partition labels).
1108
1109 * maybe add a generator that reads /proc/cmdline, looks for
1110 systemd.pull-raw-portable=, systemd-pull-raw-sysext= and similar switches
1111 that take a URL as parameter. It then generates service units for
1112 systemd-pull calls that download these URLs if not installed yet. Use case:
1113 invoke a VM or nspawn container in a way it automatically deploys/runs these
1114 images as OS payloads. i.e. have a generic OS image you can point to any
1115 payload you like, which is then downloaded, securely verified and run.
1116
1117 * deprecate cgroupsv1 further (print log message at boot)
1118
1119 * systemd-dissect: add --cat switch for dumping files such as /etc/os-release
1120
1121 * per-service sandboxing option: ProtectIds=. If used, will overmount
1122 /etc/machine-id and /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id with synthetic files, to
1123 make it harder for the service to identify the host. Depending on the user
1124 setting it should be fully randomized at invocation time, or a hash of the
1125 real thing, keyed by the unit name or so. Of course, there are other ways to
1126 get these IDs (e.g. journal) or similar ids (e.g. MAC addresses, DMI ids, CPU
1127 ids), so this knob would only be useful in combination with other lockdown
1128 options. Particularly useful for portable services, and anything else that
1129 uses RootDirectory= or RootImage=. (Might also over-mount
1130 /sys/class/dmi/id/*{uuid,serial} with /dev/null).
1131
1132 * kernel-install:
1133 - add --all switch for rerunning kernel-install for all installed kernels
1134
1135 * doc: prep a document explaining resolved's internal objects, i.e. Query
1136 vs. Question vs. Transaction vs. Stream and so on.
1137
1138 * doc: prep a document explaining PID 1's internal logic, i.e. transactions,
1139 jobs, units
1140
1141 * bootspec: bring UEFI and userspace enumeration of bootspec entries back into
1142 sync, i.e. parse out architecture field in sd-boot (currently only done in
1143 userspace)
1144
1145 * automatically ignore threaded cgroups in cg_xyz().
1146
1147 * add linker script that implicitly adds symbol for build ID and new coredump
1148 json package metadata, and use that when logging
1149
1150 * Enable RestrictFileSystems= for all our long-running services (similar:
1151 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=)
1152
1153 * Add systemd-analyze security checks for RestrictFileSystems= and
1154 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=
1155
1156 * cryptsetup/homed: implement TOTP authentication backed by TPM2 and its
1157 internal clock.
1158
1159 * man: rework os-release(5), and clearly separate our extension-release.d/ and
1160 initrd-release parts, i.e. list explicitly which fields are about what.
1161
1162 * sysext: before applying a sysext, do a superficial validation run so that
1163 things are not rearranged to wildy. I.e. protect against accidental fuckups,
1164 such as masking out /usr/lib/ or so. We should probably refuse if existing
1165 inodes are replaced by other types of inodes or so.
1166
1167 * userdb: when synthesizing NSS records, pick "best" password from defined
1168 passwords, not just the first. i.e. if there are multiple defined, prefer
1169 unlocked over locked and prefer non-empty over empty.
1170
1171 * maybe add a tool inspired by the GPT auto discovery spec that runs in the
1172 initrd and rearranges the rootfs hierarchy via bind mounts, if
1173 enabled. Specifically in some top-level dir /@auto/ it will look for
1174 dirs/symlinks/subvolumes that are named after their purpose, and optionally
1175 encode a version as well as assessment counters, and then mount them into the
1176 file system tree to boot into, similar to how we do that for the gpt auto
1177 logic. Maybe then bind mount the original root into /.superior or something
1178 like that (so that update tools can look there). Further discussion in this
1179 thread:
1180 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2021-November/047059.html
1181 The GPT dissection logic should automatically enable this tool whenever we
1182 detect a specially marked root fs (i.e introduce a new generic root gpt type
1183 for this, that is arch independent). The also implement this in the image
1184 dissection logic, so that nspawn/RootImage= and so on grok it. Maybe make
1185 generic enough so that it can also work for ostrees arrangements.
1186
1187 * if a path ending in ".auto.d/" is set for RootDirectory=/RootImage= then do a
1188 strverscmp() of everything inside that dir and use that. i.e. implement very
1189 simple version control. Also use this in systemd-nspawn --image= and so on.
1190
1191 * homed: while a home dir is not activated generate slightly different NSS
1192 records for it, that reports the home dir as "/" and the shell as some binary
1193 provided by us. Then, when an SSH login happens and SSH permits it our binary
1194 is invoked. This binary can then talk to homed and activate the homedir if
1195 it's not around yet, prompting the user for a password. Once that succeeded
1196 we'll switch to the real user record, i.e. home dir and shell, and our tool
1197 exec()s the latter. Net effect: ssh'ing into a homed account will just work:
1198 we'll neatly prompt for the homedir's password if its needed. –– Building on
1199 this we could take this even further: since this tool will potentially have
1200 access to the client's ssh-agent (if ssh-agent forwarding is enabled) we
1201 could implement SSH unlocking of a homedir with that: when enrolling a new
1202 ssh pubkey in a user record we'd ask the ssh-agent to sign some random value
1203 with the privkey, then use that as luks key to unlock the home dir. Will not
1204 work for ECDSA keys since their signatures contain a random component, but
1205 will work for RSA and Ed25519 keys.
1206
1207 * add tiny service that decrypts encrypted user records passed via initrd
1208 credential logic and drops them into /run where nss-systemd can pick them up,
1209 similar to /run/host/userdb/. Use case: drop a root user JSON record there,
1210 and use it in the initrd to log in as root with locally selected password,
1211 for debugging purposes. Other use case: boot into qemu with regular user
1212 mounted from host. maybe put this in systemd-user-sessions.service?
1213
1214 * drop dependency on libcap, replace by direct syscalls based on
1215 CapabilityQuintet we already have. (This likely allows us to drop libcap
1216 dep in the base OS image)
1217
1218 * add concept for "exitrd" as inverse of "initrd", that we can transition to at
1219 shutdown, and has similar security semantics. This should then take the place
1220 of dracut's shutdown logic. Should probably support sysexts too. Care needs
1221 to be taken that the resulting logic ends up in RAM, i.e. is copied out of
1222 on-disk storage.
1223
1224 * userdbd: implement an additional varlink service socket that provides the
1225 host user db in restricted form, then allow this to be bind mounted into
1226 sandboxed environments that want the host database in minimal form. All
1227 records would be stripped of all meta info, except the basic UID/name
1228 info. Then use this in portabled environments that do not use PrivateUsers=1.
1229
1230 * portabled: when extracting unit files and copying to system.attached, if a
1231 .p7s is available in the image, use it to protect the system.attached copy
1232 with fs-verity, so that it cannot be tampered with
1233
1234 * logind introduce two types of sessions: "heavy" and "light". The former would
1235 be our current sessions. But the latter would be a new type of session that
1236 is mostly the same but does not pull in user@.service or wait for it. Then,
1237 allow configuration which type of session is desired via pam_systemd
1238 parameters, and then make user@.service's session one of these "light" ones.
1239 People could then choose to make FTP sessions and suchlike "light" if they
1240 don't want the service manager to be started for that.
1241
1242 * /etc/veritytab: allow that the roothash column can be specified as fs path
1243 including a path to an AF_UNIX path, similar to how we do things with the
1244 keys of /etc/crypttab. That way people can store/provide the roothash
1245 externally and provide to us on demand only.
1246
1247 * we probably should extend the root verity hash of the root fs into some PCR
1248 on boot. (i.e. maybe add a veritytab option tpm2-measure=12 or so to measure
1249 it into PCR 12); Similar: we probably should extend the LUKS volume key of
1250 the root fs into some PCR on boot. (i.e. maybe add a crypttab option
1251 tpm2-measure=15 or so to measure it into PCR 15); once both are in place
1252 update gpt-auto-discovery to generate these by default for the partitions it
1253 discovers. Static vendor stuff should probably end up in PCR 12 (i.e. the
1254 verity hash), with local keys in PCR 15 (i.e. the encryption volume
1255 key). That way, we nicely distinguish resources supplied by the OS vendor
1256 (i.e. sysext, root verity) from those inherently local (i.e. encryption key),
1257 which is useful if they shall be signed separately.
1258
1259 * in uefi stub: query firmware regarding which PCR banks are being used, store
1260 that in EFI var. then use this when enrolling TPM2 in cryptsetup to verify
1261 that the selected PCRs actually are used by firmware.
1262
1263 * rework recursive read-only remount to use new mount API
1264
1265 * PAM: pick up authentication token from credentials
1266
1267 * when mounting disk images: if IMAGE_ID/IMAGE_VERSION is set in os-release
1268 data in the image, make sure the image filename actually matches this, so
1269 that images cannot be misused.
1270
1271 * New udev block device symlink names:
1272 /dev/disk/by-parttypelabel/<pttype>-<ptlabel>. Use case: if pt label is used
1273 as partition image version string, this is a safe way to reference a specific
1274 version of a specific partition type, in particular where related partitions
1275 are processed (e.g. verity + rootfs both named "LennartOS_0.7").
1276
1277 * sysupdate:
1278 - add fuzzing to the pattern parser
1279 - support casync as download mechanism
1280 - "systemd-sysupdate update --all" support, that iterates through all components
1281 defined on the host, plus all images installed into /var/lib/machines/,
1282 /var/lib/portable/ and so on.
1283 - figure out what to do about system extensions (i.e. they need to imply an
1284 update component, since otherwise system extenion' sysupdate.d/ files would
1285 override the host's update files.)
1286 - Allow invocation with a single transfer definition, i.e. with
1287 --definitions= pointing to a file rather than a dir.
1288 - add ability to disable implicit decompression of downloaded artifacts,
1289 i.e. a Compress=no option in the transfer definitions
1290
1291 * in sd-id128: also parse UUIDs in RFC4122 URN syntax (i.e. chop off urn:uuid: prefix)
1292
1293 * DynamicUser= + StateDirectory= → use uid mapping mounts, too, in order to
1294 make dirs appear under right UID.
1295
1296 * systemd-sysext: optionally, run it in initrd already, before transitioning
1297 into host, to open up possibility for services shipped like that.
1298
1299 * introduce /dev/disk/root/* symlinks that allow referencing partitions on the
1300 disk the rootfs is on in a reasonably secure way. (or maybe: add
1301 /dev/gpt-auto-{home,srv,boot,…} similar in style to /dev/gpt-auto-root as we
1302 already have it.
1303
1304 * whenever we receive fds via SCM_RIGHTS make sure none got dropped due to the
1305 reception limit the kernel silently enforces.
1306
1307 * Add service unit setting ConnectStream= which takes IP addresses and connects to them.
1308
1309 * Similar, Load= which takes literal data in text or base64 format, and puts it
1310 into a memfd, and passes that. This enables some fun stuff, such as embedding
1311 bash scripts in unit files, by combining Load= with ExecStart=/bin/bash
1312 /proc/self/fd/3
1313
1314 * add a ConnectSocket= setting to service unit files, that may reference a
1315 socket unit, and which will connect to the socket defined therein, and pass
1316 the resulting fd to the service program via socket activation proto.
1317
1318 * Add a concept of ListenStream=anonymous to socket units: listen on a socket
1319 that is deleted in the fs. Use case would be with ConnectSocket= above.
1320
1321 * importd: support image signature verification with PKCS#7 + OpenBSD signify
1322 logic, as alternative to crummy gpg
1323
1324 * add "systemd-analyze debug" + AttachDebugger= in unit files: The former
1325 specifies a command to execute; the latter specifies that an already running
1326 "systemd-analyze debug" instance shall be contacted and execution paused
1327 until it gives an OK. That way, tools like gdb or strace can be safely be
1328 invoked on processes forked off PID 1.
1329
1330 * expose MS_NOSYMFOLLOW in various places
1331
1332 * credentials system:
1333 - acquire from EFI variable?
1334 - acquire via ask-password?
1335 - acquire creds via keyring?
1336 - pass creds via keyring?
1337 - pass creds via memfd?
1338 - acquire + decrypt creds from pkcs11?
1339 - make systemd-cryptsetup acquire pw via creds logic
1340 - make PAMName= acquire pw via creds logic
1341 - make macsec/wireguard code in networkd read key via creds logic
1342 - make gatwayd/remote read key via creds logic
1343 - add sd_notify() command for flushing out creds not needed anymore
1344 - make user manager instances create and use a user-specific key (the one in
1345 /var/lib is root-only) and add --user switch to systemd-creds to use it
1346
1347 * add tpm.target or so which is delayed until TPM2 device showed up in case
1348 firmware indicates there is one.
1349
1350 * TPM2: auto-reenroll in cryptsetup, as fallback for hosed firmware upgrades
1351 and such
1352
1353 * introduce a new group to own TPM devices
1354
1355 * cryptsetup: add option for automatically removing empty password slot on boot
1356
1357 * cryptsetup: optionally, when run during boot-up and password is never
1358 entered, and we are on battery power (or so), power off machine again
1359
1360 * cryptsetup: when waiting for FIDO2/PKCS#11 token, tell plymouth that, and
1361 allow plymouth to abort the waiting and enter pw instead
1362
1363 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1364
1365 * cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
1366 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
1367
1368 * cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
1369 systemd-makefs.service instead.
1370
1371 * cryptsetup:
1372 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
1373 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
1374
1375 * systemd-analyze netif that explains predictable interface (or networkctl)
1376
1377 * Add service setting to run a service within the specified VRF. i.e. do the
1378 equivalent of "ip vrf exec".
1379
1380 * special case some calls of chase() to use openat2() internally, so
1381 that the kernel does what we otherwise do.
1382
1383 * add a new flag to chase() that stops chasing once the first missing
1384 component is found and then allows the caller to create the rest.
1385
1386 * make use of new glibc 2.32 APIs sigabbrev_np() and strerrorname_np().
1387
1388 * if /usr/bin/swapoff fails due to OOM, log a friendly explanatory message about it
1389
1390 * pid1: support new clone3() fork-into-cgroup feature
1391
1392 * pid1: also remove PID files of a service when the service starts, not just
1393 when it exits
1394
1395 * make us use dynamically fewer deps for containers in general purpose distros:
1396 o turn into dlopen() deps:
1397 - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
1398 - libblkid (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not elsewhere)
1399 - libpam (only when called from PID 1)
1400 - bzip2, xz, lz4 (always — gzip and zstd should probably stay static deps the way they are,
1401 since they are so basic and our defaults)
1402 o move into separate libsystemd-shared-iptables.so .so
1403 - iptables-libs (only used by nspawn + networkd)
1404
1405 * seccomp: maybe use seccomp_merge() to merge our filters per-arch if we can.
1406 Apparently kernel performance is much better with fewer larger seccomp
1407 filters than with more smaller seccomp filters.
1408
1409 * systemd-path: add ESP and XBOOTLDR path. Add "private" runtime/state/cache dir enum,
1410 mapping to $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, $STATE_DIRECTORY and such
1411
1412 * seccomp: by default mask x32 ABI system wide on x86-64. it's on its way out
1413
1414 * seccomp: don't install filters for ABIs that are masked anyway for the
1415 specific service
1416
1417 * busctl: maybe expose a verb "ping" for pinging a dbus service to see if it
1418 exists and responds.
1419
1420 * socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
1421 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
1422
1423 * unify on openssl:
1424 - kill gnutls support in resolved
1425 - figure out what to do about libmicrohttpd, which has a hard dependency on
1426 gnutls
1427 - port fsprg over to a dlopen lib, then switch it to openssl
1428
1429 * add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
1430 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
1431
1432 * userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
1433 realname substr searches in varlink API
1434
1435 * userdb: allow uid/gid range checks
1436
1437 * userdb: allow existence checks
1438
1439 * pid1: activation by journal search expression
1440
1441 * when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
1442 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
1443 initrd had set.
1444
1445 * sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
1446 it for reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
1447 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
1448 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
1449 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
1450 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
1451
1452 * tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
1453 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
1454 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
1455
1456 * maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
1457 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
1458 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
1459 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
1460 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
1461 source.
1462
1463 * coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
1464 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
1465 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
1466
1467 * teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
1468
1469 * beef up s2h to implement a battery watch loop: instead of entering
1470 hibernation unconditionally after coming back from resume make a decision
1471 based on the battery load level: if battery level is above a specific
1472 threshold, go to suspend again, only hibernate if below it. This means we'd
1473 stick to suspend usually, but fall back to hibernation only when battery runs
1474 empty (well, subject to our sampling interval). Related to this, check if we
1475 can make ACPI _BTP (i.e. /sys/class/power_supply/*/alarm) work for us too,
1476 i.e. see if it can wake up machines from suspend, so that we could resume
1477 automatically when the system is low on power and move automatically to
1478 hibernation mode. (see
1479 https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf
1480 section 10.2.2.8 and
1481 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/modern-standby-wake-sources
1482 at the end).
1483
1484 * We should probably replace /etc/rc.d/README with a symlink to doc
1485 content. After all it is constant vendor data.
1486
1487 * maybe add kernel cmdline params: to force random seed crediting
1488
1489 * introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
1490 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
1491 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
1492 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
1493 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
1494 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
1495 exec().
1496
1497 * let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
1498
1499 * when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
1500 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
1501
1502 * make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
1503 gnome-bluetooth and friends
1504
1505 * make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
1506 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
1507 root.
1508
1509 * maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
1510 is issued.
1511
1512 * when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
1513
1514 * when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
1515
1516 * Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
1517 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
1518 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
1519
1520 * rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
1521 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
1522 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
1523
1524 * when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
1525
1526 * add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
1527 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
1528
1529 * paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
1530 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
1531 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
1532 Alternatively (preferably?) use memfd_secret().
1533
1534 * Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
1535
1536 * optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
1537
1538 * sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
1539 non-zero "tries done" count
1540
1541 * augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
1542 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
1543 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
1544 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
1545 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
1546 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
1547 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
1548 CODE_FILE.
1549
1550 * Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
1551 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
1552 some explanatory text online.
1553
1554 * maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
1555
1556 * hibernate/s2h: if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
1557
1558 * cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
1559 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
1560
1561 * beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
1562 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
1563 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
1564 files and suchlike we operate on.
1565
1566 * importd: add ability download images for portabled + sysext
1567
1568 * add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
1569
1570 * sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
1571 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
1572
1573 * Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
1574 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it.
1575
1576 * Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
1577 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
1578 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
1579 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
1580 unlinked from any dir.
1581
1582 * port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
1583
1584 * pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
1585
1586 * add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
1587
1588 * add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
1589 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
1590 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
1591 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
1592 images, for example fall back to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
1593
1594 * bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
1595
1596 * add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
1597 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
1598
1599 * introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
1600 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
1601 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
1602 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
1603 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
1604 different slice too by default. Use case: people who want to put resources on
1605 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
1606 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
1607
1608 * maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
1609 for root, but only then.
1610
1611 * calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
1612 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
1613
1614 * sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
1615 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
1616
1617 * sd-bus: parse addresses given in sd_bus_set_addresses immediately and not
1618 only when used. Add unit tests.
1619
1620 * make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
1621 host-side interface pointing to the container.
1622
1623 * add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
1624 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
1625 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
1626 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
1627 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
1628
1629 * deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
1630
1631 * support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
1632
1633 * add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
1634 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
1635
1636 * blog about fd store and restartable services
1637
1638 * document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
1639
1640 * rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
1641 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
1642
1643 * in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
1644 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
1645 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
1646 ID is available.
1647
1648 * optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
1649 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
1650 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
1651
1652 * beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
1653 parameters
1654
1655 * maybe hook up xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
1656 the quota of the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
1657 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
1658 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
1659 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
1660 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
1661 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
1662
1663 * In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
1664 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
1665
1666 * Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
1667 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
1668 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
1669
1670 * add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
1671 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
1672
1673 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
1674
1675 * Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
1676 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
1677 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
1678
1679 * track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
1680 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
1681
1682 * add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
1683 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
1684 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
1685 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
1686 natural habitat.
1687
1688 * gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force
1689 it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
1690
1691 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
1692 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
1693 relative to the configured default value.
1694
1695 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
1696
1697 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
1698
1699 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
1700
1701 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
1702
1703 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
1704
1705 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
1706
1707 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
1708
1709 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
1710
1711 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
1712 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
1713 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
1714
1715 * Support ReadWritePaths/ReadOnlyPaths/InaccessiblePaths in systemd --user instances
1716 via the new unprivileged Landlock LSM (https://landlock.io)
1717
1718 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
1719
1720 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
1721 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
1722 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
1723 mapping to work.
1724
1725 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
1726
1727 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
1728
1729 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
1730
1731 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
1732 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
1733
1734 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
1735 reload the unit file anyway
1736
1737 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
1738
1739 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
1740
1741 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
1742 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
1743
1744 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
1745 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
1746 specifications.
1747
1748 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
1749
1750 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
1751
1752 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
1753 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
1754 prefixed with /sys generally special.
1755 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
1756
1757 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
1758
1759 * docs: bring https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
1760
1761 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
1762 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
1763 state.
1764 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
1765
1766 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
1767 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
1768 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
1769 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
1770 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
1771
1772 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
1773
1774 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
1775 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
1776
1777 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
1778 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
1779
1780 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
1781 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
1782
1783 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
1784
1785 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
1786 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
1787
1788 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
1789
1790 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
1791
1792 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
1793
1794 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
1795 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
1796
1797 * drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
1798
1799 * resolved:
1800 - mDNS/DNS-SD
1801 - service registration
1802 - service/domain/types browsing
1803 - avahi compat
1804 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
1805 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
1806 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
1807 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
1808 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
1809 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
1810
1811 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
1812
1813 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
1814
1815 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
1816
1817 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
1818
1819 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
1820
1821 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
1822 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
1823
1824 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
1825
1826 * gpt-auto-generator:
1827 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
1828 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
1829
1830 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
1831 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
1832 when it is otherwise off
1833
1834 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
1835
1836 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
1837 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
1838 for ReusePort=
1839
1840 * cgroups:
1841 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
1842 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
1843 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
1844 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
1845 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
1846 the hierarchies of child processes
1847 - add settings for cgroup.max.descendants and cgroup.max.depth,
1848 maybe use them for user@.service
1849
1850 * transient units:
1851 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
1852
1853 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
1854
1855 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
1856
1857 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
1858
1859 * 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
1860
1861 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
1862 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
1863 path anyway.
1864
1865 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
1866
1867 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
1868
1869 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
1870
1871 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
1872
1873 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
1874
1875 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
1876
1877 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
1878 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
1879 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
1880
1881 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
1882 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
1883
1884 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
1885
1886 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
1887
1888 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
1889
1890 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
1891 needs to be auto-respawned?
1892
1893 * pid1:
1894 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
1895 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
1896 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
1897 that are not supported...
1898 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
1899 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Use case:
1900 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
1901 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
1902 - move PAM code into its own binary
1903 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
1904 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
1905 - Support --test based on current system state
1906 - 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().
1907 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
1908 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
1909 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1910 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1911 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1912 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1913 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1914 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1915 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1916 - maybe introduce CoreScheduling=yes/no to optionally set a PR_SCHED_CORE cookie, so that all
1917 processes in a service's cgroup share the same cookie and are guaranteed not to share SMT cores
1918 with other units https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst
1919
1920 * unit files:
1921 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1922 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
1923 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1924 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1925 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1926 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1927 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
1928 - introduce Type=pid-file
1929 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
1930 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
1931 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
1932
1933 * timer units:
1934 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when DST changes
1935 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
1936
1937 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
1938
1939 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
1940
1941 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
1942
1943 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
1944
1945 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1946
1947 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
1948
1949 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
1950
1951 * test/:
1952 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
1953
1954 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
1955 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
1956 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
1957 destination.
1958
1959 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
1960 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
1961
1962 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
1963
1964 * Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
1965 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
1966 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
1967
1968 * BootLoaderSpec: Define a way how an installer can figure out whether a BLS
1969 compliant boot loader is installed.
1970
1971 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? use case:
1972 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
1973 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
1974 that automatically.
1975
1976 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
1977
1978 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
1979
1980 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
1981
1982 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
1983
1984 * add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1985
1986 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
1987
1988 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1989
1990 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1991
1992 * sd-bus:
1993 - EBADSLT handling
1994 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
1995 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1996 - 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
1997 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
1998 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
1999 - longer term: priority inheritance
2000 - dbus spec updates:
2001 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
2002 - path escaping
2003 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
2004
2005 * sd-event
2006 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
2007 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
2008 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
2009 - maybe support iouring as backend, so that we allow hooking read and write
2010 operations instead of IO ready events into event loops. See considerations
2011 here:
2012 http://blog.vmsplice.net/2020/07/rethinking-event-loop-integration-for.html
2013
2014 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
2015 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
2016
2017 * document org.freedesktop.MemoryAllocation1
2018
2019 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
2020
2021 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
2022
2023 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
2024
2025 * EFI:
2026 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
2027 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
2028 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
2029 * bootctl
2030 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
2031
2032 * bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
2033
2034 * bootctl:
2035 - show whether UEFI audit mode is available
2036 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
2037 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
2038
2039 * logind:
2040 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
2041 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
2042 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
2043 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
2044 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
2045 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
2046 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
2047 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
2048 needs setuid().
2049 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
2050 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
2051 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
2052 complete.
2053 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
2054 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
2055 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
2056 - expose "Locked" property on logind session objects
2057 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
2058 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
2059 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
2060 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
2061 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
2062 relogins
2063 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
2064 - expose details of boot entries on the bus. In particular, it should be possible
2065 to query the list of boot entry titles that bootctl / sd-boot would show.
2066 Currently we only expose their identifiers.
2067
2068 * move multiseat vid/pid matches from logind udev rule to hwdb
2069
2070 * logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
2071 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
2072 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
2073
2074 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
2075 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
2076
2077 * journal:
2078 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
2079 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
2080 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
2081 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
2082 - fall back to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
2083 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
2084 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
2085 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
2086 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
2087 message that works, but already after a short timeout
2088 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
2089 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
2090 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
2091 - journalctl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
2092 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
2093 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() in the header,
2094 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
2095 - 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.
2096 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
2097 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
2098 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
2099 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
2100 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
2101 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
2102 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
2103 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
2104 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
2105 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
2106 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
2107 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
2108 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
2109 to syslog when it works again.
2110 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
2111 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
2112 journals in.
2113 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
2114 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
2115 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
2116 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
2117 the most common operations.
2118 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
2119 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
2120 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
2121 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
2122 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
2123 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
2124 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
2125 operation.
2126 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
2127 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
2128 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
2129 binary logs data
2130 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
2131 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
2132 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
2133 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
2134 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
2135 - check if loop in decompress_blob_xz() is necessary
2136
2137 * journald: support RFC3164 fully for the incoming syslog transport, see
2138 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19251#issuecomment-816601955
2139
2140 * Hook up journald's FSS logic with TPM2: seal the verification disk by
2141 time-based policy, so that the verification key can remain on host and ve
2142 validated via TPM.
2143
2144 * rework journalctl -M to be based on a machined method that generates a mount
2145 fd of the relevant journal dirs in the container with uidmapping applied to
2146 allow the host to read it, while making everything read-only.
2147
2148 * journald: add varlink service that allows subscribing to certain log events,
2149 for example matching by message ID, or log level returns a list of journal
2150 cursors as they happen.
2151
2152 * journald: also collect CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamps per log entry. Then, derive
2153 "corrected" CLOCK_REALTIME information on display from that and the timestamp
2154 info of the newest entry of the specific boot (as identified by the boot
2155 ID). This way, if a system comes up without a valid clock but acquires a
2156 better clock later, we can "fix" older entry timestamps on display, by
2157 calculating backwards. We cannot use CLOCK_MONOTONIC for this, since it does
2158 not account for suspend phases. This would then also enable us to correct the
2159 kmsg timestamping we consume (where we erroneously assume the clock was in
2160 CLOCK_MONOTONIC, but it actually is CLOCK_BOOTTIME as per kernel).
2161
2162 * in journald, write out a recognizable log record whenever the system clock is
2163 changed ("stepped"), and in timesyncd whenever we acquire an NTP fix
2164 ("slewing"). Then, in journalctl for each boot time we come across, find
2165 these records, and use the structured info they include to display
2166 "corrected" wallclock time, as calculated from the monotonic timestamp in the
2167 log record, adjusted by the delta declared in the structured log record.
2168
2169 * in journald: whenever we start a new journal file because the boot ID
2170 changed, let's generate a recognizable log record containing info about old
2171 and new ID. Then, when displaying log stream in journalctl look for these
2172 records, to be able to order them.
2173
2174 * journald: generate recognizable log events whenever we shutdown journald
2175 cleanly, and when we migrate run → var. This way tools can verify that a
2176 previous boot terminated cleanly, because either of these two messages must
2177 be safely written to disk, then.
2178
2179 * hook up journald with TPMs? measure new journal records to the TPM in regular
2180 intervals, validate the journal against current TPM state with that. (taking
2181 inspiration from IMA log)
2182
2183 * sd-journal puts a limit on parallel journal files to view at once. journald
2184 should probably honour that same limit (JOURNAL_FILES_MAX) when vacuuming to
2185 ensure we never generate more files than we can actually view.
2186
2187 * maybe add a tool that displays most recent journal logs as QR code to scan
2188 off screen and run it automatically on boot failures, emergency logs and
2189 such. Use DRM APIs directly, see
2190 https://github.com/dvdhrm/docs/blob/master/drm-howto/modeset.c for an example
2191 for doing that.
2192
2193 * maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
2194 log.c and sd-journal-send
2195
2196 * journalctl/timesyncd: whenever timesyncd acquires a synchronization from NTP,
2197 create a structured log entry that contains boot ID, monotonic clock and
2198 realtime clock (I mean, this requires no special work, as these three fields
2199 are implicit). Then in journalctl when attempting to display the realtime
2200 timestamp of a log entry, first search for the closest later log entry
2201 of this kinda that has a matching boot id, and convert the monotonic clock
2202 timestamp of the entry to the realtime clock using this info. This way we can
2203 retroactively correct the wallclock timestamps, in particular for systems
2204 without RTC, i.e. where initially wallclock timestamps carry rubbish, until
2205 an NTP sync is acquired.
2206
2207 * introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
2208
2209 * journald: do journal file writing out-of-process, with one writer process per
2210 client UID, so that synthetic hash table collisions can slow down a specific
2211 user's journal stream down but not the others.
2212
2213 * tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
2214 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
2215 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
2216 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
2217 cgroup.
2218
2219 * maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
2220 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
2221 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
2222 logging.
2223
2224 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
2225
2226 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
2227 from the SIGBUS handler
2228
2229 * add a test if all entries in the catalog are properly formatted.
2230 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
2231 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
2232 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
2233
2234 * build short web pages out of each catalog entry, build them along with man
2235 pages, and include hyperlinks to them in the journal output
2236
2237 * homed:
2238 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
2239 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
2240 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
2241 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
2242 - create on activate?
2243 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
2244 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
2245 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
2246 systemd --user is shut down.
2247 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
2248 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk
2249 images (and btrfs snapshots of subvolumes) (think: time machine)
2250 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
2251 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
2252 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
2253 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
2254 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
2255 - query password from kernel keyring first
2256 - update even if record is "absent"
2257 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
2258 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
2259 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
2260 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
2261 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
2262 - when homed is in use, maybe start the user session manager in a mount namespace with MS_SLAVE,
2263 so that mounts propagate down but not up - eg, user A setting up a backup volume
2264 doesn't mean user B sees it
2265 - use credentials logic/TPM2 logic to store homed signing key
2266 - permit multiple user record signing keys to be used locally, and pick
2267 the right one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing
2268 signature
2269 - add a way to "adopt" a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
2270 and insert a local signature instead.
2271 - as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
2272 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
2273 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
2274 though: if no one is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
2275 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
2276 - support new FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl for setting up fscrypt
2277 - maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
2278 easily?
2279 - add a switch to homectl (maybe called --first-boot) where it will check if
2280 any non-system users exist, and if not prompts interactively for basic user
2281 info, mimicking systemd-firstboot. Then, place this in a service that runs
2282 after systemd-homed, but before gdm and friends, as a simple, barebones
2283 fallback logic to get a regular user created on uninitialized systems.
2284 - store PKCS#11 + FIDO2 token info in LUKS2 header, compatible with
2285 systemd-cryptsetup, so that it can unlock homed volumes
2286 - maybe make all *.home files owned by `systemd-home` user or so, so that we
2287 can easily set overall quota for all users
2288 - on login, if we can't fallocate initially, but rebalance is on, then allow
2289 login in discard mode, then immediately rebalance, then turn off discard
2290 - extend user records with optional "bulk" data. Specifically, a user
2291 avatar/photo or so. This data should be stored along with the user record,
2292 but probably shouldn't be part of the record itself, since it might be
2293 large.
2294
2295 * add a new switch --auto-definitions=yes/no or so to systemd-repart. If
2296 specified, synthesize a definition automatically if we can: enlarge last
2297 partition on disk, but only if it is marked for growing and not read-only.
2298
2299 * systemd-repart: read LUKS encryption key from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY
2300
2301 * systemd-repart: add a switch to factory reset the partition table without
2302 immediately applying the new configuration again. i.e. --factory-reset=leave
2303 or so. (this is useful to factory reset an image, then putting it into
2304 another machine, ensuring that luks key is generated on new machine, not old)
2305
2306 * systemd-repart: support setting up dm-integrity with HMAC
2307
2308 * systemd-repart: maybe remove half-initialized image on failure. It fails
2309 if the output file exists, so a repeated invocation will usually fail if
2310 something goes wrong on the way.
2311
2312 * systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
2313 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
2314 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
2315 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
2316
2317 * systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
2318 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
2319 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
2320 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
2321 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
2322 automatically.
2323
2324 * systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
2325 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
2326
2327 * systemd-repart: allow boolean option that ensures that if existing partition
2328 doesn't exist within the configured size bounds the whole command fails. This
2329 is useful to implement ESP vs. XBOOTLDR schemes in installers: have one set
2330 of repart files for the case where ESP is large enough and one where it isn't
2331 and XBOOTLDR is added in instead. Then apply the former first, and if it
2332 fails to apply use the latter.
2333
2334 * systemd-repart: add per-partition option to never reuse existing partition
2335 and always create anew even if matching partition already exists.
2336
2337 * systemd-repart: add per-partition option to fail if partition already exist,
2338 i.e. is not added new. Similar, add option to fail if partition does not exist yet.
2339
2340 * systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
2341 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
2342 Also add option to disable operation via kernel command line.
2343
2344 * systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
2345 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
2346
2347 * systemd-repart: add support for SD_GPT_FLAG_GROWFS also on real systems, i.e.
2348 generate some unit to actually enlarge the fs after growing the partition
2349 during boot.
2350
2351 * systemd-repart: do not print "Successfully resized …" when no change was done.
2352
2353 * document:
2354 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
2355 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
2356 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
2357 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
2358 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
2359 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
2360 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
2361 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
2362 - man: add more examples to man pages,
2363 - in particular an example how to do the equivalent of switching runlevels
2364 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
2365 - document root=gpt-auto properly
2366
2367 * systemctl:
2368 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
2369 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
2370 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
2371 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
2372 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
2373 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
2374 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
2375 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
2376 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
2377 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
2378
2379 * introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
2380 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
2381 it should skip the variant type string though.
2382
2383 * Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
2384 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
2385 the slices, and the units attached to them.
2386
2387 * add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
2388 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
2389 wait to retrieve their exit data.
2390
2391 * show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
2392 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
2393
2394 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
2395 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
2396 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
2397 do, for example)
2398
2399 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
2400 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
2401 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
2402 returning from the "systemctl stop".
2403
2404 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
2405
2406 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
2407
2408 * unit install:
2409 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
2410 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
2411
2412 * nspawn:
2413 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
2414 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
2415 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
2416 from the kernel's logs.
2417 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
2418 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
2419 interface be missing
2420 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
2421 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
2422 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
2423 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
2424 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
2425 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
2426 PID 1...
2427 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
2428 running, remove them when shut down.
2429 - add support for sysext extensions, too. i.e. a new --extension= switch that
2430 takes one or more arguments, and applies the extensions already during
2431 startup.
2432 - when main nspawn supervisor process gets suspended due to SIGSTOP/SIGTTOU
2433 or so, freeze the payload too.
2434 - support time namespaces
2435 - on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events, so
2436 that we make cgroup agent logic safe
2437 - add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as fallback in
2438 "machinectl shell"
2439 - make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a hangup
2440 when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait for
2441 hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
2442 - greater control over selinux label?
2443 - support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
2444 - maybe allow TPM passthrough, backed by swtpm, and measure --image= hash
2445 into its PCR 11, so that nspawn instances can be TPM enabled, and partake
2446 in measurements/remote attestation and such. swtpm would run outside of
2447 control of container, and ideally would itself bind its encryption keys to
2448 host TPM.
2449 - make boot assessment do something sensible in a container. i.e send an
2450 sd_notify() from payload to container manager once boot-up is completed
2451 successfully, and use that in nspawn for dealing with boot counting,
2452 implemented in the partition table labels and directory names.
2453 - optionally set up nftables/iptables routes that forward UDP/TCP traffic on
2454 port 53 to resolved stub 127.0.0.54
2455 - maybe optionally insert .nspawn file as GPT partition into images, so that
2456 such container images are entirely stand-alone and can be updated as one.
2457 - The subreaper logic we currently have seems overly complex. We should
2458 investigate whether creating the inner child with CLONE_PARENT isn't better.
2459 - Reduce the number of sockets that are currently in use and just rely on one
2460 or two sockets.
2461 - Support running nspawn as an unprivileged user.
2462
2463 * machined: add API to acquire UID range. add API to mount/dissect loopback
2464 file. Both protected by PK. Then make nspawn use these APIs to run
2465 unprivileged containers. i.e. push the truly privileged bits into machined,
2466 so that the client side can remain entirely unprivileged, with SUID or
2467 anything like that.
2468
2469 * machined:
2470 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
2471 removed or added to an existing machine
2472 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
2473 difference host, via ssh
2474 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
2475 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
2476 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
2477 question
2478 - "machinectl history"
2479 - "machinectl diff"
2480 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
2481 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
2482
2483 * udev:
2484 - move to LGPL
2485 - kill scsi_id
2486 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
2487 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
2488 - re-enable ProtectClock= once only cgroupsv2 is supported.
2489 See f562abe2963bad241d34e0b308e48cf114672c84.
2490
2491 * coredump:
2492 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
2493 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
2494 - add examples for other distros in ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA
2495
2496 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
2497
2498 * tmpfiles:
2499 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
2500 - allow time-based cleanup in r and R too
2501 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
2502 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
2503 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
2504 calls follow symlinks.
2505 - add --test mode
2506 - teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
2507 project quota
2508 - teach tmpfiles.d m/M to move / atomic move + symlink old -> new
2509 - add new line type for setting btrfs subvolume attributes (i.e. rw/ro)
2510 - tmpfiles: add new line type for setting fcaps
2511
2512 * udev-link-config:
2513 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
2514 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
2515 on Path= matching
2516
2517 * sd-rtnl:
2518 - add support for more attribute types
2519 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
2520
2521 * networkd:
2522 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
2523 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
2524 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
2525 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
2526 - work with non-Ethernet devices
2527 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
2528 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
2529 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
2530 - expose in the API the following bits:
2531 - option 15, domain name
2532 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
2533 - option 123, 144, geolocation
2534 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
2535 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
2536 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
2537 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
2538 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
2539 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
2540
2541 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
2542
2543 * Figure out how to do unittests of networkd's state serialization
2544
2545 * dhcp:
2546 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
2547
2548 * dhcp6:
2549 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
2550 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
2551 - write more test cases
2552 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
2553 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
2554 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
2555 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
2556 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
2557 or interface down
2558 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
2559 this behavior
2560 - RouteTable= ?
2561
2562 * shared/wall: Once more programs are taught to prefer sd-login over utmp,
2563 switch the default wall implementation to wall_logind
2564 (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/29051#issuecomment-1704917074)