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1 Bugfixes:
2
3 * Many manager configuration settings that are only applicable to user
4 manager or system manager can be always set. It would be better to reject
5 them when parsing config.
6
7 * Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user@1000.service has alias user@.service.
8 Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user@6.service has alias user@.service.
9 Jun 01 09:43:02 krowka systemd[1]: Unit user-runtime-dir@6.service has alias user-runtime-dir@.service.
10
11 External:
12
13 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
14
15 * dbus:
16 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
17 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
18
19 * fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
20
21 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
22
23 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
24
25 * zsh shell completion:
26 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
27 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
28 - systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=
29
30 * systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
31 * If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
32 after being started.
33
34 * write blog stories about:
35 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
36 - enabling dbus services
37 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
38 - remote access
39 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
40 - auto-restart
41 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
42 - the journal HTTP iface
43 - non-cgroup resource management
44 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
45 - refreshed, longer missions statement
46 - calendar time events
47 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
48 - how to create your own target
49 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
50 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/early boot
51
52 Regularly:
53
54 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
55
56 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
57
58 * pahole
59
60 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
61
62 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
63
64 Janitorial Clean-ups:
65
66 * rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
67 semantics, like we do for device.c now
68
69 * Replace our fstype_is_network() with a call to libmount's mnt_fstype_is_netfs()?
70 Having two lists is not nice, but maybe it's now worth making a dependency on
71 libmount for something so trivial.
72
73 * drop set_free_free() and switch things over from string_hash_ops to
74 string_hash_ops_free everywhere, so that destruction is implicit rather than
75 explicit. Similar, for other special hashmap/set/ordered_hashmap destructors.
76
77 * generators sometimes apply C escaping and sometimes specifier escaping to
78 paths and similar strings they write out. Sometimes both. We should clean
79 this up, and should probably always apply both, i.e. introduce
80 unit_file_escape() or so, which applies both.
81
82 * xopenat() should pin the parent dir of the inode it creates before doing its
83 thing, so that it can create, open, label somewhat atomically.
84
85 * use CHASE_MUST_BE_DIRECTORY and CHASE_MUST_BE_REGULAR at more places (the
86 majority of places that currently employ chase() probably should use this)
87
88 Deprecations and removals:
89
90 * Remove any support for booting without /usr pre-mounted in the initrd entirely.
91 Update INITRD_INTERFACE.md accordingly.
92
93 * remove cgroups v1 support EOY 2023. As per
94 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2022-July/048120.html
95 and then rework cgroupsv2 support around fds, i.e. keep one fd per active
96 unit around, and always operate on that, instead of cgroup fs paths.
97
98 * drop support for getrandom()-less kernels. (GRND_INSECURE means once kernel
99 5.6 becomes our baseline). See
100 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24101#issuecomment-1193966468 for
101 details. Maybe before that: at taint-flags/warn about kernels that lack
102 getrandom()/environments where it is blocked.
103
104 * drop support for LOOP_CONFIGURE-less loopback block devices, once kernel
105 baseline is 5.8.
106
107 * drop fd_is_mount_point() fallback mess once we can rely on
108 STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT to exist i.e. kernel baseline 5.8
109
110 * Once baseline is 5.10, remove support or MS_NOSYMFOLLOW-less kernels
111
112 * Remove /dev/mem ACPI FPDT parsing when /sys/firmware/acpi/fpdt is ubiquitous.
113 That requires distros to enable CONFIG_ACPI_FPDT, and have kernels v5.12 for
114 x86 and v6.2 for arm.
115
116 * In v260: remove support for deprecated FactoryReset EFI variable in
117 systemd-repart, replaced by FactoryResetRequest.
118
119 * Consider removing root=gpt-auto, and push people to use root=dissect instead.
120
121 * Once
122 https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/508fb0e7ac103b68531a59db2a4473897853ab52
123 has hit the prominent distributions, revert --issue-file= hack in units/*getty*service.in
124
125 * Once kernel baseline is 5.7, obsolete DefaultMemoryMin/Low= and DefaultStartupMemoryLow=
126 since we can systematically enable memory_recursiveprot on cgroupfs and have those
127 enforced by the kernel
128
129 Features:
130
131 * Split vconsole-setup in two, of which the second is started via udev (instead
132 of the "restart" job it currently fires). That way, boot becomes purely
133 positive again, and we can nicely order the two against each other.
134
135 * Add ELF section to make systemd main binary recognizable cleanly, the same
136 way as we make sd-boot recognizable via PE section.
137
138 * Add knob to cryptsetup, to trigger automatic reboot on failure to unlock
139 disk. Enable this by default for rootfs, also in gpt-auto-generator
140
141 * Add RebootUptimeMinSec= knob to PID 1, that makes systemd-shutdown sleep
142 until the specified uptime has passed, to lengthen tight boot loops.
143
144 * replace bootctl's PE version check to actually use APIs from pe-binary.[ch]
145 to find binary version.
146
147 * replace symlink_label(), mknodat_label(), btrfs_subvol_make_label(),
148 mkdir_label() and related calls by flags-based calls that use
149 label_ops_pre()/label_ops_post().
150
151 * maybe reconsider whether virtualization consoles (hvc1) are considered local
152 or remote. i.e. are they more like an ssh login, or more like a /dev/tty1
153 login? Lennart used to believe the former, but maybe the latter is more
154 appropriate? This has effect on polkit interactivity, since it would mean
155 questions via hvc0 would suddenly use the local polkit property. But this
156 also raises the question whether such sessions shall be considered active or
157 not
158
159 * automatically reset specific EFI vars on factory reset (make this generic
160 enough so that infrac can be used to erase shim's mok vars?)
161
162 * similar: add a plugin for factory reset logic that erases certain parts of
163 the ESP, but leaves others in place.
164
165 * systemd-repart: add --defer-partitions-factory-reset or so, as a flavour of
166 --defer-partitions= that picks all partitions that are marked for factory
167 reset. for an installer this is usually the partitions not to copy, too.
168
169 * flush_fd() should probably try to be smart and stop reading once we know that
170 all further queued data was enqueued after flush_fd() was originally
171 called. For that, try SIOCINQ if fd refers to stream socket, and look at
172 timestamps for datagram sockets.
173
174 * Similar flush_accept() should look at sockdiag queued sockets count and exit
175 once we flushed out the specified number of connections.
176
177 * maybe introduce a new per-unit drop-in directory .confext.d/ that may contain
178 symlinks to confext images to enable for the unit.
179
180 * nspawn: map foreign UID range through 1:1
181
182 * replace all uses of fopen_temporary() by fopen_tmpfile_linkable() +
183 flink_tmpfile() and then get rid of fopen_temporary(). Benefit: use O_TMPFILE
184 pervasively, and avoid rename() wherever we can.
185
186 * loginctl: show argv[] of "leader" process in tabular list-sessions output
187
188 * loginctl: show "service identifier" in tabular list-sessions output, to make
189 run0 sessions easily visible.
190
191 * run0: maybe enable utmp for run0 sessions, so that they are easily visible.
192
193 * maybe beef up sd-event: optionally, allow sd-event to query the timestamp of
194 next pending datagram inside a SOCK_DGRAM IO fd, and order event source
195 dispatching by that. Enable this on the native + syslog sockets in journald,
196 so that we add correct ordering between the two. Use MSG_PEEK + SCM_TIMESTAMP
197 for this.
198
199 * maybe replace nss-machines with logic in networkd that registers records with
200 systemd-resolved, based on DHCP leases, so that we gain compat with VMs.
201 Implementation idea: encode in an ifaltname the intended local name to expose this
202 under and then parse that out and map it to the combined A/AAAA of all handed
203 out leases.
204
205 * bsod: add target "bsod.target" or so, which invokes systemd-bsod.target and
206 waits and then reboots. Then use OnFailure=bsod.target from various jobs that
207 should result in system reboots, such as TPM tamper detection cases.
208
209 * honour validatefs xattrs in dissect-image.c too
210
211 * pcrextend: maybe add option to disable measurements entirely via kernel cmdline
212
213 * tpm2-setup: reboot if we detect SRK changed
214
215 * validatefs: validate more things: check if image id + os id of initrd match
216 target mount, so that we refuse early any attempts to boot into different
217 images with the wrong kernels. check min/max kernel version too. all encoded
218 via xattrs in the target fs.
219
220 * pcrextend: when we fail to measure, reboot the system (at least optionally).
221 important because certain measurements are supposed to "destroy" tpm object
222 access.
223
224 * pcrextend: after measuring get an immediate quote from the TPM, and validate
225 it. if it doesn't check out, i.e. the measurement we made doesn't appear in
226 the PCR then also reboot.
227
228 * cryptsetup: add boolean for disabling use of any password/recovery key slots.
229 (i.e. that we can operate in a tpm-only mode, and thus protect us from rogue
230 root disks)
231
232 * complete varlink introspection comments:
233 - io.systemd.BootControl
234 - io.systemd.Hostname
235 - io.systemd.ManagedOOM
236 - io.systemd.Network
237 - io.systemd.PCRExtend
238 - io.systemd.PCRLock
239 - io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor
240 - io.systemd.Resolve
241 - io.systemd.oom
242 - io.systemd.sysext
243
244 * maybe define a /etc/machine-info field for the ANSI color to associate with a
245 hostname. Then use it for the shell prompt to highlight the hostname. If no
246 color is explicitly set, hash a color automatically from the hostname as a
247 fallback, in a reasonable way. Take inspiration from the ANSI_COLOR= field
248 that already exists in /etc/os-release, i.e. use the same field name and
249 syntax. When hashing the color, use the hsv_to_rgb() helper we already have,
250 fixate S and V to something reasonable and constant, and derive the H from
251 the hostname. Ultimate goal with this: give people a visual hint about the
252 system they are on if the have many to deal with, by giving each a color
253 identity. This code should be placed in hostnamed, so that clients can query
254 the color via varlink or dbus.
255
256 * unify how blockdev_get_root() and sysupdate find the default root block device
257
258 * Maybe rename pkcs7 and public verbs of systemd-keyutil to be more verb like.
259
260 * maybe extend the capsule concept to the per-user instance too: invokes a
261 systemd --user instance with a subdir of $HOME as $HOME, and a subdir of
262 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR as $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.
263
264 * add "homectl export" and "homectl import" that gets you an "atomic" snapshot
265 of your homedir, i.e. either a tarball or a snapshot of the underlying disk
266 (use FREEZE/THAW to make it consistent, btrfs snapshots)
267
268 * maybe introduce a new partition that we can store debug logs and similar at
269 the very last moment of shutdown. idea would be to store reference to block
270 device (major + minor + partition id + diskeq?) in /run somewhere, than use
271 that from systemd-shutdown, just write a raw JSON blob into the partition.
272 Include timestamp, boot id and such, plus kmsg. on next boot immediately
273 import into journal. maybe use timestamp for making clock more monotonic.
274 also use this to detect unclean shutdowns, boot into special target if
275 detected
276
277 * fix homed/homectl confusion around terminology, i.e. "home directory"
278 vs. "home" vs. "home area". Stick to one term for the concept, and it
279 probably shouldn't contain "area".
280
281 * sd-boot: do something useful if we find exactly zero entries (ignoring items
282 such as reboot/poweroff/factory reset). Show a help text or so.
283
284 * sd-boot: optionally ask for confirmation before executing certain operations
285 (e.g. factory resets, storagetm with world access, and so on)
286
287 * add field to bls type 1 and type 2 profiles that ensures an item is never
288 considered for automatic selection
289
290 * add "conditions" for bls type 1 and type 2 profiles that allow suppressing
291 them under various conditions: 1. if tpm2 is available or not available;
292 2. if sb is on or off; 3. if we are netbooted or not; …
293
294 * logind: invoke a service manager for "area" logins too. i.e. instantiate
295 user@.service also for logins where XDG_AREA is set, in per-area fashion, and
296 ref count it properly. Benefit: graphical logins should start working with
297 the area logic.
298
299 * repart: introduce concept of "ghost" partitions, that we setup in almost all
300 ways like other partitions, but do not actually register in the actual gpt
301 table, but only tell the kernel about via BLKPG ioctl. These partitions are
302 disk backed (hence can be large), but not persistent (as they are invisible
303 on next boot). Could be used by live media and similar, to boot up as usual
304 but automatically start at zero on each boot. There should also be a way to
305 make ghost partitions properly persistent on request.
306
307 * repart: introduce MigrateFileSystem= or so which is a bit like
308 CopyFiles=/CopyBlocks= but operates via btrfs device logic: adds target as
309 new device then removes source from btrfs. Usecase: a live medium which uses
310 "ghost" partitions as suggested above, which can become persistent on request
311 on another device.
312
313 * make nspawn containers, portable services and vmspawn VMs optionally survive
314 soft reboot wholesale.
315
316 * Turn systemd-networkd-wait-online into a small varlink service that people
317 can talk to and specify exactly what to wait for via a method call, and get a
318 response back once that level of "online" is reached.
319
320 * introduce a small "systemd-installer" tool or so, that glues
321 systemd-repart-as-installer and bootctl-install into one. Would just
322 interactively ask user for target disk (with completion and so on), and then do
323 two varlink calls to the the two tools with the right parameters. To support
324 "offline" operation, optionally invoke the two tools directly as child
325 processes with varlink communication over socketpair(). This all should be
326 useful as blueprint for graphical installers which should do the same.
327
328 * Make run0 forward various signals to the forked process so that sending
329 signals to a child process works roughly the same regardless of whether the
330 child process is spawned via run0 or not.
331
332 * write a document explaining how to write correct udev rules. Mention things
333 such as:
334 1. do not do lists of vid/pid matches, use hwdb for that
335 2. add|change action matches are typically wrong, should be != remove
336 3. use GOTO, make rules short
337 4. people shouldn't try to make rules file non-world-readable
338
339 * make killing more debuggable: when we kill a service do so setting the
340 .si_code field with a little bit of info. Specifically, we can set a
341 recognizable value to first of all indicate that it's systemd that did the
342 killing. Secondly, we can give a reason for the killing, i.e. OOM or so, and
343 also the phase we are in, and which process we think we are killing (i.e.
344 main vs control process, useful in case of sd_notify() MAINPID= debugging).
345 Net result: people who try to debug why their process gets killed should have
346 some minimal, nice metadata directly on the signal event.
347
348 * sd-boot/sd-stub: install a uefi "handle" to a sidecar dir of bls type #1
349 entries with an "uki" or "uki-url" stanza, and make sd-stub look for
350 that. That way we can parameterize type #1 entries nicely.
351
352 * add a system-wide seccomp filter list for syscalls, kill "acct()" "@obsolete"
353 and a few other legacy syscalls that way.
354
355 * maybe introduce "@icky" as a seccomp filter group, which contains acct() and
356 certain other syscalls that aren't quite obsolete, but certainly icky.
357
358 * revisit how we pass fs images and initrd to the kernel. take uefi http boot
359 ramdisks as inspiration: for any confext/sysext/initrd erofs/DDI image simply
360 generate a fake pmem region in the UEFI memory tables, that Linux then turns
361 into /dev/pmemX. Then turn of cpio-based initrd logic in linux kernel,
362 instead let kernel boot directly into /dev/pmem0. In order to allow our usual
363 cpio-based parameterization, teach PID 1 to just uncompress cpio ourselves
364 early on, from another pmem device. (Related to this, maybe introduce a new
365 PE section .ramdisk that just synthesizes pmem devices from arbitrary
366 blobs. Could be particularly useful in add-ons)
367
368 * also parse out primary GPT disk label uuid from gpt partition device path at
369 boot and pass it as efi var to OS.
370
371 * storagetm: maybe also serve the specified disk via HTTP? we have glue for
372 microhttpd anyway already. Idea would also be serve currently booted UKI as
373 separate HTTP resource, so that EFI http boot on another system could
374 directly boot from our system, with full access to the hdd.
375
376 * support specifying download hash sum in systemd-import-generator expression
377 to pin image/tarball.
378
379 * support boot into nvme-over-tcp: add generator that allows specifying nvme
380 devices on kernel cmdline + credentials. Also maybe add interactive mode
381 (where the user is prompted for nvme info), in order to boot from other
382 system's HDD.
383
384 * ptyfwd: use osc context information in vmspawn/nspawn/… to optionally only
385 listen to ^]]] key when no further vmspawn/nspawn context is allocated
386
387 * ptyfwd: usec osc context information to propagate status messages from
388 vmspawn/nspawn to service manager's "status" string, reporting what is
389 currently in the fg
390
391 * nspawn/vmspawn: define hotkey that one can hit on the primary interface to
392 ask for a friendly, acpi style shutdown.
393
394 * for better compat with major clouds: implement simple PTP device support in
395 timesyncd
396
397 * for better compat with major clouds: recognize clouds via hwdb on DMI device,
398 and add udev properties to it that help with handling IMDS, i.e. entrypoint
399 URL, which fields to find ip hostname, ssh key, …
400
401 * for better compat with major clouds: introduce imds mini client service that
402 sets up primary netif in a private netns (ipvlan?) to query imds without
403 affecting rest of the host. pick up literal credentials from there plus the
404 fields the hwdb reports for the other fields and turn them into credentials.
405 then write generator that used detected virtualization info and plugs this
406 service into the early boot, waiting for the DMI and network device to show
407 up.
408
409 * Add UKI profile conditioning so that profles are only available if secure
410 boot is turned off, or only on. similar, add conditions on TPM availability,
411 network boot, and other conditions.
412
413 * fix bug around run0 background color on ls in fresh terminal
414
415 * Reset TPM2 DA bit on each successful boot
416
417 * systemd-repart: add --installer or so, that will intractively ask for a
418 target disk, maybe ask for confirmation, and install something on disk. Then,
419 hook that into installer.target or so, so that it can be used to
420 install/replicate installs
421
422 * systemd-cryptenroll: add --firstboot or so, that will interactively ask user
423 whether recovery key shall be enrolled and do so
424
425 * bootctl: add tool for registering BootXXX entry that boots from some http
426 server of your choice (i.e. like kernel-bootcfg --add-uri=)
427
428 * maybe introduce container-shell@.service or so, to match
429 container-getty.service but skips authentication, so you get a shell prompt
430 directly. Usecase: wsl-like stuff (they have something pretty much like
431 that). Question: how to pick user for this. Instance parameter? somehow from
432 credential (would probably require some binary that converts credential to
433 User= parameter?
434
435 * systemd-firstboot: optionally install an ssh key for root for offline use.
436
437 * Allocate UIDs/GIDs automatically in userdbctl load-credentials if none are
438 included in the user/group record credentials
439
440 * introduce new ANSI sequence for communicating log level and structured error
441 metadata to terminals.
442
443 * in pid1: include ExecStart= cmdlines (and other Exec*= cmdlines) in polkit
444 request, so that policies can match against command lines.
445
446 * allow dynamic modifications of ConcurrencyHardMax= and ConcurrencySoftMax=
447 via DBus (and with that also by daemon-reload)
448
449 * importd: introduce a per-user instance, that downloads into per-user DDI dirs
450
451 * sysupdated: similar
452
453 * portabled: similar
454
455 * machined: implement a per-user instance, that manages per-user DDI dirs for
456 images. systemd-nspawn/systemd-vmspawn should probably register with both the
457 system and the user scoped machined instance. The former to get the machine
458 name registered as hostname, and the latter so that the image stuff is nicely
459 per-user managed.
460
461 * resolved: make resolved process DNR DHCP info
462
463 * maybe introduce an OSC sequence that signals when we ask for a password, so
464 that terminal emulators can maybe connect a password manager or so, and
465 highlight things specially.
466
467 * start using STATX_SUBVOL in btrfs_is_subvol(). Also, make use of it
468 generically, so that image discovery recognizes bcachefs subvols too.
469
470 * "systemd-export tar" should reuse the libarchive export code from systemd-dissect
471 --archive.
472
473 * "systemd-import tar" should be moved to libarchive
474
475 * foreign uid:
476 - add support to export-fs, import-fs, import-tar, export-tar
477 - add tool for deleting foreign UID held container images
478 - systemd-dissect should learn mappings, too, when doing mtree and such
479
480 * format-table: introduce new cell type for strings with ansi sequences in
481 them. display them in regular output mode (via strip_tab_ansi()), but
482 suppress them in json mode.
483
484 * resolved: report ttl in resolution replies if we know it. This data is useful
485 for tools such as wireguard which want to periodically re-resolve DNS names,
486 and might want to use the TTL has hint for that.
487
488 * journald: beef up ClientContext logic to store pidfd_id of peer, to validate
489 we really use the right cache entry
490
491 * journald: log client's pidfd id as a new automatic field _PIDFDID= or so.
492
493 * journald: split up ClientContext cache in two: one cache keyed by pid/pidfdid
494 with process information, and another one keyed by cgroup path/cgroupid with
495 cgroup information. This way if a service consisting of many logging
496 processes can take benefit of the cgroup caching.
497
498 * system lsmbpf policy that prohibits creating files owned by "nobody"
499 system-wide
500
501 * system lsmpbf policy that prohibits creating or opening device nodes outside
502 of devtmpfs/tmpfs, except if they are the pseudo-devices /dev/null,
503 /dev/zero, /dev/urandom and so on.
504
505 * system lsmbpf policy that enforces that block device backed mounts may only
506 be established on top of dm-crypt or dm-verity devices, or an allowlist of
507 file systems (which should probably include vfat, for compat with the ESP)
508
509 * $LISTEN_PID, $SYSTEMD_EXECPID env vars that the service manager sets should
510 be augmented with $LISTEN_PIDFDID, and $SYSTEMD_EXECPIDFD (and similar for
511 other env vars we might send).
512
513 * port copy.c over to use LabelOps for all labelling.
514
515 * port remaining getmntent() users over to libmount. There are subtle
516 differences in the parsers (see #25371 for example), and it hence makes sense
517 if we stick to one set of parsers on this, not mix both. Specifically:
518 systemd-fstab-generator, cryptsetup, remount-fs.
519
520 * get rid of compat with libidn.so.11 (retain only for libidn.so.12)
521
522 * get rid of compat with libbpf.so.0 (retainly only for libbpf.so.1)
523
524 * define a generic "report" varlink interface, which services can implement to
525 provide health/statistics data about themselves. then define a dir somewhere
526 in /run/ where components can bind such sockets. Then make journald, logind,
527 and pid1 itself implement this and expose various stats on things there. Then
528 issue parallel calls to these interfaces from the systemd-report tool,
529 combine into one json document, and include measurement logs and tpm
530 quote. tpm quote should protect the json doc via the nonce field
531 studd. Allow shipping this off elsewhere for analyze.
532
533 * The bind(AF_UNSPEC) construct (for resetting sockets to their initial state)
534 should be blocked in many cases because it punches holes in many sandboxes.
535
536 * find a nice way to opt-in into auto-masking SIGCHLD on first
537 sd_event_add_child(), and then get rid of many more explicit sigprocmask()
538 calls.
539
540 * introduce new structure Tpm2CombinedPolicy, that combines the various TPm2
541 policy bits into one structure, i.e. public key info, pcr masks, pcrlock
542 stuff, pin and so on. Then pass that around in tpm2_seal() and tpm2_unseal().
543
544 * look at nsresourced, mountfsd, homed, importd, and try to come up with a way
545 how the forked off worker processes can be moved into transient services with
546 sandboxing, without breaking notify socket stuff and so on.
547
548 * replace all \x1b, \x1B, \033 C string escape sequences in our codebase with a
549 more readable \e. It's a GNU extension, but a ton more readable than the
550 others, and most importantly it doesn't result in confusing errors if you
551 suffix the escape sequence with one more decimal digit, because compilers
552 think you might actually specify a value outside the 8bit range with that.
553
554 * confext/sysext: instead of mounting the overlayfs directly on /etc/ + /usr/,
555 insert an intermediary bind mount on itself there. This has the benefit that
556 services where mount propagation from the root fs is off, an still have
557 confext/sysext propagated in.
558
559 * generic interface for varlink for setting log level and stuff that all our daemons can implement
560
561 * maybe teach repart.d/ dropins a new setting MakeMountNodes= or so, which is
562 just like MakeDirectories=, but uses an access mode of 0000 and sets the +i
563 chattr bit. This is useful as protection against early uses of /var/ or /tmp/
564 before their contents is mounted.
565
566 * go through all uses of table_new() in our codebase, and make sure we support
567 all three of:
568 1. --no-legend properly
569 2. --json= properly
570 3. --no-pager properly
571
572 * go through all --help texts in our codebases, and make sure:
573 1. the one sentence description of the tool is highlighted via ANSI how we
574 usually do it
575 2. If more than one or two commands are supported (as opposed to switches),
576 separate commands + switches from each other, using underlined --help sections.
577 3. If there are many switches, consider adding additional --help sections.
578
579 * go through our codebase, and convert "vertical tables" (i.e. things such as
580 "systemctl status") to use table_new_vertical() for output
581
582 * pcrlock: add support for multi-profile UKIs
583
584 * initrd: when transitioning from initrd to host, validate that
585 /lib/modules/`uname -r` exists, refuse otherwise
586
587 * signed bpf loading: to address need for signature verification for bpf
588 programs when they are loaded, and given the bpf folks don't think this is
589 realistic in kernel space, maybe add small daemon that facilitates this
590 loading on request of clients, validates signatures and then loads the
591 programs. This daemon should be the only daemon with privs to do load BPF on
592 the system. It might be a good idea to run this daemon already in the initrd,
593 and leave it around during the initrd transition, to continue serve requests.
594 Should then live in its own fs namespace that inherits from the initrd's
595 fs tree, not from the host, to isolate it properly. Should set
596 PR_SET_DUMPABLE so that it cannot be ptraced from the host. Should have
597 CAP_SYS_BPF as only service around.
598
599 * add a mechanism we can drop capabilities from pid1 *before* transitioning
600 from initrd to host. i.e. before we transition into the slightly lower trust
601 domain that is the host systems we might want to get rid of some caps.
602 Example: CAP_SYS_BPF in the signed bpf loading logic above. (We already have
603 CapabilityBoundingSet= in system.conf, but that is enforced when pid 1
604 initializes, rather then when it transitions to the next.)
605
606 * maybe add a new standard slice where process that are started in the initrd
607 and stick around for the whole system runtime (i.e. root fs storage daemons,
608 the bpf loader daemon discussed above, and such) are placed. maybe
609 protected.slice or so? Then write docs that suggest that services like this
610 set Slice=protected.sice, RefuseManualStart=yes, RefuseManualStop=yes and a
611 couple of other things.
612
613 * rough proposed implementation design for remote attestation infra: add a tool
614 that generates a quote of local PCRs and NvPCRs, along with synchronous log
615 snapshot. use "audit session" logic for that, so that we get read-outs and
616 signature in one step. Then turn this into a JSON object. Use the "TCG TSS 2.0
617 JSON Data Types and Policy Language" format to encode the signature. And CEL
618 for the measurement log.
619
620 * creds: add a new cred format that reused the JSON structures we use in the
621 LUKS header, so that we get the various newer policies for free.
622
623 * systemd-analyze: port "pcrs" verb to talk directly to TPM device, instead of
624 using sysfs interface (well, or maybe not, as that would require privileges?)
625
626 * pcrextend/tpm2-util: add a concept of "rotation" to event log. i.e. allow
627 trailing parts of the logs if time or disk space limit is hit. Protect the
628 boot-time measurements however (i.e. up to some point where things are
629 settled), since we need those for pcrlock measurements and similar. When
630 deleting entries for rotation, place an event that declares how many items
631 have been dropped, and what the hash before and after that.
632
633 * measure information about all DDIs as we activate them to an NvPCR. We
634 probably should measure the dm-verity root hash from the kernel side, but
635 DDI meta info from userspace.
636
637 * use name_to_handle_at() with AT_HANDLE_FID instead of .st_ino (inode
638 number) for identifying inodes, for example in copy.c when finding hard
639 links, or loop-util.c for tracking backing files, and other places.
640
641 * cryptenroll/cryptsetup/homed: add unlock mechanism that combines tpm2 and
642 fido2, as well as tpm2 + ssh-agent, inspired by ChromeOS' logic: encrypt the
643 volume key with the TPM, with a policy that insists that a nonce is signed by
644 the fido2 device's key or ssh-agent key. Thus, add unlock/login time the TPM
645 generates a nonce, which is sent as a challenge to the fido2/ssh-agent, which
646 returns a signature which is handed to the tpm, which then reveals the volume
647 key to the PC.
648
649 * cryptenroll/cryptsetup/homed: similar to this, implement TOTP backed by TPM.
650
651 * expose the handoff timestamp fully via the D-Bus properties that contain
652 ExecStatus information
653
654 * properly serialize the ExecStatus data from all ExecCommand objects
655 associated with services, sockets, mounts and swaps. Currently, the data is
656 flushed out on reload, which is quite a limitation.
657
658 * Clean up "reboot argument" handling, i.e. set it through some IPC service
659 instead of directly via /run/, so that it can be sensible set remotely.
660
661 * systemd-tpm2-support: add a some logic that detects if system is in DA
662 lockout mode, and queries the user for TPM recovery PIN then.
663
664 * systemd-repart should probably enable btrfs' "temp_fsid" feature for all file
665 systems it creates, as we have no interest in RAID for repart, and it should
666 make sure that we can mount them trivially everywhere.
667
668 * systemd-nspawn should get the same SSH key support that vmspawn now has.
669
670 * move documentation about our common env vars (SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL,
671 SYSTEMD_PAGER, …) into a man page of its own, and just link it from our
672 various man pages that so far embed the whole list again and again, in an
673 attempt to reduce clutter and noise a bid.
674
675 * vmspawn switch default swtpm PCR bank to SHA384-only (away from SHA256), at
676 least on 64bit archs, simply because SHA384 is typically double the hashing
677 speed than SHA256 on 64bit archs (since based on 64bit words unlike SHA256
678 which uses 32bit words).
679
680 * In vmspawn/nspawn/machined wait for X_SYSTEMD_UNIT_ACTIVE=ssh-active.target
681 and X_SYSTEMD_SIGNALS_LEVEL=2 as indication whether/when SSH and the POSIX
682 signals are available. Similar for D-Bus (but just use sockets.target for
683 that). Report as property for the machine.
684
685 * teach nspawn/machined a new bus call/verb that gets you a
686 shell in containers that have no sensible pid1, via joining the container,
687 and invoking a shell directly. Then provide another new bus call/vern that is
688 somewhat automatic: if we detect that pid1 is running and fully booted up we
689 provide a proper login shell, otherwise just a joined shell. Then expose that
690 as primary way into the container.
691
692 * make vmspawn/nspawn/importd/machined a bit more usable in a WSL-like
693 fashion. i.e. teach unpriv systemd-vmspawn/systemd-nspawn a reasonable
694 --bind-user= behaviour that mounts the calling user through into the
695 machine. Then, ship importd with a small database of well known distro images
696 along with their pinned signature keys. Then add some minimal glue that binds
697 this together: downloads a suitable image if not done so yet, starts it in
698 the bg via vmspawn/nspawn if not done so yet and then requests a shell inside
699 it for the invoking user.
700
701 * add a new specifier to unit files that figures out the DDI the unit file is
702 from, tracing through overlayfs, DM, loopback block device.
703
704 * importd/importctl
705 - port tar handling to libarchive
706 - complete varlink interface
707 - download images into .v/ dirs
708
709 * in os-release define a field that can be initialized at build time from
710 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (maybe even under that name?). Would then be used to
711 initialize the timestamp logic of ConditionNeedsUpdate=.
712
713 * nspawn/vmspawn/pid1: add ability to easily insert fully booted VMs/FOSC into
714 shell pipelines, i.e. add easy to use switch that turns off console status
715 output, and generates the right credentials for systemd-run-generator so that
716 a program is invoked, and its output captured, with correct EOF handling and
717 exit code propagation
718
719 * Introduce a CGroupRef structure, inspired by PidRef. Should contain cgroup
720 path, cgroup id, and cgroup fd. Use it to continuously pin all v2 cgroups via
721 a cgroup_ref field in the CGroupRuntime structure. Eventually switch things
722 over to do all cgroupfs access only via that structure's fd.
723
724 * Get rid of the symlinks in /run/systemd/units/* and exclusively use cgroupfs
725 xattrs to convey info about invocation ids, logging settings and so on.
726 support for cgroupfs xattrs in the "trusted." namespace was added in linux
727 3.7, i.e. which we don't pretend to support anymore.
728
729 * rewrite bpf-devices in libbpf/C code, rather than home-grown BPF assembly, to
730 match bpf-restrict-fs, bpf-restrict-ifaces, bpf-socket-bind
731
732 * ditto: rewrite bpf-firewall in libbpf/C code
733
734 * credentials: if we ever acquire a secure way to derive cgroup id of socket
735 peers (i.e. SO_PEERCGROUPID), then extend the "scoped" credential logic to
736 allow cgroup-scoped (i.e. app or service scoped) credentials. Then, as next
737 step use this to implement per-app/per-service encrypted directories, where
738 we set up fscrypt on the StateDirectory= with a randomized key which is
739 stored as xattr on the directory, encrypted as a credential.
740
741 * credentials: optionally include a per-user secret in scoped user-credential
742 encryption keys. should come from homed in some way, derived from the luks
743 volume key or fscrypt directory key.
744
745 * credentials: add a flag to the scoped credentials that if set require PK
746 reauthentication when unlocking a secret.
747
748 * extend the smbios11 logic for passing credentials so that instead of passing
749 the credential data literally it can also just reference an AF_VSOCK CID/port
750 to read them from. This way the data doesn't remain in the SMBIOS blob during
751 runtime, but only in the credentials fs.
752
753 * machined: optionally track nspawn unix-export/ runtime for each machined, and
754 then update systemd-ssh-proxy so that it can connect to that.
755
756 * introduce mntid_t, and make it 64bit, as apparently the kernel switched to
757 64bit mount ids
758
759 * mountfsd/nsresourced
760 - userdb: maybe allow callers to map one uid to their own uid
761 - bpflsm: allow writes if resulting UID on disk would be userns' owner UID
762 - make encrypted DDIs work (password…)
763 - add API for creating a new file system from scratch (together with some
764 dm-integrity/HMAC key). Should probably work using systemd-repart (access
765 via varlink).
766 - add api to make an existing file "trusted" via dm-integry/HMAC key
767 - port: portabled
768 - port: tmpfiles, sysusers and similar
769 - lets see if we can make runtime bind mounts into unpriv nspawn work
770
771 * add a kernel cmdline switch (and cred?) for marking a system to be
772 "headless", in which case we never open /dev/console for reading, only for
773 writing. This would then mean: systemd-firstboot would process creds but not
774 ask interactively, getty would not be started and so on.
775
776 * cryptsetup: new crypttab option to auto-grow a luks device to its backing
777 partition size. new crypttab option to reencrypt a luks device with a new
778 volume key.
779
780 * we probably should have some infrastructure to acquire sysexts with
781 drivers/firmware for local hardware automatically. Idea: reuse the modalias
782 logic of the kernel for this: make the main OS image install a hwdb file
783 that matches against local modalias strings, and adds properties to relevant
784 devices listing names of sysexts needed to support the hw. Then provide some
785 tool that goes through all devices and tries to acquire/download the
786 specified images.
787
788 * repart + cryptsetup: support file systems that are encrypted and use verity
789 on top. Usecase: confexts that shall be signed by the admin but also be
790 confidential. Then, add a new --make-ddi=confext-encrypted for this.
791
792 * tmpfiles: add new line type for moving files from some source dir to some
793 target dir. then use that to move sysexts/confexts and stuff from initrd
794 tmpfs to /run/, so that host can pick things up.
795
796 * tiny varlink service that takes a fd passed in and serves it via http. Then
797 make use of that in networkd, and expose some EFI binary of choice for
798 DHCP/HTTP base EFI boot.
799
800 * bootctl: add reboot-to-disk which takes a block device name, and
801 automatically sets things up so that system reboots into that device next.
802
803 * maybe: in PID1, when we detect we run in an initrd, make superblock read-only
804 early on, but provide opt-out via kernel cmdline.
805
806 * systemd-pcrextend:
807 - support measuring to nvindex with PCR update semantics ("fake PCRs")
808 - add api for "allocating" such an nvindex
809 - once we have that start measuring every sysext we apply, every confext,
810 every RootImage= we apply, every nspawn and so on. All in separate fake
811 PCRs.
812
813 * vmspawn:
814 - --ephemeral support
815 - --read-only support
816 - automatically suspend/resume the VM if the host suspends. Use logind
817 suspend inhibitor to implement this. request clean suspend by generating
818 suspend key presses.
819 - support for "real" networking via "-n" and --network-bridge=
820 - translate SIGTERM to clean ACPI shutdown event
821 - implement hotkeys ^]^]r and ^]^]p like nspawn
822
823 * systemd-pcrmachine should probably also measure the SMBIOS system UUID.
824
825 * storagetm:
826 - add USB mass storage device logic, so that all local disks are also exposed
827 as mass storage devices on systems that have a USB controller that can
828 operate in device mode
829 - add NVMe authentication
830
831 * add support for activating nvme-oF devices at boot automatically via kernel
832 cmdline, and maybe even support a syntax such as
833 root=nvme:<trtype>:<traddr>:<trsvcid>:<nqn>:<partition> to boot directly from
834 nvme-oF
835
836 * pcrlock:
837 - add kernel-install plugin that automatically creates UKI .pcrlock file when
838 UKI is installed, and removes it when it is removed again
839 - automatically install PE measurement of sd-boot on "bootctl install"
840 - pre-calc sysext + kernel cmdline measurements
841 - pre-calc cryptsetup root key measurement
842 - maybe make systemd-repart generate .pcrlock for old and new GPT header in
843 /run?
844 - Add support for more than 8 branches per PCR OR
845 - add "systemd-pcrlock lock-kernel-current" or so which synthesizes .pcrlock
846 policy from currently booted kernel/event log, to close gap for first boot
847 for pre-built images
848
849 * in sd-boot and sd-stub measure the SMBIOS vendor strings to some PCR (at
850 least some subset of them that look like systemd stuff), because apparently
851 some firmware does not, but systemd honours it. avoid duplicate measurement
852 by sd-boot and sd-stub by adding LoaderFeatures/StubFeatures flag for this,
853 so that sd-stub can avoid it if sd-boot already did it.
854
855 * cryptsetup: a mechanism that allows signing a volume key with some key that
856 has to be present in the kernel keyring, or similar, to ensure that confext
857 DDIs can be encrypted against the local SRK but signed with the admin's key
858 and thus can authenticated locally before they are decrypted.
859
860 * image policy should be extended to allow dictating *how* a disk is unlocked,
861 i.e. root=encrypted-tpm2+encrypted-fido2 would mean "root fs must be
862 encrypted and unlocked via fido2 or tpm2, but not otherwise"
863
864 * systemd-repart: add support for formatting dm-crypt + dm-integrity file
865 systems.
866
867 * homed: use systemd-storagetm to expose home dirs via nvme-tcp. Then,
868 teach homed/pam_systemd_homed with a user name such as
869 lennart%nvme_tcp_192.168.100.77_8787 to log in from any linux host with the
870 same home dir. Similar maybe for nbd, iscsi? this should then first ask for
871 the local root pw, to authenticate that logging in like this is ok, and would
872 then be followed by another password prompt asking for the user's own
873 password. Also, do something similar for CIFS: if you log in via
874 lennart%cifs-someserver_someshare, then set up the homed dir for it
875 automatically. The PAM module should update the user name used for login to
876 the short version once it set up the user. Some care should be taken, so that
877 the long version can be still be resolved via NSS afterwards, to deal with
878 PAM clients that do not support PAM sessions where PAM_USER changes half-way.
879
880 * redefine /var/lib/extensions/ as the dir one can place all three of sysext,
881 confext as well is multi-modal DDIs that qualify as both. Then introduce
882 /var/lib/sysexts/ which can be used to place only DDIs that shall be used as
883 sysext
884
885 * Varlinkification of the following command line tools, to open them up to
886 other programs via IPC:
887 - bootctl
888 - journalctl (allowing journal read access via IPC)
889 - coredumpcl
890 - systemd-bless-boot
891 - systemd-measure
892 - systemd-cryptenroll (to allow UIs to enroll FIDO2 keys and such)
893 - systemd-dissect
894 - systemd-sysupdate
895 - systemd-analyze
896 - kernel-install
897 - systemd-mount (with PK so that desktop environments could use it to mount disks)
898
899 * enumerate virtiofs devices during boot-up in a generator, and synthesize
900 mounts for rootfs, /usr/, /home/, /srv/ and some others from it, depending on
901 the "tag". (waits for: https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/issues/128)
902
903 * automatically mount one virtiofs during early boot phase to /run/host/,
904 similar to how we do that for nspawn, based on some clear tag.
905
906 * add some service that makes an atomic snapshot of PCR state and event log up
907 to that point available, possibly even with quote by the TPM.
908
909 * encode type1 entries in some UKI section to add additional entries to the
910 menu.
911
912 * Add ACL-based access management to .socket units. i.e. add AllowPeerUser= +
913 AllowPeerGroup= that installs additional user/group ACL entries on AF_UNIX
914 sockets.
915
916 * systemd-tpm2-setup should support a mode where we refuse booting if the SRK
917 changed. (Must be opt-in, to not break systems which are supposed to be
918 migratable between PCs)
919
920 * when systemd-sysext learns mutable /usr/ (and systemd-confext mutable /etc/)
921 then allow them to store the result in a .v/ versioned subdir, for some basic
922 snapshot logic
923
924 * add a new PE binary section ".mokkeys" or so which sd-stub will insert into
925 Mok keyring, by overriding/extending whatever shim sets in the EFI
926 var. Benefit: we can extend the kernel module keyring at ukify time,
927 i.e. without recompiling the kernel, taking an upstream OS' kernel and adding
928 a local key to it.
929
930 * PidRef conversion work:
931 - cg_pid_get_xyz()
932 - pid_from_same_root_fs()
933 - get_ctty_devnr()
934 - actually wait for POLLIN on pidref's pidfd in service logic
935 - openpt_allocate_in_namespace()
936 - unit_attach_pid_to_cgroup_via_bus()
937 - cg_attach() – requires new kernel feature
938 - journald's process cache
939
940 * ddi must be listed as block device fstype
941
942 * measure some string via pcrphase whenever we end up booting into emergency
943 mode.
944
945 * similar, measure some string via pcrphase whenever we resume from hibernate
946
947 * homed: add a basic form of secrets management to homed, that stores
948 secrets in $HOME somewhere, is protected by the accounts own authentication
949 mechanisms. Should implement something PKCS#11-like that can be used to
950 implement emulated FIDO2 in unpriv userspace on top (which should happen
951 outside of homed), emulated PKCS11, and libsecrets support. Operate with a
952 2nd key derived from volume key of the user, with which to wrap all
953 keys. maintain keys in kernel keyring if possible.
954
955 * use sd-event ratelimit feature optionally for journal stream clients that log
956 too much
957
958 * systemd-mount should only consider modern file systems when mounting, similar
959 to systemd-dissect
960
961 * add another PE section ".fname" or so that encodes the intended filename for
962 PE file, and validate that when loading add-ons and similar before using
963 it. This is particularly relevant when we load multiple add-ons and want to
964 sort them to apply them in a define order. The order should not be under
965 control of the attacker.
966
967 * also include packaging metadata (á la
968 https://systemd.io/PACKAGE_METADATA_FOR_EXECUTABLE_FILES/) in our UEFI PE
969 binaries, using the same JSON format.
970
971 * make "bootctl install" + "bootctl update" useful for installing shim too. For
972 that introduce new dir /usr/lib/systemd/efi/extra/ which we copy mostly 1:1
973 into the ESP at install time. Then make the logic smart enough so that we
974 don't overwrite bootx64.efi with our own if the extra tree already contains
975 one. Also, follow symlinks when copying, so that shim rpm can symlink their
976 stuff into our dir (which is safe since the target ESP is generally VFAT and
977 thus does not have symlinks anyway). Later, teach the update logic to look at
978 the ELF package metadata (which we also should include in all PE files, see
979 above) for version info in all *.EFI files, and use it to only update if
980 newer.
981
982 * in sd-stub: optionally add support for a new PE section .keyring or so that
983 contains additional certificates to include in the Mok keyring, extending
984 what shim might have placed there. why? let's say I use "ukify" to build +
985 sign my own fedora-based UKIs, and only enroll my personal lennart key via
986 shim. Then, I want to include the fedora keyring in it, so that kmods work.
987 But I might not want to enroll the fedora key in shim, because this would
988 also mean that the key would be in effect whenever I boot an archlinux UKI
989 built the same way, signed with the same lennart key.
990
991 * resolved: take possession of some IPv6 ULA address (let's say
992 fd00:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353:5353), and listen on port 53 on it for the
993 local stubs, so that we can make the stub available via ipv6 too.
994
995 * Maybe add SwitchRootEx() as new bus call that takes env vars to set for new
996 PID 1 as argument. When adding SwitchRootEx() we should maybe also add a
997 flags param that allows disabling and enabling whether serialization is
998 requested during switch root.
999
1000 * introduce a .acpitable section for early ACPI table override
1001
1002 * add proper .osrel matching for PE addons. i.e. refuse applying an addon
1003 intended for a different OS. Take inspiration from how confext/sysext are
1004 matched against OS.
1005
1006 * figure out what to do about credentials sealed to PCRs in kexec + soft-reboot
1007 scenarios. Maybe insist sealing is done additionally against some keypair in
1008 the TPM to which access is updated on each boot, for the next, or so?
1009
1010 * logind: when logging in, always take an fd to the home dir, to keep the dir
1011 busy, so that autofs release can never happen. (this is generally a good
1012 idea, and specifically works around the fact the autofs ignores busy by mount
1013 namespaces)
1014
1015 * mount most file systems with a restrictive uidmap. e.g. mount /usr/ with a
1016 uidmap that blocks out anything outside 0…1000 (i.e. system users) and similar.
1017
1018 * mount the root fs with MS_NOSUID by default, and then mount /usr/ without
1019 both so that suid executables can only be placed there. Do this already in
1020 the initrd. If /usr/ is not split out create a bind mount automatically.
1021
1022 * fix our various hwdb lookup keys to end with ":" again. The original idea was
1023 that hwdb patterns can match arbitrary fields with expressions like
1024 "*:foobar:*", to wildcard match both the start and the end of the string.
1025 This only works safely for later extensions of the string if the strings
1026 always end in a colon. This requires updating our udev rules, as well as
1027 checking if the various hwdb files are fine with that.
1028
1029 * mount /tmp/ and /var/tmp with a uidmap applied that blocks out "nobody" user
1030 among other things such as dynamic uid ranges for containers and so on. That
1031 way no one can create files there with these uids and we enforce they are only
1032 used transiently, never persistently.
1033
1034 * rework loopback support in fstab: when "loop" option is used, then
1035 instantiate a new systemd-loop@.service for the source path, set the
1036 lo_file_name field for it to something recognizable derived from the fstab
1037 line, and then generate a mount unit for it using a udev generated symlink
1038 based on lo_file_name.
1039
1040 * teach systemd-nspawn the boot assessment logic: hook up vpick's try counters
1041 with success notifications from nspawn payloads. When this is enabled,
1042 automatically support reverting back to older OS version images if newer ones
1043 fail to boot.
1044
1045 * implement new "systemd-fsrebind" tool that works like gpt-auto-generator but
1046 looks at a root dir and then applies vpick on various dirs/images to pick a
1047 root tree, a /usr/ tree, a /home/, a /srv/, a /var/ tree and so on. Dirs
1048 could also be btrfs subvols (combine with btrfs auto-snapshort approach for
1049 creating versions like these automatically).
1050
1051 * remove tomoyo support, it's obsolete and unmaintained apparently
1052
1053 * In .socket units, add ConnectStream=, ConnectDatagram=,
1054 ConnectSequentialPacket= that create a socket, and then *connect to* rather than
1055 listen on some socket. Then, add a new setting WriteData= that takes some
1056 base64 data that systemd will write into the socket early on. This can then
1057 be used to create connections to arbitrary services and issue requests into
1058 them, as long as the data is static. This can then be combined with the
1059 aforementioned journald subscription varlink service, to enable
1060 activation-by-message id and similar.
1061
1062 * .service with invalid Sockets= starts successfully.
1063
1064 * landlock: lock down RuntimeDirectory= via landlock, so that services lose
1065 ability to write anywhere else below /run/. Similar for
1066 StateDirectory=. Benefit would be clear delegation via unit files: services
1067 get the directories they get, and nothing else even if they wanted to.
1068
1069 * landlock: for unprivileged systemd (i.e. systemd --user), use landlock to
1070 implement ProtectSystem=, ProtectHome= and so on. Landlock does not require
1071 privs, and we can implement pretty similar behaviour. Also, maybe add a mode
1072 where ProtectSystem= combined with an explicit PrivateMounts=no could request
1073 similar behaviour for system services, too.
1074
1075 * Add systemd-mount@.service which is instantiated for a block device and
1076 invokes systemd-mount and exits. This is then useful to use in
1077 ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS} in udev rules, and a bit prettier than using RUN+=
1078
1079 * udevd: extend memory pressure logic: also kill any idle worker processes
1080
1081 * udevadm: to make symlink querying with udevadm nicer:
1082 - do not enable the pager for queries like 'udevadm info -q symlink -r'
1083 - add mode with newlines instead of spaces (for grep)?
1084
1085 * SIGRTMIN+18 and memory pressure handling should still be added to: hostnamed,
1086 localed, oomd, timedated.
1087
1088 * repart/gpt-auto/DDIs: maybe introduce a concept of "extension" partitions,
1089 that have a new type uuid and can "extend" earlier partitions, to work around
1090 the fact that systemd-repart can only grow the last partition defined. During
1091 activation we'd simply set up a dm-linear mapping to merge them again. A
1092 partition that is to be extended would just set a bit in the partition flags
1093 field to indicate that there's another extension partition to look for. The
1094 identifying UUID of the extension partition would be hashed in counter mode
1095 from the uuid of the original partition it extends. Inspiration for this is
1096 the "dynamic partitions" concept of new Android. This would be a minimalistic
1097 concept of a volume manager, with the extents it manages being exposes as GPT
1098 partitions. I a partition is extended multiple times they should probably
1099 grow exponentially in size to ensure O(log(n)) time for finding them on
1100 access.
1101
1102 * Make nspawn to a frontend for systemd-executor, so that we have to ways into
1103 the executor: via unit files/dbus/varlink through PID1 and via cmdline/OCI
1104 through nspawn.
1105
1106 * sd-stub: detect if we are running with uefi console output on serial, and if so
1107 automatically add console= to kernel cmdline matching the same port.
1108
1109 * add a utility that can be used with the kernel's
1110 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH and then handles them within pid1 so that
1111 security, resource management and cgroup settings can be enforced properly
1112 for all umh processes.
1113
1114 * homed: when resizing an fs don't sync identity beforehand there might simply
1115 not be enough disk space for that. try to be defensive and sync only after
1116 resize.
1117
1118 * homed: if for some reason the partition ended up being much smaller than
1119 whole disk, recover from that, and grow it again.
1120
1121 * timesyncd: when saving/restoring clock try to take boot time into account.
1122 Specifically, along with the saved clock, store the current boot ID. When
1123 starting, check if the boot id matches. If so, don't do anything (we are on
1124 the same boot and clock just kept running anyway). If not, then read
1125 CLOCK_BOOTTIME (which started at boot), and add it to the saved clock
1126 timestamp, to compensate for the time we spent booting. If EFI timestamps are
1127 available, also include that in the calculation. With this we'll then only
1128 miss the time spent during shutdown after timesync stopped and before the
1129 system actually reset.
1130
1131 * systemd-stub: maybe store a "boot counter" in the ESP, and pass it down to
1132 userspace to allow ordering boots (for example in journalctl). The counter
1133 would be monotonically increased on every boot.
1134
1135 * pam_systemd_home: add module parameter to control whether to only accept
1136 only password or only pcks11/fido2 auth, and then use this to hook nicely
1137 into two of the three PAM stacks gdm provides.
1138 See discussion at https://github.com/authselect/authselect/pull/311
1139
1140 * maybe prohibit setuid() to the nobody user, to lock things down, via seccomp.
1141 the nobody is not a user any code should run under, ever, as that user would
1142 possibly get a lot of access to resources it really shouldn't be getting
1143 access to due to the userns + nfs semantics of the user. Alternatively: use
1144 the seccomp log action, and allow it.
1145
1146 * systemd-gpt-auto-generator: add kernel cmdline option to override block
1147 device to dissect. also support dissecting a regular file. useccase: include
1148 encrypted/verity root fs in UKI.
1149
1150 * sd-stub: add ".bootcfg" section for kernel bootconfig data (as per
1151 https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/bootconfig.html)
1152
1153 * tpm2: add (optional) support for generating a local signing key from PCR 15
1154 state. use private key part to sign PCR 7+14 policies. stash signatures for
1155 expected PCR7+14 policies in EFI var. use public key part in disk encryption.
1156 generate new sigs whenever db/dbx/mok/mokx gets updated. that way we can
1157 securely bind against SecureBoot/shim state, without having to renroll
1158 everything on each update (but we still have to generate one sig on each
1159 update, but that should be robust/idempotent). needs rollback protection, as
1160 usual.
1161
1162 * Lennart: big blog story about DDIs
1163
1164 * Lennart: big blog story about building initrds
1165
1166 * Lennart: big blog story about "why systemd-boot"
1167
1168 * bpf: see if we can use BPF to solve the syslog message cgroup source problem:
1169 one idea would be to patch source sockaddr of all AF_UNIX/SOCK_DGRAM to
1170 implicitly contain the source cgroup id. Another idea would be to patch
1171 sendto()/connect()/sendmsg() sockaddr on-the-fly to use a different target
1172 sockaddr.
1173
1174 * bpf: see if we can address opportunistic inode sharing of immutable fs images
1175 with BPF. i.e. if bpf gives us power to hook into openat() and return a
1176 different inode than is requested for which we however it has same contents
1177 then we can use that to implement opportunistic inode sharing among DDIs:
1178 make all DDIs ship xattr on all reg files with a SHA256 hash. Then, also
1179 dictate that DDIs should come with a top-level subdir where all reg files are
1180 linked into by their SHA256 sum. Then, whenever an inode is opened with the
1181 xattr set, check bpf table to find dirs with hashes for other prior DDIs and
1182 try to use inode from there.
1183
1184 * extend the verity signature partition to permit multiple signatures for the
1185 same root hash, so that people can sign a single image with multiple keys.
1186
1187 * consider adding a new partition type, just for /opt/ for usage in system
1188 extensions
1189
1190 * dissection policy should enforce that unlocking can only take place by
1191 certain means, i.e. only via pw, only via tpm2, or only via fido, or a
1192 combination thereof.
1193
1194 * make the systemd-repart "seed" value provisionable via credentials, so that
1195 confidential computing environments can set it and deterministically
1196 enforce the uuids for partitions created, so that they can calculate PCR 15
1197 ahead of time.
1198
1199 * systemd-repart: also derive the volume key from the seed value, for the
1200 aforementioned purpose.
1201
1202 * in the initrd: derive the default machine ID to pass to the host PID 1 via
1203 $machine_id from the same seed credential.
1204
1205 * Add systemd-sysupdate-initrd.service or so that runs systemd-sysupdate in the
1206 initrd to bootstrap the initrd to populate the initial partitions. Some things
1207 to figure out:
1208 - Should it run on firstboot or on every boot?
1209 - If run on every boot, should it use the sysupdate config from the host on
1210 subsequent boots?
1211
1212 * To mimic the new tpm2-measure-pcr= crypttab option add the same to veritytab
1213 (measuring the root hash) and integritytab (measuring the HMAC key if one is
1214 used)
1215
1216 * We should start measuring all services, containers, and system extensions we
1217 activate. probably into PCR 13. i.e. add --tpm2-measure-pcr= or so to
1218 systemd-nspawn, and MeasurePCR= to unit files. Should contain a measurement
1219 of the activated configuration and the image that is being activated (in case
1220 verity is used, hash of the root hash).
1221
1222 * bootspec: permit graceful "update" from type #2 to type #1. If both a type #1
1223 and a type #2 entry exist under otherwise the exact same name, then use the
1224 type #1 entry, and ignore the type #2 entry. This way, people can "upgrade"
1225 from the UKI with all parameters baked in to a Type #1 .conf file with manual
1226 parametrization, if needed. This matches our usual rule that admin config
1227 should win over vendor defaults.
1228
1229 * write a "search path" spec, that documents the prefixes to search in
1230 (i.e. the usual /etc/, /run/, /usr/lib/ dance, potentially /usr/etc/), how to
1231 sort found entries, how masking works and overriding.
1232
1233 * automatic boot assessment: add one more default success check that just waits
1234 for a bit after boot, and blesses the boot if the system stayed up that long.
1235
1236 * systemd-repart: add support for generating ISO9660 images
1237
1238 * systemd-repart: in addition to the existing "factory reset" mode (which
1239 simply empties existing partitions marked for that). add a mode where
1240 partitions marked for it are entirely removed. Use case: remove secondary OS
1241 copy, and redundant partitions entirely, and recreate them anew.
1242
1243 * systemd-boot: maybe add support for collapsing menu entries of the same OS
1244 into one item that can be opened (like in a "tree view" UI element) or
1245 collapsed. If only a single OS is installed, disable this mode, but if
1246 multiple OSes are installed might make sense to default to it, so that user
1247 is not immediately bombarded with a multitude of Linux kernel versions but
1248 only one for each OS.
1249
1250 * systemd-repart: if the GPT *disk* UUID (i.e. the one global for the entire
1251 disk) is set to all FFFFF then use this as trigger for factory reset, in
1252 addition to the existing mechanisms via EFI variables and kernel command
1253 line. Benefit: works also on non-EFI systems, and can be requested on one
1254 boot, for the next.
1255
1256 * systemd-sysupdate: make transport pluggable, so people can plug casync or
1257 similar behind it, instead of http.
1258
1259 * systemd-tmpfiles: add concept for conditionalizing lines on factory reset
1260 boot, or on first boot.
1261
1262 * we probably needs .pcrpkeyrd or so as additional PE section in UKIs,
1263 which contains a separate public key for PCR values that only apply in the
1264 initrd, i.e. in the boot phase "enter-initrd". Then, consumers in userspace
1265 can easily bind resources to just the initrd. Similar, maybe one more for
1266 "enter-initrd:leave-initrd" for resources that shall be accessible only
1267 before unprivileged user code is allowed. (we only need this for .pcrpkey,
1268 not for .pcrsig, since the latter is a list of signatures anyway). With that,
1269 when you enroll a LUKS volume or similar, pick either the .pcrkey (for
1270 coverage through all phases of the boot, but excluding shutdown), the
1271 .pcrpkeyrd (for coverage in the initrd only) and .pcrpkeybt (for coverage
1272 until users are allowed to log in).
1273
1274 * Once the root fs LUKS volume key is measured into PCR 15, default to binding
1275 credentials to PCR 15 in "systemd-creds"
1276
1277 * add support for asymmetric LUKS2 TPM based encryption. i.e. allow preparing
1278 an encrypted image on some host given a public key belonging to a specific
1279 other host, so that only hosts possessing the private key in the TPM2 chip
1280 can decrypt the volume key and activate the volume. Use case: systemd-confext
1281 for a central orchestrator to generate confext images securely that can only
1282 be activated on one specific host (which can be used for installing a bunch
1283 of creds in /etc/credstore/ for example). Extending on this: allow binding
1284 LUKS2 TPM based encryption also to the TPM2 internal clock. Net result:
1285 prepare a confext image that can only be activated on a specific host that
1286 runs a specific software in a specific time window. confext would be
1287 automatically invalidated outside of it.
1288
1289 * maybe add a "systemd-report" tool, that generates a TPM2-backed "report" of
1290 current system state, i.e. a combination of PCR information, local system
1291 time and TPM clock, running services, recent high-priority log
1292 messages/coredumps, system load/PSI, signed by the local TPM chip, to form an
1293 enhanced remote attestation quote. Use case: a simple orchestrator could use
1294 this: have the report tool upload these reports every 3min somewhere. Then
1295 have the orchestrator collect these reports centrally over a 3min time
1296 window, and use them to determine what which node should now start/stop what,
1297 and generate a small confext for each node, that uses Uphold= to pin services
1298 on each node. The confext would be encrypted using the asymmetric encryption
1299 proposed above, so that it can only be activated on the specific host, if the
1300 software is in a good state, and within a specific time frame. Then run a
1301 loop on each node that sends report to orchestrator and then sysupdate to
1302 update confext. Orchestrator would be stateless, i.e. operate on desired
1303 config and collected reports in the last 3min time window only, and thus can
1304 be trivially scaled up since all instances of the orchestrator should come to
1305 the same conclusions given the same inputs of reports/desired workload info.
1306 Could also be used to deliver Wireguard secrets and thus to clients, thus
1307 permitting zero-trust networking: secrets are rolled over via confext updates,
1308 and via the time window TPM logic invalidated if node doesn't keep itself
1309 updated, or becomes corrupted in some way.
1310
1311 * in the initrd, once the rootfs encryption key has been measured to PCR 15,
1312 derive default machine ID to use from it, and pass it to host PID 1.
1313
1314 * sd-boot: for each installed OS, grey out older entries (i.e. all but the
1315 newest), to indicate they are obsolete
1316
1317 * automatically propagate LUKS password credential into cryptsetup from host
1318 (i.e. SMBIOS type #11, …), so that one can unlock LUKS via VM hypervisor
1319 supplied password.
1320
1321 * add ability to path_is_valid() to classify paths that refer to a dir from
1322 those which may refer to anything, and use that in various places to filter
1323 early. i.e. stuff ending in "/", "/." and "/.." definitely refers to a
1324 directory, and paths ending that way can be refused early in many contexts.
1325
1326 * systemd-measure: add --pcrpkey-auto as an alternative to --pcrpkey=, where it
1327 would just use the same public key specified with --public-key= (or the one
1328 automatically derived from --private-key=).
1329
1330 * Add "purpose" flag to partition flags in discoverable partition spec that
1331 indicate if partition is intended for sysext, for portable service, for
1332 booting and so on. Then, when dissecting DDI allow specifying a purpose to
1333 use as additional search condition. Use case: images that combined a sysext
1334 partition with a portable service partition in one.
1335
1336 * On boot, auto-generate an asymmetric key pair from the TPM,
1337 and use it for validating DDIs and credentials. Maybe upload it to the kernel
1338 keyring, so that the kernel does this validation for us for verity and kernel
1339 modules
1340
1341 * lock down acceptable encrypted credentials at boot, via simple allowlist,
1342 maybe on kernel command line:
1343 systemd.import_encrypted_creds=foobar.waldo,tmpfiles.extra to protect locked
1344 down kernels from credentials generated on the host with a weak kernel
1345
1346 * Merge systemd-creds options --uid= (which accepts user names) and --user.
1347
1348 * Add support for extra verity configuration options to systemd-repart (FEC,
1349 hash type, etc)
1350
1351 * chase(): take inspiration from path_extract_filename() and return
1352 O_DIRECTORY if input path contains trailing slash.
1353
1354 * document in boot loader spec that symlinks in XBOOTLDR/ESP are not OK even if
1355 non-VFAT fs is used.
1356
1357 * measure credentials picked up from SMBIOS to some suitable PCR
1358
1359 * measure GPT and LUKS headers somewhere when we use them (i.e. in
1360 systemd-gpt-auto-generator/systemd-repart and in systemd-cryptsetup?)
1361
1362 * pick up creds from EFI vars
1363
1364 * Add and pickup tpm2 metadata for creds structure.
1365
1366 * sd-boot: we probably should include all BootXY EFI variable defined boot
1367 entries in our menu, and then suppress ourselves. Benefit: instant
1368 compatibility with all other OSes which register things there, in particular
1369 on other disks. Always boot into them via NextBoot EFI variable, to not
1370 affect PCR values.
1371
1372 * systemd-measure tool:
1373 - pre-calculate PCR 12 (command line) + PCR 13 (sysext) the same way we can precalculate PCR 11
1374
1375 * sd-device: add an API for acquiring list of child devices, given a device
1376 objects (i.e. all child dirents that dirs or symlinks to dirs)
1377
1378 * sd-device: maybe pin the sysfs dir with an fd, during the entire runtime of
1379 an sd_device, then always work based on that.
1380
1381 * maybe add new flags to gpt partition tables for rootfs and usrfs indicating
1382 purpose, i.e. whether something is supposed to be bootable in a VM, on
1383 baremetal, on an nspawn-style container, if it is a portable service image,
1384 or a sysext for initrd, for host os, or for portable container. Then hook
1385 portabled/… up to udev to watch block devices coming up with the flags set, and
1386 use it.
1387
1388 * sd-boot should look for information what to boot in SMBIOS, too, so that VM
1389 managers can tell sd-boot what to boot into and suchlike
1390
1391 * add "systemd-sysext identify" verb, that you can point on any file in /usr/
1392 and that determines from which overlayfs layer it originates, which image, and with
1393 what it was signed.
1394
1395 * systemd-creds: extend encryption logic to support asymmetric
1396 encryption/authentication. Idea: add new verb "systemd-creds public-key"
1397 which generates a priv/pub key pair on the TPM2 and stores the priv key
1398 locally in /var. It then outputs a certificate for the pub part to stdout.
1399 This can then be copied/taken elsewhere, and can be used for encrypting creds
1400 that only the host on its specific hw can decrypt. Then, support a drop-in
1401 dir with certificates that can be used to authenticate credentials. Flow of
1402 operations is then this: build image with owner certificate, then after
1403 boot up issue "systemd-creds public-key" to acquire pubkey of the machine.
1404 Then, when passing data to the machine, sign with privkey belonging to one of
1405 the dropped in certs and encrypted with machine pubkey, and pass to machine.
1406 Machine is then able to authenticate you, and confidentiality is guaranteed.
1407
1408 * building on top of the above, the pub/priv key pair generated on the TPM2
1409 should probably also one you can use to get a remote attestation quote.
1410
1411 * Process credentials in:
1412 • crypttab-generator: allow defining additional crypttab-like volumes via
1413 credentials (similar: verity-generator, integrity-generator). Use
1414 fstab-generator logic as inspiration.
1415 • run-generator: allow defining additional commands to run via a credential
1416 • resolved: allow defining additional /etc/hosts entries via a credential (it
1417 might make sense to then synthesize a new combined /etc/hosts file in /run
1418 and bind mount it on /etc/hosts for other clients that want to read it.
1419 • repart: allow defining additional partitions via credential
1420 • timesyncd: pick NTP server info from credential
1421 • portabled: read a credential "portable.extra" or so, that takes a list of
1422 file system paths to enable on start.
1423 • make systemd-fstab-generator look for a system credential encoding root= or
1424 usr=
1425 • in gpt-auto-generator: check partition uuids against such uuids supplied via
1426 sd-stub credentials. That way, we can support parallel OS installations with
1427 pre-built kernels.
1428
1429 * define a JSON format for units, separating out unit definitions from unit
1430 runtime state. Then, expose it:
1431
1432 1. Add Describe() method to Unit D-Bus object that returns a JSON object
1433 about the unit.
1434 2. Expose this natively via Varlink, in similar style
1435 3. Use it when invoking binaries (i.e. make PID 1 fork off systemd-executor
1436 binary which reads the JSON definition and runs it), to address the cow
1437 trap issue and the fact that NSS is actually forbidden in
1438 forked-but-not-exec'ed children
1439 4. Add varlink API to run transient units based on provided JSON definitions
1440
1441 * Add SUPPORT_END_URL= field to os-release with more *actionable* information
1442 what to do if support ended
1443
1444 * pam_systemd: on interactive logins, maybe show SUPPORT_END information at
1445 login time, à la motd
1446
1447 * sd-boot: instead of unconditionally deriving the ESP to search boot loader
1448 spec entries in from the paths of sd-boot binary, let's optionally allow it
1449 to be configured on sd-boot cmdline + efi var. Use case: embed sd-boot in the
1450 UEFI firmware (for example, ovmf supports that via qemu cmdline option), and
1451 use it to load stuff from the ESP.
1452
1453 * mount /var/ from initrd, so that we can apply sysext and stuff before the
1454 initrd transition. Specifically:
1455 1. There should be a var= kernel cmdline option, matching root= and usr=
1456 2. systemd-gpt-auto-generator should auto-mount /var if it finds it on disk
1457 3. mount.x-initrd mount option in fstab should be implied for /var
1458
1459 * make persistent restarts easier by adding a new setting OpenPersistentFile=
1460 or so, which allows opening one or more files that is "persistent" across
1461 service restarts, hot reboot, cold reboots (depending on configuration): the
1462 files are created empty on first invocation, and on subsequent invocations
1463 the files are reboot. The files would be backed by tmpfs, pmem or /var
1464 depending on desired level of persistency.
1465
1466 * sd-event: add ability to "chain" event sources. Specifically, add a call
1467 sd_event_source_chain(x, y), which will automatically enable event source y
1468 in oneshot mode once x is triggered. Use case: in src/core/mount.c implement
1469 the /proc/self/mountinfo rescan on SIGCHLD with this: whenever a SIGCHLD is
1470 seen, trigger the rescan defer event source automatically, and allow it to be
1471 dispatched *before* the SIGCHLD is handled (based on priorities). Benefit:
1472 dispatch order is strictly controlled by priorities again. (next step: chain
1473 event sources to the ratelimit being over)
1474
1475 * if we fork of a service with StandardOutput=journal, and it forks off a
1476 subprocess that quickly dies, we might not be able to identify the cgroup it
1477 comes from, but we can still derive that from the stdin socket its output
1478 came from. We apparently don't do that right now.
1479
1480 * add PR_SET_DUMPABLE service setting
1481
1482 * homed/userdb: maybe define a "companion" dir for home directories where apps
1483 can safely put privileged stuff in. Would not be writable by the user, but
1484 still conceptually belong to the user. Would be included in user's quota if
1485 possible, even if files are not owned by UID of user. Use case: container
1486 images that owned by arbitrary UIDs, and are owned/managed by the users, but
1487 are not directly belonging to the user's UID. Goal: we shouldn't place more
1488 privileged dirs inside of unprivileged dirs, and thus containers really
1489 should not be placed inside of traditional UNIX home dirs (which are owned by
1490 users themselves) but somewhere else, that is separate, but still close
1491 by. Inform user code about path to this companion dir via env var, so that
1492 container managers find it. the ~/.identity file is also a candidate for a
1493 file to move there, since it is managed by privileged code (i.e. homed) and
1494 not unprivileged code.
1495
1496 * maybe add support for binding and connecting AF_UNIX sockets in the file
1497 system outside of the 108ch limit. When connecting, open O_PATH fd to socket
1498 inode first, then connect to /proc/self/fd/XYZ. When binding, create symlink
1499 to target dir in /tmp, and bind through it.
1500
1501 * add a proper concept of a "developer" mode, i.e. where cryptographic
1502 protections of the root OS are weakened after interactive confirmation, to
1503 allow hackers to allow their own stuff. idea: allow entering developer mode
1504 only via explicit choice in boot menu: i.e. add explicit boot menu item for
1505 it. When developer mode is entered, generate a key pair in the TPM2, and add
1506 the public part of it automatically to keychain of valid code signature keys
1507 on subsequent boots. Then provide a tool to sign code with the key in the
1508 TPM2. Ensure that boot menu item is the only way to enter developer mode, by
1509 binding it to locality/PCRs so that keys cannot be generated otherwise.
1510
1511 * services: add support for cryptographically unlocking per-service directories
1512 via TPM2. Specifically, for StateDirectory= (and related dirs) use fscrypt to
1513 set up the directory so that it can only be accessed if host and app are in
1514 order.
1515
1516 * update HACKING.md to suggest developing systemd with the ideas from:
1517 https://0pointer.net/blog/testing-my-system-code-in-usr-without-modifying-usr.html
1518 https://0pointer.net/blog/running-an-container-off-the-host-usr.html
1519
1520 * sd-event: compat wd reuse in inotify code: keep a set of removed watch
1521 descriptors, and clear this set piecemeal when we see the IN_IGNORED event
1522 for it, or when read() returns EAGAIN or on IN_Q_OVERFLOW. Then, whenever we
1523 see an inotify wd event check against this set, and if it is contained ignore
1524 the event. (to be fully correct this would have to count the occurrences, in
1525 case the same wd is reused multiple times before we start processing
1526 IN_IGNORED again)
1527
1528 * for vendor-built signed initrds:
1529 - kernel-install should be able to install encrypted creds automatically for
1530 machine id, root pw, rootfs uuid, resume partition uuid, and place next to
1531 EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up. These creds should be locked to
1532 the TPM, and bind to the right PCR the kernel is measured to.
1533 - kernel-install should be able to pick up initrd sysexts automatically and
1534 place them next to EFI kernel, for sd-stub to pick them up.
1535 - systemd-fstab-generator should look for rootfs device to mount in creds
1536 - systemd-resume-generator should look for resume partition uuid in creds
1537
1538 * Maybe extend the service protocol to support handling of some specific SIGRT
1539 signal for setting service log level, that carries the level via the
1540 sigqueue() data parameter. Enable this via unit file setting.
1541
1542 * sd_notify/vsock: maybe support binding to AF_VSOCK in Type=notify services,
1543 then passing $NOTIFY_SOCKET and $NOTIFY_GUESTCID with PID1's cid (typically
1544 fixed to "2", i.e. the official host cid) and the expected guest cid, for the
1545 two sides of the channel. The latter env var could then be used in an
1546 appropriate qemu cmdline. That way qemu payloads could talk sd_notify()
1547 directly to host service manager.
1548
1549 * sd-device should return the devnum type (i.e. 'b' or 'c') via some API for an
1550 sd_device object, so that data passed into sd_device_new_from_devnum() can
1551 also be queried.
1552
1553 * sd-event: optionally, if per-event source rate limit is hit, downgrade
1554 priority, but leave enabled, and once ratelimit window is over, upgrade
1555 priority again. That way we can combat event source starvation without
1556 stopping processing events from one source entirely.
1557
1558 * sd-event: similar to existing inotify support add fanotify support (given
1559 that apparently new features in this area are only going to be added to the
1560 latter).
1561
1562 * sd-event: add 1st class event source for clock changes
1563
1564 * sd-event: add 1st class event source for timezone changes
1565
1566 * sysext: measure all activated sysext into a TPM PCR
1567
1568 * systemd-dissect: show available versions inside of a disk image, i.e. if
1569 multiple versions are around of the same resource, show which ones. (in other
1570 words: show partition labels).
1571
1572 * systemd-dissect: add --cat switch for dumping files such as /etc/os-release
1573
1574 * per-service sandboxing option: ProtectIds=. If used, will overmount
1575 /etc/machine-id and /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id with synthetic files, to
1576 make it harder for the service to identify the host. Depending on the user
1577 setting it should be fully randomized at invocation time, or a hash of the
1578 real thing, keyed by the unit name or so. Of course, there are other ways to
1579 get these IDs (e.g. journal) or similar ids (e.g. MAC addresses, DMI ids, CPU
1580 ids), so this knob would only be useful in combination with other lockdown
1581 options. Particularly useful for portable services, and anything else that
1582 uses RootDirectory= or RootImage=. (Might also over-mount
1583 /sys/class/dmi/id/*{uuid,serial} with /dev/null).
1584
1585 * doc: prep a document explaining resolved's internal objects, i.e. Query
1586 vs. Question vs. Transaction vs. Stream and so on.
1587
1588 * doc: prep a document explaining PID 1's internal logic, i.e. transactions,
1589 jobs, units
1590
1591 * automatically ignore threaded cgroups in cg_xyz().
1592
1593 * add linker script that implicitly adds symbol for build ID and new coredump
1594 json package metadata, and use that when logging
1595
1596 * Enable RestrictFileSystems= for all our long-running services (similar:
1597 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=)
1598
1599 * Add systemd-analyze security checks for RestrictFileSystems= and
1600 RestrictNetworkInterfaces=
1601
1602 * cryptsetup/homed: implement TOTP authentication backed by TPM2 and its
1603 internal clock.
1604
1605 * man: rework os-release(5), and clearly separate our extension-release.d/ and
1606 initrd-release parts, i.e. list explicitly which fields are about what.
1607
1608 * sysext: before applying a sysext, do a superficial validation run so that
1609 things are not rearranged to wildy. I.e. protect against accidental fuckups,
1610 such as masking out /usr/lib/ or so. We should probably refuse if existing
1611 inodes are replaced by other types of inodes or so.
1612
1613 * userdb: when synthesizing NSS records, pick "best" password from defined
1614 passwords, not just the first. i.e. if there are multiple defined, prefer
1615 unlocked over locked and prefer non-empty over empty.
1616
1617 * homed: if the homed shell fallback thing has access to an SSH agent, try to
1618 use it to unlock home dir (if ssh-agent forwarding is enabled). We
1619 could implement SSH unlocking of a homedir with that: when enrolling a new
1620 ssh pubkey in a user record we'd ask the ssh-agent to sign some random value
1621 with the privkey, then use that as luks key to unlock the home dir. Will not
1622 work for ECDSA keys since their signatures contain a random component, but
1623 will work for RSA and Ed25519 keys.
1624
1625 * add tiny service that decrypts encrypted user records passed via initrd
1626 credential logic and drops them into /run where nss-systemd can pick them up,
1627 similar to /run/host/userdb/. Use case: drop a root user JSON record there,
1628 and use it in the initrd to log in as root with locally selected password,
1629 for debugging purposes. Other use case: boot into qemu with regular user
1630 mounted from host. maybe put this in systemd-user-sessions.service?
1631
1632 * drop dependency on libcap, replace by direct syscalls based on
1633 CapabilityQuintet we already have. (This likely allows us to drop libcap
1634 dep in the base OS image)
1635
1636 * userdbd: implement an additional varlink service socket that provides the
1637 host user db in restricted form, then allow this to be bind mounted into
1638 sandboxed environments that want the host database in minimal form. All
1639 records would be stripped of all meta info, except the basic UID/name
1640 info. Then use this in portabled environments that do not use PrivateUsers=1.
1641
1642 * portabled: when extracting unit files and copying to system.attached, if a
1643 .p7s is available in the image, use it to protect the system.attached copy
1644 with fs-verity, so that it cannot be tampered with
1645
1646 * /etc/veritytab: allow that the roothash column can be specified as fs path
1647 including a path to an AF_UNIX path, similar to how we do things with the
1648 keys of /etc/crypttab. That way people can store/provide the roothash
1649 externally and provide to us on demand only.
1650
1651 * we probably should extend the root verity hash of the root fs into some PCR
1652 on boot. (i.e. maybe add a veritytab option tpm2-measure=12 or so to measure
1653 it into PCR 12); Similar: we probably should extend the LUKS volume key of
1654 the root fs into some PCR on boot. (i.e. maybe add a crypttab option
1655 tpm2-measure=15 or so to measure it into PCR 15); once both are in place
1656 update gpt-auto-discovery to generate these by default for the partitions it
1657 discovers. Static vendor stuff should probably end up in PCR 12 (i.e. the
1658 verity hash), with local keys in PCR 15 (i.e. the encryption volume
1659 key). That way, we nicely distinguish resources supplied by the OS vendor
1660 (i.e. sysext, root verity) from those inherently local (i.e. encryption key),
1661 which is useful if they shall be signed separately.
1662
1663 * in uefi stub: query firmware regarding which PCR banks are being used, store
1664 that in EFI var. then use this when enrolling TPM2 in cryptsetup to verify
1665 that the selected PCRs actually are used by firmware.
1666
1667 * rework recursive read-only remount to use new mount API
1668
1669 * when mounting disk images: if IMAGE_ID/IMAGE_VERSION is set in os-release
1670 data in the image, make sure the image filename actually matches this, so
1671 that images cannot be misused.
1672
1673 * sysupdate:
1674 - add fuzzing to the pattern parser
1675 - support casync as download mechanism
1676 - "systemd-sysupdate update --all" support, that iterates through all components
1677 defined on the host, plus all images installed into /var/lib/machines/,
1678 /var/lib/portable/ and so on.
1679 - Allow invocation with a single transfer definition, i.e. with
1680 --definitions= pointing to a file rather than a dir.
1681 - add ability to disable implicit decompression of downloaded artifacts,
1682 i.e. a Compress=no option in the transfer definitions
1683
1684 * in sd-id128: also parse UUIDs in RFC4122 URN syntax (i.e. chop off urn:uuid: prefix)
1685
1686 * systemd-sysext: optionally, run it in initrd already, before transitioning
1687 into host, to open up possibility for services shipped like that.
1688
1689 * whenever we receive fds via SCM_RIGHTS make sure none got dropped due to the
1690 reception limit the kernel silently enforces.
1691
1692 * Add service unit setting ConnectStream= which takes IP addresses and connects to them.
1693
1694 * Similar, Load= which takes literal data in text or base64 format, and puts it
1695 into a memfd, and passes that. This enables some fun stuff, such as embedding
1696 bash scripts in unit files, by combining Load= with ExecStart=/bin/bash
1697 /proc/self/fd/3
1698
1699 * add a ConnectSocket= setting to service unit files, that may reference a
1700 socket unit, and which will connect to the socket defined therein, and pass
1701 the resulting fd to the service program via socket activation proto.
1702
1703 * Add a concept of ListenStream=anonymous to socket units: listen on a socket
1704 that is deleted in the fs. Use case would be with ConnectSocket= above.
1705
1706 * importd: support image signature verification with PKCS#7 + OpenBSD signify
1707 logic, as alternative to crummy gpg
1708
1709 * add "systemd-analyze debug" + AttachDebugger= in unit files: The former
1710 specifies a command to execute; the latter specifies that an already running
1711 "systemd-analyze debug" instance shall be contacted and execution paused
1712 until it gives an OK. That way, tools like gdb or strace can be safely be
1713 invoked on processes forked off PID 1.
1714
1715 * expose MS_NOSYMFOLLOW in various places
1716
1717 * credentials system:
1718 - acquire from EFI variable?
1719 - acquire via ask-password?
1720 - acquire creds via keyring?
1721 - pass creds via keyring?
1722 - pass creds via memfd?
1723 - acquire + decrypt creds from pkcs11?
1724 - make macsec code in networkd read key via creds logic (copy logic from
1725 wireguard)
1726 - make gatewayd/remote read key via creds logic
1727 - add sd_notify() command for flushing out creds not needed anymore
1728
1729 * TPM2: auto-reenroll in cryptsetup, as fallback for hosed firmware upgrades
1730 and such
1731
1732 * introduce a new group to own TPM devices
1733
1734 * cryptsetup: add option for automatically removing empty password slot on boot
1735
1736 * cryptsetup: optionally, when run during boot-up and password is never
1737 entered, and we are on battery power (or so), power off machine again
1738
1739 * cryptsetup: when waiting for FIDO2/PKCS#11 token, tell plymouth that, and
1740 allow plymouth to abort the waiting and enter pw instead
1741
1742 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1743
1744 * cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
1745 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
1746
1747 * cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
1748 systemd-makefs.service instead.
1749
1750 * cryptsetup:
1751 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
1752 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
1753
1754 * systemd-analyze netif that explains predictable interface (or networkctl)
1755
1756 * systemd-analyze inspect-elf should show other notes too, at least build-id.
1757
1758 * Figure out naming of verbs in systemd-analyze: we have (singular) capability,
1759 exit-status, but (plural) filesystems, architectures.
1760
1761 * Add service setting to run a service within the specified VRF. i.e. do the
1762 equivalent of "ip vrf exec".
1763
1764 * special case some calls of chase() to use openat2() internally, so
1765 that the kernel does what we otherwise do.
1766
1767 * add a new flag to chase() that stops chasing once the first missing
1768 component is found and then allows the caller to create the rest.
1769
1770 * make use of new glibc 2.32 APIs sigabbrev_np().
1771
1772 * if /usr/bin/swapoff fails due to OOM, log a friendly explanatory message about it
1773
1774 * pid1: also remove PID files of a service when the service starts, not just
1775 when it exits
1776
1777 * make us use dynamically fewer deps for containers in general purpose distros:
1778 o turn into dlopen() deps:
1779 - libblkid (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not elsewhere)
1780 - libpam (only when called from PID 1)
1781
1782 * seccomp: maybe use seccomp_merge() to merge our filters per-arch if we can.
1783 Apparently kernel performance is much better with fewer larger seccomp
1784 filters than with more smaller seccomp filters.
1785
1786 * systemd-path: Add "private" runtime/state/cache dir enum, mapping to
1787 $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, $STATE_DIRECTORY and such
1788
1789 * seccomp: by default mask x32 ABI system wide on x86-64. it's on its way out
1790
1791 * seccomp: don't install filters for ABIs that are masked anyway for the
1792 specific service
1793
1794 * busctl: maybe expose a verb "ping" for pinging a dbus service to see if it
1795 exists and responds.
1796
1797 * socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
1798 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
1799
1800 * unify on openssl:
1801 - figure out what to do about libmicrohttpd, which has a hard dependency on
1802 gnutls
1803 - port fsprg over to a dlopen lib, then switch it to openssl
1804
1805 * add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
1806 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
1807
1808 * userdb: allow existence checks
1809
1810 * pid1: activation by journal search expression
1811
1812 * when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
1813 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
1814 initrd had set.
1815
1816 * sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
1817 it for reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
1818 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
1819 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
1820 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
1821 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
1822
1823 * tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
1824 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
1825 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
1826
1827 * maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
1828 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
1829 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
1830 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
1831 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
1832 source.
1833
1834 * coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
1835 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
1836 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
1837
1838 * teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
1839
1840 * We should probably replace /etc/rc.d/README with a symlink to doc
1841 content. After all it is constant vendor data.
1842
1843 * maybe add kernel cmdline params: to force random seed crediting
1844
1845 * let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
1846
1847 * when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
1848 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
1849
1850 * make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
1851 gnome-bluetooth and friends
1852
1853 * make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
1854 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
1855 root.
1856
1857 * maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
1858 is issued.
1859
1860 * when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
1861
1862 * when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
1863
1864 * Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
1865 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
1866 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
1867
1868 * rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
1869 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first while
1870 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
1871
1872 * when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
1873
1874 * add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
1875 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
1876
1877 * paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
1878 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
1879 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
1880 Alternatively (preferably?) use memfd_secret().
1881
1882 * Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
1883
1884 * optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
1885
1886 * sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
1887 non-zero "tries done" count
1888
1889 * augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
1890 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
1891 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
1892 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
1893 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
1894 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
1895 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
1896 CODE_FILE.
1897
1898 * Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
1899 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
1900 some explanatory text online.
1901
1902 * maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
1903
1904 * hibernate/s2h: if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
1905
1906 * cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
1907 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
1908
1909 * beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
1910 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
1911 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
1912 files and suchlike we operate on.
1913
1914 * add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
1915
1916 * sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable service (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
1917 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
1918
1919 * Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
1920 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it.
1921
1922 * Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
1923 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
1924 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
1925 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
1926 unlinked from any dir.
1927
1928 * systemctl, machinectl, loginctl: port "status" commands over to
1929 format-table.c's vertical output logic.
1930
1931 * pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
1932
1933 * add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
1934
1935 * add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
1936 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
1937 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
1938 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
1939 images, for example fall back to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
1940
1941 * bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
1942
1943 * add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
1944 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
1945
1946 * introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
1947 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
1948 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
1949 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
1950 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
1951 different slice too by default. Use case: people who want to put resources on
1952 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
1953 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
1954
1955 * calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
1956 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
1957
1958 * sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
1959 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
1960
1961 * sd-bus: parse addresses given in sd_bus_set_addresses immediately and not
1962 only when used. Add unit tests.
1963
1964 * make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
1965 host-side interface pointing to the container.
1966
1967 * add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
1968 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
1969 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
1970 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
1971 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
1972
1973 * deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
1974
1975 * support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
1976
1977 * add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
1978 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
1979
1980 * blog about fd store and restartable services
1981
1982 * document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
1983
1984 * rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
1985 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
1986
1987 * in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
1988 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
1989 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
1990 ID is available.
1991
1992 * optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
1993 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
1994 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
1995
1996 * beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
1997 parameters
1998
1999 * In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
2000 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
2001
2002 * Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
2003 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
2004 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
2005
2006 * add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
2007 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
2008
2009 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
2010
2011 * Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
2012 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
2013 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
2014
2015 * track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
2016 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
2017
2018 * add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
2019 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
2020 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
2021 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
2022 natural habitat.
2023
2024 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
2025 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
2026 relative to the configured default value.
2027
2028 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
2029
2030 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
2031
2032 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
2033
2034 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
2035
2036 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
2037
2038 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
2039
2040 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
2041
2042 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
2043
2044 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
2045 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
2046 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
2047
2048 * Support ReadWritePaths/ReadOnlyPaths/InaccessiblePaths in systemd --user instances
2049 via the new unprivileged Landlock LSM (https://landlock.io)
2050
2051 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
2052
2053 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
2054 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
2055 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
2056 mapping to work.
2057
2058 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
2059
2060 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
2061
2062 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
2063
2064 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
2065 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
2066
2067 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
2068 reload the unit file anyway
2069
2070 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
2071
2072 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
2073
2074 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
2075 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
2076
2077 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
2078 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
2079 specifications.
2080
2081 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
2082
2083 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
2084
2085 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
2086 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
2087 prefixed with /sys generally special.
2088 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
2089
2090 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
2091
2092 * docs: bring https://systemd.io/MY_SERVICE_CANT_GET_REALTIME up to date
2093
2094 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
2095 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
2096 state.
2097 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
2098
2099 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
2100 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
2101 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
2102 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
2103 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
2104
2105 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
2106
2107 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
2108 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
2109
2110 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
2111 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
2112
2113 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
2114 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
2115
2116 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
2117
2118 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
2119 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
2120
2121 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
2122
2123 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
2124
2125 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
2126
2127 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
2128 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
2129
2130 * drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
2131
2132 * resolved:
2133 - mDNS/DNS-SD
2134 - service registration
2135 - service/domain/types browsing
2136 - avahi compat
2137 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
2138 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
2139 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
2140 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
2141 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
2142 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
2143
2144 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
2145
2146 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
2147
2148 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
2149
2150 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
2151
2152 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
2153
2154 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
2155 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
2156
2157 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
2158
2159 * gpt-auto-generator:
2160 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
2161
2162 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
2163 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
2164 when it is otherwise off
2165
2166 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
2167
2168 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
2169 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
2170 for ReusePort=
2171
2172 * cgroups:
2173 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
2174 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
2175 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
2176 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
2177 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
2178 the hierarchies of child processes
2179 - add settings for cgroup.max.descendants and cgroup.max.depth,
2180 maybe use them for user@.service
2181
2182 * transient units:
2183 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
2184
2185 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
2186
2187 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
2188
2189 * 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
2190
2191 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
2192 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
2193 path anyway.
2194
2195 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
2196
2197 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
2198
2199 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
2200
2201 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
2202
2203 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
2204
2205 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
2206 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
2207 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
2208
2209 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
2210 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
2211
2212 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
2213
2214 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
2215
2216 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
2217
2218 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
2219 needs to be auto-respawned?
2220
2221 * pid1:
2222 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
2223 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
2224 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
2225 that are not supported...
2226 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
2227 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2228 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
2229 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
2230 - Support --test based on current system state
2231 - 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().
2232 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
2233 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
2234 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
2235 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
2236 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
2237 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
2238 but much rather a disconnect on success.
2239 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
2240 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
2241 - maybe introduce CoreScheduling=yes/no to optionally set a PR_SCHED_CORE cookie, so that all
2242 processes in a service's cgroup share the same cookie and are guaranteed not to share SMT cores
2243 with other units https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst
2244 - ExtensionImages= deduplication for services is currently only applied to disk images without GPT envelope.
2245 This should be extended to work with proper DDIs too, as well as directory confext/sysext. Moreover,
2246 system-wide confext/sysext should support this too.
2247 - Pin the mount namespace via FD by sending it back from sd-exec to the manager, and use it
2248 for live mounting, instead of doing it via PID
2249
2250 * unit files:
2251 - allow port=0 in .socket units
2252 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
2253 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
2254 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
2255 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
2256 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
2257 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
2258 - introduce Type=pid-file
2259 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
2260 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
2261 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
2262
2263 * timer units:
2264 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when DST changes
2265 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
2266
2267 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
2268
2269 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
2270
2271 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?)
2272
2273 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
2274
2275 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
2276
2277 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
2278
2279 * test/:
2280 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
2281
2282 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
2283 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
2284 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
2285 destination.
2286
2287 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
2288 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
2289
2290 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
2291
2292 * Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
2293 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
2294 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
2295
2296 * BootLoaderSpec: Define a way how an installer can figure out whether a BLS
2297 compliant boot loader is installed.
2298
2299 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? use case:
2300 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
2301 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
2302 that automatically.
2303
2304 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
2305
2306 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
2307
2308 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
2309
2310 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
2311
2312 * add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
2313
2314 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
2315
2316 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
2317
2318 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
2319
2320 * sd-bus:
2321 - EBADSLT handling
2322 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
2323 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
2324 - 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
2325 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
2326 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
2327 - longer term: priority inheritance
2328 - dbus spec updates:
2329 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
2330 - path escaping
2331 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
2332
2333 * sd-event
2334 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
2335 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
2336 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
2337 - maybe support iouring as backend, so that we allow hooking read and write
2338 operations instead of IO ready events into event loops. See considerations
2339 here:
2340 http://blog.vmsplice.net/2020/07/rethinking-event-loop-integration-for.html
2341
2342 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
2343 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
2344
2345 * document org.freedesktop.MemoryAllocation1
2346
2347 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
2348
2349 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
2350
2351 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
2352
2353 * EFI:
2354 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
2355 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
2356 * bootctl
2357 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
2358
2359 * bootctl:
2360 - show whether UEFI audit mode is available
2361 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
2362 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
2363
2364 * logind:
2365 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
2366 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
2367 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
2368 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
2369 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
2370 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
2371 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
2372 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
2373 needs setuid().
2374 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
2375 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
2376 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
2377 complete.
2378 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
2379 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
2380 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
2381 - expose "Locked" property on logind session objects
2382 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
2383 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
2384 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
2385 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
2386 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
2387 relogins
2388 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
2389
2390 * move multiseat vid/pid matches from logind udev rule to hwdb
2391
2392 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
2393 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
2394
2395 * journal:
2396 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
2397 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
2398 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
2399 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
2400 - fall back to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
2401 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
2402 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
2403 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
2404 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
2405 message that works, but already after a short timeout
2406 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
2407 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
2408 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
2409 - journalctl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
2410 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
2411 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() in the header,
2412 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
2413 - 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.
2414 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
2415 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
2416 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
2417 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
2418 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
2419 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
2420 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
2421 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
2422 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
2423 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
2424 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
2425 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
2426 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
2427 to syslog when it works again.
2428 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
2429 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to manage uid ranges to split
2430 journals in.
2431 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary.
2432 journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --invocation=-1
2433 - systemctl: change 'status' to show logs for the last invocation, not a fixed
2434 number of lines
2435 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
2436 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
2437 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
2438 the most common operations.
2439 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
2440 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
2441 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
2442 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
2443 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
2444 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
2445 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
2446 operation.
2447 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
2448 written to as FAIL, but instead show that they are being written to.
2449 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
2450 binary logs data
2451 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
2452 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
2453 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
2454 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
2455 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
2456 - check if loop in decompress_blob_xz() is necessary
2457
2458 * journald: support RFC3164 fully for the incoming syslog transport, see
2459 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19251#issuecomment-816601955
2460
2461 * Hook up journald's FSS logic with TPM2: seal the verification disk by
2462 time-based policy, so that the verification key can remain on host and ve
2463 validated via TPM.
2464
2465 * rework journalctl -M to be based on a machined method that generates a mount
2466 fd of the relevant journal dirs in the container with uidmapping applied to
2467 allow the host to read it, while making everything read-only.
2468
2469 * journald: add varlink service that allows subscribing to certain log events,
2470 for example matching by message ID, or log level returns a list of journal
2471 cursors as they happen.
2472
2473 * journald: also collect CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamps per log entry. Then, derive
2474 "corrected" CLOCK_REALTIME information on display from that and the timestamp
2475 info of the newest entry of the specific boot (as identified by the boot
2476 ID). This way, if a system comes up without a valid clock but acquires a
2477 better clock later, we can "fix" older entry timestamps on display, by
2478 calculating backwards. We cannot use CLOCK_MONOTONIC for this, since it does
2479 not account for suspend phases. This would then also enable us to correct the
2480 kmsg timestamping we consume (where we erroneously assume the clock was in
2481 CLOCK_MONOTONIC, but it actually is CLOCK_BOOTTIME as per kernel).
2482
2483 * in journald, write out a recognizable log record whenever the system clock is
2484 changed ("stepped"), and in timesyncd whenever we acquire an NTP fix
2485 ("slewing"). Then, in journalctl for each boot time we come across, find
2486 these records, and use the structured info they include to display
2487 "corrected" wallclock time, as calculated from the monotonic timestamp in the
2488 log record, adjusted by the delta declared in the structured log record.
2489
2490 * in journald: whenever we start a new journal file because the boot ID
2491 changed, let's generate a recognizable log record containing info about old
2492 and new ID. Then, when displaying log stream in journalctl look for these
2493 records, to be able to order them.
2494
2495 * journald: generate recognizable log events whenever we shutdown journald
2496 cleanly, and when we migrate run → var. This way tools can verify that a
2497 previous boot terminated cleanly, because either of these two messages must
2498 be safely written to disk, then.
2499
2500 * hook up journald with TPMs? measure new journal records to the TPM in regular
2501 intervals, validate the journal against current TPM state with that. (taking
2502 inspiration from IMA log)
2503
2504 * sd-journal puts a limit on parallel journal files to view at once. journald
2505 should probably honour that same limit (JOURNAL_FILES_MAX) when vacuuming to
2506 ensure we never generate more files than we can actually view.
2507
2508 * bsod: maybe use graphical mode. Use DRM APIs directly, see
2509 https://github.com/dvdhrm/docs/blob/master/drm-howto/modeset.c for an example
2510 for doing that.
2511
2512 * maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
2513 log.c and sd-journal-send
2514
2515 * journalctl/timesyncd: whenever timesyncd acquires a synchronization from NTP,
2516 create a structured log entry that contains boot ID, monotonic clock and
2517 realtime clock (I mean, this requires no special work, as these three fields
2518 are implicit). Then in journalctl when attempting to display the realtime
2519 timestamp of a log entry, first search for the closest later log entry
2520 of this kinda that has a matching boot id, and convert the monotonic clock
2521 timestamp of the entry to the realtime clock using this info. This way we can
2522 retroactively correct the wallclock timestamps, in particular for systems
2523 without RTC, i.e. where initially wallclock timestamps carry rubbish, until
2524 an NTP sync is acquired.
2525
2526 * introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
2527
2528 * journald: do journal file writing out-of-process, with one writer process per
2529 client UID, so that synthetic hash table collisions can slow down a specific
2530 user's journal stream down but not the others.
2531
2532 * tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
2533 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
2534 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
2535 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
2536 cgroup.
2537
2538 * maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
2539 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
2540 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
2541 logging.
2542
2543 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
2544
2545 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
2546 from the SIGBUS handler
2547
2548 * add a test if all entries in the catalog are properly formatted.
2549 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
2550 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
2551 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
2552
2553 * build short web pages out of each catalog entry, build them along with man
2554 pages, and include hyperlinks to them in the journal output
2555
2556 * homed:
2557 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
2558 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
2559 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
2560 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
2561 - create on activate?
2562 - properties: icon url?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
2563 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
2564 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
2565 systemd --user is shut down.
2566 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
2567 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk
2568 images (and btrfs snapshots of subvolumes) (think: time machine)
2569 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
2570 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
2571 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
2572 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
2573 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
2574 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
2575 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
2576 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
2577 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
2578 - when homed is in use, maybe start the user session manager in a mount namespace with MS_SLAVE,
2579 so that mounts propagate down but not up - eg, user A setting up a backup volume
2580 doesn't mean user B sees it
2581 - use credentials logic/TPM2 logic to store homed signing key
2582 - permit multiple user record signing keys to be used locally, and pick
2583 the right one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing
2584 signature
2585 - add a way to "take possession" of a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
2586 and insert a local signature instead.
2587 - as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
2588 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
2589 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
2590 though: if no one is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
2591 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
2592 - support new FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl for setting up fscrypt
2593 - maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
2594 easily?
2595 - store PKCS#11 + FIDO2 token info in LUKS2 header, compatible with
2596 systemd-cryptsetup, so that it can unlock homed volumes
2597 - maybe make all *.home files owned by `systemd-home` user or so, so that we
2598 can easily set overall quota for all users
2599 - on login, if we can't fallocate initially, but rebalance is on, then allow
2600 login in discard mode, then immediately rebalance, then turn off discard
2601 - add "homectl unbind" command to remove local user record of an inactive
2602 home dir
2603
2604 * add a new switch --auto-definitions=yes/no or so to systemd-repart. If
2605 specified, synthesize a definition automatically if we can: enlarge last
2606 partition on disk, but only if it is marked for growing and not read-only.
2607
2608 * systemd-repart: read LUKS encryption key from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY
2609
2610 * systemd-repart: add a switch to factory reset the partition table without
2611 immediately applying the new configuration again. i.e. --factory-reset=leave
2612 or so. (this is useful to factory reset an image, then putting it into
2613 another machine, ensuring that luks key is generated on new machine, not old)
2614
2615 * systemd-repart: support setting up dm-integrity with HMAC
2616
2617 * systemd-repart: maybe remove half-initialized image on failure. It fails
2618 if the output file exists, so a repeated invocation will usually fail if
2619 something goes wrong on the way.
2620
2621 * systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
2622 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
2623 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
2624 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
2625
2626 * systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
2627 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
2628 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
2629 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
2630 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
2631 automatically.
2632
2633 * systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
2634 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
2635
2636 * systemd-repart: allow boolean option that ensures that if existing partition
2637 doesn't exist within the configured size bounds the whole command fails. This
2638 is useful to implement ESP vs. XBOOTLDR schemes in installers: have one set
2639 of repart files for the case where ESP is large enough and one where it isn't
2640 and XBOOTLDR is added in instead. Then apply the former first, and if it
2641 fails to apply use the latter.
2642
2643 * systemd-repart: add per-partition option to never reuse existing partition
2644 and always create anew even if matching partition already exists.
2645
2646 * systemd-repart: add per-partition option to fail if partition already exist,
2647 i.e. is not added new. Similar, add option to fail if partition does not exist yet.
2648
2649 * systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
2650 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
2651 Also add option to disable operation via kernel command line.
2652
2653 * systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
2654 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
2655
2656 * systemd-repart: add support for SD_GPT_FLAG_GROWFS also on real systems, i.e.
2657 generate some unit to actually enlarge the fs after growing the partition
2658 during boot.
2659
2660 * systemd-repart: do not print "Successfully resized …" when no change was done.
2661
2662 * document:
2663 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
2664 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
2665 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
2666 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
2667 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
2668 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
2669 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
2670 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
2671 - man: add more examples to man pages,
2672 - in particular an example how to do the equivalent of switching runlevels
2673 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
2674 - document root=gpt-auto properly
2675
2676 * systemctl:
2677 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
2678 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
2679 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
2680 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
2681 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
2682 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
2683
2684 * introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
2685 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
2686 it should skip the variant type string though.
2687
2688 * Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
2689 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
2690 the slices, and the units attached to them.
2691
2692 * add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
2693 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
2694 wait to retrieve their exit data.
2695
2696 * show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
2697 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
2698
2699 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
2700 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
2701 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
2702 do, for example)
2703
2704 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
2705
2706 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
2707
2708 * unit install:
2709 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
2710 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
2711
2712 * nspawn:
2713 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
2714 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
2715 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
2716 from the kernel's logs.
2717 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
2718 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
2719 interface be missing
2720 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
2721 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
2722 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
2723 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
2724 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
2725 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
2726 PID 1...
2727 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
2728 running, remove them when shut down.
2729 - add support for sysext extensions, too. i.e. a new --extension= switch that
2730 takes one or more arguments, and applies the extensions already during
2731 startup.
2732 - when main nspawn supervisor process gets suspended due to SIGSTOP/SIGTTOU
2733 or so, freeze the payload too.
2734 - support time namespaces
2735 - on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events, so
2736 that we make cgroup agent logic safe
2737 - add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as fallback in
2738 "machinectl shell"
2739 - make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a hangup
2740 when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait for
2741 hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
2742 - greater control over selinux label?
2743 - support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
2744 - maybe allow TPM passthrough, backed by swtpm, and measure --image= hash
2745 into its PCR 11, so that nspawn instances can be TPM enabled, and partake
2746 in measurements/remote attestation and such. swtpm would run outside of
2747 control of container, and ideally would itself bind its encryption keys to
2748 host TPM.
2749 - make boot assessment do something sensible in a container. i.e send an
2750 sd_notify() from payload to container manager once boot-up is completed
2751 successfully, and use that in nspawn for dealing with boot counting,
2752 implemented in the partition table labels and directory names.
2753 - optionally set up nftables/iptables routes that forward UDP/TCP traffic on
2754 port 53 to resolved stub 127.0.0.54
2755 - maybe optionally insert .nspawn file as GPT partition into images, so that
2756 such container images are entirely stand-alone and can be updated as one.
2757 - The subreaper logic we currently have seems overly complex. We should
2758 investigate whether creating the inner child with CLONE_PARENT isn't better.
2759 - Reduce the number of sockets that are currently in use and just rely on one
2760 or two sockets.
2761
2762 * machined:
2763 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
2764 removed or added to an existing machine
2765 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
2766 difference host, via ssh
2767 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
2768 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
2769 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
2770 question
2771 - "machinectl history"
2772 - "machinectl diff"
2773 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
2774 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
2775
2776 * udev:
2777 - move to LGPL
2778 - kill scsi_id
2779 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
2780 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
2781 - re-enable ProtectClock= once only cgroupsv2 is supported.
2782 See f562abe2963bad241d34e0b308e48cf114672c84.
2783
2784 * coredump:
2785 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
2786 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
2787 - add examples for other distros in PACKAGE_METADATA_FOR_EXECUTABLE_FILES
2788
2789 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
2790
2791 * tmpfiles:
2792 - allow time-based cleanup in r and R too
2793 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
2794 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
2795 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
2796 calls follow symlinks.
2797 - teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
2798 project quota
2799 - teach tmpfiles.d m/M to move / atomic move + symlink old -> new
2800 - add new line type for setting btrfs subvolume attributes (i.e. rw/ro)
2801 - tmpfiles: add new line type for setting fcaps
2802 - add -n as shortcut for --dry-run in tmpfiles & sysusers & possibly other places
2803
2804 * udev-link-config:
2805 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
2806 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
2807 on Path= matching
2808
2809 * sd-rtnl:
2810 - add support for more attribute types
2811 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
2812
2813 * networkd:
2814 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
2815 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
2816 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
2817 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
2818 - work with non-Ethernet devices
2819 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
2820 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
2821 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
2822 - expose in the API the following bits:
2823 - option 15, domain name
2824 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
2825 - option 123, 144, geolocation
2826 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
2827 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
2828 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
2829 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
2830 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
2831 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
2832
2833 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
2834
2835 * Figure out how to do unittests of networkd's state serialization
2836
2837 * dhcp:
2838 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
2839
2840 * dhcp6:
2841 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
2842 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
2843 - write more test cases
2844 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
2845 - implement support for temporary addresses (IA_TA)
2846 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
2847 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
2848 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
2849 or interface down
2850 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
2851 this behavior
2852 - RouteTable= ?
2853
2854 * shared/wall: Once more programs are taught to prefer sd-login over utmp,
2855 switch the default wall implementation to wall_logind
2856 (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/29051#issuecomment-1704917074)
2857
2858 * Hook up systemd-journal-upload with RESTART_RESET=1 logic (should probably
2859 be conditioned on the num of successfully uploaded entries?)