systemd 252-rc2 Released With More Changes To This Key Linux Component
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While approaching the systemd 252 stable release, systemd 252-rc2 does bring a couple more features on top of what was found in RC1 earlier this month. Some of the changes new to systemd 252-rc2 include:
- For systemd on RISC-V, the riscv_flush_icache() system call is now added to the list of system calls allowed by default when engaging the "SystemCallFilter" option.
- Drop-ins are now allowed for transient units.
- systemd's sd-stub will now use LoadImage / StartImage for executing the kernel. The sd-stub also now adds a temporary UEFI SecurityOverride to allow unsigned nested images to be booted.
- Various improvements to systemd-resolved made it in. Systemd-resolved now exposes a varlink socket for root at /run/systemd/resolve/io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor that provides processed DNS requests in a JSON format for any clients connected to this socket. Systemd's resolvectl also now supports a "monitor" option to make use of this monitoring socket.
- Portablectl gained a "--force" flag for skipping certain sanity checks.
- systemd-udev will now create infiniband/by-path and infiniband/by-ibdev links for Infiniband devices.
- The mkosi config in systemd now has support for automatically compiling a kernel with a configuration suitable for systemd testing.
Source downloads and more details on the changes coming in full for systemd 252 via the GitHub release announcement.
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