Merge pull request #2555 from poettering/coredump-fixes

Coredump fixes and more

28 files changed, 841 insertions, 404 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 84f8593ba7..125319fe48 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4397,30 +4397,39 @@ systemd_socket_proxyd_LDADD = \
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if ENABLE_COREDUMP
 systemd_coredump_SOURCES = \
-	src/journal/coredump.c \
-	src/journal/coredump-vacuum.c \
-	src/journal/coredump-vacuum.h
+	src/coredump/coredump.c \
+	src/coredump/coredump-vacuum.c \
+	src/coredump/coredump-vacuum.h
 
 systemd_coredump_LDADD = \
 	libshared.la
 
 if HAVE_ELFUTILS
 systemd_coredump_SOURCES += \
-	src/journal/stacktrace.c \
-	src/journal/stacktrace.h
+	src/coredump/stacktrace.c \
+	src/coredump/stacktrace.h
 
 systemd_coredump_LDADD += \
 	$(ELFUTILS_LIBS)
 endif
 
+nodist_systemunit_DATA += \
+	units/systemd-coredump@.service
+
+dist_systemunit_DATA += \
+	units/systemd-coredump.socket
+
+SOCKETS_TARGET_WANTS += \
+	systemd-coredump.socket
+
 rootlibexec_PROGRAMS += \
 	systemd-coredump
 
 dist_pkgsysconf_DATA += \
-	src/journal/coredump.conf
+	src/coredump/coredump.conf
 
 coredumpctl_SOURCES = \
-	src/journal/coredumpctl.c
+	src/coredump/coredumpctl.c
 
 coredumpctl_LDADD = \
 	libshared.la
@@ -4432,9 +4441,9 @@ manual_tests += \
 	test-coredump-vacuum
 
 test_coredump_vacuum_SOURCES = \
-	src/journal/test-coredump-vacuum.c  \
-	src/journal/coredump-vacuum.c \
-	src/journal/coredump-vacuum.h
+	src/coredump/test-coredump-vacuum.c  \
+	src/coredump/coredump-vacuum.c \
+	src/coredump/coredump-vacuum.h
 
 test_coredump_vacuum_LDADD = \
 	libshared.la
@@ -4453,7 +4462,8 @@ CLEANFILES += \
 endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST += \
-	sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf.in
+	sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf.in \
+	units/systemd-coredump@.service.in
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if ENABLE_BINFMT
@@ -4860,7 +4870,6 @@ nodist_systemunit_DATA += \
 GENERAL_ALIASES += \
 	$(systemunitdir)/systemd-timesyncd.service $(pkgsysconfdir)/system/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-timesyncd.service
 
-
 nodist_pkgsysconf_DATA += \
 	src/timesync/timesyncd.conf
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 51c0faefd5..da26532840 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,39 @@ CHANGES WITH 229:
         * /dev/disk/by-path/ symlink support has been (re-)added for virtio
           devices.
 
+        * The coredump collection logic has been reworked: when a coredump is
+          collected it is now written to disk, compressed and processed
+          (including stacktrace extraction) from a new instantiated service
+          systemd-coredump@.service, instead of directly from the
+          /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern hook we provide. This is beneficial as
+          processing large coredumps can take up a substantial amount of
+          resources and time, and this previously happened entirely outside of
+          systemd's service supervision. With the new logic the core_pattern
+          hook only does minimal metadata collection before passing off control
+          to the new instantiated service, which is configured with a time
+          limit, a nice level and other settings to minimize negative impact on
+          the rest of the system. Also note that the new logic will honour the
+          RLIMIT_CORE setting of the crashed process, which now allows users
+          and processes to turn off coredumping for their processes by setting
+          this limit.
+
+        * The RLIMIT_CORE resource limit now defaults to "unlimited" for PID 1
+          and all forked processes by default. Previously, PID 1 would leave
+          the setting at "0" for all processes, as set by the kernel. Note that
+          the resource limit traditionally has no effect on the generated
+          coredumps on the system if the /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern hook
+          logic is used. Since the limit is now honoured (see above) its
+          default has been changed so that the coredumping logic is enabled by
+          default for all processes, while allowing specific opt-out.
+
+        * When the stacktrace is extracted from processes of system users, this
+          is now done as "systemd-coredump" user, in order to sandbox this
+          potentially security sensitive parsing operation. (Note that when
+          processing coredumps of normal users this is done under the user ID
+          of process that crashed, as before.) Packagers should take notice
+          that it is now necessary to create the "systemd-coredump" system user
+          and group at package installation time.
+
         * The systemd-activate socket activation testing tool gained support
           for SOCK_DGRAM and SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets using the new --datagram
           and --seqpacket switches. It also has been extended to support both
diff --git a/README b/README
index c46ac7e5de..0a2c0df47d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ USERS AND GROUPS:
         Similarly, the kdbus dbus1 proxy daemon requires the
         "systemd-bus-proxy" system user and group to exist.
 
+        Similarly, the coredump support requires the
+        "systemd-coredump" system user and group to exist.
+
 NSS:
         systemd ships with three NSS modules:
 
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9ca06af63a..1d9a6a99a7 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ Janitorial Clean-ups:
 
 Features:
 
-* rework coredump tool to move actual processing into a socket activated service
-
 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
 
 * remove Capabilities=, after all AmbientCapabilities= and CapabilityBoundingSet= should be enough.
@@ -43,11 +41,6 @@ Features:
 
 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
 
-* coredump logic should use prlimit() to query RLIMIT_CORE of the dumpee and honour it
-
-* Add a MaxRuntimeSec= setting for service units (or units in general) to terminate units after they ran for a certain
-  amount of time
-
 * Maybe add a way how users can "pin" units into memory, so that they are not subject to automatic GC?
 
 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
@@ -649,10 +642,6 @@ Features:
 * coredump:
   - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
   - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
-  - make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
-    and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
-    infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
-    control of coredumping.
 
 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0374b3f39b..d05d0ba31f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ have_coredump=no
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(coredump, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-coredump], [disable coredump hook]))
 if test "x$enable_coredump" != "xno"; then
         have_coredump=yes
+        M4_DEFINES="$M4_DEFINES -DENABLE_COREDUMP"
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_COREDUMP, [test "$have_coredump" = "yes"])
 
diff --git a/man/systemd-activate.xml b/man/systemd-activate.xml
index c950a0836d..995e6eecce 100644
--- a/man/systemd-activate.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-activate.xml
@@ -60,27 +60,21 @@
   <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
 
-    <para><command>systemd-activate</command> can be used to
-    launch a socket-activated daemon from the command line for
-    testing purposes. It can also be used to launch single instances
-    of the daemon per connection (inetd-style).
+    <para><command>systemd-activate</command> may be used to launch a socket-activated service binary from the command
+    line for testing purposes. It may also be used to launch individual instances of the service binary per connection.
     </para>
 
     <para>The daemon to launch and its options should be specified
     after options intended for <command>systemd-activate</command>.
     </para>
 
-    <para>If the <option>-a</option> option is given, file descriptor
-    of the connection will be used as the standard input and output of
-    the launched process. Otherwise, standard input and output will be
-    inherited, and sockets will be passed through file descriptors 3
-    and higher. Sockets passed through <varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname>
-    to <command>systemd-activate</command> will be passed through to
-    the daemon, in the original positions. Other sockets specified
-    with <option>--listen</option> will use consecutive descriptors.
-    By default, <command>systemd-activate</command> listens on a
-    stream socket, use <option>--datagram</option> to listen on
-    a datagram socket instead (see below).
+    <para>If the <option>--inetd</option> option is given, the socket file descriptor will be used as the standard
+    input and output of the launched process. Otherwise, standard input and output will be inherited, and sockets will
+    be passed through file descriptors 3 and higher. Sockets passed through <varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname> to
+    <command>systemd-activate</command> will be passed through to the daemon, in the original positions. Other sockets
+    specified with <option>--listen=</option> will use consecutive descriptors.  By default,
+    <command>systemd-activate</command> listens on a stream socket, use <option>--datagram</option> and
+    <option>--seqpacket</option> to listen on datagram or sequential packet sockets instead (see below).
     </para>
   </refsect1>
 
@@ -101,16 +95,32 @@
         <term><option>-a</option></term>
         <term><option>--accept</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Launch a separate instance of daemon per
-        connection and pass the connection socket as standard input
-        and standard output.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Launch an instance of the service binary for each connection and pass the connection
+        socket.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>-d</option></term>
         <term><option>--datagram</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Listen on a datagram socket, instead of a stream socket.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Listen on a datagram socket (<constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant>), instead of a stream socket
+        (<constant>SOCK_STREAM</constant>). May not be combined with <option>--seqpacket</option>.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--seqpacket</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Listen on a sequential packet socket (<constant>SOCK_SEQPACKET</constant>), instead of a stream
+        socket (<constant>SOCK_STREAM</constant>). May not be combined with
+        <option>--datagram</option>.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--inetd</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Use the inetd protocol for passing file descriptors, i.e. as standard input and standard
+        output, instead of the new-style protocol for passing file descriptors using <varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname>
+        (see above).</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
@@ -170,7 +180,7 @@
     <example>
       <title>Run an echo server on port 2000</title>
 
-      <programlisting>$ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate -l 2000 -a cat</programlisting>
+      <programlisting>$ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate -l 2000 --inetd -a cat</programlisting>
     </example>
 
     <example>
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 2d3274bbfb..46b288f20b 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -728,20 +728,14 @@
         <term><varname>JobTimeoutAction=</varname></term>
         <term><varname>JobTimeoutRebootArgument=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>When a job for this unit is queued, a time-out
-        may be configured. If this time limit is reached, the job will
-        be cancelled, the unit however will not change state or even
-        enter the <literal>failed</literal> mode. This value defaults
-        to 0 (job timeouts disabled), except for device units. NB:
-        this timeout is independent from any unit-specific timeout
-        (for example, the timeout set with
-        <varname>TimeoutStartSec=</varname> in service units) as the
-        job timeout has no effect on the unit itself, only on the job
-        that might be pending for it. Or in other words: unit-specific
-        timeouts are useful to abort unit state changes, and revert
-        them. The job timeout set with this option however is useful
-        to abort only the job waiting for the unit state to
-        change.</para>
+        <listitem><para>When a job for this unit is queued, a time-out may be configured. If this time limit is
+        reached, the job will be cancelled, the unit however will not change state or even enter the
+        <literal>failed</literal> mode. This value defaults to <literal>infinity</literal> (job timeouts disabled),
+        except for device units. NB: this timeout is independent from any unit-specific timeout (for example, the
+        timeout set with <varname>TimeoutStartSec=</varname> in service units) as the job timeout has no effect on the
+        unit itself, only on the job that might be pending for it. Or in other words: unit-specific timeouts are useful
+        to abort unit state changes, and revert them. The job timeout set with this option however is useful to abort
+        only the job waiting for the unit state to change.</para>
 
         <para><varname>JobTimeoutAction=</varname>
         optionally configures an additional
diff --git a/src/activate/activate.c b/src/activate/activate.c
index d50566c97b..0db4967edb 100644
--- a/src/activate/activate.c
+++ b/src/activate/activate.c
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@
 
 static char** arg_listen = NULL;
 static bool arg_accept = false;
-static bool arg_datagram = false;
+static int arg_socket_type = SOCK_STREAM;
 static char** arg_args = NULL;
 static char** arg_setenv = NULL;
 static const char *arg_fdname = NULL;
+static bool arg_inetd = false;
 
 static int add_epoll(int epoll_fd, int fd) {
         struct epoll_event ev = {
@@ -96,12 +97,7 @@ static int open_sockets(int *epoll_fd, bool accept) {
          */
 
         STRV_FOREACH(address, arg_listen) {
-
-                if (arg_datagram)
-                        fd = make_socket_fd(LOG_DEBUG, *address, SOCK_DGRAM, SOCK_CLOEXEC);
-                else
-                        fd = make_socket_fd(LOG_DEBUG, *address, SOCK_STREAM, (arg_accept*SOCK_CLOEXEC));
-
+                fd = make_socket_fd(LOG_DEBUG, *address, arg_socket_type, (arg_accept*SOCK_CLOEXEC));
                 if (fd < 0) {
                         log_open();
                         return log_error_errno(fd, "Failed to open '%s': %m", *address);
@@ -132,14 +128,20 @@ static int open_sockets(int *epoll_fd, bool accept) {
         return count;
 }
 
-static int launch(char* name, char **argv, char **env, int fds) {
+static int exec_process(const char* name, char **argv, char **env, int start_fd, int n_fds) {
 
-        static const char* tocopy[] = {"TERM=", "PATH=", "USER=", "HOME="};
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **envp = NULL;
-        _cleanup_free_ char *tmp = NULL;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *joined = NULL;
         unsigned n_env = 0, length;
-        char **s;
+        const char *tocopy;
         unsigned i;
+        char **s;
+        int r;
+
+        if (arg_inetd && n_fds != 1) {
+                log_error("--inetd only supported for single file descriptors.");
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
 
         length = strv_length(arg_setenv);
 
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ static int launch(char* name, char **argv, char **env, int fds) {
                 return log_oom();
 
         STRV_FOREACH(s, arg_setenv) {
+
                 if (strchr(*s, '=')) {
                         char *k;
 
@@ -172,13 +175,15 @@ static int launch(char* name, char **argv, char **env, int fds) {
                         envp[n_env] = strdup(n);
                         if (!envp[n_env])
                                 return log_oom();
+
+                        n_env ++;
                 }
         }
 
-        for (i = 0; i < ELEMENTSOF(tocopy); i++) {
+        FOREACH_STRING(tocopy, "TERM=", "PATH=", "USER=", "HOME=") {
                 const char *n;
 
-                n = strv_find_prefix(env, tocopy[i]);
+                n = strv_find_prefix(env, tocopy);
                 if (!n)
                         continue;
 
@@ -189,50 +194,76 @@ static int launch(char* name, char **argv, char **env, int fds) {
                 n_env ++;
         }
 
-        if ((asprintf((char**)(envp + n_env++), "LISTEN_FDS=%d", fds) < 0) ||
-            (asprintf((char**)(envp + n_env++), "LISTEN_PID=%d", getpid()) < 0))
-                return log_oom();
+        if (arg_inetd) {
+                assert(n_fds == 1);
+
+                r = dup2(start_fd, STDIN_FILENO);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to dup connection to stdin: %m");
+
+                r = dup2(start_fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to dup connection to stdout: %m");
 
-        if (arg_fdname) {
-                char *e;
+                start_fd = safe_close(start_fd);
+        } else {
+                if (start_fd != SD_LISTEN_FDS_START) {
+                        assert(n_fds == 1);
 
-                e = strappend("LISTEN_FDNAMES=", arg_fdname);
-                if (!e)
+                        r = dup2(start_fd, SD_LISTEN_FDS_START);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to dup connection: %m");
+
+                        safe_close(start_fd);
+                        start_fd = SD_LISTEN_FDS_START;
+                }
+
+                if (asprintf((char**)(envp + n_env++), "LISTEN_FDS=%i", n_fds) < 0)
                         return log_oom();
 
-                for (i = 1; i < (unsigned) fds; i++) {
-                        char *c;
+                if (asprintf((char**)(envp + n_env++), "LISTEN_PID=" PID_FMT, getpid()) < 0)
+                        return log_oom();
 
-                        c = strjoin(e, ":", arg_fdname, NULL);
-                        if (!c) {
-                                free(e);
+                if (arg_fdname) {
+                        char *e;
+
+                        e = strappend("LISTEN_FDNAMES=", arg_fdname);
+                        if (!e)
                                 return log_oom();
+
+                        for (i = 1; i < (unsigned) n_fds; i++) {
+                                char *c;
+
+                                c = strjoin(e, ":", arg_fdname, NULL);
+                                if (!c) {
+                                        free(e);
+                                        return log_oom();
+                                }
+
+                                free(e);
+                                e = c;
                         }
 
-                        free(e);
-                        e = c;
+                        envp[n_env++] = e;
                 }
-
-                envp[n_env++] = e;
         }
 
-        tmp = strv_join(argv, " ");
-        if (!tmp)
+        joined = strv_join(argv, " ");
+        if (!joined)
                 return log_oom();
 
-        log_info("Execing %s (%s)", name, tmp);
+        log_info("Execing %s (%s)", name, joined);
         execvpe(name, argv, envp);
 
-        return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to execp %s (%s): %m", name, tmp);
+        return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to execp %s (%s): %m", name, joined);
 }
 
-static int launch1(const char* child, char** argv, char **env, int fd) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *tmp = NULL;
+static int fork_and_exec_process(const char* child, char** argv, char **env, int fd) {
+        _cleanup_free_ char *joined = NULL;
         pid_t parent_pid, child_pid;
-        int r;
 
-        tmp = strv_join(argv, " ");
-        if (!tmp)
+        joined = strv_join(argv, " ");
+        if (!joined)
                 return log_oom();
 
         parent_pid = getpid();
@@ -247,24 +278,6 @@ static int launch1(const char* child, char** argv, char **env, int fd) {
                 (void) reset_all_signal_handlers();
                 (void) reset_signal_mask();
 
-                r = dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to dup connection to stdin: %m");
-                        _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                }
-
-                r = dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to dup connection to stdout: %m");
-                        _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                }
-
-                r = close(fd);
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to close dupped connection: %m");
-                        _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                }
-
                 /* Make sure the child goes away when the parent dies */
                 if (prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGTERM) < 0)
                         _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -274,31 +287,27 @@ static int launch1(const char* child, char** argv, char **env, int fd) {
                 if (getppid() != parent_pid)
                         _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 
-                execvp(child, argv);
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to exec child %s: %m", child);
+                exec_process(child, argv, env, fd, 1);
                 _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
-        log_info("Spawned %s (%s) as PID %d", child, tmp, child_pid);
-
+        log_info("Spawned %s (%s) as PID %d", child, joined, child_pid);
         return 0;
 }
 
 static int do_accept(const char* name, char **argv, char **envp, int fd) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *local = NULL, *peer = NULL;
-        _cleanup_close_ int fd2 = -1;
+        _cleanup_close_ int fd_accepted = -1;
 
-        fd2 = accept(fd, NULL, NULL);
-        if (fd2 < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to accept connection on fd:%d: %m", fd);
-                return fd2;
-        }
+        fd_accepted = accept4(fd, NULL, NULL, 0);
+        if (fd_accepted < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to accept connection on fd:%d: %m", fd);
 
-        getsockname_pretty(fd2, &local);
-        getpeername_pretty(fd2, true, &peer);
+        getsockname_pretty(fd_accepted, &local);
+        getpeername_pretty(fd_accepted, true, &peer);
         log_info("Connection from %s to %s", strna(peer), strna(local));
 
-        return launch1(name, argv, envp, fd2);
+        return fork_and_exec_process(name, argv, envp, fd_accepted);
 }
 
 /* SIGCHLD handler. */
@@ -306,21 +315,24 @@ static void sigchld_hdl(int sig, siginfo_t *t, void *data) {
         PROTECT_ERRNO;
 
         log_info("Child %d died with code %d", t->si_pid, t->si_status);
+
         /* Wait for a dead child. */
-        waitpid(t->si_pid, NULL, 0);
+        (void) waitpid(t->si_pid, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 static int install_chld_handler(void) {
-        int r;
-        struct sigaction act = {
+        static const struct sigaction act = {
                 .sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO,
                 .sa_sigaction = sigchld_hdl,
         };
 
+        int r;
+
         r = sigaction(SIGCHLD, &act, 0);
         if (r < 0)
-                log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to install SIGCHLD handler: %m");
-        return r;
+                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to install SIGCHLD handler: %m");
+
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static void help(void) {
@@ -331,8 +343,10 @@ static void help(void) {
                "     --version             Print version string and exit\n"
                "  -l --listen=ADDR         Listen for raw connections at ADDR\n"
                "  -d --datagram            Listen on datagram instead of stream socket\n"
+               "     --seqpacket           Listen on SOCK_SEQPACKET instead of stream socket\n"
                "  -a --accept              Spawn separate child for each connection\n"
                "  -E --setenv=NAME[=VALUE] Pass an environment variable to children\n"
+               "     --inetd               Enable inetd file descriptor passing protocol\n"
                "\n"
                "Note: file descriptors from sd_listen_fds() will be passed through.\n"
                , program_invocation_short_name);
@@ -342,17 +356,21 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         enum {
                 ARG_VERSION = 0x100,
                 ARG_FDNAME,
+                ARG_SEQPACKET,
+                ARG_INETD,
         };
 
         static const struct option options[] = {
                 { "help",        no_argument,       NULL, 'h'           },
                 { "version",     no_argument,       NULL, ARG_VERSION   },
                 { "datagram",    no_argument,       NULL, 'd'           },
+                { "seqpacket",   no_argument,       NULL, ARG_SEQPACKET },
                 { "listen",      required_argument, NULL, 'l'           },
                 { "accept",      no_argument,       NULL, 'a'           },
                 { "setenv",      required_argument, NULL, 'E'           },
                 { "environment", required_argument, NULL, 'E'           }, /* legacy alias */
                 { "fdname",      required_argument, NULL, ARG_FDNAME    },
+                { "inetd",       no_argument,       NULL, ARG_INETD     },
                 {}
         };
 
@@ -378,7 +396,21 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         break;
 
                 case 'd':
-                        arg_datagram = true;
+                        if (arg_socket_type == SOCK_SEQPACKET) {
+                                log_error("--datagram may not be combined with --seqpacket.");
+                                return -EINVAL;
+                        }
+
+                        arg_socket_type = SOCK_DGRAM;
+                        break;
+
+                case ARG_SEQPACKET:
+                        if (arg_socket_type == SOCK_DGRAM) {
+                                log_error("--seqpacket may not be combined with --datagram.");
+                                return -EINVAL;
+                        }
+
+                        arg_socket_type = SOCK_SEQPACKET;
                         break;
 
                 case 'a':
@@ -401,6 +433,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         arg_fdname = optarg;
                         break;
 
+                case ARG_INETD:
+                        arg_inetd = true;
+                        break;
+
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -414,7 +450,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        if (arg_datagram && arg_accept) {
+        if (arg_socket_type == SOCK_DGRAM && arg_accept) {
                 log_error("Datagram sockets do not accept connections. "
                           "The --datagram and --accept options may not be combined.");
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -462,15 +498,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
                 log_info("Communication attempt on fd %i.", event.data.fd);
                 if (arg_accept) {
-                        r = do_accept(argv[optind], argv + optind, envp,
-                                      event.data.fd);
+                        r = do_accept(argv[optind], argv + optind, envp, event.data.fd);
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
                 } else
                         break;
         }
 
-        launch(argv[optind], argv + optind, envp, n);
+        exec_process(argv[optind], argv + optind, envp, SD_LISTEN_FDS_START, n);
 
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/basic/socket-util.c b/src/basic/socket-util.c
index 7a866f2e23..49e5f5b125 100644
--- a/src/basic/socket-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/socket-util.c
@@ -871,14 +871,13 @@ int send_one_fd_sa(
                 struct cmsghdr cmsghdr;
                 uint8_t buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
         } control = {};
-        struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
-
         struct msghdr mh = {
                 .msg_name = (struct sockaddr*) sa,
                 .msg_namelen = len,
                 .msg_control = &control,
                 .msg_controllen = sizeof(control),
         };
+        struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
 
         assert(transport_fd >= 0);
         assert(fd >= 0);
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4 b/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
index c2a47c7b11..5b99398307 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Unit.OnFailureJobMode,           config_parse_job_mode,              0,
 Unit.OnFailureIsolate,           config_parse_job_mode_isolate,      0,                             offsetof(Unit, on_failure_job_mode)
 Unit.IgnoreOnIsolate,            config_parse_bool,                  0,                             offsetof(Unit, ignore_on_isolate)
 Unit.IgnoreOnSnapshot,           config_parse_warn_compat,           DISABLED_LEGACY,               0
-Unit.JobTimeoutSec,              config_parse_sec,                   0,                             offsetof(Unit, job_timeout)
+Unit.JobTimeoutSec,              config_parse_sec_fix_0,             0,                             offsetof(Unit, job_timeout)
 Unit.JobTimeoutAction,           config_parse_failure_action,        0,                             offsetof(Unit, job_timeout_action)
 Unit.JobTimeoutRebootArgument,   config_parse_string,                0,                             offsetof(Unit, job_timeout_reboot_arg)
 Unit.StartLimitInterval,         config_parse_sec,                   0,                             offsetof(Unit, start_limit.interval)
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ Service.ExecReload,              config_parse_exec,                  SERVICE_EXE
 Service.ExecStop,                config_parse_exec,                  SERVICE_EXEC_STOP,             offsetof(Service, exec_command)
 Service.ExecStopPost,            config_parse_exec,                  SERVICE_EXEC_STOP_POST,        offsetof(Service, exec_command)
 Service.RestartSec,              config_parse_sec,                   0,                             offsetof(Service, restart_usec)
-Service.TimeoutSec,              config_parse_service_timeout,       0,                             offsetof(Service, timeout_start_usec)
-Service.TimeoutStartSec,         config_parse_service_timeout,       0,                             offsetof(Service, timeout_start_usec)
-Service.TimeoutStopSec,          config_parse_service_timeout,       0,                             offsetof(Service, timeout_stop_usec)
+Service.TimeoutSec,              config_parse_service_timeout,       0,                             0
+Service.TimeoutStartSec,         config_parse_service_timeout,       0,                             0
+Service.TimeoutStopSec,          config_parse_service_timeout,       0,                             0
 Service.RuntimeMaxSec,           config_parse_sec,                   0,                             offsetof(Service, runtime_max_usec)
 Service.WatchdogSec,             config_parse_sec,                   0,                             offsetof(Service, watchdog_usec)
 Service.StartLimitInterval,      config_parse_sec,                   0,                             offsetof(Unit, start_limit.interval)
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index 8e5ef935f7..e0c318c110 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -1711,18 +1711,20 @@ int config_parse_bus_name(
         return config_parse_string(unit, filename, line, section, section_line, lvalue, ltype, k, data, userdata);
 }
 
-int config_parse_service_timeout(const char *unit,
-                                 const char *filename,
-                                 unsigned line,
-                                 const char *section,
-                                 unsigned section_line,
-                                 const char *lvalue,
-                                 int ltype,
-                                 const char *rvalue,
-                                 void *data,
-                                 void *userdata) {
+int config_parse_service_timeout(
+                const char *unit,
+                const char *filename,
+                unsigned line,
+                const char *section,
+                unsigned section_line,
+                const char *lvalue,
+                int ltype,
+                const char *rvalue,
+                void *data,
+                void *userdata) {
 
         Service *s = userdata;
+        usec_t usec;
         int r;
 
         assert(filename);
@@ -1730,25 +1732,63 @@ int config_parse_service_timeout(const char *unit,
         assert(rvalue);
         assert(s);
 
-        r = config_parse_sec(unit, filename, line, section, section_line, lvalue, ltype,
-                             rvalue, data, userdata);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
+        /* This is called for three cases: TimeoutSec=, TimeoutStopSec= and TimeoutStartSec=. */
 
-        if (streq(lvalue, "TimeoutSec")) {
-                s->start_timeout_defined = true;
-                s->timeout_stop_usec = s->timeout_start_usec;
-        } else if (streq(lvalue, "TimeoutStartSec"))
-                s->start_timeout_defined = true;
+        r = parse_sec(rvalue, &usec);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "Failed to parse %s= parameter, ignoring: %s", lvalue, rvalue);
+                return 0;
+        }
 
         /* Traditionally, these options accepted 0 to disable the timeouts. However, a timeout of 0 suggests it happens
          * immediately, hence fix this to become USEC_INFINITY instead. This is in-line with how we internally handle
          * all other timeouts. */
+        if (usec <= 0)
+                usec = USEC_INFINITY;
+
+        if (!streq(lvalue, "TimeoutStopSec")) {
+                s->start_timeout_defined = true;
+                s->timeout_start_usec = usec;
+        }
+
+        if (!streq(lvalue, "TimeoutStartSec"))
+                s->timeout_stop_usec = usec;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int config_parse_sec_fix_0(
+                const char *unit,
+                const char *filename,
+                unsigned line,
+                const char *section,
+                unsigned section_line,
+                const char *lvalue,
+                int ltype,
+                const char *rvalue,
+                void *data,
+                void *userdata) {
+
+        usec_t *usec = data;
+        int r;
+
+        assert(filename);
+        assert(lvalue);
+        assert(rvalue);
+        assert(usec);
+
+        /* This is pretty much like config_parse_sec(), except that this treats a time of 0 as infinity, for
+         * compatibility with older versions of systemd where 0 instead of infinity was used as indicator to turn off a
+         * timeout. */
+
+        r = parse_sec(rvalue, usec);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "Failed to parse %s= parameter, ignoring: %s", lvalue, rvalue);
+                return 0;
+        }
 
-        if (s->timeout_start_usec <= 0)
-                s->timeout_start_usec = USEC_INFINITY;
-        if (s->timeout_stop_usec <= 0)
-                s->timeout_stop_usec = USEC_INFINITY;
+        if (*usec <= 0)
+                *usec = USEC_INFINITY;
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.h b/src/core/load-fragment.h
index da215195cb..5fb5910919 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.h
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ int config_parse_bus_name(const char* unit, const char *filename, unsigned line,
 int config_parse_exec_utmp_mode(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, const char *section, unsigned section_line, const char *lvalue, int ltype, const char *rvalue, void *data, void *userdata);
 int config_parse_working_directory(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, const char *section, unsigned section_line, const char *lvalue, int ltype, const char *rvalue, void *data, void *userdata);
 int config_parse_fdname(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, const char *section, unsigned section_line, const char *lvalue, int ltype, const char *rvalue, void *data, void *userdata);
+int config_parse_sec_fix_0(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, const char *section, unsigned section_line, const char *lvalue, int ltype, const char *rvalue, void *data, void *userdata);
 
 /* gperf prototypes */
 const struct ConfigPerfItem* load_fragment_gperf_lookup(const char *key, unsigned length);
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 0e6832c122..e2088574c0 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -172,19 +172,15 @@ noreturn static void crash(int sig) {
                 if (pid < 0)
                         log_emergency_errno(errno, "Caught <%s>, cannot fork for core dump: %m", signal_to_string(sig));
                 else if (pid == 0) {
-                        struct rlimit rl = {
-                                .rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY,
-                                .rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY,
-                        };
-
                         /* Enable default signal handler for core dump */
+
                         sa = (struct sigaction) {
                                 .sa_handler = SIG_DFL,
                         };
                         (void) sigaction(sig, &sa, NULL);
 
-                        /* Don't limit the core dump size */
-                        (void) setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl);
+                        /* Don't limit the coredump size */
+                        (void) setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &RLIMIT_MAKE_CONST(RLIM_INFINITY));
 
                         /* Just to be sure... */
                         (void) chdir("/");
@@ -1466,6 +1462,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 kernel_timestamp = DUAL_TIMESTAMP_NULL;
         }
 
+        if (getpid() == 1) {
+                /* Don't limit the core dump size, so that coredump handlers such as systemd-coredump (which honour the limit)
+                 * will process core dumps for system services by default. */
+                (void) setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &RLIMIT_MAKE_CONST(RLIM_INFINITY));
+
+                /* But at the same time, turn off the core_pattern logic by default, so that no coredumps are stored
+                 * until the systemd-coredump tool is enabled via sysctl. */
+                if (!skip_setup)
+                        (void) write_string_file("/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern", "|/bin/false", 0);
+        }
+
         /* Initialize default unit */
         r = free_and_strdup(&arg_default_unit, SPECIAL_DEFAULT_TARGET);
         if (r < 0) {
diff --git a/src/coredump/Makefile b/src/coredump/Makefile
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..d0b0e8e008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/coredump/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Makefile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/journal/coredump-vacuum.c b/src/coredump/coredump-vacuum.c
index f02b6dbd87..f02b6dbd87 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredump-vacuum.c
+++ b/src/coredump/coredump-vacuum.c
diff --git a/src/journal/coredump-vacuum.h b/src/coredump/coredump-vacuum.h
index 4b7b9f2d98..4b7b9f2d98 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredump-vacuum.h
+++ b/src/coredump/coredump-vacuum.h
diff --git a/src/journal/coredump.c b/src/coredump/coredump.c
index 8b1c670cc6..085909c20c 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredump.c
+++ b/src/coredump/coredump.c
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ELFUTILS
-#  include <dwarf.h>
-#  include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
+#include <dwarf.h>
+#include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "sd-journal.h"
 #include "sd-login.h"
+#include "sd-daemon.h"
 
 #include "acl-util.h"
 #include "alloc-util.h"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "mkdir.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
+#include "socket-util.h"
 #include "special.h"
 #include "stacktrace.h"
 #include "string-table.h"
@@ -62,12 +64,10 @@
 /* The maximum size up to which we process coredumps */
 #define PROCESS_SIZE_MAX ((uint64_t) (2LLU*1024LLU*1024LLU*1024LLU))
 
-/* The maximum size up to which we leave the coredump around on
- * disk */
+/* The maximum size up to which we leave the coredump around on disk */
 #define EXTERNAL_SIZE_MAX PROCESS_SIZE_MAX
 
-/* The maximum size up to which we store the coredump in the
- * journal */
+/* The maximum size up to which we store the coredump in the journal */
 #define JOURNAL_SIZE_MAX ((size_t) (767LU*1024LU*1024LU))
 
 /* Make sure to not make this larger than the maximum journal entry
@@ -75,14 +75,17 @@
 assert_cc(JOURNAL_SIZE_MAX <= DATA_SIZE_MAX);
 
 enum {
-        INFO_PID,
-        INFO_UID,
-        INFO_GID,
-        INFO_SIGNAL,
-        INFO_TIMESTAMP,
-        INFO_COMM,
-        INFO_EXE,
-        _INFO_LEN
+        /* We use this as array indexes for a couple of special fields we use for naming coredumping files, and
+         * attaching xattrs */
+        CONTEXT_PID,
+        CONTEXT_UID,
+        CONTEXT_GID,
+        CONTEXT_SIGNAL,
+        CONTEXT_TIMESTAMP,
+        CONTEXT_RLIMIT,
+        CONTEXT_COMM,
+        CONTEXT_EXE,
+        _CONTEXT_MAX
 };
 
 typedef enum CoredumpStorage {
@@ -173,16 +176,16 @@ static int fix_acl(int fd, uid_t uid) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int fix_xattr(int fd, const char *info[_INFO_LEN]) {
+static int fix_xattr(int fd, const char *context[_CONTEXT_MAX]) {
 
-        static const char * const xattrs[_INFO_LEN] = {
-                [INFO_PID] = "user.coredump.pid",
-                [INFO_UID] = "user.coredump.uid",
-                [INFO_GID] = "user.coredump.gid",
-                [INFO_SIGNAL] = "user.coredump.signal",
-                [INFO_TIMESTAMP] = "user.coredump.timestamp",
-                [INFO_COMM] = "user.coredump.comm",
-                [INFO_EXE] = "user.coredump.exe",
+        static const char * const xattrs[_CONTEXT_MAX] = {
+                [CONTEXT_PID] = "user.coredump.pid",
+                [CONTEXT_UID] = "user.coredump.uid",
+                [CONTEXT_GID] = "user.coredump.gid",
+                [CONTEXT_SIGNAL] = "user.coredump.signal",
+                [CONTEXT_TIMESTAMP] = "user.coredump.timestamp",
+                [CONTEXT_COMM] = "user.coredump.comm",
+                [CONTEXT_EXE] = "user.coredump.exe",
         };
 
         int r = 0;
@@ -193,13 +196,13 @@ static int fix_xattr(int fd, const char *info[_INFO_LEN]) {
         /* Attach some metadata to coredumps via extended
          * attributes. Just because we can. */
 
-        for (i = 0; i < _INFO_LEN; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < _CONTEXT_MAX; i++) {
                 int k;
 
-                if (isempty(info[i]) || !xattrs[i])
+                if (isempty(context[i]) || !xattrs[i])
                         continue;
 
-                k = fsetxattr(fd, xattrs[i], info[i], strlen(info[i]), XATTR_CREATE);
+                k = fsetxattr(fd, xattrs[i], context[i], strlen(context[i]), XATTR_CREATE);
                 if (k < 0 && r == 0)
                         r = -errno;
         }
@@ -213,18 +216,18 @@ static int fix_permissions(
                 int fd,
                 const char *filename,
                 const char *target,
-                const char *info[_INFO_LEN],
+                const char *context[_CONTEXT_MAX],
                 uid_t uid) {
 
         assert(fd >= 0);
         assert(filename);
         assert(target);
-        assert(info);
+        assert(context);
 
         /* Ignore errors on these */
-        fchmod(fd, 0640);
-        fix_acl(fd, uid);
-        fix_xattr(fd, info);
+        (void) fchmod(fd, 0640);
+        (void) fix_acl(fd, uid);
+        (void) fix_xattr(fd, context);
 
         if (fsync(fd) < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to sync coredump %s: %m", filename);
@@ -252,18 +255,18 @@ static int maybe_remove_external_coredump(const char *filename, uint64_t size) {
         return 1;
 }
 
-static int make_filename(const char *info[_INFO_LEN], char **ret) {
+static int make_filename(const char *context[_CONTEXT_MAX], char **ret) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *c = NULL, *u = NULL, *p = NULL, *t = NULL;
         sd_id128_t boot = {};
         int r;
 
-        assert(info);
+        assert(context);
 
-        c = filename_escape(info[INFO_COMM]);
+        c = filename_escape(context[CONTEXT_COMM]);
         if (!c)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        u = filename_escape(info[INFO_UID]);
+        u = filename_escape(context[CONTEXT_UID]);
         if (!u)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -271,11 +274,11 @@ static int make_filename(const char *info[_INFO_LEN], char **ret) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        p = filename_escape(info[INFO_PID]);
+        p = filename_escape(context[CONTEXT_PID]);
         if (!p)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        t = filename_escape(info[INFO_TIMESTAMP]);
+        t = filename_escape(context[CONTEXT_TIMESTAMP]);
         if (!t)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -292,8 +295,8 @@ static int make_filename(const char *info[_INFO_LEN], char **ret) {
 }
 
 static int save_external_coredump(
-                const char *info[_INFO_LEN],
-                uid_t uid,
+                const char *context[_CONTEXT_MAX],
+                int input_fd,
                 char **ret_filename,
                 int *ret_node_fd,
                 int *ret_data_fd,
@@ -301,16 +304,34 @@ static int save_external_coredump(
 
         _cleanup_free_ char *fn = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
+        uint64_t rlimit, max_size;
         struct stat st;
+        uid_t uid;
         int r;
 
-        assert(info);
+        assert(context);
         assert(ret_filename);
         assert(ret_node_fd);
         assert(ret_data_fd);
         assert(ret_size);
 
-        r = make_filename(info, &fn);
+        r = parse_uid(context[CONTEXT_UID], &uid);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse UID: %m");
+
+        r = safe_atou64(context[CONTEXT_RLIMIT], &rlimit);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse resource limit: %s", context[CONTEXT_RLIMIT]);
+        if (rlimit <= 0) {
+                /* Is coredumping disabled? Then don't bother saving/processing the coredump */
+                log_info("Core Dumping has been disabled for process %s (%s).", context[CONTEXT_PID], context[CONTEXT_COMM]);
+                return -EBADSLT;
+        }
+
+        /* Never store more than the process configured, or than we actually shall keep or process */
+        max_size = MIN(rlimit, MAX(arg_process_size_max, arg_external_size_max));
+
+        r = make_filename(context, &fn);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to determine coredump file name: %m");
 
@@ -324,12 +345,12 @@ static int save_external_coredump(
         if (fd < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create coredump file %s: %m", tmp);
 
-        r = copy_bytes(STDIN_FILENO, fd, arg_process_size_max, false);
+        r = copy_bytes(input_fd, fd, max_size, false);
         if (r == -EFBIG) {
-                log_error("Coredump of %s (%s) is larger than configured processing limit, refusing.", info[INFO_PID], info[INFO_COMM]);
+                log_error("Coredump of %s (%s) is larger than configured processing limit, refusing.", context[CONTEXT_PID], context[CONTEXT_COMM]);
                 goto fail;
         } else if (IN_SET(r, -EDQUOT, -ENOSPC)) {
-                log_error("Not enough disk space for coredump of %s (%s), refusing.", info[INFO_PID], info[INFO_COMM]);
+                log_error("Not enough disk space for coredump of %s (%s), refusing.", context[CONTEXT_PID], context[CONTEXT_COMM]);
                 goto fail;
         } else if (r < 0) {
                 log_error_errno(r, "Failed to dump coredump to file: %m");
@@ -378,7 +399,7 @@ static int save_external_coredump(
                         goto fail_compressed;
                 }
 
-                r = fix_permissions(fd_compressed, tmp_compressed, fn_compressed, info, uid);
+                r = fix_permissions(fd_compressed, tmp_compressed, fn_compressed, context, uid);
                 if (r < 0)
                         goto fail_compressed;
 
@@ -396,13 +417,13 @@ static int save_external_coredump(
                 return 0;
 
         fail_compressed:
-                unlink_noerrno(tmp_compressed);
+                (void) unlink(tmp_compressed);
         }
 
 uncompressed:
 #endif
 
-        r = fix_permissions(fd, tmp, fn, info, uid);
+        r = fix_permissions(fd, tmp, fn, context, uid);
         if (r < 0)
                 goto fail;
 
@@ -417,7 +438,7 @@ uncompressed:
         return 0;
 
 fail:
-        unlink_noerrno(tmp);
+        (void) unlink(tmp);
         return r;
 }
 
@@ -539,186 +560,473 @@ static int compose_open_fds(pid_t pid, char **open_fds) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+static int change_uid_gid(const char *context[]) {
+        uid_t uid;
+        gid_t gid;
+        int r;
 
-        /* The small core field we allocate on the stack, to keep things simple */
-        char
-                *core_pid = NULL, *core_uid = NULL, *core_gid = NULL, *core_signal = NULL,
-                *core_session = NULL, *core_exe = NULL, *core_comm = NULL, *core_cmdline = NULL,
-                *core_cgroup = NULL, *core_cwd = NULL, *core_root = NULL, *core_unit = NULL,
-                *core_slice = NULL;
+        r = parse_uid(context[CONTEXT_UID], &uid);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
 
-        /* The larger ones we allocate on the heap */
-        _cleanup_free_ char
-                *core_timestamp = NULL,  *core_message = NULL, *coredump_data = NULL, *core_owner_uid = NULL,
-                *core_open_fds = NULL, *core_proc_status = NULL, *core_proc_maps = NULL, *core_proc_limits = NULL,
-                *core_proc_cgroup = NULL, *core_environ = NULL;
+        if (uid <= SYSTEM_UID_MAX) {
+                const char *user = "systemd-coredump";
 
-        _cleanup_free_ char *exe = NULL, *comm = NULL, *filename = NULL;
-        const char *info[_INFO_LEN];
+                r = get_user_creds(&user, &uid, &gid, NULL, NULL);
+                if (r < 0) {
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Cannot resolve %s user. Proceeding to dump core as root: %m", user);
+                        uid = gid = 0;
+                }
+        } else {
+                r = parse_gid(context[CONTEXT_GID], &gid);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
 
-        _cleanup_close_ int coredump_fd = -1, coredump_node_fd = -1;
+        return drop_privileges(uid, gid, 0);
+}
+
+static int submit_coredump(
+                const char *context[_CONTEXT_MAX],
+                struct iovec *iovec,
+                size_t n_iovec_allocated,
+                size_t n_iovec,
+                int input_fd) {
 
-        struct iovec iovec[26];
+        _cleanup_close_ int coredump_fd = -1, coredump_node_fd = -1;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *core_message = NULL, *filename = NULL, *coredump_data = NULL;
         uint64_t coredump_size;
-        int r, j = 0;
-        uid_t uid, owner_uid;
-        gid_t gid;
-        pid_t pid;
-        char *t;
-        const char *p;
+        int r;
 
-        /* Make sure we never enter a loop */
-        prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 0);
+        assert(context);
+        assert(iovec);
+        assert(n_iovec_allocated >= n_iovec + 3);
+        assert(input_fd >= 0);
 
-        /* First, log to a safe place, since we don't know what
-         * crashed and it might be journald which we'd rather not log
-         * to then. */
-        log_set_target(LOG_TARGET_KMSG);
-        log_open();
+        /* Vacuum before we write anything again */
+        (void) coredump_vacuum(-1, arg_keep_free, arg_max_use);
 
-        if (argc < INFO_COMM + 1) {
-                log_error("Not enough arguments passed from kernel (%d, expected %d).",
-                          argc - 1, INFO_COMM + 1 - 1);
-                r = -EINVAL;
-                goto finish;
+        /* Always stream the coredump to disk, if that's possible */
+        r = save_external_coredump(context, input_fd, &filename, &coredump_node_fd, &coredump_fd, &coredump_size);
+        if (r < 0)
+                /* Skip whole core dumping part */
+                goto log;
+
+        /* If we don't want to keep the coredump on disk, remove it now, as later on we will lack the privileges for
+         * it. However, we keep the fd to it, so that we can still process it and log it. */
+        r = maybe_remove_external_coredump(filename, coredump_size);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+        if (r == 0) {
+                const char *coredump_filename;
+
+                coredump_filename = strjoina("COREDUMP_FILENAME=", filename);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], coredump_filename);
         }
 
-        /* Ignore all parse errors */
-        parse_config();
+        /* Vacuum again, but exclude the coredump we just created */
+        (void) coredump_vacuum(coredump_node_fd >= 0 ? coredump_node_fd : coredump_fd, arg_keep_free, arg_max_use);
 
-        log_debug("Selected storage '%s'.", coredump_storage_to_string(arg_storage));
-        log_debug("Selected compression %s.", yes_no(arg_compress));
+        /* Now, let's drop privileges to become the user who owns the segfaulted process and allocate the coredump
+         * memory under the user's uid. This also ensures that the credentials journald will see are the ones of the
+         * coredumping user, thus making sure the user gets access to the core dump. Let's also get rid of all
+         * capabilities, if we run as root, we won't need them anymore. */
+        r = change_uid_gid(context);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to drop privileges: %m");
 
-        r = parse_uid(argv[INFO_UID + 1], &uid);
-        if (r < 0) {
-                log_error("Failed to parse UID.");
-                goto finish;
+#ifdef HAVE_ELFUTILS
+        /* Try to get a strack trace if we can */
+        if (coredump_size <= arg_process_size_max) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *stacktrace = NULL;
+
+                r = coredump_make_stack_trace(coredump_fd, context[CONTEXT_EXE], &stacktrace);
+                if (r >= 0)
+                        core_message = strjoin("MESSAGE=Process ", context[CONTEXT_PID], " (", context[CONTEXT_COMM], ") of user ", context[CONTEXT_UID], " dumped core.\n\n", stacktrace, NULL);
+                else if (r == -EINVAL)
+                        log_warning("Failed to generate stack trace: %s", dwfl_errmsg(dwfl_errno()));
+                else
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to generate stack trace: %m");
         }
 
-        r = parse_pid(argv[INFO_PID + 1], &pid);
-        if (r < 0) {
-                log_error("Failed to parse PID.");
-                goto finish;
+        if (!core_message)
+#endif
+log:
+        core_message = strjoin("MESSAGE=Process ", context[CONTEXT_PID], " (", context[CONTEXT_COMM], ") of user ", context[CONTEXT_UID], " dumped core.", NULL);
+        if (core_message)
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_message);
+
+        /* Optionally store the entire coredump in the journal */
+        if (IN_SET(arg_storage, COREDUMP_STORAGE_JOURNAL, COREDUMP_STORAGE_BOTH) &&
+            coredump_size <= arg_journal_size_max) {
+                size_t sz = 0;
+
+                /* Store the coredump itself in the journal */
+
+                r = allocate_journal_field(coredump_fd, (size_t) coredump_size, &coredump_data, &sz);
+                if (r >= 0) {
+                        iovec[n_iovec].iov_base = coredump_data;
+                        iovec[n_iovec].iov_len = sz;
+                        n_iovec++;
+                }
         }
 
-        r = parse_gid(argv[INFO_GID + 1], &gid);
-        if (r < 0) {
-                log_error("Failed to parse GID.");
+        assert(n_iovec <= n_iovec_allocated);
+
+        r = sd_journal_sendv(iovec, n_iovec);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to log coredump: %m");
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static void map_context_fields(const struct iovec *iovec, const char *context[]) {
+
+        static const char * const context_field_names[_CONTEXT_MAX] = {
+                [CONTEXT_PID] = "COREDUMP_PID=",
+                [CONTEXT_UID] = "COREDUMP_UID=",
+                [CONTEXT_GID] = "COREDUMP_GID=",
+                [CONTEXT_SIGNAL] = "COREDUMP_SIGNAL=",
+                [CONTEXT_TIMESTAMP] = "COREDUMP_TIMESTAMP=",
+                [CONTEXT_COMM] = "COREDUMP_COMM=",
+                [CONTEXT_EXE] = "COREDUMP_EXE=",
+                [CONTEXT_RLIMIT] = "COREDUMP_RLIMIT=",
+        };
+
+        unsigned i;
+
+        assert(iovec);
+        assert(context);
+
+        for (i = 0; i < _CONTEXT_MAX; i++) {
+                size_t l;
+
+                l = strlen(context_field_names[i]);
+                if (iovec->iov_len < l)
+                        continue;
+
+                if (memcmp(iovec->iov_base, context_field_names[i], l) != 0)
+                        continue;
+
+                /* Note that these strings are NUL terminated, because we made sure that a trailing NUL byte is in the
+                 * buffer, though not included in the iov_len count. (see below) */
+                context[i] = (char*) iovec->iov_base + l;
+                break;
+        }
+}
+
+static int process_socket(int fd) {
+        _cleanup_close_ int coredump_fd = -1;
+        struct iovec *iovec = NULL;
+        size_t n_iovec = 0, n_iovec_allocated = 0, i;
+        const char *context[_CONTEXT_MAX] = {};
+        int r;
+
+        assert(fd >= 0);
+
+        log_set_target(LOG_TARGET_AUTO);
+        log_parse_environment();
+        log_open();
+
+        for (;;) {
+                union {
+                        struct cmsghdr cmsghdr;
+                        uint8_t buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
+                } control = {};
+                struct msghdr mh = {
+                        .msg_control = &control,
+                        .msg_controllen = sizeof(control),
+                        .msg_iovlen = 1,
+                };
+                ssize_t n;
+                int l;
+
+                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(iovec, n_iovec_allocated, n_iovec + 3)) {
+                        r = log_oom();
+                        goto finish;
+                }
+
+                if (ioctl(fd, FIONREAD, &l) < 0) {
+                        r = log_error_errno(errno, "FIONREAD failed: %m");
+                        goto finish;
+                }
+
+                assert(l >= 0);
+
+                iovec[n_iovec].iov_len = l;
+                iovec[n_iovec].iov_base = malloc(l + 1);
+
+                if (!iovec[n_iovec].iov_base) {
+                        r = log_oom();
+                        goto finish;
+                }
+
+                mh.msg_iov = iovec + n_iovec;
+
+                n = recvmsg(fd, &mh, MSG_NOSIGNAL|MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC);
+                if (n < 0)  {
+                        free(iovec[n_iovec].iov_base);
+                        r = log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to receive datagram: %m");
+                        goto finish;
+                }
+
+                if (n == 0) {
+                        struct cmsghdr *cmsg, *found = NULL;
+                        /* The final zero-length datagram carries the file descriptor and tells us that we're done. */
+
+                        free(iovec[n_iovec].iov_base);
+
+                        CMSG_FOREACH(cmsg, &mh) {
+                                if (cmsg->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET &&
+                                    cmsg->cmsg_type == SCM_RIGHTS &&
+                                    cmsg->cmsg_len == CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int))) {
+                                        assert(!found);
+                                        found = cmsg;
+                                }
+                        }
+
+                        if (!found) {
+                                log_error("Coredump file descriptor missing.");
+                                r = -EBADMSG;
+                                goto finish;
+                        }
+
+                        assert(coredump_fd < 0);
+                        coredump_fd = *(int*) CMSG_DATA(found);
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                /* Add trailing NUL byte, in case these are strings */
+                ((char*) iovec[n_iovec].iov_base)[n] = 0;
+                iovec[n_iovec].iov_len = (size_t) n;
+
+                cmsg_close_all(&mh);
+                map_context_fields(iovec + n_iovec, context);
+                n_iovec++;
+        }
+
+        if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(iovec, n_iovec_allocated, n_iovec + 3)) {
+                r = log_oom();
                 goto finish;
         }
 
-        if (get_process_comm(pid, &comm) < 0) {
-                log_warning("Failed to get COMM, falling back to the command line.");
-                comm = strv_join(argv + INFO_COMM + 1, " ");
+        /* Make sure we we got all data we really need */
+        assert(context[CONTEXT_PID]);
+        assert(context[CONTEXT_UID]);
+        assert(context[CONTEXT_GID]);
+        assert(context[CONTEXT_SIGNAL]);
+        assert(context[CONTEXT_TIMESTAMP]);
+        assert(context[CONTEXT_RLIMIT]);
+        assert(context[CONTEXT_COMM]);
+        assert(coredump_fd >= 0);
+
+        r = submit_coredump(context, iovec, n_iovec_allocated, n_iovec, coredump_fd);
+
+finish:
+        for (i = 0; i < n_iovec; i++)
+                free(iovec[i].iov_base);
+        free(iovec);
+
+        return r;
+}
+
+static int send_iovec(const struct iovec iovec[], size_t n_iovec, int input_fd) {
+
+        static const union sockaddr_union sa = {
+                .un.sun_family = AF_UNIX,
+                .un.sun_path = "/run/systemd/coredump",
+        };
+        _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
+        size_t i;
+        int r;
+
+        assert(iovec || n_iovec <= 0);
+        assert(input_fd >= 0);
+
+        fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+        if (fd < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create coredump socket: %m");
+
+        if (connect(fd, &sa.sa, offsetof(union sockaddr_union, un.sun_path) + strlen(sa.un.sun_path)) < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to connect to coredump service: %m");
+
+        for (i = 0; i < n_iovec; i++) {
+                ssize_t n;
+                assert(iovec[i].iov_len > 0);
+
+                n = send(fd, iovec[i].iov_base, iovec[i].iov_len, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+                if (n < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to send coredump datagram: %m");
         }
 
-        if (get_process_exe(pid, &exe) < 0)
-                log_warning("Failed to get EXE.");
+        r = send_one_fd(fd, input_fd, 0);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to send coredump fd: %m");
 
-        info[INFO_PID] = argv[INFO_PID + 1];
-        info[INFO_UID] = argv[INFO_UID + 1];
-        info[INFO_GID] = argv[INFO_GID + 1];
-        info[INFO_SIGNAL] = argv[INFO_SIGNAL + 1];
-        info[INFO_TIMESTAMP] = argv[INFO_TIMESTAMP + 1];
-        info[INFO_COMM] = comm;
-        info[INFO_EXE] = exe;
+        return 0;
+}
 
-        if (cg_pid_get_unit(pid, &t) >= 0) {
+static int process_journald_crash(const char *context[], int input_fd) {
+        _cleanup_close_ int coredump_fd = -1, coredump_node_fd = -1;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *filename = NULL;
+        uint64_t coredump_size;
+        int r;
 
-                if (streq(t, SPECIAL_JOURNALD_SERVICE)) {
-                        free(t);
+        assert(context);
+        assert(input_fd >= 0);
 
-                        /* If we are journald, we cut things short,
-                         * don't write to the journal, but still
-                         * create a coredump. */
+        /* If we are journald, we cut things short, don't write to the journal, but still create a coredump. */
 
-                        if (arg_storage != COREDUMP_STORAGE_NONE)
-                                arg_storage = COREDUMP_STORAGE_EXTERNAL;
+        if (arg_storage != COREDUMP_STORAGE_NONE)
+                arg_storage = COREDUMP_STORAGE_EXTERNAL;
 
-                        r = save_external_coredump(info, uid, &filename, &coredump_node_fd, &coredump_fd, &coredump_size);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                goto finish;
+        r = save_external_coredump(context, input_fd, &filename, &coredump_node_fd, &coredump_fd, &coredump_size);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
 
-                        r = maybe_remove_external_coredump(filename, coredump_size);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                goto finish;
+        r = maybe_remove_external_coredump(filename, coredump_size);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
 
-                        log_info("Detected coredump of the journal daemon itself, diverted to %s.", filename);
-                        goto finish;
+        log_info("Detected coredump of the journal daemon itself, diverted to %s.", filename);
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static int process_kernel(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+
+        /* The small core field we allocate on the stack, to keep things simple */
+        char
+                *core_pid = NULL, *core_uid = NULL, *core_gid = NULL, *core_signal = NULL,
+                *core_session = NULL, *core_exe = NULL, *core_comm = NULL, *core_cmdline = NULL,
+                *core_cgroup = NULL, *core_cwd = NULL, *core_root = NULL, *core_unit = NULL,
+                *core_user_unit = NULL, *core_slice = NULL, *core_timestamp = NULL, *core_rlimit = NULL;
+
+        /* The larger ones we allocate on the heap */
+        _cleanup_free_ char
+                *core_owner_uid = NULL, *core_open_fds = NULL, *core_proc_status = NULL,
+                *core_proc_maps = NULL, *core_proc_limits = NULL, *core_proc_cgroup = NULL, *core_environ = NULL;
+
+        _cleanup_free_ char *exe = NULL, *comm = NULL;
+        const char *context[_CONTEXT_MAX];
+        struct iovec iovec[25];
+        size_t n_iovec = 0;
+        uid_t owner_uid;
+        const char *p;
+        pid_t pid;
+        char *t;
+        int r;
+
+        if (argc < CONTEXT_COMM + 1) {
+                log_error("Not enough arguments passed from kernel (%i, expected %i).", argc - 1, CONTEXT_COMM + 1 - 1);
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
+        r = parse_pid(argv[CONTEXT_PID + 1], &pid);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse PID.");
+
+        r = get_process_comm(pid, &comm);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to get COMM, falling back to the command line: %m");
+                comm = strv_join(argv + CONTEXT_COMM + 1, " ");
+                if (!comm)
+                        return log_oom();
+        }
+
+        r = get_process_exe(pid, &exe);
+        if (r < 0)
+                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to get EXE, ignoring: %m");
+
+        context[CONTEXT_PID] = argv[CONTEXT_PID + 1];
+        context[CONTEXT_UID] = argv[CONTEXT_UID + 1];
+        context[CONTEXT_GID] = argv[CONTEXT_GID + 1];
+        context[CONTEXT_SIGNAL] = argv[CONTEXT_SIGNAL + 1];
+        context[CONTEXT_TIMESTAMP] = argv[CONTEXT_TIMESTAMP + 1];
+        context[CONTEXT_RLIMIT] = argv[CONTEXT_RLIMIT + 1];
+        context[CONTEXT_COMM] = comm;
+        context[CONTEXT_EXE] = exe;
+
+        if (cg_pid_get_unit(pid, &t) >= 0) {
+
+                if (streq(t, SPECIAL_JOURNALD_SERVICE)) {
+                        free(t);
+                        return process_journald_crash(context, STDIN_FILENO);
                 }
 
                 core_unit = strjoina("COREDUMP_UNIT=", t);
                 free(t);
 
-        } else if (cg_pid_get_user_unit(pid, &t) >= 0) {
-                core_unit = strjoina("COREDUMP_USER_UNIT=", t);
-                free(t);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_unit);
         }
 
-        if (core_unit)
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_unit);
-
-        /* OK, now we know it's not the journal, hence we can make use
-         * of it now. */
+        /* OK, now we know it's not the journal, hence we can make use of it now. */
         log_set_target(LOG_TARGET_JOURNAL_OR_KMSG);
         log_open();
 
-        core_pid = strjoina("COREDUMP_PID=", info[INFO_PID]);
-        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_pid);
+        if (cg_pid_get_user_unit(pid, &t) >= 0) {
+                core_user_unit = strjoina("COREDUMP_USER_UNIT=", t);
+                free(t);
+
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_user_unit);
+        }
+
+        core_pid = strjoina("COREDUMP_PID=", context[CONTEXT_PID]);
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_pid);
+
+        core_uid = strjoina("COREDUMP_UID=", context[CONTEXT_UID]);
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_uid);
 
-        core_uid = strjoina("COREDUMP_UID=", info[INFO_UID]);
-        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_uid);
+        core_gid = strjoina("COREDUMP_GID=", context[CONTEXT_GID]);
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_gid);
 
-        core_gid = strjoina("COREDUMP_GID=", info[INFO_GID]);
-        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_gid);
+        core_signal = strjoina("COREDUMP_SIGNAL=", context[CONTEXT_SIGNAL]);
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_signal);
 
-        core_signal = strjoina("COREDUMP_SIGNAL=", info[INFO_SIGNAL]);
-        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_signal);
+        core_rlimit = strjoina("COREDUMP_RLIMIT=", context[CONTEXT_RLIMIT]);
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_rlimit);
 
         if (sd_pid_get_session(pid, &t) >= 0) {
                 core_session = strjoina("COREDUMP_SESSION=", t);
                 free(t);
 
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_session);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_session);
         }
 
         if (sd_pid_get_owner_uid(pid, &owner_uid) >= 0) {
-                r = asprintf(&core_owner_uid,
-                             "COREDUMP_OWNER_UID=" UID_FMT, owner_uid);
+                r = asprintf(&core_owner_uid, "COREDUMP_OWNER_UID=" UID_FMT, owner_uid);
                 if (r > 0)
-                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_owner_uid);
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_owner_uid);
         }
 
         if (sd_pid_get_slice(pid, &t) >= 0) {
                 core_slice = strjoina("COREDUMP_SLICE=", t);
                 free(t);
 
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_slice);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_slice);
         }
 
         if (comm) {
                 core_comm = strjoina("COREDUMP_COMM=", comm);
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_comm);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_comm);
         }
 
         if (exe) {
                 core_exe = strjoina("COREDUMP_EXE=", exe);
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_exe);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_exe);
         }
 
         if (get_process_cmdline(pid, 0, false, &t) >= 0) {
                 core_cmdline = strjoina("COREDUMP_CMDLINE=", t);
                 free(t);
 
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_cmdline);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_cmdline);
         }
 
         if (cg_pid_get_path_shifted(pid, NULL, &t) >= 0) {
                 core_cgroup = strjoina("COREDUMP_CGROUP=", t);
                 free(t);
 
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_cgroup);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_cgroup);
         }
 
         if (compose_open_fds(pid, &t) >= 0) {
@@ -726,7 +1034,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 free(t);
 
                 if (core_open_fds)
-                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_open_fds);
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_open_fds);
         }
 
         p = procfs_file_alloca(pid, "status");
@@ -735,7 +1043,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 free(t);
 
                 if (core_proc_status)
-                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_proc_status);
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_proc_status);
         }
 
         p = procfs_file_alloca(pid, "maps");
@@ -744,7 +1052,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 free(t);
 
                 if (core_proc_maps)
-                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_proc_maps);
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_proc_maps);
         }
 
         p = procfs_file_alloca(pid, "limits");
@@ -753,7 +1061,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 free(t);
 
                 if (core_proc_limits)
-                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_proc_limits);
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_proc_limits);
         }
 
         p = procfs_file_alloca(pid, "cgroup");
@@ -762,21 +1070,21 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 free(t);
 
                 if (core_proc_cgroup)
-                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_proc_cgroup);
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_proc_cgroup);
         }
 
         if (get_process_cwd(pid, &t) >= 0) {
                 core_cwd = strjoina("COREDUMP_CWD=", t);
                 free(t);
 
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_cwd);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_cwd);
         }
 
         if (get_process_root(pid, &t) >= 0) {
                 core_root = strjoina("COREDUMP_ROOT=", t);
                 free(t);
 
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_root);
+                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_root);
         }
 
         if (get_process_environ(pid, &t) >= 0) {
@@ -784,96 +1092,56 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 free(t);
 
                 if (core_environ)
-                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_environ);
+                        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_environ);
         }
 
-        core_timestamp = strjoin("COREDUMP_TIMESTAMP=", info[INFO_TIMESTAMP], "000000", NULL);
-        if (core_timestamp)
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_timestamp);
+        core_timestamp = strjoina("COREDUMP_TIMESTAMP=", context[CONTEXT_TIMESTAMP], "000000", NULL);
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], core_timestamp);
 
-        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], "MESSAGE_ID=fc2e22bc6ee647b6b90729ab34a250b1");
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], "MESSAGE_ID=fc2e22bc6ee647b6b90729ab34a250b1");
 
         assert_cc(2 == LOG_CRIT);
-        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], "PRIORITY=2");
-
-        /* Vacuum before we write anything again */
-        coredump_vacuum(-1, arg_keep_free, arg_max_use);
-
-        /* Always stream the coredump to disk, if that's possible */
-        r = save_external_coredump(info, uid, &filename, &coredump_node_fd, &coredump_fd, &coredump_size);
-        if (r < 0)
-                /* skip whole core dumping part */
-                goto log;
+        IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n_iovec++], "PRIORITY=2");
 
-        /* If we don't want to keep the coredump on disk, remove it
-         * now, as later on we will lack the privileges for
-         * it. However, we keep the fd to it, so that we can still
-         * process it and log it. */
-        r = maybe_remove_external_coredump(filename, coredump_size);
-        if (r < 0)
-                goto finish;
-        if (r == 0) {
-                const char *coredump_filename;
+        assert(n_iovec <= ELEMENTSOF(iovec));
 
-                coredump_filename = strjoina("COREDUMP_FILENAME=", filename);
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], coredump_filename);
-        }
+        return send_iovec(iovec, n_iovec, STDIN_FILENO);
+}
 
-        /* Vacuum again, but exclude the coredump we just created */
-        coredump_vacuum(coredump_node_fd >= 0 ? coredump_node_fd : coredump_fd, arg_keep_free, arg_max_use);
-
-        /* Now, let's drop privileges to become the user who owns the
-         * segfaulted process and allocate the coredump memory under
-         * the user's uid. This also ensures that the credentials
-         * journald will see are the ones of the coredumping user,
-         * thus making sure the user gets access to the core
-         * dump. Let's also get rid of all capabilities, if we run as
-         * root, we won't need them anymore. */
-        r = drop_privileges(uid, gid, 0);
-        if (r < 0) {
-                log_error_errno(r, "Failed to drop privileges: %m");
-                goto finish;
-        }
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+        int r;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ELFUTILS
-        /* Try to get a strack trace if we can */
-        if (coredump_size <= arg_process_size_max) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *stacktrace = NULL;
+        /* First, log to a safe place, since we don't know what crashed and it might be journald which we'd rather not
+         * log to then. */
 
-                r = coredump_make_stack_trace(coredump_fd, exe, &stacktrace);
-                if (r >= 0)
-                        core_message = strjoin("MESSAGE=Process ", info[INFO_PID], " (", comm, ") of user ", info[INFO_UID], " dumped core.\n\n", stacktrace, NULL);
-                else if (r == -EINVAL)
-                        log_warning("Failed to generate stack trace: %s", dwfl_errmsg(dwfl_errno()));
-                else
-                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to generate stack trace: %m");
-        }
+        log_set_target(LOG_TARGET_KMSG);
+        log_open();
 
-        if (!core_message)
-#endif
-log:
-        core_message = strjoin("MESSAGE=Process ", info[INFO_PID], " (", comm, ") of user ", info[INFO_UID], " dumped core.", NULL);
-        if (core_message)
-                IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[j++], core_message);
+        /* Make sure we never enter a loop */
+        (void) prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 0);
 
-        /* Optionally store the entire coredump in the journal */
-        if (IN_SET(arg_storage, COREDUMP_STORAGE_JOURNAL, COREDUMP_STORAGE_BOTH) &&
-            coredump_size <= arg_journal_size_max) {
-                size_t sz = 0;
+        /* Ignore all parse errors */
+        (void) parse_config();
 
-                /* Store the coredump itself in the journal */
+        log_debug("Selected storage '%s'.", coredump_storage_to_string(arg_storage));
+        log_debug("Selected compression %s.", yes_no(arg_compress));
 
-                r = allocate_journal_field(coredump_fd, (size_t) coredump_size, &coredump_data, &sz);
-                if (r >= 0) {
-                        iovec[j].iov_base = coredump_data;
-                        iovec[j].iov_len = sz;
-                        j++;
-                }
+        r = sd_listen_fds(false);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_error_errno(r, "Failed to determine number of file descriptor: %m");
+                goto finish;
         }
 
-        r = sd_journal_sendv(iovec, j);
-        if (r < 0)
-                log_error_errno(r, "Failed to log coredump: %m");
+        /* If we got an fd passed, we are running in coredumpd mode. Otherwise we are invoked from the kernel as
+         * coredump handler */
+        if (r == 0)
+                r = process_kernel(argc, argv);
+        else if (r == 1)
+                r = process_socket(SD_LISTEN_FDS_START);
+        else {
+                log_error("Received unexpected number of file descriptors.");
+                r = -EINVAL;
+        }
 
 finish:
         return r < 0 ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/src/journal/coredump.conf b/src/coredump/coredump.conf
index c2f0643e03..c2f0643e03 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredump.conf
+++ b/src/coredump/coredump.conf
diff --git a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c b/src/coredump/coredumpctl.c
index 0034a1a0ac..0034a1a0ac 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
+++ b/src/coredump/coredumpctl.c
diff --git a/src/journal/stacktrace.c b/src/coredump/stacktrace.c
index 68806992fc..68806992fc 100644
--- a/src/journal/stacktrace.c
+++ b/src/coredump/stacktrace.c
diff --git a/src/journal/stacktrace.h b/src/coredump/stacktrace.h
index 15e9c04465..15e9c04465 100644
--- a/src/journal/stacktrace.h
+++ b/src/coredump/stacktrace.h
diff --git a/src/journal/test-coredump-vacuum.c b/src/coredump/test-coredump-vacuum.c
index 70a57f183f..70a57f183f 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-coredump-vacuum.c
+++ b/src/coredump/test-coredump-vacuum.c
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-def.h b/src/resolve/resolved-def.h
index d43a1fe25e..c4c1915b18 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-def.h
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-def.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
 #define SD_RESOLVED_DNS           (UINT64_C(1) << 0)
 #define SD_RESOLVED_LLMNR_IPV4    (UINT64_C(1) << 1)
 #define SD_RESOLVED_LLMNR_IPV6    (UINT64_C(1) << 2)
diff --git a/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf.in b/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf.in
index 5e04c821b6..5a25de4512 100644
--- a/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf.in
+++ b/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf.in
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # and systemd-coredump(8) and core(5) for the explanation of the
 # setting below.
 
-kernel.core_pattern=|@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %e
+kernel.core_pattern=|@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %c %e
diff --git a/sysusers.d/systemd.conf.m4 b/sysusers.d/systemd.conf.m4
index 81b1d79c37..317240a9fd 100644
--- a/sysusers.d/systemd.conf.m4
+++ b/sysusers.d/systemd.conf.m4
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ u systemd-resolve   - "systemd Resolver"
 m4_ifdef(`ENABLE_TIMESYNCD',
 u systemd-timesync  - "systemd Time Synchronization"
 )m4_dnl
+m4_ifdef(`ENABLE_COREDUMP',
+u systemd-coredump  - "systemd Core Dumper"
+)m4_dnl
diff --git a/units/.gitignore b/units/.gitignore
index c89740df05..2fff20a052 100644
--- a/units/.gitignore
+++ b/units/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 /systemd-binfmt.service
 /systemd-bootchart.service
 /systemd-bus-proxyd.service
+/systemd-coredump@.service
 /systemd-firstboot.service
 /systemd-fsck-root.service
 /systemd-fsck@.service
diff --git a/units/systemd-coredump.socket b/units/systemd-coredump.socket
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cb2460471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/units/systemd-coredump.socket
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Process Core Dump Socket
+Documentation=man:systemd-coredump(8)
+DefaultDependencies=no
+
+[Socket]
+ListenSequentialPacket=/run/systemd/coredump
+SocketMode=0600
+Accept=yes
+MaxConnections=16
diff --git a/units/systemd-coredump@.service.in b/units/systemd-coredump@.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..588c8d629c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/units/systemd-coredump@.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Process Core Dump
+Documentation=man:systemd-coredump(8)
+DefaultDependencies=no
+RequiresMountsFor=/var/lib/systemd/coredump
+Conflicts=shutdown.target
+After=systemd-remount-fs.service systemd-journald.socket
+Requires=systemd-journald.socket
+Before=shutdown.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=-@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-coredump
+Nice=9
+OOMScoreAdjust=500
+PrivateNetwork=yes
+ProtectSystem=full
+RuntimeMaxSec=5min