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1Bugfixes:
2
3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
4
5* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
8
9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
10
11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
14
15* When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
17
18External:
19
20* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
21
22* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
23
24* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
25
26* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
27
28* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
29 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
30
31Before 220:
32
33* rework fsckd/fsck's connection logic or remove fsck entirely
34
35* fix userns support in nspawn, or remove it entirely
36
37* make unmount-on-eject work again
38
39* bus-proxy: GetConnectionSELinuxSecurityContext() is completely broken
40
41* timer units triggering services with failing conditions run busy:
42 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030095.html
43
44* figure out what to do about systemd.pc
45
46Features:
47
48* check for the various fs-specific ioctls we call that we do so only
49 after verifying they are regular files or directories, and not
50 device files, so that we don't confuse drivers.
51
52* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
53
54* systemctl should set EFI firmware flag via logind
55
56* mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
57 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
58 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
59
60* whe should apply a stop limit (similar to the existing start limit),
61 so that we don't enter unbounded umount loops:
62 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030224.html
63
64* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
65 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
66 state.
67 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
68
69* Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
70 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
71
72* fstab-generator should generate systemd-fsck-root.service when
73 running in the initrd, and operate on the right device.
74
75* .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
76
77* systemd-run should support a mode where we wait for the unit to be started up
78
79* create a btrfs qgroup for /var/lib/machines, and add all container
80 subvolumes we create to it.
81
82* nspawn: add --overlay= to support overlay file systems, similar to
83 --tmpfs= and --bind=.
84
85* When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
86 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
87
88* to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
89 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
90 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
91
92* journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
93 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written
94 to.
95
96* assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
97
98* coredump: make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
99 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
100 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
101 control of coredumping.
102
103* generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
104 that are not supported...
105 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
106
107* PID 1: when invoking systemctl preset-all on first boots, operate in
108 an exclusively additive way, i.e. never remove any pre-existing
109 symlinks, only add new ones.
110
111* Introduce $LISTEN_NAMES to complement $LISTEN_FDS, containing a
112 colon separated list of identifiers for the fds passed.
113
114* when the fstab-generator runs in the initrd, it should create a /dev/null mask for systemd-fsck-root.service, to avoid that the the root fs is fsck'ed twice.
115
116* maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
117 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
118
119* rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
120 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
121
122* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
123 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
124 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
125 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
126 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
127
128* nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
129 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
130 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
131 from the kernel's logs.
132
133* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
134 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
135
136* When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
137 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
138 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
139 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
140 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
141 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
142 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
143 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
144
145* logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
146
147* Set NoNewPriviliges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
148
149* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
150
151* rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
152
153* import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
154
155* import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
156
157* core/cgroup: support net_cls modules, and support automatically allocating class ids, then add support for making firewall changes depending on it, to implement a per-service firewall
158
159* introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
160
161* "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
162
163* "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
164
165* nspawn: when start a container "foobar" look for its configuration in a file "foobar.nspawn" in /etc/systemd/nspawn/ as well as next to the actualy directory or image to boot
166
167* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
168
169* "machinectl history"
170
171* "machinectl diff"
172
173* "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
174
175* systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
176
177* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
178
179* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
180
181* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
182 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
183
184* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
185
186* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
187 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
188 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
189 do, for example)
190
191* resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
192 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
193 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
194
195* systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
196 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
197 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
198 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
199
200* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
201 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
202
203* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
204 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
205
206* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
207
208* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
209
210* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
211
212* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
213
214* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
215 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
216 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
217 returning from the "systemctl stop".
218
219* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
220
221* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
222
223* add infrastructure to allocate dynamic/transient users and UID ranges, for use in user-namespaced containers, per-seat gdm login screens and gdm guest sessions
224
225* machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
226
227* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
228
229* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
230
231* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
232
233* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
234
235* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
236
237* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
238
239* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
240 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
241
242* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
243
244* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
245
246* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
247
248* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
249
250* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
251
252* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
253
254* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
255
256* systemctl edit:
257- allow creation of units from scratch
258- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
259 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
260
261* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
262
263* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
264
265* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
266 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
267 parsing callbacks should use it.
268
269* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
270
271* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
272 units are shown.
273
274* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
275 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
276
277* networkd:
278 - add LLDP client side support
279 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
280 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
281 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
282 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
283 - expose in the API the following bits:
284 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
285 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
286 - option 100, 101, timezone
287 - option 123, 144, geolocation
288 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
289 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
290 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
291 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
292 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
293 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
294 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
295 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
296 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
297
298* resolved:
299 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
300 we always process them before we process client requests
301 - DNSSEC
302 - use base64 for key presentation?
303 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
304 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
305 - DNS
306 - search paths
307 - mDNS/DNS-SD
308 - avahi compat
309 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
310 - edns0
311 - dname
312 - cname on PTR (?)
313 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
314 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
315
316* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
317
318* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
319
320* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
321
322* support empty /etc boots nicely:
323 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
324 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
325
326* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
327
328* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
329
330* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
331
332* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
333
334* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
335
336* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
337 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
338
339* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
340
341* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
342
343* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
344
345* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
346
347* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
348
349* gpt-auto-generator:
350 - Support LUKS for root devices
351 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
352 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
353
354* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
355 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
356 when it is otherwise off
357
358* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
359
360* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
361 /proc/$PID/exe
362
363* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
364 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
365 for ReusePort=
366
367* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
368 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
369 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
370 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
371 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
372
373* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
374
375* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
376 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
377 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
378 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
379 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
380 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
381
382* cgroups:
383 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
384 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
385 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
386 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
387 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
388 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
389 the hierarchies of child processes
390
391* transient units:
392 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
393 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
394
395* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
396
397* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
398
399* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
400
401* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
402
403* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
404
405* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
406
407* 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
408
409* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
410
411* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
412 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
413 path anyway.
414
415* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
416
417* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
418
419* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
420
421* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
422
423* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
424
425* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
426 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
427
428* sd-bus:
429 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
430 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
431 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
432 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
433 - 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
434 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
435 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
436 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
437 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
438 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
439 - longer term: priority inheritance
440 - dbus spec updates:
441 - kdbus mapping
442 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
443 - GVariant
444 - path escaping
445 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
446 - test bloom filter generation indexes
447 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
448 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
449 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
450 253 messages)
451 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
452 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
453
454* sd-event
455 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
456 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
457
458* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
459 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
460 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
461
462* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
463
464* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
465 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
466
467* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
468
469* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
470
471* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
472
473* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
474
475* test/:
476 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
477 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
478
479* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
480 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
481 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
482 destination.
483
484* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
485 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
486
487* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
488
489* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
490 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
491 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
492 is installed.
493
494* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
495 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
496 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
497 that automatically.
498
499* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
500
501* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
502
503* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
504
505* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
506
507* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
508
509* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
510
511* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
512
513* introduce ExecCondition= in services
514
515* EFI:
516 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
517 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
518 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
519
520* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
521
522* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
523
524* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
525 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
526
527* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
528
529* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
530
531* logind:
532 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
533 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
534 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
535 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
536 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
537 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
538 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
539 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
540 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
541 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
542 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
543 needs setuid().
544 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
545 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
546 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
547 complete.
548 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
549 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
550 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
551 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
552 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
553 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
554 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
555 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
556
557* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
558
559* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
560
561* journal:
562 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
563 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
564 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
565 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
566 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
567 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
568 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
569 - journal: reuse XZ context
570 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
571 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
572 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
573 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
574 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
575 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
576 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
577 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
578 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
579 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
580 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
581 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
582 - 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.
583 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
584 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
585 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
586 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
587 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
588 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
589 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
590 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
591 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
592 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
593 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
594 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
595 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
596 to syslog when it works again.
597 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
598 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
599 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
600 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
601 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
602 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
603 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
604 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
605 journals in.
606 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
607 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
608 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
609 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
610 the most common operations.
611
612* document:
613 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
614 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
615 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
616 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
617 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
618 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
619 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
620 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
621 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
622 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
623 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
624 - man: add more examples to man pages
625 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
626
627* systemctl:
628 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
629 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
630 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
631 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
632 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
633 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
634 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
635 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
636 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
637 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
638 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
639 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
640 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
641 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
642
643* unit install:
644 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
645 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
646 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
647
648* timer units:
649 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
650 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
651 o DST changes
652 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
653 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
654 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
655 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
656
657* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
658
659* 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().
660
661* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
662* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
663* fedup: generator
664
665* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
666
667* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
668
669* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
670 waiting for the timeout
671
672* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
673
674* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
675
676* nspawn:
677 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
678
679* cryptsetup:
680 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
681 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
682 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
683 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
684
685* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
686 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
687
688* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
689
690* make timer units go away after they elapsed
691
692* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
693
694* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
695
696* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
697
698* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
699
700* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
701 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
702 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
703 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
704 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
705 but much rather a disconnect on success.
706
707* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
708
709* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
710
711* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
712
713* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
714 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
715
716* introduce Type=pid-file
717
718* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
719
720* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
721
722* automount: implement expire:
723 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
724 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
725 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
726 - blocking, needs a thread
727 - run until -EAGAIN
728 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
729 - call umount
730 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
731 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
732
733* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
734
735* udev:
736 - move to LGPL
737 - kill scsi_id
738 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
739 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
740
741* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
742
743* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
744
745* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
746
747* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
748
749* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
750
751* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
752
753* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
754
755* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
756
757* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
758 needs to be auto-respawned?
759
760* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
761
762* tmpfiles:
763 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
764 - replace F with f+.
765 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
766
767* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
768
769* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
770
771* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
772
773* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
774 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
775
776* move PAM code into its own binary
777
778* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
779 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
780
781* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
782
783* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
784
785* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
786 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
787 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
788
789* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
790 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
791
792* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
793
794* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
795
796* write blog stories about:
797 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
798 - enabling dbus services
799 - status update
800 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
801 - remote access
802 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
803 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
804 - auto-restart
805 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
806 - the journal HTTP iface
807 - non-cgroup resource management
808 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
809 - refreshed, longer missions statement
810 - calendar time events
811 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
812 - how to create your own target
813 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
814 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
815
816* allow port=0 in .socket units
817
818* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
819
820* Support --test based on current system state
821
822* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
823
824* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
825
826* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
827
828* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
829
830* systemd-python:
831 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
832 works with ^C
833 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
834
835* bootchart:
836 - plot per-process IO utilization
837 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
838 - document initcall_debug
839 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
840
841* udev-link-config:
842 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
843 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
844 on Path= matching
845 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
846
847* sd-rtnl:
848 - add support for more attribute types
849 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
850
851* networkd:
852 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
853 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
854 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
855 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
856 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
857 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
858 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
859 - work with non-ethernet devices
860 - add support for more bond options
861
862* networkd-wait-online:
863 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
864
865* dhcp:
866 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
867 - export timezone information
868 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
869
870* dhcp6:
871 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
872 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
873 - write more test cases
874 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
875 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
876 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
877 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
878 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
879 or interface down
880 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
881 this behavior
882
883External:
884
885* dbus:
886 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
887 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
888
889* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
890
891* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
892
893* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
894
895* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
896
897* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
898
899* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
900
901* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
902
903* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
904
905* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
906
907* 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=
908
909* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
910
911* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
912
913* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
914
915* register catalog database signature as file magic
916
917* zsh shell completion:
918 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
919 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
920
921
922Regularly:
923
924* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
925
926* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
927
928* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
929
930* pahole
931
932* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
933
934* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
935
936* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
937
938Scheduled for removal or fixing:
939
940* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)