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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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2* fix emergency mode breakage after the Type=idle change
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4* remove MS_SHARED from src/core/execute.c and src/test/test-ns.c. They are always combined
5 with MS_REMOUNT, which currently does nothing in the kernel, but might which fail in the
80037e4d 6 future; https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813563
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8* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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10* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
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05677bb7 12* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices
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71092d70 14* make sure timeouts are applied to Type=oneshot services.
ddd88763 15
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16* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
17 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
18 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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20* make polkit checks async
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a40593a0 22* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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71092d70 24Features:
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1c334d99 26* actually queue the new default unit after switch-root
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28* remove old root in switch-root logic
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30* improve !/proc/*/loginuid situation: make /proc/*/loginuid less dependent on CONFIG_AUDIT,
31 or use the users cgroup information when /proc/*/loginuid is not available.
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33* pam_systemd: try to get old session id from cgroup, if audit sessionid cannot be determined
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35* pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
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37* maybe introduce ~/.config/locale.conf and apply it within PAM
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39* readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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41* automount: implement expire
42
eecd1362 43* logind: auto-suspend, auto-shutdown:
d889a206 44 IdleAction=(none|suspend|opportunistic|hibernate|poweroff)
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45 IdleActionDelay=...
46 SessionIdleMode=(explicit|ignore|login)
47 ForceShutdown=(yes|no)
48
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49* services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel)
50
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51* don't delete /tmp/systemd-namespace-* before a process is gone down
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53* don't delete /run/users/lennart if lennart is still logged in even if aging is used
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55* vconsole: implement setterm -store -foreground xxx --background zzz
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e01a15b7 57* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 58
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59* fedora: make sshd and pam_loginuid work in nspawn containers
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61* fix utmp for console logins in containers
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63* Add pretty name for seats in logind
64
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65* nspawn wants dev_setup() for /dev/fd/ and friends?
66
20ffc4c4 67* selinux: merge systemd selinux access controls (dwalsh)
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69* ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA
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71* Auke: merge Auke's bootchart
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1c334d99 73* journald: allow forwarding of log data to specific TTY instead of console
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75* add RequiredBy to [Install]
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77* udev: move to LGPL
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79* udev systemd unify:
80 - strpcpy(), strpcpyl(), strscpy(), strscpyl()
81 - utf8 validator code
82 - now() vs. now_usec()
20ffc4c4 83
b45f770f 84* udev: find a way to tell udev to not cancel firmware requests when running in initramfs
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86* udev: scsi_id -> sg3_utils -> kill scsi_id
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88* udev: add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 89
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90* udev: libudev.so.1
91 - use symbol versioning
512dabcd 92 - always return object with *_unref()
b45f770f 93 - remove deprecated symbols
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94 - udev_monitor_from_socket()
95 - udev_queue_get_failed_list_entry()
96 - udev_get_{dev,sys,run}_path()
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98* allow configuration of console width/height in vconsole.conf
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100* fstab should take priority over units in /usr
101
18b754d3 102* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
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104* journal: if mmap() fails for mapping window try to unmap a a few older maps
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106* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
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108* 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
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110* add man page documenting all kernel cmdline options, including stuff like fsck.mode=
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112* support container_ttys=
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71100051 114* journald: make configurable "store-on-var", "store-on-run", "dont-store", "auto"
d3c7d7dd 115 (store-persistent, store-volatile?)
71100051 116
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117* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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119* journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages
120
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121* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
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123* journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
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125* support chrony in addition to ntpd in timedated
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127* document crypttab(5)
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129* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
130
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131* keep an eye on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670100
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133* journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the componets would fit
134
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135* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365)
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144f0fc0 137* make logind reserve tty9 or so for text logins, so that gdm never picks it up
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139* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
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141* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
142
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143* support units generated by a generator and placed in /run/systemd/system/; the directory is
144 currently ignored because it is empty before the generatores are executed
145
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146* Possibly, detect whether SysV init scripts can do reloading by looking for "echo Usage:" lines
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148* figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown
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150* add interface to allow immediate rotation of the journal, and even flushing.
151
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152* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id
153
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154* journald: reuse XZ context
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c4aa65e7 156* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
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158* write RPM spec macros for presets
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160* journal: write man pages for API
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162* journal: OR matches are borked
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164* journal: extend hash tables as we go
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166* journal: API for looking for retrieving "all values of this field"
167
168* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
169
170* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server
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172* journal: message catalog
173
174* journal: forward-secure signatures
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176* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
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178* rework namespace support, don't use pivot_root, and mount things after creating the namespace, not before
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180* systemctl journal command
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182* journalctl: --cursor support, priority filtering
183
184* systemctl status: show coredumps
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186* systemctl status: show whether journal was rotated since service started
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188* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
189
190* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
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0716c60e 192* journal: allow per-entry control on /var vs. /run (think incognito browser mode)
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194* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
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196* support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
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198* logind: allow showing logout dialog from system
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200* document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended
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202* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
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204* as Tom Gundersen pointed out there's a always a dep loop if people use crypto file systems with random keys
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206* automatically escape unit names passed on the service (i.e. think "systemctl start serial-getty.service@serial/by-path/jshdfjsdfhkjh" being automatically escaped as necessary.
207
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208* if we can not get user quota for tmpfs, mount a separate tmpfs instance
209 for every user in /run/user/$USER with a configured maximum size
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211* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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213* add an option to make mounts private/shareable and so on, enable this for root by default
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215* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
216 needs to be auto-respawned?
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218* Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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220* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
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222* something like ConditionExec= or ExecStartPre= without failure state
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de6c78f8 224* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 225
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226* don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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228* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
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d3c7d7dd 230* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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232* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
233 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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235* move PAM code into its own binary
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237* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket
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239* logind: spawn user@..service on login
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241* logind: non-local X11 server handling
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243* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
244 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
245
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246* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
247
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248* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
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250* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd"
251
7c697168 252* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 253
71092d70 254* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 255
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256* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
257 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
258 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
259
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260* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
261 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
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263* move nss-myhostname into systemd
264
71092d70 265* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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267* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
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269* add support for /bin/mount -s
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271* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
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273* when failing to start a service due to ratelimiting, try again later, if restart=always is set
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68c7d001 275* write blog stories about:
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276 - enabling dbus services
277 - status update
7a2a0b90 278 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 279 - remote access
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280 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
281 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
acb14d31 282 - resource control in systemd
73090dc8 283
44143309 284* allow port=0 in .socket units
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286* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units
287
ba1a5515 288* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
9408a2d2 289
71092d70 290* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 291
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292* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup
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294* reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp?
295
260abb78 296* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 297
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298* Support --test based on current system state
299
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300* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
301
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302* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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304* configurable jitter for timer events
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306* timer events with system resume
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308* timer events on calendar time
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310* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
311
8c6db833 312* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445)
8bf7fea5 313 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4
351c7e74 314
129126f3 315* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types
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316* exec settings override
317* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes
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319* read config fragments for all units from /lib/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/ to override/extend specific settings
320
129126f3 321* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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322 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
323 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 324 - postfix, saslauthd
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325 - apache/samba
326 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
327 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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328 - distccd
329
71092d70 330* auditd service files
0ff3dea7 331
71092d70 332* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 333
50f2a90d 334* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 335
71092d70 336* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
20604ebc 337
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338* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
339
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340* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
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2f8cd170 342External:
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cc9784c6 344* dbus:
cc9784c6 345 - dbus --user
3377af3e 346 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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347 - allow specification of socket mode/umask when allocating DBusServer
348 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 349 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 350 - always pass cred data along each message
cc9784c6 351
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352* systemd --user
353 PR_SET_CHILD_REAPER patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/28/426
d3c7d7dd 354 (patch in linux-next, on the way to the next kernel)
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356* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
357
7d9e57d2 358* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die
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360* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
361
44143309 362* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup?
06ae4bfe 363
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364* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
365 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
366 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
367 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
368 the RTC to sync up.
369
6f3f9deb 370* patch kernel for cpu feature modalias for autoloading aes/kvm/...
69b1c674 371 (patches in linux-next, on the way to the next kernel)
6f3f9deb 372
71092d70 373* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
14bd37fe 374
129126f3 375Regularly:
874aa2cc 376
129126f3 377* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 378
129126f3 379* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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381* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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383* %m in printf() instead of strerror();
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385* pahole
386
71092d70 387* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!