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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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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.
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afe3ab58 9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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3f85ef0f 15* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line.
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16 str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
17 report the failure properly.
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f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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81429136 23* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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25* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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27* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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29* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
30 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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32Features:
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34* add test targets to Makefile that runs all our tools with "--help"
35 and checks if the output is identical to the output when passed
36 through "fold -w 79".
37
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38* nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
39 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
40 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
41 from the kernel's logs.
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43* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
44 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
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46* When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
47 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
48 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
49 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
50 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
51 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
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52 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
53 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
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55* logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
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57* Set NoNewPriviliges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
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59* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
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61* rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
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63* import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
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65* import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
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67* import: support import from local files, and export to local files
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69* 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
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71* introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
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cc98b302 73* logind,machined: add generic catch-all polkit verbs for most privileged operations, similar to systemd itself
a47e6701 74
fa607802 75* "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
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92ff080b 77* "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
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79* 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
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81* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
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83* "machinectl history"
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85* "machinectl diff"
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87* "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
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89* "machinectl status" should show 10 most recent log lines of both the host logs of the unit of the machine, plus the logs generated in the machine
90
91f4347e 91* add transparent btrfs pool in a loopback file in /var if btrfs operations (such as systemd-import pull-dkr) are used and /var is not a btrfs file system
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93* systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
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95* move machinectl's mount and copy commands into machined
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97* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
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99* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
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101* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
102 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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104* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
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106* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
107 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
108 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
109 do, for example)
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111* resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
112 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
113 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
114
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115* systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
116 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
f131770b 117 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
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118 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
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120* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
121 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
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123* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
124 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
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126* set $REMOTE_IP (or $REMOTE_ADDR/$REMOTE_PORT) environment variable when doing per-connection socket activation. use format introduced by xinetd or CGI for this
127
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128* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
129
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130* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
131
132* we should try harder to collapse start jobs for swaps that end up being the same:
133 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-November/025359.html
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135* timedated should compensate on SetTime for the time spent in polkit
136
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137* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
138
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139* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
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141* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
142 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
143 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
144 returning from the "systemctl stop".
145
b568ef14 146* 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
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148* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
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150* networkd-wait-online really should have a timeout by default
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152* 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
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154* machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
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156* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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158* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
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160* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
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162* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
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164* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
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166* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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168* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
169 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
170
25e773ee 171* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
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173* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
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175* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
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177* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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179* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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181* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
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279f0366 183* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 184
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185* systemctl edit:
186- allow creation of units from scratch
187- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
188 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
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190* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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192* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
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194* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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196* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
197 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
198 parsing callbacks should use it.
199
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200* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
201
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202* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
203 units are shown.
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b873d33e 205* networkd:
d61bb44a 206 - add LLDP client side support
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207 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
208 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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209 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
210 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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211 - expose in the API the following bits:
212 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
213 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
214 - option 100, 101, timezone
215 - option 123, 144, geolocation
216 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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217 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
218 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
219 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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220 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
221 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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222 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
223 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
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9d6db739 225* resolved:
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226 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
227 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 228 - DNSSEC
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229 - use base64 for key presentation?
230 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 231 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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232 - DNS
233 - search paths
9d6db739 234 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 235 - avahi compat
9d6db739 236 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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237 - edns0
238 - dname
b6b63571 239 - cname on PTR (?)
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240 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
241 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
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243* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
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245* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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247* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 249* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 250 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 251 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
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253* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
254
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255* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
256
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257* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
258
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259* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
260
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261* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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263* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
264 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 265
f598ac3e 266* 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)
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268* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
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270* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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272* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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274* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
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6a3f892a 276* gpt-auto-generator:
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277 - Support LUKS for root devices
278 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 279 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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281* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
282 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
283 when it is otherwise off
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285* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
286
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287* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
288 /proc/$PID/exe
289
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290* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
291 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
292 for ReusePort=
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294* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
295 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
296 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
297 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
298 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
299
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300* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
301
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302* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
303 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
304 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
305 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
306 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
307 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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f38afcd0 309* cgroups:
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310 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
311 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
312 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
313 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
314 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
315 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
316 the hierarchies of child processes
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318* transient units:
319 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
320 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
321 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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323* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
324
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325* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
326
f38afcd0 327* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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329* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
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331* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
332
94676f3e 333* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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335* 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
336
7f79cd71 337* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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339* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
340 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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341 path anyway.
342
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343* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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6aaa8c2f 345* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 346
d28315e4 347* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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349* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
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351* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
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353* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
354 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
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6bb648a1 356* sd-bus:
fa607802 357 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 358 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
7212c608 359 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 360 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 361 - 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
d28315e4 362 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 363 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 364 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 365 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 366 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
ab9716c2 367 - longer term: priority inheritance
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368 - dbus spec updates:
369 - kdbus mapping
370 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
371 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 372 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 373 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 374 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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375 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
376 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
377 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
378 253 messages)
b568ef14 379 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 380 - 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.
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382* sd-event
12179984 383 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 384 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 385
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386* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
387 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
388 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
389
69af4503 390* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 391
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392* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
393 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
394
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395* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
396
397* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
398
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399* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
400
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401* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
402
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403* test/:
404 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
405 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 406
b5c03638 407* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 408 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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409 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
410 destination.
411
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412* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
413 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
414
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415* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
416
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417* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
418 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
419 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
420 is installed.
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422* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
423 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
424 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
425 that automatically.
426
e5ec62c5 427* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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429* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
430
d28315e4 431* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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433* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
434
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435* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
436
437* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
438
356ce991 439* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 440
81d112a8 441* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 442
b44be3ec 443* EFI:
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444 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
445 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 446 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 447
c0fe5db5 448* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 449
b44be3ec 450* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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452* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
453 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 455* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
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b44be3ec 457* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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460 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
461 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
462 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
463 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
464 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 465 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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466 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
467 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
468 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
469 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
470 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
471 needs setuid().
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472 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
473 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
474 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
475 complete.
476 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
477 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
478 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
479 - logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
480 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
481 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
482 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
483 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 484 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
e673ad04 485
b44be3ec 486* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 487
b44be3ec 488* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 489
b44be3ec 490* journal:
57f2a947 491 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 492 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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494 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
495 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 496 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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497 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
498 - journal: reuse XZ context
499 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
500 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
501 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
502 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
503 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
504 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
505 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 506 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
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507 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
508 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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509 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
510 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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511 - 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.
512 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
513 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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514 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
515 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
516 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
517 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 518 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 519 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 520 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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521 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
522 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
523 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
524 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
525 to syslog when it works again.
526 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
527 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
528 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 529 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 530 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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532 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
533 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
534 journals in.
535 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
536 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
537 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
538 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
539 the most common operations.
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541* document:
8b8f2591 542 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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543 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
544 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 545 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 546 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 547 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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548 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
549 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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550 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
551 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
552 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
553 - man: add more examples to man pages
554 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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556* systemctl:
557 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
558 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
559 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
560 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
561 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
562 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
563 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
564 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 565 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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566 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
567 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
568 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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569 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
570 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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572* unit install:
573 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
574 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 575 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 576
b44be3ec 577* timer units:
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578 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
579 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
580 o DST changes
eb124a97 581 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 582 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 583 - 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
90e071d1 584 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 585
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586* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
587
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588* 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().
589
590* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 591* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 592* fedup: generator
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594* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
595
b44be3ec 596* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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598* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
599 waiting for the timeout
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601* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
602
d28315e4 603* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 604
b44be3ec 605* nspawn:
9cb74bcb 606 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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608* cryptsetup:
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609 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
610 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
611 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 612 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 613
424a19f8 614* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 615 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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617* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
618
a1cccad1 619* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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621* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
622
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623* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
624
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625* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
626
68f16003 627* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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630 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 631 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 632 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 633 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 634 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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636* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
637
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638* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
639
88a6c589 640* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 641
9946996c 642* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 643 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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645* introduce Type=pid-file
646
59cea26a 647* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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649* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
650
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651* automount: implement expire:
652 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
653 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
654 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
655 - blocking, needs a thread
656 - run until -EAGAIN
657 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
658 - call umount
659 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
660 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 661
e01a15b7 662* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 663
abd55b16 664* udev:
abd55b16 665 - move to LGPL
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667 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 668 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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670* 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
671
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672* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
673
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674* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
675
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676* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
677
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678* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
679
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680* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
681
682* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
683
70a44afe 684* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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686* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
687 needs to be auto-respawned?
688
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689* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
690
f38afcd0 691* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 692 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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694 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
7d441ddb 695
d28315e4 696* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 697
7f8aa671 698* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 699
d3c7d7dd 700* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 701
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702* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
703 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
704
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705* move PAM code into its own binary
706
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707* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
708 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
709
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710* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
711
55cdcbac 712* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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714* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
715 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
716 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
717
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718* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
719 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
720
71092d70 721* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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723* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
724
68c7d001 725* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 726 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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727 - enabling dbus services
728 - status update
7a2a0b90 729 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 730 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 731 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 732 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 733 - auto-restart
e707c494 734 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 735 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 736 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 737 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 738 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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740 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
741 - how to create your own target
742 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
743 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 744
44143309 745* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 746
260abb78 747* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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749* Support --test based on current system state
750
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751* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
752
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753* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
754
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755* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
756
71092d70 757* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 758
7ba97195 759* systemd-python:
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761 works with ^C
b04c8c83 762 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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765 - plot per-process IO utilization
766 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
767 - document initcall_debug
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768 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
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770* udev-link-config:
771 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
772 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
773 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 774 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 775
88e4d1d7 776* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 777 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 778 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 779
0a4b9a07 780* networkd:
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781 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
782 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 783 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 784 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 785 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 786 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 787 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 788 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 789 - add support for more bond options
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791* networkd-wait-online:
792 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 793
ac976532 794* dhcp:
424a8732 795 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 796 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 797 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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799* dhcp6:
800 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
801 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
802 - write more test cases
803 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
804 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 805 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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806 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
807 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
808 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
809 or interface down
810 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
811 this behavior
812
2f8cd170 813External:
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cc9784c6 815* dbus:
3377af3e 816 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 817 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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820
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822
9096ad36 823* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 824
71092d70 825* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 829* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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831* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
832
833* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
834
835* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
836
d2bbca68 837* 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=
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839* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
840
841* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 842
4641a16b 843* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
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846
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848 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 849 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
1cf3c30c 850
2c12a402 851
129126f3 852Regularly:
874aa2cc 853
129126f3 854* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 855
129126f3 856* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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858* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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861
d28315e4 862* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 863
4db17f29 864* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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867
9e5f3dbb 868Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 870* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)