3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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.
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
15 * When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
20 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
22 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
26 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead
28 * replace manual readdir() loops with FOREACH_DIRENT or FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL
30 * Get rid of the last strerror() invocations in favour of %m and strerror_r()
32 * Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
36 * RemoveIPC= in unit files for removing POSIX/SysV IPC objects
38 * Set SERVICE_RESULT= as env var while running ExecStop=
40 * Introduce ProtectSystem=strict for making the entire OS hierarchy read-only
41 except for a select few
43 * nspawn: start UID allocation loop from hash of container name
45 * in the DynamicUser=1 nss module, also map "nobody" and "root" statically
47 * pid1: log about all processes we kill with with SIGKILL or in abandoned scopes, as this should normally not happen
49 * nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
51 * nspawn: mount esp, so that bootctl can work
53 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
55 * nspawn: mount loopback filesystems with "discard"
57 * Make TasksMax= take percentages, taken relative to the pids_max sysctl and pids.max cgroup limit
59 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
61 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
63 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
65 * ProtectDevices= should also take iopl/ioperm/pciaccess away
67 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
69 * PrivateUsers= which maps the all user ids except root and the one specified
72 * ProtectControlGroups= which mounts all of /sys/fs/cgroup read-only
74 * Add DataDirectory=, CacheDirectory= and LogDirectory= to match
75 RuntimeDirectory=, and create it as necessary when starting a service, owned by the right user.
77 * Add BindDirectory= for allowing arbitrary, private bind mounts for services
79 * Beef up RootDirectory= to use namespacing/bind mounts as soon as fs
80 namespaces are enabled by the service
82 * Add RootImage= for mounting a disk image or file as root directory
84 * RestrictNamespaces= or so in services (taking away the ability to create namespaces, with setns, unshare, clone)
86 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
88 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
90 * expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
93 * allow attaching additional journald log fields to cgroups
95 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
96 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
98 * check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
100 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
101 reload the unit file anyway
103 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
104 from the SIGBUS handler
106 * when using UTF8, ellipsize with "…" rather than "...", so that we can show more contents before truncating
108 * move specifier expansion from service_spawn() into load-fragment.c
110 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
112 * resolved: when routing queries, make sure only look for the *longest* suffix...
114 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
115 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
117 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
119 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
121 * Maybe add a way how users can "pin" units into memory, so that they are not subject to automatic GC?
123 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
124 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
126 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
127 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
130 * do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
132 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
134 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
136 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
138 * consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
140 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
141 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
142 prefixed with /sys generally special.
143 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
145 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
147 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
149 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
151 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
152 devices will result in collected on all devices used.
153 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
155 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
156 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
158 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
160 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
161 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
163 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
164 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
165 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
166 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
167 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
169 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
170 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
172 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
174 * implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
176 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable: busctl,
177 bootctl, coredumpctl, hostnamectl, localectl, systemd-analyze, timedatectl
179 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
181 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
183 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
184 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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
191 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
192 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
194 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
195 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
197 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
199 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
201 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
202 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
203 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
204 returning from the "systemctl stop".
206 * 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
208 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
210 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
212 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
214 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
216 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
217 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
219 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
221 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
223 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
225 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
227 * systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
228 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
230 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
232 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
234 * extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
235 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
236 parsing callbacks should use it.
238 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
240 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
243 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
244 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
248 - service registration
249 - service/domain/types browsing
251 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
252 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
253 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
254 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
255 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
256 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
258 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
260 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
262 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
264 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
265 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
266 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
268 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
270 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
272 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
274 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
276 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
277 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
279 * 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)
281 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
283 * gpt-auto-generator:
284 - Support LUKS for root devices
285 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
286 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
288 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
289 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
290 when it is otherwise off
292 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
294 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
297 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
298 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
301 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
302 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
303 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
304 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
305 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
307 * New service property: maximum CPU runtime for a service
309 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
310 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
311 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
312 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
313 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
314 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
317 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
318 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
319 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
320 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
321 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
322 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
323 the hierarchies of child processes
326 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
327 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
329 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
331 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
333 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
335 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
337 * 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
339 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
341 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
342 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
345 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
347 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
349 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
351 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
353 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
355 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
356 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
360 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
361 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
362 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
363 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
364 - 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
365 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
366 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
367 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
368 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
369 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
370 - longer term: priority inheritance
373 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
376 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
377 - test bloom filter generation indexes
378 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
379 - 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.
382 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
383 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
384 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
385 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
386 - maybe add support for inotify events
388 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
390 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
391 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
393 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
395 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
397 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
399 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
402 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
403 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
405 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
406 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
407 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
410 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
411 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
413 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
415 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
416 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
417 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
420 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
421 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
422 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
425 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
427 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
429 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
431 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
433 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
435 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
438 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
439 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
440 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
442 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
444 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
446 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
449 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
450 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
451 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
452 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
453 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
454 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
455 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
456 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
457 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
458 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
459 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
461 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
462 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
463 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
465 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
466 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
467 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
468 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
469 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
470 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
471 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
472 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
473 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
474 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
475 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
476 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
477 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
480 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
482 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
485 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
486 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
487 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
488 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
489 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
490 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
491 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
492 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
493 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
494 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
495 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
496 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
497 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
498 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
499 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
500 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
501 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
502 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
503 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
504 - 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.
505 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
506 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
507 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
508 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
509 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
510 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
511 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
512 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
513 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
514 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
515 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
516 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
517 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
518 to syslog when it works again.
519 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
520 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
521 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
522 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
523 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
524 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
525 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
526 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
528 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
529 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
530 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
531 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
532 the most common operations.
533 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
534 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
535 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
536 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
537 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
538 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
539 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
540 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
541 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
543 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
544 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
545 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
547 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
548 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
549 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
550 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
551 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
552 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
555 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
556 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
557 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
558 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
559 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
560 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
561 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
562 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
563 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
564 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
565 - man: add more examples to man pages
566 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
569 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
570 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
571 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
572 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
573 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
574 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
575 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
576 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
577 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
578 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
579 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
580 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
583 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
584 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
587 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
588 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
590 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
591 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
593 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
595 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
597 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
599 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
600 waiting for the timeout
602 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
604 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
607 - to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
608 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
609 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
610 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
611 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
612 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
613 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
614 from the kernel's logs.
615 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
616 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
618 - don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in
620 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
621 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
622 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
623 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
624 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
625 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
627 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
628 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
629 running, remove them when shut down.
630 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
632 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
636 - "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP
638 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
639 removed or added to an existing machine
640 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
641 difference host, via ssh
642 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
643 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
644 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
646 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
647 machine-info data (including deployment level)
648 - "machinectl history"
650 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
651 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
654 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
657 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
658 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
659 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
660 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
662 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
663 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
665 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
667 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
669 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
671 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
676 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
677 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
679 * 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
681 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
683 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
686 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
687 - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
689 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
691 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
693 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
694 needs to be auto-respawned?
697 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
699 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
700 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
701 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
702 calls follow symlinks.
704 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
706 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
707 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
708 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
710 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
711 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
713 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
715 * write blog stories about:
716 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
717 - enabling dbus services
719 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
721 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
722 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
724 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
725 - the journal HTTP iface
726 - non-cgroup resource management
727 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
728 - refreshed, longer missions statement
729 - calendar time events
730 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
731 - how to create your own target
732 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
733 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
735 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
737 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
739 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
742 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
743 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
744 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
745 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
746 that are not supported...
747 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
748 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
749 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
750 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
751 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
752 - move PAM code into its own binary
753 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
754 - for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
755 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
756 - Support --test based on current system state
757 - 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().
758 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
759 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
760 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
761 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
762 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
763 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
764 but much rather a disconnect on success.
765 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
766 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
769 - allow port=0 in .socket units
770 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
771 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
772 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
773 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
774 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
775 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
776 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
777 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
778 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
779 - introduce Type=pid-file
780 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
781 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
782 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
783 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
784 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
785 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
788 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
789 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
791 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
794 - add support for more attribute types
795 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
798 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
799 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
800 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
801 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
802 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
803 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
804 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
805 - work with non-Ethernet devices
806 - add support for more bond options
807 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
808 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
809 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
810 - expose in the API the following bits:
811 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
812 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
813 - option 123, 144, geolocation
814 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
815 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
816 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
817 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
818 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
819 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
820 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
821 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
822 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
824 * networkd-wait-online:
825 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
828 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
829 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
832 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
833 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
834 - write more test cases
835 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
836 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
837 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
838 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
839 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
841 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
847 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
848 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
850 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
852 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
854 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
856 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
858 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
860 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
862 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
864 * 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=
866 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
868 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
870 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
872 * register catalog database signature as file magic
874 * zsh shell completion:
875 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
876 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
881 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
883 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
885 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
889 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
891 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
893 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields