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1 Bugfixes:
2
3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
4
5 * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
8
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
10
11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
14
15 External:
16
17 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
18
19 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
20
21 Janitorial Clean-ups:
22
23 * Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
24
25 Features:
26
27 * replace all uses of fgets() + LINE_MAX by read_line()
28
29 * fix logging in execute.c: extend log.c to have an optional mode where
30 log_open() is implicitly done before each log line and log_close() right
31 after. This way we don't have open fds around but logs will still
32 work. Because it is slow this mode should used exclusively in the execute.c
33 case.
34
35 * set IPAddressDeny=any on all services that shouldn't do networking (possibly
36 combined with IPAddressAllow=localhost).
37
38 * dissect: when we discover squashfs, don't claim we had a "writable" partition
39 in systemd-dissect
40
41 * Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
42 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
43 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
44
45 * add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
46 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
47
48 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
49
50 * sort generated hwdb files alphabetically when we import them, so that git
51 diffs remain minimal (in particular: the OUI databases we import are not
52 sorted, and not stable)
53
54 * maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
55 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
56 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
57 logging.
58
59 * tighten sd_notify() MAINPID= checks a bit: don't accept foreign PIDs (i.e.
60 PIDs not managed by the service manager)
61
62 * hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
63 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
64 "convertible" form factor
65
66 * Maybe add a small tool invoked early at boot, that adds in or resizes
67 partitions automatically, to be used when the media used is actually larger
68 than the image written onto it is.
69
70 * Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
71 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
72 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
73 as MAINPID.
74
75 * change the dependency Set* objects in Unit structures to become Hashmap*, and
76 then store a bit mask who created a specific dependency: the source unit via
77 fragment configuration, the destination unit via fragment configuration, or
78 the source unit via udev rules (in case of .device units), or any combination
79 thereof. This information can then be used to flush out old udev-created
80 dependencies when the udev properties change, and eventually to implement a
81 "systemctl refresh" operation for reloading the configuration of individual
82 units without reloading the whole set.
83
84 * Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
85 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
86 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
87
88 * track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
89 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
90
91 * add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
92 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
93 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
94 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
95 natural habitat.
96
97 * replace all canonicalize_file_name() invocations by chase_symlinks(), in
98 particulr those where a rootdir is relevant.
99
100 * maybe introduce gpt auto discovery for /var/tmp?
101
102 * fix PrivateNetwork= so that we fall back gracefully on kernels lacking
103 namespacing support (similar for the other namespacing options)
104
105 * maybe add gpt-partition-based user management: each user gets his own
106 LUKS-encrypted GPT partition with a new GPT type. A small nss module
107 enumerates users via udev partition enumeration. UIDs are assigned in a fixed
108 way: the partition index is added as offset to some fixed base uid. User name
109 is stored in GPT partition name. A PAM module authenticates the user via the
110 LUKS partition password. Benefits: strong per-user security, compatibility
111 with stateless/read-only/verity-enabled root. (other idea: do this based on
112 loopback files in /home, without GPT involvement)
113
114 * gpt-auto logic: introduce support for discovering /var matching an image. For
115 that, use a partition type UUID that is hashed from the OS name (as encoded
116 in /etc/os-release), the architecture, and 4 new bits from the gpt flags
117 field of the root partition. This way can easily support multiple OS
118 installations on the same GPT partition table, without problems with
119 unmatched /var partitions.
120
121 * gpt-auto logic: related to the above, maybe support a "secondary" root
122 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
123 /usr is mounted into.
124
125 * machined: add apis to query /etc/machine-info data of a container
126
127 * .mount and .swap units: add Format=yes|no option that formats the partition before mounting/enabling it, implicitly
128
129 * gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
130
131 * drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
132
133 * drop internal dlopen() based nss-dns fallback in nss-resolve, and rely on the
134 external nsswitch.conf based one
135
136 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
137 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
138 relative to the configured default value.
139
140 * on cgroupsv2 add DelegateControllers=, to pick the precise cgroup controllers to delegate
141
142 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
143
144 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
145
146 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
147
148 * nspawn: start UID allocation loop from hash of container name
149
150 * nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
151
152 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
153
154 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
155
156 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
157
158 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
159
160 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
161
162 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
163
164 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
165
166 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
167 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
168 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
169
170 * DeviceAllow= should also generate seccomp filters for mknod()
171
172 * Add DataDirectory=, CacheDirectory= and LogDirectory= to match
173 RuntimeDirectory=, and create it as necessary when starting a service, owned by the right user.
174
175 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
176
177 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
178
179 * mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
180 partitions
181
182 * expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
183 transient units
184
185 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
186 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
187 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
188 mapping to work.
189
190 * allow attaching additional journald log fields to cgroups
191
192 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
193
194 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
195
196 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
197
198 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
199 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
200
201 * check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
202
203 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
204 reload the unit file anyway
205
206 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
207 from the SIGBUS handler
208
209 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
210
211 * resolved: when routing queries, make sure only look for the *longest* suffix...
212
213 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
214 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
215
216 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
217
218 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
219
220 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
221 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
222
223 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
224 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
225 specifications.
226
227 * do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
228
229 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
230
231 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
232
233 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
234
235 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
236 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
237 prefixed with /sys generally special.
238 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
239
240 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
241
242 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
243
244 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
245
246 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
247 devices will result in collected on all devices used.
248 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
249
250 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
251 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
252 state.
253 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
254
255 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
256 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
257
258 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
259 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
260 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
261 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
262 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
263
264 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
265 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
266
267 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
268
269 * implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
270
271 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable: busctl,
272 coredumpctl, hostnamectl, localectl, systemd-analyze, timedatectl
273
274 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
275
276 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
277
278 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
279 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
280
281 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
282 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
283 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
284 do, for example)
285
286 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
287 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
288
289 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
290 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
291
292 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
293
294 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
295
296 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
297 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
298 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
299 returning from the "systemctl stop".
300
301 * 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
302
303 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
304
305 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
306
307 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
308
309 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
310
311 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
312 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
313
314 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
315
316 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
317
318 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
319
320 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
321
322 * systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
323 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
324
325 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
326
327 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
328
329 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
330
331 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
332 units are shown.
333
334 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
335 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
336
337 * resolved:
338 - mDNS/DNS-SD
339 - service registration
340 - service/domain/types browsing
341 - avahi compat
342 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
343 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
344 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
345 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
346 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
347 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
348
349 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
350
351 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
352
353 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
354
355 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
356 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
357
358 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
359
360 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
361
362 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
363
364 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
365
366 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
367 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
368
369 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
370
371 * gpt-auto-generator:
372 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
373 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
374
375 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
376 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
377 when it is otherwise off
378
379 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
380
381 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
382 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
383 for ReusePort=
384
385 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
386 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
387 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
388 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
389 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
390
391 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
392 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
393 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
394 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
395 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
396 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
397
398 * cgroups:
399 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
400 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
401 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
402 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
403 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
404 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
405 the hierarchies of child processes
406
407 * transient units:
408 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
409 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
410
411 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
412
413 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
414
415 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
416
417 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
418
419 * 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
420
421 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
422
423 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
424 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
425 path anyway.
426
427 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
428
429 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
430
431 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
432
433 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
434 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
435
436 * sd-bus:
437 - EBADSLT handling
438 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
439 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
440 - 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
441 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
442 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
443 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
444 - longer term: priority inheritance
445 - dbus spec updates:
446 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
447 - GVariant
448 - path escaping
449 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
450 - test bloom filter generation indexes
451
452 * sd-event
453 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
454 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
455 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
456 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
457 - maybe add support for inotify events
458
459 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
460
461 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
462 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
463
464 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
465
466 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
467
468 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
469
470 * test/:
471 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
472 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
473
474 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
475 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
476 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
477 destination.
478
479 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
480 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
481
482 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
483
484 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
485 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
486 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
487 is installed.
488
489 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
490 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
491 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
492 that automatically.
493
494 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
495
496 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
497
498 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
499
500 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
501
502 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
503
504 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
505
506 * EFI:
507 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
508 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
509 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
510
511 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
512
513 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
514
515 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
516
517 * logind:
518 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
519 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
520 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
521 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
522 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
523 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
524 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
525 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
526 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
527 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
528 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
529 needs setuid().
530 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
531 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
532 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
533 complete.
534 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
535 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
536 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
537 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
538 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
539 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
540 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
541 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
542 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
543 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
544 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
545 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
546 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
547 relogins
548
549 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
550
551 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
552
553 * journal:
554 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
555 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
556 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
557 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
558 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
559 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
560 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
561 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
562 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
563 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
564 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
565 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
566 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
567 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
568 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
569 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
570 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
571 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
572 - 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.
573 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
574 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
575 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
576 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
577 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
578 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
579 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
580 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
581 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
582 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
583 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
584 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
585 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
586 to syslog when it works again.
587 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
588 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
589 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
590 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
591 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
592 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
593 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
594 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
595 journals in.
596 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
597 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
598 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
599 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
600 the most common operations.
601 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
602 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
603 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
604 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
605 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
606 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
607 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
608 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
609 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
610 operation.
611 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
612 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
613 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
614 binary logs data
615 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
616 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
617 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
618 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
619 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
620 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
621
622 * document:
623 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
624 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
625 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
626 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
627 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
628 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
629 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
630 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
631 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
632 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
633 - man: add more examples to man pages
634 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
635
636 * systemctl:
637 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
638 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
639 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
640 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
641 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
642 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
643 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
644 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
645 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
646 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
647 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
648
649 * unit install:
650 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
651 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
652
653 * timer units:
654 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
655 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
656 o DST changes
657 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
658
659 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
660
661 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
662
663 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
664
665 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
666
667 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
668
669 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
670
671 * nspawn:
672 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
673 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
674 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
675 from the kernel's logs.
676 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
677 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
678 interface be missing
679 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
680 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
681 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
682 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
683 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
684 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
685 PID 1...
686 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
687 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
688 running, remove them when shut down.
689 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
690 directory
691 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
692 is used
693
694 * dissect
695 - refuse mounting over a mount point
696 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
697
698 * machined:
699 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
700 removed or added to an existing machine
701 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
702 difference host, via ssh
703 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
704 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
705 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
706 question
707 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
708 machine-info data (including deployment level)
709 - "machinectl history"
710 - "machinectl diff"
711 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
712 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
713
714 * importd:
715 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
716
717 * cryptsetup:
718 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
719 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
720
721 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
722 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
723
724 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
725
726 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
727
728 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
729
730 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
731
732 * udev:
733 - move to LGPL
734 - kill scsi_id
735 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
736 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
737
738 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
739
740 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
741
742 * coredump:
743 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
744 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
745
746 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
747
748 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
749
750 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
751 needs to be auto-respawned?
752
753 * tmpfiles:
754 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
755 - replace F with f+.
756 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
757 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
758 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
759 calls follow symlinks.
760
761 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
762
763 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
764 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
765 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
766
767 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
768 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
769
770 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
771
772 * write blog stories about:
773 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
774 - enabling dbus services
775 - status update
776 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
777 - remote access
778 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
779 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
780 - auto-restart
781 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
782 - the journal HTTP iface
783 - non-cgroup resource management
784 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
785 - refreshed, longer missions statement
786 - calendar time events
787 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
788 - how to create your own target
789 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
790 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
791
792 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
793
794 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
795
796 * pid1:
797 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
798 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
799 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
800 that are not supported...
801 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
802 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
803 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
804 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
805 - move PAM code into its own binary
806 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
807 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
808 - Support --test based on current system state
809 - 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().
810 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
811 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
812 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
813 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
814 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
815 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
816 but much rather a disconnect on success.
817 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
818 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
819
820 * unit files:
821 - allow port=0 in .socket units
822 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
823 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
824 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
825 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
826 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
827 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
828 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
829 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
830 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
831 - introduce Type=pid-file
832 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
833 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
834 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
835
836 * udev-link-config:
837 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
838 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
839 on Path= matching
840 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
841
842 * sd-rtnl:
843 - add support for more attribute types
844 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
845
846 * networkd:
847 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
848 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
849 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
850 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
851 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
852 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
853 - work with non-Ethernet devices
854 - add support for more bond options
855 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
856 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
857 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
858 - expose in the API the following bits:
859 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
860 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
861 - option 123, 144, geolocation
862 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
863 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
864 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
865 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
866 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
867 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
868 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
869 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
870
871 * networkd-wait-online:
872 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
873
874 * dhcp:
875 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
876
877 * dhcp6:
878 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
879 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
880 - write more test cases
881 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
882 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
883 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
884 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
885 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
886 or interface down
887 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
888 this behavior
889 - RouteTable= ?
890
891 External:
892
893 * dbus:
894 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
895 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
896
897 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
898
899 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
900
901 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
902
903 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
904
905 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
906
907 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
908
909 * 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=
910
911 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
912
913 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
914
915 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
916
917 * register catalog database signature as file magic
918
919 * zsh shell completion:
920 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
921 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
922
923
924 Regularly:
925
926 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
927
928 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
929
930 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
931
932 * pahole
933
934 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
935
936 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
937
938 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields