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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 * When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
17
18 External:
19
20 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
21
22 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
23
24 Janitorial Clean-ups:
25
26 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead
27
28 * replace manual readdir() loops with FOREACH_DIRENT or FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL
29
30 * Get rid of the last strerror() invocations in favour of %m and strerror_r()
31
32 * Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
33
34 Features:
35
36 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
37 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
38
39 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
40
41 * remove Capabilities=, after all AmbientCapabilities= and CapabilityBoundingSet= should be enough.
42
43 * support for the new copy_file_range() syscall
44
45 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
46
47 * Maybe add a way how users can "pin" units into memory, so that they are not subject to automatic GC?
48
49 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
50 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
51
52 * add an explicit parser for LimitNICE= and LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
53 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
54 specifications. Also, for LimitNICE= maybe introduce a syntax such
55 as "+5" or "-7" in order to make the limits more readable as they
56 are otherwise shifted by 20.
57
58 * do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
59
60 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
61
62 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
63
64 * add a new command "systemctl revert" or so, that removes all dropin
65 snippets in /run and /etc, and all unit files with counterparts in
66 /usr, and thus undoes what "systemctl set-property" and "systemctl
67 edit" create. Maybe even add "systemctl revert -a" to do this for
68 all units.
69
70 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
71
72 * consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
73
74 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
75 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
76 prefixed with /sys generally special.
77 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
78
79 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
80
81 * install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths
82
83 * rework C11 utf8.[ch] to use char32_t instead of uint32_t when referring
84 to unicode chars, to make things more expressive.
85
86 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
87
88 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
89
90 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
91 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
92 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
93
94 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
95 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
96 state.
97 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
98
99 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
100 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
101
102 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
103 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
104 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
105 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
106 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
107
108 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
109 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
110
111 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
112
113 * implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
114
115 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
116
117 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
118
119 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
120
121 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
122 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
123
124 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
125 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
126 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
127 do, for example)
128
129 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
130 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
131
132 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
133 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
134
135 * the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
136
137 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
138
139 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
140
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
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
147
148 * 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
149
150 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
151
152 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
153
154 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
155
156 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
157
158 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
159 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
160
161 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
162
163 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
164
165 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
166
167 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
168
169 * systemctl edit:
170 - allow creation of units from scratch
171 - use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
172 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
173
174 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
175
176 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
177
178 * extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
179 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
180 parsing callbacks should use it.
181
182 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
183
184 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
185 units are shown.
186
187 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
188 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
189
190 * resolved:
191 - mDNS/DNS-SD
192 - service registration
193 - service/domain/types browsing
194 - avahi compat
195 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
196 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
197 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
198 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
199 - enable DNSSEC by default
200 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
201
202 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
203
204 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
205
206 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
207
208 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
209 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
210 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
211
212 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
213
214 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
215
216 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
217
218 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
219
220 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
221 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
222
223 * Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
224
225 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
226
227 * gpt-auto-generator:
228 - Support LUKS for root devices
229 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
230 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
231
232 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
233 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
234 when it is otherwise off
235
236 * MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
237
238 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
239 /proc/$PID/exe
240
241 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
242 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
243 for ReusePort=
244
245 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
246 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
247 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
248 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
249 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
250
251 * New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
252
253 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
254 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
255 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
256 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
257 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
258 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
259
260 * cgroups:
261 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
262 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
263 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
264 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
265 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
266 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
267 the hierarchies of child processes
268
269 * transient units:
270 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
271 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
272
273 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
274
275 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
276
277 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
278
279 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
280
281 * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
282
283 * 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
284
285 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
286
287 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
288 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
289 path anyway.
290
291 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
292
293 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
294
295 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
296
297 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
298
299 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
300
301 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
302 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
303
304 * sd-bus:
305 - EBADSLT handling
306 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
307 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
308 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
309 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
310 - 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
311 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
312 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
313 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
314 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
315 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
316 - longer term: priority inheritance
317 - dbus spec updates:
318 - kdbus mapping
319 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
320 - GVariant
321 - path escaping
322 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
323 - test bloom filter generation indexes
324 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
325 - 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.
326
327 * sd-event
328 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
329 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
330 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
331 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
332 - maybe add support for inotify events
333
334 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
335
336 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
337 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
338
339 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
340
341 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
342
343 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
344
345 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
346
347 * test/:
348 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
349 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
350
351 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
352 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
353 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
354 destination.
355
356 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
357 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
358
359 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
360
361 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
362 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
363 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
364 is installed.
365
366 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
367 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
368 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
369 that automatically.
370
371 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
372
373 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
374
375 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
376
377 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
378
379 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
380
381 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
382
383 * EFI:
384 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
385 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
386 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
387
388 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
389
390 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
391
392 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
393
394 * logind:
395 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
396 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
397 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
398 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
399 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
400 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
401 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
402 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
403 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
404 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
405 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
406 needs setuid().
407 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
408 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
409 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
410 complete.
411 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
412 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
413 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
414 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
415 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
416 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
417 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
418 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
419 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
420 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
421 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
422 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
423 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
424 relogins
425
426 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
427
428 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
429
430 * journal:
431 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
432 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
433 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
434 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
435 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
436 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
437 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
438 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
439 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
440 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
441 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
442 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
443 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
444 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
445 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
446 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
447 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
448 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
449 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
450 - 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.
451 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
452 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
453 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
454 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
455 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
456 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
457 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
458 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
459 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
460 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
461 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
462 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
463 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
464 to syslog when it works again.
465 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
466 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
467 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
468 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
469 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
470 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
471 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
472 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
473 journals in.
474 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
475 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
476 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
477 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
478 the most common operations.
479 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
480 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
481 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
482 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
483 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
484 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
485 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
486 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
487 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
488 operation.
489 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
490 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
491 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
492 binary logs data
493 - change journalctl -M to acquire fd to journal directory via machined, and
494 then operate on that via openat() instead of absolute paths
495 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
496 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
497 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
498 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
499 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
500 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
501
502 * document:
503 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
504 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
505 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
506 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
507 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
508 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
509 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
510 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
511 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
512 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
513 - man: add more examples to man pages
514 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
515
516 * systemctl:
517 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
518 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
519 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
520 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
521 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
522 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
523 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
524 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
525 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
526 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
527 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
528 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
529
530 * unit install:
531 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
532 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
533 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
534
535 * timer units:
536 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
537 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
538 o DST changes
539 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
540 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
541 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
542
543 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
544
545 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
546
547 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
548
549 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
550 waiting for the timeout
551
552 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
553
554 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
555
556 * nspawn:
557 - to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
558 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
559 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
560 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty
561 /etc/machine-id (not OK).
562 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
563 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
564 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
565 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
566 from the kernel's logs.
567 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
568 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
569 interface be missing
570 - don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in
571 shared-network mode
572 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
573 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
574 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
575 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
576 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
577 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
578 PID 1...
579 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
580 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
581 running, remove them when shut down.
582 - add a logic for cleaning up read-only, hidden container images in
583 /var/lib/machines that are not ancestors of any non-hidden containers
584 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
585 directory
586 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
587 is used
588
589 * machined:
590 - "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP
591 addresses
592 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
593 removed or added to an existing machine
594 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
595 difference host, via ssh
596 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
597 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
598 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
599 question
600 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
601 machine-info data (including deployment level)
602 - "machinectl history"
603 - "machinectl diff"
604 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
605 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
606
607 * importd:
608 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
609
610 * cryptsetup:
611 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
612 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
613 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
614 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
615
616 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
617 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
618
619 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
620
621 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
622
623 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
624
625 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
626
627 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
628
629 * udev:
630 - move to LGPL
631 - kill scsi_id
632 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
633 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
634
635 * 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
636
637 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
638
639 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
640
641 * coredump:
642 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
643 - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
644
645 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
646
647 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
648
649 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
650 needs to be auto-respawned?
651
652 * tmpfiles:
653 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
654 - replace F with f+.
655 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
656 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
657 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
658 calls follow symlinks.
659
660 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
661
662 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
663 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
664 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
665
666 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
667 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
668
669 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
670
671 * write blog stories about:
672 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
673 - enabling dbus services
674 - status update
675 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
676 - remote access
677 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
678 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
679 - auto-restart
680 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
681 - the journal HTTP iface
682 - non-cgroup resource management
683 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
684 - refreshed, longer missions statement
685 - calendar time events
686 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
687 - how to create your own target
688 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
689 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
690
691 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
692
693 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
694
695 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
696
697 * pid1:
698 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
699 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
700 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
701 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
702 that are not supported...
703 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
704 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
705 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
706 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
707 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
708 - move PAM code into its own binary
709 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
710 - for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
711 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
712 - Support --test based on current system state
713 - 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().
714 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
715 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
716 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
717 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
718 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
719 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
720 but much rather a disconnect on success.
721 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
722 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
723
724 * unit files:
725 - allow port=0 in .socket units
726 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
727 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
728 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
729 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
730 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
731 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
732 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
733 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
734 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
735 - introduce Type=pid-file
736 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
737 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
738 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
739 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
740 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
741 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
742
743 * systemd-python:
744 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
745 works with ^C
746 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
747
748 * bootchart:
749 - plot per-process IO utilization
750 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
751 - document initcall_debug
752 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
753
754 * udev-link-config:
755 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
756 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
757 on Path= matching
758 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
759
760 * sd-rtnl:
761 - add support for more attribute types
762 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
763
764 * networkd:
765 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
766 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
767 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
768 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
769 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
770 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
771 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
772 - work with non-Ethernet devices
773 - add support for more bond options
774 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
775 - add LLDP client side support
776 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
777 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
778 - expose in the API the following bits:
779 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
780 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
781 - option 123, 144, geolocation
782 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
783 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
784 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
785 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
786 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
787 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
788 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
789 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
790 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
791
792 * networkd-wait-online:
793 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
794
795 * dhcp:
796 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
797 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
798
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 reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
804 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
805 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
806 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
807 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
808 or interface down
809 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
810 this behavior
811
812 External:
813
814 * dbus:
815 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
816 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
817
818 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
819
820 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
821
822 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
823
824 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
825
826 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
827
828 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
829
830 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
831
832 * 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=
833
834 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
835
836 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
837
838 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
839
840 * register catalog database signature as file magic
841
842 * zsh shell completion:
843 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
844 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
845
846
847 Regularly:
848
849 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
850
851 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
852
853 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
854
855 * pahole
856
857 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
858
859 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
860
861 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields