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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Many manager configuration settings that are only applicable to user
4 manager or system manager can be always set. It would be better to reject
5 them when parsing config.
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f38afcd0 7External:
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f38afcd0 9* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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11Janitorial Clean-ups:
12
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13* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
14
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15* rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
16 semantics, like we do for device.c now
17
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18Features:
19
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20* make use of the new statx mountid and rootmount fields in path_get_mnt_id()
21 and fd_is_mount_point()
22
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23* nspawn: move "incoming mount" directory to /run/host, move "inaccessible"
24 nodes to /run/host, move notify socket (for sd_notify() between payload and
25 container manager)
26
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27* cryptsetup: if keyfile specified in crypttab is AF_UNIX socket, connect to it
28 and read from it (like we do elsewhere with READ_FULL_FILE_CONNECT_SOCKET)
29
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30* repart: support setting up dm-integrity with HMAC
31
32* add /etc/integritytab, to support dm-integrity setups. In particular those
33 with HMAC as hash function, so that we can have a protected /home without
34 encryption (leaving encryption to the individual dirs/homed).
35
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36* complement root=, rootflags=, rootfstype= with rootsubdir= which allows
37 mounting a subdir of the root fs as actual root. This can be used as
38 fstype-agnostic version of btrfs' rootflags=subvol=foobar.
39
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40* add --copy-from and --copy-to command to systemd-dissect which copies stuff
41 in and out of a disk image
42
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43* Support ProtectProc= or so, using: https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11310197/
44
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45* if /usr/bin/swapoff fails due to OOM, log a friendly explanatory message about it
46
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47* build short web pages out of each catalog entry, build them along with man
48 pages, and include hyperlinks to them in the journal output
49
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50* machined: add API to acquire UID range. add API to mount/dissect loopback
51 file. Both protected by PK. Then make nspawn use these APIs to run
52 unprivileged containers. i.e. push the truly privileged bits into machined,
53 so that the client side can remain entirely unprivileged, with SUID or
54 anything like that.
55
5c0102f8 56* journald: do journal file writing out-of-process, with one writer process per
cb713f16 57 client UID, so that synthetic hash table collisions can slow down a specific
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58 user's journal stream down but not the others.
59
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60* add "throttling" to sd-event event sources: optionally, when we wake up too
61 often for one, let's turn it off entirely for a while. Use that for the
62 /proc/self/mountinfo logic.
63
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64* move our systemd-user PAM snippet to /usr/, which PAM appears to support
65 these days
66
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67* nspawn: support time namespaces
68
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69* systemd-firstboot: make sure to always use chase_symlinks() before
70 reading/writing files
71
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72* add ConditionSecurity=tpm2
73
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74* Remove any support for booting without /usr pre-mounted in the initrd entirely.
75 Update INITRD_INTERFACE.md accordingly.
76
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77* pid1: Move to tracking of main pid/control pid of units per pidfd
78
79* pid1: support new clone3() fork-into-cgroup feature
80
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81* pid1: also remove PID files of a service when the service starts, not just
82 when it exits
83
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84* make us use dynamically fewer deps for containers in general purpose distros:
85 o turn into dlopen() deps:
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86 - libpwquality (always) - only relevant for homed, and maybe soon
87 firstboot
88 - elfutils (always)
89 - p11-kit-trust (always)
90 - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
91 - cryptsetup-libs (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not in systemd-cryptsetup)
92 - similar: libblkid
93 - libpam (only when called from PID 1)
94 - bzip2, xz, lz4 (always — gzip and zstd should probably stay static deps the way they are,
95 since they are so basic and our defaults)
96 o move into separate libsystemd-shared-iptables.so .so
97 - iptables-libs (only used by nspawn + networkd)
98
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99* seccomp: when SystemCallArchitectures=native is set then don't install any
100 other seccomp filters for any of the other archs, in order to reduce the
101 number of seccomp filters we install needlessly.
102
103* seccomp: maybe use seccomp_merge() to merge our filters per-arch if we can.
104 Apparently kernel performance is much better with fewer larger seccomp
105 filters than with more smaller seccomp filters.
106
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107* systemd-path: add ESP and XBOOTLDR path. Add "private" runtime/state/cache dir enum,
108 mapping to $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, $STATE_DIRECTORY and such
109
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110* make "systemd-dissect" an official supported tool, i.e. move to /usr/bin/ and
111 provide man page. Given that we now have a tool that can generate images like
112 this, it's useful to have one that can dump contents of them, too.
113
a6e1018d 114* All tools that support --root= should also learn --image= so that they can
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115 operate on disk images directly. Specifically: bootctl, tmpfiles, sysusers,
116 systemctl, repart, journalctl, coredumpctl. (Already done: systemd-nspawn,
117 systemd-firstboot)
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119* seccomp: by default mask x32 ABI system wide on x86-64. it's on its way out
120
121* seccomp: don't install filters for ABIs that are masked anyway for the
122 specific service
123
124* seccomp: maybe merge all filters we install into one with that libseccomp API that allows merging.
125
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126* per-service credential system. Specifically: add LoadCredential= (for loading
127 cred from file), AcquireCredential= (for asking user for cred, via
128 ask-password), PassCredential= (for passing on credential systemd itself
129 got). Then, place credentials in a per-service, immutable ramfs instance (so
130 that it cannot be swapped out), destroy after use. Also pass via keyring
131 (with graceful fallback to cover for containers). Define CredentialPath= for
132 defining subdir of /run/credentials/ where to place it. Set $CREDENTIAL_PATH
133 env var for services to the result. Also pass via fd passing (optionally).
134
135* homed: add native recovery key support. use 48 lowercase modhex characters
136 (192bit), show qr code of it, include pattern expression in user record.
137
138* homed: introduce "degraded" state for home directories that weren't cleanly
139 unmounted (use xattr we add and remove on the loop back file)
140
141* homed: during login resize fs automatically towards size goal. Specifically,
142 resize to diskSize if possible, but leave a certain amount (configured by a
143 new value diskLeaveFreeSize) of space free on the backing fs.
144
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145* homed: permit multiple user record signing keys to be used locally, and pick
146 the right one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing
147 signature
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148
149* homed: add a way to "adopt" a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
150 and insert a local signature instead.
151
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152* homed: as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
153 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
154 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
15dd4515 155 though: if no one is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
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156 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
157
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158* homed: support new FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl for setting up fscrypt
159
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160* homed: maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
161 easily?
162
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163* busctl: maybe expose a verb "ping" for pinging a dbus service to see if it
164 exists and responds.
165
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166* when systemd-nspawn and suchlike dissect an OS image, and there are multiple
167 root partitions, do an strverscmp() on the partition label and boot
168 first. That is inspired how sd-boot figures out which kernel to boot, and
169 thus allows defining OS images which can be A/B updated and we default to the
170 newest version automatically, both in nspawn and in sd-boot
171
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172* cryptsetup: support FIDO2 tokens for deriving keys (i.e. do what homed can do
173 also in plain cryptsetup)
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175* systemd-gpt-auto should probably set x-systemd.growfs on the mounts it
176 creates
177
86b52a39 178* homed/userdb: distinguish passwords and recovery keys in the records, since
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179 we probably want to use different PBKDF algorithms/settings for them:
180 passwords have low entropy but recovery keys should have good entropy key
181 hence we can make them quicker to work.
182
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183* bootctl:
184 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
185 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
186 - make it operate on loopback files, dissecting enough to find ESP to operate on
187
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188* Maybe add a separate GPT partition type to the discoverable partition spec
189 for "hibernate" partitions, that are exactly like swap partitions but only
190 activated right before hibernation and thus never used for regular swapping.
191
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192* by default, in systemd --user service bump the OOMAdjust to 100, as privs
193 allow so that systemd survives
194
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195* cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
196 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
197
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198* cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
199 systemd-makefs.service instead.
200
91fc013f 201* socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
86b52a39 202 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
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204* unify on openssl (as soon as OpenSSL 3.0 is out, and the Debian license
205 confusion is gone)
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206 - port sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific() over from khash
207 - port resolved over from libgcrypt (DNSSEC code)
208 - port journald + fsprg over from libgcrypt
209 - port importd over from libgcrypt
210 - when that's done: kill khash.c
211 - when that's done: kill gnutls support in resolved
212
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213* kill zenata, all hail weblate?
214
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215* when we resize disks (homed?) always round up to 4K sectors, not 512K
216
217* add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
218 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
219
220* hook up the TPM to /etc/crypttab, with a new option that is similar to the
221 new PKCS#11 option in crypttab, and allows unlocking a LUKS volume via a key
222 unsealed from the TPM. Optionally, if TPM is not available fall back to
223 TPM-less mode, and set up linear DM mapping instead (inspired by kpartx), so
224 that the device paths stay the same, regardless if crypto is used or not.
225
492f91d8 226* systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
86b52a39 227 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
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228 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
229 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
230
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231* systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
232 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
233 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
234 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
235 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
236 automatically.
237
238* systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
239 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
240
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241* systemd-repart: allow running mkfs before making partitions pop up +
242 encryption via LUKS to allow booting into an empty root with only /usr mounted in
243
244* systemd-repart: allow managing the gpt read-only partition flag + auto-mount flag
245
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246* systemd-repart: allow boolean option that ensures that if existing partition
247 doesn't exist within the configured size bounds the whole command fails. This
248 is useful to implement ESP vs. XBOOTLDR schemes in installers: have one set
249 of repart files for the case where ESP is large enough and one where it isn't
250 and XBOOTLDR is added in instead. Then apply the former first, and if it
251 fails to apply use the latter.
252
253* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to never reuse existing partition
254 and always create anew even if matching partition already exists.
255
256* systemd-repart: add per-partition option to fail if partition already exist,
257 i.e. is not added new. Similar, add option to fail if partition does not exist yet.
258
259* systemd-repart: add --size=auto for generating/resizing images of minimal
260 size, i.e. where the image file is sized exactly as large as necessary taking
261 SizeMin= into account, but not a single byte larger.
262
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263* systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
264 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
265
2a4be3c5 266* systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
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267 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
268
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269* userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
270 realname substr searches in varlink API
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272* userdb: allow uid/gid range checks
273
2a4be3c5 274* userdb: allow existence checks
006c44c1 275
f1eb0ccd 276* pid1: activation by journal search expression
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278* when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
279 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
280 initrd had set.
281
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282* sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
283 it fo reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
284 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
285 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
286 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
287 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
288
289* tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
290 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
291 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
292
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293* maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
294 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
295 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
296 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
297 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
298 source.
299
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300* figure out automatic partition discovery when combining writable root dir
301 with immutable /usr
302
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303* coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
304 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
305 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
306
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307* teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
308
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309* beef up hibernation to optionally do swapon/swapoff immediately before/after
310 the hibernation
311
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312* beef up s2h to implement a battery watch loop: instead of entering
313 hibernation unconditionally after coming back from resume make a decision
314 based on the battery load level: if battery level is above a specific
315 threshold, go to suspend again, only hibernate if below it. This means we'd
316 stick to suspend usually, but fall back to hibernation only when battery runs
317 empty (well, subject to our sampling interval). Related to this, check if we
318 can make ACPI _BTP (i.e. /sys/class/power_supply/*/alarm) work for us too,
319 i.e. see if it can wake up machines from suspend, so that we could resume
320 automatically when the system is low on power and move automatically to
321 hibernation mode. (see
322 https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf
323 section 10.2.2.8 and
324 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/modern-standby-wake-sources
325 at the end).
326
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327* add an explicit "vertical" mode to format-table, so that "systemctl
328 status"-like outputs (i.e. with a series of field names left and values
329 right) become genuine first class citizens, and we gain automatic, sane JSON
330 output for them.
331
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332* systemd-firstboot: teach it dissector magic, so that you can point it to some
333 disk image and it will just set everything in it all behind the scenes.
334
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335* We should probably replace /var/log/README, /etc/rc.d/README with symlinks
336 that are linked to these places instead of copied. After all they are
337 constant vendor data.
338
c6526b8d 339* maybe add kernel cmdline params: to force random seed crediting
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341* nspawn: on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events,
342 so that we make cgroup agent logic safe
343
344* nspawn/machined: add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as
345 fallback in "machinectl shell"
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347* logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
348 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
349 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
350
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351* homed:
352 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
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353 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
354 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
355 - resize on login?
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356 - shrink fs on logout?
357 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
358 - create on activate?
359 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
360 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
361 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
362 systemd --user is shut down.
363 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
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364 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk
365 images (and btrfs snapshots of subvolumes) (think: time machine)
86b52a39 366 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
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367 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
368 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
369 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
370 - description field for groups
371 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
372 - reuse pwquality magic in firstboot
373 - query password from kernel keyring first
374 - update even if record is "absent"
375 - add a "access mode" + "fstype" field to the "status" section of json identity records reflecting the actually used access mode and fstype, even on non-luks backends
376 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
377 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
378 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
379 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
380 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
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381 - introduce API for "making room", that grows/shrinks home directory
382 according to elastic parameters, discards blocks, and removes additional snapshots. Call it
383 either from UI when disk space gets low
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385* introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
386 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
387 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
388 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
389 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
390 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
391 exec().
392
393* let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
394
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395* when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
396 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
397
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398* introduce a new group to own TPM devices
399
400* make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
401 gnome-bluetooth and friends
402
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403* tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
404 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
405 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
406 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
407 cgroup.
408
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409* make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
410 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
411 root.
412
413* maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
414 is issued.
415
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416* when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
417
418* when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
419
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420* Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
421 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
422 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
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d238709c 424* rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
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425 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
426 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
427
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428* add a concept for automatically loading per-unit secrets off disk and
429 inserting them into the kernel keyring. Maybe SecretsDirectory= similar to
430 ConfigurationDirectory=.
431
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432* when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
433
d3584ec4 434* bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
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436* add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
437 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
438
06898123 439* paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
309c6b19 440 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
9ae4ef49 441 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
06898123 442
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443* Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
444
445* support the bind/connect/sendmsg cgroup stuff for sandboxing, and possibly
446 patching around
447
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448* maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
449 log.c and sd-journal-send
450
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451* optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
452
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453* introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
454
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455* sd-boot: automatically load EFI modules from some drop-in dir, so that people
456 can add in file system drivers and such
457
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458* sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
459 non-zero "tries done" count
460
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461* introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
462 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
463 it should skip the variant type string though.
464
465* augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
466 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
467 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
468 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
469 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
470 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
471 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
472 CODE_FILE.
473
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474* Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
475 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
476 some explanatory text online.
477
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478* maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
479
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480* Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
481 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
482 the slices, and the units attached to them.
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484* the a-posteriori stopping of units bound to units that disappeared logic
485 should be reworked: there should be a queue of units, and we should only
bc130b68 486 enqueue stop jobs from a defer event that processes queue instead of
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487 right-away when we find a unit that is bound to one that doesn't exist
488 anymore. (similar to how the stop-unneeded queue has been reworked the same
489 way)
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491* nspawn: make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a
492 hangup when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait
493 for hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
494
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495* When reloading configuration PID 1 should reset all its properties to the
496 original defaults before calling parse_config()
497
72d711ef 498* nspawn: greater control over selinux label?
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501 Specifically:
502
503 1. add resume_offset support to the resume code (i.e. support swap files
504 properly)
e83419d0 505 2. check if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
46c41478 506 3. add auto-detection of hibernation images
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508* cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
509 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
510
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511* beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
512 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
513 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
514 files and suchlike we operate on.
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516* add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
517
518* add attach --enable and attach --now (for attach+enable+start)
519
520* sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
521 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
522
5da19043 523* Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
5238e957 524 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it. Also
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525 DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH should probably add an extra "-" into account for negative
526 numbers.
527
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528* Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
529 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
530 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
531 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
532 unlinked from any dir.
533
bd1b3f75 534* port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
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536* pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
537
538* add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
539
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540* introduce Ephemeral= unit file switch, that creates an ephemeral copy of all
541 files and directories that are left writable for a unit, and which are
542 removed after the unit goes down again. A bit like --ephemeral for
543 systemd-nspawn but for system services. If used together with RootImage= this
544 should reflink the image file itself.
545
546 Related: add Ephemeral=<path1> <path2> … which would allow marking
547 specific paths only like this.
548
53c70a27 549* add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
5238e957 550 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
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551 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
552 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
553 images, for example fallback to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
554
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555* show invocation ID in systemd-run output
556
557* bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
558
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559* add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
560 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
561
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562* teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
563 project quota
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565* introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
566 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
567 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
568 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
569 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
570 different slice too by default. Usecase: people who want to put resources on
571 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
572 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
573
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574* maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
575 for root, but only then.
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577* be stricter with fds we receive for the fdstore: close them asynchronously
578
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579* calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
580 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
581
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582* sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
583 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
584
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585* make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
586 host-side interface pointing to the container.
587
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588* add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
589 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
590 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
591 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
592 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
593
cb77e122 594* taint systemd if there are fewer than 65536 users assigned (userns) to the system.
c6009ff0 595
899feb72 596* deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
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598* add a new RuntimeDirectoryPreserve= mode that defines a similar lifecycle for
599 the runtime dir as we maintain for the fdstore: i.e. keep it around as long
600 as the unit is running or has a job queued.
601
5f7ecd61 602* support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
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604* add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
605 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
606
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607* blog about fd store and restartable services
608
609* document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
610
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611* rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
612 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
613
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614* in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
615 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
616 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
617 ID is available.
618
619* optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
620 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
621 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
622
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623* beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
624 parameters
625
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626* maybe hook of xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
627 the quota of a the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
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628 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
629 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
630 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
631 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
632 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
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634* In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
635 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
636
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637* add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
638 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
639 wait to retrieve their exit data.
640
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641* expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
642 about it in the resource log message
643
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644* show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
645 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
646
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647* Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
648 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
649 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
650
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652 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
653
654 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
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656* maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
657 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
658 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
659 logging.
660
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662 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
663 "convertible" form factor
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665* Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
666 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
667 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
668 as MAINPID.
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670* Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
671 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
672 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
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674* track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
675 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
676
677* add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
678 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
679 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
680 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
681 natural habitat.
682
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684 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
685 /usr is mounted into.
686
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687* 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
688
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689* drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
690
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691* add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
692 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
693 relative to the configured default value.
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695* in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
696
697* enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
698
04397464 699* Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
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701* nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
702
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703* define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
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705* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
706
04397464 707* ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
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04397464 709* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
563a69f4 710
04397464 711* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
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8ce9b83a 713* RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
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715* ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
716 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
717 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
718
e40a326c 719* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
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721* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
722
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723* mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
724 partitions
725
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726* in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
727 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
728 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
729 mapping to work.
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732
733* add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
734
735* add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
736
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737* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
738 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
739
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740* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
741 reload the unit file anyway
742
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743* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
744 from the SIGBUS handler
745
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746* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
747
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748* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
749 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
750
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751* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
752
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753* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
754 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
755
f9bf1b8f 756* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 757 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 758 specifications.
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760* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
761
5ebbb45b 762* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller
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764* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
765
a2088fd0 766* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
5238e957 767 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
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769 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
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771* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
772
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773* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
774
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775* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
776 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
777 state.
778 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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780* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
781 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
782 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
783 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
784 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
785
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786* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
787 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
788
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789* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
790
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791* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
792 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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794* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
795 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
796 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
797 do, for example)
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800 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
801
e031c227 802* as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
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804
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805* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
806
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807* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
808 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
809 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
810 returning from the "systemctl stop".
811
b568ef14 812* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
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814* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
815
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816* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
817 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
818
25e773ee 819* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 820
279f0366 821* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 822
5238e957 823* systemctl edit: use equivalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
b42de08a 824 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 825
720652b3 826* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 827
720652b3 828* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
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830* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
831
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832* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
833 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
834
9d6db739 835* resolved:
9d6db739 836 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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838 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 839 - avahi compat
9d6db739 840 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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841 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
842 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
843 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 844 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 845 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 846
e25b5a8d 847* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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850
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851* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
852
a01647e5 853* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 854 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
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856* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
857
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858* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
859
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860* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
861
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862* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
863 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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865* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
866
6a3f892a 867* gpt-auto-generator:
2a781fc9 868 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 869 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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871* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
872 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
873 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 874
f9bf1b8f 875* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
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877* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
878 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
879 for ReusePort=
880
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881* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
882 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
883 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
884 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
885 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
886 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
887
f38afcd0 888* cgroups:
f38afcd0 889 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
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890 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
891 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
892 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
893 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
894 the hierarchies of child processes
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f38afcd0 896* transient units:
f38afcd0 897 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
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900
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901* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
902
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903* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
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905* 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
906
7f79cd71 907* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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909* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
910 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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912
04397464 913* refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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915* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
916
917* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
918
6bb648a1 919* sd-bus:
0d43ffef 920 - EBADSLT handling
fa607802 921 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
7212c608 922 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
57f2a947 923 - 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
f38afcd0 924 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 925 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
ab9716c2 926 - longer term: priority inheritance
df98a87b 927 - dbus spec updates:
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929 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 930 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 931 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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933* sd-event
12179984 934 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 935 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
e25b5a8d 936 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
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69af4503 938* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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940* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
941 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
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943* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
944
945* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
946
fff87a35 947* test/:
20d52ab6 948 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
b8b4d3dd 949
b5c03638 950* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 951 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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952 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
953 destination.
954
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955* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
956 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
957
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958* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
959
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960* Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
961 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
962 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
963
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964* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
965 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
966 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
967 is installed.
795607b2 968
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969* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
970 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
971 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
972 that automatically.
973
e5ec62c5 974* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 975
ccddd104 976* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 977
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978* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
979
356ce991 980* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 981
b44be3ec 982* EFI:
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983 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
984 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 985 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
631427d6 986* bootctl
631427d6 987 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
e4181484 988
c0fe5db5 989* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 990
b44be3ec 991* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 992
b44be3ec 993* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 994
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996 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
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997 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
998 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
999 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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1000 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
1001 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
1002 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
1003 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
1004 needs setuid().
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1005 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
1006 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
1007 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
1008 complete.
1009 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
1010 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
1011 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
279f0366 1012 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
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1013 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
1014 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
1015 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
1016 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
1017 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
1018 relogins
77b19caf 1019 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
e673ad04 1020
b44be3ec 1021* journal:
57f2a947 1022 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
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1023 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
1024 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
1025 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 1026 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 1027 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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1028 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
1029 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
1030 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
5238e957 1031 message that works, but already after a short timeout
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1032 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
1033 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
f47ec8eb 1034 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
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1035 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
1036 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
06847d0f 1037 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() in the header,
038cf334 1038 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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1039 - 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.
1040 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
1041 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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1042 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
1043 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
1044 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
1045 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 1046 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 1047 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 1048 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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1049 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
1050 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
1051 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
1052 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
1053 to syslog when it works again.
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1054 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
1055 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
1056 journals in.
1057 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
1058 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
1059 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
1060 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
1061 the most common operations.
e25b5a8d 1062 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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1063 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
1064 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
1065 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
1066 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
1067 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
1068 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
1069 operation.
1070 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
1071 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
1072 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
1073 binary logs data
e25b5a8d 1074 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
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1075 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
1076 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
1077 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
1078 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
06847d0f 1079 - check if loop in decompress_blob_xz() is necessary
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1082 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
1083 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
1084 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
1085
b44be3ec 1086* document:
8b8f2591 1087 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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1088 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
1089 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 1090 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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1091 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
1092 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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1093 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
1094 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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1095 - man: add more examples to man pages,
1096 - in particular an example how to do the equivalent of switching runlevels
f38afcd0 1097 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
17ec531f 1098 - document root=gpt-auto properly
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1100* systemctl:
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1101 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
1102 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
1103 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
1104 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
1105 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
1106 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
1107 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 1108 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 1109 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
61233823 1110 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
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1112* unit install:
1113 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
1114 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
8b04b925 1115
b44be3ec 1116* timer units:
b44be3ec 1117 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
b44be3ec 1118 o DST changes
90e071d1 1119 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 1120
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1121* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
1122
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1123* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
1124
b44be3ec 1125* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 1126
f59d1da8 1127* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
dcfc4b2e 1128
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1129* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
1130
d28315e4 1131* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 1132
b44be3ec 1133* nspawn:
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1134 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
1135 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
1136 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
1137 from the kernel's logs.
1138 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
1139 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
1140 interface be missing
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1141 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
1142 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
1143 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
1144 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
1145 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
1146 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
1147 PID 1...
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1148 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
1149 running, remove them when shut down.
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1151* dissect
1152 - refuse mounting over a mount point
1153 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
1154
e25b5a8d 1155* machined:
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1156 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
1157 removed or added to an existing machine
1158 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
1159 difference host, via ssh
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1160 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
1161 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
1162 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
1163 question
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1164 - "machinectl history"
1165 - "machinectl diff"
1166 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
1167 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
1168
b44be3ec 1169* cryptsetup:
b44be3ec 1170 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
5f1dac6b 1171 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 1172
424a19f8 1173* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 1174 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
424a19f8 1175
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1176* add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1177
68f16003 1178* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 1179
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1180* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1181
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1182* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1183
abd55b16 1184* udev:
abd55b16 1185 - move to LGPL
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1186 - kill scsi_id
1187 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 1188 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 1189
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1190* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
1191
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1192* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
1193
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1194* coredump:
1195 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
73a99163 1196 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
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1197
1198* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
1199
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1200* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
1201 needs to be auto-respawned?
1202
f38afcd0 1203* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 1204 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
614cc34f 1205 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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1206 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
1207 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
1208 calls follow symlinks.
1258097c 1209
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1210* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
1211
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1212* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
1213 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
1214 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
1215
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1216* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
1217 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
1218
71092d70 1219* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 1220
68c7d001 1221* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 1222 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
68c7d001 1223 - enabling dbus services
7a2a0b90 1224 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 1225 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 1226 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 1227 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 1228 - auto-restart
e707c494 1229 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 1230 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 1231 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 1232 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 1233 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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1234 - calendar time events
1235 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
1236 - how to create your own target
1237 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
1238 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 1239
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1240* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
1241
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1242* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
1243
e25b5a8d 1244* pid1:
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1245 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
1246 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
1247 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
1248 that are not supported...
1249 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
1250 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
1251 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
1252 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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1253 - move PAM code into its own binary
1254 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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1255 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
1256 - Support --test based on current system state
1257 - 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().
1258 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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1259 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
1260 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1261 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1262 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1263 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1264 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1265 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1266 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1267
1268* unit files:
1269 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1270 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
1271 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
1272 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1273 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1274 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1275 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1276 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
e25b5a8d 1277 - introduce Type=pid-file
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1278 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
1279 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
e25b5a8d 1280 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
e5171296 1281 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
e25b5a8d 1282
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1283* udev-link-config:
1284 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
1285 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
1286 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 1287
88e4d1d7 1288* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 1289 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 1290 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 1291
0a4b9a07 1292* networkd:
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1293 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
1294 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
e8d842a0 1295 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
798e174a 1296 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
a8eaaee7 1297 - work with non-Ethernet devices
e25b5a8d 1298 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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1299 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
1300 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
1301 - expose in the API the following bits:
e2da6491 1302 - option 15, domain name
38b38500 1303 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
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1304 - option 123, 144, geolocation
1305 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
1306 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
1307 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
1308 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
1309 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
1310 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
e25b5a8d 1311 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
155e8b9a 1312
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1314
ac976532 1315* dhcp:
424a8732 1316 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 1317
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1318* dhcp6:
1319 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
1320 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
1321 - write more test cases
37d8b536 1322 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 1323 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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1324 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
1325 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
1326 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
1327 or interface down
1328 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
1329 this behavior
4a77c53d 1330 - RouteTable= ?
37d8b536 1331
2f8cd170 1332External:
74fe1fe3 1333
cc9784c6 1334* dbus:
3377af3e 1335 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 1336 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 1337
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1338* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1339
71092d70 1340* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
14bd37fe 1341
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1342* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
1343
d2bbca68 1344* 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=
8973790e 1345
8973790e 1346* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 1347
4641a16b 1348* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
19aa7c4f 1349
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1350* register catalog database signature as file magic
1351
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1352* zsh shell completion:
1353 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 1354 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
1cf3c30c 1355
90137b62 1356* systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
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1357* If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
1358 after being started.
2c12a402 1359
129126f3 1360Regularly:
874aa2cc 1361
129126f3 1362* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 1363
129126f3 1364* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
5b6319dc 1365
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1366* pahole
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d28315e4 1368* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 1369
4db17f29 1370* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 1371
d05c556b 1372* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
62353f69 1373String is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment