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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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11* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
12
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13Janitorial Clean-ups:
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15* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
16
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17* rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
18 semantics, like we do for device.c now
19
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20Features:
21
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22* tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
23 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
24 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
25 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
26 cgroup.
27
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28* clean up sleep.c:
29 - Use CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM for waking up s2h instead of RTC ioctls
30 - Parse sleep.conf only once, and parse its whole contents so that we don't
31 have to parse it again and again in s2h
32 - Make sure resume= and resume_offset= on the kernel cmdline always take
33 precedence
34
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35* maybe add a seccomp-based high-level filter that blocks creation of suid/sgid
36 files.
37
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38* make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
39 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
40 root.
41
42* maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
43 is issued.
44
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45* when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
46
47* when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
48
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49* Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
50 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
51 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
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53* rework seccomp/nnp logic that that even if User= is used in combination with
54 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
55 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
56
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57* add a concept for automatically loading per-unit secrets off disk and
58 inserting them into the kernel keyring. Maybe SecretsDirectory= similar to
59 ConfigurationDirectory=.
60
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61* when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
62
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63* When logind.conf contains HandleLidSwitch=suspend-then-hibernate and we can't
64 hibernate because the swap partition isn't large enough, still suspend
65
d3584ec4 66* bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
fe1bff15 67
4e1dfa45 68* set memory.oom.group in cgroup v2 for all leaf cgroups (kernel v4.19+)
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70* add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
71 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
72
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73* paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
74 first. i.e. look for all places we use string_erase()/string_free_erase() and
fc420dfb 75 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP
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77* whenever oom_kill memory.event event is triggered print a nice log message
78
79* Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
80
81* support the bind/connect/sendmsg cgroup stuff for sandboxing, and possibly
82 patching around
83
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84* maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
85 log.c and sd-journal-send
86
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87* optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
88
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89* introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
90
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91* optionally, if a per-partition GPT flag is set for the root/home/… partitions
92 format the partition on next boot and unset the flag, in order to implement
93 factory reset. also, add a second flag that simply indicates whether such a
94 scheme is supported. then, add a tool (or maybe beef up systemd-dissect) to
95 show state of these flags, and optionally trigger such a factory reset on
96 next boot by setting the flag.
97
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98* sd-boot: automatically load EFI modules from some drop-in dir, so that people
99 can add in file system drivers and such
100
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101* sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
102 non-zero "tries done" count
103
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104* maybe set a special xattr on cgroups that have delegate=yes set, to make it
105 easy to mark cut points
106
107* introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
108 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
109 it should skip the variant type string though.
110
111* augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
112 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
113 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
114 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
115 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
116 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
117 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
118 CODE_FILE.
119
120* when outputting log data with journalctl and the log data includes references
121 to configuration files (CONFIG_FILE=), create a clickable link for it.
122
123* Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
124 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
125 some explanatory text online.
126
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127* maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
128
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129* Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
130 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
131 the slices, and the units attached to them.
132
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133* the a-posteriori stopping of units bound to units that disappeared logic
134 should be reworked: there should be a queue of units, and we should only
135 enqeue stop jobs from a defer event that processes queue instead of
136 right-away when we find a unit that is bound to one that doesn't exist
137 anymore. (similar to how the stop-unneeded queue has been reworked the same
138 way)
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140* nspawn: make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a
141 hangup when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait
142 for hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
143
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144* When reloading configuration PID 1 should reset all its properties to the
145 original defaults before calling parse_config()
146
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147* Add OnTimezoneChange= and OnTimeChange= stanzas to .timer units in order to
148 schedule events based on time and timezone changes.
149
72d711ef 150* nspawn: greater control over selinux label?
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152* hibernate/s2h: make this robust and safe to enable in Fedora by default.
153 Specifically:
154
155 1. add resume_offset support to the resume code (i.e. support swap files
156 properly)
e83419d0 157 2. check if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
9259d0e2 158 3. add autodetection of hibernation images
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160* cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
161 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
162
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163* beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
164 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
165 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
166 files and suchlike we operate on.
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168* add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
169
170* add attach --enable and attach --now (for attach+enable+start)
171
172* sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
173 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
174
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175* Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
176 other doesn't. What a desaster. Probably to exclude it. Also
177 DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH should probably add an extra "-" into account for negative
178 numbers.
179
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180* Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
181 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
182 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
183 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
184 unlinked from any dir.
185
bd1b3f75 186* port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
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188* pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
189
190* add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
191
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192* SuccessExitStatus= and friends should probably also accept symbolic exit
193 codes names, i.e. error codes from the list maintained in exit-codes.[ch]
194
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195* introduce Ephemeral= unit file switch, that creates an ephemeral copy of all
196 files and directories that are left writable for a unit, and which are
197 removed after the unit goes down again. A bit like --ephemeral for
198 systemd-nspawn but for system services. If used together with RootImage= this
199 should reflink the image file itself.
200
201 Related: add Ephemeral=<path1> <path2> … which would allow marking
202 specific paths only like this.
203
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204* add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
205 directory trees from the host to te services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
206 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
207 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
208 images, for example fallback to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
209
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210* nspawn's console TTY should be allocated from within the container, not
211 mounted in from the outside
212
213* show invocation ID in systemd-run output
214
215* bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
216
217* tree-wide: ensure we always block the signals we hook into with
218 sd_event_add_signal() first
219
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220* add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
221 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
222
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223* teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
224 project quota
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226* introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
227 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
228 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
229 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
230 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
231 different slice too by default. Usecase: people who want to put resources on
232 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
233 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
234
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235* maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
236 for root, but only then.
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238* be stricter with fds we receive for the fdstore: close them asynchronously
239
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240* calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
241 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
242
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243* sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
244 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
245
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246* make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
247 host-side interface pointing to the container.
248
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249* add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
250 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
251 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
252 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
253 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
254
cb77e122 255* taint systemd if there are fewer than 65536 users assigned (userns) to the system.
c6009ff0 256
899feb72 257* deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
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259* add a new RuntimeDirectoryPreserve= mode that defines a similar lifecycle for
260 the runtime dir as we maintain for the fdstore: i.e. keep it around as long
261 as the unit is running or has a job queued.
262
5f7ecd61 263* support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
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265* maybe use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (i.e. the env var the reproducible builds folks
266 introduced) as the RTC epoch, instead of the mtime of NEWS.
267
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268* add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
269 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
270
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271* blog about fd store and restartable services
272
273* document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
274
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275* rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
276 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
277
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278* in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
279 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
280 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
281 ID is available.
282
283* optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
284 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
285 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
286
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287* beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
288 parameters
289
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290* maybe hook of xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
291 the quota of a the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
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292 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
293 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
294 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
295 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
296 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
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298* In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
299 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
300
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301* add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
302 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
303 wait to retrieve their exit data.
304
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305* expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
306 about it in the resource log message
307
308* add "systemctl purge" for flushing out configuration, state, logs, ... of a
309 unit when it is stopped
310
311* show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
312 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
313
e3b6ae8d 314* replace all remaining uses of fgets() + LINE_MAX by read_line()
620218fb 315
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316* Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
317 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
318 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
319
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320* add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
321 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
322
323 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
324
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325* maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
326 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
327 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
328 logging.
329
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330* hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
331 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
332 "convertible" form factor
333
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334* Maybe add a small tool invoked early at boot, that adds in or resizes
335 partitions automatically, to be used when the media used is actually larger
336 than the image written onto it is.
337
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338* Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
339 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
340 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
341 as MAINPID.
342
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343* Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
344 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
345 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
346
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347* track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
348 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
349
350* add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
351 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
352 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
353 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
354 natural habitat.
355
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356* maybe introduce gpt auto discovery for /var/tmp?
357
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358* maybe add gpt-partition-based user management: each user gets his own
359 LUKS-encrypted GPT partition with a new GPT type. A small nss module
360 enumerates users via udev partition enumeration. UIDs are assigned in a fixed
361 way: the partition index is added as offset to some fixed base uid. User name
362 is stored in GPT partition name. A PAM module authenticates the user via the
363 LUKS partition password. Benefits: strong per-user security, compatibility
364 with stateless/read-only/verity-enabled root. (other idea: do this based on
365 loopback files in /home, without GPT involvement)
366
367* gpt-auto logic: introduce support for discovering /var matching an image. For
368 that, use a partition type UUID that is hashed from the OS name (as encoded
369 in /etc/os-release), the architecture, and 4 new bits from the gpt flags
370 field of the root partition. This way can easily support multiple OS
371 installations on the same GPT partition table, without problems with
372 unmatched /var partitions.
373
374* gpt-auto logic: related to the above, maybe support a "secondary" root
375 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
376 /usr is mounted into.
377
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378* 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
379
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380* drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
381
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382* add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
383 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
384 relative to the configured default value.
385
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386* in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
387
388* enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
389
04397464 390* Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
d82047be 391
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392* nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
393
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394* define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
395
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396* ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
397
398* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
399
04397464 400* ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
42d61ded 401
04397464 402* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
563a69f4 403
04397464 404* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
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8ce9b83a 406* RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
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408* ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
409 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
410 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
411
e40a326c 412* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
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414* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
415
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416* mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
417 partitions
418
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419* expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
420 transient units
421
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422* in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
423 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
424 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
425 mapping to work.
426
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427* add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
428
429* add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
430
431* add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
432
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433* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
434 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
435
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436* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
437 reload the unit file anyway
438
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439* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
440 from the SIGBUS handler
441
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442* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
443
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444* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
445 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
446
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447* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
448
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449* add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
450
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451* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
452 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
453
f9bf1b8f 454* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 455 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 456 specifications.
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458* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
459
06ce859b 460* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
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462* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
463
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464* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
465 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
466 prefixed with /sys generally special.
467 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
468
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469* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
470
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471* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
472
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473* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
474 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
475 state.
476 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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478* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
479 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
480 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
481 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
482 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
483
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484* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
485 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
486
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487* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
488
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489* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
490 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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493 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
494 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
495 do, for example)
496
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498 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
499
e031c227 500* as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
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501 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
502
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503* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
504
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505* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
506
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507* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
508 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
509 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
510 returning from the "systemctl stop".
511
b568ef14 512* 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
c2d5b3c9 513
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515
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516* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
517
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518* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
519 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
520
25e773ee 521* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 522
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523* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
524
279f0366 525* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 526
39c38ce1 527* systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
b42de08a 528 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 529
720652b3 530* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 531
720652b3 532* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
e25b5a8d 533
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534* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
535
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536* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
537 units are shown.
538
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539* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
540 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
541
9d6db739 542* resolved:
9d6db739 543 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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544 - service registration
545 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 546 - avahi compat
9d6db739 547 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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548 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
549 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
550 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 551 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 552 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 553
e25b5a8d 554* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 555
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557
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558* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
559
a01647e5 560* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 561 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a01647e5 562
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563* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
564
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565* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
566
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567* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
568
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569* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
570 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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573
6a3f892a 574* gpt-auto-generator:
2a781fc9 575 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 576 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 577
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579 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
580 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 581
f9bf1b8f 582* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
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585 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
586 for ReusePort=
587
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588* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
589 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
590 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
591 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
592 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
593 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
594
f38afcd0 595* cgroups:
f38afcd0 596 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
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597 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
598 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
599 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
600 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
601 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 602
f38afcd0 603* transient units:
f38afcd0 604 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
ebcf1f97 605
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606* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
607
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608* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
609
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610* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
611
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612* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
613
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614* 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
615
7f79cd71 616* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 617
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619 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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621
04397464 622* refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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624* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
625
626* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
627
6bb648a1 628* sd-bus:
0d43ffef 629 - EBADSLT handling
fa607802 630 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
7212c608 631 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
57f2a947 632 - 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 633 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 634 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
ab9716c2 635 - longer term: priority inheritance
df98a87b 636 - dbus spec updates:
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638 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 639 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 640 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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642* sd-event
12179984 643 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 644 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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645 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
646 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
eb01ba5d 647
69af4503 648* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 649
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650* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
651 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
652
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653* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
654
655* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
656
fff87a35 657* test/:
20d52ab6 658 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
b8b4d3dd 659
b5c03638 660* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 661 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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662 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
663 destination.
664
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665* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
666 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
667
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668* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
669
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670* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
671 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
672 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
673 is installed.
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676 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
677 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
678 that automatically.
679
e5ec62c5 680* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 681
ccddd104 682* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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684* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
685
356ce991 686* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 687
81d112a8 688* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 689
b44be3ec 690* EFI:
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692 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 693 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
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695 - verify that the files boot entries point to exist
696 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
697 - specify paths for boot entries
e4181484 698
c0fe5db5 699* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 700
b44be3ec 701* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 702
b44be3ec 703* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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706 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
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707 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
708 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
709 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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710 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
711 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
712 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
713 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
714 needs setuid().
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715 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
716 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
717 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
718 complete.
719 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
720 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
721 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
279f0366 722 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
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724 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
725 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
726 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
727 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
728 relogins
e673ad04 729
b44be3ec 730* journal:
57f2a947 731 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 732 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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734 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
735 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 736 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 737 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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739 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
740 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
741 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
742 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
743 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
f47ec8eb 744 - 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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745 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
746 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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748 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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749 - 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.
750 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
751 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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753 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
754 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
755 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 756 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 757 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 758 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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760 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
761 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
762 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
763 to syslog when it works again.
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765 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 766 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 767 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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769 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
770 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
771 journals in.
772 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
773 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
774 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
775 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
776 the most common operations.
e25b5a8d 777 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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778 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
779 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
780 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
781 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
782 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
783 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
784 operation.
785 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
786 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
787 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
788 binary logs data
e25b5a8d 789 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
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790 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
791 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
792 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
793 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
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796 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
797 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
798 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
799
b44be3ec 800* document:
8b8f2591 801 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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803 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 804 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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805 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
806 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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807 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
808 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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809 - man: add more examples to man pages
810 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
17ec531f 811 - document root=gpt-auto properly
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813* systemctl:
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815 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
816 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
817 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
818 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
819 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
820 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 821 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 822 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
61233823 823 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
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825* unit install:
826 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
827 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
8b04b925 828
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831 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
832 o DST changes
4db688e0 833 o timezone changes
90e071d1 834 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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836* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
837
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838* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
839
b44be3ec 840* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 841
f59d1da8 842* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
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845
d28315e4 846* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 847
b44be3ec 848* nspawn:
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850 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
851 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
852 from the kernel's logs.
853 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
854 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
855 interface be missing
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856 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
857 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
858 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
859 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
860 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
861 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
862 PID 1...
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863 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
864 running, remove them when shut down.
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867 - refuse mounting over a mount point
868 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
869
e25b5a8d 870* machined:
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872 removed or added to an existing machine
873 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
874 difference host, via ssh
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875 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
876 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
877 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
878 question
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879 - "machinectl history"
880 - "machinectl diff"
881 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
882 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
883
b44be3ec 884* cryptsetup:
b44be3ec 885 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
5f1dac6b 886 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 887
424a19f8 888* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 889 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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892
68f16003 893* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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896
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897* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
898
abd55b16 899* udev:
abd55b16 900 - move to LGPL
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902 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 903 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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905* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
906
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907* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
908
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909* coredump:
910 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
73a99163 911 - 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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913* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
914
70a44afe 915* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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918 needs to be auto-respawned?
919
f38afcd0 920* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 921 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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923 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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924 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
925 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
926 calls follow symlinks.
1258097c 927
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928* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
929
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930* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
931 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
932 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
933
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934* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
935 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
936
71092d70 937* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 938
68c7d001 939* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 940 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
68c7d001 941 - enabling dbus services
7a2a0b90 942 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 943 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 944 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 945 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 946 - auto-restart
e707c494 947 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 948 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 949 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 950 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 951 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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952 - calendar time events
953 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
954 - how to create your own target
955 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
956 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 957
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958* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
959
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960* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
961
e25b5a8d 962* pid1:
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963 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
964 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
965 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
966 that are not supported...
967 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
968 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
969 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
970 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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971 - move PAM code into its own binary
972 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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973 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
974 - Support --test based on current system state
975 - 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().
976 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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977 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
978 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
979 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
980 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
981 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
982 but much rather a disconnect on success.
983 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
984 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
985
986* unit files:
987 - allow port=0 in .socket units
988 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
989 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
990 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
991 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
992 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
993 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
994 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
995 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
996 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
997 - introduce Type=pid-file
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998 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
999 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
e25b5a8d 1000 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
e25b5a8d 1001
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1002* udev-link-config:
1003 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
1004 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
1005 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 1006 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 1007
88e4d1d7 1008* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 1009 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 1010 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 1011
0a4b9a07 1012* networkd:
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1013 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
1014 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 1015 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 1016 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 1017 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 1018 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
a8eaaee7 1019 - work with non-Ethernet devices
c9fa3670 1020 - add support for more bond options
e25b5a8d 1021 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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1022 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
1023 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
1024 - expose in the API the following bits:
1025 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
1026 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
1027 - option 123, 144, geolocation
1028 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
1029 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
1030 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
1031 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
1032 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
1033 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
1034 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
e25b5a8d 1035 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
155e8b9a 1036
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1037* networkd-wait-online:
1038 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 1039
ac976532 1040* dhcp:
424a8732 1041 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 1042
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1043* dhcp6:
1044 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
1045 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
1046 - write more test cases
37d8b536 1047 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 1048 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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1049 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
1050 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
1051 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
1052 or interface down
1053 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
1054 this behavior
4a77c53d 1055 - RouteTable= ?
37d8b536 1056
2f8cd170 1057External:
74fe1fe3 1058
cc9784c6 1059* dbus:
3377af3e 1060 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 1061 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 1062
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1063* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
1064
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1065* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1066
9096ad36 1067* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 1068
71092d70 1069* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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1071* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
1072
d2bbca68 1073* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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1074
1075* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
1076
1077* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 1078
4641a16b 1079* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
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1081* register catalog database signature as file magic
1082
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1083* zsh shell completion:
1084 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 1085 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
1cf3c30c 1086
2c12a402 1087
129126f3 1088Regularly:
874aa2cc 1089
129126f3 1090* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 1091
129126f3 1092* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
5b6319dc 1093
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1094* pahole
1095
d28315e4 1096* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 1097
4db17f29 1098* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 1099
d05c556b 1100* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
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1101String is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment
1102 timedatex.service: Consumed 26ms CPU time.