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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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8adaf7bd 9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
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11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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15* When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
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f38afcd0 18External:
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f38afcd0 20* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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22* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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24Janitorial Clean-ups:
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26* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead
27
28* replace manual readdir() loops with FOREACH_DIRENT or FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL
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30* Get rid of the last strerror() invocations in favour of %m and strerror_r()
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32* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
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fd6c2363 34Features:
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36* use phyical_memory() to allow MemoryLimit= configuration based on available system memory
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38* ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
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40* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
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42* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
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44* ProtectDevices= should also take iopl/ioperm/pciaccess away
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46* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
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48* RestrictNamespaces= or so in services (taking away the ability to create namespaces, with setns, unshare, clone)
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e40a326c 50* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
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52* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
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54* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
55 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
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57* check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
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59* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
60 reload the unit file anyway
61
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62* make sure resolved can be restarted without losing pushed-in dns config
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64* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
65 from the SIGBUS handler
66
1e555cb5 67* when using UTF8, ellipsize with "…" rather than "...", so that we can show more contents before truncating
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69* move specifier expansion from service_spawn() into load-fragment.c
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71* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
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c8349594 73* resolved: maybe, after all, implement local listening for DNS packets on port
1e555cb5 74 127.0.0.53:53.
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76* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
77 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
78
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79* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
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81* add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
82
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83* Maybe add a way how users can "pin" units into memory, so that they are not subject to automatic GC?
84
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85* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
86 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
87
f9bf1b8f 88* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 89 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 90 specifications.
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92* do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
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94* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
95
06ce859b 96* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
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98* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
99
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100* consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
101
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102* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
103 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
104 prefixed with /sys generally special.
105 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
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107* man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
108
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109* install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths
110
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111* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
112
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113* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
114
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115* mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
116 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
117 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
118
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119* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
120 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
121 state.
122 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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124* Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
125 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
126
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127* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
128 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
129 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
130 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
131 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
132
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133* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
134 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
135
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136* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
137
39609489 138* implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
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140* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable: busctl,
141 bootctl, coredumpctl, hostnamectl, localectl, systemd-analyze, timedatectl
c3a0d00d 142
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143* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
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145* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
146
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147* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
148 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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150* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
151 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
152 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
153 do, for example)
154
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155* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
156 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
157
158* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
159 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
160
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161* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
162
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163* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
164
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165* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
166 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
167 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
168 returning from the "systemctl stop".
169
b568ef14 170* 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 171
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172* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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174* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
175
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176* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
177
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178* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
179
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180* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
181 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
182
25e773ee 183* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 184
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185* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
186
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187* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
188
279f0366 189* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 190
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191* systemctl edit:
192- allow creation of units from scratch
193- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
194 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 195
720652b3 196* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 197
720652b3 198* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
e25b5a8d 199
68685607 200* extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
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201 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
202 parsing callbacks should use it.
203
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204* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
205
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206* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
207 units are shown.
208
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209* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
210 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
211
9d6db739 212* resolved:
9d6db739 213 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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214 - service registration
215 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 216 - avahi compat
9d6db739 217 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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218 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
219 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
220 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
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221 - enable DNSSEC by default
222 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3f77a1b1 223
e25b5a8d 224* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 225
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226* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
227
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228* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
229
a01647e5 230* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 231 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 232 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
a01647e5 233
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234* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
235
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236* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
237
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238* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
239
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240* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
241
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242* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
243 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 244
f598ac3e 245* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
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247* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
248
6a3f892a 249* gpt-auto-generator:
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250 - Support LUKS for root devices
251 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 252 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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254* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
255 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
256 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 257
f9bf1b8f 258* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
eda8f067 259
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260* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
261 /proc/$PID/exe
262
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263* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
264 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
265 for ReusePort=
266
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267* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
268 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
269 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
270 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
271 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
272
6809de5b 273* New service property: maximum CPU runtime for a service
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275* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
276 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
277 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
278 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
279 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
280 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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f38afcd0 282* cgroups:
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283 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
284 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
285 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
286 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
287 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
288 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
289 the hierarchies of child processes
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f38afcd0 291* transient units:
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292 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
293 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 294
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295* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
296
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297* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
298
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299* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
300
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301* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
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303* 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
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7f79cd71 305* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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307* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
308 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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309 path anyway.
310
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311* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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6aaa8c2f 313* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 314
d28315e4 315* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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317* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
318
319* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
320
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321* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
322 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
323
6bb648a1 324* sd-bus:
0d43ffef 325 - EBADSLT handling
fa607802 326 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 327 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
7212c608 328 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 329 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 330 - 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
d28315e4 331 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 332 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 333 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 334 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 335 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
ab9716c2 336 - longer term: priority inheritance
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337 - dbus spec updates:
338 - kdbus mapping
339 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
340 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 341 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 342 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 343 - test bloom filter generation indexes
b568ef14 344 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 345 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
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347* sd-event
12179984 348 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 349 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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350 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
351 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
352 - maybe add support for inotify events
eb01ba5d 353
69af4503 354* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 355
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356* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
357 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
358
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359* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
360
361* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
362
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363* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
364
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365* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
366
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367* test/:
368 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
369 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 370
b5c03638 371* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 372 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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373 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
374 destination.
375
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376* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
377 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
378
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379* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
380
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381* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
382 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
383 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
384 is installed.
795607b2 385
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386* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
387 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
388 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
389 that automatically.
390
e5ec62c5 391* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 392
ccddd104 393* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 394
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395* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
396
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397* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
398
356ce991 399* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 400
81d112a8 401* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 402
b44be3ec 403* EFI:
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404 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
405 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 406 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 407
c0fe5db5 408* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 409
b44be3ec 410* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 411
b44be3ec 412* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 413
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414* logind:
415 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
416 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
417 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
418 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
419 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 420 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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421 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
422 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
423 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
424 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
425 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
426 needs setuid().
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427 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
428 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
429 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
430 complete.
431 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
432 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
433 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
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434 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
435 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
436 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
437 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 438 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
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439 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
440 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
441 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
442 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
443 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
444 relogins
e673ad04 445
b44be3ec 446* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 447
b44be3ec 448* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 449
b44be3ec 450* journal:
57f2a947 451 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 452 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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453 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
454 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
455 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 456 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 457 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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458 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
459 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
460 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
461 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
462 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
463 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
464 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 465 - 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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466 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
467 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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468 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
469 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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470 - 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.
471 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
472 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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473 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
474 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
475 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
476 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 477 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 478 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 479 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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480 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
481 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
482 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
483 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
484 to syslog when it works again.
485 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
486 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
487 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 488 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 489 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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490 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
491 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
492 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
493 journals in.
494 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
495 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
496 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
497 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
498 the most common operations.
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499 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
500 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
501 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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502 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
503 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
504 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
505 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
506 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
507 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
508 operation.
509 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
510 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
511 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
512 binary logs data
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513 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
514 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
515 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
516 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
517 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
518 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
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520* document:
8b8f2591 521 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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522 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
523 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 524 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 525 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 526 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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527 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
528 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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529 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
530 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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531 - man: add more examples to man pages
532 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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534* systemctl:
535 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
536 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
537 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
538 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
539 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
540 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
541 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
542 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 543 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 544 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
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545 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
546 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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548* unit install:
549 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
550 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
8b04b925 551
b44be3ec 552* timer units:
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553 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
554 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
555 o DST changes
eb124a97 556 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 557 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
90e071d1 558 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 559
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560* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
561
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562* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
563
b44be3ec 564* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 565
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566* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
567 waiting for the timeout
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570
d28315e4 571* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 572
b44be3ec 573* nspawn:
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574 - to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
575 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
576 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
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577 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
578 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
579 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
580 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
581 from the kernel's logs.
582 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
583 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
584 interface be missing
585 - don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in
586 shared-network mode
587 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
588 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
589 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
590 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
591 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
592 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
593 PID 1...
594 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
595 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
596 running, remove them when shut down.
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597 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
598 directory
599 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
600 is used
601
602* machined:
603 - "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP
604 addresses
605 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
606 removed or added to an existing machine
607 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
608 difference host, via ssh
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609 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
610 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
611 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
612 question
613 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
614 machine-info data (including deployment level)
615 - "machinectl history"
616 - "machinectl diff"
617 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
618 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
619
620* importd:
e25b5a8d 621 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
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623* cryptsetup:
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624 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
625 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
626 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 627 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 628
424a19f8 629* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 630 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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632* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
633
68f16003 634* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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636* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
637
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638* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
639
abd55b16 640* udev:
abd55b16 641 - move to LGPL
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642 - kill scsi_id
643 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 644 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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646* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
647
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648* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
649
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650* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
651
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652* coredump:
653 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
654 - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
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656* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
657
70a44afe 658* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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660* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
661 needs to be auto-respawned?
662
f38afcd0 663* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 664 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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665 - replace F with f+.
666 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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667 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
668 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
669 calls follow symlinks.
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671* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
672
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673* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
674 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
675 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
676
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677* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
678 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
679
71092d70 680* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 681
68c7d001 682* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 683 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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684 - enabling dbus services
685 - status update
7a2a0b90 686 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 687 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 688 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 689 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 690 - auto-restart
e707c494 691 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 692 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 693 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 694 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 695 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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696 - calendar time events
697 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
698 - how to create your own target
699 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
700 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 701
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702* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
703
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704* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
705
71092d70 706* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 707
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708* pid1:
709 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
710 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
711 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
712 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
713 that are not supported...
714 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
715 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
716 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
717 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
718 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
719 - move PAM code into its own binary
720 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
721 - for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
722 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
723 - Support --test based on current system state
724 - 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().
725 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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726 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
727 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
728 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
729 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
730 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
731 but much rather a disconnect on success.
732 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
733 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
734
735* unit files:
736 - allow port=0 in .socket units
737 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
738 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
739 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
740 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
741 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
742 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
743 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
744 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
745 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
746 - introduce Type=pid-file
747 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
748 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
749 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
750 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
751 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
752 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
753
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754* udev-link-config:
755 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
756 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
757 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 758 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 759
88e4d1d7 760* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 761 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 762 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 763
0a4b9a07 764* networkd:
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765 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
766 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 767 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 768 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 769 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 770 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 771 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
a8eaaee7 772 - work with non-Ethernet devices
c9fa3670 773 - add support for more bond options
e25b5a8d 774 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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775 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
776 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
777 - expose in the API the following bits:
778 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
779 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
780 - option 123, 144, geolocation
781 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
782 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
783 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
784 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
785 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
786 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
787 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
788 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
789 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
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791* networkd-wait-online:
792 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 793
ac976532 794* dhcp:
424a8732 795 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
99f9dd8d 796 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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798* dhcp6:
799 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
800 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
801 - write more test cases
37d8b536 802 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 803 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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804 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
805 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
806 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
807 or interface down
808 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
809 this behavior
810
2f8cd170 811External:
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cc9784c6 813* dbus:
3377af3e 814 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 815 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 816
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817* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
818
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819* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
820
9096ad36 821* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 822
71092d70 823* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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825* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
826
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827* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
828
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829* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
830
d2bbca68 831* 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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833* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
834
835* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 836
4641a16b 837* 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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840
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841* zsh shell completion:
842 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 843 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 845
129126f3 846Regularly:
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129126f3 848* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 849
129126f3 850* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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852* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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854* pahole
855
d28315e4 856* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 857
4db17f29 858* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 859
d05c556b 860* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields