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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
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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* ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
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38* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
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40* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
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42* ProtectDevices= should also take iopl/ioperm/pciaccess away
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44* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
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46* RestrictNamespaces= or so in services (taking away the ability to create namespaces, with setns, unshare, clone)
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48* nspawn: make /proc/sys/net writable?
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e40a326c 50* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
89f193fa 51
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52* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
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54* expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
55 transient units
56
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57* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
58 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
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60* check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
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62* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
63 reload the unit file anyway
64
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65* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
66 from the SIGBUS handler
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1e555cb5 68* when using UTF8, ellipsize with "…" rather than "...", so that we can show more contents before truncating
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70* move specifier expansion from service_spawn() into load-fragment.c
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72* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
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74* resolved: when routing queries, make sure only look for the *longest* suffix...
75
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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...
80
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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
106
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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* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
110
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111* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
112
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113* mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
114 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
115 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
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117* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
118 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
119 state.
120 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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122* Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
123 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
124
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125* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
126 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
127 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
128 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
129 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
130
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131* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
132 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
133
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134* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
135
39609489 136* implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
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138* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable: busctl,
139 bootctl, coredumpctl, hostnamectl, localectl, systemd-analyze, timedatectl
c3a0d00d 140
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141* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
142
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143* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
144
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145* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
146 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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148* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
149 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
150 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
151 do, for example)
152
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153* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
154 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
155
156* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
157 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
158
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159* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
160
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161* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
162
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163* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
164 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
165 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
166 returning from the "systemctl stop".
167
b568ef14 168* 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 169
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170* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
171
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172* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
173
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174* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
175
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176* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
177
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178* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
179 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
180
25e773ee 181* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 182
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183* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
184
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185* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
186
279f0366 187* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 188
39c38ce1 189* systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
b42de08a 190 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 191
720652b3 192* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 193
720652b3 194* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
e25b5a8d 195
68685607 196* extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
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197 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
198 parsing callbacks should use it.
199
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200* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
201
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202* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
203 units are shown.
204
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205* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
206 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
207
9d6db739 208* resolved:
9d6db739 209 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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210 - service registration
211 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 212 - avahi compat
9d6db739 213 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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214 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
215 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
216 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 217 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 218 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 219
e25b5a8d 220* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 221
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222* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
223
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224* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
225
a01647e5 226* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 227 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 228 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
a01647e5 229
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230* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
231
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232* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
233
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234* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
235
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236* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
237
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238* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
239 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 240
f598ac3e 241* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 242
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243* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
244
6a3f892a 245* gpt-auto-generator:
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246 - Support LUKS for root devices
247 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 248 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 249
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250* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
251 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
252 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 253
f9bf1b8f 254* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
eda8f067 255
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256* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
257 /proc/$PID/exe
258
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259* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
260 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
261 for ReusePort=
262
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263* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
264 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
265 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
266 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
267 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
268
6809de5b 269* New service property: maximum CPU runtime for a service
47c94a96 270
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271* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
272 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
273 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
274 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
275 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
276 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
277
f38afcd0 278* cgroups:
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279 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
280 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
281 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
282 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
283 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
284 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
285 the hierarchies of child processes
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f38afcd0 287* transient units:
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288 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
289 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 290
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291* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
292
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293* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
294
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295* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
296
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297* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
298
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299* 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
300
7f79cd71 301* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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303* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
304 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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305 path anyway.
306
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307* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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6aaa8c2f 309* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 310
d28315e4 311* 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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313* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
314
315* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
316
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317* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
318 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
319
6bb648a1 320* sd-bus:
0d43ffef 321 - EBADSLT handling
fa607802 322 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 323 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
7212c608 324 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 325 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 326 - 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 327 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 328 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 329 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 330 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 331 - 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 332 - longer term: priority inheritance
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333 - dbus spec updates:
334 - kdbus mapping
335 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
336 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 337 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 338 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 339 - test bloom filter generation indexes
b568ef14 340 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 341 - 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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343* sd-event
12179984 344 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 345 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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346 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
347 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
348 - maybe add support for inotify events
eb01ba5d 349
69af4503 350* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 351
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352* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
353 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
354
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355* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
356
357* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
358
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359* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
360
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361* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
362
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363* test/:
364 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
365 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 366
b5c03638 367* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 368 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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369 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
370 destination.
371
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372* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
373 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
374
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375* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
376
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377* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
378 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
379 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
380 is installed.
795607b2 381
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382* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
383 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
384 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
385 that automatically.
386
e5ec62c5 387* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 388
ccddd104 389* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 390
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391* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
392
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393* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
394
356ce991 395* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 396
81d112a8 397* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 398
b44be3ec 399* EFI:
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400 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
401 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 402 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 403
c0fe5db5 404* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 405
b44be3ec 406* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 407
b44be3ec 408* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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410* logind:
411 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
412 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
413 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
414 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
415 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 416 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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417 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
418 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
419 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
420 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
421 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
422 needs setuid().
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423 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
424 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
425 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
426 complete.
427 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
428 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
429 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
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430 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
431 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
432 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
433 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 434 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
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435 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
436 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
437 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
438 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
439 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
440 relogins
e673ad04 441
b44be3ec 442* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 443
b44be3ec 444* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 446* journal:
57f2a947 447 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 448 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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449 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
450 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
451 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 452 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 453 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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454 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
455 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
456 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
457 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
458 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
459 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
460 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 461 - 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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462 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
463 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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464 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
465 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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466 - 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.
467 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
468 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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469 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
470 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
471 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
472 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 473 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 474 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 475 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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476 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
477 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
478 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
479 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
480 to syslog when it works again.
481 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
482 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
483 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 484 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 485 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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486 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
487 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
488 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
489 journals in.
490 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
491 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
492 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
493 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
494 the most common operations.
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495 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
496 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
497 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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498 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
499 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
500 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
501 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
502 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
503 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
504 operation.
505 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
506 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
507 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
508 binary logs data
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509 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
510 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
511 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
512 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
513 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
514 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
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516* document:
8b8f2591 517 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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518 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
519 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 520 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 521 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 522 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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523 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
524 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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525 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
526 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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527 - man: add more examples to man pages
528 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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530* systemctl:
531 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
532 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
533 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
534 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
535 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
536 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
537 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
538 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 539 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 540 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
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541 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
542 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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544* unit install:
545 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
546 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
8b04b925 547
b44be3ec 548* timer units:
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549 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
550 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
551 o DST changes
eb124a97 552 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 553 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
90e071d1 554 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 555
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556* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
557
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558* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
559
b44be3ec 560* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 561
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562* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
563 waiting for the timeout
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565* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
566
d28315e4 567* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 568
b44be3ec 569* nspawn:
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570 - to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
571 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
572 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
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573 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
574 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
575 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
576 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
577 from the kernel's logs.
578 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
579 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
580 interface be missing
581 - don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in
582 shared-network mode
583 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
584 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
585 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
586 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
587 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
588 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
589 PID 1...
590 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
591 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
592 running, remove them when shut down.
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593 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
594 directory
595 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
596 is used
597
598* machined:
599 - "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP
600 addresses
601 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
602 removed or added to an existing machine
603 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
604 difference host, via ssh
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605 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
606 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
607 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
608 question
609 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
610 machine-info data (including deployment level)
611 - "machinectl history"
612 - "machinectl diff"
613 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
614 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
615
616* importd:
e25b5a8d 617 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
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619* cryptsetup:
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620 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
621 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
622 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 623 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 624
424a19f8 625* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 626 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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628* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
629
68f16003 630* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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632* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
633
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634* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
635
abd55b16 636* udev:
abd55b16 637 - move to LGPL
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638 - kill scsi_id
639 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 640 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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642* 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
643
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644* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
645
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646* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
647
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648* coredump:
649 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
650 - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
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652* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
653
70a44afe 654* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 655
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656* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
657 needs to be auto-respawned?
658
f38afcd0 659* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 660 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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662 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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663 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
664 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
665 calls follow symlinks.
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667* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
668
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669* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
670 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
671 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
672
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673* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
674 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
675
71092d70 676* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 677
68c7d001 678* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 679 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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680 - enabling dbus services
681 - status update
7a2a0b90 682 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 683 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 684 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 685 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 686 - auto-restart
e707c494 687 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 688 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 689 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 690 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 691 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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692 - calendar time events
693 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
694 - how to create your own target
695 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
696 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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698* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
699
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700* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
701
71092d70 702* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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704* pid1:
705 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
706 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
707 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
708 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
709 that are not supported...
710 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
711 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
712 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
713 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
714 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
715 - move PAM code into its own binary
716 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
717 - for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
718 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
719 - Support --test based on current system state
720 - 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().
721 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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722 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
723 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
724 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
725 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
726 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
727 but much rather a disconnect on success.
728 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
729 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
730
731* unit files:
732 - allow port=0 in .socket units
733 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
734 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
735 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
736 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
737 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
738 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
739 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
740 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
741 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
742 - introduce Type=pid-file
743 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
744 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
745 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
746 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
747 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
748 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
749
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750* udev-link-config:
751 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
752 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
753 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 754 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 755
88e4d1d7 756* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 757 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 758 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 759
0a4b9a07 760* networkd:
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761 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
762 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 763 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 764 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 765 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 766 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 767 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
a8eaaee7 768 - work with non-Ethernet devices
c9fa3670 769 - add support for more bond options
e25b5a8d 770 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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771 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
772 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
773 - expose in the API the following bits:
774 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
775 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
776 - option 123, 144, geolocation
777 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
778 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
779 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
780 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
781 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
782 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
783 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
784 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
785 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
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788 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 789
ac976532 790* dhcp:
424a8732 791 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
99f9dd8d 792 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 793
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794* dhcp6:
795 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
796 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
797 - write more test cases
37d8b536 798 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 799 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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800 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
801 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
802 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
803 or interface down
804 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
805 this behavior
806
2f8cd170 807External:
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cc9784c6 809* dbus:
3377af3e 810 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 811 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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813* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
814
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816
9096ad36 817* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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71092d70 819* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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821* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
822
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823* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
824
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825* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
826
d2bbca68 827* 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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829* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
830
831* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
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4641a16b 833* 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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836
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837* zsh shell completion:
838 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 839 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 841
129126f3 842Regularly:
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129126f3 844* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 845
129126f3 846* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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848* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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850* pahole
851
d28315e4 852* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 853
4db17f29 854* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 855
d05c556b 856* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields