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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 18
f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 20
81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 22
81429136 23Features:
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de7a2c8f 25* sysusers: also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
ce4a52a5 26
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27* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
28
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29* order OnCalendar timer units after timer-sync.target if DefaultDependencies=no so that we don't trigger them prematurely
30
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31* refuse mounting on symlinks
32
fed515f0 33* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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35* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
36
a01647e5 37* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 38 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 39 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 40 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 41
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42* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
43
44* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
45
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46* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
47* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
48
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49* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
50
81429136 51* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
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53* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
54
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55* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
56
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57* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
58
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59* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
60
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61* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
62
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63* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
64 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 65
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66* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
67
f598ac3e 68* 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 69
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70* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
71
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72* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
73
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74* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
75
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76* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
77
78* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
79
6a3f892a 80* gpt-auto-generator:
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81 - Support LUKS for root devices
82 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 83 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 84
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85* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
86 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 87 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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88 the most common operations.
89
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90* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
91 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
92 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 93
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94* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
95
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96* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
97 /proc/$PID/exe
98
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99* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
100 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
101 for ReusePort=
102
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103* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
104 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
105 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
106 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
107 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
108
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109* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
110
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111* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
112 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
113 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
114 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
115 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
116 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
117
ef417cfd 118* completions:
ef417cfd 119 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 120
f38afcd0 121* cgroups:
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122 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
123 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
124 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
125 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
126 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
127 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
128 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 129
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130* transient units:
131 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
132 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
133 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 134
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135* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
136
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137* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
138
f38afcd0 139* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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141* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
142
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143* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
144
94676f3e 145* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 146
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147* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
148
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149* 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
150
7f79cd71 151* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 152
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153* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
154 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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155 path anyway.
156
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157* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
158
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159* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
160 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 161 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 162
6aaa8c2f 163* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 164
d28315e4 165* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 166
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167* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
168
169* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
170
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171* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
172 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
173
6bb648a1 174* sd-bus:
d28315e4 175 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 176 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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177 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
178 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
179 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 180 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 181 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 182 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 183 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 184 - 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 185 - longer term: priority inheritance
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186 - dbus spec updates:
187 - kdbus mapping
188 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
189 - GVariant
bee7e928 190 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 191 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 192 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 193 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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195* sd-event
12179984 196 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 197
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198* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
199 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
200 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
201
69af4503 202* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 203
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204* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
205 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
206
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207* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
208
209* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
210
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211* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
212
213* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
214
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215* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
216
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217* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
218
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219* test/:
220 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
221 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 222
b5c03638 223* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 224 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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225 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
226 destination.
227
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228* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
229 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
230
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231* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
232
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233* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
234 need manual exponential loops after all
235
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236* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
237 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
238 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
239 is installed.
795607b2 240
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241* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
242 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
243 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
244 that automatically.
245
e5ec62c5 246* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 247
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248* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
249
d28315e4 250* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 251
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252* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
253
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254* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
255
256* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
257
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258* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
259
356ce991 260* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 261
81d112a8 262* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 263
b44be3ec 264* EFI:
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265 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
266 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 267 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 268
c0fe5db5 269* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 270
b44be3ec 271* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 272
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273* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
274 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 276* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 277
b44be3ec 278* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 279
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280* logind:
281 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
282 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
283 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
284 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
285 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 286 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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287 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
288 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
289 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
290 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
291 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
292 needs setuid().
e673ad04 293
b44be3ec 294* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 295
b44be3ec 296* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 297
b44be3ec 298* journal:
c06bf414 299 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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300 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
301 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
302 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 303 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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304 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
305 - journal: reuse XZ context
306 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
307 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
308 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
309 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
310 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
311 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
312 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 313 - 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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314 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
315 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 316 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
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317 - 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.
318 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
319 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 320 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 321 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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322 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
323 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
324 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
325 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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326 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
327 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 328 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 329 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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330 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
331 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
332 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
333 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
334 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
335 to syslog when it works again.
336 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
337 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
338 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 339 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 340 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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342* document:
8b8f2591 343 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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344 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
345 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 346 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 347 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 348 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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349 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
350 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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351 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
352 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
353 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
354 - man: add more examples to man pages
355 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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357* systemctl:
358 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
359 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
360 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
361 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
362 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
363 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
364 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
365 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 366 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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367 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
368 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
369 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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370 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
371 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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373* unit install:
374 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
375 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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376 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
377 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 379* timer units:
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380 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
381 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
382 o DST changes
eb124a97 383 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 384 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 385 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
90e071d1 386 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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388* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
389
390* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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391 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
392 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 393 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 394 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 395 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 396
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397* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
398
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399* 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().
400
401* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 402* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 403* fedup: generator
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405* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
406
b44be3ec 407* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 408
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409* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
410 waiting for the timeout
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412* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
413
d28315e4 414* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
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b44be3ec 416* nspawn:
b44be3ec 417 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 418 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 419 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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421* cryptsetup:
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422 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
423 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
424 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 425 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 426
424a19f8 427* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 428 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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430* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
431
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432* make timer units go away after they elapsed
433
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434* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
435
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436* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
437
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438* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
439
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440* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
441
68f16003 442* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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444* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
445 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 446 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 447 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 448 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 449 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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451* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
452
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453* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
454
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455* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
456
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457* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
458
88a6c589 459* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 460
9946996c 461* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 462 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 463
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464* introduce Type=pid-file
465
59cea26a 466* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 467
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468* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
469
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470* automount: implement expire:
471 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
472 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
473 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
474 - blocking, needs a thread
475 - run until -EAGAIN
476 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
477 - call umount
478 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
479 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 480
e01a15b7 481* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 482
abd55b16 483* udev:
3f60bcb5 484 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 485 - move to LGPL
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487 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 488 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 489
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490* 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
491
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492* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
493
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494* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
495
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496* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
497
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498* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
499
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500* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
501
502* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
503
70a44afe 504* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 505
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506* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
507 needs to be auto-respawned?
508
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509* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
510
f38afcd0 511* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 512 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 513
d28315e4 514* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 515
7f8aa671 516* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 517
d3c7d7dd 518* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 519
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520* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
521 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
522
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524
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525* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
526 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
527
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528* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
529
7c697168 530* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 531
71092d70 532* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 533
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535 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
536 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
537
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538* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
539 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
540
71092d70 541* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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544 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
545 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
546 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
547 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
548 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 549
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550* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
551
68c7d001 552* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 553 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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554 - enabling dbus services
555 - status update
7a2a0b90 556 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 557 - remote access
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558 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
559 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 560 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 561 - auto-restart
e707c494 562 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 563 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 564 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 565 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 566 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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568 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
569 - how to create your own target
570 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
571 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 572
44143309 573* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 574
260abb78 575* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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577* Support --test based on current system state
578
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579* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
580
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583* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
584
71092d70 585* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 586
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587* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
588
7ba97195 589* systemd-python:
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591 works with ^C
b04c8c83 592 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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595 - plot per-process IO utilization
596 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
597 - document initcall_debug
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598 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
599
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601 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
602 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
603 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 604 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 605
88e4d1d7 606* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 607 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 608 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 609
0a4b9a07 610* networkd:
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612 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 613 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 614 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 615 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 616 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 617 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
1f0e0484 618 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
8477107d 619 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
3e53303e 620 - make metric of routes configurable
1a941ac4 621 - work with non-ethernet devices
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624 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 625
ac976532 626* dhcp:
424a8732 627 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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629 - FORCERENEW
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632 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
633 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
634 - write more test cases
635 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
636 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
637 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
638 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
639 - implement elapsed time option
640 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
641 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
642 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
643 or interface down
644 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
645 this behavior
646
2f8cd170 647External:
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cc9784c6 649* dbus:
3377af3e 650 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 651 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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654
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655* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
656
9096ad36 657* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 658
71092d70 659* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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662
d28315e4 663* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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665* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
666
667* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
668
669* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
670
d2bbca68 671* 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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673* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
674
675* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 676
4641a16b 677* 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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680
129126f3 681Regularly:
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129126f3 683* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 684
129126f3 685* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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687* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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689* pahole
690
d28315e4 691* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 692
4db17f29 693* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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696
9e5f3dbb 697Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 699* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)