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1Fixes needed before 217:
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3* change startup timeout to not cover the full bootup, but only sysinit part (see below)
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5* remove Discard= in .mount units and replace it by Options=, to prepare for later swapon fix
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ee9c9500 7Bugfixes:
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9* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
10 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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12* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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14* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
15 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
16 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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a40593a0 18* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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d19e85f0 20After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails.
afea8d38 21/run/user/1000/systemd/notify has to be removed manually.
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23ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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25 [Service]
26 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
27 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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29MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the commandline.
30str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
31report the failure properly.
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f38afcd0 34External:
f38afcd0 35* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 37* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 38
81429136 39* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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41* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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43* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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45* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
46 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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81429136 48Features:
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50* journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
51
52* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
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54* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
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56* configure.ac pretends dbus was optional but actually hardcodes use of dbus' pkg-config file to determine various dbus dirs such as policy and activation dirs
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58* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
59
60* send SIGABRT when a service watchdog is triggered, by default, so that we acquire a backtrace of the hang.
61
62* shouldn't RouteMetric= in networkd's [DHCP] section move to [Network]?
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64* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
65
66* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
67 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
68
f62531c5 69* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps?
b857e042 70
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71* add a system-wide shutdown timeout, similar to the startup timeout we already have (see fdo bz #84110)
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73* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
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75* kdbus: maybe rename "connection name" concept to something that doesn't reuse the word "name"?
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77* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy
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79* rework journal-send.c to use memfds for large blobs if they are available instead of unlinked files in /tmp. Also, if we detect that the kernel knows memfds, refuse anything but sealed memfds.
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81* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
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83* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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85* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
86 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
87 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
88 253 messages)
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90* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
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92* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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94* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
95
96* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
97
98* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
99
100* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
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102* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
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104* dbus: add new message hdr field for allowing interactive auth, write spec for it. update dbus spec to mandate that unknown flags *must* be ignored...
105
106* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
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108* remove multi-seat-x now
109
110* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
111
112* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
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d74f9e8e 114* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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115 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
116 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
d74f9e8e 117
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118* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
119 journals in.
120
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121* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
122
123* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
124 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
125 parsing callbacks should use it.
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127* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
128 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
129 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
130 complete.
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132* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
133
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134* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
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136* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
137 units are shown.
138
b873d33e 139* networkd:
d61bb44a 140 - add LLDP client side support
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141 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
142 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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143 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
144 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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145 - expose in the API the following bits:
146 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
147 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
148 - option 100, 101, timezone
149 - option 123, 144, geolocation
150 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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151 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
152 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
153 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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154 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
155 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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156 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
157 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
b873d33e 158
9d6db739 159* resolved:
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160 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
161 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 162 - DNSSEC
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163 - use base64 for key presentation?
164 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 165 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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166 - DNS
167 - search paths
9d6db739 168 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 169 - avahi compat
9d6db739 170 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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171 - edns0
172 - dname
b6b63571 173 - cname on PTR (?)
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175* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
176 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
177 pull-in the policy.
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179* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
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181* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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fed515f0 183* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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185* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 187* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 188 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 189 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 190 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 191
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192* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
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194* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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196* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
197
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198* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
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200* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
201
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202* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
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204* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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206* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
207 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 208
f598ac3e 209* 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 210
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211* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
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213* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
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215* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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217* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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219* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
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6a3f892a 221* gpt-auto-generator:
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222 - Support LUKS for root devices
223 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 224 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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226* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
227 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 228 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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229 the most common operations.
230
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231* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
232 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
233 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 234
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235* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
236
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237* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
238 /proc/$PID/exe
239
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240* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
241 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
242 for ReusePort=
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244* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
245 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
246 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
247 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
248 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
249
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250* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
251
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252* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
253 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
254 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
255 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
256 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
257 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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ef417cfd 259* completions:
ef417cfd 260 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 261
f38afcd0 262* cgroups:
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263 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
264 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
265 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
266 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
267 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
268 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
269 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 270
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271* transient units:
272 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
273 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
274 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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276* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
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278* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
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f38afcd0 280* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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282* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
283
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284* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
285
94676f3e 286* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 287
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288* 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
289
7f79cd71 290* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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292* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
293 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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294 path anyway.
295
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296* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
297
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298* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
299 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 300 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 301
6aaa8c2f 302* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 303
d28315e4 304* 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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306* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
307
308* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
309
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310* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
311 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
312
6bb648a1 313* sd-bus:
d28315e4 314 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 315 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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316 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
317 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
318 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 319 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 320 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 321 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 322 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 323 - 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 324 - longer term: priority inheritance
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325 - dbus spec updates:
326 - kdbus mapping
327 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
328 - GVariant
bee7e928 329 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 330 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 331 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 332 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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334* sd-event
12179984 335 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 336 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 337
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338* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
339 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
340 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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69af4503 342* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 343
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344* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
345 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
346
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347* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
348
349* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
350
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351* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
352
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353* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
354
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355* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
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357* test/:
358 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
359 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 360
b5c03638 361* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 362 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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363 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
364 destination.
365
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366* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
367 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
368
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369* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
370
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371* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
372 need manual exponential loops after all
373
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374* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
375 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
376 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
377 is installed.
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379* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
380 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
381 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
382 that automatically.
383
e5ec62c5 384* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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386* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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d28315e4 388* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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390* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
391
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392* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
393
394* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
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396* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
397
356ce991 398* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 399
81d112a8 400* introduce ExecCondition= in services
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b44be3ec 402* EFI:
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403 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
404 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 405 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 406
c0fe5db5 407* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 408
b44be3ec 409* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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411* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
412 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 414* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 415
b44be3ec 416* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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418* logind:
419 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
420 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
421 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
422 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
423 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 424 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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425 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
426 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
427 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
428 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
429 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
430 needs setuid().
e673ad04 431
b44be3ec 432* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 433
b44be3ec 434* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 436* journal:
c06bf414 437 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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438 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
439 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
440 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 441 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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442 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
443 - journal: reuse XZ context
444 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
445 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
446 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
447 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
448 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
449 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
450 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 451 - 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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452 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
453 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 454 - 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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455 - 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.
456 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
457 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 458 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 459 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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460 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
461 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
462 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
463 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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464 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
465 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 466 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 467 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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468 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
469 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
470 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
471 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
472 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
473 to syslog when it works again.
474 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
475 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
476 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 477 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 478 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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480* document:
8b8f2591 481 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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482 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
483 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 484 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 485 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 486 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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487 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
488 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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489 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
490 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
491 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
492 - man: add more examples to man pages
493 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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495* systemctl:
496 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
497 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
498 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
499 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
500 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
501 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
502 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
503 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 504 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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505 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
506 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
507 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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508 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
509 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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511* unit install:
512 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
513 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 514 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 515
b44be3ec 516* timer units:
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517 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
518 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
519 o DST changes
eb124a97 520 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 521 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 522 - 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 523 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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525* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
526
527* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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528 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
529 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 530 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 531 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 532 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 533
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535
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536* 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().
537
538* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 539* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 540* fedup: generator
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542* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
543
b44be3ec 544* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 545
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546* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
547 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 548
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549* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
550
d28315e4 551* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 552
b44be3ec 553* nspawn:
b44be3ec 554 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 555 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 556 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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558* cryptsetup:
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559 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
560 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
561 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 562 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 563
424a19f8 564* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 565 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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567* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
568
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569* make timer units go away after they elapsed
570
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571* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
572
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573* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
574
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575* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
576
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577* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
578
68f16003 579* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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581* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
582 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 583 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 584 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 585 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 586 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 587
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588* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
589
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590* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
591
88a6c589 592* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 593
9946996c 594* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 595 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 596
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597* introduce Type=pid-file
598
59cea26a 599* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 600
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601* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
602
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603* automount: implement expire:
604 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
605 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
606 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
607 - blocking, needs a thread
608 - run until -EAGAIN
609 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
610 - call umount
611 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
612 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 613
e01a15b7 614* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 615
abd55b16 616* udev:
abd55b16 617 - move to LGPL
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619 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 620 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 621
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622* 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
623
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624* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
625
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626* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
627
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628* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
629
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630* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
631
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632* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
633
634* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
635
70a44afe 636* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 637
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638* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
639 needs to be auto-respawned?
640
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641* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
642
f38afcd0 643* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 644 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 645
d28315e4 646* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 647
7f8aa671 648* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 649
d3c7d7dd 650* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 651
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652* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
653 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
654
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655* move PAM code into its own binary
656
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657* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
658 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
659
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660* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
661
55cdcbac 662* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 663
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664* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
665 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
666 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
667
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668* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
669 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
670
71092d70 671* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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673* readahead:
674 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
675 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
676 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
677 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
678 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 679
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680* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
681
68c7d001 682* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 683 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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684 - enabling dbus services
685 - status update
7a2a0b90 686 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 687 - remote access
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688 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
689 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 690 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 691 - auto-restart
e707c494 692 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 693 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 694 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 695 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 696 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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698 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
699 - how to create your own target
700 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
701 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 702
44143309 703* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 704
260abb78 705* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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707* Support --test based on current system state
708
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709* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
710
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711* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
712
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713* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
714
71092d70 715* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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717* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
718
7ba97195 719* systemd-python:
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721 works with ^C
b04c8c83 722 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 723
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724* bootchart:
725 - plot per-process IO utilization
726 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
727 - document initcall_debug
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728 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
729
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731 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
732 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
733 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 734 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 735
88e4d1d7 736* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 737 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 738 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 739
0a4b9a07 740* networkd:
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741 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
742 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 743 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 744 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 745 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 746 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 747 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 748 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 749 - add support for more bond options
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751* networkd-wait-online:
752 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 753
ac976532 754* dhcp:
424a8732 755 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 756 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 757 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 758
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759* dhcp6:
760 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
761 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
762 - write more test cases
763 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
764 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
765 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
766 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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767 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
768 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
769 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
770 or interface down
771 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
772 this behavior
773
2f8cd170 774External:
74fe1fe3 775
cc9784c6 776* dbus:
3377af3e 777 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 778 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 779
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780* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
781
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782* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
783
9096ad36 784* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 785
71092d70 786* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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789
d28315e4 790* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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792* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
793
794* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
795
796* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
797
d2bbca68 798* 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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800* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
801
802* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 803
4641a16b 804* 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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807
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809 does not
810
129126f3 811Regularly:
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129126f3 813* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 814
129126f3 815* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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817* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 821* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 822
4db17f29 823* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 827Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 829* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)