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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.
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13* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
14 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 16External:
f38afcd0 17* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 18 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 19
f38afcd0 20* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 21
f38afcd0 22* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 23
81429136 24* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 25
81429136 26Features:
a01647e5 27* support empty /etc boots nicely:
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28 - tmpfiles: add nice way to copy files /usr/share/factory/etc → /etc
29 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a01647e5 30
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31* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
32
33* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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35* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
36* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
37
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38* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
39
81429136 40* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
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42* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
43
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44* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
45
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46* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
47
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48* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
49
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50* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
51
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52* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
53 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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55* 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
56
f598ac3e 57* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
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59* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
60
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61* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
62
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63* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
64
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65* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
66
67* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
68
6a3f892a 69* gpt-auto-generator:
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70 - Support LUKS for root devices
71 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 72 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 73
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74* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
75 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 76 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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77 the most common operations.
78
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79* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
80 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
81 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 82
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83* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
84
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85* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
86 /proc/$PID/exe
87
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88* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
89 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
90 for ReusePort=
91
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92* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
93 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
94 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
95 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
96 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
97
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98* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
99
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100* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
101 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
102 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
103 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
104 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
105 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
106
ef417cfd 107* completions:
ef417cfd 108 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 110* cgroups:
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111 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
112 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
113 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
114 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
115 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
116 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
117 the hierarchies of child processes
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119* transient units:
120 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
121 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
122 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 123
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124* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
125
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126* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
127
f38afcd0 128* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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130* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
131
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132* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
133
94676f3e 134* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 135
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136* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
137
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138* 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
139
7f79cd71 140* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 141
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142* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
143 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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144 path anyway.
145
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146* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
147
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148* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
149 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 150 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 151
6aaa8c2f 152* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 153
d28315e4 154* 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 155
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156* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
157
158* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
159
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160* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
161 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
162
6bb648a1 163* sd-bus:
d28315e4 164 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 165 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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166 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
167 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
168 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 169 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 170 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 171 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 172 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 173 - 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 174 - longer term: priority inheritance
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175 - dbus spec updates:
176 - kdbus mapping
177 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
178 - GVariant
bee7e928 179 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 180 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 181 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 182 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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184* sd-event
12179984 185 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 186
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187* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
188 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
189 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
190
69af4503 191* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 192
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193* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
194 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
195
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196* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
197
198* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
199
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200* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
201
202* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
203
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204* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
205
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206* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
207
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208* test/:
209 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
210 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 211
b5c03638 212* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 213 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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214 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
215 destination.
216
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217* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
218 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
219
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220* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
221
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222* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
223 need manual exponential loops after all
224
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225* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
226 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
227 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
228 is installed.
795607b2 229
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230* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
231 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
232 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
233 that automatically.
234
e5ec62c5 235* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 236
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237* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
238
d28315e4 239* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 240
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241* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
242
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243* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
244
245* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
246
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247* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
248
356ce991 249* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 250
81d112a8 251* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 252
b44be3ec 253* EFI:
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254 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
255 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 256 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 257
c0fe5db5 258* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 259
b44be3ec 260* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 261
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262* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
263 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
3040728b 264
b44be3ec 265* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 266
b44be3ec 267* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 268
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269* logind:
270 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
271 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
272 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
273 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
274 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 275 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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276 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
277 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
278 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
279 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
280 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
281 needs setuid().
e673ad04 282
b44be3ec 283* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 284
b44be3ec 285* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 286
b44be3ec 287* journal:
c06bf414 288 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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289 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
290 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
291 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 292 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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293 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
294 - journal: reuse XZ context
295 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
296 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
297 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
298 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
299 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
300 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
301 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 302 - 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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303 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
304 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 305 - 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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306 - 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.
307 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
308 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 309 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 310 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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311 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
312 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
313 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
314 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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315 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
316 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 317 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 318 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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319 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
320 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
321 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
322 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
323 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
324 to syslog when it works again.
325 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
326 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
327 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 328 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 329 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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331* document:
8b8f2591 332 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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333 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
334 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 335 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 336 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 337 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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338 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
339 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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340 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
341 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
342 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
343 - man: add more examples to man pages
344 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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346* systemctl:
347 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
348 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
349 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
350 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
351 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
352 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
353 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
354 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 355 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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356 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
357 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
358 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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359 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
360 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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362* unit install:
363 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
364 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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365 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
366 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 367
b44be3ec 368* timer units:
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369 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
370 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
371 o DST changes
eb124a97 372 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 373 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 374 - 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 375 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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377* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
378
379* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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380 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
381 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 382 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 383 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 384 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 385
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386* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
387
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388* 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().
389
390* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 391* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 392* fedup: generator
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394* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
395
b44be3ec 396* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 397
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398* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
399 waiting for the timeout
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401* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
402
d28315e4 403* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
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b44be3ec 405* nspawn:
b44be3ec 406 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 407 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 408 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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410* cryptsetup:
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411 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
412 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
413 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 414 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 415
424a19f8 416* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 417 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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419* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
420
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421* make timer units go away after they elapsed
422
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423* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
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425* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
426
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427* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
428
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429* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
430
68f16003 431* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 432
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433* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
434 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 435 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 436 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 437 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 438 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 439
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440* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
441
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442* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
443
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444* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
445
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446* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
447
88a6c589 448* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 449
9946996c 450* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 451 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 452
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453* introduce Type=pid-file
454
59cea26a 455* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 456
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457* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
458
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459* automount: implement expire:
460 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
461 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
462 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
463 - blocking, needs a thread
464 - run until -EAGAIN
465 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
466 - call umount
467 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
468 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 469
e01a15b7 470* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 471
abd55b16 472* udev:
3f60bcb5 473 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 474 - move to LGPL
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475 - kill scsi_id
476 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 477 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 478
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479* 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
480
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481* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
482
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483* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
484
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485* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
486
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487* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
488
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489* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
490
491* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
492
70a44afe 493* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 494
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495* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
496 needs to be auto-respawned?
497
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498* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
499
f38afcd0 500* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 501 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 502
d28315e4 503* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 504
7f8aa671 505* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 506
d3c7d7dd 507* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 508
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509* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
510 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
511
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512* move PAM code into its own binary
513
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514* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
515 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
516
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517* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
518
7c697168 519* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 520
71092d70 521* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 522
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523* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
524 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
525 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
526
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527* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
528 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
529
71092d70 530* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 531
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532* readahead:
533 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
534 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
535 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
536 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
537 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 538
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539* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
540
68c7d001 541* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 542 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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543 - enabling dbus services
544 - status update
7a2a0b90 545 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 546 - remote access
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547 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
548 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 549 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 550 - auto-restart
e707c494 551 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 552 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 553 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 554 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 555 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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556 - calendar time events
557 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
558 - how to create your own target
559 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
560 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 561
44143309 562* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 563
260abb78 564* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 565
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566* Support --test based on current system state
567
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568* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
569
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570* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
571
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572* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
573
71092d70 574* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 575
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576* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
577
7ba97195 578* systemd-python:
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580 works with ^C
b04c8c83 581 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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584 - plot per-process IO utilization
585 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
586 - document initcall_debug
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587 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
588
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589* udev-link-config:
590 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
591 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
592 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 593 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 594
88e4d1d7 595* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 596 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 597 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 598
0a4b9a07 599* networkd:
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600 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
601 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 602 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 603 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 604 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 605 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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606 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
607 - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
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608 - patch kernel to support module alias for tunnel device (ipip/sit/gre),
609 then remove remove libkmod dependency and CAP_SYS_MODULE
1f0e0484 610 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
2b1c3767 611 - add tun/tap netdev support
8477107d 612 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
155e8b9a 613
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615 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 616
ac976532 617* dhcp:
424a8732 618 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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620 - FORCERENEW
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2f8cd170 622External:
74fe1fe3 623
cc9784c6 624* dbus:
3377af3e 625 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 626 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 627
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631
9096ad36 632* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 633
71092d70 634* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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636* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
637
d28315e4 638* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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640* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
641
642* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
643
644* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
645
d2bbca68 646* 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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648* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
649
650* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 651
4641a16b 652* 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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655
129126f3 656Regularly:
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129126f3 658* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 659
129126f3 660* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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662* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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665
d28315e4 666* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 667
4db17f29 668* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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670* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
671
9e5f3dbb 672Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 674* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)