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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Many manager configuration settings that are only applicable to user
4 manager or system manager can be always set. It would be better to reject
5 them when parsing config.
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7* busctl prints errors to stdout:
8 busctl tree org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1
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f38afcd0 10External:
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f38afcd0 12* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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14* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
15
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16Janitorial Clean-ups:
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18* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
19
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20* rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
21 semantics, like we do for device.c now
22
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23Features:
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25* All tools that support --root= should also learn --image= so that they can
26 operate on disk images directly. Specifically: bootctl, firstboot, tmpfiles,
27 sysusers, systemctl, repart, journalctl, coredumpctl.
28
29* per-service credential system. Specifically: add LoadCredential= (for loading
30 cred from file), AcquireCredential= (for asking user for cred, via
31 ask-password), PassCredential= (for passing on credential systemd itself
32 got). Then, place credentials in a per-service, immutable ramfs instance (so
33 that it cannot be swapped out), destroy after use. Also pass via keyring
34 (with graceful fallback to cover for containers). Define CredentialPath= for
35 defining subdir of /run/credentials/ where to place it. Set $CREDENTIAL_PATH
36 env var for services to the result. Also pass via fd passing (optionally).
37
38* homed: add native recovery key support. use 48 lowercase modhex characters
39 (192bit), show qr code of it, include pattern expression in user record.
40
41* homed: introduce "degraded" state for home directories that weren't cleanly
42 unmounted (use xattr we add and remove on the loop back file)
43
44* homed: during login resize fs automatically towards size goal. Specifically,
45 resize to diskSize if possible, but leave a certain amount (configured by a
46 new value diskLeaveFreeSize) of space free on the backing fs.
47
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48* homed: permit multiple private keys to be used locally, and pick the right
49 one for signing records automatically depending on a pre-existing signature
50
51* homed: add a way to "adopt" a home directory, i.e. strip foreign signatures
52 and insert a local signature instead.
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54* Maybe expose path_is_encrypted() as a new ConditionPathIsEncrypted=?
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56* homed: as an extension to the directory+subvolume backend: if located on
57 especially marked fs, then sync down password into LUKS header of that fs,
58 and always verify passwords against it too. Bootstrapping is a problem
59 though: if noone is logged in (or no other user even exists yet), how do you
60 unlock the volume in order to create the first user and add the first pw.
61
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62* busctl: maybe expose a verb "ping" for pinging a dbus service to see if it
63 exists and responds.
64
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65* homed: maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
66 easily?
67
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68* when systemd-nspawn and suchlike dissect an OS image, and there are multiple
69 root partitions, do an strverscmp() on the partition label and boot
70 first. That is inspired how sd-boot figures out which kernel to boot, and
71 thus allows defining OS images which can be A/B updated and we default to the
72 newest version automatically, both in nspawn and in sd-boot
73
97cd52c1 74* cryptsetup/homed: also support FIDO2 HMAC password logic for unlocking
70e9d9a5 75 devices. (see: https://github.com/mjec/fido2-hmac-secret)
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77* systemd-gpt-auto should probably set x-systemd.growfs on the mounts it
78 creates
79
86b52a39 80* homed/userdb: distinguish passwords and recovery keys in the records, since
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81 we probably want to use different PBKDF algorithms/settings for them:
82 passwords have low entropy but recovery keys should have good entropy key
83 hence we can make them quicker to work.
84
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85* bootctl:
86 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
87 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
88 - make it operate on loopback files, dissecting enough to find ESP to operate on
89
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90* by default, in systemd --user service bump the OOMAdjust to 100, as privs
91 allow so that systemd survives
92
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93* cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
94 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
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96* cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
97 systemd-makefs.service instead.
98
91fc013f 99* socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
86b52a39 100 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
91fc013f 101
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102* unify on openssl:
103 - port sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific() over from khash
104 - port resolved over from libgcrypt (DNSSEC code)
105 - port journald + fsprg over from libgcrypt
106 - port importd over from libgcrypt
107 - when that's done: kill khash.c
108 - when that's done: kill gnutls support in resolved
109
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110* kill zenata, all hail weblate?
111
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112* when we resize disks (homed?) always round up to 4K sectors, not 512K
113
114* add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
115 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
116
117* hook up the TPM to /etc/crypttab, with a new option that is similar to the
118 new PKCS#11 option in crypttab, and allows unlocking a LUKS volume via a key
119 unsealed from the TPM. Optionally, if TPM is not available fall back to
120 TPM-less mode, and set up linear DM mapping instead (inspired by kpartx), so
121 that the device paths stay the same, regardless if crypto is used or not.
122
492f91d8 123* systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
86b52a39 124 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
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125 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
126 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
127
86b52a39 128* systemd-repart: optionally, allow specifying a path to initialize new
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129 partitions from, i.e. an fs image file or a source device node. This would
130 then turn systemd-repart into a simple installer: with a few .repart files
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131 you could replicate the host system on another device. a full installer would
132 then be: "systemd-repart /dev/sda && bootctl install /dev/sda &&
133 systemd-firstboot --image= …"
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135* systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
136 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
137 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
138 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
139 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
140 automatically.
141
142* systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
143 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
144
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145* systemd-repart: allow running mkfs before making partitions pop up +
146 encryption via LUKS to allow booting into an empty root with only /usr mounted in
147
148* systemd-repart: allow managing the gpt read-only partition flag + auto-mount flag
149
150* systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
151 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
152
153* systemd-repart: add specifier expansion, add especifier that refers to root
154 device node of current system, /usr device node, and matching verity, so that
155 an installer can be made a "copy" installer of the booted OS
156
2a4be3c5 157* systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
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158 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
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160* systemd-repart: allow config of partition uuid
161
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162* systemd-repart: add --make= switch for fallocating a new file of the
163 specified size first.
164
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165* userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
166 realname substr searches in varlink API
006c44c1 167
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168* userdb: allow uid/gid range checks
169
2a4be3c5 170* userdb: allow existence checks
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172* pid: activation by journal search expression
173
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174* when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
175 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
176 initrd had set.
177
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178* sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
179 it fo reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
180 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
181 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
182 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
183 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
184
185* tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
186 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
187 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
188
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189* maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
190 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
191 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
192 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
193 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
194 source.
195
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196* figure out automatic partition discovery when combining writable root dir
197 with immutable /usr
198
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199* coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
200 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
201 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
202
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203* teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
204
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205* beef up hibernation to optionally do swapon/swapoff immediately before/after
206 the hibernation
207
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208* beef up s2h to implement a battery watch loop: instead of entering
209 hibernation unconditionally after coming back from resume make a decision
210 based on the battery load level: if battery level is above a specific
211 threshold, go to suspend again, only hibernate if below it. This means we'd
212 stick to suspend usually, but fall back to hibernation only when battery runs
213 empty (well, subject to our sampling interval). Related to this, check if we
214 can make ACPI _BTP (i.e. /sys/class/power_supply/*/alarm) work for us too,
215 i.e. see if it can wake up machines from suspend, so that we could resume
216 automatically when the system is low on power and move automatically to
217 hibernation mode. (see
218 https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf
219 section 10.2.2.8 and
220 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/modern-standby-wake-sources
221 at the end).
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223* add an explicit "vertical" mode to format-table, so that "systemctl
224 status"-like outputs (i.e. with a series of field names left and values
225 right) become genuine first class citizens, and we gain automatic, sane JSON
226 output for them.
227
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228* systemd-firstboot: teach it dissector magic, so that you can point it to some
229 disk image and it will just set everything in it all behind the scenes.
230
231* systemd-firstboot: add --force mode that replaces existing configuration.
232
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233* We should probably replace /var/log/README, /etc/rc.d/README with symlinks
234 that are linked to these places instead of copied. After all they are
235 constant vendor data.
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237* maybe add kernel cmdline params: 1) to force first-boot mode + 2) to force
238 random seed crediting
239
240* nspawn: on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events,
241 so that we make cgroup agent logic safe
242
243* nspawn/machined: add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as
244 fallback in "machinectl shell"
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246* logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
247 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
248 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
249
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250* homed:
251 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
252 - hook up machined/nspawn users with a varlink user query interface
253 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
254 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
255 - resize on login?
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256 - shrink fs on logout?
257 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
258 - create on activate?
259 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
260 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
261 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
262 systemd --user is shut down.
263 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
264 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk images (think: time machine)
86b52a39 265 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
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266 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
267 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
268 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
269 - description field for groups
270 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
271 - reuse pwquality magic in firstboot
272 - query password from kernel keyring first
273 - update even if record is "absent"
274 - add a "access mode" + "fstype" field to the "status" section of json identity records reflecting the actually used access mode and fstype, even on non-luks backends
275 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
276 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
277 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
278 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
279 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
280
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281* introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
282 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
283 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
284 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
285 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
286 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
287 exec().
288
289* let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
290
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291* when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
292 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
293
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294* introduce a new group to own TPM devices
295
296* make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
297 gnome-bluetooth and friends
298
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299* tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
300 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
301 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
302 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
303 cgroup.
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305* make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
306 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
307 root.
308
309* maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
310 is issued.
311
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312* when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
313
314* when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
315
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316* Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
317 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
318 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
d7b659ef 319
d238709c 320* rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
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321 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
322 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
323
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324* add a concept for automatically loading per-unit secrets off disk and
325 inserting them into the kernel keyring. Maybe SecretsDirectory= similar to
326 ConfigurationDirectory=.
327
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328* when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
329
d3584ec4 330* bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
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332* add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
333 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
334
06898123 335* paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
309c6b19 336 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
9ae4ef49 337 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
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339* Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
340
341* support the bind/connect/sendmsg cgroup stuff for sandboxing, and possibly
342 patching around
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344* maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
345 log.c and sd-journal-send
346
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347* optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
348
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349* introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
350
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351* sd-boot: automatically load EFI modules from some drop-in dir, so that people
352 can add in file system drivers and such
353
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354* sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
355 non-zero "tries done" count
356
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357* introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
358 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
359 it should skip the variant type string though.
360
361* augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
362 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
363 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
364 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
365 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
366 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
367 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
368 CODE_FILE.
369
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370* Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
371 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
372 some explanatory text online.
373
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374* maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
375
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376* Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
377 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
378 the slices, and the units attached to them.
379
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380* the a-posteriori stopping of units bound to units that disappeared logic
381 should be reworked: there should be a queue of units, and we should only
bc130b68 382 enqueue stop jobs from a defer event that processes queue instead of
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383 right-away when we find a unit that is bound to one that doesn't exist
384 anymore. (similar to how the stop-unneeded queue has been reworked the same
385 way)
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387* nspawn: make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a
388 hangup when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait
389 for hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
390
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391* When reloading configuration PID 1 should reset all its properties to the
392 original defaults before calling parse_config()
393
72d711ef 394* nspawn: greater control over selinux label?
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396* hibernate/s2h: make this robust and safe to enable in Fedora by default.
397 Specifically:
398
399 1. add resume_offset support to the resume code (i.e. support swap files
400 properly)
e83419d0 401 2. check if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
46c41478 402 3. add auto-detection of hibernation images
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404* cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
405 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
406
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407* beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
408 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
409 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
410 files and suchlike we operate on.
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412* add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
413
414* add attach --enable and attach --now (for attach+enable+start)
415
416* sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
417 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
418
5da19043 419* Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
5238e957 420 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it. Also
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421 DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH should probably add an extra "-" into account for negative
422 numbers.
423
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424* Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
425 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
426 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
427 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
428 unlinked from any dir.
429
bd1b3f75 430* port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
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432* pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
433
434* add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
435
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436* introduce Ephemeral= unit file switch, that creates an ephemeral copy of all
437 files and directories that are left writable for a unit, and which are
438 removed after the unit goes down again. A bit like --ephemeral for
439 systemd-nspawn but for system services. If used together with RootImage= this
440 should reflink the image file itself.
441
442 Related: add Ephemeral=<path1> <path2> … which would allow marking
443 specific paths only like this.
444
53c70a27 445* add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
5238e957 446 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
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447 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
448 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
449 images, for example fallback to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
450
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451* show invocation ID in systemd-run output
452
453* bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
454
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455* add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
456 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
457
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458* teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
459 project quota
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461* introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
462 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
463 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
464 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
465 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
466 different slice too by default. Usecase: people who want to put resources on
467 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
468 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
469
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470* maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
471 for root, but only then.
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473* be stricter with fds we receive for the fdstore: close them asynchronously
474
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475* calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
476 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
477
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478* sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
479 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
480
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481* make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
482 host-side interface pointing to the container.
483
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484* add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
485 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
486 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
487 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
488 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
489
cb77e122 490* taint systemd if there are fewer than 65536 users assigned (userns) to the system.
c6009ff0 491
899feb72 492* deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
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495 the runtime dir as we maintain for the fdstore: i.e. keep it around as long
496 as the unit is running or has a job queued.
497
5f7ecd61 498* support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
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500* maybe use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (i.e. the env var the reproducible builds folks
501 introduced) as the RTC epoch, instead of the mtime of NEWS.
502
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503* add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
504 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
505
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506* blog about fd store and restartable services
507
508* document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
509
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510* rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
511 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
512
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513* in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
514 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
515 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
516 ID is available.
517
518* optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
519 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
520 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
521
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522* beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
523 parameters
524
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525* maybe hook of xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
526 the quota of a the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
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527 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
528 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
529 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
530 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
531 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
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533* In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
534 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
535
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536* add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
537 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
538 wait to retrieve their exit data.
539
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540* expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
541 about it in the resource log message
542
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543* show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
544 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
545
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546* Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
547 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
548 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
549
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551 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
552
553 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
554
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556 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
557 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
558 logging.
559
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560* hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
561 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
562 "convertible" form factor
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564* Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
565 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
566 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
567 as MAINPID.
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570 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
571 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
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573* track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
574 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
575
576* add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
577 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
578 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
579 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
580 natural habitat.
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583 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
584 /usr is mounted into.
585
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586* gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
587
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588* drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
589
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590* add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
591 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
592 relative to the configured default value.
593
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595
596* enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
597
04397464 598* Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
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600* nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
601
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602* define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
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604* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
605
04397464 606* ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
42d61ded 607
04397464 608* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
563a69f4 609
04397464 610* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
2c5f2958 611
8ce9b83a 612* RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
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614* ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
615 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
616 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
617
e40a326c 618* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
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620* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
621
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622* mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
623 partitions
624
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625* in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
626 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
627 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
628 mapping to work.
629
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630* add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
631
632* add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
633
634* add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
635
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636* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
637 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
638
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639* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
640 reload the unit file anyway
641
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642* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
643 from the SIGBUS handler
644
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645* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
646
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647* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
648 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
649
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651
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652* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
653 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
654
f9bf1b8f 655* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 656 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 657 specifications.
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660
5ebbb45b 661* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller
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663* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
664
a2088fd0 665* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
5238e957 666 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
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667 prefixed with /sys generally special.
668 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
669
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670* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
671
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672* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
673
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674* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
675 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
676 state.
677 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
678
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679* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
680 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
681 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
682 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
683 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
684
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685* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
686 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
687
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688* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
689
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690* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
691 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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693* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
694 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
695 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
696 do, for example)
697
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699 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
700
e031c227 701* as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
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702 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
703
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704* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
705
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706* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
707 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
708 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
709 returning from the "systemctl stop".
710
b568ef14 711* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
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713* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
714
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715* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
716 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
717
25e773ee 718* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 719
279f0366 720* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 721
5238e957 722* systemctl edit: use equivalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
b42de08a 723 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 724
720652b3 725* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 726
720652b3 727* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
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730
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732 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
733
9d6db739 734* resolved:
9d6db739 735 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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737 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 738 - avahi compat
9d6db739 739 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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741 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
742 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 743 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 744 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 745
e25b5a8d 746* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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750* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
751
a01647e5 752* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 753 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
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755* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
756
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757* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
758
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759* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
760
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761* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
762 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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765
6a3f892a 766* gpt-auto-generator:
2a781fc9 767 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 768 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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770* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
771 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
772 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 773
f9bf1b8f 774* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
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776* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
777 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
778 for ReusePort=
779
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780* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
781 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
782 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
783 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
784 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
785 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
786
f38afcd0 787* cgroups:
f38afcd0 788 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
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789 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
790 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
791 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
792 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
793 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 794
f38afcd0 795* transient units:
f38afcd0 796 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
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798* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
799
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800* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
801
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802* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
803
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804* 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
805
7f79cd71 806* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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808* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
809 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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811
04397464 812* refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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814* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
815
816* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
817
6bb648a1 818* sd-bus:
0d43ffef 819 - EBADSLT handling
fa607802 820 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
7212c608 821 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
57f2a947 822 - see if we can introduce a new sd_bus_get_owner_machine_id() call to retrieve the machine ID of the machine of the bus itself
f38afcd0 823 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 824 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
ab9716c2 825 - longer term: priority inheritance
df98a87b 826 - dbus spec updates:
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828 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 829 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 830 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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832* sd-event
12179984 833 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 834 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
e25b5a8d 835 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
eb01ba5d 836
69af4503 837* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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839* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
840 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
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842* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
843
844* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
845
fff87a35 846* test/:
20d52ab6 847 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
b8b4d3dd 848
b5c03638 849* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 850 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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851 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
852 destination.
853
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854* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
855 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
856
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857* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
858
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859* Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
860 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
861 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
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864 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
865 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
866 is installed.
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869 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
870 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
871 that automatically.
872
e5ec62c5 873* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 874
ccddd104 875* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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878
356ce991 879* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 880
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883 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 884 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
631427d6 885* bootctl
631427d6 886 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
e4181484 887
c0fe5db5 888* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 889
b44be3ec 890* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 891
b44be3ec 892* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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895 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
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896 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
897 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
898 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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900 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
901 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
902 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
903 needs setuid().
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905 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
906 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
907 complete.
908 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
909 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
910 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
279f0366 911 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
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913 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
914 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
915 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
916 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
917 relogins
77b19caf 918 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
e673ad04 919
b44be3ec 920* journal:
57f2a947 921 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
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923 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
924 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 925 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 926 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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928 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
929 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
5238e957 930 message that works, but already after a short timeout
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932 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
f47ec8eb 933 - 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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934 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
935 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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936 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
937 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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938 - 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.
939 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
940 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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941 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
942 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
943 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
944 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 945 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 946 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 947 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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948 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
949 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
950 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
951 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
952 to syslog when it works again.
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953 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
954 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
955 journals in.
956 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
957 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
958 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
959 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
960 the most common operations.
e25b5a8d 961 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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962 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
963 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
964 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
965 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
966 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
967 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
968 operation.
969 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
970 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
971 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
972 binary logs data
e25b5a8d 973 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
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974 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
975 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
976 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
977 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
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980 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
981 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
982 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
983
b44be3ec 984* document:
8b8f2591 985 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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986 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
987 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 988 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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989 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
990 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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991 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
992 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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993 - man: add more examples to man pages
994 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
17ec531f 995 - document root=gpt-auto properly
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997* systemctl:
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998 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
999 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
1000 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
1001 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
1002 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
1003 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
1004 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 1005 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 1006 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
61233823 1007 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
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1009* unit install:
1010 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
1011 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
8b04b925 1012
b44be3ec 1013* timer units:
b44be3ec 1014 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
b44be3ec 1015 o DST changes
90e071d1 1016 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 1017
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1018* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
1019
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1020* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
1021
b44be3ec 1022* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 1023
f59d1da8 1024* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
dcfc4b2e 1025
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1026* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
1027
d28315e4 1028* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 1029
b44be3ec 1030* nspawn:
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1031 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
1032 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
1033 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
1034 from the kernel's logs.
1035 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
1036 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
1037 interface be missing
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1038 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
1039 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
1040 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
1041 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
1042 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
1043 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
1044 PID 1...
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1045 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
1046 running, remove them when shut down.
e25b5a8d 1047
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1049 - refuse mounting over a mount point
1050 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
1051
e25b5a8d 1052* machined:
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1053 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
1054 removed or added to an existing machine
1055 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
1056 difference host, via ssh
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1057 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
1058 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
1059 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
1060 question
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1061 - "machinectl history"
1062 - "machinectl diff"
1063 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
1064 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
1065
b44be3ec 1066* cryptsetup:
b44be3ec 1067 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
5f1dac6b 1068 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 1069
424a19f8 1070* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 1071 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
424a19f8 1072
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1073* add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1074
68f16003 1075* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 1076
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1077* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1078
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1079* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1080
abd55b16 1081* udev:
abd55b16 1082 - move to LGPL
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1083 - kill scsi_id
1084 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 1085 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 1086
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1087* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
1088
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1089* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
1090
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1091* coredump:
1092 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
73a99163 1093 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
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1095* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
1096
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1097* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
1098 needs to be auto-respawned?
1099
f38afcd0 1100* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 1101 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
614cc34f 1102 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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1103 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
1104 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
1105 calls follow symlinks.
1258097c 1106
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1107* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
1108
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1109* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
1110 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
1111 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
1112
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1113* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
1114 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
1115
71092d70 1116* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 1117
68c7d001 1118* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 1119 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
68c7d001 1120 - enabling dbus services
7a2a0b90 1121 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 1122 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 1123 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 1124 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 1125 - auto-restart
e707c494 1126 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 1127 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 1128 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 1129 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 1130 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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1131 - calendar time events
1132 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
1133 - how to create your own target
1134 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
1135 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 1136
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1137* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
1138
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1139* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
1140
e25b5a8d 1141* pid1:
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1142 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
1143 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
1144 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
1145 that are not supported...
1146 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
1147 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
1148 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
1149 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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1150 - move PAM code into its own binary
1151 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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1152 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
1153 - Support --test based on current system state
1154 - 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().
1155 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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1156 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
1157 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1158 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1159 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1160 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1161 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1162 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1163 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1164
1165* unit files:
1166 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1167 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
1168 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
1169 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1170 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1171 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1172 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1173 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
e25b5a8d 1174 - introduce Type=pid-file
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1175 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
1176 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
e25b5a8d 1177 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
e5171296 1178 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
e25b5a8d 1179
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1180* udev-link-config:
1181 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
1182 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
1183 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 1184
88e4d1d7 1185* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 1186 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 1187 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 1188
0a4b9a07 1189* networkd:
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1190 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
1191 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 1192 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 1193 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 1194 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 1195 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
a8eaaee7 1196 - work with non-Ethernet devices
c9fa3670 1197 - add support for more bond options
e25b5a8d 1198 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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1199 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
1200 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
1201 - expose in the API the following bits:
1202 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
38b38500 1203 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
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1204 - option 123, 144, geolocation
1205 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
1206 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
1207 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
1208 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
1209 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
1210 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
1211 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
e25b5a8d 1212 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
155e8b9a 1213
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1214* networkd-wait-online:
1215 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 1216
ac976532 1217* dhcp:
424a8732 1218 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 1219
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1220* dhcp6:
1221 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
1222 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
1223 - write more test cases
37d8b536 1224 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 1225 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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1226 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
1227 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
1228 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
1229 or interface down
1230 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
1231 this behavior
4a77c53d 1232 - RouteTable= ?
37d8b536 1233
2f8cd170 1234External:
74fe1fe3 1235
cc9784c6 1236* dbus:
3377af3e 1237 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 1238 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 1239
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1240* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
1241
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1242* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1243
9096ad36 1244* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 1245
71092d70 1246* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
14bd37fe 1247
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1248* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
1249
d2bbca68 1250* 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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1252* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
1253
1254* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 1255
4641a16b 1256* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
19aa7c4f 1257
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1258* register catalog database signature as file magic
1259
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1260* zsh shell completion:
1261 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 1262 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
1cf3c30c 1263
90137b62 1264* systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
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1265* If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
1266 after being started.
2c12a402 1267
129126f3 1268Regularly:
874aa2cc 1269
129126f3 1270* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 1271
129126f3 1272* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
5b6319dc 1273
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1274* pahole
1275
d28315e4 1276* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 1277
4db17f29 1278* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 1279
d05c556b 1280* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
62353f69 1281String is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment