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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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3* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
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5* NM should pull in network.target (PENDING)
6 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692008
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05677bb7 8* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices
73090dc8 9
71092d70 10* service: pid file reading after reload doesn't work, since we don't reset the pid variable
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71092d70 12* make sure timeouts are applied to Type=oneshot services.
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14* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
15 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
16 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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18* make polkit checks async
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20* 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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71092d70 22Features:
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24* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365)
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26* make logind reserve tty10 or so for text logins, so that gdm never picks it up
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28* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
29
30* isolate for getty is still broken, due to logind
31
32* don't umount /usr
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34* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
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36* support units generated by a generator and placed in /run/systemd/system/; the directory is
37 currently ignored because it is empty before the generatores are executed
38
39* let 'systemctl reboot' called as non-root talk to logind instead of systemd, to get polkit
40 system policy in the loop of privilege checking, so normal users can possibly use /sbin/reboot
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42* Possibly, detect whether SysV init scripts can do reloading by looking for "echo Usage:" lines
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44* figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown
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46* support closing all fds via RLIMIT_NOFILE instead of /proc, in order to make chroot stuff work.
47
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48* add interface to allow immediate rotation of the journal, and even flushing.
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50* don't log coredumps of PID 1 into the journal
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52* if a journal file is corrupt, rotate it and create a new one
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54* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id
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56* journald: reuse XZ context
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c4aa65e7 58* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
7e64c73a 59
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60* write RPM spec macros for presets
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acb14d31 62* write man pages for systemd-cat
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64* journal: write man pages for API
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66* journal: OR matches are borked
67
68* journal: extend hash tables as we go
69
70* journal: API for looking for retrieving "all values of this field"
71
72* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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74* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server
75
76* journal: message catalog
77
78* journal: forward-secure signatures
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80* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
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82* rework namespace support, don't use pivot_root, and mount things after creating the namespace, not before
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84* systemctl journal command
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86* journalctl: --cursor support, priority filtering
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88* systemctl status: show coredumps
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90* systemctl status: show whether journal was rotated since service started
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92* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
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94* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
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96* allow per-entry control on /var vs. /run (think incognito browser mode)
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98* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
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100* support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
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102* move to LGPL2+
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104* logind: allow showing logout dialog from system
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106* document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended
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108* check utf8 everywhere
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110* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
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112* Make libselinux, libattr, libcap, libdl dependencies only of the tools which actually need them.
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114* as Tom Gundersen pointed out there's a always a dep loop if people use crypto file systems with random keys
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62590f23 116* unset container= in PID1?
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118* automatically escape unit names passed on the service (i.e. think "systemctl start serial-getty.service@serial/by-path/jshdfjsdfhkjh" being automatically escaped as necessary.
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120* if we can not get user quota for tmpfs, mount a separate tmpfs instance
121 for every user in /run/user/$USER with a configured maximum size
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123* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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125* add an option to make mounts private/shareable and so on, enable this for root by default
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127* internal restart counter for units (focus on auto-respawn)
128
129* finer-grained auto-respawn settings (rate-limit)
130
131* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
132 needs to be auto-respawned?
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134* Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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136* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
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138* something like ConditionExec= or ExecStartPre= without failure state
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140* service restart retry configuration
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de6c78f8 142* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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144* don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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146* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
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148* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we retsart its rdeps, too.
149
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150* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
151 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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153* move PAM code into its own binary
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155* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket
0a55b298 156
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157* logind: spawn user@..service on login
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159* logind: non-local X11 server handling
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161* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
162 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
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164* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
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166* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
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168* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd"
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7c697168 170* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 171
71092d70 172* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 173
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174* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
175 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
176 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
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178* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
179 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
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181* move nss-myhostname into systemd
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71092d70 183* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 184
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185* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
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71092d70 187* add inode nr check to readahead to suppress preloading changed files
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189* add support for /bin/mount -s
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191* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
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193* when failing to start a service due to ratelimiting, try again later, if restart=always is set
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68c7d001 195* write blog stories about:
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196 - enabling dbus services
197 - status update
7a2a0b90 198 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 199 - remote access
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200 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
201 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
acb14d31 202 - resource control in systemd
73090dc8 203
44143309 204* allow port=0 in .socket units
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206* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units
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ba1a5515 208* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
9408a2d2 209
71092d70 210* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 211
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212* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup
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214* reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp?
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260abb78 216* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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218* Support --test based on current system state
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220* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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222* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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224* configurable jitter for timer events
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226* timer events with system resume
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228* timer events on calendar time
71092d70 229
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230* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
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8c6db833 232* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445)
8bf7fea5 233 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4
351c7e74 234
129126f3 235* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types
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236* exec settings override
237* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes
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239* read config fragments for all units from /lib/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/ to override/extend specific settings
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129126f3 241* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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242 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
243 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 244 - postfix, saslauthd
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245 - apache/samba
246 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
247 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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248 - distccd
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71092d70 250* auditd service files
0ff3dea7 251
71092d70 252* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 253
50f2a90d 254* io priority during initialization
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74ac3cbd 256* if a service fails too often, make the service enter failed mode, and the socket, too.
ea4a240d 257
71092d70 258* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
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260* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
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7d9e57d2 262* suspend, resume support?
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264* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
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2f8cd170 266External:
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cc9784c6 268* dbus:
3377af3e 269 - get process transport into dbus for systemctl -P/-H (PENDING)
cc9784c6 270 - dbus --user
3377af3e 271 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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272 - allow specification of socket mode/umask when allocating DBusServer
273 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 274 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
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276* systemd --user
277 PR_SET_CHILD_REAPER patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/28/426
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279* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
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281* udisks should not use udisks-part-id, instead use blkid. also not probe /dev/loopxxx
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283* snd-seq should go, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676095
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7d9e57d2 285* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die
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287* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
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44143309 289* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup?
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291* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
292 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
293 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
294 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
295 the RTC to sync up.
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6f3f9deb 297* patch kernel for cpu feature modalias for autoloading aes/kvm/...
69b1c674 298 (patches in linux-next, on the way to the next kernel)
6f3f9deb 299
71092d70 300* kernel: add /proc/sys file exposing CAP_LAST_CAP? sysconf?
69b1c674 301 merged: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=73efc0394e148d0e15583e13712637831f926720
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303* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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129126f3 305Regularly:
874aa2cc 306
129126f3 307* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 308
129126f3 309* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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311* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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313* %m in printf() instead of strerror();
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315* pahole
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71092d70 317* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!