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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 20
81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 22
81429136 23Features:
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25* new component "systemd-first-boot" which asks for locale, timezone,
26 root password on first boot if the configuration for that has not
27 been provisioned yet. Similar in style to what the distros have, but
28 minimalist, text-only /dev/console stuff.
29
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30* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
31
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32* order OnCalendar timer units after timer-sync.target if DefaultDependencies=no so that we don't trigger them prematurely
33
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34* refuse mounting on symlinks
35
fed515f0 36* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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38* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
39
a01647e5 40* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 41 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 42 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 43 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 44
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45* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
46
47* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
48
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49* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
50* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
51
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52* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
53
81429136 54* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
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56* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
57
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58* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
59
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60* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
61
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62* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
63
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64* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
65
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66* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
67 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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69* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
70
f598ac3e 71* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
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73* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
74
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75* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
76
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77* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
78
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79* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
80
81* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
82
6a3f892a 83* gpt-auto-generator:
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84 - Support LUKS for root devices
85 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 86 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 87
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88* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
89 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 90 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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91 the most common operations.
92
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93* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
94 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
95 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 96
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97* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
98
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99* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
100 /proc/$PID/exe
101
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102* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
103 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
104 for ReusePort=
105
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106* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
107 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
108 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
109 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
110 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
111
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112* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
113
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114* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
115 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
116 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
117 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
118 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
119 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
120
ef417cfd 121* completions:
ef417cfd 122 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 124* cgroups:
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125 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
126 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
127 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
128 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
129 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
130 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
131 the hierarchies of child processes
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133* transient units:
134 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
135 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
136 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 137
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138* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
139
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140* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
141
f38afcd0 142* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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144* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
145
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146* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
147
94676f3e 148* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 149
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150* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
151
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152* 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
153
7f79cd71 154* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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156* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
157 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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158 path anyway.
159
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160* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
161
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162* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
163 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 164 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 165
6aaa8c2f 166* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 167
d28315e4 168* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 169
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170* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
171
172* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
173
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174* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
175 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
176
6bb648a1 177* sd-bus:
d28315e4 178 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 179 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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180 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
181 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
182 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 183 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 184 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 185 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 186 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 187 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
ab9716c2 188 - longer term: priority inheritance
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189 - dbus spec updates:
190 - kdbus mapping
191 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
192 - GVariant
bee7e928 193 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 194 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 195 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 196 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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198* sd-event
12179984 199 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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201* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
202 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
203 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
204
69af4503 205* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 206
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207* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
208 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
209
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210* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
211
212* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
213
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214* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
215
216* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
217
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218* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
219
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220* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
221
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222* test/:
223 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
224 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 225
b5c03638 226* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 227 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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228 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
229 destination.
230
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231* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
232 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
233
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234* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
235
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236* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
237 need manual exponential loops after all
238
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239* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
240 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
241 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
242 is installed.
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244* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
245 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
246 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
247 that automatically.
248
e5ec62c5 249* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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251* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
252
d28315e4 253* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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255* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
256
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257* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
258
259* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
260
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261* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
262
356ce991 263* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 264
81d112a8 265* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 266
b44be3ec 267* EFI:
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268 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
269 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 270 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 271
c0fe5db5 272* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 273
b44be3ec 274* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 275
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276* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
277 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 279* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 280
b44be3ec 281* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 282
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283* logind:
284 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
285 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
286 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
287 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
288 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 289 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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290 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
291 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
292 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
293 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
294 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
295 needs setuid().
e673ad04 296
b44be3ec 297* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 298
b44be3ec 299* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 301* journal:
c06bf414 302 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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303 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
304 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
305 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 306 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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307 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
308 - journal: reuse XZ context
309 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
310 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
311 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
312 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
313 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
314 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
315 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 316 - 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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317 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
318 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 319 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
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320 - 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.
321 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
322 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 323 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 324 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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325 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
326 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
327 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
328 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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329 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
330 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 331 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 332 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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333 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
334 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
335 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
336 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
337 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
338 to syslog when it works again.
339 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
340 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
341 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 342 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 343 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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345* document:
8b8f2591 346 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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347 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
348 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 349 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 350 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 351 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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352 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
353 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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354 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
355 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
356 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
357 - man: add more examples to man pages
358 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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360* systemctl:
361 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
362 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
363 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
364 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
365 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
366 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
367 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
368 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 369 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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370 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
371 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
372 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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373 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
374 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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376* unit install:
377 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
378 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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379 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
380 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 382* timer units:
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383 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
384 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
385 o DST changes
eb124a97 386 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 387 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 388 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
90e071d1 389 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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391* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
392
393* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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394 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
395 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 396 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 397 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 398 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 399
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400* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
401
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402* 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().
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404* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 405* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 406* fedup: generator
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408* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
409
b44be3ec 410* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 411
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412* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
413 waiting for the timeout
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415* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
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d28315e4 417* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
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b44be3ec 419* nspawn:
b44be3ec 420 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 421 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 422 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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424* cryptsetup:
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425 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
426 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
427 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 428 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 429
424a19f8 430* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 431 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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433* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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435* make timer units go away after they elapsed
436
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437* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
438
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439* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
440
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441* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
442
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443* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
444
68f16003 445* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 446
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447* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
448 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 449 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 450 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 451 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 452 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 453
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454* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
455
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456* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
457
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458* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
459
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460* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
461
88a6c589 462* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 463
9946996c 464* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 465 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 466
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468
59cea26a 469* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 470
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471* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
472
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473* automount: implement expire:
474 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
475 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
476 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
477 - blocking, needs a thread
478 - run until -EAGAIN
479 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
480 - call umount
481 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
482 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 483
e01a15b7 484* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 485
abd55b16 486* udev:
3f60bcb5 487 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 488 - move to LGPL
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489 - kill scsi_id
490 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 491 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 492
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493* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
494
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495* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
496
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497* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
498
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499* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
500
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501* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
502
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503* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
504
505* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
506
70a44afe 507* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 508
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509* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
510 needs to be auto-respawned?
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512* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
513
f38afcd0 514* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 515 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 516
d28315e4 517* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 518
7f8aa671 519* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 520
d3c7d7dd 521* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 522
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523* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
524 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
525
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529 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
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531* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
532
7c697168 533* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 534
71092d70 535* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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537* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
538 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
539 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
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542 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
543
71092d70 544* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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547 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
548 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
549 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
550 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
551 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 552
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553* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
554
68c7d001 555* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 556 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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557 - enabling dbus services
558 - status update
7a2a0b90 559 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 560 - remote access
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561 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
562 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 563 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 564 - auto-restart
e707c494 565 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 566 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 567 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 568 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 569 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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570 - calendar time events
571 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
572 - how to create your own target
573 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
574 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 575
44143309 576* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 577
260abb78 578* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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580* Support --test based on current system state
581
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582* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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584* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
585
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586* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
587
71092d70 588* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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591
7ba97195 592* systemd-python:
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594 works with ^C
b04c8c83 595 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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597* bootchart:
598 - plot per-process IO utilization
599 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
600 - document initcall_debug
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601 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
602
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604 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
605 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
606 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 607 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 608
88e4d1d7 609* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 610 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 611 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 612
0a4b9a07 613* networkd:
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615 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 616 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 617 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 618 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 619 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 620 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
1f0e0484 621 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
2b1c3767 622 - add tun/tap netdev support
8477107d 623 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
3e53303e 624 - make metric of routes configurable
1a941ac4 625 - work with non-ethernet devices
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628 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
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ac976532 630* dhcp:
424a8732 631 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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633 - FORCERENEW
634
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636 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
637 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
638 - write more test cases
639 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
640 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
641 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
642 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
643 - implement elapsed time option
644 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
645 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
646 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
647 or interface down
648 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
649 this behavior
650
2f8cd170 651External:
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cc9784c6 653* dbus:
3377af3e 654 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 655 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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658
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660
9096ad36 661* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 662
71092d70 663* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 667* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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669* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
670
671* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
672
673* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
674
d2bbca68 675* 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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677* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
678
679* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 680
4641a16b 681* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
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684
129126f3 685Regularly:
874aa2cc 686
129126f3 687* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 688
129126f3 689* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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691* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 695* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 696
4db17f29 697* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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700
9e5f3dbb 701Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 703* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)