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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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2* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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4* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
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6* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
7 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
8 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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10* make polkit checks async
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a40593a0 12* 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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2d19f95c 14Fedora 19:
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16* external: maybe it is time to patch procps so that "ps" links to
17 libsystemd-logind to print a pretty service name, seat name, session
18 name in its output. Currently it only shows cgroup membership, but
0028da22 19 that's sometimes kinda hard to parse for a human.
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7e2c2bcf 21* cgroup attrs:
f0c15f28 22 - update dbus interface docs in wiki
7b4da18c 23
81d112a8 24* localed:
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25 - localectl: support new converted x11→console keymaps
26
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27* when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
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eb124a97 29Features:
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31* when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
32
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33* implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory, fair scheduling?)
34
35* handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
36
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37* split out CreateMachine into systemd-machined
38
39* "transient" units, i.e units that are not sourced from disk but
40 created only transiently via bus calls
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42* introduce new Scope unit type then make logind's session and machine
43 registration use this to set up cgroups
3d3ee759 44
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45* should Slice= be part of [Unit] or of [Service]?
46
47* journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
3d3ee759 48
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49* move systemctl dump to systemd-analyze
50
51* libsystemd-logind: sd_session_is_active() and friends: verify
52 validity of session name before appending it to a path
53
54* logind: when a PAM client calls ReleaseSession() start a timeout and
55 kill the session entirely after that is reached.
56
57* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
58 maybe we should stop doing auto-activiation of this after boot
59 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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61* when a service changes state make reflect that in the
62 RUNNING/LISTENING states of its socket
63
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64* when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
65 the hierarchies of child processes
66
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67* document logic of auto/noauto and fail/nofail in fstab in systemd.mount or systemd-fstab-generator man page
68
9444b1f2 69* we should properly escape ssh hostnames we add into dbus server strings
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71* something pulls in pcre as so dep into our daemons such as hostnamed.
72
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73* cgroup-agent: downgrade error messages
74
75* document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
76
77* chane systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
78 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
79 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
80 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
81
82* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
83 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
84
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85* libsystemd-journal:
86 - return ECHILD as soon as somebody tries to reuse a journal object across a fork()
87
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88* libsystemd-bus:
89 - default policy (allow uid == 0 and our own uid)
90 - enforce alignment of pointers passed in
eb01ba5d 91 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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92 - implement translator service
93 - port systemd to new library
94 - implement busname unit type in systemd
95 - move to gvariant
eb01ba5d 96 - merge busctl into systemctl or so?
e4ee6e5c 97 - synthesize sd_bus_message objects from kernel messages
c7819669 98 - properly implement name registry ioctls for kdbus
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99 - get rid of object hash table, use decision tree everyhwere instead?
100 - implement monitor logic
101 - object vtable logic
102 - longer term:
103 * priority queues
86312ab8 104 * priority inheritance
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106* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
107 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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110* add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
111 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
112 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
113 kernel.
114
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115* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
116 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
117
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118* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses whern the acces mode of unit files is non-sensical.
119
aa96c6cb 120* investigate endianess issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 121
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122* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
123 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
124
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125* if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
126 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
127 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
128 needs setuid().
129
130* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
131
132* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
133
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134* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
135
136* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
137
4a449ed7 138* logind: add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
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140* we need dynamic units
141
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142* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
143
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144* test/:
145 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
146 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
147 - remove all the duplicated code in test/
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149* suppress log output on shutdown when "quiet" is used
150
151* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
152
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153* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
154 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
155 file.
156
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157* move /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.devname parsing from udevd to
158 kmod static-nodes
159 call kmod as an early service, and drop CAP_MKNOD from udevd.service
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161* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
162 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
163 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
164 destination.
165
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166* remove duplicate default deps logic from fstab-generator vs. mount.c
167
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168* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
169 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
170
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171* teach udev + logind's uaccess to somehow handle the "dead" device nodes from:
172 /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.devname
173 and apply ACLs to them if they have TAG=="uaccess" in udev rules.
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175* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
176
177* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
178
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179* we should log capabilities too
180
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181* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
182 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
183 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
184 old.
185
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186* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
187 need manual exponential loops after all
188
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189* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
190 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
191 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
192 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
193
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194* man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
195
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196* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
197 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
198 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
199 that automatically.
200
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201* rework specifier logic so that we can distuingish OOM errors from other errors
202
e5ec62c5 203* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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205* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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54c31a79 207* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 208
8973790e 209* documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
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211* add a tool that lists active timer units plus their next elapstion and the time the units ran last
212
213* man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
214
215* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
216
217* man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
218
219* systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
220
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221* man: add more examples to man pages
222
223* man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
224
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225* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
226
227* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
228
229* msgcatalog determine default language of entries from the catalog
230 file name. i.e. foobar.de_DE.catalog would set the default entry
231 name for the entries to de_DE if they aren't explicitly suffixed
232 individually.
233
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234* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
235
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236* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
237
990ffbe5 238* Honour "-" prefix for InaccessibleDirectories= and ReadOnlyDirectories= to
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239 suppress errors of the specified path doesn't exist
240
241* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
242 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
243 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
244 will be activated.
245
356ce991 246* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 247
81d112a8 248* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 249
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250* EFI:
251 - fsck hookup for the ESP mount is missing
252 - write man page for efi boot generator
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253 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
254 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
255 - introduce bootctl (backed by systemd-bootd) to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 256
c0fe5db5 257* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 258
b44be3ec 259* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 260
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261* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
262 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 264* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 265
b44be3ec 266* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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268* logind:
269 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
270 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
271 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
272 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
273 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
274 - logind: spawn user@..service on login
275 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
276 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 277 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
eb124a97 278 - logind: GetSessionByPID() should accept 0 as PID value
e5ec62c5 279 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
e673ad04 280
b44be3ec 281* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 282
b44be3ec 283* DeviceAllow/DeviceDeny: disallow everything by default, but whitelist /dev/zero, /dev/null and friends
e673ad04 284
b44be3ec 285* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 286
b44be3ec 287* journal:
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288 - do not use magic msync() in src/journal/journal-file.c, just call fsync()
289 <alxchk> poettering: looks like msync just calls vfs_fsync
290 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/mm/msync.c#n18
c06bf414 291 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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292 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
293 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
294 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
295 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
296 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
297 - journal: reuse XZ context
298 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
299 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
300 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
301 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
302 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
303 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
304 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 305 - 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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306 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
307 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
308 - journal: when rotating, copy over old acls/access mode
b44be3ec 309 - 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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310 - 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.
311 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
312 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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313 - Introduce journalctl -b <nr> to show journal messages of a previous boot
314 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 315 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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316 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
317 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
318 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
319 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
320 - journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages
321 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
322 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
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323 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
324 - Port upower to use the journal for historical power information used in future calculations
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326* document:
327 - document unit_name_mangle()
328 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in
329 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
330 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
331 - Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends
332 - document that units from /etc override those from /usr and /run
333 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 334 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 335 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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337* systemctl:
338 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
339 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
340 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
341 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
342 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
343 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
344 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
345 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
346 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
347 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
348 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
349 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
350 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
8b04b925 351
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352* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
353
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354* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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356* timer units:
357 - configurable jitter for timer events
358 - timer events with system resume
359 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
360 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
361 o DST changes
eb124a97 362 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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364* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
365
366* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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367 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
368 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 369 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 370 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 371 user did not request anything like it.
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373* hwdb:
374 - implement conditional properties (dmi matches)
375 - hwdb --filter=ID_DRIVE_*
08f95888 376
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377* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
378 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
379 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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381* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
382 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
383 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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384 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
385 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
386 better supported alternative.
e707c494 387
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388* figure out relation of --all and --full in the various tools
389
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390* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
391
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392* 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().
393
394* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
395* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
396* fedup: generator
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b44be3ec 398* timedated:
b44be3ec 399 - timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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401* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
402
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403* introduce generic AUGMENT_PID=, AUGMENT_DEVICE= fields
404
b44be3ec 405* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 406
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407* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
408 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
409 - superset of tmpfiles model
410 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
411 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
412 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
413
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414* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
415 waiting for the timeout
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417* high level net_prio setting in execution context
418
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419* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
420
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421* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
422
15abdb9a 423* refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful (or set taint?)
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425* nspawn:
426 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
427 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
428 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
429 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
430 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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431 - nspawn: investigate whether we can support the same as LXC's
432 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
433 interfaces to the container
434 - nspawn: maybe add a way to drop additional caps, in addition to add additional caps
435 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 436 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
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438* cryptsetup:
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439 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
440 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
441 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 442 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 443
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444* move debug shell to tty6 and make sure this doesn't break the gettys on tty6
445
424a19f8 446* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 447 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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449* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
450
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451* make timer units go away after they elapsed
452
8556879e 453* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 454 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 455
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456* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
457
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458* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
459
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460* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
461
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462* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
463
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464* system.conf should have controls for cgroups
465
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466* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
467
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468* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
469
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470* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
471
68f16003 472* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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474* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
475
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476* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
477 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
478 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
479 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 480 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 481 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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483* remember which condition failed for services, not just the fact that something failed
484
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485* use opterr = 0 for all getopt tools
486
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487* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
488
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489* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
490
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491* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
492
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493* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
494
88a6c589 495* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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497* syscall filter:
498 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
499 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
500 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
501 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
502 - system-wide seccomp filter
c66d36e5 503
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504* .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably.
505
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506* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
507 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
508
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509* introduce Type=pid-file
510
59cea26a 511* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 512
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513* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
514
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515* move passno parsing to fstab generator
516
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517* automount: implement expire:
518 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
519 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
520 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
521 - blocking, needs a thread
522 - run until -EAGAIN
523 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
524 - call umount
525 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
526 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
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528* services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel)
529
e01a15b7 530* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 531
abd55b16 532* udev:
3f60bcb5 533 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
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534 - move to LGPL
535 - unify utf8 validator code with shared/
536 - kill scsi_id
537 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 538
18b754d3 539* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
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541* 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
542
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543* support container_ttys=
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545* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
546
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547* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
548
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549* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
550
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551* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
552
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553* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
554
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555* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
556
557* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
558
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559* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
560
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561* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
562
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563* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
564
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565* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
566 needs to be auto-respawned?
567
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568* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
569
de6c78f8 570* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 571
b44be3ec 572* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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575
d3c7d7dd 576* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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578* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
579 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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583* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
584 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
585
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586* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
587
7c697168 588* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 589
71092d70 590* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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592* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
593 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
594 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
595
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596* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
597 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
598
71092d70 599* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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601* readahead:
602 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
603 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
604 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
605 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
606 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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608* add support for /bin/mount -s
609
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610* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
611
68c7d001 612* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 613 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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614 - enabling dbus services
615 - status update
7a2a0b90 616 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 617 - remote access
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618 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
619 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 620 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 621 - auto-restart
e707c494 622 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 623 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 624 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 625 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 626 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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627 - calendar time events
628 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
629 - how to create your own target
630 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
631 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 633* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 634
71092d70 635* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 636
260abb78 637* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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640
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641* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
642
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643* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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645* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
646
129126f3 647* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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648 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
649 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 650 - postfix, saslauthd
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651 - apache/samba
652 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
653 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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71092d70 656* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 657
50f2a90d 658* io priority during initialization
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661
7ba97195 662* systemd-python:
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664 works with ^C
b04c8c83 665 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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667* bootchart:
668 - plot per-process IO utilization
669 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
670 - document initcall_debug
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671 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
672
2f8cd170 673External:
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cc9784c6 675* dbus:
cc9784c6 676 - dbus --user
3377af3e 677 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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679 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 680 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 681 - always pass cred data along each message
b44be3ec 682 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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685
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686* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
687
9096ad36 688* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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690* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
691 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
692 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
693 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
694 the RTC to sync up.
695
71092d70 696* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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699
700* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
701
702* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
703
704* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
705
706* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
707
d2bbca68 708* 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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710* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
711
712* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 713
4641a16b 714* 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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129126f3 716Regularly:
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129126f3 718* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
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129126f3 720* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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722* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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726* pahole
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71092d70 728* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 729
4db17f29 730* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 734Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 736* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)