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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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afe3ab58 9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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3f85ef0f 15* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line.
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16 str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
17 report the failure properly.
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19* When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
20 bus_close does not kill children?
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f38afcd0 22External:
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f38afcd0 24* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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81429136 26* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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28* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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30* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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32* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
33 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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35Features:
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37* when the fstab-generator runs in the initrd, it should create a /dev/null mask for systemd-fsck-root.service, to avoid that the the root fs is fsck'ed twice.
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39* maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
40 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
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42* rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
43 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
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45* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
46 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
47 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
48 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
49 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
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51* We should remove really old cruft from cdrom_id
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53* nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
54 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
55 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
56 from the kernel's logs.
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58* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
59 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
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61* When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
62 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
63 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
64 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
65 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
66 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
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67 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
68 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
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70* logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
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72* Set NoNewPriviliges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
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74* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
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76* rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
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78* import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
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80* import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
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82* import: support import from local files, and export to local files
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84* core/cgroup: support net_cls modules, and support automatically allocating class ids, then add support for making firewall changes depending on it, to implement a per-service firewall
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86* introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
87
cc98b302 88* logind,machined: add generic catch-all polkit verbs for most privileged operations, similar to systemd itself
a47e6701 89
fa607802 90* "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
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92ff080b 92* "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
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94* nspawn: when start a container "foobar" look for its configuration in a file "foobar.nspawn" in /etc/systemd/nspawn/ as well as next to the actualy directory or image to boot
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96* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
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98* "machinectl history"
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100* "machinectl diff"
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102* "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
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104* "machinectl status" should show 10 most recent log lines of both the host logs of the unit of the machine, plus the logs generated in the machine
105
91f4347e 106* add transparent btrfs pool in a loopback file in /var if btrfs operations (such as systemd-import pull-dkr) are used and /var is not a btrfs file system
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108* systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
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110* move machinectl's mount and copy commands into machined
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112* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
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114* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
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116* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
117 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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119* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
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121* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
122 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
123 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
124 do, for example)
125
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126* resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
127 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
128 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
129
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130* systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
131 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
f131770b 132 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
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133 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
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135* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
136 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
137
138* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
139 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
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141* set $REMOTE_IP (or $REMOTE_ADDR/$REMOTE_PORT) environment variable when doing per-connection socket activation. use format introduced by xinetd or CGI for this
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143* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
144
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145* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
146
147* we should try harder to collapse start jobs for swaps that end up being the same:
148 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-November/025359.html
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150* timedated should compensate on SetTime for the time spent in polkit
151
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152* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
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154* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
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156* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
157 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
158 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
159 returning from the "systemctl stop".
160
b568ef14 161* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
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163* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
164
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165* add infrastructure to allocate dynamic/transient users and UID ranges, for use in user-namespaced containers, per-seat gdm login screens and gdm guest sessions
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167* machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
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169* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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171* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
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173* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
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175* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
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177* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
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179* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
180
181* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
182 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
183
25e773ee 184* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
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186* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
187
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188* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
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190* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
191
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192* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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194* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
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279f0366 196* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
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198* systemctl edit:
199- allow creation of units from scratch
200- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
201 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
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203* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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205* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
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207* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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209* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
210 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
211 parsing callbacks should use it.
212
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213* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
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215* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
216 units are shown.
217
b873d33e 218* networkd:
d61bb44a 219 - add LLDP client side support
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220 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
221 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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222 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
223 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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224 - expose in the API the following bits:
225 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
226 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
227 - option 100, 101, timezone
228 - option 123, 144, geolocation
229 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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230 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
231 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
232 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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233 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
234 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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235 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
236 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
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9d6db739 238* resolved:
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239 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
240 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 241 - DNSSEC
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242 - use base64 for key presentation?
243 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 244 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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245 - DNS
246 - search paths
9d6db739 247 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 248 - avahi compat
9d6db739 249 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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250 - edns0
251 - dname
b6b63571 252 - cname on PTR (?)
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253 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
254 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
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256* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
257
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258* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
259
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260* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
261
a01647e5 262* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 263 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 264 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
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266* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
267
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268* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
269
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270* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
271
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272* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
273
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274* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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276* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
277 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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f598ac3e 279* 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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281* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
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283* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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285* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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287* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
288
6a3f892a 289* gpt-auto-generator:
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290 - Support LUKS for root devices
291 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 292 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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294* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
295 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
296 when it is otherwise off
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298* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
299
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300* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
301 /proc/$PID/exe
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303* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
304 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
305 for ReusePort=
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307* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
308 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
309 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
310 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
311 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
312
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313* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
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315* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
316 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
317 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
318 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
319 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
320 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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f38afcd0 322* cgroups:
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323 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
324 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
325 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
326 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
327 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
328 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
329 the hierarchies of child processes
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331* transient units:
332 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
333 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
334 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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336* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
337
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338* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
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f38afcd0 340* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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342* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
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344* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
345
94676f3e 346* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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348* 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
349
7f79cd71 350* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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352* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
353 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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354 path anyway.
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356* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
357
6aaa8c2f 358* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 359
d28315e4 360* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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362* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
363
364* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
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366* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
367 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
368
6bb648a1 369* sd-bus:
fa607802 370 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 371 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
7212c608 372 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 373 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 374 - see if we can introduce a new sd_bus_get_owner_machine_id() call to retrieve the machine ID of the machine of the bus itself
d28315e4 375 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 376 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 377 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 378 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 379 - 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 380 - longer term: priority inheritance
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381 - dbus spec updates:
382 - kdbus mapping
383 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
384 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 385 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 386 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 387 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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388 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
389 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
390 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
391 253 messages)
b568ef14 392 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 393 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
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395* sd-event
12179984 396 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 397 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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399* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
400 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
401 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
402
69af4503 403* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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405* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
406 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
407
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408* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
409
410* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
411
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412* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
413
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414* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
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416* test/:
417 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
418 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 419
b5c03638 420* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 421 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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422 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
423 destination.
424
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425* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
426 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
427
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428* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
429
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430* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
431 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
432 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
433 is installed.
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435* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
436 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
437 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
438 that automatically.
439
e5ec62c5 440* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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442* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
443
d28315e4 444* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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446* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
447
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448* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
449
450* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
451
356ce991 452* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 453
81d112a8 454* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 455
b44be3ec 456* EFI:
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457 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
458 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 459 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 460
c0fe5db5 461* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 462
b44be3ec 463* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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466 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
3040728b 467
b44be3ec 468* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 469
b44be3ec 470* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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473 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
474 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
475 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
476 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
477 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 478 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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479 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
480 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
481 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
482 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
483 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
484 needs setuid().
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486 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
487 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
488 complete.
489 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
490 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
491 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
492 - logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
493 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
494 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
495 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
496 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 497 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
e673ad04 498
b44be3ec 499* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 500
b44be3ec 501* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 502
b44be3ec 503* journal:
57f2a947 504 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 505 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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507 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
508 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 509 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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510 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
511 - journal: reuse XZ context
512 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
513 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
514 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
515 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
516 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
517 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
518 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 519 - 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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520 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
521 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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523 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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524 - 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.
525 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
526 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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527 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
528 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
529 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
530 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 531 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 532 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 533 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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534 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
535 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
536 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
537 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
538 to syslog when it works again.
539 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
540 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
541 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 542 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 543 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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545 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
546 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
547 journals in.
548 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
549 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
550 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
551 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
552 the most common operations.
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554* document:
8b8f2591 555 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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556 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
557 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 558 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 559 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 560 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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561 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
562 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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563 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
564 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
565 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
566 - man: add more examples to man pages
567 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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569* systemctl:
570 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
571 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
572 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
573 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
574 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
575 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
576 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
577 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 578 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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579 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
580 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
581 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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582 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
583 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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585* unit install:
586 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
587 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 588 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 589
b44be3ec 590* timer units:
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592 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
593 o DST changes
eb124a97 594 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 595 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 596 - 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 597 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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600
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601* 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().
602
603* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 604* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 605* fedup: generator
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607* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
608
b44be3ec 609* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 610
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611* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
612 waiting for the timeout
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614* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
615
d28315e4 616* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 617
b44be3ec 618* nspawn:
9cb74bcb 619 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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621* cryptsetup:
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622 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
623 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
624 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 625 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 626
424a19f8 627* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 628 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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630* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
631
a1cccad1 632* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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634* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
635
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636* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
637
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638* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
639
68f16003 640* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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642* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
643 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 644 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 645 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 646 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 647 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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649* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
650
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651* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
652
88a6c589 653* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 654
9946996c 655* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 656 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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659
59cea26a 660* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 661
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662* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
663
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664* automount: implement expire:
665 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
666 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
667 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
668 - blocking, needs a thread
669 - run until -EAGAIN
670 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
671 - call umount
672 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
673 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 674
e01a15b7 675* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 676
abd55b16 677* udev:
abd55b16 678 - move to LGPL
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680 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 681 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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683* 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
684
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685* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
686
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687* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
688
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689* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
690
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691* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
692
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693* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
694
695* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
696
70a44afe 697* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 698
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699* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
700 needs to be auto-respawned?
701
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702* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
703
f38afcd0 704* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 705 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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707 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
7d441ddb 708
d28315e4 709* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 710
7f8aa671 711* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 712
d3c7d7dd 713* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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715* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
716 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
717
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720* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
721 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
722
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724
55cdcbac 725* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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727* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
728 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
729 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
730
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732 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
733
71092d70 734* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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737
68c7d001 738* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 739 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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741 - status update
7a2a0b90 742 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 743 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 744 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 745 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 746 - auto-restart
e707c494 747 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 748 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 749 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 750 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 751 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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753 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
754 - how to create your own target
755 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
756 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 757
44143309 758* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 759
260abb78 760* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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762* Support --test based on current system state
763
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764* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
765
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767
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768* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
769
71092d70 770* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 771
7ba97195 772* systemd-python:
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774 works with ^C
b04c8c83 775 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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778 - plot per-process IO utilization
779 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
780 - document initcall_debug
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782
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784 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
785 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
786 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 787 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 788
88e4d1d7 789* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 790 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 791 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 792
0a4b9a07 793* networkd:
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795 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 796 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 797 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 798 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 799 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 800 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 801 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 802 - add support for more bond options
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805 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 806
ac976532 807* dhcp:
424a8732 808 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 809 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 810 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 811
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813 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
814 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
815 - write more test cases
816 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
817 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 818 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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820 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
821 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
822 or interface down
823 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
824 this behavior
825
2f8cd170 826External:
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cc9784c6 828* dbus:
3377af3e 829 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 830 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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833
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835
9096ad36 836* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 837
71092d70 838* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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841
d28315e4 842* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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844* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
845
846* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
847
848* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
849
d2bbca68 850* 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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852* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
853
854* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 855
4641a16b 856* 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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859
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861 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 862 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 864
129126f3 865Regularly:
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129126f3 867* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 868
129126f3 869* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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871* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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874
d28315e4 875* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 876
4db17f29 877* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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880
9e5f3dbb 881Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 882
9e5f3dbb 883* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)