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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Many manager configuration settings that are only applicable to user
4 manager or system manager can be always set. It would be better to reject
5 them when parsing config.
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7* busctl prints errors to stdout:
8 busctl tree org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1
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f38afcd0 10External:
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f38afcd0 12* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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14* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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16Janitorial Clean-ups:
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18* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
19
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20* rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
21 semantics, like we do for device.c now
22
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23Features:
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25* homed: add homed.conf setting DefaultStorage= or so
26
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27* homed: maybe pre-create ~/.cache as subvol so that it can have separate quota
28 easily?
29
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30* journalctl --image= which is like --root= but operates on disk images
31
32* when systemd-nspawn and suchlike dissect an OS image, and there are multiple
33 root partitions, do an strverscmp() on the partition label and boot
34 first. That is inspired how sd-boot figures out which kernel to boot, and
35 thus allows defining OS images which can be A/B updated and we default to the
36 newest version automatically, both in nspawn and in sd-boot
37
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38* drop sd_bus_message_set_priority() from sd-bus API and documentation as much
39 as we can, it's a kdbus left-over and unlikely to come back on AF_UNIX, since
40 it's not really implementable there.
41
97cd52c1 42* cryptsetup/homed: also support FIDO2 HMAC password logic for unlocking
70e9d9a5 43 devices. (see: https://github.com/mjec/fido2-hmac-secret)
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45* systemd-gpt-auto should probably set x-systemd.growfs on the mounts it
46 creates
47
86b52a39 48* homed/userdb: distinguish passwords and recovery keys in the records, since
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49 we probably want to use different PBKDF algorithms/settings for them:
50 passwords have low entropy but recovery keys should have good entropy key
51 hence we can make them quicker to work.
52
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53* bootctl:
54 - teach it to prepare an ESP wholesale, i.e. with mkfs.vfat invocation
55 - teach it to copy in unified kernel images and maybe type #1 boot loader spec entries from host
56 - make it operate on loopback files, dissecting enough to find ESP to operate on
57
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58* by default, in systemd --user service bump the OOMAdjust to 100, as privs
59 allow so that systemd survives
60
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61* honour specifiers in unit files that resolve to some very basic
62 /etc/os-release data, such as ID, VERSION_ID, BUILD_ID, VARIANT_ID.
63
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64* cryptsetup: allow encoding key directly in /etc/crypttab, maybe with a
65 "base64:" prefix. Useful in particular for pkcs11 mode.
66
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67* cryptsetup: reimplement the mkswap/mke2fs in cryptsetup-generator to use
68 systemd-makefs.service instead.
69
91fc013f 70* socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
86b52a39 71 with matches, then activate app through that passing socket over
91fc013f 72
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73* unify on openssl:
74 - port sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific() over from khash
75 - port resolved over from libgcrypt (DNSSEC code)
76 - port journald + fsprg over from libgcrypt
77 - port importd over from libgcrypt
78 - when that's done: kill khash.c
79 - when that's done: kill gnutls support in resolved
80
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81* kill zenata, all hail weblate?
82
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83* when we resize disks (homed?) always round up to 4K sectors, not 512K
84
85* add growvol and makevol options for /etc/crypttab, similar to
86 x-systemd.growfs and x-systemd-makefs.
87
88* hook up the TPM to /etc/crypttab, with a new option that is similar to the
89 new PKCS#11 option in crypttab, and allows unlocking a LUKS volume via a key
90 unsealed from the TPM. Optionally, if TPM is not available fall back to
91 TPM-less mode, and set up linear DM mapping instead (inspired by kpartx), so
92 that the device paths stay the same, regardless if crypto is used or not.
93
492f91d8 94* systemd-repart: by default generate minimized partition tables (i.e. tables
86b52a39 95 that only cover the space actually used, excluding any free space at the
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96 end), in order to maximize dd'ability. Requires libfdisk work, see
97 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/907
98
86b52a39 99* systemd-repart: optionally, allow specifying a path to initialize new
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100 partitions from, i.e. an fs image file or a source device node. This would
101 then turn systemd-repart into a simple installer: with a few .repart files
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102 you could replicate the host system on another device. a full installer would
103 then be: "systemd-repart /dev/sda && bootctl install /dev/sda &&
104 systemd-firstboot --image= …"
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106* systemd-repart: MBR partition table support. Care needs to be taken regarding
107 Type=, so that partition definitions can sanely apply to both the GPT and the
108 MBR case. Idea: accept syntax "Type=gpt:home mbr:0x83" for setting the types
109 for the two partition types explicitly. And provide an internal mapping so
110 that "Type=linux-generic" maps to the right types for both partition tables
111 automatically.
112
113* systemd-repart: allow sizing partitions as factor of available RAM, so that
114 we can reasonably size swap partitions for hibernation.
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116* systemd-repart: allow running mkfs before making partitions pop up +
117 encryption via LUKS to allow booting into an empty root with only /usr mounted in
118
119* systemd-repart: allow managing the gpt read-only partition flag + auto-mount flag
120
121* systemd-repart: allow disabling growing of specific partitions, or making
122 them (think ESP: we don't ever want to grow it, since we cannot resize vfat)
123
124* systemd-repart: add specifier expansion, add especifier that refers to root
125 device node of current system, /usr device node, and matching verity, so that
126 an installer can be made a "copy" installer of the booted OS
127
2a4be3c5 128* systemd-repart: make it a static checker during early boot for existence and
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129 absence of other partitions for trusted boot environments
130
131* systemd-repart: when no configuration is found, exit early do not check
132 partition table, so that it is safe to run in the initrd on any system
133
134* systemd-repart: allow config of partition uuid
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136* userdb: allow username prefix searches in varlink API, allow realname and
137 realname substr searches in varlink API
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2a4be3c5 139* userdb: allow existence checks
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141* pid: activation by journal search expression
142
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143* when switching root from initrd to host, set the machine_id env var so that
144 if the host has no machine ID set yet we continue to use the random one the
145 initrd had set.
146
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147* sd-event: add native support for P_ALL waitid() watching, then move PID 1 to
148 it fo reaping assigned but unknown children. This needs to some special care
149 to operate somewhat sensibly in light of priorities: P_ALL will return
150 arbitrary processes, regardless of the priority we want to watch them with,
151 hence on each event loop iteration check all processes which we shall watch
152 with higher prio explicitly, and then watch the entire rest with P_ALL.
153
154* tweak sd-event's child watching: keep a prioq of children to watch and use
155 waitid() only on the children with the highest priority until one is waitable
156 and ignore all lower-prio ones from that point on
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158* maybe introduce xattrs that can be set on the root dir of the root fs
159 partition that declare the volatility mode to use the image in. Previously I
160 thought marking this via GPT partition flags but that's not ideal since
161 that's outside of the LUKS encryption/verity verification, and we probably
162 shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
163 source.
164
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165* figure out automatic partition discovery when combining writable root dir
166 with immutable /usr
167
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168* coredump: maybe when coredumping read a new xattr from /proc/$PID/exe that
169 may be used to mark a whole binary as non-coredumpable. Would fix:
170 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69447
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172* teach parse_timestamp() timezones like the calendar spec already knows it
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174* beef up hibernation to optionally do swapon/swapoff immediately before/after
175 the hibernation
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177* beef up s2h to implement a battery watch loop: instead of entering
178 hibernation unconditionally after coming back from resume make a decision
179 based on the battery load level: if battery level is above a specific
180 threshold, go to suspend again, only hibernate if below it. This means we'd
181 stick to suspend usually, but fall back to hibernation only when battery runs
182 empty (well, subject to our sampling interval). Related to this, check if we
183 can make ACPI _BTP (i.e. /sys/class/power_supply/*/alarm) work for us too,
184 i.e. see if it can wake up machines from suspend, so that we could resume
185 automatically when the system is low on power and move automatically to
186 hibernation mode. (see
187 https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf
188 section 10.2.2.8 and
189 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/modern-standby-wake-sources
190 at the end).
191
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192* add an explicit "vertical" mode to format-table, so that "systemctl
193 status"-like outputs (i.e. with a series of field names left and values
194 right) become genuine first class citizens, and we gain automatic, sane JSON
195 output for them.
196
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197* systemd-firstboot: teach it dissector magic, so that you can point it to some
198 disk image and it will just set everything in it all behind the scenes.
199
200* systemd-firstboot: add --force mode that replaces existing configuration.
201
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202* We should probably replace /var/log/README, /etc/rc.d/README with symlinks
203 that are linked to these places instead of copied. After all they are
204 constant vendor data.
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206* maybe add kernel cmdline params: 1) to force first-boot mode + 2) to force
207 random seed crediting
208
209* nspawn: on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events,
210 so that we make cgroup agent logic safe
211
212* nspawn/machined: add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as
213 fallback in "machinectl shell"
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215* logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
216 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
217 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
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219* homed:
220 - when user tries to log into record signed by unrecognized key, automatically add key to our chain after polkit auth
221 - hook up machined/nspawn users with a varlink user query interface
222 - rollback when resize fails mid-operation
223 - GNOME's side for forget key on suspend (requires rework so that lock screen runs outside of uid)
224 - resize on login?
225 - fstrim on logout?
226 - shrink fs on logout?
227 - update LUKS password on login if we find there's a password that unlocks the JSON record but not the LUKS device.
228 - create on activate?
229 - properties: icon url?, preferred session type?, administrator bool (which translates to 'wheel' membership)?, address?, telephone?, vcard?, samba stuff?, parental controls?
230 - communicate clearly when usb stick is safe to remove. probably involves
231 beefing up logind to make pam session close hook synchronous and wait until
232 systemd --user is shut down.
233 - logind: maybe keep a "busy fd" as long as there's a non-released session around or the user@.service
234 - maybe make automatic, read-only, time-based reflink-copies of LUKS disk images (think: time machine)
86b52a39 235 - distinguish destroy / remove (i.e. currently we can unregister a user, unregister+remove their home directory, but not just remove their home directory)
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236 - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
237 - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
238 - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
239 - description field for groups
240 - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
241 - reuse pwquality magic in firstboot
242 - query password from kernel keyring first
243 - update even if record is "absent"
244 - add a "access mode" + "fstype" field to the "status" section of json identity records reflecting the actually used access mode and fstype, even on non-luks backends
245 - move acct mgmt stuff from pam_systemd_home to pam_systemd?
246 - when "homectl --pkcs11-token-uri=" is used, synthesize ssh-authorized-keys records for all keys we have private keys on the stick for
247 - make slice for users configurable (requires logind rework)
248 - logind: populate auto-login list bus property from PKCS#11 token
249 - when determining state of a LUKS home directory, check DM suspended sysfs file
250
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251* introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
252 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
253 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
254 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
255 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
256 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
257 exec().
258
259* let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
260
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261* when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
262 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
263
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264* introduce a new group to own TPM devices
265
266* make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
267 gnome-bluetooth and friends
268
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269* tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
270 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
271 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
272 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
273 cgroup.
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275* make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
276 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
277 root.
278
279* maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
280 is issued.
281
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282* when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
283
284* when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
285
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286* Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
287 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
288 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
d7b659ef 289
d238709c 290* rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
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291 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
292 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
293
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294* add a concept for automatically loading per-unit secrets off disk and
295 inserting them into the kernel keyring. Maybe SecretsDirectory= similar to
296 ConfigurationDirectory=.
297
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298* when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
299
d3584ec4 300* bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
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302* add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
303 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
304
06898123 305* paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
309c6b19 306 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
9ae4ef49 307 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
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309* Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
310
311* support the bind/connect/sendmsg cgroup stuff for sandboxing, and possibly
312 patching around
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314* maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
315 log.c and sd-journal-send
316
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317* optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
318
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319* introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
320
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321* sd-boot: automatically load EFI modules from some drop-in dir, so that people
322 can add in file system drivers and such
323
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324* sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
325 non-zero "tries done" count
326
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327* introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
328 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
329 it should skip the variant type string though.
330
331* augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
332 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
333 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
334 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
335 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
336 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
337 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
338 CODE_FILE.
339
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340* Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
341 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
342 some explanatory text online.
343
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344* maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
345
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346* Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
347 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
348 the slices, and the units attached to them.
349
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350* the a-posteriori stopping of units bound to units that disappeared logic
351 should be reworked: there should be a queue of units, and we should only
bc130b68 352 enqueue stop jobs from a defer event that processes queue instead of
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353 right-away when we find a unit that is bound to one that doesn't exist
354 anymore. (similar to how the stop-unneeded queue has been reworked the same
355 way)
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357* nspawn: make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a
358 hangup when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait
359 for hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
360
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361* When reloading configuration PID 1 should reset all its properties to the
362 original defaults before calling parse_config()
363
72d711ef 364* nspawn: greater control over selinux label?
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366* hibernate/s2h: make this robust and safe to enable in Fedora by default.
367 Specifically:
368
369 1. add resume_offset support to the resume code (i.e. support swap files
370 properly)
e83419d0 371 2. check if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
46c41478 372 3. add auto-detection of hibernation images
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374* cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
375 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
376
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377* beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
378 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
379 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
380 files and suchlike we operate on.
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382* add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
383
384* add attach --enable and attach --now (for attach+enable+start)
385
386* sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
387 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
388
5da19043 389* Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
5238e957 390 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it. Also
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391 DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH should probably add an extra "-" into account for negative
392 numbers.
393
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394* Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
395 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
396 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
397 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
398 unlinked from any dir.
399
bd1b3f75 400* port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
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402* pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
403
404* add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
405
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406* introduce Ephemeral= unit file switch, that creates an ephemeral copy of all
407 files and directories that are left writable for a unit, and which are
408 removed after the unit goes down again. A bit like --ephemeral for
409 systemd-nspawn but for system services. If used together with RootImage= this
410 should reflink the image file itself.
411
412 Related: add Ephemeral=<path1> <path2> … which would allow marking
413 specific paths only like this.
414
53c70a27 415* add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
5238e957 416 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
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417 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
418 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
419 images, for example fallback to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
420
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421* show invocation ID in systemd-run output
422
423* bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
424
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425* add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
426 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
427
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428* teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
429 project quota
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431* introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
432 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
433 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
434 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
435 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
436 different slice too by default. Usecase: people who want to put resources on
437 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
438 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
439
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440* maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
441 for root, but only then.
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443* be stricter with fds we receive for the fdstore: close them asynchronously
444
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445* calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
446 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
447
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448* sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
449 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
450
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451* make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
452 host-side interface pointing to the container.
453
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454* add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
455 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
456 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
457 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
458 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
459
cb77e122 460* taint systemd if there are fewer than 65536 users assigned (userns) to the system.
c6009ff0 461
899feb72 462* deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
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464* add a new RuntimeDirectoryPreserve= mode that defines a similar lifecycle for
465 the runtime dir as we maintain for the fdstore: i.e. keep it around as long
466 as the unit is running or has a job queued.
467
5f7ecd61 468* support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
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470* maybe use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (i.e. the env var the reproducible builds folks
471 introduced) as the RTC epoch, instead of the mtime of NEWS.
472
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473* add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
474 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
475
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476* blog about fd store and restartable services
477
478* document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
479
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480* rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
481 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
482
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483* in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
484 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
485 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
486 ID is available.
487
488* optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
489 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
490 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
491
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492* beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
493 parameters
494
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495* maybe hook of xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
496 the quota of a the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
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497 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
498 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
499 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
500 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
501 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
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503* In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
504 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
505
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506* add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
507 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
508 wait to retrieve their exit data.
509
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510* expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
511 about it in the resource log message
512
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513* show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
514 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
515
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516* Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
517 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
518 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
519
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520* add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
521 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
522
523 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
524
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525* maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
526 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
527 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
528 logging.
529
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530* hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
531 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
532 "convertible" form factor
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534* Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
535 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
536 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
537 as MAINPID.
538
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539* Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
540 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
541 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
542
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543* track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
544 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
545
546* add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
547 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
548 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
549 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
550 natural habitat.
551
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552* gpt-auto logic: related to the above, maybe support a "secondary" root
553 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
554 /usr is mounted into.
555
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556* gpt-auto logic: support encrypted swap, add kernel cmdline option to force it, and honour a gpt bit about it, plus maybe a configuration file
557
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558* drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
559
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560* add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
561 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
562 relative to the configured default value.
563
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564* in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
565
566* enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
567
04397464 568* Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
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570* nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
571
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572* define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
573
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574* ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
575
04397464 576* ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
42d61ded 577
04397464 578* ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
563a69f4 579
04397464 580* ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
2c5f2958 581
8ce9b83a 582* RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
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584* ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
585 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
586 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
587
e40a326c 588* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
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590* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
591
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592* mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
593 partitions
594
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595* in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
596 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
597 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
598 mapping to work.
599
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600* add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
601
602* add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
603
604* add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
605
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606* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
607 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
608
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609* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
610 reload the unit file anyway
611
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612* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
613 from the SIGBUS handler
614
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615* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
616
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617* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
618 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
619
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620* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
621
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622* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
623 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
624
f9bf1b8f 625* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 626 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 627 specifications.
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630
5ebbb45b 631* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller
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633* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
634
a2088fd0 635* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
5238e957 636 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
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637 prefixed with /sys generally special.
638 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
639
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640* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
641
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642* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
643
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644* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
645 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
646 state.
647 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
648
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649* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
650 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
651 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
652 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
653 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
654
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655* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
656 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
657
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658* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
659
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660* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
661 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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663* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
664 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
665 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
666 do, for example)
667
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669 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
670
e031c227 671* as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
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672 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
673
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674* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
675
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676* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
677 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
678 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
679 returning from the "systemctl stop".
680
b568ef14 681* 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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683* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
684
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685* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
686 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
687
25e773ee 688* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 689
279f0366 690* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 691
5238e957 692* systemctl edit: use equivalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
b42de08a 693 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 694
720652b3 695* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 696
720652b3 697* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
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699* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
700
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701* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
702 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
703
9d6db739 704* resolved:
9d6db739 705 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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706 - service registration
707 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 708 - avahi compat
9d6db739 709 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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710 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
711 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
712 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
720652b3 713 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3efb871a 714 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
3f77a1b1 715
e25b5a8d 716* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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718* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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720* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
721
a01647e5 722* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 723 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
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725* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
726
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727* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
728
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729* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
730
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731* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
732 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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734* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
735
6a3f892a 736* gpt-auto-generator:
2a781fc9 737 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 738 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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740* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
741 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
742 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 743
f9bf1b8f 744* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
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746* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
747 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
748 for ReusePort=
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750* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
751 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
752 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
753 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
754 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
755 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
756
f38afcd0 757* cgroups:
f38afcd0 758 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
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759 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
760 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
761 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
762 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
763 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 764
f38afcd0 765* transient units:
f38afcd0 766 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
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768* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
769
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770* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
771
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772* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
773
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774* 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
775
7f79cd71 776* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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778* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
779 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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780 path anyway.
781
04397464 782* refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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784* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
785
786* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
787
6bb648a1 788* sd-bus:
0d43ffef 789 - EBADSLT handling
fa607802 790 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
7212c608 791 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
57f2a947 792 - see if we can introduce a new sd_bus_get_owner_machine_id() call to retrieve the machine ID of the machine of the bus itself
f38afcd0 793 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 794 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
ab9716c2 795 - longer term: priority inheritance
df98a87b 796 - dbus spec updates:
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798 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 799 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 800 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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802* sd-event
12179984 803 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 804 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
e25b5a8d 805 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
eb01ba5d 806
69af4503 807* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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809* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
810 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
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812* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
813
814* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
815
fff87a35 816* test/:
20d52ab6 817 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
b8b4d3dd 818
b5c03638 819* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 820 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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821 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
822 destination.
823
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824* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
825 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
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827* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
828
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829* Add ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= handle non-absoute paths as a search path or add
830 ConditionConfigSearchPathNotEmpty= or different syntax? See the discussion starting at
831 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/15109#issuecomment-607740136.
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834 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
835 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
836 is installed.
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838* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
839 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
840 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
841 that automatically.
842
e5ec62c5 843* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 844
ccddd104 845* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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847* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
848
356ce991 849* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 850
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853 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 854 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
631427d6 855* bootctl
631427d6 856 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
e4181484 857
c0fe5db5 858* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 859
b44be3ec 860* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 861
b44be3ec 862* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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865 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
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866 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
867 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
868 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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869 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
870 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
871 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
872 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
873 needs setuid().
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875 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
876 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
877 complete.
878 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
879 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
880 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
279f0366 881 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
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882 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
883 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
884 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
885 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
886 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
887 relogins
77b19caf 888 - (optionally?) spawn seat-manager@$SEAT.service whenever a seat shows up that as CanGraphical set
e673ad04 889
b44be3ec 890* journal:
57f2a947 891 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
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893 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
894 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 895 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 896 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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898 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
899 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
5238e957 900 message that works, but already after a short timeout
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902 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
f47ec8eb 903 - 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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904 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
905 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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906 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
907 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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908 - 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.
909 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
910 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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911 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
912 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
913 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
914 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 915 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 916 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 917 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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919 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
920 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
921 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
922 to syslog when it works again.
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924 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
925 journals in.
926 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
927 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
928 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
929 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
930 the most common operations.
e25b5a8d 931 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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932 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
933 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
934 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
935 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
936 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
937 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
938 operation.
939 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
940 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
941 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
942 binary logs data
e25b5a8d 943 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
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944 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
945 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
946 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
947 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
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950 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
951 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
952 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
953
b44be3ec 954* document:
8b8f2591 955 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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956 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
957 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 958 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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959 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
960 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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961 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
962 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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963 - man: add more examples to man pages
964 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
17ec531f 965 - document root=gpt-auto properly
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967* systemctl:
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968 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
969 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
970 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
971 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
972 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
973 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
974 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 975 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 976 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
61233823 977 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
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979* unit install:
980 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
981 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
8b04b925 982
b44be3ec 983* timer units:
b44be3ec 984 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
b44be3ec 985 o DST changes
90e071d1 986 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 987
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988* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
989
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990* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
991
b44be3ec 992* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 993
f59d1da8 994* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
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997
d28315e4 998* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 999
b44be3ec 1000* nspawn:
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1001 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
1002 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
1003 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
1004 from the kernel's logs.
1005 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
1006 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
1007 interface be missing
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1008 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
1009 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
1010 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
1011 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
1012 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
1013 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
1014 PID 1...
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1015 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
1016 running, remove them when shut down.
e25b5a8d 1017
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1019 - refuse mounting over a mount point
1020 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
1021
e25b5a8d 1022* machined:
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1023 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
1024 removed or added to an existing machine
1025 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
1026 difference host, via ssh
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1027 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
1028 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
1029 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
1030 question
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1031 - "machinectl history"
1032 - "machinectl diff"
1033 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
1034 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
1035
b44be3ec 1036* cryptsetup:
b44be3ec 1037 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
5f1dac6b 1038 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 1039
424a19f8 1040* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 1041 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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1043* add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
1044
68f16003 1045* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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1047* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
1048
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1049* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
1050
abd55b16 1051* udev:
abd55b16 1052 - move to LGPL
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1053 - kill scsi_id
1054 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 1055 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 1056
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1057* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
1058
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1059* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
1060
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1061* coredump:
1062 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
73a99163 1063 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
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1065* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
1066
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1067* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
1068 needs to be auto-respawned?
1069
f38afcd0 1070* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 1071 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
614cc34f 1072 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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1073 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
1074 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
1075 calls follow symlinks.
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1077* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
1078
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1079* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
1080 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
1081 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
1082
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1083* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
1084 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
1085
71092d70 1086* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 1087
68c7d001 1088* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 1089 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
68c7d001 1090 - enabling dbus services
7a2a0b90 1091 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 1092 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 1093 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 1094 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 1095 - auto-restart
e707c494 1096 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 1097 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 1098 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 1099 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 1100 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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1101 - calendar time events
1102 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
1103 - how to create your own target
1104 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
1105 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 1106
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1107* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
1108
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1109* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
1110
e25b5a8d 1111* pid1:
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1112 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
1113 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
1114 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
1115 that are not supported...
1116 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
1117 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
1118 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
1119 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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1120 - move PAM code into its own binary
1121 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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1122 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
1123 - Support --test based on current system state
1124 - 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().
1125 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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1126 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
1127 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1128 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1129 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1130 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1131 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1132 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1133 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1134
1135* unit files:
1136 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1137 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
1138 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
1139 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1140 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1141 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1142 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1143 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
e25b5a8d 1144 - introduce Type=pid-file
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1145 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
1146 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
e25b5a8d 1147 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
e5171296 1148 - add verification of [Install] section to systemd-analyze verify
e25b5a8d 1149
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1151 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
1152 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
1153 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 1154
88e4d1d7 1155* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 1156 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 1157 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 1158
0a4b9a07 1159* networkd:
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1160 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
1161 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 1162 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 1163 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 1164 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 1165 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
a8eaaee7 1166 - work with non-Ethernet devices
c9fa3670 1167 - add support for more bond options
e25b5a8d 1168 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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1169 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
1170 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
1171 - expose in the API the following bits:
1172 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
38b38500 1173 - option 12, hostname and/or option 81, fqdn
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1174 - option 123, 144, geolocation
1175 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
1176 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
1177 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
1178 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
1179 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
1180 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
1181 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
e25b5a8d 1182 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
155e8b9a 1183
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1184* networkd-wait-online:
1185 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 1186
ac976532 1187* dhcp:
424a8732 1188 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 1189
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1190* dhcp6:
1191 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
1192 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
1193 - write more test cases
37d8b536 1194 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 1195 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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1196 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
1197 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
1198 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
1199 or interface down
1200 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
1201 this behavior
4a77c53d 1202 - RouteTable= ?
37d8b536 1203
2f8cd170 1204External:
74fe1fe3 1205
cc9784c6 1206* dbus:
3377af3e 1207 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 1208 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 1209
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1210* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
1211
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1212* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1213
9096ad36 1214* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 1215
71092d70 1216* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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1218* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
1219
d2bbca68 1220* 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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1222* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
1223
1224* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 1225
4641a16b 1226* 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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1228* register catalog database signature as file magic
1229
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1230* zsh shell completion:
1231 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 1232 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
1cf3c30c 1233
90137b62 1234* systemctl status should know about 'systemd-analyze calendar ... --iterations='
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1235* If timer has just OnInactiveSec=..., it should fire after a specified time
1236 after being started.
2c12a402 1237
129126f3 1238Regularly:
874aa2cc 1239
129126f3 1240* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 1241
129126f3 1242* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
5b6319dc 1243
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1245
d28315e4 1246* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 1247
4db17f29 1248* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 1249
d05c556b 1250* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
62353f69 1251String is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment