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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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13* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
14 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 16External:
f38afcd0 17* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 18 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 19
f38afcd0 20* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 22* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 23
81429136 24* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 25
81429136 26Features:
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28* coredump: add a size-based cleanup logic to coredump helper, so that we don't flood /var/lib/systemd/coredump unrestricted
29
a01647e5 30* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 31 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
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32 - nspawn: add --mode=auto,stateful,stateless,volatile
33 - fstab-generator: support auot/stateful/stateless/volatile on the kernel cmdline, too
34 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 35
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36* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
37
38* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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40* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
41* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
42
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43* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
44
81429136 45* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
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47* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
48
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49* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
50
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51* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
52
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53* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
54
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55* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
56
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57* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
58 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 59
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60* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
61
f598ac3e 62* 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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64* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
65
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66* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
67
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68* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
69
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70* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
71
72* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
73
6a3f892a 74* gpt-auto-generator:
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75 - Support LUKS for root devices
76 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 77 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 78
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79* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
80 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 81 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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82 the most common operations.
83
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84* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
85 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
86 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 87
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88* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
89
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90* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
91 /proc/$PID/exe
92
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93* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
94 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
95 for ReusePort=
96
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97* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
98 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
99 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
100 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
101 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
102
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103* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
104
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105* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
106 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
107 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
108 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
109 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
110 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
111
ef417cfd 112* completions:
ef417cfd 113 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 115* cgroups:
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116 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
117 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
118 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
119 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
120 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
121 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
122 the hierarchies of child processes
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124* transient units:
125 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
126 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
127 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 128
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129* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
130
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131* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
132
f38afcd0 133* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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135* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
136
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137* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
138
94676f3e 139* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 140
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141* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
142
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143* 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
144
7f79cd71 145* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 146
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147* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
148 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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149 path anyway.
150
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151* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
152
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153* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
154 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 155 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 156
6aaa8c2f 157* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 158
d28315e4 159* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 160
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161* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
162
163* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
164
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165* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
166 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
167
6bb648a1 168* sd-bus:
d28315e4 169 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 170 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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171 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
172 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
173 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 174 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 175 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 176 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 177 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 178 - 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 179 - longer term: priority inheritance
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180 - dbus spec updates:
181 - kdbus mapping
182 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
183 - GVariant
bee7e928 184 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 185 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 186 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 187 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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189* sd-event
12179984 190 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 191
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192* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
193 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
194 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
195
69af4503 196* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 197
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198* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
199 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
200
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201* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
202
203* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
204
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205* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
206
207* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
208
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209* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
210
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211* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
212
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213* test/:
214 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
215 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 216
b5c03638 217* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 218 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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219 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
220 destination.
221
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222* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
223 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
224
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225* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
226
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227* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
228 need manual exponential loops after all
229
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230* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
231 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
232 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
233 is installed.
795607b2 234
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235* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
236 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
237 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
238 that automatically.
239
e5ec62c5 240* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 241
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242* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
243
d28315e4 244* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 245
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246* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
247
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248* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
249
250* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
251
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252* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
253
356ce991 254* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 255
81d112a8 256* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 257
b44be3ec 258* EFI:
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259 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
260 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 261 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 262
c0fe5db5 263* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 264
b44be3ec 265* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 266
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267* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
268 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 270* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 271
b44be3ec 272* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 273
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274* logind:
275 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
276 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
277 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
278 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
279 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 280 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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281 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
282 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
283 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
284 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
285 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
286 needs setuid().
e673ad04 287
b44be3ec 288* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 289
b44be3ec 290* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 291
b44be3ec 292* journal:
c06bf414 293 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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294 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
295 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
296 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 297 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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298 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
299 - journal: reuse XZ context
300 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
301 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
302 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
303 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
304 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
305 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
306 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 307 - 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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308 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
309 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 310 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
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311 - 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.
312 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
313 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 314 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 315 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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316 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
317 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
318 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
319 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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320 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
321 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 322 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 323 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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324 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
325 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
326 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
327 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
328 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
329 to syslog when it works again.
330 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
331 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
332 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 333 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 334 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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336* document:
8b8f2591 337 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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338 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
339 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 340 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 341 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 342 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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343 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
344 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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345 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
346 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
347 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
348 - man: add more examples to man pages
349 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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351* systemctl:
352 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
353 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
354 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
355 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
356 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
357 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
358 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
359 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 360 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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361 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
362 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
363 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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364 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
365 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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367* unit install:
368 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
369 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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370 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
371 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 373* timer units:
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374 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
375 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
376 o DST changes
eb124a97 377 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 378 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 379 - 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 380 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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382* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
383
384* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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385 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
386 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 387 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 388 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 389 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 390
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391* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
392
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393* 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().
394
395* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 396* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 397* fedup: generator
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399* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
400
b44be3ec 401* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 402
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403* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
404 waiting for the timeout
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406* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
407
d28315e4 408* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
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b44be3ec 410* nspawn:
b44be3ec 411 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 412 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 413 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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415* cryptsetup:
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416 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
417 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
418 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 419 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 420
424a19f8 421* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 422 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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424* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
425
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426* make timer units go away after they elapsed
427
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428* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
429
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430* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
431
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432* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
433
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434* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
435
68f16003 436* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 437
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438* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
439 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 440 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 441 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 442 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 443 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 444
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445* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
446
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447* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
448
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449* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
450
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451* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
452
88a6c589 453* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 454
9946996c 455* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 456 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 457
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459
59cea26a 460* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 461
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462* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
463
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464* automount: implement expire:
465 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
466 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
467 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
468 - blocking, needs a thread
469 - run until -EAGAIN
470 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
471 - call umount
472 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
473 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 474
e01a15b7 475* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 476
abd55b16 477* udev:
3f60bcb5 478 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 479 - move to LGPL
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481 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 482 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 483
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484* 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
485
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486* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
487
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488* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
489
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490* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
491
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492* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
493
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494* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
495
496* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
497
70a44afe 498* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 499
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500* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
501 needs to be auto-respawned?
502
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503* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
504
f38afcd0 505* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 506 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 507
d28315e4 508* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 509
7f8aa671 510* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 511
d3c7d7dd 512* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 513
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514* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
515 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
516
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517* move PAM code into its own binary
518
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519* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
520 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
521
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522* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
523
7c697168 524* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 525
71092d70 526* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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528* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
529 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
530 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
531
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533 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
534
71092d70 535* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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537* readahead:
538 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
539 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
540 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
541 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
542 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 543
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544* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
545
68c7d001 546* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 547 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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548 - enabling dbus services
549 - status update
7a2a0b90 550 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 551 - remote access
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552 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
553 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 554 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 555 - auto-restart
e707c494 556 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 557 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 558 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 559 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 560 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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561 - calendar time events
562 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
563 - how to create your own target
564 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
565 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 567* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 568
260abb78 569* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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571* Support --test based on current system state
572
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573* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
574
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575* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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577* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
578
71092d70 579* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 580
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582
7ba97195 583* systemd-python:
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585 works with ^C
b04c8c83 586 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 587
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589 - plot per-process IO utilization
590 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
591 - document initcall_debug
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592 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
593
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595 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
596 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
597 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 598 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 599
88e4d1d7 600* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 601 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 602 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 603
0a4b9a07 604* networkd:
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606 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 607 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 608 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 609 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 610 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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611 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
612 - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
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614 then remove remove libkmod dependency and CAP_SYS_MODULE
1f0e0484 615 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
2b1c3767 616 - add tun/tap netdev support
8477107d 617 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
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620 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
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ac976532 622* dhcp:
424a8732 623 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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625 - FORCERENEW
626
2f8cd170 627External:
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cc9784c6 629* dbus:
3377af3e 630 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 631 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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636
9096ad36 637* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 638
71092d70 639* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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641* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
642
d28315e4 643* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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645* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
646
647* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
648
649* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
650
d2bbca68 651* 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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653* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
654
655* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 656
4641a16b 657* 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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660
129126f3 661Regularly:
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129126f3 663* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 664
129126f3 665* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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667* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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670
d28315e4 671* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 672
4db17f29 673* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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675* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
676
9e5f3dbb 677Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 679* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)