3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
5 * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
15 * When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
20 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
22 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
26 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead.
27 For example, most conf parsing callbacks should use it.
29 * replace manual readdir() loops with FOREACH_DIRENT or FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL
31 * Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
35 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
36 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
37 relative to the configured default value.
39 * on cgroupsv2 add DelegateControllers=, to pick the precise cgroup controllers to delegate
41 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
43 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
45 * switch to ProtectSystem=strict for all our long-running services where that's possible
47 * If RootDirectory= is used, mount /proc, /sys, /dev into it, if not mounted yet
49 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
51 * nspawn: start UID allocation loop from hash of container name
53 * nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
55 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
57 * nspawn: mount loopback filesystems with "discard"
59 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
61 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
63 * ProtectKernelModules= (drops CAP_SYS_MODULE and filters the kmod syscalls)
65 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
67 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
69 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
71 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
73 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
74 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
75 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
77 * DeviceAllow= should also generate seccomp filters for mknod()
79 * Add DataDirectory=, CacheDirectory= and LogDirectory= to match
80 RuntimeDirectory=, and create it as necessary when starting a service, owned by the right user.
82 * Add BindDirectory= for allowing arbitrary, private bind mounts for services
84 * Add RootImage= for mounting a disk image or file as root directory
86 * RestrictNamespaces= or so in services (taking away the ability to create namespaces, with setns, unshare, clone)
88 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
90 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
92 * mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
95 * expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
98 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
99 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
100 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
103 * allow attaching additional journald log fields to cgroups
105 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
107 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
109 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
111 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
112 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
114 * check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
116 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
117 reload the unit file anyway
119 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
120 from the SIGBUS handler
122 * move specifier expansion from service_spawn() into load-fragment.c
124 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
126 * resolved: when routing queries, make sure only look for the *longest* suffix...
128 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
129 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
131 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
133 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
135 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
136 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
138 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
139 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
142 * do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
144 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
146 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
148 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
150 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
151 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
152 prefixed with /sys generally special.
153 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
155 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
157 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
159 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
161 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
162 devices will result in collected on all devices used.
163 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
165 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
166 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
168 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
170 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
171 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
173 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
174 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
175 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
176 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
177 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
179 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
180 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
182 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
184 * implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
186 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable: busctl,
187 coredumpctl, hostnamectl, localectl, systemd-analyze, timedatectl
189 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
191 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
193 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
194 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
196 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
197 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
198 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
201 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
202 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
204 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
205 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
207 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
209 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
211 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
212 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
213 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
214 returning from the "systemctl stop".
216 * 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
218 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
220 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
222 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
224 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
226 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
227 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
229 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
231 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
233 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
235 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
237 * systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
238 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
240 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
242 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
244 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
246 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
249 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
250 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
254 - service registration
255 - service/domain/types browsing
257 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
258 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
259 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
260 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
261 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
262 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
264 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
266 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
268 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
270 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
271 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
272 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
274 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
276 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
278 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
280 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
282 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
283 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
285 * 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)
287 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
289 * gpt-auto-generator:
290 - Support LUKS for root devices
291 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
292 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
294 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
295 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
296 when it is otherwise off
298 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
300 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
301 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
304 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
305 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
306 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
307 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
308 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
310 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
311 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
312 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
313 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
314 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
315 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
318 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
319 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
320 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
321 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
322 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
323 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
324 the hierarchies of child processes
327 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
328 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
330 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
332 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
334 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
336 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
338 * 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
340 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
342 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
343 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
346 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
348 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
350 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
352 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
354 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
355 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
359 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
360 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
361 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
362 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
363 - 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
364 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
365 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
366 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
367 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
368 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
369 - longer term: priority inheritance
372 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
375 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
376 - test bloom filter generation indexes
377 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
378 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
381 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
382 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
383 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
384 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
385 - maybe add support for inotify events
387 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
389 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
390 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
392 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
394 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
396 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
398 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
401 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
402 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
404 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
405 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
406 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
409 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
410 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
412 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
414 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
415 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
416 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
419 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
420 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
421 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
424 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
426 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
428 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
430 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
432 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
434 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
437 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
438 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
439 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
441 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
443 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
445 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
448 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
449 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
450 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
451 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
452 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
453 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
454 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
455 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
456 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
457 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
458 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
460 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
461 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
462 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
464 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
465 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
466 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
467 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
468 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
469 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
470 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
471 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
472 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
473 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
474 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
475 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
476 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
479 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
481 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
484 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
485 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
486 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
487 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
488 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
489 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
490 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
491 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
492 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
493 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
494 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
495 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
496 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
497 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
498 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
499 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
500 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
501 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
502 - 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.
503 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
504 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
505 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
506 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
507 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
508 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
509 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
510 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
511 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
512 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
513 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
514 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
515 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
516 to syslog when it works again.
517 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
518 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
519 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
520 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
521 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
522 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
523 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
524 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
526 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
527 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
528 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
529 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
530 the most common operations.
531 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
532 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
533 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
534 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
535 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
536 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
537 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
538 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
539 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
541 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
542 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
543 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
545 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
546 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
547 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
548 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
549 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
550 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
553 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
554 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
555 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
556 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
557 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
558 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
559 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
560 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
561 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
562 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
563 - man: add more examples to man pages
564 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
567 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
568 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
569 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
570 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
571 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
572 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
573 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
574 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
575 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
576 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
577 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
578 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
581 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
582 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
585 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
586 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
588 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
589 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
591 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
593 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
595 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
597 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
598 waiting for the timeout
600 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
602 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
605 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
606 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
607 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
608 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
609 from the kernel's logs.
610 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
611 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
613 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
614 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
615 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
616 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
617 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
618 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
620 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
621 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
622 running, remove them when shut down.
623 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
625 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
629 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
630 removed or added to an existing machine
631 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
632 difference host, via ssh
633 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
634 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
635 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
637 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
638 machine-info data (including deployment level)
639 - "machinectl history"
641 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
642 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
645 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
648 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
649 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
650 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
651 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
653 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
654 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
656 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
658 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
660 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
662 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
667 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
668 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
670 * 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
672 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
674 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
677 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
678 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
680 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
682 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
684 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
685 needs to be auto-respawned?
688 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
690 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
691 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
692 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
693 calls follow symlinks.
695 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
697 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
698 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
699 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
701 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
702 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
704 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
706 * write blog stories about:
707 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
708 - enabling dbus services
710 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
712 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
713 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
715 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
716 - the journal HTTP iface
717 - non-cgroup resource management
718 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
719 - refreshed, longer missions statement
720 - calendar time events
721 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
722 - how to create your own target
723 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
724 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
726 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
728 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
730 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
733 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
734 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
735 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
736 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
737 that are not supported...
738 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
739 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
740 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
741 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
742 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
743 - move PAM code into its own binary
744 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
745 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
746 - Support --test based on current system state
747 - 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().
748 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
749 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
750 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
751 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
752 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
753 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
754 but much rather a disconnect on success.
755 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
756 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
759 - allow port=0 in .socket units
760 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
761 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
762 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
763 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
764 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
765 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
766 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
767 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
768 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
769 - introduce Type=pid-file
770 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
771 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
772 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
773 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
774 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
775 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
778 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
779 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
781 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
784 - add support for more attribute types
785 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
788 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
789 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
790 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
791 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
792 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
793 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
794 - work with non-Ethernet devices
795 - add support for more bond options
796 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
797 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
798 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
799 - expose in the API the following bits:
800 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
801 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
802 - option 123, 144, geolocation
803 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
804 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
805 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
806 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
807 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
808 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
809 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
810 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
812 * networkd-wait-online:
813 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
816 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
817 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
820 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
821 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
822 - write more test cases
823 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
824 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
825 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
826 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
827 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
829 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
836 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
837 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
839 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
841 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
843 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
845 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
847 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
849 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
851 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
853 * 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=
855 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
857 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
859 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
861 * register catalog database signature as file magic
863 * zsh shell completion:
864 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
865 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
870 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
872 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
874 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
878 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
880 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
882 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields