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1 Bugfixes:
2
3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
4
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.
8
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
10
11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
14
15 External:
16
17 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
18
19 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
20
21 Janitorial Clean-ups:
22
23 * Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
24
25 Features:
26
27 * Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
28 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
29 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
30
31 * add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
32 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
33
34 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
35
36 * sort generated hwdb files alphabetically when we import them, so that git
37 diffs remain minimal (in particular: the OUI databases we import are not
38 sorted, and not stable)
39
40 * set SystemCallArchitectures=native on all our services
41
42 * maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
43 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
44 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
45 logging.
46
47 * tighten sd_notify() MAINPID= checks a bit: don't accept foreign PIDs (i.e.
48 PIDs not managed by the service manager)
49
50 * journald: when we recv a log datagram via the native or syslog transports,
51 search for the PID in the active stream connections, and let's make sure to
52 always process the datagrams before the streams. Then, cache client metadata
53 per stream in the stream object. This way we can somewhat fix the race with
54 quickly exiting processes which log as long as they had their own stream
55 connection...
56
57 * hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
58 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
59 "convertible" form factor
60
61 * Maybe add a small tool invoked early at boot, that adds in or resizes
62 partitions automatically, to be used when the media used is actually larger
63 than the image written onto it is.
64
65 * Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
66 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
67 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
68 as MAINPID.
69
70 * change the dependency Set* objects in Unit structures to become Hashmap*, and
71 then store a bit mask who created a specific dependency: the source unit via
72 fragment configuration, the destination unit via fragment configuration, or
73 the source unit via udev rules (in case of .device units), or any combination
74 thereof. This information can then be used to flush out old udev-created
75 dependencies when the udev properties change, and eventually to implement a
76 "systemctl refresh" operation for reloading the configuration of individual
77 units without reloading the whole set.
78
79 * Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
80 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
81 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
82
83 * track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
84 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
85
86 * add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
87 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
88 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
89 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
90 natural habitat.
91
92 * replace all canonicalize_file_name() invocations by chase_symlinks(), in
93 particulr those where a rootdir is relevant.
94
95 * maybe introduce gpt auto discovery for /var/tmp?
96
97 * set ProtectSystem=strict for all our usual services.
98
99 * fix PrivateNetwork= so that we fall back gracefully on kernels lacking
100 namespacing support (similar for the other namespacing options)
101
102 * maybe add gpt-partition-based user management: each user gets his own
103 LUKS-encrypted GPT partition with a new GPT type. A small nss module
104 enumerates users via udev partition enumeration. UIDs are assigned in a fixed
105 way: the partition index is added as offset to some fixed base uid. User name
106 is stored in GPT partition name. A PAM module authenticates the user via the
107 LUKS partition password. Benefits: strong per-user security, compatibility
108 with stateless/read-only/verity-enabled root. (other idea: do this based on
109 loopback files in /home, without GPT involvement)
110
111 * gpt-auto logic: introduce support for discovering /var matching an image. For
112 that, use a partition type UUID that is hashed from the OS name (as encoded
113 in /etc/os-release), the architecture, and 4 new bits from the gpt flags
114 field of the root partition. This way can easily support multiple OS
115 installations on the same GPT partition table, without problems with
116 unmatched /var partitions.
117
118 * gpt-auto logic: related to the above, maybe support a "secondary" root
119 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
120 /usr is mounted into.
121
122 * machined: add apis to query /etc/machine-info data of a container
123
124 * .mount and .swap units: add Format=yes|no option that formats the partition before mounting/enabling it, implicitly
125
126 * 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
127
128 * drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
129
130 * drop internal dlopen() based nss-dns fallback in nss-resolve, and rely on the
131 external nsswitch.conf based one
132
133 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
134 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
135 relative to the configured default value.
136
137 * on cgroupsv2 add DelegateControllers=, to pick the precise cgroup controllers to delegate
138
139 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
140
141 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
142
143 * switch to ProtectSystem=strict for all our long-running services where that's possible
144
145 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
146
147 * nspawn: start UID allocation loop from hash of container name
148
149 * nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
150
151 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
152
153 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
154
155 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
156
157 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
158
159 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
160
161 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
162
163 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
164
165 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
166 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
167 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
168
169 * DeviceAllow= should also generate seccomp filters for mknod()
170
171 * Add DataDirectory=, CacheDirectory= and LogDirectory= to match
172 RuntimeDirectory=, and create it as necessary when starting a service, owned by the right user.
173
174 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
175
176 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
177
178 * mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
179 partitions
180
181 * expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
182 transient units
183
184 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
185 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
186 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
187 mapping to work.
188
189 * allow attaching additional journald log fields to cgroups
190
191 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
192
193 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
194
195 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
196
197 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
198 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
199
200 * check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
201
202 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
203 reload the unit file anyway
204
205 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
206 from the SIGBUS handler
207
208 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
209
210 * resolved: when routing queries, make sure only look for the *longest* suffix...
211
212 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
213 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
214
215 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
216
217 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
218
219 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
220 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
221
222 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
223 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
224 specifications.
225
226 * do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
227
228 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
229
230 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
231
232 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
233
234 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
235 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
236 prefixed with /sys generally special.
237 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
238
239 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
240
241 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
242
243 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
244
245 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
246 devices will result in collected on all devices used.
247 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
248
249 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
250 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
251 state.
252 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
253
254 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
255 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
256
257 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
258 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
259 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
260 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
261 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
262
263 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
264 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
265
266 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
267
268 * implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
269
270 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable: busctl,
271 coredumpctl, hostnamectl, localectl, systemd-analyze, timedatectl
272
273 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
274
275 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
276
277 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
278 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
279
280 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
281 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
282 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
283 do, for example)
284
285 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
286 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
287
288 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
289 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
290
291 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
292
293 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
294
295 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
296 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
297 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
298 returning from the "systemctl stop".
299
300 * 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
301
302 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
303
304 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
305
306 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
307
308 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
309
310 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
311 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
312
313 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
314
315 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
316
317 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
318
319 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
320
321 * systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
322 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
323
324 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
325
326 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
327
328 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
329
330 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
331 units are shown.
332
333 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
334 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
335
336 * resolved:
337 - mDNS/DNS-SD
338 - service registration
339 - service/domain/types browsing
340 - avahi compat
341 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
342 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
343 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
344 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
345 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
346 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
347
348 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
349
350 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
351
352 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
353
354 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
355 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
356
357 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
358
359 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
360
361 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
362
363 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
364
365 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
366 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
367
368 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
369
370 * gpt-auto-generator:
371 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
372 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
373
374 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
375 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
376 when it is otherwise off
377
378 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
379
380 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
381 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
382 for ReusePort=
383
384 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
385 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
386 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
387 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
388 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
389
390 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
391 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
392 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
393 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
394 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
395 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
396
397 * cgroups:
398 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
399 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
400 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
401 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
402 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
403 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
404 the hierarchies of child processes
405
406 * transient units:
407 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
408 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
409
410 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
411
412 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
413
414 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
415
416 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
417
418 * 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
419
420 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
421
422 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
423 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
424 path anyway.
425
426 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
427
428 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
429
430 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
431
432 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
433 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
434
435 * sd-bus:
436 - EBADSLT handling
437 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
438 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
439 - 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
440 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
441 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
442 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
443 - longer term: priority inheritance
444 - dbus spec updates:
445 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
446 - GVariant
447 - path escaping
448 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
449 - test bloom filter generation indexes
450
451 * sd-event
452 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
453 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
454 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
455 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
456 - maybe add support for inotify events
457
458 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
459
460 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
461 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
462
463 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
464
465 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
466
467 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
468
469 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
470
471 * test/:
472 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
473 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
474
475 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
476 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
477 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
478 destination.
479
480 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
481 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
482
483 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
484
485 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
486 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
487 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
488 is installed.
489
490 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
491 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
492 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
493 that automatically.
494
495 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
496
497 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
498
499 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
500
501 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
502
503 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
504
505 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
506
507 * EFI:
508 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
509 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
510 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
511
512 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
513
514 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
515
516 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
517
518 * logind:
519 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
520 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
521 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
522 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
523 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
524 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
525 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
526 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
527 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
528 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
529 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
530 needs setuid().
531 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
532 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
533 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
534 complete.
535 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
536 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
537 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
538 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
539 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
540 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
541 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
542 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
543 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
544 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
545 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
546 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
547 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
548 relogins
549
550 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
551
552 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
553
554 * journal:
555 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
556 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
557 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
558 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
559 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
560 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
561 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
562 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
563 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
564 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
565 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
566 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
567 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
568 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
569 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
570 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
571 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
572 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
573 - 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.
574 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
575 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
576 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
577 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
578 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
579 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
580 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
581 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
582 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
583 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
584 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
585 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
586 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
587 to syslog when it works again.
588 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
589 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
590 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
591 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
592 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
593 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
594 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
595 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
596 journals in.
597 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
598 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
599 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
600 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
601 the most common operations.
602 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
603 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
604 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
605 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
606 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
607 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
608 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
609 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
610 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
611 operation.
612 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
613 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
614 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
615 binary logs data
616 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
617 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
618 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
619 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
620 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
621 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
622
623 * document:
624 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
625 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
626 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
627 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
628 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
629 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
630 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
631 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
632 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
633 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
634 - man: add more examples to man pages
635 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
636
637 * systemctl:
638 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
639 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
640 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
641 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
642 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
643 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
644 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
645 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
646 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
647 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
648 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
649
650 * unit install:
651 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
652 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
653
654 * timer units:
655 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
656 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
657 o DST changes
658 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
659
660 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
661
662 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
663
664 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
665
666 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
667
668 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
669
670 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
671
672 * nspawn:
673 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
674 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
675 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
676 from the kernel's logs.
677 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
678 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
679 interface be missing
680 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
681 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
682 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
683 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
684 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
685 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
686 PID 1...
687 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
688 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
689 running, remove them when shut down.
690 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
691 directory
692 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
693 is used
694
695 * dissect
696 - refuse mounting over a mount point
697 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
698
699 * machined:
700 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
701 removed or added to an existing machine
702 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
703 difference host, via ssh
704 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
705 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
706 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
707 question
708 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
709 machine-info data (including deployment level)
710 - "machinectl history"
711 - "machinectl diff"
712 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
713 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
714
715 * importd:
716 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
717
718 * cryptsetup:
719 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
720 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
721 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
722 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
723
724 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
725 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
726
727 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
728
729 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
730
731 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
732
733 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
734
735 * udev:
736 - move to LGPL
737 - kill scsi_id
738 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
739 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
740
741 * 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
742
743 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
744
745 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
746
747 * coredump:
748 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
749 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
750
751 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
752
753 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
754
755 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
756 needs to be auto-respawned?
757
758 * tmpfiles:
759 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
760 - replace F with f+.
761 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
762 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
763 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
764 calls follow symlinks.
765
766 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
767
768 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
769 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
770 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
771
772 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
773 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
774
775 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
776
777 * write blog stories about:
778 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
779 - enabling dbus services
780 - status update
781 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
782 - remote access
783 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
784 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
785 - auto-restart
786 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
787 - the journal HTTP iface
788 - non-cgroup resource management
789 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
790 - refreshed, longer missions statement
791 - calendar time events
792 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
793 - how to create your own target
794 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
795 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
796
797 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
798
799 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
800
801 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
802
803 * pid1:
804 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
805 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
806 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
807 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
808 that are not supported...
809 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
810 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
811 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
812 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
813 - move PAM code into its own binary
814 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
815 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
816 - Support --test based on current system state
817 - 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().
818 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
819 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
820 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
821 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
822 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
823 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
824 but much rather a disconnect on success.
825 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
826 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
827
828 * unit files:
829 - allow port=0 in .socket units
830 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
831 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
832 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
833 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
834 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
835 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
836 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
837 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
838 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
839 - introduce Type=pid-file
840 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
841 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
842 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
843 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
844 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
845 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
846
847 * udev-link-config:
848 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
849 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
850 on Path= matching
851 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
852
853 * sd-rtnl:
854 - add support for more attribute types
855 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
856
857 * networkd:
858 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
859 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
860 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
861 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
862 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
863 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
864 - work with non-Ethernet devices
865 - add support for more bond options
866 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
867 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
868 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
869 - expose in the API the following bits:
870 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
871 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
872 - option 123, 144, geolocation
873 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
874 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
875 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
876 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
877 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
878 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
879 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
880 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
881
882 * networkd-wait-online:
883 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
884
885 * dhcp:
886 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
887 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
888
889 * dhcp6:
890 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
891 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
892 - write more test cases
893 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
894 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
895 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
896 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
897 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
898 or interface down
899 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
900 this behavior
901 - RouteTable= ?
902
903 External:
904
905 * dbus:
906 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
907 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
908
909 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
910
911 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
912
913 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
914
915 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
916
917 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
918
919 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
920
921 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
922
923 * 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=
924
925 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
926
927 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
928
929 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
930
931 * register catalog database signature as file magic
932
933 * zsh shell completion:
934 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
935 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
936
937
938 Regularly:
939
940 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
941
942 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
943
944 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
945
946 * pahole
947
948 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
949
950 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
951
952 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields