3 * Many manager configuration settings that are only applicable to user
4 manager or system manager can be always set. It would be better to reject
5 them when parsing config.
9 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
11 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
15 * Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
17 * rework mount.c and swap.c to follow proper state enumeration/deserialization
18 semantics, like we do for device.c now
22 * beef up s2h to implement a battery watch loop: instead of entering
23 hibernation unconditionally after coming back from resume make a decision
24 based on the battery load level: if battery level is above a specific
25 threshold, go to suspend again, only hibernate if below it. This means we'd
26 stick to suspend usually, but fall back to hibernation only when battery runs
27 empty (well, subject to our sampling interval). Related to this, check if we
28 can make ACPI _BTP (i.e. /sys/class/power_supply/*/alarm) work for us too,
29 i.e. see if it can wake up machines from suspend, so that we could resume
30 automatically when the system is low on power and move automatically to
31 hibernation mode. (see
32 https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf
34 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/modern-standby-wake-sources
37 * add an explicit "vertical" mode to format-table, so that "systemctl
38 status"-like outputs (i.e. with a series of field names left and values
39 right) become genuine first class citizens, and we gain automatic, sane JSON
42 * dissector: invoke fsck on the file systems we encounter, after all ext4 is
43 still pretty popular (and we mount the ESP too with it after all, which is
46 * systemd-firstboot: teach it dissector magic, so that you can point it to some
47 disk image and it will just set everything in it all behind the scenes.
49 * systemd-firstboot: add --force mode that replaces existing configuration.
51 * We should probably replace /var/log/README, /etc/rc.d/README with symlinks
52 that are linked to these places instead of copied. After all they are
55 * maybe add kernel cmdline params: 1) to force first-boot mode + 2) to force
58 * nspawn: on cgroupsv1 issue cgroup empty handler process based on host events,
59 so that we make cgroup agent logic safe
61 * nspawn/machined: add API to invoke binary in container, then use that as
62 fallback in "machinectl shell"
64 * logind: rework pam_logind to also do a bus call in case of invocation from
65 user@.service, which returns the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR value, and make this
66 behaviour selectable via pam module option.
68 * introduce a new per-process uuid, similar to the boot id, the machine id, the
69 invocation id, that is derived from process creds, specifically a hashed
70 combination of AT_RANDOM + getpid() + the starttime from
71 /proc/self/status. Then add these ids implicitly when logging. Deriving this
72 uuid from these three things has the benefit that it can be derived easily
73 from /proc/$PID/ in a stable, and unique way that changes on both fork() and
76 * let's not GC a unit while its ratelimits are still pending
78 * when killing due to service watchdog timeout maybe detect whether target
79 process is under ptracing and then log loudly and continue instead.
81 * introduce a new group to own TPM devices
83 * make rfkill uaccess controllable by default, i.e. steal rule from
84 gnome-bluetooth and friends
86 * tweak journald context caching. In addition to caching per-process attributes
87 keyed by PID, cache per-cgroup attributes (i.e. the various xattrs we read)
88 keyed by cgroup path, and guarded by ctime changes. This should provide us
89 with a nice speed-up on services that have many processes running in the same
92 * make MAINPID= message reception checks even stricter: if service uses User=,
93 then check sending UID and ignore message if it doesn't match the user or
96 * maybe trigger a uevent "change" on a device if "systemctl reload xyz.device"
99 * when importing an fs tree with machined, optionally apply userns-rec-chown
101 * when importing an fs tree with machined, complain if image is not an OS
103 * Maybe introduce a helper safe_exec() or so, which is to execve() which
104 safe_fork() is to fork(). And then make revert the RLIMIT_NOFILE soft limit
105 to 1K implicitly, unless explicitly opted-out.
107 * rework seccomp/nnp logic that even if User= is used in combination with
108 a seccomp option we don't have to set NNP. For that, change uid first whil
109 keeping CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then apply seccomp, the drop cap.
111 * add a concept for automatically loading per-unit secrets off disk and
112 inserting them into the kernel keyring. Maybe SecretsDirectory= similar to
113 ConfigurationDirectory=.
115 * when no locale is configured, default to UEFI's PlatformLang variable
117 * bootctl,sd-boot: actually honour the "architecture" key
119 * add a new syscall group "@esoteric" for more esoteric stuff such as bpf() and
120 usefaultd() and make systemd-analyze check for it.
122 * paranoia: whenever we process passwords, call mlock() on the memory
123 first. i.e. look for all places we use free_and_erasep() and
124 augment them with mlock(). Also use MADV_DONTDUMP.
126 * Move RestrictAddressFamily= to the new cgroup create socket
128 * support the bind/connect/sendmsg cgroup stuff for sandboxing, and possibly
131 * maybe implicitly attach monotonic+realtime timestamps to outgoing messages in
132 log.c and sd-journal-send
134 * optionally: turn on cgroup delegation for per-session scope units
136 * introduce per-unit (i.e. per-slice, per-service) journal log size limits.
138 * optionally, if a per-partition GPT flag is set for the root/home/… partitions
139 format the partition on next boot and unset the flag, in order to implement
140 factory reset. also, add a second flag that simply indicates whether such a
141 scheme is supported. then, add a tool (or maybe beef up systemd-dissect) to
142 show state of these flags, and optionally trigger such a factory reset on
143 next boot by setting the flag.
145 * sd-boot: automatically load EFI modules from some drop-in dir, so that people
146 can add in file system drivers and such
148 * sd-boot: optionally, show boot menu when previous default boot item has
149 non-zero "tries done" count
151 * maybe set a special xattr on cgroups that have delegate=yes set, to make it
152 easy to mark cut points, then use this information in "systemd-cgls" to show
153 them (e.g. color delegated subtrees in a different color)
155 * introduce an option (or replacement) for "systemctl show" that outputs all
156 properties as JSON, similar to busctl's new JSON output. In contrast to that
157 it should skip the variant type string though.
159 * augment CODE_FILE=, CODE_LINE= with something like CODE_BASE= or so which
160 contains some identifier for the project, which allows us to include
161 clickable links to source files generating these log messages. The identifier
162 could be some abberviated URL prefix or so (taking inspiration from Go
163 imports). For example, for systemd we could use
164 CODE_BASE=github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/98b0b1123cc or so which is
165 sufficient to build a link by prefixing "http://" and suffixing the
168 * Augment MESSAGE_ID with MESSAGE_BASE, in a similar fashion so that we can
169 make clickable links from log messages carrying a MESSAGE_ID, that lead to
170 some explanatory text online.
172 * maybe extend .path units to expose fanotify() per-mount change events
174 * Add a "systemctl list-units --by-slice" mode or so, which rearranges the
175 output of "systemctl list-units" slightly by showing the tree structure of
176 the slices, and the units attached to them.
178 * the a-posteriori stopping of units bound to units that disappeared logic
179 should be reworked: there should be a queue of units, and we should only
180 enqeue stop jobs from a defer event that processes queue instead of
181 right-away when we find a unit that is bound to one that doesn't exist
182 anymore. (similar to how the stop-unneeded queue has been reworked the same
185 * nspawn: make nspawn suitable for shell pipelines: instead of triggering a
186 hangup when input is finished, send ^D, which synthesizes an EOF. Then wait
187 for hangup or ^D before passing on the EOF.
189 * When reloading configuration PID 1 should reset all its properties to the
190 original defaults before calling parse_config()
192 * nspawn: greater control over selinux label?
194 * hibernate/s2h: make this robust and safe to enable in Fedora by default.
197 1. add resume_offset support to the resume code (i.e. support swap files
199 2. check if swap is on weird storage and refuse if so
200 3. add autodetection of hibernation images
202 * cgroups: use inotify to get notified when somebody else modifies cgroups
203 owned by us, then log a friendly warning.
205 * beef up log.c with support for stripping ANSI sequences from strings, so that
206 it is OK to include them in log strings. This would be particularly useful so
207 that our log messages could contain clickable links for example for unit
208 files and suchlike we operate on.
210 * add support for "portablectl attach http://foobar.com/waaa.raw (i.e. importd integration)
212 * add attach --enable and attach --now (for attach+enable+start)
214 * sync dynamic uids/gids between host+portable srvice (i.e. if DynamicUser=1 is set for a service, make sure that the
215 selected user is resolvable in the service even if it ships its own /etc/passwd)
217 * Fix DECIMAL_STR_MAX or DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH. One includes a trailing NUL, the
218 other doesn't. What a disaster. Probably to exclude it. Also
219 DECIMAL_STR_WIDTH should probably add an extra "-" into account for negative
222 * Check that users of inotify's IN_DELETE_SELF flag are using it properly, as
223 usually IN_ATTRIB is the right way to watch deleted files, as the former only
224 fires when a file is actually removed from disk, i.e. the link count drops to
225 zero and is not open anymore, while the latter happens when a file is
226 unlinked from any dir.
228 * port systemctl, busctl, … over to format-table.[ch]'s table formatters
230 * pid1: lock image configured with RootDirectory=/RootImage= using the usual nspawn semantics while the unit is up
232 * add --vacuum-xyz options to coredumpctl, matching those journalctl already has.
234 * introduce Ephemeral= unit file switch, that creates an ephemeral copy of all
235 files and directories that are left writable for a unit, and which are
236 removed after the unit goes down again. A bit like --ephemeral for
237 systemd-nspawn but for system services. If used together with RootImage= this
238 should reflink the image file itself.
240 Related: add Ephemeral=<path1> <path2> … which would allow marking
241 specific paths only like this.
243 * add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
244 directory trees from the host to the services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
245 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
246 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
247 images, for example fallback to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
249 * show invocation ID in systemd-run output
251 * bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
253 * tree-wide: ensure we always block the signals we hook into with
254 sd_event_add_signal() first
256 * add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
257 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
259 * teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
262 * introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
263 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
264 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
265 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
266 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
267 different slice too by default. Usecase: people who want to put resources on
268 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
269 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
271 * maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
272 for root, but only then.
274 * be stricter with fds we receive for the fdstore: close them asynchronously
276 * calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
277 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
279 * sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
280 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
282 * make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
283 host-side interface pointing to the container.
285 * add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
286 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
287 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
288 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
289 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
291 * taint systemd if there are fewer than 65536 users assigned (userns) to the system.
293 * deprecate RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of a new ExecStart= prefix char
295 * add a new RuntimeDirectoryPreserve= mode that defines a similar lifecycle for
296 the runtime dir as we maintain for the fdstore: i.e. keep it around as long
297 as the unit is running or has a job queued.
299 * support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers
301 * maybe use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (i.e. the env var the reproducible builds folks
302 introduced) as the RTC epoch, instead of the mtime of NEWS.
304 * add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
305 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
307 * blog about fd store and restartable services
309 * document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
311 * rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
312 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
314 * in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
315 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
316 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
319 * optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
320 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
321 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
323 * beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
326 * maybe hook of xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
327 the quota of a the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
328 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
329 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
330 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
331 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
332 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
334 * In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
335 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
337 * add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
338 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
339 wait to retrieve their exit data.
341 * expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
342 about it in the resource log message
344 * show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
345 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
347 * replace all remaining uses of fgets() + LINE_MAX by read_line()
349 * Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
350 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
351 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
353 * add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
354 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
356 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
358 * maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
359 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
360 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
363 * hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
364 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
365 "convertible" form factor
367 * Maybe add a small tool invoked early at boot, that adds in or resizes
368 partitions automatically, to be used when the media used is actually larger
369 than the image written onto it is.
371 * Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
372 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
373 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
376 * Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
377 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
378 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
380 * track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
381 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
383 * add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
384 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
385 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
386 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
389 * maybe introduce gpt auto discovery for /var/tmp?
391 * maybe add gpt-partition-based user management: each user gets his own
392 LUKS-encrypted GPT partition with a new GPT type. A small nss module
393 enumerates users via udev partition enumeration. UIDs are assigned in a fixed
394 way: the partition index is added as offset to some fixed base uid. User name
395 is stored in GPT partition name. A PAM module authenticates the user via the
396 LUKS partition password. Benefits: strong per-user security, compatibility
397 with stateless/read-only/verity-enabled root. (other idea: do this based on
398 loopback files in /home, without GPT involvement)
400 * gpt-auto logic: introduce support for discovering /var matching an image. For
401 that, use a partition type UUID that is hashed from the OS name (as encoded
402 in /etc/os-release), the architecture, and 4 new bits from the gpt flags
403 field of the root partition. This way can easily support multiple OS
404 installations on the same GPT partition table, without problems with
405 unmatched /var partitions.
407 * gpt-auto logic: related to the above, maybe support a "secondary" root
408 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
409 /usr is mounted into.
411 * 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
413 * drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
415 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
416 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
417 relative to the configured default value.
419 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
421 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
423 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
425 * nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
427 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
429 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
431 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
433 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
435 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
437 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
439 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
441 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
442 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
443 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
445 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
447 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
449 * mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
452 * expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
455 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
456 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
457 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
460 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
462 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
464 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
466 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
467 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
469 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
470 reload the unit file anyway
472 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
473 from the SIGBUS handler
475 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
477 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
478 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
480 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
482 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
484 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
485 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
487 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
488 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
491 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
493 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
495 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
497 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
498 as we have for debugfs. for example, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
499 prefixed with /sys generally special.
500 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
502 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
504 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
506 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
507 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
509 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
511 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
512 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
513 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
514 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
515 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
517 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
518 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
520 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
522 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
523 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
525 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
526 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
527 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
530 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
531 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
533 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
534 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
536 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
538 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
540 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
541 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
542 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
543 returning from the "systemctl stop".
545 * 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
547 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
549 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
550 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
552 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
554 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
556 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
558 * systemctl edit: use equivalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
559 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
561 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
563 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
565 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
567 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
570 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
571 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
575 - service registration
576 - service/domain/types browsing
578 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
579 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
580 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
581 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
582 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
583 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
585 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
587 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
589 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
591 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
592 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
594 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
596 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
598 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
600 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
601 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
603 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
605 * gpt-auto-generator:
606 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
607 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
609 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
610 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
611 when it is otherwise off
613 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
615 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
616 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
619 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
620 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
621 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
622 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
623 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
624 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
627 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
628 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
629 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
630 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
631 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
632 the hierarchies of child processes
635 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
637 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
639 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
641 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
643 * 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
645 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
647 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
648 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
651 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
653 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
655 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
659 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
660 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
661 - 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
662 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
663 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
664 - longer term: priority inheritance
666 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
669 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
672 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
673 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
674 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
675 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
677 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
679 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
680 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
682 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
684 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
687 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
689 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
690 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
691 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
694 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
695 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
697 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
699 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
700 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
701 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
704 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
705 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
706 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
709 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
711 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
713 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
715 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
718 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
719 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
720 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
722 - recognize the case when not booted on EFI
724 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
726 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
728 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
731 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
732 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
733 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
734 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
735 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
736 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
737 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
738 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
740 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
741 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
742 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
744 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
745 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
746 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
747 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
748 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
749 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
750 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
751 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
752 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
756 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
757 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
758 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
759 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
760 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
761 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
762 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
763 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
764 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
765 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
766 message that works, but already after a short timeout
767 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
768 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
769 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
770 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
771 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
772 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
773 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
774 - 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.
775 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
776 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
777 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
778 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
779 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
780 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
781 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
782 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
783 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
784 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
785 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
786 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
787 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
788 to syslog when it works again.
789 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
790 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
791 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
792 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
793 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
794 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
795 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
797 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
798 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
799 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
800 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
801 the most common operations.
802 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
803 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
804 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
805 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
806 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
807 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
808 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
810 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
811 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
812 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
814 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
815 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
816 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
817 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
818 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
820 * add a test if all entries in the catalog are properly formatted.
821 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
822 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
823 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
826 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
827 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
828 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
829 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
830 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
831 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
832 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
833 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
834 - man: add more examples to man pages
835 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
836 - document root=gpt-auto properly
839 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
840 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
841 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
842 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
843 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
844 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
845 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
846 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
847 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
848 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
851 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
852 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
855 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
857 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
859 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
861 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
863 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
865 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
867 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
869 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
872 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
873 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
874 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
875 from the kernel's logs.
876 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
877 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
879 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
880 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
881 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
882 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
883 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
884 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
886 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
887 running, remove them when shut down.
890 - refuse mounting over a mount point
891 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
894 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
895 removed or added to an existing machine
896 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
897 difference host, via ssh
898 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
899 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
900 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
902 - "machinectl history"
904 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
905 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
908 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
909 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
911 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
912 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
914 * add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
916 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
918 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
920 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
925 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
926 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
928 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
930 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
933 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
934 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
936 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
938 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
939 needs to be auto-respawned?
942 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
944 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
945 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
946 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
947 calls follow symlinks.
949 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
951 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
952 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
953 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
955 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
956 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
958 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
960 * write blog stories about:
961 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
962 - enabling dbus services
963 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
965 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
966 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
968 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
969 - the journal HTTP iface
970 - non-cgroup resource management
971 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
972 - refreshed, longer missions statement
973 - calendar time events
974 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
975 - how to create your own target
976 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
977 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
979 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
981 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
984 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
985 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
986 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
987 that are not supported...
988 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
989 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
990 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
991 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
992 - move PAM code into its own binary
993 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
994 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
995 - Support --test based on current system state
996 - 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().
997 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
998 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
999 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
1000 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
1001 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
1002 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
1003 but much rather a disconnect on success.
1004 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
1005 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
1008 - allow port=0 in .socket units
1009 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
1010 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
1011 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
1012 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
1013 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
1014 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
1015 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
1016 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
1017 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
1018 - introduce Type=pid-file
1019 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
1020 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
1021 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
1024 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
1025 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
1027 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
1030 - add support for more attribute types
1031 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
1034 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
1035 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
1036 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
1037 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
1038 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
1039 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
1040 - work with non-Ethernet devices
1041 - add support for more bond options
1042 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
1043 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
1044 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
1045 - expose in the API the following bits:
1046 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
1047 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
1048 - option 123, 144, geolocation
1049 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
1050 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
1051 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
1052 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
1053 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
1054 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
1055 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
1056 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
1058 * networkd-wait-online:
1059 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
1062 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
1065 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
1066 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
1067 - write more test cases
1068 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
1069 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
1070 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
1071 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
1072 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
1074 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
1081 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
1082 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
1084 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
1086 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
1088 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
1090 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
1092 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
1094 * 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=
1096 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
1098 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
1100 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
1102 * register catalog database signature as file magic
1104 * zsh shell completion:
1105 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
1106 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
1111 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
1113 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
1117 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
1119 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
1121 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
1122 String is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment
1123 timedatex.service: Consumed 26ms CPU time.