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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 some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
28 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
29
30 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
31
32 * sort generated hwdb files alphabetically when we import them, so that git
33 diffs remain minimal (in particular: the OUI databases we import are not
34 sorted, and not stable)
35
36 * set SystemCallArchitectures=native on all our services
37
38 * maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
39 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
40 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
41 logging.
42
43 * tighten sd_notify() MAINPID= checks a bit: don't accept foreign PIDs (i.e.
44 PIDs not managed by the service manager)
45
46 * journald: when we recv a log datagram via the native or syslog transports,
47 search for the PID in the active stream connections, and let's make sure to
48 always process the datagrams before the streams. Then, cache client metadata
49 per stream in the stream object. This way we can somewhat fix the race with
50 quickly exiting processes which log as long as they had their own stream
51 connection...
52
53 * hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
54 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
55 "convertible" form factor
56
57 * Maybe add a small tool invoked early at boot, that adds in or resizes
58 partitions automatically, to be used when the media used is actually larger
59 than the image written onto it is.
60
61 * Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
62 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
63 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
64 as MAINPID.
65
66 * change the dependency Set* objects in Unit structures to become Hashmap*, and
67 then store a bit mask who created a specific dependency: the source unit via
68 fragment configuration, the destination unit via fragment configuration, or
69 the source unit via udev rules (in case of .device units), or any combination
70 thereof. This information can then be used to flush out old udev-created
71 dependencies when the udev properties change, and eventually to implement a
72 "systemctl refresh" operation for reloading the configuration of individual
73 units without reloading the whole set.
74
75 * Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
76 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
77 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
78
79 * track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
80 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
81
82 * add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
83 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
84 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
85 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
86 natural habitat.
87
88 * replace all canonicalize_file_name() invocations by chase_symlinks(), in
89 particulr those where a rootdir is relevant.
90
91 * maybe introduce gpt auto discovery for /var/tmp?
92
93 * set ProtectSystem=strict for all our usual services.
94
95 * fix PrivateNetwork= so that we fall back gracefully on kernels lacking
96 namespacing support (similar for the other namespacing options)
97
98 * maybe add gpt-partition-based user management: each user gets his own
99 LUKS-encrypted GPT partition with a new GPT type. A small nss module
100 enumerates users via udev partition enumeration. UIDs are assigned in a fixed
101 way: the partition index is added as offset to some fixed base uid. User name
102 is stored in GPT partition name. A PAM module authenticates the user via the
103 LUKS partition password. Benefits: strong per-user security, compatibility
104 with stateless/read-only/verity-enabled root. (other idea: do this based on
105 loopback files in /home, without GPT involvement)
106
107 * gpt-auto logic: introduce support for discovering /var matching an image. For
108 that, use a partition type UUID that is hashed from the OS name (as encoded
109 in /etc/os-release), the architecture, and 4 new bits from the gpt flags
110 field of the root partition. This way can easily support multiple OS
111 installations on the same GPT partition table, without problems with
112 unmatched /var partitions.
113
114 * gpt-auto logic: related to the above, maybe support a "secondary" root
115 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
116 /usr is mounted into.
117
118 * machined: add apis to query /etc/machine-info data of a container
119
120 * .mount and .swap units: add Format=yes|no option that formats the partition before mounting/enabling it, implicitly
121
122 * 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
123
124 * drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
125
126 * drop internal dlopen() based nss-dns fallback in nss-resolve, and rely on the
127 external nsswitch.conf based one
128
129 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
130 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
131 relative to the configured default value.
132
133 * on cgroupsv2 add DelegateControllers=, to pick the precise cgroup controllers to delegate
134
135 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
136
137 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
138
139 * switch to ProtectSystem=strict for all our long-running services where that's possible
140
141 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
142
143 * nspawn: start UID allocation loop from hash of container name
144
145 * nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
146
147 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
148
149 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
150
151 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
152
153 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
154
155 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
156
157 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
158
159 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
160
161 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
162 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
163 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
164
165 * DeviceAllow= should also generate seccomp filters for mknod()
166
167 * Add DataDirectory=, CacheDirectory= and LogDirectory= to match
168 RuntimeDirectory=, and create it as necessary when starting a service, owned by the right user.
169
170 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
171
172 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
173
174 * mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
175 partitions
176
177 * expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
178 transient units
179
180 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
181 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
182 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
183 mapping to work.
184
185 * allow attaching additional journald log fields to cgroups
186
187 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
188
189 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
190
191 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
192
193 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
194 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
195
196 * check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
197
198 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
199 reload the unit file anyway
200
201 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
202 from the SIGBUS handler
203
204 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
205
206 * resolved: when routing queries, make sure only look for the *longest* suffix...
207
208 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
209 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
210
211 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
212
213 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
214
215 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
216 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
217
218 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
219 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
220 specifications.
221
222 * do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
223
224 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
225
226 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
227
228 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
229
230 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
231 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
232 prefixed with /sys generally special.
233 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
234
235 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
236
237 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
238
239 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
240
241 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
242 devices will result in collected on all devices used.
243 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
244
245 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
246 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
247 state.
248 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
249
250 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
251 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
252
253 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
254 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
255 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
256 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
257 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
258
259 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
260 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
261
262 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
263
264 * implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
265
266 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable: busctl,
267 coredumpctl, hostnamectl, localectl, systemd-analyze, timedatectl
268
269 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
270
271 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
272
273 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
274 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
275
276 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
277 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
278 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
279 do, for example)
280
281 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
282 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
283
284 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
285 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
286
287 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
288
289 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
290
291 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
292 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
293 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
294 returning from the "systemctl stop".
295
296 * 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
297
298 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
299
300 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
301
302 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
303
304 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
305
306 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
307 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
308
309 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
310
311 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
312
313 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
314
315 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
316
317 * systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
318 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
319
320 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
321
322 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
323
324 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
325
326 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
327 units are shown.
328
329 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
330 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
331
332 * resolved:
333 - mDNS/DNS-SD
334 - service registration
335 - service/domain/types browsing
336 - avahi compat
337 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
338 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
339 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
340 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
341 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
342 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
343
344 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
345
346 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
347
348 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
349
350 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
351 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
352
353 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
354
355 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
356
357 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
358
359 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
360
361 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
362 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
363
364 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
365
366 * gpt-auto-generator:
367 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
368 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
369
370 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
371 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
372 when it is otherwise off
373
374 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
375
376 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
377 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
378 for ReusePort=
379
380 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
381 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
382 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
383 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
384 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
385
386 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
387 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
388 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
389 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
390 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
391 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
392
393 * cgroups:
394 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
395 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
396 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
397 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
398 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
399 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
400 the hierarchies of child processes
401
402 * transient units:
403 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
404 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
405
406 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
407
408 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
409
410 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
411
412 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
413
414 * 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
415
416 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
417
418 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
419 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
420 path anyway.
421
422 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
423
424 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
425
426 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
427
428 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
429 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
430
431 * sd-bus:
432 - EBADSLT handling
433 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
434 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
435 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
436 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
437 - 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
438 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
439 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
440 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
441 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
442 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
443 - longer term: priority inheritance
444 - dbus spec updates:
445 - kdbus mapping
446 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
447 - GVariant
448 - path escaping
449 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
450 - test bloom filter generation indexes
451 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
452 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
453
454 * sd-event
455 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
456 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
457 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
458 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
459 - maybe add support for inotify events
460
461 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
462
463 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
464 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
465
466 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
467
468 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
469
470 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
471
472 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
473
474 * test/:
475 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
476 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
477
478 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
479 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
480 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
481 destination.
482
483 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
484 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
485
486 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
487
488 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
489 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
490 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
491 is installed.
492
493 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
494 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
495 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
496 that automatically.
497
498 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
499
500 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
501
502 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
503
504 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
505
506 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
507
508 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
509
510 * EFI:
511 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
512 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
513 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
514
515 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
516
517 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
518
519 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
520
521 * logind:
522 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
523 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
524 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
525 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
526 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
527 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
528 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
529 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
530 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
531 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
532 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
533 needs setuid().
534 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
535 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
536 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
537 complete.
538 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
539 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
540 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
541 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
542 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
543 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
544 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
545 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
546 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
547 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
548 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
549 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
550 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
551 relogins
552
553 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
554
555 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
556
557 * journal:
558 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
559 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
560 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
561 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
562 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
563 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
564 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
565 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
566 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
567 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
568 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
569 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
570 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
571 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
572 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
573 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
574 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
575 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
576 - 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.
577 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
578 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
579 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
580 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
581 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
582 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
583 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
584 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
585 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
586 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
587 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
588 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
589 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
590 to syslog when it works again.
591 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
592 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
593 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
594 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
595 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
596 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
597 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
598 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
599 journals in.
600 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
601 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
602 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
603 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
604 the most common operations.
605 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
606 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
607 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
608 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
609 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
610 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
611 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
612 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
613 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
614 operation.
615 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
616 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
617 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
618 binary logs data
619 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
620 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
621 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
622 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
623 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
624 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
625
626 * document:
627 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
628 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
629 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
630 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
631 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
632 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
633 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
634 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
635 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
636 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
637 - man: add more examples to man pages
638 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
639
640 * systemctl:
641 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
642 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
643 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
644 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
645 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
646 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
647 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
648 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
649 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
650 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
651 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
652
653 * unit install:
654 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
655 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
656
657 * timer units:
658 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
659 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
660 o DST changes
661 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
662
663 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
664
665 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
666
667 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
668
669 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
670
671 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
672
673 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
674
675 * nspawn:
676 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
677 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
678 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
679 from the kernel's logs.
680 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
681 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
682 interface be missing
683 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
684 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
685 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
686 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
687 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
688 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
689 PID 1...
690 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
691 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
692 running, remove them when shut down.
693 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
694 directory
695 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
696 is used
697
698 * dissect
699 - refuse mounting over a mount point
700 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
701
702 * machined:
703 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
704 removed or added to an existing machine
705 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
706 difference host, via ssh
707 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
708 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
709 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
710 question
711 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
712 machine-info data (including deployment level)
713 - "machinectl history"
714 - "machinectl diff"
715 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
716 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
717
718 * importd:
719 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
720
721 * cryptsetup:
722 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
723 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
724 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
725 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
726
727 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
728 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
729
730 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
731
732 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
733
734 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
735
736 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
737
738 * udev:
739 - move to LGPL
740 - kill scsi_id
741 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
742 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
743
744 * 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
745
746 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
747
748 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
749
750 * coredump:
751 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
752 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
753
754 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
755
756 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
757
758 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
759 needs to be auto-respawned?
760
761 * tmpfiles:
762 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
763 - replace F with f+.
764 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
765 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
766 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
767 calls follow symlinks.
768
769 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
770
771 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
772 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
773 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
774
775 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
776 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
777
778 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
779
780 * write blog stories about:
781 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
782 - enabling dbus services
783 - status update
784 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
785 - remote access
786 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
787 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
788 - auto-restart
789 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
790 - the journal HTTP iface
791 - non-cgroup resource management
792 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
793 - refreshed, longer missions statement
794 - calendar time events
795 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
796 - how to create your own target
797 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
798 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
799
800 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
801
802 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
803
804 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
805
806 * pid1:
807 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
808 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
809 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
810 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
811 that are not supported...
812 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
813 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
814 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
815 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
816 - move PAM code into its own binary
817 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
818 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
819 - Support --test based on current system state
820 - 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().
821 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
822 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
823 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
824 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
825 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
826 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
827 but much rather a disconnect on success.
828 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
829 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
830
831 * unit files:
832 - allow port=0 in .socket units
833 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
834 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
835 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
836 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
837 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
838 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
839 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
840 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
841 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
842 - introduce Type=pid-file
843 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
844 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
845 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
846 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
847 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
848 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
849
850 * udev-link-config:
851 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
852 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
853 on Path= matching
854 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
855
856 * sd-rtnl:
857 - add support for more attribute types
858 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
859
860 * networkd:
861 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
862 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
863 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
864 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
865 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
866 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
867 - work with non-Ethernet devices
868 - add support for more bond options
869 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
870 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
871 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
872 - expose in the API the following bits:
873 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
874 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
875 - option 123, 144, geolocation
876 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
877 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
878 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
879 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
880 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
881 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
882 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
883 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
884
885 * networkd-wait-online:
886 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
887
888 * dhcp:
889 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
890 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
891
892 * dhcp6:
893 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
894 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
895 - write more test cases
896 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
897 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
898 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
899 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
900 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
901 or interface down
902 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
903 this behavior
904 - RouteTable= ?
905
906 External:
907
908 * dbus:
909 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
910 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
911
912 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
913
914 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
915
916 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
917
918 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
919
920 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
921
922 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
923
924 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
925
926 * 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=
927
928 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
929
930 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
931
932 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
933
934 * register catalog database signature as file magic
935
936 * zsh shell completion:
937 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
938 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
939
940
941 Regularly:
942
943 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
944
945 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
946
947 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
948
949 * pahole
950
951 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
952
953 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
954
955 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields