3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
5 * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
17 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
19 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
23 * Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
27 * list the exit codes from the BSD/glibc <sysexits.h> in our own
28 exit-codes.[ch] tables.
30 * introduce Ephemeral= unit file switch, that creates an ephemeral copy of all
31 files and directories that are left writable for a unit, and which are
32 removed after the unit goes down again. A bit like --ephemeral for
33 systemd-nspawn but for system services. If used together with RootImage= this
34 should reflink the image file itself.
36 Related: add Ephemeral=<path1> <path2> … which would allow marking
37 specific paths only like this.
39 * when RootImage= is used, mark the loopback device read-only if the other
40 settings permit it (i.e. if ProtectSystem=strict is set, and no directory if
41 the image is writable)
43 * add CopyFile= or so as unit file setting that may be used to copy files or
44 directory trees from the host to te services RootImage= and RootDirectory=
45 environment. Which we can use for /etc/machine-id and in particular
46 /etc/resolv.conf. Should be smart and do something useful on read-only
47 images, for example fallback to read-only bind mounting the file instead.
49 * nspawn's console TTY should be allocated from within the container, not
50 mounted in from the outside
52 * show invocation ID in systemd-run output
54 * bypass SIGTERM state in unit files if KillSignal is SIGKILL
56 * tree-wide: ensure we always block the signals we hook into with
57 sd_event_add_signal() first
59 * add proper dbus APIs for the various sd_notify() commands, such as MAINPID=1
60 and so on, which would mean we could report errors and such.
62 * teach tmpfiles.d q/Q logic something sensible in the context of XFS/ext4
65 * introduce DefaultSlice= or so in system.conf that allows changing where we
66 place our units by default, i.e. change system.slice to something
67 else. Similar, ManagerSlice= should exist so that PID1's own scope unit could
68 be moved somewhere else too. Finally machined and logind should get similar
69 options so that it is possible to move user session scopes and machines to a
70 different slice too by default. Usecase: people who want to put resources on
71 the entire system, with the exception of one specific service. See:
72 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2018-February/040369.html
74 * maybe rework get_user_creds() to query the user database if $SHELL is used
75 for root, but only then.
77 * be stricter with fds we receive for the fdstore: close them asynchronously
79 * calenderspec: add support for week numbers and day numbers within a
80 year. This would allow us to define "bi-weekly" triggers safely.
82 * add bpf-based implementation of devices cgroup controller logic for compat
83 with cgroupsv2 as supported by newest kernel
85 * introduce sd_id128_get_boot_app_specific() which is like
86 sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific(). After all on long-running systems both
87 IDs have similar properties.
89 * sd-bus: add vtable flag, that may be used to request client creds implicitly
90 and asynchronously before dispatching the operation
92 * make use of ethtool veth peer info in machined, for automatically finding out
93 host-side interface pointing to the container.
95 * add some special mode to LogsDirectory=/StateDirectory=… that allows
96 declaring these directories without necessarily pulling in deps for them, or
97 creating them when starting up. That way, we could declare that
98 systemd-journald writes to /var/log/journal, which could be useful when we
99 doing disk usage calculations and so on.
101 * taint systemd if there are fewer than 65536 users assigned (userns) to the system.
103 * deprecate PermissionsStartOnly= and RootDirectoryStartOnly= in favour of the ExecStart= prefix chars
105 * add a new RuntimeDirectoryPreserve= mode that defines a similar lifecycle for
106 the runtime dir as we maintain for the fdstore: i.e. keep it around as long
107 as the unit is running or has a job queued.
109 * support projid-based quota in machinectl for containers, and then drop
110 implicit btrfs loopback magic in machined
112 * Add NetworkNamespacePath= to specify a path to a network namespace
114 * maybe use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (i.e. the env var the reproducible builds folks
115 introduced) as the RTC epoch, instead of the mtime of NEWS.
117 * add a way to lock down cgroup migration: a boolean, which when set for a unit
118 makes sure the processes in it can never migrate out of it
120 * blog about fd store and restartable services
122 * document Environment=SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug drop-in in debugging document
124 * rework ExecOutput and ExecInput enums so that EXEC_OUTPUT_NULL loses its
125 magic meaning and is no longer upgraded to something else if set explicitly.
127 * in the long run: permit a system with /etc/machine-id linked to /dev/null, to
128 make it lose its identity, i.e. be anonymous. For this we'd have to patch
129 through the whole tree to make all code deal with the case where no machine
132 * optionally, collect cgroup resource data, and store it in per-unit RRD files,
133 suitable for processing with rrdtool. Add bus API to access this data, and
134 possibly implement a CPULoad property based on it.
136 * beef up pam_systemd to take unit file settings such as cgroups properties as
139 * a new "systemd-analyze security" tool outputting a checklist of security
140 features a service does and does not implement
142 * maybe hook of xfs/ext4 quotactl() with services? i.e. automatically manage
143 the quota of a the user indicated in User= via unit file settings, like the
144 other resource management concepts. Would mix nicely with DynamicUser=1. Or
145 alternatively, do this with projids, so that we can also cover services
146 running as root. Quota should probably cover all the special dirs such as
147 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory=, as well as RootDirectory= if it
148 is set, plus the whole disk space any image configured with RootImage=.
150 * Introduce "exit" as an EmergencyAction value, and allow to configure a
151 per-unit success/failure exit code to configure. This would be useful for
152 running commands inside of services inside of containers, which could then
153 propagate their failure state all the way up.
155 * In DynamicUser= mode: before selecting a UID, use disk quota APIs on relevant
156 disks to see if the UID is already in use.
158 * add "systemctl wait" or so, which does what "systemd-run --wait" does, but
159 for all units. It should be both a way to pin units into memory as well as a
160 wait to retrieve their exit data.
162 * maybe set a new set of env vars for services, based on RuntimeDirectory=,
163 StateDirectory=, LogsDirectory=, CacheDirectory= and ConfigurationDirectory=
164 automatically. For example, there could be $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY,
165 $STATE_DIRECTORY, $LOGS_DIRECTORY=, $CACHE_DIRECTORY and
166 $CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY or so. This could be useful to write services that
167 can adapt to varying directories for these purposes. Special care has to be
168 taken if multiple dirs are configured. Maybe avoid setting the env vars in
171 * expose IO accounting data on the bus, show it in systemd-run --wait and log
172 about it in the resource log message
174 * add "systemctl purge" for flushing out configuration, state, logs, ... of a
175 unit when it is stopped
177 * show whether a service has out-of-date configuration in "systemctl status" by
178 using mtime data of ConfigurationDirectory=.
180 * replace all uses of fgets() + LINE_MAX by read_line()
182 * Add AddUser= setting to unit files, similar to DynamicUser=1 which however
183 creates a static, persistent user rather than a dynamic, transient user. We
184 can leverage code from sysusers.d for this.
186 * add some optional flag to ReadWritePaths= and friends, that has the effect
187 that we create the dir in question when the service is started. Example:
189 ReadWritePaths=:/var/lib/foobar
191 * maybe add call sd_journal_set_block_timeout() or so to set SO_SNDTIMEO for
192 the sd-journal logging socket, and, if the timeout is set to 0, sets
193 O_NONBLOCK on it. That way people can control if and when to block for
196 * hostnamed: populate form factor data from a new hwdb database, so that old
197 yogas can be recognized as "convertible" too, even if they predate the DMI
198 "convertible" form factor
200 * Maybe add a small tool invoked early at boot, that adds in or resizes
201 partitions automatically, to be used when the media used is actually larger
202 than the image written onto it is.
204 * Maybe add PrivatePIDs= as new unit setting, and do minimal PID namespacing
205 after all. Be strict however, only support the equivalent of nspawn's
206 --as-pid2 switch, and sanely proxy sd_notify() messages dropping stuff such
209 * Add ExecMonitor= setting. May be used multiple times. Forks off a process in
210 the service cgroup, which is supposed to monitor the service, and when it
211 exits the service is considered failed by its monitor.
213 * track the per-service PAM process properly (i.e. as an additional control
214 process), so that it may be queried on the bus and everything.
216 * add a new "debug" job mode, that is propagated to unit_start() and for
217 services results in two things: we raise SIGSTOP right before invoking
218 execve() and turn off watchdog support. Then, use that to implement
219 "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
222 * maybe introduce gpt auto discovery for /var/tmp?
224 * maybe add gpt-partition-based user management: each user gets his own
225 LUKS-encrypted GPT partition with a new GPT type. A small nss module
226 enumerates users via udev partition enumeration. UIDs are assigned in a fixed
227 way: the partition index is added as offset to some fixed base uid. User name
228 is stored in GPT partition name. A PAM module authenticates the user via the
229 LUKS partition password. Benefits: strong per-user security, compatibility
230 with stateless/read-only/verity-enabled root. (other idea: do this based on
231 loopback files in /home, without GPT involvement)
233 * gpt-auto logic: introduce support for discovering /var matching an image. For
234 that, use a partition type UUID that is hashed from the OS name (as encoded
235 in /etc/os-release), the architecture, and 4 new bits from the gpt flags
236 field of the root partition. This way can easily support multiple OS
237 installations on the same GPT partition table, without problems with
238 unmatched /var partitions.
240 * gpt-auto logic: related to the above, maybe support a "secondary" root
241 partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
242 /usr is mounted into.
244 * 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
246 * drop nss-myhostname in favour of nss-resolve?
248 * add a percentage syntax for TimeoutStopSec=, e.g. TimeoutStopSec=150%, and
249 then use that for the setting used in user@.service. It should be understood
250 relative to the configured default value.
252 * in networkd, when matching device types, fix up DEVTYPE rubbish the kernel passes to us
254 * enable LockMLOCK to take a percentage value relative to physical memory
256 * Permit masking specific netlink APIs with RestrictAddressFamily=
258 * nspawn: support that /proc, /sys/, /dev are pre-mounted
260 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
262 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
264 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
266 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
268 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
270 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
272 * RemoveKeyRing= to remove all keyring entries of the specified user
274 * ProtectReboot= that masks reboot() and kexec_load() syscalls, prohibits kill
275 on PID 1 with the relevant signals, and makes relevant files in /sys and
276 /proc (such as the sysrq stuff) unavailable
278 * DeviceAllow= should also generate seccomp filters for mknod()
280 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
282 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
284 * mount: automatically search for "main" partition of an image has multiple
287 * expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
290 * in nss-systemd, if we run inside of RootDirectory= with PrivateUsers= set,
291 find a way to map the User=/Group= of the service to the right name. This way
292 a user/group for a service only has to exist on the host for the right
295 * add bus API for creating unit files in /etc, reusing the code for transient units
297 * add bus API to remove unit files from /etc
299 * add bus API to retrieve current unit file contents (i.e. implement "systemctl cat" on the bus only)
301 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
302 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
304 * check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
306 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
307 reload the unit file anyway
309 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
310 from the SIGBUS handler
312 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
314 * resolved: when routing queries, make sure only look for the *longest* suffix...
316 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
317 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
319 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
321 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
323 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
324 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
326 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
327 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
330 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
332 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
334 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
336 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
337 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
338 prefixed with /sys generally special.
339 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
341 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
343 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
345 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
346 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
348 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
350 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
351 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
353 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
354 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
355 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
356 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
357 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
359 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
360 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
362 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
364 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
366 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
367 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
369 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
370 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
371 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
374 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
375 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
377 * as soon as we have sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
378 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
380 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
382 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
384 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
385 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
386 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
387 returning from the "systemctl stop".
389 * 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
391 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
393 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
395 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
397 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
398 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
400 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
402 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
404 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
406 * systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
407 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
409 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
411 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
413 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
415 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
418 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
419 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
423 - service registration
424 - service/domain/types browsing
426 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
427 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
428 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
429 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
430 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
431 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
433 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
435 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
437 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
439 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
440 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
442 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
444 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
446 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
448 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
449 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
451 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
453 * gpt-auto-generator:
454 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
455 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
457 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
458 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
459 when it is otherwise off
461 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
463 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
464 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
467 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
468 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
469 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
470 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
471 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
473 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
474 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
475 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
476 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
477 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
478 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
481 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
482 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
483 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
484 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
485 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
486 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
487 the hierarchies of child processes
490 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
491 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
493 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
495 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
497 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
499 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
501 * 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
503 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
505 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
506 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
509 * refuse boot if /usr/lib/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
511 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
513 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
515 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
516 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
520 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
521 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
522 - 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
523 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
524 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
525 - longer term: priority inheritance
527 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
530 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
533 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
534 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
535 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
536 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
537 - maybe add support for inotify events
539 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
541 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
542 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
544 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
546 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
548 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
551 - add unit tests for config_parse_device_allow()
553 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
554 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
555 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
558 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
559 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
561 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
563 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
564 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
565 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
568 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
569 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
570 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
573 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
575 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
577 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
579 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
581 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
584 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
585 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
586 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
588 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
590 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
592 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
595 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
596 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
597 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
598 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
599 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
600 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
601 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
602 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
603 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
604 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
605 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
607 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
608 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
609 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
611 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
612 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
613 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
614 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
615 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
616 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
617 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
618 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
619 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
620 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
621 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
622 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
623 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
626 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
629 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
630 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
631 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
632 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
633 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
634 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
635 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
636 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
637 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
638 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
639 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
640 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
641 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
642 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
643 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
644 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
645 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
646 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
647 - 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.
648 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
649 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
650 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
651 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
652 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
653 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
654 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
655 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
656 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
657 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
658 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
659 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
660 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
661 to syslog when it works again.
662 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
663 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
664 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
665 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
666 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
667 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
668 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
670 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
671 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
672 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
673 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
674 the most common operations.
675 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
676 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
677 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
678 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
679 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
680 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
681 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
682 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
683 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
685 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
686 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
687 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
689 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
690 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
691 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
692 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
693 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
695 * add a test if all entries in the catalog are properly formatted.
696 (Adding dashes in a catalog entry currently results in the catalog entry
697 being silently skipped. journalctl --update-catalog must warn about this,
698 and we should also have a unit test to check that all our message are OK.)
701 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
702 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
703 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
704 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
705 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
706 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
707 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
708 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
709 - man: add more examples to man pages
710 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
713 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
714 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
715 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
716 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
717 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
718 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
719 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
720 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
721 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
722 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
725 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
726 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
729 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
730 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
732 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
734 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
736 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
738 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
740 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump
742 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
744 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
747 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
748 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
749 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
750 from the kernel's logs.
751 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
752 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
754 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
755 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
756 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
757 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
758 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
759 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
761 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
762 running, remove them when shut down.
763 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
767 - refuse mounting over a mount point
768 - automatically discover .roothash files in dissect, similarly to nspawn
771 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
772 removed or added to an existing machine
773 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
774 difference host, via ssh
775 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
776 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
777 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
779 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
780 machine-info data (including deployment level)
781 - "machinectl history"
783 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
784 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
787 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
790 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
791 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
793 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
794 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
796 * add a dependency on standard-conf.xml and other included files to man pages
798 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
800 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
802 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
807 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
808 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
810 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
812 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
815 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
816 - when truncating coredumps, also log the full size that the process had, and make a metadata field so we can report truncated coredumps
818 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
820 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
822 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
823 needs to be auto-respawned?
826 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
828 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
829 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
830 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
831 calls follow symlinks.
833 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
835 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
836 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
837 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
839 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
840 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
842 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
844 * write blog stories about:
845 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
846 - enabling dbus services
847 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
849 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
850 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
852 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
853 - the journal HTTP iface
854 - non-cgroup resource management
855 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
856 - refreshed, longer missions statement
857 - calendar time events
858 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
859 - how to create your own target
860 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
861 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
863 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
865 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
868 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
869 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
870 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
871 that are not supported...
872 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
873 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
874 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
875 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
876 - move PAM code into its own binary
877 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
878 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
879 - Support --test based on current system state
880 - 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().
881 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
882 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
883 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
884 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
885 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
886 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
887 but much rather a disconnect on success.
888 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
889 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
892 - allow port=0 in .socket units
893 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
894 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
895 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
896 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
897 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
898 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
899 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
900 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
901 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
902 - introduce Type=pid-file
903 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
904 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
905 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
908 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
909 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
911 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
914 - add support for more attribute types
915 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
918 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
919 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
920 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
921 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
922 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
923 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
924 - work with non-Ethernet devices
925 - add support for more bond options
926 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
927 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
928 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
929 - expose in the API the following bits:
930 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
931 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
932 - option 123, 144, geolocation
933 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
934 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
935 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
936 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
937 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
938 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
939 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
940 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
942 * networkd-wait-online:
943 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
946 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
949 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
950 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
951 - write more test cases
952 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
953 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
954 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
955 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
956 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
958 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
965 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
966 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
968 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
970 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
972 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
974 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
976 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
978 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
980 * 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=
982 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
984 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
986 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
988 * register catalog database signature as file magic
990 * zsh shell completion:
991 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
992 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
997 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
999 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
1003 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
1005 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
1007 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields