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