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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_quoted:
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 * When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
17
18 External:
19
20 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
21
22 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
23
24 * When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
25 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
26
27 Features:
28
29 * consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
30
31 * "systemctl edit" should know a mode to create a new unit file
32
33 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
34 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
35 prefixed with /sys generally special.
36 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
37
38 * Add PassEnvironment= setting to service units, to import select env vars from PID 1 into the service env block
39
40 * nspawn: fix logic always print a final newline on output.
41 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
42
43 * make nspawn's --network-veth switch more powerful:
44 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/033121.html
45
46 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
47
48 * man: clarify that "machinectl show" shows different information than "machinectl status" (no cgroup tree, no IP addresses, ...)
49
50 * "systemctl daemon-reload" should result in /etc/systemd/system.conf being reloaded by systemd
51
52 * install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths
53
54 * introduce an NSS module that uses machined info to give container UIDs pretty names when user namespacing is used.
55
56 * stop using off_t, it's a crazy type. Use uint64_t instead.
57
58 * logind: follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and relogins
59
60 * change to KillMode=mixed by default
61
62 * introduce argv0contains=
63
64 * invent a better systemd-run scheme for naming scopes, that works with remoting
65
66 * add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through binary logs data
67
68 * change journalctl -M to acquire fd to journal directory via machined, and then operate on that via openat() instead of absolute paths
69
70 * add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
71
72 * log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
73
74 * networkd: dhcp server: try to assign stable IP addresses based on client's MAC address
75
76 * nspawn: a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
77
78 * logind: rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
79 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
80 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
81
82 * journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going. Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
83
84 * nspawn: don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in shared-network mode
85
86 * nspawn: optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is running, remove them when shut down.
87
88 * importd: generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
89
90 * nspawn: add a logic for cleaning up read-only, hidden container images in /var/lib/machines that are not ancestors of any non-hidden containers
91
92 * nspawn: Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source directory
93
94 * nspawn: maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only is used
95
96 * man: document how update dkr images works with machinectl
97 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028630.html
98
99 * nspawn: as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=, --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an interface be missing
100
101 * networkd: make DHCP server IP range configurable, including only with a single IP address
102
103 * rework C11 utf8.[ch] to use char32_t instead of uint32_t when referring
104 to unicode chars, to make things more expressive.
105
106 * "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
107 difference host, via ssh
108
109 * tmpfiles: creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
110 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
111 calls follow symlinks.
112
113 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
114
115 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
116
117 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
118 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
119 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
120
121 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
122 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
123 state.
124 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
125
126 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
127 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
128
129 * .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
130
131 * create a btrfs qgroup for /var/lib/machines, and add all container
132 subvolumes we create to it.
133
134 * When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
135 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
136
137 * to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
138 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
139 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
140
141 * journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
142 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written
143 to.
144
145 * assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
146
147 * coredump: make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
148 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
149 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
150 control of coredumping.
151
152 * generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
153 that are not supported...
154 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
155
156 * Introduce $LISTEN_NAMES to complement $LISTEN_FDS, containing a
157 colon separated list of identifiers for the fds passed.
158
159 * maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
160 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
161
162 * rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
163 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
164
165 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
166 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
167 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
168 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
169 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
170
171 * nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
172 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
173 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
174 from the kernel's logs.
175
176 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
177 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
178
179 * When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
180 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
181 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
182 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
183 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
184 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
185 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
186 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
187
188 * logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
189
190 * Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
191
192 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
193
194 * rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
195
196 * import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
197
198 * import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
199
200 * core/cgroup: support net_cls modules, and support automatically allocating class ids, then add support for making firewall changes depending on it, to implement a per-service firewall
201
202 * introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
203
204 * "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
205
206 * "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
207
208 * nspawn: when start a container "foobar" look for its configuration in a file "foobar.nspawn" in /etc/systemd/nspawn/ as well as next to the actualy directory or image to boot
209
210 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
211
212 * "machinectl history"
213
214 * "machinectl diff"
215
216 * "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
217
218 * systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
219
220 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
221
222 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
223
224 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
225 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
226
227 * port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
228
229 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
230 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
231 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
232 do, for example)
233
234 * resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
235 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
236 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
237
238 * systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
239 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
240 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
241 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
242
243 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
244 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
245
246 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
247 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
248
249 * the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
250
251 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
252
253 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
254
255 * sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
256
257 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
258 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
259 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
260 returning from the "systemctl stop".
261
262 * 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
263
264 * timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
265
266 * add infrastructure to allocate dynamic/transient users and UID ranges, for use in user-namespaced containers, per-seat gdm login screens and gdm guest sessions
267
268 * machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
269
270 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
271
272 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
273
274 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
275
276 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
277
278 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
279
280 * dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
281
282 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
283 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
284
285 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
286
287 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
288
289 * maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
290
291 * man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
292
293 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
294
295 * "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
296
297 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
298
299 * systemctl edit:
300 - allow creation of units from scratch
301 - use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
302 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
303
304 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
305
306 * exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
307
308 * unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
309 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
310 parsing callbacks should use it.
311
312 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
313
314 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
315 units are shown.
316
317 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
318 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
319
320 * networkd:
321 - add LLDP client side support
322 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
323 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
324 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
325 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
326 - expose in the API the following bits:
327 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
328 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
329 - option 100, 101, timezone
330 - option 123, 144, geolocation
331 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
332 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
333 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
334 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
335 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
336 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
337 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
338 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
339 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
340
341 * resolved:
342 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
343 we always process them before we process client requests
344 - DNSSEC
345 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
346 - DNS
347 - search paths
348 - mDNS/DNS-SD
349 - avahi compat
350 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
351 - edns0
352 - dname
353 - cname on PTR (?)
354 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
355 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
356
357 * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
358
359 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
360
361 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
362
363 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
364 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
365 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
366
367 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
368
369 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
370
371 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
372
373 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
374
375 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
376
377 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
378 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
379
380 * Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
381
382 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
383
384 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
385
386 * consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
387
388 * sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
389
390 * gpt-auto-generator:
391 - Support LUKS for root devices
392 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
393 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
394
395 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
396 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
397 when it is otherwise off
398
399 * MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
400
401 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
402 /proc/$PID/exe
403
404 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
405 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
406 for ReusePort=
407
408 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
409 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
410 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
411 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
412 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
413
414 * New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
415
416 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
417 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
418 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
419 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
420 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
421 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
422
423 * cgroups:
424 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
425 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
426 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
427 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
428 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
429 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
430 the hierarchies of child processes
431
432 * transient units:
433 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
434 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
435
436 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
437
438 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
439
440 * machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
441
442 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
443
444 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
445
446 * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
447
448 * 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
449
450 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
451
452 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
453 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
454 path anyway.
455
456 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
457
458 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
459
460 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
461
462 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
463
464 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
465
466 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
467 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
468
469 * sd-bus:
470 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
471 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
472 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
473 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
474 - 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
475 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
476 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
477 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
478 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
479 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
480 - longer term: priority inheritance
481 - dbus spec updates:
482 - kdbus mapping
483 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
484 - GVariant
485 - path escaping
486 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
487 - test bloom filter generation indexes
488 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
489 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
490 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
491 253 messages)
492 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
493 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
494
495 * sd-event
496 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
497 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
498
499 * in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
500 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
501 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
502
503 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
504
505 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
506 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
507
508 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
509
510 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
511
512 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
513
514 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
515
516 * test/:
517 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
518 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
519
520 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
521 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
522 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
523 destination.
524
525 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
526 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
527
528 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
529
530 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
531 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
532 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
533 is installed.
534
535 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
536 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
537 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
538 that automatically.
539
540 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
541
542 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
543
544 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
545
546 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
547
548 * write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
549
550 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
551
552 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
553
554 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
555
556 * EFI:
557 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
558 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
559 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
560
561 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
562
563 * fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
564 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
565
566 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
567
568 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
569
570 * logind:
571 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
572 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
573 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
574 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
575 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
576 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
577 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
578 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
579 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
580 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
581 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
582 needs setuid().
583 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
584 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
585 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
586 complete.
587 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
588 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
589 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
590 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
591 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
592 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
593 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
594 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
595
596 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
597
598 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
599
600 * journal:
601 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
602 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
603 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
604 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
605 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
606 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
607 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
608 - journal: reuse XZ context
609 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
610 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
611 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
612 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
613 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
614 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
615 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
616 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
617 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
618 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
619 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
620 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
621 - 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.
622 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
623 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
624 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
625 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
626 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
627 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
628 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
629 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
630 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
631 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
632 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
633 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
634 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
635 to syslog when it works again.
636 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
637 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
638 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
639 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
640 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
641 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
642 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
643 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
644 journals in.
645 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
646 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
647 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
648 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
649 the most common operations.
650
651 * document:
652 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
653 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
654 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
655 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
656 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
657 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
658 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
659 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
660 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
661 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
662 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
663 - man: add more examples to man pages
664 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
665
666 * systemctl:
667 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
668 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
669 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
670 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
671 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
672 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
673 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
674 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
675 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
676 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
677 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
678 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
679 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
680 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
681
682 * unit install:
683 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
684 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
685 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
686
687 * timer units:
688 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
689 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
690 o DST changes
691 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
692 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
693 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
694 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
695
696 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
697
698 * 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().
699
700 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
701 * fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
702 * fedup: generator
703
704 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
705
706 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
707
708 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
709 waiting for the timeout
710
711 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
712
713 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
714
715 * nspawn:
716 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
717
718 * cryptsetup:
719 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
720 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
721 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
722 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
723
724 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
725 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
726
727 * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
728
729 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
730
731 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
732
733 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
734
735 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
736
737 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
738
739 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
740 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
741 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
742 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
743 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
744 but much rather a disconnect on success.
745
746 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
747
748 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
749
750 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
751
752 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
753 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
754
755 * introduce Type=pid-file
756
757 * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
758
759 * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
760
761 * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
762
763 * udev:
764 - move to LGPL
765 - kill scsi_id
766 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
767 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
768
769 * when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
770
771 * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
772
773 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
774
775 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
776
777 * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
778
779 * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
780
781 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
782
783 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
784
785 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
786 needs to be auto-respawned?
787
788 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
789
790 * tmpfiles:
791 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
792 - replace F with f+.
793 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
794
795 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
796
797 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
798
799 * when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
800
801 * allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
802 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
803
804 * move PAM code into its own binary
805
806 * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
807 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
808
809 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
810
811 * add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
812
813 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
814 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
815 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
816
817 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
818 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
819
820 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
821
822 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
823
824 * write blog stories about:
825 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
826 - enabling dbus services
827 - status update
828 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
829 - remote access
830 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
831 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
832 - auto-restart
833 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
834 - the journal HTTP iface
835 - non-cgroup resource management
836 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
837 - refreshed, longer missions statement
838 - calendar time events
839 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
840 - how to create your own target
841 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
842 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
843
844 * allow port=0 in .socket units
845
846 * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
847
848 * Support --test based on current system state
849
850 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
851
852 * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
853
854 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
855
856 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
857
858 * systemd-python:
859 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
860 works with ^C
861 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
862
863 * bootchart:
864 - plot per-process IO utilization
865 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
866 - document initcall_debug
867 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
868
869 * udev-link-config:
870 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
871 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
872 on Path= matching
873 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
874
875 * sd-rtnl:
876 - add support for more attribute types
877 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
878
879 * networkd:
880 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
881 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
882 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
883 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
884 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
885 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
886 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
887 - work with non-ethernet devices
888 - add support for more bond options
889
890 * networkd-wait-online:
891 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
892
893 * dhcp:
894 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
895 - export timezone information
896 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
897
898 * dhcp6:
899 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
900 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
901 - write more test cases
902 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
903 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
904 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
905 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
906 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
907 or interface down
908 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
909 this behavior
910
911 External:
912
913 * dbus:
914 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
915 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
916
917 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
918
919 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
920
921 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
922
923 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
924
925 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
926
927 * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
928
929 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
930
931 * add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
932
933 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
934
935 * 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=
936
937 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
938
939 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
940
941 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
942
943 * register catalog database signature as file magic
944
945 * zsh shell completion:
946 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
947 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
948
949
950 Regularly:
951
952 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
953
954 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
955
956 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
957
958 * pahole
959
960 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
961
962 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
963
964 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
965
966 Scheduled for removal or fixing:
967
968 * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)