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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 * Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
23
24 * Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
25
26 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
27
28 * When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
29 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
30
31 Before 220:
32
33 * Figure out why 13790add4 breaks boot across all distributions. Revert it if
34 we cannot get it fixed.
35
36 * rework fsckd/fsck's connection logic or remove fsck entirely
37
38 * fix userns support in nspawn, or remove it entirely
39
40 * make unmount-on-eject work again
41
42 * bus-proxy: GetConnectionSELinuxSecurityContext() is completely broken
43
44 * timer units triggering services with failing conditions run busy:
45 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030095.html
46
47 Features:
48
49 * networkd: make DHCP server IP range configurable, including only with a single IP address
50
51 * rework C11 utf8.[ch] to use char32_t instead of uint32_t when referring
52 to unicode chars, to make things more expressive.
53
54 * networkd: MTU= switch for .network units needs documentation in systemd.network(5)
55
56 * "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
57 difference host, via ssh
58
59 * tmpfiles: creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
60 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
61 calls follow symlinks.
62
63 * bus-proxy: fix return code when releasing name that we don't have:
64 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030494.html
65
66 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
67
68 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
69
70 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
71 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
72 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
73
74 * whe should apply a stop limit (similar to the existing start limit),
75 so that we don't enter unbounded umount loops:
76 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030224.html
77
78 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
79 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
80 state.
81 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
82
83 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
84 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
85
86 * fstab-generator should generate systemd-fsck-root.service when
87 running in the initrd, and operate on the right device.
88
89 * .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
90
91 * systemd-run should support a mode where we wait for the unit to be started up
92
93 * create a btrfs qgroup for /var/lib/machines, and add all container
94 subvolumes we create to it.
95
96 * nspawn: add --overlay= to support overlay file systems, similar to
97 --tmpfs= and --bind=.
98
99 * When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
100 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
101
102 * to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
103 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
104 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
105
106 * journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
107 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written
108 to.
109
110 * assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
111
112 * coredump: make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
113 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
114 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
115 control of coredumping.
116
117 * generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
118 that are not supported...
119 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
120
121 * PID 1: when invoking systemctl preset-all on first boots, operate in
122 an exclusively additive way, i.e. never remove any pre-existing
123 symlinks, only add new ones.
124
125 * Introduce $LISTEN_NAMES to complement $LISTEN_FDS, containing a
126 colon separated list of identifiers for the fds passed.
127
128 * when the fstab-generator runs in the initrd, it should create a /dev/null mask for systemd-fsck-root.service, to avoid that the the root fs is fsck'ed twice.
129
130 * maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
131 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
132
133 * rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
134 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
135
136 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
137 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
138 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
139 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
140 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
141
142 * nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
143 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
144 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
145 from the kernel's logs.
146
147 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
148 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
149
150 * When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
151 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
152 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
153 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
154 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
155 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
156 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
157 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
158
159 * logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
160
161 * Set NoNewPriviliges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
162
163 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
164
165 * rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
166
167 * import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
168
169 * import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
170
171 * 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
172
173 * introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
174
175 * "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
176
177 * "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
178
179 * 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
180
181 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
182
183 * "machinectl history"
184
185 * "machinectl diff"
186
187 * "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
188
189 * systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
190
191 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
192
193 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
194
195 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
196 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
197
198 * port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
199
200 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
201 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
202 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
203 do, for example)
204
205 * resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
206 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
207 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
208
209 * systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
210 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
211 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
212 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
213
214 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
215 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
216
217 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
218 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
219
220 * the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
221
222 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
223
224 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
225
226 * sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
227
228 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
229 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
230 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
231 returning from the "systemctl stop".
232
233 * 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
234
235 * timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
236
237 * 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
238
239 * machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
240
241 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
242
243 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
244
245 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
246
247 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
248
249 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
250
251 * dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
252
253 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
254 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
255
256 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
257
258 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
259
260 * maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
261
262 * man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
263
264 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
265
266 * "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
267
268 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
269
270 * systemctl edit:
271 - allow creation of units from scratch
272 - use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
273 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
274
275 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
276
277 * exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
278
279 * unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
280 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
281 parsing callbacks should use it.
282
283 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
284
285 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
286 units are shown.
287
288 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
289 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
290
291 * networkd:
292 - add LLDP client side support
293 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
294 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
295 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
296 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
297 - expose in the API the following bits:
298 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
299 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
300 - option 100, 101, timezone
301 - option 123, 144, geolocation
302 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
303 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
304 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
305 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
306 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
307 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
308 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
309 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
310 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
311
312 * resolved:
313 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
314 we always process them before we process client requests
315 - DNSSEC
316 - use base64 for key presentation?
317 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
318 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
319 - DNS
320 - search paths
321 - mDNS/DNS-SD
322 - avahi compat
323 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
324 - edns0
325 - dname
326 - cname on PTR (?)
327 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
328 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
329
330 * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
331
332 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
333
334 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
335
336 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
337 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
338 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
339
340 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
341
342 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
343
344 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
345
346 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
347
348 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
349
350 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
351 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
352
353 * Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
354
355 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
356
357 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
358
359 * consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
360
361 * sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
362
363 * gpt-auto-generator:
364 - Support LUKS for root devices
365 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
366 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
367
368 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
369 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
370 when it is otherwise off
371
372 * MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
373
374 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
375 /proc/$PID/exe
376
377 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
378 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
379 for ReusePort=
380
381 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
382 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
383 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
384 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
385 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
386
387 * New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
388
389 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
390 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
391 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
392 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
393 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
394 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
395
396 * cgroups:
397 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
398 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
399 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
400 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
401 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
402 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
403 the hierarchies of child processes
404
405 * transient units:
406 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
407 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
408
409 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
410
411 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
412
413 * machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
414
415 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
416
417 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
418
419 * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
420
421 * 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
422
423 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
424
425 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
426 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
427 path anyway.
428
429 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
430
431 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
432
433 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
434
435 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
436
437 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
438
439 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
440 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
441
442 * sd-bus:
443 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
444 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
445 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
446 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
447 - 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
448 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
449 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
450 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
451 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
452 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
453 - longer term: priority inheritance
454 - dbus spec updates:
455 - kdbus mapping
456 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
457 - GVariant
458 - path escaping
459 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
460 - test bloom filter generation indexes
461 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
462 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
463 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
464 253 messages)
465 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
466 - 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.
467
468 * sd-event
469 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
470 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
471
472 * in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
473 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
474 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
475
476 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
477
478 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
479 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
480
481 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
482
483 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
484
485 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
486
487 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
488
489 * test/:
490 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
491 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
492
493 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
494 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
495 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
496 destination.
497
498 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
499 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
500
501 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
502
503 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
504 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
505 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
506 is installed.
507
508 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
509 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
510 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
511 that automatically.
512
513 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
514
515 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
516
517 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
518
519 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
520
521 * write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
522
523 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
524
525 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
526
527 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
528
529 * EFI:
530 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
531 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
532 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
533
534 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
535
536 * re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
537
538 * fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
539 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
540
541 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
542
543 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
544
545 * logind:
546 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
547 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
548 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
549 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
550 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
551 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
552 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
553 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
554 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
555 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
556 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
557 needs setuid().
558 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
559 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
560 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
561 complete.
562 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
563 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
564 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
565 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
566 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
567 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
568 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
569 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
570
571 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
572
573 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
574
575 * journal:
576 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
577 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
578 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
579 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
580 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
581 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
582 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
583 - journal: reuse XZ context
584 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
585 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
586 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
587 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
588 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
589 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
590 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
591 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
592 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
593 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
594 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
595 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
596 - 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.
597 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
598 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
599 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
600 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
601 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
602 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
603 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
604 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
605 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
606 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
607 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
608 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
609 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
610 to syslog when it works again.
611 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
612 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
613 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
614 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
615 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
616 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
617 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
618 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
619 journals in.
620 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
621 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
622 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
623 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
624 the most common operations.
625
626 * document:
627 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
628 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
629 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
630 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
631 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
632 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
633 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
634 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
635 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
636 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
637 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
638 - man: add more examples to man pages
639 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
640
641 * systemctl:
642 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
643 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
644 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
645 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
646 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
647 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
648 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
649 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
650 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
651 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
652 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
653 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
654 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
655 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
656
657 * unit install:
658 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
659 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
660 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
661
662 * timer units:
663 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
664 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
665 o DST changes
666 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
667 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
668 - 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
669 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
670
671 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
672
673 * 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().
674
675 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
676 * fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
677 * fedup: generator
678
679 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
680
681 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
682
683 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
684 waiting for the timeout
685
686 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
687
688 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
689
690 * nspawn:
691 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
692
693 * cryptsetup:
694 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
695 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
696 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
697 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
698
699 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
700 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
701
702 * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
703
704 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
705
706 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
707
708 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
709
710 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
711
712 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
713
714 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
715 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
716 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
717 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
718 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
719 but much rather a disconnect on success.
720
721 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
722
723 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
724
725 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
726
727 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
728 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
729
730 * introduce Type=pid-file
731
732 * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
733
734 * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
735
736 * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
737
738 * udev:
739 - move to LGPL
740 - kill scsi_id
741 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
742 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
743
744 * when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
745
746 * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
747
748 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
749
750 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
751
752 * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
753
754 * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
755
756 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
757
758 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
759
760 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
761 needs to be auto-respawned?
762
763 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
764
765 * tmpfiles:
766 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
767 - replace F with f+.
768 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
769
770 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
771
772 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
773
774 * when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
775
776 * allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
777 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
778
779 * move PAM code into its own binary
780
781 * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
782 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
783
784 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
785
786 * add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
787
788 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
789 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
790 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
791
792 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
793 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
794
795 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
796
797 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
798
799 * write blog stories about:
800 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
801 - enabling dbus services
802 - status update
803 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
804 - remote access
805 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
806 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
807 - auto-restart
808 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
809 - the journal HTTP iface
810 - non-cgroup resource management
811 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
812 - refreshed, longer missions statement
813 - calendar time events
814 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
815 - how to create your own target
816 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
817 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
818
819 * allow port=0 in .socket units
820
821 * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
822
823 * Support --test based on current system state
824
825 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
826
827 * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
828
829 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
830
831 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
832
833 * systemd-python:
834 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
835 works with ^C
836 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
837
838 * bootchart:
839 - plot per-process IO utilization
840 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
841 - document initcall_debug
842 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
843
844 * udev-link-config:
845 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
846 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
847 on Path= matching
848 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
849
850 * sd-rtnl:
851 - add support for more attribute types
852 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
853
854 * networkd:
855 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
856 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
857 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
858 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
859 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
860 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
861 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
862 - work with non-ethernet devices
863 - add support for more bond options
864
865 * networkd-wait-online:
866 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
867
868 * dhcp:
869 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
870 - export timezone information
871 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
872
873 * dhcp6:
874 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
875 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
876 - write more test cases
877 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
878 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
879 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
880 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
881 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
882 or interface down
883 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
884 this behavior
885
886 External:
887
888 * dbus:
889 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
890 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
891
892 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
893
894 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
895
896 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
897
898 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
899
900 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
901
902 * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
903
904 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
905
906 * add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
907
908 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
909
910 * 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=
911
912 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
913
914 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
915
916 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
917
918 * register catalog database signature as file magic
919
920 * zsh shell completion:
921 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
922 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
923
924
925 Regularly:
926
927 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
928
929 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
930
931 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
932
933 * pahole
934
935 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
936
937 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
938
939 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
940
941 Scheduled for removal or fixing:
942
943 * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)