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1 Bugfixes:
2 * systemctl status *.path shows all logs, not only the ones since the unit is
3 active
4
5 * check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
6
7 * swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
8
9 * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
10 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
11 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
12
13 * make polkit checks async
14
15 * properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
16
17 Fedora 19:
18
19 * external: maybe it is time to patch procps so that "ps" links to
20 libsystemd-logind to print a pretty service name, seat name, session
21 name in its output. Currently it only shows cgroup membership, but
22 that's sometimes kinda hard to parse for a human.
23
24 * cgroup attrs:
25 - update dbus interface docs in wiki
26
27 * localed:
28 - localectl: support new converted x11→console keymaps
29
30 Features:
31 * read the kernel's console "debug" keyword like we read "quiet" and adjust:
32 systemd.log_level=debug and maybe systemd.log_target=kmsg
33
34 * add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
35 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
36 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
37 kernel.
38
39 * Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
40 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
41
42 * maybe add a warning to the unit file parses whern the acces mode of unit files is non-sensical.
43
44 * investigate endianess issues of UUID vs. GUID
45
46 * see if we can fix https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63672
47 without dropping the location cache entirely.
48
49 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
50 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
51
52 * if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
53 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
54 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
55 needs setuid().
56
57 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
58
59 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
60
61 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
62
63 * timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
64
65 * logind: add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
66
67 * we need dynamic units
68
69 * add s.th. like "systemctl set-log-level debug"
70
71 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
72
73 * test/:
74 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
75 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
76 - remove all the duplicated code in test/
77
78 * suppress log output on shutdown when "quiet" is used
79
80 * systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
81
82 * make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
83 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
84 file.
85
86 * move /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.devname parsing from udevd to
87 kmod static-nodes
88 call kmod as an early service, and drop CAP_MKNOD from udevd.service
89
90 * systemd-delta needs to be made aware of *.d/*.conf drop-in files for
91 units.
92
93 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
94 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
95 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
96 destination.
97
98 * remove duplicate default deps logic from fstab-generator vs. mount.c
99
100 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
101 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
102
103 * teach udev + logind's uaccess to somehow handle the "dead" device nodes from:
104 /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.devname
105 and apply ACLs to them if they have TAG=="uaccess" in udev rules.
106
107 * add ConditionArchitecture= or so
108
109 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
110
111 * we should log capabilities too
112
113 * Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
114 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
115 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
116 old.
117
118 * after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
119 need manual exponential loops after all
120
121 * BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
122 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
123 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
124 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
125
126 * man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
127
128 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
129 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
130 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
131 that automatically.
132
133 * rework specifier logic so that we can distuingish OOM errors from other errors
134
135 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
136
137 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
138
139 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
140
141 * documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
142
143 * add a tool that lists active timer units plus their next elapstion and the time the units ran last
144
145 * man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
146
147 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
148
149 * man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
150
151 * systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
152
153 * man: add more examples to man pages
154
155 * man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
156
157 * write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
158
159 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
160
161 * msgcatalog determine default language of entries from the catalog
162 file name. i.e. foobar.de_DE.catalog would set the default entry
163 name for the entries to de_DE if they aren't explicitly suffixed
164 individually.
165
166 * use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
167
168 * timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
169
170 * Honour "-" prefix for InaccessibleDirectories= and ReadOnlyDirectories= to
171 suppress errors of the specified path doesn't exist
172
173 * dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
174 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
175 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
176 will be activated.
177
178 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
179
180 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
181
182 * EFI:
183 - fsck hookup for the ESP mount is missing
184 - write man page for efi boot generator
185 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
186 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
187 - introduce bootctl (backed by systemd-bootd) to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
188
189 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
190
191 * re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
192
193 * fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
194 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
195
196 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
197
198 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
199
200 * logind:
201 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
202 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
203 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
204 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
205 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
206 - logind: spawn user@..service on login
207 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
208 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
209 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
210 - logind: GetSessionByPID() should accept 0 as PID value
211 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
212
213 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
214
215 * DeviceAllow/DeviceDeny: disallow everything by default, but whitelist /dev/zero, /dev/null and friends
216
217 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
218
219 * journal:
220 - do not use magic msync() in src/journal/journal-file.c, just call fsync()
221 <alxchk> poettering: looks like msync just calls vfs_fsync
222 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/mm/msync.c#n18
223 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
224 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
225 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
226 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
227 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
228 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
229 - journal: reuse XZ context
230 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
231 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
232 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
233 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
234 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
235 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
236 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
237 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
238 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
239 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
240 - journal: when rotating, copy over old acls/access mode
241 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
242 - 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.
243 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
244 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
245 - Introduce journalctl -b <nr> to show journal messages of a previous boot
246 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
247 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
248 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
249 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
250 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
251 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
252 - journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages
253 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
254 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
255 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
256 - Port upower to use the journal for historical power information used in future calculations
257
258 * document:
259 - document unit_name_mangle()
260 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in
261 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
262 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
263 - Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends
264 - document that units from /etc override those from /usr and /run
265 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
266 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
267 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
268
269 * systemctl:
270 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
271 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
272 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
273 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
274 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
275 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
276 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
277 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
278 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
279 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
280 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
281 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
282 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
283
284 * introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
285
286 * deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
287
288 * timer units:
289 - configurable jitter for timer events
290 - timer events with system resume
291 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
292 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
293 o DST changes
294 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
295
296 * update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
297
298 * sync down the system time to the RTC when:
299 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
300 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
301 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
302 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
303 user did not request anything like it.
304
305 * hwdb:
306 - implement conditional properties (dmi matches)
307 - hwdb --filter=ID_DRIVE_*
308
309 * if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
310 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
311 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
312
313 * libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
314 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
315 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
316 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
317 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
318 better supported alternative.
319
320 * figure out relation of --all and --full in the various tools
321
322 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
323
324 * 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().
325
326 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
327 * fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
328 * fedup: generator
329
330 * timedated:
331 - timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
332
333 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
334
335 * introduce generic AUGMENT_PID=, AUGMENT_DEVICE= fields
336
337 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
338
339 * add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
340 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
341 - superset of tmpfiles model
342 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
343 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
344 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
345
346 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
347 waiting for the timeout
348
349 * high level net_prio setting in execution context
350
351 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
352
353 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
354
355 * refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful (or set taint?)
356
357 * nspawn:
358 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
359 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
360 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
361 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
362 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
363 - nspawn: investigate whether we can support the same as LXC's
364 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
365 interfaces to the container
366 - nspawn: maybe add a way to drop additional caps, in addition to add additional caps
367 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
368 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
369
370 * cryptsetup:
371 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
372 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
373 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
374 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
375
376 * move debug shell to tty6 and make sure this doesn't break the gettys on tty6
377
378 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
379 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
380
381 * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
382
383 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
384
385 * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
386 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
387
388 * come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
389
390 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
391
392 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
393
394 * Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
395
396 * system.conf should have controls for cgroups
397
398 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
399
400 * explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
401
402 * shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
403
404 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
405
406 * ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
407
408 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
409 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
410 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
411 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
412 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
413 but much rather a disconnect on success.
414
415 * remember which condition failed for services, not just the fact that something failed
416
417 * use opterr = 0 for all getopt tools
418
419 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
420
421 * allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
422
423 * dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
424
425 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
426
427 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
428
429 * syscall filter:
430 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
431 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
432 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
433 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
434 - system-wide seccomp filter
435
436 * .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably.
437
438 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
439 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
440
441 * introduce Type=pid-file
442
443 * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
444
445 * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
446
447 * move passno parsing to fstab generator
448
449 * automount: implement expire:
450 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
451 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
452 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
453 - blocking, needs a thread
454 - run until -EAGAIN
455 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
456 - call umount
457 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
458 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
459
460 * services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel)
461
462 * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
463
464 * udev:
465 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
466 - move to LGPL
467 - unify utf8 validator code with shared/
468 - kill scsi_id
469 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
470
471 * cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
472
473 * 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
474
475 * support container_ttys=
476
477 * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
478
479 * add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
480
481 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
482
483 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
484
485 * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
486
487 * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
488
489 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
490
491 * clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
492
493 * when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
494
495 * default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
496
497 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
498 needs to be auto-respawned?
499
500 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
501
502 * tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
503
504 * for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
505
506 * hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
507
508 * when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
509
510 * allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
511 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
512
513 * move PAM code into its own binary
514
515 * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
516 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
517
518 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
519
520 * support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
521
522 * support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
523
524 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
525 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
526 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
527
528 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
529 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
530
531 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
532
533 * readahead:
534 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
535 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
536 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
537 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
538 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
539
540 * add support for /bin/mount -s
541
542 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
543
544 * write blog stories about:
545 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
546 - enabling dbus services
547 - status update
548 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
549 - remote access
550 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
551 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
552 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
553 - auto-restart
554 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
555 - the journal HTTP iface
556 - non-cgroup resource management
557 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
558 - refreshed, longer missions statement
559 - calendar time events
560 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
561 - how to create your own target
562 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
563 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
564
565 * allow port=0 in .socket units
566
567 * support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
568
569 * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
570
571 * Support --test based on current system state
572
573 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
574
575 * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
576
577 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
578
579 * port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
580 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
581 - cups HAVEPATCH
582 - postfix, saslauthd
583 - apache/samba
584 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
585 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
586 - distccd
587
588 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
589
590 * io priority during initialization
591
592 * drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
593
594 * systemd-python:
595 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
596 works with ^C
597 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
598
599 * bootchart:
600 - plot per-process IO utilization
601 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
602 - document initcall_debug
603 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
604
605 External:
606
607 * dbus:
608 - dbus --user
609 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
610 - allow specification of socket mode/umask when allocating DBusServer
611 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
612 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
613 - always pass cred data along each message
614 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
615
616 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
617
618 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
619
620 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
621
622 * NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
623 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
624 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
625 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
626 the RTC to sync up.
627
628 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
629
630 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
631
632 * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
633
634 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
635
636 * add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
637
638 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
639
640 * 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=
641
642 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
643
644 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
645
646 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
647
648 Regularly:
649
650 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
651
652 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
653
654 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
655
656 * %m in printf() instead of strerror(errno);
657
658 * pahole
659
660 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
661
662 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
663
664 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
665
666 Scheduled for removal or fixing:
667
668 * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)