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1 Bugfixes:
2
3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
4
5 * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
8
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
10
11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
14
15 * 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 * do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
30
31 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
32
33 * push CPUAffinity also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller
34
35 * add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
36
37 * add a new command "systemctl revert" or so, that removes all dropin
38 snippets in /run and /etc, and all unit files with counterparts in
39 /usr, and thus undoes what "systemctl set-property" and "systemctl
40 edit" create. Maybe even add "systemctl revert -a" to do this for
41 all units.
42
43 * sd-event: maybe add support for inotify events
44
45 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
46
47 * nspawn should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
48
49 * nspawn should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload PID 1...
50
51 * consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
52
53 * "systemctl edit" should know a mode to create a new unit file
54
55 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
56 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
57 prefixed with /sys generally special.
58 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
59
60 * Add PassEnvironment= setting to service units, to import select env vars from PID 1 into the service env block
61
62 * nspawn: fix logic always print a final newline on output.
63 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
64
65 * make nspawn's --network-veth switch more powerful:
66 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/033121.html
67
68 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
69
70 * man: clarify that "machinectl show" shows different information than "machinectl status" (no cgroup tree, no IP addresses, ...)
71
72 * "systemctl daemon-reload" should result in /etc/systemd/system.conf being reloaded by systemd
73
74 * install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths
75
76 * logind: follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and relogins
77
78 * invent a better systemd-run scheme for naming scopes, that works with remoting
79
80 * add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through binary logs data
81
82 * change journalctl -M to acquire fd to journal directory via machined, and then operate on that via openat() instead of absolute paths
83
84 * add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
85
86 * log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
87
88 * 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
89
90 * logind: rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
91 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
92 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
93
94 * 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.
95
96 * nspawn: don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in shared-network mode
97
98 * nspawn: optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is running, remove them when shut down.
99
100 * importd: generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
101
102 * 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
103
104 * nspawn: Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source directory
105
106 * nspawn: maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only is used
107
108 * man: document how update dkr images works with machinectl
109 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028630.html
110
111 * 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
112
113 * rework C11 utf8.[ch] to use char32_t instead of uint32_t when referring
114 to unicode chars, to make things more expressive.
115
116 * "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
117 difference host, via ssh
118
119 * tmpfiles: creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
120 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
121 calls follow symlinks.
122
123 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
124
125 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
126
127 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
128 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
129 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
130
131 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
132 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
133 state.
134 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
135
136 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
137 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
138
139 * .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
140
141 * When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
142 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
143
144 * to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
145 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
146 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
147
148 * journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
149 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written
150 to.
151
152 * assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
153
154 * coredump: make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
155 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
156 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
157 control of coredumping.
158
159 * generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
160 that are not supported...
161 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
162
163 * maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
164 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
165
166 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
167 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
168 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
169 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
170 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
171
172 * nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
173 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
174 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
175 from the kernel's logs.
176
177 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
178 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
179
180 * Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
181 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
182 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
183 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
184 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
185 operation.
186
187 * logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
188
189 * Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
190
191 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
192
193 * rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
194
195 * import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
196
197 * import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
198
199 * 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
200
201 * introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
202
203 * "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
204
205 * "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
206
207 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
208
209 * "machinectl history"
210
211 * "machinectl diff"
212
213 * "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
214
215 * systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
216
217 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
218
219 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
220
221 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
222 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
223
224 * port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
225
226 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
227 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
228 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
229 do, for example)
230
231 * resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
232 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
233 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
234
235 * systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
236 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
237 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
238 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
239
240 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
241 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
242
243 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
244 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
245
246 * the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
247
248 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
249
250 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
251
252 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
253 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
254 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
255 returning from the "systemctl stop".
256
257 * 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
258
259 * timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
260
261 * 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
262
263 * machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
264
265 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
266
267 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead
268
269 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
270
271 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
272
273 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
274
275 * dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
276
277 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
278 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
279
280 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
281
282 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
283
284 * maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
285
286 * man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
287
288 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
289
290 * "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
291
292 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
293
294 * systemctl edit:
295 - allow creation of units from scratch
296 - use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
297 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
298
299 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
300
301 * exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
302
303 * extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
304 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
305 parsing callbacks should use it.
306
307 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
308
309 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
310 units are shown.
311
312 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
313 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
314
315 * networkd:
316 - add LLDP client side support
317 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
318 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
319 - expose in the API the following bits:
320 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
321 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
322 - option 123, 144, geolocation
323 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
324 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
325 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
326 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
327 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
328 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
329 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
330 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
331 - networkd: whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
332
333 * resolved:
334 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
335 we always process them before we process client requests
336 - DNSSEC
337 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
338 - DNS
339 - search paths
340 - mDNS/DNS-SD
341 - avahi compat
342 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
343 - edns0
344 - dname: Not necessary for plain DNS as synthesized cname is handed out instead if we do not
345 announce dname support. However, for DNSSEC it is necessary as the synthesized cname
346 will not be signed.
347 - cname on PTR (?)
348
349 * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
350
351 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
352
353 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
354
355 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
356 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
357 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
358
359 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
360
361 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
362
363 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
364
365 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
366
367 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
368
369 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
370 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
371
372 * Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
373
374 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
375
376 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
377
378 * consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
379
380 * sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
381
382 * gpt-auto-generator:
383 - Support LUKS for root devices
384 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
385 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
386
387 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
388 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
389 when it is otherwise off
390
391 * MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
392
393 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
394 /proc/$PID/exe
395
396 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
397 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
398 for ReusePort=
399
400 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
401 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
402 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
403 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
404 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
405
406 * New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
407
408 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
409 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
410 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
411 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
412 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
413 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
414
415 * cgroups:
416 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
417 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
418 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
419 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
420 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
421 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
422 the hierarchies of child processes
423
424 * transient units:
425 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
426 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
427
428 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
429
430 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
431
432 * machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
433
434 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
435
436 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
437
438 * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
439
440 * 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
441
442 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
443
444 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
445 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
446 path anyway.
447
448 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
449
450 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
451
452 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
453
454 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
455
456 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
457
458 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
459 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
460
461 * sd-bus:
462 - EBADSLT handling
463 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
464 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
465 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
466 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
467 - 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
468 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
469 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
470 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
471 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
472 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
473 - longer term: priority inheritance
474 - dbus spec updates:
475 - kdbus mapping
476 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
477 - GVariant
478 - path escaping
479 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
480 - test bloom filter generation indexes
481 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
482 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
483 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
484 253 messages)
485 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
486 - 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.
487
488 * sd-event
489 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
490 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
491
492 * in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
493 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
494 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
495
496 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
497
498 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
499 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
500
501 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
502
503 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
504
505 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
506
507 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
508
509 * test/:
510 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
511 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
512
513 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
514 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
515 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
516 destination.
517
518 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
519 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
520
521 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
522
523 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
524 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
525 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
526 is installed.
527
528 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
529 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
530 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
531 that automatically.
532
533 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
534
535 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
536
537 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
538
539 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
540
541 * write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
542
543 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
544
545 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
546
547 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
548
549 * EFI:
550 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
551 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
552 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
553
554 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
555
556 * fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
557 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
558
559 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
560
561 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
562
563 * logind:
564 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
565 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
566 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
567 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
568 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
569 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
570 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
571 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
572 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
573 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
574 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
575 needs setuid().
576 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
577 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
578 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
579 complete.
580 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
581 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
582 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
583 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
584 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
585 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
586 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
587 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
588
589 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
590
591 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
592
593 * journal:
594 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
595 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
596 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
597 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
598 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
599 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
600 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
601 - journal: reuse XZ context
602 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
603 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
604 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
605 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
606 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
607 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
608 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
609 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
610 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
611 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
612 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
613 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
614 - 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.
615 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
616 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
617 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
618 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
619 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
620 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
621 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
622 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
623 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
624 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
625 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
626 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
627 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
628 to syslog when it works again.
629 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
630 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
631 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
632 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
633 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
634 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
635 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
636 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
637 journals in.
638 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
639 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
640 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
641 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
642 the most common operations.
643
644 * document:
645 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
646 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
647 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
648 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
649 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
650 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
651 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
652 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
653 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
654 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
655 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
656 - man: add more examples to man pages
657 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
658
659 * systemctl:
660 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
661 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
662 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
663 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
664 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
665 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
666 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
667 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
668 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
669 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
670 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
671 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
672 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
673 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
674
675 * unit install:
676 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
677 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
678 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
679
680 * timer units:
681 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
682 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
683 o DST changes
684 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
685 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
686 - 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
687 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
688
689 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
690
691 * 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().
692
693 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
694
695 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
696
697 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
698 waiting for the timeout
699
700 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
701
702 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
703
704 * nspawn:
705 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
706
707 * cryptsetup:
708 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
709 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
710 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
711 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
712
713 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
714 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
715
716 * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
717
718 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
719
720 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
721
722 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
723
724 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
725
726 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
727
728 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
729 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
730 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
731 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
732 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
733 but much rather a disconnect on success.
734
735 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
736
737 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
738
739 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
740
741 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
742 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
743
744 * introduce Type=pid-file
745
746 * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
747
748 * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
749
750 * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
751
752 * udev:
753 - move to LGPL
754 - kill scsi_id
755 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
756 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
757
758 * 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
759
760 * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
761
762 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
763
764 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
765
766 * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
767
768 * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
769
770 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
771
772 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
773
774 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
775 needs to be auto-respawned?
776
777 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
778
779 * tmpfiles:
780 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
781 - replace F with f+.
782 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
783
784 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
785
786 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
787
788 * when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
789
790 * allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
791 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
792
793 * move PAM code into its own binary
794
795 * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
796 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
797
798 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
799
800 * add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
801
802 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
803 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
804 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
805
806 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
807 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
808
809 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
810
811 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
812
813 * write blog stories about:
814 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
815 - enabling dbus services
816 - status update
817 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
818 - remote access
819 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
820 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
821 - auto-restart
822 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
823 - the journal HTTP iface
824 - non-cgroup resource management
825 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
826 - refreshed, longer missions statement
827 - calendar time events
828 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
829 - how to create your own target
830 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
831 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
832
833 * allow port=0 in .socket units
834
835 * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
836
837 * Support --test based on current system state
838
839 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
840
841 * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
842
843 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
844
845 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
846
847 * systemd-python:
848 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
849 works with ^C
850 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
851
852 * bootchart:
853 - plot per-process IO utilization
854 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
855 - document initcall_debug
856 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
857
858 * udev-link-config:
859 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
860 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
861 on Path= matching
862 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
863
864 * sd-rtnl:
865 - add support for more attribute types
866 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
867
868 * networkd:
869 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
870 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
871 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
872 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
873 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
874 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
875 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
876 - work with non-ethernet devices
877 - add support for more bond options
878
879 * networkd-wait-online:
880 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
881
882 * dhcp:
883 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
884 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
885
886 * dhcp6:
887 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
888 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
889 - write more test cases
890 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
891 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
892 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
893 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
894 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
895 or interface down
896 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
897 this behavior
898
899 External:
900
901 * dbus:
902 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
903 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
904
905 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
906
907 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
908
909 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
910
911 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
912
913 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
914
915 * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
916
917 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
918
919 * add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
920
921 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
922
923 * 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=
924
925 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
926
927 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
928
929 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
930
931 * register catalog database signature as file magic
932
933 * zsh shell completion:
934 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
935 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
936
937
938 Regularly:
939
940 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
941
942 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
943
944 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
945
946 * pahole
947
948 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
949
950 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
951
952 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
953
954 Scheduled for removal or fixing:
955
956 * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)