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1 Bugfixes:
2
3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
4
5 * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
8
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
10
11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
14
15 * When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
17
18 External:
19
20 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
21
22 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
23
24 * When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
25 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
26
27 Features:
28
29 * install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths
30
31 * networkd: add ipv6 privacy extensions
32
33 * introduce an NSS module that uses machined info to give container UIDs pretty names when user namespacing is used.
34
35 * stop using off_t, it's a crazy type. Use uint64_t instead.
36
37 * logind: follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and relogins
38
39 * change to KillMode=mixed by default
40
41 * introduce argv0contains=
42
43 * invent a better systemd-run scheme for naming scopes, that works with remoting
44
45 * add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through binary logs data
46
47 * change journalctl -M to acquire fd to journal directory via machined, and then operate on that via openat() instead of absolute paths
48
49 * add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
50
51 * log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
52
53 * networkd: dhcp server: try to assign stable IP addresses based on client's MAC address
54
55 * 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
56
57 * logind: rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
58 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
59 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
60
61 * 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.
62
63 * nspawn: don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in shared-network mode
64
65 * nspawn: optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is running, remove them when shut down.
66
67 * importd: generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
68
69 * 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
70
71 * nspawn: Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source directory
72
73 * nspawn: maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only is used
74
75 * man: document how update dkr images works with machinectl
76 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028630.html
77
78 * 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
79
80 * networkd: make DHCP server IP range configurable, including only with a single IP address
81
82 * rework C11 utf8.[ch] to use char32_t instead of uint32_t when referring
83 to unicode chars, to make things more expressive.
84
85 * "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
86 difference host, via ssh
87
88 * tmpfiles: creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
89 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
90 calls follow symlinks.
91
92 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
93
94 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
95
96 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
97 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
98 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
99
100 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
101 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
102 state.
103 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
104
105 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
106 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
107
108 * .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
109
110 * create a btrfs qgroup for /var/lib/machines, and add all container
111 subvolumes we create to it.
112
113 * When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
114 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
115
116 * to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
117 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
118 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
119
120 * journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
121 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written
122 to.
123
124 * assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
125
126 * coredump: make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
127 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
128 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
129 control of coredumping.
130
131 * generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
132 that are not supported...
133 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
134
135 * Introduce $LISTEN_NAMES to complement $LISTEN_FDS, containing a
136 colon separated list of identifiers for the fds passed.
137
138 * maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
139 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
140
141 * rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
142 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
143
144 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
145 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
146 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
147 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
148 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
149
150 * nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
151 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
152 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
153 from the kernel's logs.
154
155 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
156 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
157
158 * When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
159 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
160 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
161 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
162 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
163 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
164 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
165 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
166
167 * logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
168
169 * Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
170
171 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
172
173 * rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
174
175 * import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
176
177 * import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
178
179 * 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
180
181 * introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
182
183 * "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
184
185 * "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
186
187 * 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
188
189 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
190
191 * "machinectl history"
192
193 * "machinectl diff"
194
195 * "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
196
197 * systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
198
199 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
200
201 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
202
203 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
204 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
205
206 * port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
207
208 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
209 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
210 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
211 do, for example)
212
213 * resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
214 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
215 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
216
217 * systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
218 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
219 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
220 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
221
222 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
223 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
224
225 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
226 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
227
228 * the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
229
230 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
231
232 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
233
234 * sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
235
236 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
237 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
238 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
239 returning from the "systemctl stop".
240
241 * 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
242
243 * timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
244
245 * 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
246
247 * machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
248
249 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
250
251 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
252
253 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
254
255 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
256
257 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
258
259 * dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
260
261 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
262 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
263
264 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
265
266 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
267
268 * maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
269
270 * man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
271
272 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
273
274 * "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
275
276 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
277
278 * systemctl edit:
279 - allow creation of units from scratch
280 - use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
281 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
282
283 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
284
285 * exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
286
287 * unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
288 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
289 parsing callbacks should use it.
290
291 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
292
293 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
294 units are shown.
295
296 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
297 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
298
299 * networkd:
300 - add LLDP client side support
301 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
302 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
303 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
304 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
305 - expose in the API the following bits:
306 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
307 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
308 - option 100, 101, timezone
309 - option 123, 144, geolocation
310 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
311 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
312 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
313 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
314 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
315 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
316 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
317 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
318 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
319
320 * resolved:
321 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
322 we always process them before we process client requests
323 - DNSSEC
324 - use base64 for key presentation?
325 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
326 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
327 - DNS
328 - search paths
329 - mDNS/DNS-SD
330 - avahi compat
331 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
332 - edns0
333 - dname
334 - cname on PTR (?)
335 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
336 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
337
338 * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
339
340 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
341
342 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
343
344 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
345 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
346 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
347
348 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
349
350 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
351
352 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
353
354 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
355
356 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
357
358 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
359 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
360
361 * Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
362
363 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
364
365 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
366
367 * consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
368
369 * sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
370
371 * gpt-auto-generator:
372 - Support LUKS for root devices
373 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
374 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
375
376 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
377 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
378 when it is otherwise off
379
380 * MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
381
382 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
383 /proc/$PID/exe
384
385 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
386 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
387 for ReusePort=
388
389 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
390 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
391 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
392 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
393 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
394
395 * New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
396
397 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
398 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
399 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
400 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
401 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
402 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
403
404 * cgroups:
405 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
406 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
407 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
408 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
409 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
410 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
411 the hierarchies of child processes
412
413 * transient units:
414 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
415 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
416
417 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
418
419 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
420
421 * machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
422
423 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
424
425 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
426
427 * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
428
429 * 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
430
431 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
432
433 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
434 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
435 path anyway.
436
437 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
438
439 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
440
441 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
442
443 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
444
445 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
446
447 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
448 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
449
450 * sd-bus:
451 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
452 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
453 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
454 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
455 - 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
456 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
457 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
458 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
459 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
460 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
461 - longer term: priority inheritance
462 - dbus spec updates:
463 - kdbus mapping
464 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
465 - GVariant
466 - path escaping
467 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
468 - test bloom filter generation indexes
469 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
470 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
471 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
472 253 messages)
473 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
474 - 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.
475
476 * sd-event
477 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
478 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
479
480 * in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
481 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
482 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
483
484 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
485
486 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
487 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
488
489 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
490
491 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
492
493 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
494
495 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
496
497 * test/:
498 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
499 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
500
501 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
502 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
503 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
504 destination.
505
506 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
507 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
508
509 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
510
511 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
512 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
513 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
514 is installed.
515
516 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
517 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
518 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
519 that automatically.
520
521 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
522
523 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
524
525 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
526
527 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
528
529 * write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
530
531 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
532
533 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
534
535 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
536
537 * EFI:
538 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
539 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
540 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
541
542 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
543
544 * fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
545 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
546
547 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
548
549 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
550
551 * logind:
552 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
553 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
554 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
555 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
556 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
557 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
558 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
559 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
560 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
561 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
562 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
563 needs setuid().
564 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
565 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
566 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
567 complete.
568 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
569 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
570 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
571 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
572 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
573 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
574 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
575 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
576
577 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
578
579 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
580
581 * journal:
582 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
583 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
584 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
585 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
586 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
587 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
588 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
589 - journal: reuse XZ context
590 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
591 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
592 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
593 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
594 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
595 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
596 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
597 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
598 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
599 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
600 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
601 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
602 - 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.
603 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
604 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
605 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
606 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
607 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
608 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
609 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
610 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
611 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
612 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
613 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
614 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
615 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
616 to syslog when it works again.
617 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
618 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
619 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
620 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
621 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
622 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
623 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
624 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
625 journals in.
626 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
627 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
628 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
629 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
630 the most common operations.
631
632 * document:
633 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
634 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
635 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
636 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
637 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
638 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
639 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
640 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
641 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
642 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
643 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
644 - man: add more examples to man pages
645 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
646
647 * systemctl:
648 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
649 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
650 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
651 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
652 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
653 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
654 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
655 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
656 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
657 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
658 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
659 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
660 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
661 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
662
663 * unit install:
664 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
665 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
666 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
667
668 * timer units:
669 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
670 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
671 o DST changes
672 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
673 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
674 - 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
675 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
676
677 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
678
679 * 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().
680
681 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
682 * fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
683 * fedup: generator
684
685 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
686
687 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
688
689 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
690 waiting for the timeout
691
692 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
693
694 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
695
696 * nspawn:
697 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
698
699 * cryptsetup:
700 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
701 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
702 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
703 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
704
705 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
706 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
707
708 * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
709
710 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
711
712 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
713
714 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
715
716 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
717
718 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
719
720 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
721 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
722 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
723 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
724 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
725 but much rather a disconnect on success.
726
727 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
728
729 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
730
731 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
732
733 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
734 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
735
736 * introduce Type=pid-file
737
738 * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
739
740 * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
741
742 * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
743
744 * udev:
745 - move to LGPL
746 - kill scsi_id
747 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
748 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
749
750 * 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
751
752 * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
753
754 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
755
756 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
757
758 * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
759
760 * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
761
762 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
763
764 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
765
766 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
767 needs to be auto-respawned?
768
769 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
770
771 * tmpfiles:
772 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
773 - replace F with f+.
774 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
775
776 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
777
778 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
779
780 * when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
781
782 * allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
783 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
784
785 * move PAM code into its own binary
786
787 * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
788 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
789
790 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
791
792 * add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
793
794 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
795 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
796 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
797
798 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
799 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
800
801 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
802
803 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
804
805 * write blog stories about:
806 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
807 - enabling dbus services
808 - status update
809 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
810 - remote access
811 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
812 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
813 - auto-restart
814 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
815 - the journal HTTP iface
816 - non-cgroup resource management
817 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
818 - refreshed, longer missions statement
819 - calendar time events
820 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
821 - how to create your own target
822 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
823 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
824
825 * allow port=0 in .socket units
826
827 * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
828
829 * Support --test based on current system state
830
831 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
832
833 * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
834
835 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
836
837 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
838
839 * systemd-python:
840 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
841 works with ^C
842 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
843
844 * bootchart:
845 - plot per-process IO utilization
846 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
847 - document initcall_debug
848 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
849
850 * udev-link-config:
851 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
852 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
853 on Path= matching
854 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
855
856 * sd-rtnl:
857 - add support for more attribute types
858 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
859
860 * networkd:
861 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
862 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
863 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
864 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
865 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
866 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
867 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
868 - work with non-ethernet devices
869 - add support for more bond options
870
871 * networkd-wait-online:
872 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
873
874 * dhcp:
875 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
876 - export timezone information
877 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
878
879 * dhcp6:
880 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
881 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
882 - write more test cases
883 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
884 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
885 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
886 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
887 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
888 or interface down
889 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
890 this behavior
891
892 External:
893
894 * dbus:
895 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
896 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
897
898 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
899
900 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
901
902 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
903
904 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
905
906 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
907
908 * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
909
910 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
911
912 * add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
913
914 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
915
916 * 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=
917
918 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
919
920 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
921
922 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
923
924 * register catalog database signature as file magic
925
926 * zsh shell completion:
927 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
928 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
929
930
931 Regularly:
932
933 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
934
935 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
936
937 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
938
939 * pahole
940
941 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
942
943 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
944
945 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
946
947 Scheduled for removal or fixing:
948
949 * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)