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