3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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.
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
15 * MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line.
16 str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
17 report the failure properly.
19 * When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
20 bus_close does not kill children?
24 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
26 * Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
28 * Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
30 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
32 * When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
33 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
37 * journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
38 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written
41 * nspawn: allow configuring cgroup (and other) properties via
42 --property= when invoking from the command line.
44 * add udev rule construct SYSCTL{} to write to sysctls
46 * assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
48 * coredump: make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
49 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
50 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
51 control of coredumping.
53 * introduce some call that iterates through cmsg and closes all fds
54 passed in, and use it everywhere...
56 * generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
57 that are not supported...
58 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
60 * nspawn, if stdout/stderr/stdin are non-ttys, don't set up
61 /dev/console, but instead just pass the fds through directly.
63 * When runlevel3.target is used to define dependencies on other units,
64 then we don't pick it up currently, since nothing ever references
65 runlevel3.target, and never figure out it actually is just an alias
66 for multi-user.target. A hackish fix could be to add a .wants link
67 from multi-user.target to runlevel3.target, if it is a symlink to
68 it. Best would be to create this .wants/ symlink from
69 sysv-generator. systemd would then load the referenced unit, figure
70 out it is just an alias and that the dependency would be on itself
71 and suppress it. Thus the alias and its deps would be loaded as
74 * PID 1: when invoking systemctl preset-all on first boots, operate in
75 an exclusively additive way, i.e. never remove any pre-existing
76 symlinks, only add new ones.
78 * Introduce $LISTEN_NAMES to complement $LISTEN_FDS, containing a
79 colon separated list of identifiers for the fds passed.
81 * networkd: implement BindCarrier= logic to .network units that binds
82 application of the file to the carrier sense on another interface,
83 in order to implement uplink/downlink logic.
85 * make networkd subscribe to PrepareForSleep(false) and refresh all
88 * when the fstab-generator runs in the initrd, it should create a /dev/null mask for systemd-fsck-root.service, to avoid that the the root fs is fsck'ed twice.
90 * maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
91 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
93 * rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
94 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
96 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
97 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
98 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
99 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
100 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
102 * We should remove really old cruft from cdrom_id
104 * nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
105 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
106 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
107 from the kernel's logs.
109 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
110 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
112 * When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
113 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
114 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
115 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
116 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
117 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
118 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
119 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
121 * logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
123 * Set NoNewPriviliges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
125 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
127 * rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
129 * import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
131 * import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
133 * import: support import from local files, and export to local files
135 * 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
137 * introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
139 * logind,machined: add generic catch-all polkit verbs for most privileged operations, similar to systemd itself
141 * "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
143 * "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
145 * 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
147 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
149 * "machinectl history"
153 * "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
155 * "machinectl status" should show 10 most recent log lines of both the host logs of the unit of the machine, plus the logs generated in the machine
157 * add transparent btrfs pool in a loopback file in /var if btrfs operations (such as systemd-import pull-dkr) are used and /var is not a btrfs file system
159 * systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
161 * move machinectl's mount and copy commands into machined
163 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
165 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
167 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
168 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
170 * port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
172 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
173 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
174 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
177 * resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
178 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
179 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
181 * systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
182 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
183 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
184 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
186 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
187 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
189 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
190 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
192 * set $REMOTE_IP (or $REMOTE_ADDR/$REMOTE_PORT) environment variable when doing per-connection socket activation. use format introduced by xinetd or CGI for this
194 * the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
196 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
198 * we should try harder to collapse start jobs for swaps that end up being the same:
199 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-November/025359.html
201 * timedated should compensate on SetTime for the time spent in polkit
203 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
205 * sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
207 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
208 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
209 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
210 returning from the "systemctl stop".
212 * 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
214 * timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
216 * 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
218 * machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
220 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
222 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
224 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
226 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
228 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
230 * dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
232 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
233 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
235 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
237 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
239 * maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
241 * man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
243 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
245 * "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
247 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
250 - allow creation of units from scratch
251 - use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
252 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
254 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
256 * exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
258 * tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
260 * unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
261 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
262 parsing callbacks should use it.
264 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
266 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
270 - add LLDP client side support
271 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
272 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
273 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
274 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
275 - expose in the API the following bits:
276 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
277 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
278 - option 100, 101, timezone
279 - option 123, 144, geolocation
280 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
281 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
282 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
283 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
284 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
285 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
286 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
287 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
288 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
291 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
292 we always process them before we process client requests
294 - use base64 for key presentation?
295 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
296 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
301 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
305 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
306 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
308 * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
310 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
312 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
314 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
315 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
316 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
318 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
320 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
322 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
324 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
326 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
328 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
329 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
331 * 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)
333 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
335 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
337 * consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
339 * sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
341 * gpt-auto-generator:
342 - Support LUKS for root devices
343 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
344 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
346 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
347 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
348 when it is otherwise off
350 * MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
352 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
355 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
356 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
359 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
360 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
361 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
362 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
363 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
365 * New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
367 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
368 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
369 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
370 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
371 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
372 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
375 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
376 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
377 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
378 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
379 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
380 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
381 the hierarchies of child processes
384 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
385 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
386 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
388 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
390 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
392 * machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
394 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
396 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
398 * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
400 * 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
402 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
404 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
405 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
408 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
410 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
412 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
414 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
416 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
418 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
419 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
422 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
423 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
424 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
425 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
426 - 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
427 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
428 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
429 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
430 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
431 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
432 - longer term: priority inheritance
435 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
438 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
439 - test bloom filter generation indexes
440 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
441 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
442 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
444 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
445 - 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.
448 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
449 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
451 * in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
452 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
453 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
455 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
457 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
458 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
460 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
462 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
464 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
466 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
469 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
470 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
472 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
473 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
474 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
477 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
478 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
480 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
482 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
483 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
484 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
487 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
488 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
489 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
492 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
494 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
496 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
498 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
500 * write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
502 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
504 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
506 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
509 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
510 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
511 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
513 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
515 * re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
517 * fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
518 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
520 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
522 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
525 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
526 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
527 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
528 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
529 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
530 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
531 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
532 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
533 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
534 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
535 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
537 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
538 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
539 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
541 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
542 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
543 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
544 - logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
545 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
546 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
547 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
548 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
549 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
551 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
553 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
556 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
557 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
558 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
559 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
560 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
561 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
562 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
563 - journal: reuse XZ context
564 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
565 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
566 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
567 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
568 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
569 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
570 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
571 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
572 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
573 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
574 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
575 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
576 - 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.
577 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
578 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
579 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
580 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
581 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
582 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
583 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
584 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
585 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
586 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
587 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
588 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
589 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
590 to syslog when it works again.
591 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
592 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
593 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
594 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
595 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
596 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
597 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
598 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
600 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
601 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
602 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
603 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
604 the most common operations.
607 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
608 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
609 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
610 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
611 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
612 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
613 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
614 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
615 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
616 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
617 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
618 - man: add more examples to man pages
619 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
622 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
623 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
624 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
625 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
626 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
627 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
628 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
629 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
630 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
631 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
632 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
633 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
634 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
635 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
638 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
639 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
640 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
643 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
644 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
646 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
647 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
648 - 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
649 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
651 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
653 * 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().
655 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
656 * fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
659 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
661 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
663 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
664 waiting for the timeout
666 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
668 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
671 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
674 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
675 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
676 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
677 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
679 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
680 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
682 * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
684 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
686 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
688 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
690 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
692 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
694 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
695 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
696 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
697 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
698 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
699 but much rather a disconnect on success.
701 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
703 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
705 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
707 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
708 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
710 * introduce Type=pid-file
712 * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
714 * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
716 * automount: implement expire:
717 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
718 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
719 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
720 - blocking, needs a thread
722 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
724 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
725 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
727 * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
732 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
733 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
734 - don't keep stale db in case event processing fails (also notify userspace about the failure)
736 * 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
738 * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
740 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
742 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
744 * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
746 * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
748 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
750 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
752 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
753 needs to be auto-respawned?
755 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
758 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
760 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
762 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
764 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
766 * when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
768 * allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
769 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
771 * move PAM code into its own binary
773 * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
774 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
776 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
778 * add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
780 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
781 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
782 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
784 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
785 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
787 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
789 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
791 * write blog stories about:
792 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
793 - enabling dbus services
795 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
797 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
798 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
800 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
801 - the journal HTTP iface
802 - non-cgroup resource management
803 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
804 - refreshed, longer missions statement
805 - calendar time events
806 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
807 - how to create your own target
808 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
809 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
811 * allow port=0 in .socket units
813 * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
815 * Support --test based on current system state
817 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
819 * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
821 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
823 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
826 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
828 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
831 - plot per-process IO utilization
832 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
833 - document initcall_debug
834 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
837 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
838 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
840 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
843 - add support for more attribute types
844 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
847 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
848 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
849 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
850 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
851 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
852 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
853 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
854 - work with non-ethernet devices
855 - add support for more bond options
857 * networkd-wait-online:
858 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
861 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
862 - export timezone information
863 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
866 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
867 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
868 - write more test cases
869 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
870 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
871 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
872 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
873 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
874 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
876 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
882 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
883 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
885 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
887 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
889 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
891 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
893 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
895 * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
897 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
899 * add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
901 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
903 * 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=
905 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
907 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
909 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
911 * register catalog database signature as file magic
913 * zsh shell completion:
914 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
915 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
920 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
922 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
924 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
928 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
930 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
932 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
934 Scheduled for removal or fixing:
936 * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)