networkd: Add todo patch kernel for tunnel module alias

[elogind.git] / TODO

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@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ External:
 Features:
 
 * timesyncd:
 Features:
 
 * timesyncd:

-  - config file
-  - reconnect on reply timeout
-  - hookup with networkd: dhcp, listen to online/offline state
-  - res_init()
+  - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
+  - hookup with networkd: listen to online/offline state

 
 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
 
 
 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
 


@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ Features:
 
 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
 
 
 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
 

-* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot don't have the services they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle. Alternatively, split up the boot-up state into two, and make Type=idle only be affected by jobs for the default target, but ignore any further jobs
+* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle. Alternatively, split up the boot-up state into two, and make Type=idle only be affected by jobs for the default target, but ignore any further jobs

 
 * Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
 
 
 * Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
 


@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ Features:
 
 * improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
   lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
 
 * improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
   lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we

-  don't have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
+  do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for

   the most common operations.
 
 * support transient mount units
   the most common operations.
 
 * support transient mount units


@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ Features:
 
 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
 
 
 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
 

-* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
+* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd

 
 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
 
 
 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
 


@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ Features:
 
 * sd-bus:
   - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async
 
 * sd-bus:
   - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async

-  - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
+  - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds

   - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
   - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
   - allow updating attach flags during runtime
   - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
   - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
   - allow updating attach flags during runtime


@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ Features:
   file.
 
 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
   file.
 
 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink

-  destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
+  destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead

   /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
   destination.
 
   /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
   destination.
 


@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ Features:
 
 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
 
 
 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
 

-* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
+* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good

 
 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
 
 
 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
 


@@ -335,7 +333,7 @@ Features:
   - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
   - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
   - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
   - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
   - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
   - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.

-  - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
+  - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?

   - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
   - journal: reuse XZ context
   - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
   - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
   - journal: reuse XZ context
   - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg


@@ -371,7 +369,7 @@ Features:
   - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
   - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
     boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
   - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
   - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
     boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,

-    so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
+    so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,

     hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
 
 * document:
     hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
 
 * document:


@@ -399,7 +397,7 @@ Features:
   - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
   - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
   - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
   - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
   - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
   - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)

-  - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
+  - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?

   - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
   - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
   - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
   - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
   - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
   - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"


@@ -426,7 +424,7 @@ Features:
     o DST changes
   - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
   - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
     o DST changes
   - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
   - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1

-  - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
+  - 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

   - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
 
 * update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
   - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
 
 * update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes


@@ -450,7 +448,7 @@ Features:
 * 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().
 
 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
 * 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().
 
 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow

-* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
+* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root

 * fedup: generator
 
 * timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
 * fedup: generator
 
 * timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on


@@ -471,7 +469,7 @@ Features:
 
 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
 
 
 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
 

-* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
+* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not

 
 * nspawn:
   - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
 
 * nspawn:
   - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts


@@ -517,9 +515,9 @@ Features:
 
 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
   currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
 
 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
   currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we

-  can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
+  cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of

   being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
   being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it

-  when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
+  when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,

   but much rather a disconnect on success.
 
 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
   but much rather a disconnect on success.
 
 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno


@@ -533,7 +531,7 @@ Features:
 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
 
 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
 
 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks

-  verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
+  verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.

 
 * introduce Type=pid-file
 
 
 * introduce Type=pid-file
 


@@ -577,7 +575,7 @@ Features:
 
 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
 
 
 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
 

-* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
+* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max

 
 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
   needs to be auto-respawned?
 
 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
   needs to be auto-respawned?


@@ -588,7 +586,7 @@ Features:
   - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
   - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
 
   - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
   - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
 

-* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
+* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested

 
 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
 
 
 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
 


@@ -701,6 +699,8 @@ Features:
    - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
    - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
    - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
    - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
    - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
    - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp

+   - patch kernel to support module alias for tunnel device (ipip/sit/gre),
+     then remove remove libkmod dependency and CAP_SYS_MODULE

    - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
 
 External:
    - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
 
 External:


@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ External:
 
 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
 
 
 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
 

-* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
+* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not

 
 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
 
 
 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
 


@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ Regularly:
 
 * pahole
 
 
 * pahole
 

-* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
+* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!

 
 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
 
 
 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate