X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=e4020a482af6e4bedf0b5ba3f2a45de315819ce0;hp=d8182185737624c113d104ff50cdfd1b1b40439b;hb=af9792ac7f39354f80e9006c42c2400c5e41c447;hpb=2eb8ca3b3ef37c601b3938f2656e379abd5c23d4 diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index d81821857..e4020a482 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -13,45 +13,84 @@ Bugfixes: * properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point. -F18: - +Fedora 19: * Retest multi-seat +* create /var/log/journal/ + Features: -* In parse_timestamp() allow specifying a week day, and if it doesn't match the date, generate a parse failure +* if we have systemd-analyze in C "systemctl dot" should move there too -* journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write - "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next - message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout +* fsck hookup for the ESP mount is missing -* add form factor to /etc/machine-info +* external: maybe it is time to patch procps so that "ps" links to + libsystemd-logind to print a pretty service name, seat name, session + name in its output. Currently it only shows cgroup membership, but + that's sometimes kinda hard to parse. -* use C11 static_assert() where we currently use assert_cc() +* write man page for efi boot generator -* journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name +* document bootloader interface in wiki -* check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args? +* link runlevel targets on install only if sysv compat is enabled -* Addd a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done +* logind: when executing sleep/shutdown job, keep track of its id, and + as long as the job is running refuse any further operation. -* "systemctl is-failed" to join "systemctl is-active" and "systemctl is-enabled". +* maybe not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr? -* journal is not closed properly at shutdown when run in a container? +* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason) -* All log messages generated from socket.c, service.c, ... should - include _SYSTEMD_UNIT= fields so that "systemctl status" can show - them along with the unit +* logind: make PrepareForSuspend(false) an official api for notification of resumes -* define a message ID for "overmounting non-empty directory" and write message catalog entry for it +* "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does + nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message + about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages. -* use polkit "imply" for binding hostname actions together +* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826 -* journal: when waiting for journal additions always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups +* add "loginctl unlock-sessions" as counterpart for "loginctl lock-sessions" -* When shutdown.target is queued begin with an asynchronous sync()? +* cgroup attrs: + - don't filter out duplicate settings + - support high-level cgroup setting syntax in systemctl. Example: "systemctl set-cgroup-attr MemoryLimit 5K" + - support writte string mapping even for non-high-level settings + - add man page for systemctl commands + - make sure we work fine with multi-line strings + +* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word + +* kernel cmdline switch to turn off predictable network interface names + +* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units. + +* logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around + +* service: when killing a service with SIGKILL always kill all processes, even if for SIGTERM we only killed the main process + +* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty. + +* DeviceAllow/DeviceDeny: disallow everything by default, but whitelist /dev/zero, /dev/null and friends + +* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong + +* journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write + "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next + message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout + +* journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name + +* check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args? + +* Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done + +* journal is not closed properly at shutdown when run in a container? -* Add ConditionBatteryPower= or ConditionACPower=? (but definitely not both) +* journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups + +* When shutdown.target is queued begin with an asynchronous sync()? * add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal. @@ -87,17 +126,19 @@ Features: * hwdb: - implement conditional properties (dmi matches) - hwdb --filter=ID_DRIVE_* - - find out what to do for blockdevs and skipping scsi modaliases - - move writing code to src/libudev/libudev-hwdb-private.c -* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally surprising +* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status + output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally + surprising. Also, terminate plymouth. * localectl: add listing support for X11 keymaps, by parsing /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst * libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that - we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in logs-show.c. + we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in + logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the + better supported alternative. * figure out relation of --all and --full in the various tools @@ -107,8 +148,6 @@ Features: * journal: add a setgid "adm" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access -* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields? - * journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo", and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR. @@ -140,8 +179,6 @@ Features: * document that people can use file system ACLs to manage access to journal files, with example -* don't show cgroup in "systemctl status" if empty/non-existent, especially for foreign .mount units - * timedated: export boolean that clarifies whether NTP is even available * timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on @@ -182,7 +219,7 @@ Features: * WorkingDirectory: support env var replacements like in ExecStart= so that people can use $HOME -* refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful +* refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful (or set taint?) * nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly @@ -197,10 +234,6 @@ Features: * document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled -* need to update LGPL2.1 text to newest version (with updated FSF address) - -* systemctl: when powering down/suspending check for inhibitors, and warn. - * instantiated [Install] for target units https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54377 @@ -209,8 +242,6 @@ Features: * move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982 -* make nspawn work without terminal - * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712 @@ -219,6 +250,7 @@ Features: * make timer units go away after they elapsed * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html + (network and remote-fs on shutdown) * come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead @@ -232,16 +264,12 @@ Features: * Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open -* move keymaps to /usr/lib/... rather than /usr/lib/udev/... - * journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries * journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd * system-wide seccomp filter -* ability to pass fds into systemd - * system.conf should have controls for cgroups * bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn @@ -314,39 +342,20 @@ Features: * journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached. -* Document: - - PID 1 D-Bus API - * introduce Type=pid-file * maybe allow services with ExecStop= set, but no ExecStart=? -* efi: implement /forcefsck as uefi variables thus not requiring file system altering to trigger a file system check - -* efi: honor language efi variables for default language selection - -* efi: honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection - -* efi: automatically mount EFI partition to /boot if no such entry exists in /etc/fstab and /boot is empty - gummiboot exports the EFI system partion (ESP) device: - /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderDeviceIdentifier-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data - Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1F|2)/?/HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1) - '/' is the separator for the device path list - HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1) contains the GPT UUID of the ESP - -* read the bootloader performance data (raw TSC) in systemd-analyze - /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksExec-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data - 19066159288 - /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksInit-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data - 17442940316 - /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksStartMenu-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data - (only set if the menu was active) +* efi: + - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?) + - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?) + - introduce bootctl (backed by systemd-bootd) to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target * support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator -* nspawn: make use of device cgroup contrller by default +* nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields @@ -354,10 +363,6 @@ Features: * readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes -* (attempt to) make Debianites happy: - - implement .d/ auto includes for unit files - - add syntax to reset ExecStart= lists (and similar) - * move passno parsing to fstab generator * improve !/proc/*/loginuid situation: make /proc/*/loginuid less dependent on CONFIG_AUDIT, @@ -367,24 +372,23 @@ Features: * pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree -* maybe introduce ~/.config/locale.conf and apply it within PAM - * readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/ -* automount: implement expire - -* logind: auto-suspend, auto-shutdown: - IdleAction=(none|suspend|opportunistic|hibernate|poweroff) - IdleActionDelay=... - SessionIdleMode=(explicit|ignore|login) - ForceShutdown=(yes|no) +* automount: implement expire: + - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD + - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD + - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic) + - blocking, needs a thread + - run until -EAGAIN + - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over + - call umount + - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD + - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns * services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel) * don't delete /tmp/systemd-namespace-* before a process is gone down -* vconsole: implement setterm -store -foreground xxx --background zzz - * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo * fedora: make sshd and pam_loginuid work in nspawn containers @@ -395,19 +399,12 @@ Features: * ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA and SMACK -* Auke: merge Auke's bootchart - -* udev: move to LGPL - -* udev systemd unify: - - strpcpy(), strpcpyl(), strscpy(), strscpyl() - - utf8 validator code - -* udev: scsi_id -> sg3_utils -> kill scsi_id - -* udev: add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device - -* allow configuration of console width/height in vconsole.conf +* udev: + - remove all (misguided from day 1) userspace firmware_class handling + - move to LGPL + - unify utf8 validator code with shared/ + - kill scsi_id + - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device * cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording @@ -437,7 +434,7 @@ Features: * figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown -* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id +* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id * dbus: move dbus to early boot @@ -472,7 +469,7 @@ Features: * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests -* something like ConditionExec= or ExecStartPre= without failure state +* something like ConditionExec= or ExecCondition= without failure state * tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas) @@ -509,8 +506,6 @@ Features: * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other. -* move nss-myhostname into systemd - * and a dbus call to generate target from current state * drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum @@ -532,8 +527,9 @@ Features: - how to develop against journal browsing APIs - the journal HTTP iface - non-cgroup resource management + - dynamic resource management with cgroups - refreshed, longer missions statement - - using detect-virt + - celendar time events * allow port=0 in .socket units @@ -561,9 +557,6 @@ Features: * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction' -* calendar time support in timer: - https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bAMyFAjWLpzR3GTDYdgj5FWRMxoZiWw5zmUHEtvdHKA - * writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes * port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID: @@ -601,7 +594,7 @@ External: * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time -* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup? +* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys? * NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way @@ -627,10 +620,8 @@ Regularly: * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate +* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields + Scheduled for removal or fixing: * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix) - -* support for early-boot SysV services (definitely: remove) - -* insserv support (definitely: remove)