X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=fd1d96d13920c63c8d099c1c48be1a5159b83753;hb=486bdbded8728d5f0af10d4dc886329be512d66d;hp=0b646eaa2c481416d2ef7933a2e58d1c18efb3f3;hpb=14a65d65a0c25ba4809b8d97f54ebf3e12eac84c;p=elogind.git diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 0b646eaa2..4b75c8517 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,14 +1,8 @@ Bugfixes: -* remove MS_SHARED from src/core/execute.c and src/test/test-ns.c. They are always combined - with MS_REMOUNT, which currently does nothing in the kernel, but might which fail in the - future; https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813563 - * check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar * swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken -* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices - * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around. @@ -17,187 +11,384 @@ Bugfixes: * properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point. -* we pull src/core/manager.h into src/shared/src/shared/path-lookup.c which is the wrong direction - rename enum "ManagerRunningAs" to "SystemdRunningAs" and move it to shared/ +* add 'set -e' to scripts in test/ +* make test in test/ work with separate output dir -* crash happens when running a service as forking and then changing it to simple and reloading. - - Jul 09 18:20:57 mop systemd[1]: usbmuxd.service operation timed out. Terminating. - Jul 09 18:20:57 mop systemd[1]: Unit usbmuxd.service entered failed state. - Jul 09 18:22:24 mop systemd[1]: PID 21814 read from file /var/run/usbmuxd.pid does not exist. - Jul 09 18:22:24 mop systemd[1]: Unit usbmuxd.service entered failed state. - Jul 09 18:22:33 mop systemd[1]: Reloading. - Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Assertion 's->type == SERVICE_FORKING' failed at src/core/service.c:3007, function service_sigchld_eve...Aborting. - Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Caught , dumped core as pid 21865. - Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Freezing execution. - Jul 09 18:22:37 mop [21866]: Process 21865 (systemd) dumped core. - -Features: +* suppress log output on shutdown when "quiet" is used -* compile libsystemd-journal statically into journalctl so that we can share util.c and suchlike - -* replace BindTo= by BindsTo=, but keep old name for compat +Fedora 19: +* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices -* switch-root: sockets need relabelling +* drop no longer needed modprobe.d udlfb file (it does not belong in /etc anyway) -* switch-root: handle journald restart +* Retest multi-seat (new kms driver for displaylink) -* segfault in journalctl during /var migration +* make sure pkexec works fine with pam_systemd works fine with audit=0 -* systemd-analyze post-boot is broken for initrd +* create /var/log/journal/ -* man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets +* 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 for a human. -* journalctl should complain if run with uid != 0 and no persistant logs exist +* cgroup attrs: + - don't unconditionally 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 -* .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably. +* kernel cmdline switch to turn off predictable network interface names -* refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends. +* journal is not closed properly at shutdown when run in a container? -* when running as user instance: implicitly default to WorkingDirectory=$HOME for all services. +* introduce new "journal" group in place of adm? -* Merge KillUnit()'s mode and who params into one - -* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks - verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed. +* localed: + - localectl: add listing support for X11 keymaps, by parsing /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst + - localectl: support new converted x11→console keymaps -* journald: _BOOT_ID triggers too many collisions. +* logind: Class property should probably know "background" or so as value for cron jobs, and the inhibition checks should filter those out too. -* journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached. +* timer logic is confused by units which are skipped due to failing condition + http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-February/008816.html -* reexec journald across initrd transition +Features: -* nspawn: bind mount /var/log/journal from the host +* figure out what we do about hostnames/fqdn in hostnamectl/hostnamed + +* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere + +* unit_name_mangle() is currently not used on "systemctl enable" and friends, only on "systemctl start" + +* ensure sd_journal_seek_monotonic actually works properly. + +* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to. + +* support --root= in msgcatalog compiler + +* Honour "-" prefix for InaccessibleDirectories= and ReadOnlyDirectories= to + suppress errors of the specified path doesn't exist + +* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev + database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found, + so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units + will be activated. + +* merge service_kill() logic into unit_kill_context() and unify the code paths + +* introduce ExecCondition= in services + +* EFI: + - fsck hookup for the ESP mount is missing + - write man page for efi boot generator + - 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 + +* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr? + +* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason) + +* 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 + +* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word + +* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units. + +* logind: + - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around + - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot + - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support + - Add pretty name for seats in logind + - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system? + - logind: spawn user@..service on login + - logind: non-local X11 server handling + - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API + - pam_systemd: try to get old session id from cgroup, if audit sessionid cannot be determined + - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree + - logind: GetSessionByPID() should accept 0 as PID value + +* 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 + +* 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? + - 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 + - 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 + - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args? + - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send + - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards + - gatewayd: should run under its own UID + - journal: add a setgid "adm" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access + - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo", + and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR. + - journal: when rotating, copy over old acls/access mode + - journal: document why we do not give ownership to journal files to the user that created them but use FS ACLs for that + - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs. + - journal: when we haven't written anything in a while, sync to disk and mark file as offline, in order to be more often than not in a clean state + - 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. + - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules + - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes + - journal: When used on NFS make sure wake up sd_journal_wait() every 2s, to handle missing inotify + - document that people can use file system ACLs to manage access to journal files, with example + - Introduce journalctl -b to show journal messages of a previous boot + - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries + - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd + - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes + - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends. + - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached. + - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header + - journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages + - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid + - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit + +* document: + - document unit_name_mangle() + - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in + [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled + - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets + - Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends + - document that units from /etc override those from /usr and /run + - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed + - document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended + - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec + - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications + +* systemctl: + - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies + - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it + - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done + - "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. + - 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: "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" + +* When shutdown.target is queued begin with an asynchronous sync()? + +* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations + +* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity + +* timer units: + - configurable jitter for timer events + - timer events with system resume + - timer units should get the ability to trigger when: + o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET) + o DST changes + - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month. + +* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes + +* sync down the system time to the RTC when: + - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set) + - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp) + This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime + mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the + user did not request anything like it. + +* hwdb: + - implement conditional properties (dmi matches) + - hwdb --filter=ID_DRIVE_* + +* 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. + +* 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. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the + better supported alternative. + +* figure out relation of --all and --full in the various tools + +* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic + +* 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: generator -* The current Storage=auto logic is borked, since people cannot mount - /var/log/journal via NFS since the mount point has to exist and we - already take that as signal to store our stuff there. +* timedated: + - timedated: export boolean that clarifies whether NTP is even available + - timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on -* Document: - - PID 1 D-Bus API - - Journal C API manual pages - - scheduled shutdown API +* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed -* wiki: document logind's PreparingForShutdown, PreparingForSleep +* introduce generic AUGMENT_PID=, AUGMENT_DEVICE= fields -* introduce Type=pid-file +* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel -* systemctl list-unit-files appears to be broken for symlinked units in /usr/lib +* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var + - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr + - superset of tmpfiles model + - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/ + - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files + - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership -* maybe allow services with ExecStop= set, but no ExecStart=? +* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without + waiting for the timeout -* efi: implement /forcefsck as uefi variables thus not requiring file system altering to trigger a file system check +* high level net_prio setting in execution context -* efi: honour language efi variables for default language selection +* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ... -* efi: honour timezone efi variables for default timezone selection +* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't -* efi: automatically mount EFI partition to /boot if no such entry exists in /boot +* WorkingDirectory: support env var replacements like in ExecStart= so that people can use $HOME -* new dependency type to "group" services in a target +* refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful (or set taint?) -* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target +* nspawn: + - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly + - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8) + - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts + - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default + - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn + - nspawn: investigate whether we can support the same as LXC's + lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network + interfaces to the container + - nspawn: maybe add a way to drop additional caps, in addition to add additional caps + - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid? -* exclude processes marked with argv[0][0]=@ from the normal service killing too +* cryptsetup: + - cryptsetup-generator: warn if the password files are world-readable + - cryptsetup-generator: add RequiresMountsFor= to cryptseup service files referencing a file, similar for devices + - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself + - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl? + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982 + - when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup -* support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator +* move debug shell to tty6 and make sure this doesn't break the gettys on tty6 -* systemctl: when stopping a service which has triggres and warning about it actually check the TriggeredBy= deps fields +* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712 -* journal: hook up with EFI firmware log, new kmsg logic +* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things -* handle C-A-Del in logind, like the power/suspend buttons? +* make timer units go away after they elapsed -* nspawn: make use of device cgroup contrller by default +* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html + (network and remote-fs on shutdown) -* journalctl /dev/sda, journalctl --device=b12:8 (--device=n12, --device=+usb:1-1) +* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead -* make use of /sys/power/wake_lock in inhibitors +* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump? -* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields +* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system -* make sure show-logs checks for utf8 validity, not ascii validity +* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open -* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr +* system.conf should have controls for cgroups -* readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes +* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line -* (attempt to) make Debianites happy: - - implement .d/ auto includes for unit files - - add syntax to reset ExecStart= lists (and similar) +* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea -* manipulate CPU governor during boot, set it to performance +* testing tool for socket activation: some binary that listens on a socket and passes it on using the usual socket activation protocol to some server. -* steal SBF management from the kernel +* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container -* delay journal /var writeout to after boot if SBF is clean +* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now. -* move passno parsing to fstab generator +* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts -* improve !/proc/*/loginuid situation: make /proc/*/loginuid less dependent on CONFIG_AUDIT, - or use the users cgroup information when /proc/*/loginuid is not available. +* 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 + being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it + when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply, + but much rather a disconnect on success. -* pam_systemd: try to get old session id from cgroup, if audit sessionid cannot be determined +* remember which condition failed for services, not just the fact that something failed -* pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree +* use opterr = 0 for all getopt tools -* maybe introduce ~/.config/locale.conf and apply it within PAM +* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno -* readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/ +* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop= -* automount: implement expire +* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot -* logind: auto-suspend, auto-shutdown: - IdleAction=(none|suspend|opportunistic|hibernate|poweroff) - IdleActionDelay=... - SessionIdleMode=(explicit|ignore|login) - ForceShutdown=(yes|no) +* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist? -* services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel) +* rename "userspace" to "core-os" -* don't delete /tmp/systemd-namespace-* before a process is gone down +* syscall filter: + - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls + - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs? + - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS? + - syscall filter: port to libseccomp + - system-wide seccomp filter -* vconsole: implement setterm -store -foreground xxx --background zzz +* systemd-analyze: data collection tools should be lightweight (few dependencies); data analysis tools can be heavyweight -* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo - -* fedora: make sshd and pam_loginuid work in nspawn containers +* .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably. -* fix utmp for console logins in containers +* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks + verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed. -* Add pretty name for seats in logind +* introduce Type=pid-file -* nspawn wants dev_setup() for /dev/fd/ and friends? +* maybe allow services with ExecStop= set, but no ExecStart=? -* selinux: merge systemd selinux access controls (dwalsh) +* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target -* ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA +* support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator -* Auke: merge Auke's bootchart +* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields -* udev: move to LGPL +* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr -* udev systemd unify: - - strpcpy(), strpcpyl(), strscpy(), strscpyl() - - utf8 validator code - - now() vs. now_usec() +* move passno parsing to fstab generator -* udev: remove network interface renaming, sleep and retry logic, we do - no support renaming of interfaces in the conflicting kernel - namespace +* 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 -* udev: find a way to tell udev to not cancel firmware requests when running in initramfs +* services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel) -* udev: scsi_id -> sg3_utils -> kill scsi_id +* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo -* udev: add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device +* ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA and SMACK -* 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 -* journal: if mmap() fails for mapping window try to unmap a a few older maps - * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't * 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 @@ -206,61 +397,19 @@ Features: * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite -* journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages - * add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units -* journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid - * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console) -* journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the componets would fit - -* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365) - -* make logind reserve tty9 or so for text logins, so that gdm never picks it up - * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/ * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt? -* Possibly, detect whether SysV init scripts can do reloading by looking for "echo Usage:" lines - * figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown -* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id - -* journald: reuse XZ context +* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id -* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API - -* write RPM spec macros for presets - -* journal: write man pages for API - -* journal: OR matches are borked - -* journal: extend hash tables as we go - -* journal: API for looking for retrieving "all values of this field" - -* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header - -* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server - -* journal: message catalog - -* journal: forward-secure signatures - -* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed - -* rework namespace support, don't use pivot_root, and mount things after creating the namespace, not before - -* systemctl journal command - -* journalctl: --cursor support, priority filtering - -* systemctl status: show coredumps +* dbus: move dbus to early boot * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format @@ -268,33 +417,18 @@ Features: * clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty -* support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template - -* logind: allow showing logout dialog from system - -* document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended - * when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible. -* if we can not get user quota for tmpfs, mount a separate tmpfs instance - for every user in /run/user/$USER with a configured maximum size - * default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max -* add an option to make mounts private/shareable and so on, enable this for root by default - * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B needs to be auto-respawned? -* Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files" - * 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 - * tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas) -* don't set $HOME in services unless requested +* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested * hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled @@ -305,21 +439,11 @@ Features: * move PAM code into its own binary -* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket - -* logind: spawn user@..service on login - -* logind: non-local X11 server handling - * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services. * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early -* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO - -* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd" - * support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination * support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1) @@ -331,39 +455,40 @@ 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 +* readahead: + - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum + - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?) + - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO + - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes + - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/ * add support for /bin/mount -s * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs) -* when failing to start a service due to ratelimiting, try again later, if restart=always is set - * write blog stories about: + - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb - enabling dbus services - status update - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes - remote access - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd - - resource control in systemd - - inhibiting - testing with Harald's awesome test kit + - auto-restart + - how to develop against journal browsing APIs + - the journal HTTP iface + - non-cgroup resource management + - dynamic resource management with cgroups + - refreshed, longer missions statement + - celendar time events * allow port=0 in .socket units -* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units - -* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service - * support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line. -* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup - * reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp? * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2 @@ -374,23 +499,8 @@ Features: * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre= -* configurable jitter for timer events - -* timer events with system resume - -* timer events on calendar time - * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction' -* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445) - http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4 - -* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types -* exec settings override -* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes - -* read config fragments for all units from /lib/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/ to override/extend specific settings - * port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID: - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH - cups HAVEPATCH @@ -400,16 +510,10 @@ Features: - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!) - distccd -* auditd service files - * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target * io priority during initialization -* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies - -* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it - * drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services External: @@ -421,14 +525,13 @@ External: - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL - always pass cred data along each message + - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored -* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die - * 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 @@ -438,6 +541,11 @@ External: * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics" +* bootchart: + - plot per-process IO utilization + - group processes based on service association (cgroups) + - document initcall_debug + Regularly: * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail() @@ -446,16 +554,16 @@ Regularly: * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel -* %m in printf() instead of strerror(); +* %m in printf() instead of strerror(errno); * pahole * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()! -Scheduled for removal (or fixing): +* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate -* xxxOverridable dependencies +* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields -* journald.conf: ImportKernel= +Scheduled for removal or fixing: -* prefdm.service +* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)