X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=39a9840cce24a4f838c7e0e306796c2c958667fb;hp=ed0066122e2cde3a4bf6af0544a0b577a86b0a1f;hb=98940a3cd93807b5a3809bb1fb7ab43d450939f1;hpb=afe3ab588a6b2992efe5a9b22ed038545ba3cdbf diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index ed0066122..39a9840cc 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,13 +1,3 @@ -Fixes needed before 217: - -* sd_session_get_desktop() yells at me? - -* change startup timeout to not cover the full bootup, but only sysinit part (see below) - -* remove Discard= in .mount units and replace it by Options=, to prepare for later swapon fix - -* verify that both resolved and timesyncd work OK without networkd around - Bugfixes: * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service? @@ -24,11 +14,12 @@ Bugfixes: Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE= ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE -* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the commandline. +* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line. str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can report the failure properly. External: + * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros. * Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines @@ -44,76 +35,78 @@ External: Features: -* journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming +* 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 -* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix? +* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat! -* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle +* revisit rfkill. the rfkill device names are counted up, and not stable. instead: store per kind of device together with PCI path, ignore the device name. -* configure.ac pretends dbus was optional but actually hardcodes use of dbus' pkg-config file to determine various dbus dirs such as policy and activation dirs +* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column -* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions +* we should try harder to collapse start jobs for swaps that end up being the same: + http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-November/025359.html -* send SIGABRT when a service watchdog is triggered, by default, so that we acquire a backtrace of the hang. +* timedated should compensate on SetTime for the time spent in polkit -* shouldn't RouteMetric= in networkd's [DHCP] section move to [Network]? +* figure out what to do with libmount and utab? -* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from? +* We really should have a FOREACH macro to iterate through inotify events we read, similar to KDBUS_FOREACH_ITEM -* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they - can be used for resuming the system but nothing else. +* figure out when we can use the coarse timers -* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? +* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead -* add a system-wide shutdown timeout, similar to the startup timeout we already have (see fdo bz #84110) +* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service + while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without + races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before + returning from the "systemctl stop". -* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes. +* 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 -* kdbus: maybe rename "connection name" concept to something that doesn't reuse the word "name"? +* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM -* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy +* networkd-wait-online really should have a timeout by default -* rework journal-send.c to use memfds for large blobs if they are available instead of unlinked files in /tmp. Also, if we detect that the kernel knows memfds, refuse anything but sealed memfds. +* 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 -* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again +* machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine -* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on +* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment= -* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly - handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we - cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts - 253 messages) +* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead -* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231 +* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix? -* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"? +* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle -* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances +* configure.ac pretends dbus was optional but actually hardcodes use of dbus' pkg-config file to determine various dbus dirs such as policy and activation dirs -* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify +* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions -* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses +* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from? -* systemctl: if it fails, show log output? +* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they + can be used for resuming the system but nothing else. -* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them +* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option) -* dbus: add new message hdr field for allowing interactive auth, write spec for it. update dbus spec to mandate that unknown flags *must* be ignored... +* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes. -* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true... +* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again -* remove multi-seat-x now +* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on -* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked +* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"? -* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server +* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses -* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only, - instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the - timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so? +* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output? + +* systemctl edit: add commented help text to the end, like git commit + +* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked -* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split - journals in. +* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server * tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers @@ -121,15 +114,8 @@ Features: currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf parsing callbacks should use it. -* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for - the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait - for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is - complete. - * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share.... -* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files - * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed units are shown. @@ -168,36 +154,27 @@ Features: - edns0 - dname - cname on PTR (?) - -* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus - without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to - pull-in the policy. + - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports + - maybe compare query section of DNS replies * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely * Add a new verb "systemctl top" -* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions - * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes * support empty /etc boots nicely: - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile= - - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them. -* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile= - * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake... * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so... * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit -* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so... - * 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 do not have the services @@ -207,8 +184,6 @@ Features: * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread -* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects - * add bus api to query unit file's X fields. * consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup= @@ -220,11 +195,6 @@ Features: - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap? - Make /home automount rather than mount? -* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files - lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we - do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for - the most common operations. - * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even when it is otherwise off @@ -292,10 +262,6 @@ Features: * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up -* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can - probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially. - (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it) - * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd @@ -308,12 +274,22 @@ Features: ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service. * sd-bus: + - xml policy inforcement and bus activated services is broken? + - rework errno registration logic + - how can we make the xml enforcement for native clients unnecessary? + - kdbus: the kernel should not allow messages to be delivered that have a reply serial != 0, reply-expect unset, but no appropriate window + - kdbus: when we fake creds euid being (uint32_t) -1 is weirdly translated + - kdbus: timestamps on kernel's NameOwnerChanged messages? + - kdbus: busctl monitor message ordering is wildly out-of-order? + - kdbus' busnames.target should get pulled in by basic.target + - Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus + without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to + pull-in the policy. + - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers + - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty and ppid metadata fields + - 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 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds - - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy - - allow updating attach flags during runtime - - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list - - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async? @@ -323,10 +299,15 @@ Features: - kdbus mapping - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete - GVariant - - "const" properties (posted) - path escaping - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now - test bloom filter generation indexes + - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly + handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we + cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts + 253 messages) + - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections + - 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. * sd-event - allow multiple signal handlers per signal? @@ -347,8 +328,6 @@ Features: * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases... -* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed - * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container * test/: @@ -390,8 +369,6 @@ Features: * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service -* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere - * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context() * introduce ExecCondition= in services @@ -425,12 +402,26 @@ Features: any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's usually not a real user session but just some system code that just needs setuid(). + - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for + the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait + for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is + complete. + - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a + logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual + shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here. + - logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions + - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects + - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can + probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially. + (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it) + - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty. * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong * journal: + - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup - 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 @@ -452,17 +443,14 @@ Features: - 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 - - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server) - 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 - - 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 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax? - - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too. - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is @@ -473,6 +461,15 @@ Features: boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown, so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously, hence doing this via signals is not going to work. + - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects + - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming + - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split + journals in. + - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so... + - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files + lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we + do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for + the most common operations. * document: - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in @@ -519,15 +516,6 @@ Features: - 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 - -* 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. - * 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(). @@ -551,6 +539,9 @@ Features: - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK). - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards + - introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances + - systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify + - PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy * cryptsetup: - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself @@ -565,8 +556,6 @@ Features: * make timer units go away after they elapsed -* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead - * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump? * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system @@ -667,13 +656,6 @@ Features: * and a dbus call to generate target from current state -* 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/ - * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs) * write blog stories about: @@ -683,7 +665,6 @@ Features: - 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 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit - auto-restart - how to develop against journal browsing APIs @@ -711,8 +692,6 @@ Features: * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target -* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services - * systemd-python: - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that works with ^C @@ -802,8 +781,10 @@ External: * register catalog database signature as file magic -* zsh shell completion: - should complete options, but currently - does not +* zsh shell completion: + - - should complete options, but currently does not + - systemctl add-wants,add-requires, edit + Regularly: