X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=42f20cf3c1895b925005337b444dfa83c299f48d;hp=64a1b513e0220c2f6cc739615af62c68f93a653d;hb=c9fe4af70d2c884c1f95714a81ad6d1de31d5186;hpb=5dcf983854c2e8314dbee239180255490ec8ae1c diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 64a1b513e..42f20cf3c 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ Bugfixes: + * Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5 @@ -10,10 +11,21 @@ Bugfixes: * properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point. -External: -* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864 +After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails. +/run/user/1000/systemd/notify has to be removed manually. + +ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted: + + [Service] + 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. +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 @@ -22,45 +34,123 @@ External: * Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack +* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions + +* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to + compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4. + Features: +* journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming + +* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix? + +* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle + +* 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 + +* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions + +* send SIGABRT when a service watchdog is triggered, by default, so that we acquire a backtrace of the hang. + +* shouldn't RouteMetric= in networkd's [DHCP] section move to [Network]? + +* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from? + +* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they + can be used for resuming the system but nothing else. + +* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? + +* add a system-wide shutdown timeout, similar to the startup timeout we already have (see fdo bz #84110) + +* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes. + +* kdbus: maybe rename "connection name" concept to something that doesn't reuse the word "name"? + +* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy + +* 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. + +* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again + +* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on + +* 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) + +* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231 + +* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"? + +* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances + +* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify + +* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses + +* systemctl: if it fails, show log output? + +* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them + +* 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 introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true... + +* remove multi-seat-x now + +* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked + +* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server + +* 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? + +* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split + journals in. + +* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers + +* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that + 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. -* sd-event: - make it possible to embedd our event loop into foreign - event loops by passing out the epoll fd and providing three functions - that fit into GSource nicely. - * networkd: - - add LLDP support - - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and - ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an - ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways. - - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even - if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might - theoretically match it. - - we probably should introduce a new operational state that - indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a - link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that - networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress.. + - add LLDP client side support - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly. - - maybe have bool flag in .link units to enable promiscuous mode for interfaces - http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021568.html - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html - - add per-network Domains= settings, with a special syntax Domains=* - for routing all non-otherwise routed traffic to this link - - add UseDomains= setting to [DHCP] to add dhcp supplied domains to - per-interface Domains= list. - expose in the API the following bits: - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn - option 100, 101, timezone - option 123, 144, geolocation - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad) + - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and + NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client + to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information. + - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value + for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes. * resolved: + - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that + we always process them before we process client requests - DNSSEC - use base64 for key presentation? - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)? @@ -80,16 +170,8 @@ Features: * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely -* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD... - -* sysusers: - - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow - - allow setting the home directory of system users - * Add a new verb "systemctl top" -* refuse mounting on symlinks - * logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes @@ -103,9 +185,6 @@ Features: * support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile= -* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol -* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines - * 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... @@ -114,15 +193,11 @@ Features: * journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so... -* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes - * 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 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle. -* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases - * 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) * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread @@ -202,8 +277,6 @@ Features: * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends -* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk? - * 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 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs @@ -252,6 +325,7 @@ Features: * sd-event - allow multiple signal handlers per signal? + - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers * in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set. @@ -268,8 +342,6 @@ Features: * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases... -* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations... - * timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container @@ -432,7 +504,6 @@ Features: - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so) - - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so... * timer units: - timer units should get the ability to trigger when: @@ -508,10 +579,6 @@ Features: * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno -* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop= - -* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot - * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist? * rename "userspace" to "core-os" @@ -539,7 +606,6 @@ Features: * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo * udev: - - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n) - move to LGPL - kill scsi_id - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device @@ -585,9 +651,7 @@ Features: * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early -* 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) +* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user @@ -692,7 +756,6 @@ Features: - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20. - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5. - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA) - - implement elapsed time option - implement dhcpv6 authentication - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection