X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=d2e3ef3a844ce0786ba1a1952cea9040e8ec7488;hp=848c52e51be183954a88539666e6889d08457263;hb=6c1703cc35b3a5f93ad3cc813fea10cb9a636102;hpb=380d7cc5b7355bc6b1cafd3d93729bb9c77c5b19 diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 848c52e51..d2e3ef3a8 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -18,16 +18,85 @@ F18: * Retest multi-seat 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 + +* sd_journal_enumerate_data() implies XZ-decoding compressed field, this sucks hard + +* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally surprising + +* 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. + +* figure out relation of --all and --full in the various tools + +* journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards + +* introduce new "journal" group in place of adm? introduce groups for the various mini daemons? + +* 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? + +* journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo", + and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR. + +* print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service + +* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic + +* 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. + +* 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 + +* 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 + +* don't show cgroup in "systemctl status" if empty/non-existant, especially for foreign .mount units + +* timedated: export boolean that clarifies whether NTP is even available + +* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on + +* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed + +* document unit_name_mangle() + +* add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible * introduce generic AUGMENT_PID=, AUGMENT_DEVICE= fields * deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity -* systemctl enable: improve the success messages +* 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? -* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 itsel +* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 itself, get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel * add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr @@ -39,16 +108,10 @@ Features: * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without waiting for the timeout -* make sure that the journal output from the initrd is always merged into the journalctl output even if -m is not passed. - -* add time seeks to journalctl - * high level net_prio setting in execution context * Introduce journalctl -b to show journal messages of a previous boot -* systemctl should be able to show log messages from certain privileged 3rd party daemons such as setroubleshoot - * 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 @@ -74,8 +137,6 @@ Features: * need to update LGPL2.1 text to newest version (with updated FSF address) -* allow users from "wheel" to start/stop services - * systemctl: when powering down/suspending check for inhibitors, and warn. * instantiated [Install] for target units @@ -98,8 +159,6 @@ Features: * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things -* do shutdown audit/utmp msgs inside of PID 1, get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel - * make timer units go away after they elapsed * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html @@ -112,8 +171,6 @@ Features: * Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends -* when writing journal entries order field items by their address to improve speed on rotating media - * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system * Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open @@ -122,14 +179,8 @@ Features: * journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries -* json: use jensson - -* json: properly serialize multiple fields with the same name per entry - * journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd -* document in wiki json serialization - * system-wide seccomp filter * ability to pass fds into systemd @@ -138,20 +189,12 @@ Features: * bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than than nspawn -* currently system services appear not to generate core dumps... - -* wall messages for shutdown should move to logind - * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line -* cleanup ellipsation for log output in journalctl and systemctl status: have a sane way to disable ellipsation, and disable it by default when invoked in less/more - * explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea * 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. -* maybe make systemd-detect-virt suid? or use fscaps? - * shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container * nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts @@ -185,8 +228,6 @@ Features: * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist? -* install README to /etc/rc.d/init.d (if support for that is enabled) helping people who use "ls" there to figure out which services exist. - * rename "userspace" to "core-os" * systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading @@ -219,8 +260,6 @@ Features: * introduce Type=pid-file -* systemctl list-unit-files appears to be broken for symlinked units in /usr/lib - * 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 @@ -344,8 +383,6 @@ Features: * 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 @@ -356,8 +393,6 @@ Features: * logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API -* 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 @@ -366,10 +401,6 @@ Features: * document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed -* systemctl journal command - -* journalctl: --cursor support - * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting) @@ -443,20 +474,22 @@ Features: * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs) * 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 - - restart + - auto-restart + - how to develop against journal browsing APIs + - the journal HTTP iface + - non-cgroup resource management * allow port=0 in .socket units -* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path 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 @@ -483,12 +516,8 @@ Features: * calendar time support in timer: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bAMyFAjWLpzR3GTDYdgj5FWRMxoZiWw5zmUHEtvdHKA -* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types - * 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!) 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