3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
5 * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
15 * When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
20 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
22 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
26 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead
28 * replace manual readdir() loops with FOREACH_DIRENT or FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL
30 * Get rid of the last strerror() invocations in favour of %m and strerror_r()
32 * Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
36 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
38 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
40 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
42 * ProtectDevices= should also take iopl/ioperm/pciaccess away
44 * ProtectKeyRing= to take keyring calls away
46 * PrivateUsers= which maps the all user ids except root and the one specified
49 * Add AllocateUser= for allowing dynamic user ids per-service
51 * Add DataDirectory=, CacheDirectory= and LogDirectory= to match
52 RuntimeDirectory=, and create it as necessary when starting a service, owned by the right user.
54 * Add BindDirectory= for allowing arbitrary, private bind mounts for services
56 * Beef up RootDirectory= to use namespacing/bind mounts as soon as fs
57 namespaces are enabled by the service
59 * Add RootImage= for mounting a disk image or file as root directory
61 * RestrictNamespaces= or so in services (taking away the ability to create namespaces, with setns, unshare, clone)
63 * nspawn: make /proc/sys/net writable?
65 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
67 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
69 * expose the "privileged" flag of ExecCommand on the bus, and open it up to
72 * allow attaching additional journald log fields to cgroups
74 * rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
75 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
77 * check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
79 * transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
80 reload the unit file anyway
82 * journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
83 from the SIGBUS handler
85 * when using UTF8, ellipsize with "…" rather than "...", so that we can show more contents before truncating
87 * move specifier expansion from service_spawn() into load-fragment.c
89 * optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
91 * resolved: when routing queries, make sure only look for the *longest* suffix...
93 * delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
94 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
96 * cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
98 * remove Capabilities=, after all AmbientCapabilities= and CapabilityBoundingSet= should be enough.
100 * add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
102 * Maybe add a way how users can "pin" units into memory, so that they are not subject to automatic GC?
104 * PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
105 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
107 * add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
108 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
111 * do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
113 * when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
115 * push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
117 * PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
119 * consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
121 * there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
122 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
123 prefixed with /sys generally special.
124 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
126 * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
128 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
130 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
132 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
133 devices will result in collected on all devices used.
134 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
136 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
137 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
139 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
141 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
142 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
144 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
145 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
146 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
147 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
148 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
150 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
151 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
153 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
155 * implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
157 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable: busctl,
158 bootctl, coredumpctl, hostnamectl, localectl, systemd-analyze, timedatectl
160 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
162 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
164 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
165 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
167 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
168 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
169 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
172 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
173 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
175 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
176 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
178 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
180 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
182 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
183 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
184 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
185 returning from the "systemctl stop".
187 * 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
189 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
191 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
193 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
195 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
197 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
198 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
200 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
202 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
204 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
206 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
208 * systemctl edit: use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
209 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
211 * exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
213 * timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
215 * extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
216 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
217 parsing callbacks should use it.
219 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
221 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
224 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
225 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
229 - service registration
230 - service/domain/types browsing
232 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
233 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
234 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
235 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
236 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
237 - hook up resolved with machined-based address resolution
239 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
241 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
243 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
245 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
246 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
247 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
249 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
251 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
253 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
255 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
257 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
258 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
260 * 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)
262 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
264 * gpt-auto-generator:
265 - Support LUKS for root devices
266 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
267 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
269 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
270 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
271 when it is otherwise off
273 * MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
275 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
278 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
279 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
282 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
283 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
284 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
285 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
286 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
288 * New service property: maximum CPU runtime for a service
290 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
291 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
292 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
293 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
294 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
295 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
298 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
299 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
300 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
301 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
302 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
303 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
304 the hierarchies of child processes
307 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
308 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
310 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
312 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
314 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
316 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
318 * 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
320 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
322 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
323 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
326 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
328 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
330 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
332 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
334 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
336 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
337 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
341 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
342 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
343 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
344 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
345 - 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
346 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
347 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
348 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
349 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
350 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
351 - longer term: priority inheritance
354 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
357 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
358 - test bloom filter generation indexes
359 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
360 - 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.
363 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
364 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
365 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
366 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
367 - maybe add support for inotify events
369 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
371 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
372 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
374 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
376 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
378 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
380 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
383 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
384 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
386 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
387 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
388 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
391 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
392 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
394 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
396 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
397 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
398 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
401 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
402 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
403 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
406 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
408 * remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
410 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
412 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
414 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
416 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
419 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
420 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
421 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
423 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
425 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
427 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
430 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
431 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
432 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
433 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
434 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
435 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
436 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
437 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
438 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
439 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
440 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
442 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
443 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
444 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
446 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
447 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
448 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
449 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
450 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
451 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
452 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
453 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
454 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
455 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
456 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
457 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
458 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
461 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
463 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
466 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
467 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
468 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
469 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
470 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
471 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
472 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
473 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
474 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
475 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
476 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
477 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
478 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
479 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
480 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
481 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
482 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
483 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
484 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
485 - 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.
486 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
487 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
488 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
489 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
490 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
491 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
492 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
493 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
494 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
495 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
496 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
497 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
498 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
499 to syslog when it works again.
500 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
501 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
502 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
503 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
504 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
505 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
506 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
507 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
509 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
510 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
511 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
512 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
513 the most common operations.
514 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
515 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
516 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
517 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
518 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
519 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
520 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
521 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
522 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
524 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
525 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
526 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
528 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
529 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
530 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
531 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
532 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
533 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
536 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
537 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
538 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
539 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
540 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
541 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
542 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
543 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
544 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
545 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
546 - man: add more examples to man pages
547 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
550 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
551 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
552 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
553 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
554 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
555 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
556 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
557 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
558 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
559 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
560 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
561 - systemctl status output should include list of triggering units and their status
564 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
565 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
568 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
569 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
571 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
572 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
574 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
576 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
578 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
580 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
581 waiting for the timeout
583 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
585 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
588 - to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
589 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
590 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
591 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
592 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
593 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
594 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
595 from the kernel's logs.
596 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
597 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
599 - don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in
601 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
602 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
603 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
604 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
605 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
606 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
608 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
609 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
610 running, remove them when shut down.
611 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
613 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
617 - "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP
619 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
620 removed or added to an existing machine
621 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
622 difference host, via ssh
623 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
624 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
625 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
627 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
628 machine-info data (including deployment level)
629 - "machinectl history"
631 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
632 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
635 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
638 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
639 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
640 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
641 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
643 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
644 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
646 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
648 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
650 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
652 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
657 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
658 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
660 * 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
662 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
664 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
667 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
668 - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
670 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
672 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
674 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
675 needs to be auto-respawned?
678 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
680 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
681 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
682 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
683 calls follow symlinks.
685 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
687 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
688 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
689 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
691 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
692 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
694 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
696 * write blog stories about:
697 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
698 - enabling dbus services
700 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
702 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
703 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
705 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
706 - the journal HTTP iface
707 - non-cgroup resource management
708 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
709 - refreshed, longer missions statement
710 - calendar time events
711 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
712 - how to create your own target
713 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
714 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
716 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
718 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
720 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
723 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
724 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
725 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
726 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
727 that are not supported...
728 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
729 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
730 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
731 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
732 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
733 - move PAM code into its own binary
734 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
735 - for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
736 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
737 - Support --test based on current system state
738 - 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().
739 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
740 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
741 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
742 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
743 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
744 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
745 but much rather a disconnect on success.
746 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
747 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
750 - allow port=0 in .socket units
751 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
752 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
753 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
754 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
755 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
756 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
757 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
758 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
759 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
760 - introduce Type=pid-file
761 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
762 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
763 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
764 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
765 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
766 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
769 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
770 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
772 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
775 - add support for more attribute types
776 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
779 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
780 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
781 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
782 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
783 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
784 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
785 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
786 - work with non-Ethernet devices
787 - add support for more bond options
788 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
789 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
790 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
791 - expose in the API the following bits:
792 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
793 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
794 - option 123, 144, geolocation
795 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
796 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
797 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
798 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
799 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
800 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
801 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
802 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
803 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
805 * networkd-wait-online:
806 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
809 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
810 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
813 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
814 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
815 - write more test cases
816 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
817 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
818 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
819 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
820 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
822 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
828 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
829 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
831 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
833 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
835 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
837 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
839 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
841 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
843 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
845 * fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
847 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
849 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
851 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
853 * register catalog database signature as file magic
855 * zsh shell completion:
856 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
857 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
862 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
864 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
866 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
870 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
872 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
874 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields