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@@ -14,96 +14,152 @@ Bugfixes: * properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point. Fedora 19: + * Retest multi-seat * create /var/log/journal/ -Features: - -* add configure switch for enabling/disabling efi stuff - -* introduce ExecCondition= in services - -* unify killing logic of service, socket, mount, swap units - * logind: document new PrepareForSleep(false) semantics and UnlockSessions call in wiki -* if we have systemd-analyze in C "systemctl dot" should move there too - -* fsck hookup for the ESP mount is missing - * 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. -* write man page for efi boot generator - -* maybe not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr? - -* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason) - -* "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. - -* 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 - * cgroup attrs: - - don't filter out duplicate settings + - 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 -* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word - * kernel cmdline switch to turn off predictable network interface names -* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units. +* journal is not closed properly at shutdown when run in a container? -* logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around +* introduce new "journal" group in place of adm? -* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty. +Features: -* DeviceAllow/DeviceDeny: disallow everything by default, but whitelist /dev/zero, /dev/null and friends +* introduce ExecCondition= in services -* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong +* unify killing logic of service, socket, mount, swap units -* 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 +* if we have systemd-analyze in C "systemctl dot" should move there too -* journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name +* EFI: + - fsck hookup for the ESP mount is missing + - write man page for efi boot generator + - add configure switch for enabling/disabling efi stuff + - 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 -* check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args? +* maybe not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr? -* Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done +* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason) -* journal is not closed properly at shutdown when run in a container? +* 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 -* journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups +* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word -* When shutdown.target is queued begin with an asynchronous sync()? +* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units. -* add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal. +* 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 -* maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send +* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty. -* fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively? +* DeviceAllow/DeviceDeny: disallow everything by default, but whitelist /dev/zero, /dev/null and friends -* declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart +* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong -* journal: reuse XZ context +* 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 <nr> 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 + +* 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" -* sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg +* 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 -* timer units should get the ability to trigger when: - - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET) - - DST changes +* 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 * update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes @@ -114,8 +170,6 @@ Features: mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the user did not request anything like it. -* When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot - * hwdb: - implement conditional properties (dmi matches) - hwdb --filter=ID_DRIVE_* @@ -124,7 +178,9 @@ Features: output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally surprising. Also, terminate plymouth. -* localectl: add listing support for X11 keymaps, by parsing /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst +* localed: + - localectl: add listing support for X11 keymaps, by parsing /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst + - localectl: support new converted x11→console keymaps * libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to @@ -135,62 +191,23 @@ Features: * 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 - -* 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 - -* timedated: export boolean that clarifies whether NTP is even available - -* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on +* timedated: + - 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 (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 itself, get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel +* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), 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 @@ -204,8 +221,6 @@ Features: * high level net_prio setting in execution context -* Introduce journalctl -b <nr> to show journal messages of a previous boot - * 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 @@ -214,27 +229,26 @@ Features: * refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful (or set taint?) -* nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly - -* nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8) - -* 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 - -* document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in - [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled +* 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 + +* 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 * instantiated [Install] for target units https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54377 * move debug shell to tty6 and make sure this doesn't break the gettys on tty6 -* move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl? - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982 - * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712 @@ -247,26 +261,14 @@ Features: * come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead -* journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes - * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump? -* Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends - * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system * Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open -* journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries - -* journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd - -* system-wide seccomp filter - * system.conf should have controls for cgroups -* bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn - * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line * explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea @@ -275,8 +277,6 @@ Features: * shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container -* nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts - * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now. * ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts @@ -288,8 +288,6 @@ Features: when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply, but much rather a disconnect on success. -* document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec - * remember which condition failed for services, not just the fact that something failed * use opterr = 0 for all getopt tools @@ -298,75 +296,40 @@ Features: * allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop= -* add proper journal support to "systemctl --user status ..." - -* add _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT= field to journal entries - * 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" -* systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading - -* 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 - -* logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support - -* systemd-analyze post-boot is broken for initrd +* 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 * systemd-analyze: data collection tools should be lightweight (few dependencies); data analysis tools can be heavyweight -* man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets - * .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably. -* refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends. - * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed. -* journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached. - * introduce Type=pid-file * maybe allow services with ExecStop= set, but no ExecStart=? -* efi: - - 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 - * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target * support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator -* nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default - * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr -* readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes - * move passno parsing to fstab generator -* improve !/proc/*/loginuid situation: make /proc/*/loginuid less dependent on CONFIG_AUDIT, - or use the users cgroup information when /proc/*/loginuid is not available. - -* 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 - -* readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/ - * automount: implement expire: - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD @@ -380,14 +343,8 @@ Features: * services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel) -* don't delete /tmp/systemd-namespace-* before a process is gone down - * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo -* fix utmp for console logins in containers - -* Add pretty name for seats in logind - * ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA and SMACK * udev: @@ -407,18 +364,10 @@ 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 components would fit - -* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365) - * 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? @@ -429,26 +378,12 @@ Features: * dbus: move dbus to early boot -* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API - -* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header - -* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server - -* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed - * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting) * 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. * default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max @@ -456,15 +391,11 @@ Features: * 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 ExecCondition= 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 @@ -475,17 +406,11 @@ Features: * move PAM code into its own binary -* 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 - * 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) @@ -499,7 +424,12 @@ Features: * 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 @@ -524,14 +454,8 @@ Features: * 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 @@ -542,14 +466,8 @@ Features: * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre= -* configurable jitter for timer events - -* timer events with system resume - * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction' -* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes - * port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID: - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH - cups HAVEPATCH @@ -563,10 +481,6 @@ Features: * 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: @@ -578,11 +492,10 @@ 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? |