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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 46 deletions
@@ -21,12 +21,32 @@ External: * 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. +Janitorial Clean-ups: + +* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead + +* replace manual readdir() loops with FOREACH_DIRENT or FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL + +* Get rid of the last strerror() invocations in favour of %m and strerror_r() + +* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again Features: -* when creating transient services, support passing in a tty fd to use for stdin/stdout +* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for + specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd + +* add an explicit parser for LimitNICE= and LimitRTPRIO= that verifies + the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect + specifications. Also, for LimitNICE= maybe introduce a syntax such + as "+5" or "-7" in order to make the limits more readable as they + are otherwise shifted by 20. + +* do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy + +* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something + +* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy) * add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units @@ -53,18 +73,11 @@ Features: prefixed with /sys generally special. http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html -* Add PassEnvironment= setting to service units, to import select env vars from PID 1 into the service env block - * nspawn: fix logic always print a final newline on output. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176 -* make nspawn's --network-veth switch more powerful: - http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/033121.html - * man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services -* man: clarify that "machinectl show" shows different information than "machinectl status" (no cgroup tree, no IP addresses, ...) - * "systemctl daemon-reload" should result in /etc/systemd/system.conf being reloaded by systemd * install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths @@ -134,9 +147,6 @@ Features: * .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC -* create a btrfs qgroup for /var/lib/machines, and add all container - subvolumes we create to it. - * When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.), log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both. @@ -176,14 +186,12 @@ Features: * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html -* When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set - for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it - useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for - systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under - their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns - is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the - host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used - without User= we should warn and refuse operation. +* Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our + services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only + in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot + invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also, + if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse + operation. * logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes @@ -222,8 +230,6 @@ Features: * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html -* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount - * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs @@ -265,8 +271,6 @@ Features: * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment= -* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead - * 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 @@ -554,9 +558,6 @@ Features: * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr? -* 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 - * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units. @@ -599,7 +600,6 @@ Features: - 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 cannot 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 @@ -653,7 +653,6 @@ Features: - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install] - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in - - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too - man: add more examples to man pages - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too @@ -668,8 +667,6 @@ Features: - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not 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" - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status @@ -684,7 +681,6 @@ Features: o DST changes - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month. - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1 - - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic @@ -744,8 +740,6 @@ Features: * introduce Type=pid-file -* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target - * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo @@ -764,8 +758,6 @@ Features: * 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? - * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting) @@ -874,7 +866,7 @@ Features: - add Scope= parsing option for [Network] - properly handle routerless dhcp leases - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel - - work with non-ethernet devices + - work with non-Ethernet devices - add support for more bond options * networkd-wait-online: @@ -913,12 +905,8 @@ External: * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields -* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not - * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id -* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login - * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line * 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= @@ -951,7 +939,3 @@ Regularly: * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields - -Scheduled for removal or fixing: - -* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix) |