1 * shutdown command presently hangs if terminal output blocked (scroll lock
2 via ^S). Should use a buffer as dinit does, and pipe output from subcommands
3 via the buffer too - if the buffer becomes full, discard subcommand output
4 and continue to consume it.
8 * Man pages for all programs (done for dinit, not for dinitctl/shutdown/etc).
9 * Write wtmp entry on startup (see simpleinit)
10 * "triggered" service type: external process notifies Dinit when the service
12 * Load services from several different directories, with an order of precedence,
13 to allow for packaged service descriptions and user-modified service
15 * on shutdown, after repeated intervals with no activity, display information
16 about services we are waiting on.
20 * On linux when running with PID != 1, write PID to /proc/sys/kernel/cad_pid so
21 that we still receive SIGINT from ctrl+alt+del (must be done after /proc is
22 mounted, possibly could be left to a service script)
23 * Perhaps need a way to prevent script services from re-starting.
24 (eg there's no need to mount filesystems twice; there might be various other
25 system initialisations that can't or shouldn't really be "undone" and so do
26 not need to be re-done).
27 * Internationalisation
28 * More logging options. Can currently log to syslog only (well, with the
29 syslog protocol, to /dev/log). Possibly should be able to log directly
30 to a file, or input stream of another process.
31 * A service can prevent shutdown/reboot by failing to stop. Maybe make
32 multiple CTRL-ALT-DEL presses (or ^C since that's more portable) commence
33 immediate shutdown (or launch a simple control interface).
34 * Interruptible scripted services - where it's ok to terminate the start
35 script with a signal (and return the service to the STOPPED state). So a long-
36 running filesystem check, for instance, need not hold up shutdown.
37 * When we take down a service or tty session, it would be ideal if we could kill
38 the whole process tree, not just the leader process (need cgroups or pid
39 namespace or other mechanism).
40 * Investigate using cn_proc netlink connector (cn_proc.h) to receive process
41 termination events even when running with PID != 1 (Linux only).
42 Also, there is the possibility of having a small, simple PID-1 init which
43 sends terminated process IDs over a pipe to Dinit. Finally, it may be possible
44 to run dinit (and subprocesses) in a new PID namespace (again linux-only).
45 * Allow logging tasks to memory (growing or circular buffer) and later
46 switching to disk logging (allows for filesystem mounted readonly on boot).
47 But perhaps this really the responsibility of another daemon.
48 * Allow running services with different resource limits, chroot, cgroups,
49 namespaces (pid/fs/uid), etc
50 * Make default control socket location build-time configurable
51 * Allow specifying a timeout for killing services; if they don't die within
52 the timeout (after a TERM) then hit them with a KILL.
53 * A (perhaps limited) way(s) to modify a service description after it is loaded -
54 eg add/remove dependencies, change properties.
55 * Think about detecting runs-on-console dependency conflicts (i.e. if A runs-on-console and
56 B depends on A and runs-on-consle then B can never start).
58 Even later / Maybe never:
59 * Support recognising /etc/init.d services automatically (as script services, with
60 no dependency management - or upstart compatible dependency management)
61 Also BSD's rc.d style scripts (PROVIDE, REQUIRE).
62 * Place some reasonable, soft limit on the number of services to be started
63 simultaneously, to prevent thrashing. Services that are taking a long time
64 to start don't count to the limit. Maybe use CPU/IO usage as a controlling
66 * Cron-like tasks (if started, they run a sub-task periodically. Stopping the
67 task will wait until the sub-task is complete).
68 * Allow to run services attached to virtual tty, allow connection to that tty (ala "screen").
69 * SystemD-like handling of filesystem mounts (see autofs documentation in kernel)
70 i.e. a mount point gets an autofs attached, and lazily gets mounted when accessed
71 (or is mounted in parallel). Probably put the functionality in a separate daemon.
75 * Design philosophy/rationale document
76 * Coding style guidelines
78 * What's the best TERM setting? gogetty gives me "linux" but I think other variants may be
79 better (eg "linux-c").
81 * Figure out the ConsoleKit/logind / PolicyKit mess & how dinit needs to fit into it.
82 * Consolekit/logind tracks "sessions". Provides a mechanism to mark a session starting,
83 associates processes with sessions, provides calls to terminate sessions etc (why?!!)
84 Can use environment variable or cgroups to track processes in a session.
85 A PAM module exists to create/destroy sessions.
86 * Consolekit/logind also allows for requesting shutdown, reboot, and inhibiting reboot
88 * "seats" are a set of input/output hardware (mouse/keyboard/monitor) on which a session
89 can be run. You can have multiple sessions on a seat - one is in the foreground
90 (eg linux virtual ttys implement multiple sessions on a single seat).
91 Sessions can run without a seat (eg ssh session).