Merge pull request #4538 from fbuihuu/confirm-spawn-fixes

Confirm spawn fixes/enhancements

16 files changed, 283 insertions, 76 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b10a6f538f..7ca129db80 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 systemd System and Service Manager
 
+CHANGES WITH 233 in spe
+
+        * The confirmation spawn prompt has been reworked to offer the
+          following choices:
+
+           (c)ontinue, proceed without asking anymore
+           (D)ump, show the state of the unit
+           (f)ail, don't execute the command and pretend it failed
+           (h)elp
+           (i)nfo, show a short summary of the unit
+           (j)obs, show jobs that are in progress
+           (s)kip, don't execute the command and pretend it succeeded
+           (y)es, execute the command
+
+          The 'n' choice for the confirmation spawn prompt has been removed,
+          because its meaning was confusing.
+
 CHANGES WITH 232:
 
         * The new RemoveIPC= option can be used to remove IPC objects owned by
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index 7f24a874ed..fb67ba7cb3 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -940,10 +940,14 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
-        <option>yes</option>, the system manager (PID 1) asks for
-        confirmation when spawning processes. Defaults to
-        <option>no</option>.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or a path to the
+        virtual console where the confirmation messages should be
+        emitted. If <option>yes</option>, the system manager (PID 1)
+        asks for confirmation when spawning processes using
+        <option>/dev/console</option>. If a path or a console name
+        (such as <literal>ttyS0</literal>) is provided, the virtual
+        console pointed to by this path or described by the give name
+        will be used instead. Defaults to <option>no</option>.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze.c b/src/analyze/analyze.c
index f744a84501..51d881c5fb 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze.c
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze.c
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_SECCOMP
 #include "seccomp-util.h"
+#endif
 #include "special.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "strxcpyx.h"
diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.c b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
index eafdea9eb3..9a8ef825c5 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
@@ -144,12 +144,14 @@ int read_one_char(FILE *f, char *ret, usec_t t, bool *need_nl) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int ask_char(char *ret, const char *replies, const char *text, ...) {
+#define DEFAULT_ASK_REFRESH_USEC (2*USEC_PER_SEC)
+
+int ask_char(char *ret, const char *replies, const char *fmt, ...) {
         int r;
 
         assert(ret);
         assert(replies);
-        assert(text);
+        assert(fmt);
 
         for (;;) {
                 va_list ap;
@@ -159,8 +161,10 @@ int ask_char(char *ret, const char *replies, const char *text, ...) {
                 if (colors_enabled())
                         fputs(ANSI_HIGHLIGHT, stdout);
 
-                va_start(ap, text);
-                vprintf(text, ap);
+                putchar('\r');
+
+                va_start(ap, fmt);
+                vprintf(fmt, ap);
                 va_end(ap);
 
                 if (colors_enabled())
@@ -168,9 +172,12 @@ int ask_char(char *ret, const char *replies, const char *text, ...) {
 
                 fflush(stdout);
 
-                r = read_one_char(stdin, &c, USEC_INFINITY, &need_nl);
+                r = read_one_char(stdin, &c, DEFAULT_ASK_REFRESH_USEC, &need_nl);
                 if (r < 0) {
 
+                        if (r == -ETIMEDOUT)
+                                continue;
+
                         if (r == -EBADMSG) {
                                 puts("Bad input, please try again.");
                                 continue;
@@ -455,7 +462,7 @@ int acquire_terminal(
                                         goto fail;
                                 }
 
-                                r = fd_wait_for_event(fd, POLLIN, ts + timeout - n);
+                                r = fd_wait_for_event(notify, POLLIN, ts + timeout - n);
                                 if (r < 0)
                                         goto fail;
 
diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 04c4e511f4..07ab067c05 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static int chown_terminal(int fd, uid_t uid) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int setup_confirm_stdio(int *_saved_stdin, int *_saved_stdout) {
+static int setup_confirm_stdio(const char *vc, int *_saved_stdin, int *_saved_stdout) {
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1, saved_stdin = -1, saved_stdout = -1;
         int r;
 
@@ -639,12 +639,7 @@ static int setup_confirm_stdio(int *_saved_stdin, int *_saved_stdout) {
         if (saved_stdout < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
-        fd = acquire_terminal(
-                        "/dev/console",
-                        false,
-                        false,
-                        false,
-                        DEFAULT_CONFIRM_USEC);
+        fd = acquire_terminal(vc, false, false, false, DEFAULT_CONFIRM_USEC);
         if (fd < 0)
                 return fd;
 
@@ -674,21 +669,27 @@ static int setup_confirm_stdio(int *_saved_stdin, int *_saved_stdout) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-_printf_(1, 2) static int write_confirm_message(const char *format, ...) {
+static void write_confirm_error_fd(int err, int fd, const Unit *u) {
+        assert(err < 0);
+
+        if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
+                dprintf(fd, "Confirmation question timed out for %s, assuming positive response.\n", u->id);
+        else {
+                errno = -err;
+                dprintf(fd, "Couldn't ask confirmation for %s: %m, assuming positive response.\n", u->id);
+        }
+}
+
+static void write_confirm_error(int err, const char *vc, const Unit *u) {
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
-        va_list ap;
 
-        assert(format);
+        assert(vc);
 
-        fd = open_terminal("/dev/console", O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC);
+        fd = open_terminal(vc, O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC);
         if (fd < 0)
-                return fd;
-
-        va_start(ap, format);
-        vdprintf(fd, format, ap);
-        va_end(ap);
+                return;
 
-        return 0;
+        write_confirm_error_fd(err, fd, u);
 }
 
 static int restore_confirm_stdio(int *saved_stdin, int *saved_stdout) {
@@ -713,22 +714,96 @@ static int restore_confirm_stdio(int *saved_stdin, int *saved_stdout) {
         return r;
 }
 
-static int ask_for_confirmation(char *response, char **argv) {
+enum {
+        CONFIRM_PRETEND_FAILURE = -1,
+        CONFIRM_PRETEND_SUCCESS =  0,
+        CONFIRM_EXECUTE = 1,
+};
+
+static int ask_for_confirmation(const char *vc, Unit *u, const char *cmdline) {
         int saved_stdout = -1, saved_stdin = -1, r;
-        _cleanup_free_ char *line = NULL;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *e = NULL;
+        char c;
 
-        r = setup_confirm_stdio(&saved_stdin, &saved_stdout);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
+        /* For any internal errors, assume a positive response. */
+        r = setup_confirm_stdio(vc, &saved_stdin, &saved_stdout);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                write_confirm_error(r, vc, u);
+                return CONFIRM_EXECUTE;
+        }
 
-        line = exec_command_line(argv);
-        if (!line)
-                return -ENOMEM;
+        /* confirm_spawn might have been disabled while we were sleeping. */
+        if (manager_is_confirm_spawn_disabled(u->manager)) {
+                r = 1;
+                goto restore_stdio;
+        }
 
-        r = ask_char(response, "yns", "Execute %s? [Yes, No, Skip] ", line);
+        e = ellipsize(cmdline, 60, 100);
+        if (!e) {
+                log_oom();
+                r = CONFIRM_EXECUTE;
+                goto restore_stdio;
+        }
 
-        restore_confirm_stdio(&saved_stdin, &saved_stdout);
+        for (;;) {
+                r = ask_char(&c, "yfshiDjcn", "Execute %s? [y, f, s – h for help] ", e);
+                if (r < 0) {
+                        write_confirm_error_fd(r, STDOUT_FILENO, u);
+                        r = CONFIRM_EXECUTE;
+                        goto restore_stdio;
+                }
+
+                switch (c) {
+                case 'c':
+                        printf("Resuming normal execution.\n");
+                        manager_disable_confirm_spawn();
+                        r = 1;
+                        break;
+                case 'D':
+                        unit_dump(u, stdout, "  ");
+                        continue; /* ask again */
+                case 'f':
+                        printf("Failing execution.\n");
+                        r = CONFIRM_PRETEND_FAILURE;
+                        break;
+                case 'h':
+                        printf("  c - continue, proceed without asking anymore\n"
+                               "  D - dump, show the state of the unit\n"
+                               "  f - fail, don't execute the command and pretend it failed\n"
+                               "  h - help\n"
+                               "  i - info, show a short summary of the unit\n"
+                               "  j - jobs, show jobs that are in progress\n"
+                               "  s - skip, don't execute the command and pretend it succeeded\n"
+                               "  y - yes, execute the command\n");
+                        continue; /* ask again */
+                case 'i':
+                        printf("  Description: %s\n"
+                               "  Unit:        %s\n"
+                               "  Command:     %s\n",
+                               u->id, u->description, cmdline);
+                        continue; /* ask again */
+                case 'j':
+                        manager_dump_jobs(u->manager, stdout, "  ");
+                        continue; /* ask again */
+                case 'n':
+                        /* 'n' was removed in favor of 'f'. */
+                        printf("Didn't understand 'n', did you mean 'f'?\n");
+                        continue; /* ask again */
+                case 's':
+                        printf("Skipping execution.\n");
+                        r = CONFIRM_PRETEND_SUCCESS;
+                        break;
+                case 'y':
+                        r = CONFIRM_EXECUTE;
+                        break;
+                default:
+                        assert_not_reached("Unhandled choice");
+                }
+                break;
+        }
 
+restore_stdio:
+        restore_confirm_stdio(&saved_stdin, &saved_stdout);
         return r;
 }
 
@@ -2315,22 +2390,24 @@ static int exec_child(
 
         exec_context_tty_reset(context, params);
 
-        if (params->flags & EXEC_CONFIRM_SPAWN) {
-                char response;
+        if (unit_shall_confirm_spawn(unit)) {
+                const char *vc = params->confirm_spawn;
+                _cleanup_free_ char *cmdline = NULL;
 
-                r = ask_for_confirmation(&response, argv);
-                if (r == -ETIMEDOUT)
-                        write_confirm_message("Confirmation question timed out, assuming positive response.\n");
-                else if (r < 0)
-                        write_confirm_message("Couldn't ask confirmation question, assuming positive response: %s\n", strerror(-r));
-                else if (response == 's') {
-                        write_confirm_message("Skipping execution.\n");
+                cmdline = exec_command_line(argv);
+                if (!cmdline) {
+                        *exit_status = EXIT_CONFIRM;
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+                }
+
+                r = ask_for_confirmation(vc, unit, cmdline);
+                if (r != CONFIRM_EXECUTE) {
+                        if (r == CONFIRM_PRETEND_SUCCESS) {
+                                *exit_status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+                                return 0;
+                        }
                         *exit_status = EXIT_CONFIRM;
                         return -ECANCELED;
-                } else if (response == 'n') {
-                        write_confirm_message("Failing execution.\n");
-                        *exit_status = 0;
-                        return 0;
                 }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/core/execute.h b/src/core/execute.h
index e52640ee91..951c8f4da3 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.h
+++ b/src/core/execute.h
@@ -225,16 +225,15 @@ static inline bool exec_context_restrict_namespaces_set(const ExecContext *c) {
 }
 
 typedef enum ExecFlags {
-        EXEC_CONFIRM_SPAWN     = 1U << 0,
-        EXEC_APPLY_PERMISSIONS = 1U << 1,
-        EXEC_APPLY_CHROOT      = 1U << 2,
-        EXEC_APPLY_TTY_STDIN   = 1U << 3,
+        EXEC_APPLY_PERMISSIONS = 1U << 0,
+        EXEC_APPLY_CHROOT      = 1U << 1,
+        EXEC_APPLY_TTY_STDIN   = 1U << 2,
 
         /* The following are not used by execute.c, but by consumers internally */
-        EXEC_PASS_FDS          = 1U << 4,
-        EXEC_IS_CONTROL        = 1U << 5,
-        EXEC_SETENV_RESULT     = 1U << 6,
-        EXEC_SET_WATCHDOG      = 1U << 7,
+        EXEC_PASS_FDS          = 1U << 3,
+        EXEC_IS_CONTROL        = 1U << 4,
+        EXEC_SETENV_RESULT     = 1U << 5,
+        EXEC_SET_WATCHDOG      = 1U << 6,
 } ExecFlags;
 
 struct ExecParameters {
@@ -254,6 +253,8 @@ struct ExecParameters {
 
         const char *runtime_prefix;
 
+        const char *confirm_spawn;
+
         usec_t watchdog_usec;
 
         int *idle_pipe;
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index f5f7df838d..5f9b1acad3 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #include "mount-setup.h"
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
 #include "proc-cmdline.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "raw-clone.h"
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ static bool arg_dump_core = true;
 static int arg_crash_chvt = -1;
 static bool arg_crash_shell = false;
 static bool arg_crash_reboot = false;
-static bool arg_confirm_spawn = false;
+static char *arg_confirm_spawn = NULL;
 static ShowStatus arg_show_status = _SHOW_STATUS_UNSET;
 static bool arg_switched_root = false;
 static bool arg_no_pager = false;
@@ -294,6 +295,28 @@ static int parse_crash_chvt(const char *value) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+static int parse_confirm_spawn(const char *value, char **console) {
+        char *s;
+        int r;
+
+        r = value ? parse_boolean(value) : 1;
+        if (r == 0) {
+                *console = NULL;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (r > 0) /* on with default tty */
+                s = strdup("/dev/console");
+        else if (is_path(value)) /* on with fully qualified path */
+                s = strdup(value);
+        else /* on with only a tty file name, not a fully qualified path */
+                s = strjoin("/dev/", value);
+        if (!s)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+        *console = s;
+        return 0;
+}
+
 static int set_machine_id(const char *m) {
         sd_id128_t t;
         assert(m);
@@ -355,11 +378,11 @@ static int parse_proc_cmdline_item(const char *key, const char *value, void *dat
 
         } else if (streq(key, "systemd.confirm_spawn") && value) {
 
-                r = parse_boolean(value);
+                arg_confirm_spawn = mfree(arg_confirm_spawn);
+
+                r = parse_confirm_spawn(value, &arg_confirm_spawn);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        log_warning("Failed to parse confirm spawn switch %s. Ignoring.", value);
-                else
-                        arg_confirm_spawn = r;
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to parse confirm_spawn switch %s. Ignoring.", value);
 
         } else if (streq(key, "systemd.show_status") && value) {
 
@@ -952,12 +975,11 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         break;
 
                 case ARG_CONFIRM_SPAWN:
-                        r = optarg ? parse_boolean(optarg) : 1;
-                        if (r < 0) {
-                                log_error("Failed to parse confirm spawn boolean %s.", optarg);
-                                return r;
-                        }
-                        arg_confirm_spawn = r;
+                        arg_confirm_spawn = mfree(arg_confirm_spawn);
+
+                        r = parse_confirm_spawn(optarg, &arg_confirm_spawn);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse confirm spawn option: %m");
                         break;
 
                 case ARG_SHOW_STATUS:
@@ -1991,6 +2013,7 @@ finish:
                 arg_default_rlimit[j] = mfree(arg_default_rlimit[j]);
 
         arg_default_unit = mfree(arg_default_unit);
+        arg_confirm_spawn = mfree(arg_confirm_spawn);
         arg_join_controllers = strv_free_free(arg_join_controllers);
         arg_default_environment = strv_free(arg_default_environment);
         arg_syscall_archs = set_free(arg_syscall_archs);
diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 31770eef3a..1f663d3c1d 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ static void manager_watch_jobs_in_progress(Manager *m) {
 
         assert(m);
 
+        /* We do not want to show the cylon animation if the user
+         * needs to confirm service executions otherwise confirmation
+         * messages will be screwed by the cylon animation. */
+        if (!manager_is_confirm_spawn_disabled(m))
+                return;
+
         if (m->jobs_in_progress_event_source)
                 return;
 
@@ -2993,7 +2999,7 @@ void manager_check_finished(Manager *m) {
         manager_close_idle_pipe(m);
 
         /* Turn off confirm spawn now */
-        m->confirm_spawn = false;
+        m->confirm_spawn = NULL;
 
         /* No need to update ask password status when we're going non-interactive */
         manager_close_ask_password(m);
@@ -3178,6 +3184,49 @@ static bool manager_get_show_status(Manager *m, StatusType type) {
         return false;
 }
 
+const char *manager_get_confirm_spawn(Manager *m) {
+        static int last_errno = 0;
+        const char *vc = m->confirm_spawn;
+        struct stat st;
+        int r;
+
+        /* Here's the deal: we want to test the validity of the console but don't want
+         * PID1 to go through the whole console process which might block. But we also
+         * want to warn the user only once if something is wrong with the console so we
+         * cannot do the sanity checks after spawning our children. So here we simply do
+         * really basic tests to hopefully trap common errors.
+         *
+         * If the console suddenly disappear at the time our children will really it
+         * then they will simply fail to acquire it and a positive answer will be
+         * assumed. New children will fallback to /dev/console though.
+         *
+         * Note: TTYs are devices that can come and go any time, and frequently aren't
+         * available yet during early boot (consider a USB rs232 dongle...). If for any
+         * reason the configured console is not ready, we fallback to the default
+         * console. */
+
+        if (!vc || path_equal(vc, "/dev/console"))
+                return vc;
+
+        r = stat(vc, &st);
+        if (r < 0)
+                goto fail;
+
+        if (!S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
+                errno = ENOTTY;
+                goto fail;
+        }
+
+        last_errno = 0;
+        return vc;
+fail:
+        if (last_errno != errno) {
+                last_errno = errno;
+                log_warning_errno(errno, "Failed to open %s: %m, using default console", vc);
+        }
+        return "/dev/console";
+}
+
 void manager_set_first_boot(Manager *m, bool b) {
         assert(m);
 
@@ -3194,6 +3243,17 @@ void manager_set_first_boot(Manager *m, bool b) {
         m->first_boot = b;
 }
 
+void manager_disable_confirm_spawn(void) {
+        (void) touch("/run/systemd/confirm_spawn_disabled");
+}
+
+bool manager_is_confirm_spawn_disabled(Manager *m) {
+        if (!m->confirm_spawn)
+                return true;
+
+        return access("/run/systemd/confirm_spawn_disabled", F_OK) >= 0;
+}
+
 void manager_status_printf(Manager *m, StatusType type, const char *status, const char *format, ...) {
         va_list ap;
 
diff --git a/src/core/manager.h b/src/core/manager.h
index d54ca54107..4a9a37caff 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.h
+++ b/src/core/manager.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct Manager {
         uint8_t return_value;
 
         ShowStatus show_status;
-        bool confirm_spawn;
+        char *confirm_spawn;
         bool no_console_output;
 
         ExecOutput default_std_output, default_std_error;
@@ -403,3 +403,7 @@ void manager_deserialize_gid_refs_one(Manager *m, const char *value);
 
 const char *manager_state_to_string(ManagerState m) _const_;
 ManagerState manager_state_from_string(const char *s) _pure_;
+
+const char *manager_get_confirm_spawn(Manager *m);
+bool manager_is_confirm_spawn_disabled(Manager *m);
+void manager_disable_confirm_spawn(void);
diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index 43e0f1c746..1c2be28d55 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ static int mount_spawn(Mount *m, ExecCommand *c, pid_t *_pid) {
                 return r;
 
         exec_params.environment = UNIT(m)->manager->environment;
-        exec_params.flags |= UNIT(m)->manager->confirm_spawn ? EXEC_CONFIRM_SPAWN : 0;
+        exec_params.confirm_spawn = manager_get_confirm_spawn(UNIT(m)->manager);
         exec_params.cgroup_supported = UNIT(m)->manager->cgroup_supported;
         exec_params.cgroup_path = UNIT(m)->cgroup_path;
         exec_params.cgroup_delegate = m->cgroup_context.delegate;
diff --git a/src/core/service.c b/src/core/service.c
index 7aa1fba572..9ad4cf5070 100644
--- a/src/core/service.c
+++ b/src/core/service.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static int service_spawn(
         exec_params.fds = fds;
         exec_params.fd_names = fd_names;
         exec_params.n_fds = n_fds;
-        exec_params.flags |= UNIT(s)->manager->confirm_spawn ? EXEC_CONFIRM_SPAWN : 0;
+        exec_params.confirm_spawn = manager_get_confirm_spawn(UNIT(s)->manager);
         exec_params.cgroup_supported = UNIT(s)->manager->cgroup_supported;
         exec_params.cgroup_path = path;
         exec_params.cgroup_delegate = s->cgroup_context.delegate;
diff --git a/src/core/socket.c b/src/core/socket.c
index ebacd74a47..1a53d47f21 100644
--- a/src/core/socket.c
+++ b/src/core/socket.c
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ static int socket_spawn(Socket *s, ExecCommand *c, pid_t *_pid) {
 
         exec_params.argv = argv;
         exec_params.environment = UNIT(s)->manager->environment;
-        exec_params.flags |= UNIT(s)->manager->confirm_spawn ? EXEC_CONFIRM_SPAWN : 0;
+        exec_params.confirm_spawn = manager_get_confirm_spawn(UNIT(s)->manager);
         exec_params.cgroup_supported = UNIT(s)->manager->cgroup_supported;
         exec_params.cgroup_path = UNIT(s)->cgroup_path;
         exec_params.cgroup_delegate = s->cgroup_context.delegate;
diff --git a/src/core/swap.c b/src/core/swap.c
index b870ac88e3..bf404db8c3 100644
--- a/src/core/swap.c
+++ b/src/core/swap.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int swap_spawn(Swap *s, ExecCommand *c, pid_t *_pid) {
                 goto fail;
 
         exec_params.environment = UNIT(s)->manager->environment;
-        exec_params.flags |= UNIT(s)->manager->confirm_spawn ? EXEC_CONFIRM_SPAWN : 0;
+        exec_params.confirm_spawn = manager_get_confirm_spawn(UNIT(s)->manager);
         exec_params.cgroup_supported = UNIT(s)->manager->cgroup_supported;
         exec_params.cgroup_path = UNIT(s)->cgroup_path;
         exec_params.cgroup_delegate = s->cgroup_context.delegate;
diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index fbb21e4985..cba6342eca 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -1511,6 +1511,17 @@ int unit_start_limit_test(Unit *u) {
         return emergency_action(u->manager, u->start_limit_action, u->reboot_arg, "unit failed");
 }
 
+bool unit_shall_confirm_spawn(Unit *u) {
+
+        if (manager_is_confirm_spawn_disabled(u->manager))
+                return false;
+
+        /* For some reasons units remaining in the same process group
+         * as PID 1 fail to acquire the console even if it's not used
+         * by any process. So skip the confirmation question for them. */
+        return !unit_get_exec_context(u)->same_pgrp;
+}
+
 /* Errors:
  *         -EBADR:      This unit type does not support starting.
  *         -EALREADY:   Unit is already started.
diff --git a/src/core/unit.h b/src/core/unit.h
index 6d6885b487..8052c234fd 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.h
+++ b/src/core/unit.h
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ void unit_notify_user_lookup(Unit *u, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
 int unit_set_invocation_id(Unit *u, sd_id128_t id);
 int unit_acquire_invocation_id(Unit *u);
 
+bool unit_shall_confirm_spawn(Unit *u);
+
 /* Macros which append UNIT= or USER_UNIT= to the message */
 
 #define log_unit_full(unit, level, error, ...)                          \
diff --git a/src/shared/nsflags.c b/src/shared/nsflags.c
index 911779a28f..aeb79b131e 100644
--- a/src/shared/nsflags.c
+++ b/src/shared/nsflags.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "extract-word.h"
 #include "nsflags.h"
-#include "seccomp-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 
 const struct namespace_flag_map namespace_flag_map[] = {