path: add .path unit type for monitoring files

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/automount.c b/src/automount.c
index 32680461c2..d83f3ed053 100644
--- a/src/automount.c
+++ b/src/automount.c
@@ -562,12 +562,15 @@ static int automount_start(Unit *u) {
 
         assert(a);
 
+        assert(a->state == AUTOMOUNT_DEAD || a->state == AUTOMOUNT_MAINTAINANCE);
+
         if (path_is_mount_point(a->where)) {
                 log_error("Path %s is already a mount point, refusing start for %s", a->where, u->meta.id);
                 return -EEXIST;
         }
 
-        assert(a->state == AUTOMOUNT_DEAD || a->state == AUTOMOUNT_MAINTAINANCE);
+        if (a->mount->meta.load_state != UNIT_LOADED)
+                return -ENOENT;
 
         a->failure = false;
         automount_enter_waiting(a);