Merge pull request #4733 from poettering/binds-to

When we are about to start a unit, check the deps again.

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/job.c b/src/core/job.c
index 00f7d7998f..07f4b74c5c 100644
--- a/src/core/job.c
+++ b/src/core/job.c
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ int job_run_and_invalidate(Job *j) {
                         r = job_finish_and_invalidate(j, JOB_ASSERT, true, false);
                 else if (r == -EOPNOTSUPP)
                         r = job_finish_and_invalidate(j, JOB_UNSUPPORTED, true, false);
+                else if (r == -ENOLINK)
+                        r = job_finish_and_invalidate(j, JOB_DEPENDENCY, true, false);
                 else if (r == -EAGAIN)
                         job_set_state(j, JOB_WAITING);
                 else if (r < 0)
diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index 5e4b1567d8..0b680e9544 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ int unit_start_limit_test(Unit *u) {
 }
 
 bool unit_shall_confirm_spawn(Unit *u) {
+        assert(u);
 
         if (manager_is_confirm_spawn_disabled(u->manager))
                 return false;
@@ -1537,6 +1538,31 @@ bool unit_shall_confirm_spawn(Unit *u) {
         return !unit_get_exec_context(u)->same_pgrp;
 }
 
+static bool unit_verify_deps(Unit *u) {
+        Unit *other;
+        Iterator j;
+
+        assert(u);
+
+        /* Checks whether all BindsTo= dependencies of this unit are fulfilled — if they are also combined with
+         * After=. We do not check Requires= or Requisite= here as they only should have an effect on the job
+         * processing, but do not have any effect afterwards. We don't check BindsTo= dependencies that are not used in
+         * conjunction with After= as for them any such check would make things entirely racy. */
+
+        SET_FOREACH(other, u->dependencies[UNIT_BINDS_TO], j) {
+
+                if (!set_contains(u->dependencies[UNIT_AFTER], other))
+                        continue;
+
+                if (!UNIT_IS_ACTIVE_OR_RELOADING(unit_active_state(other))) {
+                        log_unit_notice(u, "Bound to unit %s, but unit isn't active.", other->id);
+                        return false;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+}
+
 /* Errors:
  *         -EBADR:      This unit type does not support starting.
  *         -EALREADY:   Unit is already started.
@@ -1545,6 +1571,7 @@ bool unit_shall_confirm_spawn(Unit *u) {
  *         -EPROTO:     Assert failed
  *         -EINVAL:     Unit not loaded
  *         -EOPNOTSUPP: Unit type not supported
+ *         -ENOLINK:    The necessary dependencies are not fulfilled.
  */
 int unit_start(Unit *u) {
         UnitActiveState state;
@@ -1590,6 +1617,12 @@ int unit_start(Unit *u) {
         if (!unit_supported(u))
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+        /* Let's make sure that the deps really are in order before we start this. Normally the job engine should have
+         * taken care of this already, but let's check this here again. After all, our dependencies might not be in
+         * effect anymore, due to a reload or due to a failed condition. */
+        if (!unit_verify_deps(u))
+                return -ENOLINK;
+
         /* Forward to the main object, if we aren't it. */
         following = unit_following(u);
         if (following) {