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| -rw-r--r-- | src/core/service.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/service.c b/src/core/service.c index 9512e0e98d..5d82e9b545 100644 --- a/src/core/service.c +++ b/src/core/service.c @@ -2436,7 +2436,16 @@ static int service_start(Unit *u) { s->state == SERVICE_START_POST) return 0; - assert(s->state == SERVICE_DEAD || s->state == SERVICE_FAILED || s->state == SERVICE_AUTO_RESTART); + /* A service that will be restarted must be stopped first to + * trigger BindTo and/or OnFailure dependencies. If a user + * does not want to wait for the holdoff time to elapse, the + * service should be manually restarted, not started. */ + if (s->state == SERVICE_AUTO_RESTART) { + log_warning("%s automatic restart is pending, must be stopped before issuing start request.", UNIT(s)->id); + return -ECANCELED; + } + + assert(s->state == SERVICE_DEAD || s->state == SERVICE_FAILED); /* Make sure we don't enter a busy loop of some kind. */ r = service_start_limit_test(s); |