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-rw-r--r--src/core/service.c11
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);