3 files changed, 27 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/src/shared/unit-name.c b/src/shared/unit-name.c
index 178efefdbf..832b926813 100644
--- a/src/shared/unit-name.c
+++ b/src/shared/unit-name.c
@@ -481,15 +481,18 @@ int unit_name_from_dbus_path(const char *path, char **name) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-char *unit_name_mangle(const char *name) {
+
+/**
+ *  Try to turn a string that might not be a unit name into a
+ *  sensible unit name.
+ */
+char *unit_name_mangle(const char *name, bool allow_globs) {
         char *r, *t;
         const char *f;
+        const char* valid_chars = allow_globs ? "@" VALID_CHARS "[]!-*?" : "@" VALID_CHARS;
 
         assert(name);
 
-        /* Try to turn a string that might not be a unit name into a
-         * sensible unit name. */
-
         if (is_device_path(name))
                 return unit_name_from_path(name, ".device");
 
@@ -506,7 +509,7 @@ char *unit_name_mangle(const char *name) {
         for (f = name, t = r; *f; f++) {
                 if (*f == '/')
                         *(t++) = '-';
-                else if (!strchr("@" VALID_CHARS, *f))
+                else if (!strchr(valid_chars, *f))
                         t = do_escape_char(*f, t);
                 else
                         *(t++) = *f;
@@ -520,7 +523,12 @@ char *unit_name_mangle(const char *name) {
         return r;
 }
 
-char *unit_name_mangle_with_suffix(const char *name, const char *suffix) {
+
+/**
+ *  Similar to unit_name_mangle(), but is called when we know
+ *  that this is about a specific unit type.
+ */
+char *unit_name_mangle_with_suffix(const char *name, bool allow_globs, const char *suffix) {
         char *r, *t;
         const char *f;
 
@@ -528,9 +536,6 @@ char *unit_name_mangle_with_suffix(const char *name, const char *suffix) {
         assert(suffix);
         assert(suffix[0] == '.');
 
-        /* Similar to unit_name_mangle(), but is called when we know
-         * that this is about snapshot units. */
-
         r = new(char, strlen(name) * 4 + strlen(suffix) + 1);
         if (!r)
                 return NULL;
diff --git a/src/shared/unit-name.h b/src/shared/unit-name.h
index 57719d5448..362ff0c00c 100644
--- a/src/shared/unit-name.h
+++ b/src/shared/unit-name.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ char *unit_name_to_path(const char *name);
 char *unit_dbus_path_from_name(const char *name);
 int unit_name_from_dbus_path(const char *path, char **name);
 
-char *unit_name_mangle(const char *name);
-char *unit_name_mangle_with_suffix(const char *name, const char *suffix);
+char *unit_name_mangle(const char *name, bool allow_globs);
+char *unit_name_mangle_with_suffix(const char *name, bool allow_globs, const char *suffix);
 
 int build_subslice(const char *slice, const char*name, char **subslice);
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index b37072f24a..f6d2cedd88 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@
 
 /* What is interpreted as whitespace? */
 #define WHITESPACE " \t\n\r"
-#define NEWLINE "\n\r"
-#define QUOTES "\"\'"
-#define COMMENTS "#;"
+#define NEWLINE    "\n\r"
+#define QUOTES     "\"\'"
+#define COMMENTS   "#;"
+#define GLOB_CHARS "*?["
 
 #define FORMAT_BYTES_MAX 8
 
@@ -627,6 +628,13 @@ bool path_is_safe(const char *p) _pure_;
 bool string_is_safe(const char *p) _pure_;
 bool string_has_cc(const char *p) _pure_;
 
+/**
+ * Check if a string contains any glob patterns.
+ */
+_pure_ static inline bool string_is_glob(const char *p) {
+        return !!strpbrk(p, GLOB_CHARS);
+}
+
 void *xbsearch_r(const void *key, const void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
                  int (*compar) (const void *, const void *, void *),
                  void *arg);