<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - when a unit file is removed, systemd abandons running processes" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65973#c4">Comment # 4</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - when a unit file is removed, systemd abandons running processes" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65973">bug 65973</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:zbyszek@in.waw.pl" title="Zbigniew Jedrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>"> Zbigniew Jedrzejewski-Szmek</a> <pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=65973#c3">comment #3</a>) > (In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=65973#c2">comment #2</a>) > > > > So, not sure we can do anything about this, except filing a bug against > > > libvirt to fix its scriptlets? > > It's on purpose, so that running VM are not interrupted by libvirtd > > restarts. Tying the VMs to libvirtd lifecycle would be a huge drawback. > > How? A restart is not an un-install. > > I don't see any valid reason to leave the service running after the process > binary is removed from the system. > > It really does not sound like a systemd issue. But a user might remove the file at any time... and systemd should do it's best to behave gracefully. I think it's an issue with all KillMode=process units. Let's try: % systemctl status avahi-daemon.service avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2013-06-20 03:17:56 EDT; 10h ago Main PID: 641 (avahi-daemon) Status: "Server startup complete. Host name is bupkis.local. Local service cookie is 4162726802." CGroup: name=systemd:/system/avahi-daemon.service ├─641 avahi-daemon: running [bupkis.local] └─652 avahi-daemon: chroot helper % sudo mv /usr/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service /tmp/ % sudo systemctl daemon-reload % systemctl status avahi-daemon.service avahi-daemon.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: active (running) since Thu 2013-06-20 03:17:56 EDT; 10h ago Main PID: 641 (avahi-daemon) Status: "Server startup complete. Host name is bupkis.local. Local service cookie is 4162726802." % sudo systemctl stop avahi-daemon.service Warning: Stopping avahi-daemon.service, but it can still be activated by: avahi-daemon.socket % systemctl status avahi-daemon.service avahi-daemon.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2013-06-20 13:30:51 EDT; 33s ago Main PID: 641 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Status: "Server startup complete. Host name is bupkis.local. Local service cookie is 4162726802." ...so it seems that systemd has only partial amnesia when a unit file is removed ;)</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the QA Contact for the bug.</li> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>