[systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] service: add FailureAction= option

[Michael Olbrich]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:19:53AM +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> On 03/26/2014 09:02 AM, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> >It has the same possible values as StartLimitAction= and is executed
> >immediately if a service fails.
> >---
> >
> >Hi Lennart,
> >
> >Something like this maybe? I'm not quite sure about the condition in
> >service_enter_dead(). I don't think the action should be executed when the
> >service is explicitly stopped. Maybe it should depend on !forbid_restart?
> >
> >If you like, I'll add some documentation. An maybe a follow-up patch to
> >rename the StartLimitAction type? To what though?
> 
> Dont we already have OnFailure= for this ( or can be used for this
> instead of introducing FailureAction= which can be confusing to
> users )?

No. Take a look at the possible actions. This is intended to be used e.g.
in combination with watchdogs. A unit that may or may not start cannot
express 'reboot right now'.

Michael

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