<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Restart=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configures whether the
- main service process shall be restarted when
- it exists. Takes one of
+ main service process shall be
+ restarted when it exists. Takes one of
<option>no</option>,
- <option>on-success</option> or
- <option>always</option>. If
- set to <option>no</option> (the
- default) the service will not be
- restarted when it exits. If set to
- <option>on-success</option> it
- will be restarted only when it exited
- cleanly, i.e. terminated with an exit
- code of 0. If set to
- <option>always</option> the
+ <option>on-success</option>,
+ <option>on-failure</option>,
+ <option>on-abort</option> or
+ <option>always</option>. If set to
+ <option>no</option> (the default) the
+ service will not be restarted when it
+ exits. If set to
+ <option>on-success</option> it will be
+ restarted only when it exited cleanly,
+ i.e. terminated with an exit code of
+ 0. If set to
+ <option>on-failure</option> it will be
+ restared only when it exited with an
+ exit code not equalling 0, or when
+ terminated by a signal. If set to
+ <option>on-abort</option> it will be
+ restarted only if it exits due to
+ reception of an uncaught signal. If
+ set to <option>always</option> the
service will be restarted regardless
whether it exited cleanly or not, or
got terminated abnormally by a
if (allow_restart &&
!s->forbid_restart &&
(s->restart == SERVICE_RESTART_ALWAYS ||
- (s->restart == SERVICE_RESTART_ON_SUCCESS && !s->failure))) {
+ (s->restart == SERVICE_RESTART_ON_SUCCESS && !s->failure) ||
+ (s->restart == SERVICE_RESTART_ON_FAILURE && s->failure) ||
+ (s->restart == SERVICE_RESTART_ON_ABORT && s->failure &&
+ (s->main_exec_status.code == CLD_KILLED ||
+ s->main_exec_status.code == CLD_DUMPED)))) {
if ((r = unit_watch_timer(UNIT(s), s->restart_usec, &s->timer_watch)) < 0)
goto fail;
static const char* const service_restart_table[_SERVICE_RESTART_MAX] = {
[SERVICE_RESTART_NO] = "no",
[SERVICE_RESTART_ON_SUCCESS] = "on-success",
- [SERVICE_RESTART_ALWAYS] = "always",
+ [SERVICE_RESTART_ON_FAILURE] = "on-failure",
+ [SERVICE_RESTART_ON_ABORT] = "on-abort",
+ [SERVICE_RESTART_ALWAYS] = "always"
};
DEFINE_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP(service_restart, ServiceRestart);