If systemd is installed, but not the init system, systemd-machined fails with an unhelpful error message: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1 Fall back to manual cgroup creation if systemd is installed, but it's not PID 1. [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69962 --- (Yes, Gentoo.) src/util/virsystemd.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/util/virsystemd.c b/src/util/virsystemd.c index 8adf209..0404a63 100644 --- a/src/util/virsystemd.c +++ b/src/util/virsystemd.c @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ #include "virstring.h" #include "viralloc.h" #include "virutil.h" +#include "virfile.h" #include "virlog.h" #include "virerror.h" @@ -142,6 +143,28 @@ cleanup: return machinename; } +/* + * Returns 0 if systemd is the init, -2 if not + * -1 on fatal error + */ +static int +virSystemdIsInit(void) +{ + char *buf = NULL; + int ret = -2; + + if (virFileReadAll("/proc/1/comm", sizeof("systemd\n "), &buf) < 0) + return -1; + + if (STREQ(buf, "systemd\n")) + ret = 0; + else + VIR_DEBUG("systemd is not the init"); + + VIR_FREE(buf); + return ret; +} + /** * virSystemdCreateMachine: * @name: driver unique name of the machine @@ -173,6 +196,9 @@ int virSystemdCreateMachine(const char *name, if (ret < 0) return ret; + if ((ret = virSystemdIsInit()) < 0) + return ret; +

On 02/28/2014 06:36 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 09:29:24PM +0100, Ján Tomko wrote: >> If systemd is installed, but not the init system, >> systemd-machined fails with an unhelpful error message: >> Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1 >> >> Fall back to manual cgroup creation if systemd is installed, >> but it's not PID 1. >> >> [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69962 >> --- >> >> (Yes, Gentoo.) >> >> src/util/virsystemd.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/src/util/virsystemd.c b/src/util/virsystemd.c >> index 8adf209..0404a63 100644 >> --- a/src/util/virsystemd.c >> +++ b/src/util/virsystemd.c >> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ >> #include "virstring.h" >> #include "viralloc.h" >> #include "virutil.h" >> +#include "virfile.h" >> #include "virlog.h" >> #include "virerror.h" >> >> @@ -142,6 +143,28 @@ cleanup: >> return machinename; >> } >> >> +/* >> + * Returns 0 if systemd is the init, -2 if not >> + * -1 on fatal error >> + */ >> +static int >> +virSystemdIsInit(void) >> +{ >> + char *buf = NULL; >> + int ret = -2; >> + >> + if (virFileReadAll("/proc/1/comm", sizeof("systemd\n "), &buf) < 0) >> + return -1; >> + >> + if (STREQ(buf, "systemd\n")) >> + ret = 0; >> + else >> + VIR_DEBUG("systemd is not the init"); >> + >> + VIR_FREE(buf); >> + return ret; >> +} >> + >> /** >> * virSystemdCreateMachine: >> * @name: driver unique name of the machine >> @@ -173,6 +196,9 @@ int virSystemdCreateMachine(const char *name, >> if (ret < 0) >> return ret; >> >> + if ((ret = virSystemdIsInit()) < 0) >> + return ret; >> + > > We already do a call > > ret = virDBusIsServiceEnabled("org.freedesktop.machine1"); > > I'd suggest that we perhaps also call > > ret = virDBusIsServiceEnabled("org.freedesktop.systemd1"); > > instead of looking in /proc/1/comm > systemd1 also shows up in the list of activatable names even if systemd is not running.