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machined: don't force terminate registered machines
[elogind.git] / man / systemd.service.xml
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 74d974e6e9f67857c85d31d2e7e2301cae15e242..7f7d49e5f098825b60129f47f8af9e93d8eff4fe 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -703,51 +703,146 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 <option>no</option>,
                                 <option>on-success</option>,
                                 <option>on-failure</option>,
                                 <option>no</option>,
                                 <option>on-success</option>,
                                 <option>on-failure</option>,
+                                <option>on-abnormal</option>,
                                 <option>on-watchdog</option>,
                                 <option>on-abort</option>, or
                                 <option>always</option>. If set to
                                 <option>no</option> (the default), the
                                 <option>on-watchdog</option>,
                                 <option>on-abort</option>, or
                                 <option>always</option>. If set to
                                 <option>no</option> (the default), the
-                                service will not be restarted. If set to
-                                <option>on-success</option>, it will be
-                                restarted only when the service process
-                                exits cleanly.
-                                In this context, a clean exit means
-                                an exit code of 0, or one of the signals
+                                service will not be restarted. If set
+                                to <option>on-success</option>, it
+                                will be restarted only when the
+                                service process exits cleanly.  In
+                                this context, a clean exit means an
+                                exit code of 0, or one of the signals
                                 <constant>SIGHUP</constant>,
                                 <constant>SIGINT</constant>,
                                 <constant>SIGHUP</constant>,
                                 <constant>SIGINT</constant>,
-                                <constant>SIGTERM</constant>,
-                                or <constant>SIGPIPE</constant>, and
-                                additionally, exit statuses and signals
-                                specified in <varname>SuccessExitStatus=</varname>.
+                                <constant>SIGTERM</constant> or
+                                <constant>SIGPIPE</constant>, and
+                                additionally, exit statuses and
+                                signals specified in
+                                <varname>SuccessExitStatus=</varname>.
                                 If set to <option>on-failure</option>,
                                 the service will be restarted when the
                                 If set to <option>on-failure</option>,
                                 the service will be restarted when the
-                                process exits with a non-zero exit code,
-                                is terminated by a signal (including on
-                                core dump), when an operation (such as
-                                service reload) times out, and when the
-                                configured watchdog timeout is triggered.
-                                If set to
-                                <option>on-abort</option>, the service
-                                will be restarted only if the service
-                                process exits due to an uncaught
-                                signal not specified as a clean exit
-                                status.
-                                If set to
-                                <option>on-watchdog</option>, the service
-                                will be restarted only if the watchdog
-                                timeout for the service expires.
-                                If set to
+                                process exits with a non-zero exit
+                                code, is terminated by a signal
+                                (including on core dump, but excluding
+                                the aforementiond four signals), when
+                                an operation (such as service reload)
+                                times out, and when the configured
+                                watchdog timeout is triggered.  If set
+                                to <option>on-abnormal</option>, the
+                                service will be restarted when the
+                                process is terminated by a signal
+                                (including on core dump, excluding the
+                                aforementioned four signals), when an
+                                operation times out, or when the
+                                watchdog timeout is triggered. If set
+                                to <option>on-abort</option>, the
+                                service will be restarted only if the
+                                service process exits due to an
+                                uncaught signal not specified as a
+                                clean exit status.  If set to
+                                <option>on-watchdog</option>, the
+                                service will be restarted only if the
+                                watchdog timeout for the service
+                                expires.  If set to
                                 <option>always</option>, the service
                                 <option>always</option>, the service
-                                will be restarted regardless of whether
-                                it exited cleanly or not, got
+                                will be restarted regardless of
+                                whether it exited cleanly or not, got
                                 terminated abnormally by a signal, or
                                 hit a timeout.</para>
 
                                 terminated abnormally by a signal, or
                                 hit a timeout.</para>
 
+                                <table>
+                                        <title>Exit causes and the effect of the <varname>Restart=</varname> settings on them</title>
+
+                                        <tgroup cols='2'>
+                                                <colspec colname='path' />
+                                                <colspec colname='expl' />
+                                                <thead>
+                                                        <row>
+                                                                <entry>Restart settings/Exit causes</entry>
+                                                                <entry><option>no</option></entry>
+                                                                <entry><option>always</option></entry>
+                                                                <entry><option>on-success</option></entry>
+                                                                <entry><option>on-failure</option></entry>
+                                                                <entry><option>on-abnormal</option></entry>
+                                                                <entry><option>on-abort</option></entry>
+                                                                <entry><option>on-watchdog</option></entry>
+                                                        </row>
+                                                </thead>
+                                                <tbody>
+                                                        <row>
+                                                                <entry>Clean exit code or signal</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                        </row>
+                                                        <row>
+                                                                <entry>Unclean exit code</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                        </row>
+                                                        <row>
+                                                                <entry>Unclean signal</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                        </row>
+                                                        <row>
+                                                                <entry>Timeout</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                        </row>
+                                                        <row>
+                                                                <entry>Watchdog</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                                <entry/>
+                                                                <entry>X</entry>
+                                                        </row>
+                                                </tbody>
+                                        </tgroup>
+                                </table>
+
                                 <para>In addition to the above settings,
                                 the service will not be restarted if the
                                 exit code or signal is specified in
                                 <varname>RestartPreventExitStatus=</varname>
                                 <para>In addition to the above settings,
                                 the service will not be restarted if the
                                 exit code or signal is specified in
                                 <varname>RestartPreventExitStatus=</varname>
-                                (see below).</para></listitem>
+                                (see below).</para>
+
+                                <para>Setting this to
+                                <option>on-failure</option> is the
+                                recommended choice for long-running
+                                services, in order to increase
+                                reliability by attempting automatic
+                                recovery from errors. For services
+                                that shall be able to terminate on
+                                their own choice (and avoiding
+                                immediate restart),
+                                <option>on-abnormal</option> is an
+                                alternative choice.</para>
+                                </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
@@ -762,7 +857,7 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 definitions can either be numeric exit
                                 codes or termination signal names,
                                 separated by spaces. For example:
                                 definitions can either be numeric exit
                                 codes or termination signal names,
                                 separated by spaces. For example:
-                                <programlisting>SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8 <constant>SIGKILL</constant></programlisting>
+                                <programlisting>SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8 SIGKILL</programlisting>
                                 ensures that exit codes 1, 2, 8 and
                                 the termination signal
                                 <constant>SIGKILL</constant> are
                                 ensures that exit codes 1, 2, 8 and
                                 the termination signal
                                 <constant>SIGKILL</constant> are
@@ -802,9 +897,8 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 spaces. Defaults to the empty list, so
                                 that, by default, no exit status is
                                 excluded from the configured restart
                                 spaces. Defaults to the empty list, so
                                 that, by default, no exit status is
                                 excluded from the configured restart
-                                logic. Example:
-                                <literal>RestartPreventExitStatus=1 6
-                                SIGABRT</literal>, ensures that exit
+                                logic. For example:
+                                <programlisting>RestartPreventExitStatus=1 6 SIGABRT</programlisting> ensures that exit
                                 codes 1 and 6 and the termination
                                 signal <constant>SIGABRT</constant> will
                                 not result in automatic service
                                 codes 1 and 6 and the termination
                                 signal <constant>SIGABRT</constant> will
                                 not result in automatic service
@@ -818,6 +912,18 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 effect.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 effect.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>RestartForceExitStatus=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a list of exit
+                                status definitions that when returned
+                                by the main service process will force
+                                automatic service restarts, regardless
+                                of the restart setting configured with
+                                <varname>Restart=</varname>. The
+                                argument format is similar to
+                                <varname>RestartPreventExitStatus=</varname>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PermissionsStartOnly=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PermissionsStartOnly=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
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