s->state = SERVICE_DEAD;
+ RATELIMIT_INIT(s->ratelimit, 10*USEC_PER_SEC, 5);
+
/* Load a .service file */
if ((r = unit_load_fragment(u)) < 0) {
service_done(u);
assert(s->state == SERVICE_DEAD || s->state == SERVICE_MAINTAINANCE || s->state == SERVICE_AUTO_RESTART);
+ /* Make sure we don't enter a busy loop of some kind. */
+ if (!ratelimit_test(&s->ratelimit)) {
+ log_warning("%s start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.", unit_id(u));
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ }
+
s->failure = false;
s->main_pid_known = false;