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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-01-29 13:38:55 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-01-29 13:42:06 +0100
commit58ea275a68cd242ad60161bcb7582614d1d89f13 (patch)
tree13573e930a8e30caf8e47e0658cc0522575bf713 /man/systemd.kill.xml
parent373f14222e6ff11ad0b129b033e01f75f7c504f3 (diff)
downloadsystemd-58ea275a68cd242ad60161bcb7582614d1d89f13.tar.gz
core: introduce new KillMode=mixed which sends SIGTERM only to the main process, but SIGKILL to all daemon processes
This should fix some race with terminating systemd --user, where the system systemd instance might race against the user systemd instance when sending SIGTERM.
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diff --git a/man/systemd.kill.xml b/man/systemd.kill.xml
index 1b10fba9d5..a4009aa38a 100644
--- a/man/systemd.kill.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.kill.xml
@@ -44,39 +44,44 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd.kill</refname>
- <refpurpose>Kill environment configuration</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Process killing procedure
+ configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename><replaceable>service</replaceable>.service</filename>,
<filename><replaceable>socket</replaceable>.socket</filename>,
<filename><replaceable>mount</replaceable>.mount</filename>,
- <filename><replaceable>swap</replaceable>.swap</filename></para>
+ <filename><replaceable>swap</replaceable>.swap</filename>,
+ <filename><replaceable>scope</replaceable>.scope</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>Unit configuration files for services, sockets,
- mount points and swap devices share a subset of
- configuration options which define the process killing
- parameters of spawned processes.</para>
+ mount points, swap devices and scopes share a subset
+ of configuration options which define the
+ killing procedure of processes belonging to the unit.</para>
<para>This man page lists the configuration options
- shared by these four unit types. See
+ shared by these five unit types. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for the common options of all unit configuration
- files, and
+ for the common options shared by all unit
+ configuration files, and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information on the specific unit
- configuration files. The execution specific
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information on the configuration file options
+ specific to each unit type.</para>
+
+ <para>The kill procedure
configuration options are configured in the [Service],
- [Socket], [Mount], or [Swap] section, depending on the unit
- type.</para>
+ [Socket], [Mount] or [Swap] section, depending on the
+ unit type.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -87,32 +92,40 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>KillMode=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Specifies how
- processes of this service shall be
+ processes of this unit shall be
killed. One of
<option>control-group</option>,
<option>process</option>,
+ <option>mixed</option>,
<option>none</option>.</para>
<para>If set to
<option>control-group</option>, all
remaining processes in the control
- group of this unit will be terminated
- on unit stop (for services: after the
+ group of this unit will be killed on
+ unit stop (for services: after the
stop command is executed, as
configured with
<varname>ExecStop=</varname>). If set
to <option>process</option>, only the
main process itself is killed. If set
- to <option>none</option>, no process is
+ to <option>mixed</option> the
+ <constant>SIGTERM</constant> signal
+ (see below) is sent to the main
+ process while the subsequent
+ <constant>SIGKILL</constant> signal
+ (see below) is sent to all remaining
+ processes of the unit's control
+ group. If set to
+ <option>none</option>, no process is
killed. In this case only the stop
- command will be executed on unit
- stop, but no process be killed
+ command will be executed on unit stop,
+ but no process be killed
otherwise. Processes remaining alive
after stop are left in their control
group and the control group continues
to exist after stop unless it is
- empty. Defaults to
- <option>control-group</option>.</para>
+ empty.</para>
<para>Processes will first be
terminated via
@@ -133,14 +146,24 @@
option). See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more
- information.</para></listitem>
+ information.</para>
+
+ <para>Defaults to
+ <option>control-group</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>KillSignal=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Specifies which signal
- to use when killing a
- service. Defaults to <constant>SIGTERM</constant>.
+ to use when killing a service. This
+ controls the signal that is sent as
+ first step of shutting down a unit
+ (see above), and is usually followed
+ by <constant>SIGKILL</constant> (see
+ above and below). For a list of valid
+ signals, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Defaults
+ to <constant>SIGTERM</constant>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -184,7 +207,9 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>