scope: refuse activation of scopes if no PIDs to add are left

If all processes we are supposed to add are gone by the time we are
ready to do so, let's fail.

THis is heavily based on Cunlong Li's work, who thankfully tracked this
down.

Replaces: #20577

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/scope.c b/src/core/scope.c
index 74f16233c5..63d3288caf 100644
--- a/src/core/scope.c
+++ b/src/core/scope.c
@@ -391,6 +391,12 @@ static int scope_start(Unit *u) {
                 scope_enter_dead(s, SCOPE_FAILURE_RESOURCES);
                 return r;
         }
+        if (r == 0) {
+                log_unit_warning(u, "No PIDs left to attach to the scope's control group, refusing: %m");
+                scope_enter_dead(s, SCOPE_FAILURE_RESOURCES);
+                return -ECHILD;
+        }
+        log_unit_debug(u, "%i %s added to scope's control group.", r, r == 1 ? "process" : "processes");
 
         s->result = SCOPE_SUCCESS;