Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1] tools/hotplug: convert proc-xen.mount to proc-xen.service

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Olaf Hering writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1] tools/hotplug: convert 
proc-xen.mount to proc-xen.service"):
> On Wed, Nov 08, Wei Liu wrote:
> > But is there really no way to ask nicely to see if systemd would accept
> > a change in behaviour? That is, to make proc-xen.mount (or any attempt
> > to mount API fs) a nop when xenfs is added to API file system.
> 
> I have considered that as well. If the failing unit is "proc-xen.mount"
> and /proc/xen exists, just ignore the error. I will check if and how
> that can be done.

It seems to me that this should be the case for all mount units.
Nothing here is Xen-specific, apart from the particular details of the
consequential lossage.

Ie, mount units should be idempotent even if something else has
already mounted them.  Certainly mount units should be a no-op if
their functionality has been moved into the systemd internal mount
table.

Can we please see what systemd upstream think of that proposal ?

Ian.

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