systemd-run does not make the new scope unit part of the slice specified via the --slice arg

[Dan Streetman]

[impact]

running 'systemd-run --scope --slice=$SLICE $PROGRAM' does not start the program under $SLICE, instead it starts it under system.slice

[test case]

root:~# systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000
Running scope as unit run-r16d872f1b0894b88a79421a890269e6c.scope.
^Z
[3]+ Stopped systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000
root:~# bg
[3]+ systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000 &
root:~# systemctl show -p Slice run-r16d872f1b0894b88a79421a890269e6c.scope
Slice=system.slice

[regression potential]

This defers running the manager unit load queue when setting the slice for a transient unit, as well as actually passing the slice parameter over the bus when using --scope, so any regression would very likely involve incorrectly setting the slice for a scope and/or problems when processing transient units that specify a slice.

[scope]

this is needed only for Xenial.

this is fixed upstream by
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/3094
which is included starting in v230, so is included in Bionic and later.

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

Hello Dan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/229-4ubuntu21.29 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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[Ubuntu SRU Bot (ubuntu-sru-bot)]

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted systemd (229-4ubuntu21.29) for xenial have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

systemd/229-4ubuntu21.29 (i386, amd64)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/xenial/update_excuses.html#systemd

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

xenial:

root@lp1881312-x:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 229-4ubuntu21.28 amd64 system and service manager
root@lp1881312-x:~# systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000
Running scope as unit run-rad93ed3206334259a90708def087987d.scope.
^Z
[1]+ Stopped systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000
root@lp1881312-x:~# bg
[1]+ systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000 &
root@lp1881312-x:~# systemctl show -p Slice run-rad93ed3206334259a90708def087987d.scope
Slice=system.slice

root@lp1881312-x:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 229-4ubuntu21.29 amd64 system and service manager
root@lp1881312-x:~# systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000
Running scope as unit run-r4648aaa0fdca485b9b1a2b9a5298fb0f.scope.
^Z
[2]+ Stopped systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000
root@lp1881312-x:~# bg
[2]+ systemd-run --scope --slice=user-1000.slice sleep 1000 &
root@lp1881312-x:~# systemctl show -p Slice run-r4648aaa0fdca485b9b1a2b9a5298fb0f.scope
Slice=user-1000.slice

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 229-4ubuntu21.29

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systemd (229-4ubuntu21.29) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Dan Streetman ]
  * d/p/lp1881312/0001-core-don-t-dispatch-load-queue-when-setting-Slice-fo.patch,
    d/p/lp1881312/0002-run-make-slice-work-in-conjunction-with-scope.patch:
    - run new scope unit in specified slice (LP: #1881312)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=b5a778c3cd93e3d684602146f281f315f30778a8
  * d/p/lp1877176-sd-dhcp-client-validate-hostnames-stricter-7308.patch:
    - strictly validate hostname sent to dhcp server (LP: #1877176)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=7a1f1c41dcd860fcba6be42a2153cfe4315ebf17
  * d/e/rules-ubuntu/40-vm-hotadd.rules:
    - Hotadd only offline memory and CPUs
      (LP: #1876018)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=43357bd260a1c3e7b4951d33cbacaebda1d086b3
  * d/p/lp1698388-journal-remote-Ensure-reallocation-of-source-buf-doe.patch:
    - Fix assertion failure when journald source->filled < source->size
      (LP: #1698388)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=d1cc15b88113510227e5a76654e103ef54a8b8f3

  [ Heitor Alves de Siqueira ]
  * d/p/lp1876600-sd-bus-deal-with-cookie-overruns.patch:
    - deal with dbus cookie overruns (LP: #1876600)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=8dc9ef188944349169044d8974a4ffa55c66be9d

 -- Heitor Alves de Siqueira <email address hidden> Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:28:11 -0400

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for systemd has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.