Re: [PATCH 1/1] systemd: make NetworkManager reloadable via SIGHUP

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2015-04-17 at 15:06 +0200, Thomas Haller wrote:
> Since f9e4af2, parts of the configuration can be reloaded
> by sending SIGHUP to NetworkManager. Add ExecReload option
> to service file to support reloading by sending a signal.
>
> Note that 'man 5 systemd.service' advices to use a blocking
> command instead of a sending a signal. Later we should add a
> D-Bus method to allow reloading synchronously. For now, this
> is better then nothing.

Works for me.

Dan

> ---
>  data/NetworkManager.service.in | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/data/NetworkManager.service.in b/data/NetworkManager.service.in
> index b2e61ff..980573d 100644
> --- a/data/NetworkManager.service.in
> +++ b/data/NetworkManager.service.in
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Before=network.target @DISTRO_NETWORK_SERVICE@
>  [Service]
>  Type=dbus
>  BusName=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager
> +ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
>  ExecStart= sbindir@/NetworkManager --no-daemon
>  Restart=on-failure
>  # NM doesn't want systemd to kill its children for it