Merge pull request #17959 from vrothberg/fix-17607

auto-update: stop+start instead of restart sytemd units

libpod/runtime_ctr.go

@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) removeContainer(ctx context.Context, c *Container, force, remo
 
 	// Remove the container's CID file on container removal.
 	if cidFile, ok := c.config.Spec.Annotations[define.InspectAnnotationCIDFile]; ok {
-		if err := os.Remove(cidFile); err != nil {
+		if err := os.Remove(cidFile); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 			if cleanupErr == nil {
 				cleanupErr = err
 			} else {

pkg/autoupdate/autoupdate.go

@@ -334,8 +334,16 @@ func (t *task) rollbackImage() error {
 
 // restartSystemdUnit restarts the systemd unit the container is running in.
 func (u *updater) restartSystemdUnit(ctx context.Context, unit string) error {
+	if err := u.stopSystemdUnit(ctx, unit); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return u.startSystemdUnit(ctx, unit)
+}
+
+// startSystemdUnit starts the systemd unit the container is running in.
+func (u *updater) startSystemdUnit(ctx context.Context, unit string) error {
 	restartChan := make(chan string)
-	if _, err := u.conn.RestartUnitContext(ctx, unit, "replace", restartChan); err != nil {
+	if _, err := u.conn.StartUnitContext(ctx, unit, "replace", restartChan); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -349,7 +357,28 @@ func (u *updater) restartSystemdUnit(ctx context.Context, unit string) error {
 		return nil
 
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected %q but received %q", "done", result)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error starting systemd unit %q expected %q but received %q", unit, "done", result)
+	}
+}
+
+// stopSystemdUnit stop the systemd unit the container is running in.
+func (u *updater) stopSystemdUnit(ctx context.Context, unit string) error {
+	restartChan := make(chan string)
+	if _, err := u.conn.StopUnitContext(ctx, unit, "replace", restartChan); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Wait for the restart to finish and actually check if it was
+	// successful or not.
+	result := <-restartChan
+
+	switch result {
+	case "done":
+		logrus.Infof("Successfully stopped systemd unit %q", unit)
+		return nil
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("error stopping systemd unit %q expected %q but received %q", unit, "done", result)
 	}
 }