There is no value in mdmon forking when it is running under systemd - systemd can still track it anyway. So add --foreground option, and remove "Type=forking". Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> --- systemd/mdmon@.service | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/systemd/mdmon@.service b/systemd/mdmon@.service index e7ee17a8bf91..3502fadc3fc4 100644 --- a/systemd/mdmon@.service +++ b/systemd/mdmon@.service @@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ Documentation=man:mdmon(8) # 'takeover'. As the '--offroot --takeover' don't hurt when # not necessary, are are useful with root-on-md in dracut, # have them always present. -ExecStart=BINDIR/mdmon --offroot --takeover %I -Type=forking +ExecStart=BINDIR/mdmon --foreground --offroot --takeover %I # Don't set the PIDFile. It isn't necessary (systemd can work # it out) and systemd will remove it when transitioning from # initramfs to rootfs.