4 files changed, 12 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/signal-util.c b/src/basic/signal-util.c
index bf4816fd6..5bd5c71ce 100644
--- a/src/basic/signal-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/signal-util.c
@@ -234,11 +234,7 @@ int signal_from_string(const char *s) {
         const char *p;
         int signo, r;
 
-        /* Check that the input is a signal name. */
-        signo = __signal_from_string(s);
-        if (signo > 0)
-                return signo;
-
+        /* Check that the input is a signal number. */
         if (safe_atoi(s, &signo) >= 0) {
                 if (SIGNAL_VALID(signo))
                         return signo;
@@ -246,6 +242,15 @@ int signal_from_string(const char *s) {
                         return -ERANGE;
         }
 
+        /* Drop "SIG" prefix. */
+        if (startswith(s, "SIG"))
+                s += 3;
+
+        /* Check that the input is a signal name. */
+        signo = __signal_from_string(s);
+        if (signo > 0)
+                return signo;
+
         /* Check that the input is RTMIN or
          * RTMIN+n (0 <= n <= SIGRTMAX-SIGRTMIN). */
         p = startswith(s, "RTMIN");
@@ -287,17 +292,6 @@ int signal_from_string(const char *s) {
         return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-int signal_from_string_try_harder(const char *s) {
-        int signo;
-        assert(s);
-
-        signo = signal_from_string(s);
-        if (signo <= 0)
-                if (startswith(s, "SIG"))
-                        return signal_from_string(s+3);
-
-        return signo;
-}
 
 #if 0 /// UNNEEDED by elogind
 void nop_signal_handler(int sig) {
diff --git a/src/basic/signal-util.h b/src/basic/signal-util.h
index daf8f404d..a52b1d2fa 100644
--- a/src/basic/signal-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/signal-util.h
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ int sigprocmask_many(int how, sigset_t *old, ...);
 const char *signal_to_string(int i) _const_;
 int signal_from_string(const char *s) _pure_;
 
-int signal_from_string_try_harder(const char *s);
 #if 0 /// UNNEEDED by elogind
-
 void nop_signal_handler(int sig);
 #endif // 0
 
diff --git a/src/login/loginctl.c b/src/login/loginctl.c
index 0c984f9eb..9badf8e68 100644
--- a/src/login/loginctl.c
+++ b/src/login/loginctl.c
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         break;
 
                 case 's':
-                        arg_signal = signal_from_string_try_harder(optarg);
+                        arg_signal = signal_from_string(optarg);
                         if (arg_signal < 0) {
                                 log_error("Failed to parse signal string %s.", optarg);
                                 return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/src/shared/conf-parser.c b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
index 6c3dda5ae..704c75c3a 100644
--- a/src/shared/conf-parser.c
+++ b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ int config_parse_signal(
         assert(rvalue);
         assert(sig);
 
-        r = signal_from_string_try_harder(rvalue);
+        r = signal_from_string(rvalue);
         if (r <= 0) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Failed to parse signal name, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
                 return 0;