From faf0dd4b29139a1e702d3136dc37bdb033e45927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Yuan <me@yhndnzj.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:08:22 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] process-util: ensure pidref_is_alive only return ESRCH if not
 set

---
 src/basic/process-util.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/basic/process-util.c b/src/basic/process-util.c
index 201c5596ae9..cdfe33c1dbd 100644
--- a/src/basic/process-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/process-util.c
@@ -1112,8 +1112,10 @@ int pidref_is_alive(const PidRef *pidref) {
                 return -ESRCH;
 
         result = pid_is_alive(pidref->pid);
-        if (result < 0)
+        if (result < 0) {
+                assert(result != -ESRCH);
                 return result;
+        }
 
         r = pidref_verify(pidref);
         if (r == -ESRCH)