1 files changed, 11 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index 6dd075faa7..58c99d9e07 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ void unit_dump(Unit *u, FILE *f, const char *prefix) {
 }
 
 /* Common implementation for multiple backends */
-int unit_load_fragment_and_dropin(Unit *u) {
+int unit_load_fragment_and_dropin(Unit *u, bool fragment_required) {
         int r;
 
         assert(u);
@@ -1371,8 +1371,12 @@ int unit_load_fragment_and_dropin(Unit *u) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        if (u->load_state == UNIT_STUB)
-                return -ENOENT;
+        if (u->load_state == UNIT_STUB) {
+                if (fragment_required)
+                        return -ENOENT;
+
+                u->load_state = UNIT_LOADED;
+        }
 
         /* Load drop-in directory data. If u is an alias, we might be reloading the
          * target unit needlessly. But we cannot be sure which drops-ins have already
@@ -1381,27 +1385,6 @@ int unit_load_fragment_and_dropin(Unit *u) {
         return unit_load_dropin(unit_follow_merge(u));
 }
 
-/* Common implementation for multiple backends */
-int unit_load_fragment_and_dropin_optional(Unit *u) {
-        int r;
-
-        assert(u);
-
-        /* Same as unit_load_fragment_and_dropin(), but whether
-         * something can be loaded or not doesn't matter. */
-
-        /* Load a .service/.socket/.slice/… file */
-        r = unit_load_fragment(u);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        if (u->load_state == UNIT_STUB)
-                u->load_state = UNIT_LOADED;
-
-        /* Load drop-in directory data */
-        return unit_load_dropin(unit_follow_merge(u));
-}
-
 void unit_add_to_target_deps_queue(Unit *u) {
         Manager *m = u->manager;
 
@@ -1559,16 +1542,11 @@ int unit_load(Unit *u) {
                 u->fragment_mtime = now(CLOCK_REALTIME);
         }
 
-        if (UNIT_VTABLE(u)->load) {
-                r = UNIT_VTABLE(u)->load(u);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        goto fail;
-        }
-
-        if (u->load_state == UNIT_STUB) {
-                r = -ENOENT;
+        r = UNIT_VTABLE(u)->load(u);
+        if (r < 0)
                 goto fail;
-        }
+
+        assert(u->load_state != UNIT_STUB);
 
         if (u->load_state == UNIT_LOADED) {
                 unit_add_to_target_deps_queue(u);