From 7eed8858d7cbdc10ac048552164ad8d3510df846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ronan Pigott <ronan@rjp.ie>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:14:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] run: do not munge user.slice with --slice-inherit

When using --slice-inherit, setting arg_slice would inadvertently munge
user.slice into the current user slice, usually producing a slice name
like user-1000-user.slice. This is treated as a user-UID slice by
user-.slice.d/10-defaults.conf, resulting in a strange description:
literally "User slice for UID user" (instead of an actual user UID).

Keep arg_slice empty when using --slice-inherit so that we actually
inherit from the relevant slice instead of a munged version.

Fixes: #42601
---
 src/run/run.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/run/run.c b/src/run/run.c
index 2e37a0a2f6..168cd2f4e6 100644
--- a/src/run/run.c
+++ b/src/run/run.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ static int parse_argv_sudo_mode(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         strv_free_and_replace(arg_cmdline, l);
 
-        if (!arg_slice) {
+        if (!custom_slice) {
                 arg_slice = strdup(SPECIAL_USER_SLICE);
                 if (!arg_slice)
                         return log_oom();