2 files changed, 10 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers.go
index 3a269fe50..2ce113d30 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/logs"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/api/handlers"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/api/handlers/utils"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/signal"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/gorilla/schema"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -145,14 +145,20 @@ func KillContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	runtime := r.Context().Value("runtime").(*libpod.Runtime)
 	decoder := r.Context().Value("decoder").(*schema.Decoder)
 	query := struct {
-		Signal syscall.Signal `schema:"signal"`
+		Signal string `schema:"signal"`
 	}{
-		Signal: syscall.SIGKILL,
+		Signal: "KILL",
 	}
 	if err := decoder.Decode(&query, r.URL.Query()); err != nil {
 		utils.Error(w, "Something went wrong.", http.StatusBadRequest, errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to parse parameters for %s", r.URL.String()))
 		return
 	}
+
+	sig, err := signal.ParseSignalNameOrNumber(query.Signal)
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
+		return
+	}
 	name := utils.GetName(r)
 	con, err := runtime.LookupContainer(name)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -172,7 +178,7 @@ func KillContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	err = con.Kill(uint(query.Signal))
+	err = con.Kill(uint(sig))
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Error(w, "Something went wrong.", http.StatusInternalServerError, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to kill Container %s", name))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_restart.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_restart.go
index 5b8fafaa4..343bf96d2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_restart.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_restart.go
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package compat
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/api/handlers/utils"
 	"github.com/gorilla/schema"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -32,20 +30,6 @@ func RestartContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	state, err := con.State()
-	if err != nil {
-		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// FIXME: This is not in the swagger.yml...
-	// If the Container is stopped already, send a 409
-	if state == define.ContainerStateStopped || state == define.ContainerStateExited {
-		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Container %s is not running", name)
-		utils.Error(w, msg, http.StatusConflict, errors.New(msg))
-		return
-	}
-
 	timeout := con.StopTimeout()
 	if _, found := r.URL.Query()["t"]; found {
 		timeout = uint(query.Timeout)