linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel/reboot.c: Add orderly

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Date:	Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:22:08 +0530
From:	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
CC:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, fabf@...net.be, jk@...abs.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel/reboot.c: Add orderly_reboot for graceful
 reboot

On 03/30/2015 07:45 AM, Joel Stanley wrote:
> The kernel has orderly_poweroff which allows the kernel to initiate a
> graceful shutdown of userspace, by running /sbin/poweroff. This adds
> orderly_reboot that will cause userspace to shut itself down by calling
> /sbin/reboot.
> 
> This will be used for shutdown initiated by a system controller on
> platforms that do not use ACPI.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
> ---
>  include/linux/reboot.h |  1 +
>  kernel/reboot.c        | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/reboot.h b/include/linux/reboot.h
> index 48bf152..a4ffcd9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/reboot.h
> +++ b/include/linux/reboot.h
> @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void ctrl_alt_del(void);
>  extern char poweroff_cmd[POWEROFF_CMD_PATH_LEN];
>  
>  extern int orderly_poweroff(bool force);
> +extern int orderly_reboot(void);
>  
>  /*
>   * Emergency restart, callable from an interrupt handler.
> diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c
> index a3a9e24..d0aa1ec 100644
> --- a/kernel/reboot.c
> +++ b/kernel/reboot.c
> @@ -306,8 +306,9 @@ void ctrl_alt_del(void)
>  }
>  
>  char poweroff_cmd[POWEROFF_CMD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/poweroff";
> +char reboot_cmd[POWEROFF_CMD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/reboot";

Should not we declare one more REBOOT_CMD_PATH_LEN to make it cleaner.

>  
> -static int __orderly_poweroff(bool force)
> +static int run_cmd(const char *cmd)
>  {
>  	char **argv;
>  	static char *envp[] = {
> @@ -316,8 +317,7 @@ static int __orderly_poweroff(bool force)
>  		NULL
>  	};
>  	int ret;
> -
> -	argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, poweroff_cmd, NULL);
> +	argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, cmd, NULL);
>  	if (argv) {
>  		ret = call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
>  		argv_free(argv);
> @@ -325,8 +325,33 @@ static int __orderly_poweroff(bool force)
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  	}
>  
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int __orderly_reboot(void)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = run_cmd(reboot_cmd);
> +
> +	if (ret) {
> +		pr_warn("Failed to start orderly reboot: forcing the issue\n");
> +		emergency_sync();
> +		kernel_restart(NULL);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int __orderly_poweroff(bool force)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = run_cmd(reboot_cmd);

Would it be poweroff_cmd instead of reboot_cmd ? Dont see poweroff_cmd getting used.

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