linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Send a SIGCHLD to the init's pid namespace parent when reboot

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Message-ID: <20110814161707.GB30846@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:17:07 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...e.fr>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bonbons@...ux-vserver.org,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, serge@...lyn.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Send a SIGCHLD to the init's pid namespace parent
	when reboot

On 08/11, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>
> In the case of a VPS, when we shutdown/halt/reboot the container, the
> reboot utility will invoke the sys_reboot syscall which has the bad
> effect to reboot the host.

Stupid question. Can't sys_reboot() simply kill init (and thus the whole
pid_ns) in this case?

Oleg.

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