Hi Joel, On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> 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. > > orderly_reboot() should be used when the system wants to allow userspace > to gracefully shut itself down. For cases where the system may > imminently catch on fire, the existing emergency_restart() provides an > immediate reboot without involving userspace. > > Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > V2: > - remove unused return value from orderly_* > - use correct command in orderly_poweroff > - the reboot command will not have a proc knob to control it, so > it can be made const and static > > include/linux/reboot.h | 3 ++- > kernel/reboot.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/reboot.h b/include/linux/reboot.h > index 48bf152..dc5e3bd 100644 > --- a/include/linux/reboot.h > +++ b/include/linux/reboot.h > @@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ void ctrl_alt_del(void); > #define POWEROFF_CMD_PATH_LEN 256 > extern char poweroff_cmd[POWEROFF_CMD_PATH_LEN]; > > -extern int orderly_poweroff(bool force); > +extern void orderly_poweroff(bool force); Should making orderly_poweroff() void be in a separate patch? Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
