From: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>
To: coywolf@lovecn.org
Cc: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: halt: init exits/panic
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:37:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051004073740.GA1498@schottelius.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2cd57c9005070910091f1051f7@mail.gmail.com>
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Coywolf Qi Hunt [Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 01:09:22AM +0800]:
> On 7/9/05, Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > What's the 'correct behaviour' of an init system, if someone wants
> > to shutdown the system?
> >
> > I currently do:
> >
> > - call reboot(RB_POWER_OFF/RB_AUTOBOOT/RB_HALT_SYSTEM)
> > - _exit(0)
> >
> > Is this exit() call wrong? If I do RB_HALT_SYSTEM and _exit(0) after,
> > the kernel panics.
>
> What the panic shows?
To be fully correct:
"Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init" (from the last time
I tried, 2.6.13.2)
Perhaps _exit(0) is not correct for an init system?
This at least explains why it always looks like nothing is synced.
Nico
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-04 7:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-09 15:12 halt: init exits/panic Nico Schottelius
2005-07-09 14:26 ` DervishD
2005-07-09 17:09 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-10-04 7:30 ` Nico Schottelius
2005-10-04 7:37 ` Nico Schottelius [this message]
2005-10-04 8:12 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-10-04 10:55 ` Nico Schottelius
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