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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:09:22 +0800
From: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com>
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To: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>,
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Subject: Re: halt: init exits/panic
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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?
-- 
Coywolf Qi Hunt
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