I checked the source code of busybox, and it also performs a sync just
like sysvinit:
if (!(flags & 2)) /* no -n */
sync();
/* Perform action. */
rc = 1;
if (!(flags & 4)) { /* no -f */
[...]
} else {
rc = reboot(magic[which]);
}
regards,
Anders Widell
2014-04-01 17:08, Tony Hart skrev:
> Hi Anders,
> Yes in this particular case it would be busybox.
>
> On Apr 1, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Anders Widell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The reboot command in sysvinit does sync, unless you specify the -n option:
>>
>> OPTIONS
>> -n Don't sync before reboot or halt. Note that the kernel and stor‐
>> age drivers may still sync.
>>
>> On Ubuntu, the reboot command is provided by upstart rather than by
>> sysvinit, and the upstart version of reboot does not seem to have the -n
>> option. So potentially it may behave differently. Where does your reboot
>> command come from? sysvinit or upstart? Or maybe busybox?
>>
>> regards,
>> Anders Widell
>>
>> 2014-04-01 16:36, Tony Hart skrev:
>>> The opensaf_reboot script shuts-down the system using ‘reboot -f’ the
>>> comment say that this command will do a filesystem sync. Is this correct?
>>> Research on the web suggests that ‘reboot -f’ DOES NOT do a filesystem sync.
>>>
>>> Can anyone confirm?
>>>
>>> # Stop some important opensaf processes to prevent bad things from happening
>>> $icmd pkill -STOP osafamfwd
>>> $icmd pkill -STOP osafamfnd
>>> $icmd pkill -STOP osafamfd
>>> $icmd pkill -STOP osaffmd
>>>
>>> # Reboot (not shutdown) system WITH file system sync
>>> $icmd /sbin/reboot -f
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> —
>>> tony
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