In message <d3d609b9-562b-416e-a776-a68b481b6...@freebsd.org>, =?utf-8?Q?Edward _Tomasz_Napiera=C5=82a?= writes: > > > > On 16 Nov 2018, at 18:40, Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@cschubert.com> wrote: > > > > In message <201811161804.wagi44wc047...@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net>, > > "Rodney W. Gri > > mes" writes: > >>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 7:29 AM Mateusz Piotrowski <0...@freebsd.org> wro > te: > >>>> > >>>> A few years ago jilles@ proposed changing reboot's default to signallin > >> g > >>>> init (preserving reboot -q which just invokes the reboot system call), > >>>> but > >>>> this was not accepted. Perhaps this can be tried again for 13.0. > >>>> > >>> > >>> I didn't like it at the time, however I was wrong. Much of my reasoning f > or > >>> doing it has become muted as well since then, and the need to do it has > >>> become more amplified as more rc scripts have grown shutdown > >>> functionality... > >>> > >>> I think if we make what's now reboot 'fastreboot' or 'reboot -q' (both of > >>> which are historic replacements), we can make 'reboot' what's now 'shutdo > wn > >>> -r now'. > >> > >> I support this position. > > > > reboot(2) should be changed to signal init(8). RB_AUTOBOOT should > > signal init while a new RB_FASTBOOT or RB_LEGACY (or pick a name) would > > preserve traditional behavior. RB_POWEROFF, RB_POWERCYCLE and RB_HALT > > would also signal init except when RB_FASTBOOT flag is set. > > Wouldnât this break rebooting when UID 1 is not init(8)?
You mean PID 1, right? This would obviously require special case handling when the caller is PID 1. Tangentially, though Linux vaguely documents RB_*, they document LINUX_REBOOT_* in their man page, which obviously doesn't work here. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <c...@freebsd.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
