From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:02:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:02:46 -0400 Received: from altus.drgw.net ([209.234.73.40]:26123 "EHLO altus.drgw.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:02:38 -0400 Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 23:02:49 -0500 From: Troy Benjegerdes To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Remotely rebooting a machine with state 'D' processes, how? Message-ID: <20010818230249.O22585@altus.drgw.net> In-Reply-To: <20010811095051.A28624@gondor.apana.org.au> <20010810170407.G28914@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010810170407.G28914@mikef-linux.matchmail.com>; from mfedyk@matchmail.com on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 05:04:07PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 05:04:07PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 09:50:51AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 03:58:02PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > > > Besides, does the reboot system call actually get the BKL? I don't think > > > it should need it.. > > > > Actually, the machine in question turned out to be UP :) > > > > However, it does have RAID 1 and the notifier call chain stuff looks like > > a killer to me since it leads to do_md_stop. > > > > Perhaps we need a RESTART3 that restarts without notifying? > > Interesting... > > I have an oldworld ppc mac with RAID1 compiled on 2.2.19, and a bad floppy > made badblocks unkillable. I think that was probably because the pmac floppy driver has some issues.. -- Troy Benjegerdes | master of mispeeling | 'da hozer' | hozer@drgw.net -----"If this message isn't misspelled, I didn't write it" -- Me ----- "Why do musicians compose symphonies and poets write poems? They do it because life wouldn't have any meaning for them if they didn't. That's why I draw cartoons. It's my life." -- Charles Shulz