Re: [patch 6/7] Add common orderly_poweroff()

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Thu, 10 May 2007 16:57:14 -0700 Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

> --- a/kernel/sys.c
> +++ b/kernel/sys.c
> @@ -2208,3 +2208,61 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getcpu(unsigned __us
> +
> +/**
> + * Trigger an orderly system poweroff

    * orderly_poweroff - Trigger an orderly system poweroff

> + * @force: force poweroff if command execution fails
> + *
> + * This may be called from any context to trigger a system shutdown.
> + * If the orderly shutdown fails, it will force an immediate shutdown.
> + */
> +int orderly_poweroff(bool force)
> +{
> +	int argc;
> +	char **argv = argv_split(GFP_ATOMIC, poweroff_cmd, &argc);
> +	static char *envp[] = {
> +		"HOME=/",
> +		"PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin",
> +		NULL
> +	};
> +	int ret = -ENOMEM;
> +	struct subprocess_info *info;
> +
> +	if (argv == NULL) {
> +		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s failed to allocate memory for \"%s\"\n",
> +		       __func__, poweroff_cmd);
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	info = call_usermodehelper_setup(argv[0], argv, envp);
> +	if (info == NULL) {
> +		argv_free(argv);
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	call_usermodehelper_setcleanup(info, argv_cleanup);
> +
> +	ret = call_usermodehelper_exec(info, -1);
> +
> +  out:
> +	if (ret && force) {
> +		printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to start orderly shutdown: "
> +		       "forcing the issue\n");
> +
> +		/* I guess this should try to kick off some daemon to
> +		   sync and poweroff asap.  Or not even bother syncing
> +		   if we're doing an emergency shutdown? */
> +		emergency_sync();
> +		kernel_power_off();
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(orderly_poweroff);


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~Randy
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