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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-18 10:18:39 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-18 10:18:39 -0700
commit5cc97bf2d8eaa6cab60727c3eba3e85e29062669 (patch)
tree975976f2cb37b932d65440e6fb9960be93fc0bd7 /kernel/sys.c
parent826ea8f22cf612d534f33c492c98f7895043bfd1 (diff)
parentdfdcdd42fdf63452ddd1bed6f49ae2a35dfb5d6c (diff)
Merge branch 'xen-upstream' of ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen
* 'xen-upstream' of ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen: (44 commits) xen: disable all non-virtual drivers xen: use iret directly when possible xen: suppress abs symbol warnings for unused reloc pointers xen: Attempt to patch inline versions of common operations xen: Place vcpu_info structure into per-cpu memory xen: handle external requests for shutdown, reboot and sysrq xen: machine operations xen: add virtual network device driver xen: add virtual block device driver. xen: add the Xenbus sysfs and virtual device hotplug driver xen: Add grant table support xen: use the hvc console infrastructure for Xen console xen: hack to prevent bad segment register reload xen: lazy-mmu operations xen: Add support for preemption xen: SMP guest support xen: Implement sched_clock xen: Account for stolen time xen: ignore RW mapping of RO pages in pagetable_init xen: Complete pagetable pinning ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sys.c')
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1 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 4d141ae3e802..18987c7f6add 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2286,3 +2286,61 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getcpu(unsigned __user *cpup, unsigned __user *nodep,
}
return err ? -EFAULT : 0;
}
+
+char poweroff_cmd[POWEROFF_CMD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/poweroff";
+
+static void argv_cleanup(char **argv, char **envp)
+{
+ argv_free(argv);
+}
+
+/**
+ * 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, UMH_NO_WAIT);
+
+ 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);