On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 16:38:15 -0700 Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The kernel core now supports a notifier call chain to restart
the system. Call it if arm_pm_restart is not set.
...
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ void machine_restart(char *cmd)
/* Now call the architecture specific reboot code. */
if (arm_pm_restart)
arm_pm_restart(reboot_mode, cmd);
+ else
+ blocking_notifier_call_chain(&restart_notifier_list,
+ reboot_mode, cmd);
It would be a bit neater to have a helper function to perform the call,
rather than directly accessing the notifier list. Apart from anything
else, this hides the fact that the core code (presently!) uses the
blocking_ style notifiers.