Re: [PATCH v2] reboot: Backup orderly_poweroff

[Ingo Molnar]

* One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > If kernel_power_off() is called then the system should power off. No ifs and 
> > whens.
> 
> Even if it doesn't the watchdog should kill it. 
> 
> That is broken on some platforms on the watchdog side as the
> watchdog shuts down during our power off callbacks - because the system
> firmware is too stupid to reset the watchdog as it powers back up (so
> keeps rebooting).
> 
> If you watchdog and firmware function properly you shouldn't even have to
> care if you crash during the kernel power off.

That's a good point as well - if the system is 'stuck' for some notion of stuck, 
then watchdog drivers can help.

Here it's unclear whether user-space even called the sys_reboot() system call.

Thanks,

	Ingo