Re: [PATCH 0/9] Refactoring exit

[Michael Schmitz]

Hi Geert,

Am 28.06.2021 um 19:31 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> > Haven't found that warning in over 7 years' worth of console logs, and
> > I'm a good candidate for running the oldest userland in existence for m68k.
> >
> > Time to let it go.
>
> The warning is printed when using filesys-ELF-2.0.x-1400K-2.gz,
> which is a very old ramdisk from right after the m68k a.out to ELF
> transition:
>
>     warning: process `update' used the obsolete bdflush system call
>     Fix your initscripts?
>
> I still boot it, once in a while.

OK; you take the cake. That ramdisk came to mind when I thought about 
where I'd last seen bdflush, but I've not used it in ages (not sure 14 
MB are enough for that).

The question then is - will bdflush fail gracefully, or spin retrying 
the syscall?

Cheers,

	Michael

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert