andersen@busybox.net wrote:
>Message: 4
>Modified Files:
> init.c
>Log Message:
>Remove code for unsupported kernel versions
Hmm. Current init.c have check >= 2.2.0 kernel one time too.
Ok. Last patch removed this point and move common init code to new file for
/init dir
over the years. Well I finally took the time to track this down. It turns out
that inside linux/kernel/sys.c the kernel will call
machine_halt();
do_exit(0);
when halting, or will call
machine_power_off();
do_exit(0);
during a reboot. Unlike sysv init, we call reboot from within the init
process, so if the call to machine_halt() or machine_power_off() returns, the call to do_exit(0) will cause the kernel to panic. Which is a very
bad thing to happen.
So I just added this little patch to fork and call the reboot
syscall from within the forked child process, thereby neatly
avoiding the problem.
But IMHO, both calls to do_exit(0) within linux/kernel/sys.c
are bugs and should be fixed.
-Erik
best way to go. Sysvinit does not provide a controlling tty since it doesn't
even try to open ttys for apps. We do. So we should _try_ to provide a
controlling tty if possible, but we needn't freak out if it doesn't work. This
way we won't need to use openvt or similar, we'll just have init do the Right
Thing(tm).
New complex patch for decrease size devel version. Requires previous patch.
Also removed small problems from dutmp and tar applets.
Also includes vodz' last_patch61_2:
Last patch correcting comment for #endif and more integrated
with libbb (very reduce size if used "cat" applet also).
Requires last_patch61 for modutils/config.in.
control turned off" bug, console_setup() was called with a closed file
descriptor, setsid() inconsistancy, and silly string handling bugs. I have
modified his patch to allow the askfirst init actions to have a controlling
terminal.
1st makes init smaller, and fixes a bug with AskFirst. Reading from
/dev/null gives EOF.
2nd makes init run the command's in the order of inittab, as in
FIFO instead of LIFO.
This way, we can new get rid of all that tedious #define rubbish we used to
need to enable specific messages. This way is enormously simpler, and as a
bonus also ends up saving us 96 bytes.
-Erik
