Re: [Xen-devel] execve() in reboot.c ?

[aq <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/25/05, Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > Domain kernel has arch/xen/kernel/reboot.c, which executes
> > shutdown and halt on request. But one problem is that we have
> > the path and command options fixed in the kernel, like this:
> >
> >
> >     static char *restart_argv[]  = { "/sbin/shutdown", "-r",
> > "now", NULL };
> >     static char *poweroff_argv[] = { "/sbin/halt",     "-p",
> >       NULL };
> >
> >
> > That is kind of violating the rule: kernel should never
> > enforce the policy to the user. We can see the problem if for
> > example domU uses busybox instead of sysvinit: busybox doesnt
> > support "halt -p", so "xm shutdown" cannot shutdown the domU.
> 
> Would 'telinit 1' / 'telinit 6' work on busybox ?
> 

Unfortunately telinit is not available in busybox. 

Here are 2 patches (for -testing and -unstable), in which i replaced
shutdown and halt with poweroff and reboot, and executes those without
any options. This patch confirms to work with both sysvinit (on
Ubuntu) and busybox (ttylinux - without these patch i couldnt shutdown
ttylinux with "xm shutdown"). Please apply.


Signed-off-by: Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>


$ diffstat shutdown.testing.patch 
 reboot.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

$ diffstat shutdown.unstable.patch 
 reboot.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

shutdown.unstable.patch
Description: Binary data

shutdown.testing.patch
Description: Binary data

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