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

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > 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 ?

Ian

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