Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:35:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.6.11 can't disable CAD |
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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:46:20 -0400 (EDT) Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > | On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > | > | > On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:16:14 -0400 (EDT) Richard B. Johnson wrote: > | > > | > | > | > | In the not-too distant past, one could disable Ctl-Alt-DEL. > | > | Can't do it anymore. > | > > | > What should disabling C_A_D do? > | > > | > | Script started on Thu 07 Apr 2005 10:58:11 AM EDT > | > | [SNIPPED leading stuff...] > | > | > | > | mprotect(0xb7fe4000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 > | > | brk(0) = 0x804a000 > | > | brk(0x8053000) = 0x8053000 > | > | reboot(LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1, LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2, LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_CAD_OFF) > | > = 0 > | > | pause( <unfinished ...> > | > | _exit(0) = ? > | > | # exit > | > | Script done on Thu 07 Apr 2005 10:58:21 AM EDT > | > > | > | It's a program that executes the __NR_reboot syscall (88) after > | putting the documented values into the appropriate registers. > > Yeah, I understood that much. Just wondering if it was > available somewhere... > > | > What program is that? I'm just echoing 0 | 1 into > | > /proc/sys/kernel/ctrl-alt-del , is that equivalent? > | > or have you tried that? > | > > | > | Doesn't matter. Many embedded systems don't have /proc because > | they don't have any file-systems. > > It matters if they are equivalent (and I don't have that > program above). > > | > | Observe that reboot() returns 0 and `strace` understands what > | > | parameters were passed. The result is that, if I hit Ctl-Alt-Del, > | > | `init` will still execute the shutdown-order (INIT 0). > | > > | > echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/ctrl-alt-del > | > is same as CAD_OFF > | > echo 1 > | > is same as CAD_ON > | > > | > I tested 2.4.28, 2.6.3, 2.6.9, 2.6.11, and all of them behaved > | > the same way for me. If it's an issue with using a syscall > | > to change the setting, I'll be glad to look into that too. > | > > | > observed behaviors: > | > CAD enabled + C_A_D keys => call machine_reboot() > | > to reboot quickly, no normal shutdown sequence; > | > CAD disabled + C_A_D keys => kill init, go thru normal > | > clean shutdown sequence; > | > are these the expected behaviors? > | > | The expected behavior of the reported operation is for > | Ctl-Alt-Del to no longer do anything. If the system-call > | has been depreciated, then the call should return -1 and > | errno should be ENOSYS. In such a case, I would have > | to trap the key-sequence in some other way, not that > | I know how without modifying the kernel. > > Have you looked at 'man 2 reboot'? It seems to agree with > the observed behavior (above). > or where should I look to find documentation of the > expected behavior that you described? >
man 2 reboot on my system documents the system call interface through the C runtime library.
Bbuuutttt then tells how glib-C munged it into a one-parameter 'C' call. Hmmm. Maybe it's screwing me. I will check into this. I don't know why `strace` shows the correct stuff when I am making the 4-parameter call. Maybe something is really confused....
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