Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:31:48 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/23] Don't export machine_restart, machine_halt, or machine_power_off. |
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > I suspect a call to panic would be more appropriate there.
Absolutely. Then the sysadmin can say whether they want reboot-on-panic behaviour or not.
A filesystem should definitely _not_ decide to reboot the machine. Ever.
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