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[PATCH] Call emergency_reboot from panic

We know the system is in trouble so there is no question if this
is an emergecy :)

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Eric W. Biederman 20 years ago
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1 changed files with 4 additions and 5 deletions
  1. 4 5
      kernel/panic.c

+ 4 - 5
kernel/panic.c

@@ -111,12 +111,11 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
 			mdelay(1);
 			i++;
 		}
-		/*
-		 *	Should we run the reboot notifier. For the moment Im
-		 *	choosing not too. It might crash, be corrupt or do
-		 *	more harm than good for other reasons.
+		/*	This will not be a clean reboot, with everything
+		 *	shutting down.  But if there is a chance of
+		 *	rebooting the system it will be rebooted.
 		 */
-		machine_restart(NULL);
+		emergency_restart();
 	}
 #ifdef __sparc__
 	{