NAME

       reboot - reboot or enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Del

SYNOPSIS

       /* For libc4 and libc5 the library call and the system call
          are identical, and since kernel version 2.1.30 there are
          symbolic names LINUX_REBOOT_* for the constants and a
          fourth argument to the call: */

       #include <unistd.h>
       #include <linux/reboot.h>

       int reboot(int magic, int magic2, int cmd, void *arg);

       /* Under glibc and most alternative libc's (including uclibc, dietlibc,
          musl and a few others), some of the constants involved have gotten
          symbolic names RB_*, and the library call is a 1-argument
          wrapper around the 3-argument system call: */

       #include <unistd.h>
       #include <sys/reboot.h>

       int reboot(int cmd);

DESCRIPTION

       The   reboot()   call  reboots  the  system,  or  enables/disables  the  reboot  keystroke
       (abbreviated  CAD,  since  the  default  is  Ctrl-Alt-Delete;  it  can  be  changed  using
       loadkeys(1)).

       This system call will fail (with EINVAL) unless magic equals LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1 (that is,
       0xfee1dead) and magic2 equals LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2 (that is,  672274793).   However,  since
       2.1.17   also   LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2A   (that   is,   85072278)   and   since  2.1.97  also
       LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2B (that is, 369367448) and since 2.5.71 also LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2C (that
       is,  537993216)  are  permitted  as  values  for magic2.  (The hexadecimal values of these
       constants are meaningful.)

       The cmd argument can have the following values:

       LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_CAD_OFF
              (RB_DISABLE_CAD, 0).  CAD is disabled.  This means  that  the  CAD  keystroke  will
              cause  a  SIGINT  signal to be sent to init (process 1), whereupon this process may
              decide upon a proper action (maybe: kill all processes, sync, reboot).

       LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_CAD_ON
              (RB_ENABLE_CAD, 0x89abcdef).  CAD is enabled.  This means that  the  CAD  keystroke
              will immediately cause the action associated with LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART.

       LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT
              (RB_HALT_SYSTEM,  0xcdef0123; since Linux 1.1.76).  The message "System halted." is
              printed, and the system is halted.  Control is given to the ROM monitor,  if  there
              is one.  If not preceded by a sync(2), data will be lost.

       LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_KEXEC
              (RB_KEXEC,  0x45584543, since Linux 2.6.13).  Execute a kernel that has been loaded
              earlier with kexec_load(2).  This option  is  available  only  if  the  kernel  was
              configured with CONFIG_KEXEC.

       LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_POWER_OFF
              (RB_POWER_OFF,  0x4321fedc;  since  Linux  2.1.30).   The  message "Power down." is
              printed, the system is stopped, and all  power  is  removed  from  the  system,  if
              possible.  If not preceded by a sync(2), data will be lost.

       LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART
              (RB_AUTOBOOT,  0x1234567).   The  message  "Restarting  system."  is printed, and a
              default restart is performed immediately.  If not preceded by a sync(2), data  will
              be lost.

       LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2
              (0xa1b2c3d4;  since  Linux  2.1.30).   The  message "Restarting system with command
              '%s'" is printed, and a  restart  (using  the  command  string  given  in  arg)  is
              performed immediately.  If not preceded by a sync(2), data will be lost.

       LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_SW_SUSPEND
              (RB_SW_SUSPEND,   0xd000fce1;   since  Linux  2.5.18).   The  system  is  suspended
              (hibernated) to disk.  This option is available only if the kernel  was  configured
              with CONFIG_HIBERNATION.

       Only the superuser may call reboot().

       The  precise  effect  of  the  above  actions  depends  on the architecture.  For the i386
       architecture, the additional argument does not do anything at present (2.1.122),  but  the
       type  of  reboot  can  be determined by kernel command-line arguments ("reboot=...") to be
       either warm or cold, and either hard or through the BIOS.

   Behavior inside PID namespaces
       Since Linux 3.4, when reboot() is called from  a  PID  namespace  (see  pid_namespaces(7))
       other  than  the  initial PID namespace, the effect of the call is to send a signal to the
       namespace "init" process.  LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART and LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2 cause  a
       SIGHUP  signal  to  be sent.  LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_POWER_OFF and LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT cause a
       SIGINT signal to be sent.

RETURN VALUE

       For the values of cmd that stop or restart the system, a successful call to reboot()  does
       not  return.   For the other cmd values, zero is returned on success.  In all cases, -1 is
       returned on failure, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

       EFAULT Problem with getting user-space data under LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2.

       EINVAL Bad magic numbers or cmd.

       EPERM  The calling process has insufficient privilege to call reboot();  the  CAP_SYS_BOOT
              capability is required.

CONFORMING TO

       reboot() is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.

SEE ALSO

       kexec_load(2), sync(2), bootparam(7), capabilities(7), ctrlaltdel(8), halt(8), reboot(8)

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