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[1/4] X86: Revamp reboot behaviour to match Windows more closely

Message ID 1299877940-6870-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Matthew Garrett March 11, 2011, 9:12 p.m. UTC
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
index 715037c..2b8d03c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
 
 static const struct desc_ptr no_idt = {};
 static int reboot_mode;
-enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_KBD;
+enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
 int reboot_force;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
@@ -547,9 +547,23 @@  void __attribute__((weak)) mach_reboot_fixups(void)
 {
 }
 
+/*
+ * Windows does the following on reboot:
+ * 1) If the FADT has the ACPI reboot register flag set, try it
+ * 2) If still alive, write to the keyboard controller
+ * 3) If still alive, write to the ACPI reboot register again
+ * 4) If still alive, write to the keyboard controller again
+ *
+ * If the machine is still alive at this stage, it gives up. We default to
+ * following the same pattern, except that if we're still alive after (4) we'll
+ * try to force a triple fault and then cycle between hitting the keyboard
+ * controller and doing that
+ */
 static void native_machine_emergency_restart(void)
 {
 	int i;
+	int attempt = 0;
+	int orig_reboot_type = reboot_type;
 
 	if (reboot_emergency)
 		emergency_vmx_disable_all();
@@ -571,6 +585,13 @@  static void native_machine_emergency_restart(void)
 				outb(0xfe, 0x64); /* pulse reset low */
 				udelay(50);
 			}
+			if (attempt == 0 && orig_reboot_type == BOOT_ACPI) {
+				attempt = 1;
+				reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
+			} else {
+				reboot_type = BOOT_TRIPLE;
+			}
+			break;
 
 		case BOOT_TRIPLE:
 			load_idt(&no_idt);