On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 08:59:42AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > > This is probably a sysctl handler that is causing the reboot. You can > > run this one-liner to spot the culprit (use sh): > > > > for i in $(sysctl -Na); do sysctl $i >> ~/sysctl.out; sync; done > > > > Each sysctl will be called in turn and the output is appended to > > a file, but the file will forcibly written to the disk before the > > next occurence. > > Um ... it is my understanding sync(8) does not guarantee > pending i/o will be written before it returns, but merely requests > this happen irrespective of when it would normally occur. > An I mistaken? Honestly I don't know, but I have do admit that the small paragraph in the BUGS section of the sync(2) manpage is a little bit shivering: BUGS The sync() system call may return before the buffers are completely flushed. Can any enlightened person answer this? -- Jeremie Le Hen Men are born free and equal. Later on, they're on their own. Jean YanneReceived on Sat Apr 14 2012 - 13:03:03 UTC
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