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Use posix_spawn to avoid having to allocate memory needed for the system
command line.

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imp requested review of this revision.Feb 13 2024, 4:50 AM
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sbin/reboot/reboot.c
76

Shouldn't there only be one copy?

95

Check return value? Especially for EINTR.

105–107

Would seem more natural to flip these two cases?

sbin/reboot/reboot.c
76

Oh, yes.

95

Should we look on EINTR? Or just ignore it?

105–107

sure.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Feb 15 2024, 11:17 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.