From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robbie Harwood Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:19:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] emu/linux: work around systemctl kexec returning Per systemctl(1), it "is asynchronous; it will return after the reboot operation is enqueued, without waiting for it to complete". This differs from kexec(8), which calls reboot(2) and therefore does not return. When not using fallback, this results in the confusing-but-harmless: error trying to perform 'systemctl kexec': 0 Aborted. Press any key to exit. on screen for a bit, followed by successful kexec. To reduce the liklihood of hitting this case, add a delay on succesful return. Ultimately, the systemd interface is racy: we can't avoid it entirely unless we never fallback on success. Signed-off-by: Robbie Harwood --- grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c b/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c index 0cf378a376..7de3f7f861 100644 --- a/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c +++ b/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c @@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ grub_linux_boot (void) (kexecute==1) ? "do-or-die" : "just-in-case"); rc = grub_util_exec (systemctl); + /* `systemctl kexec` is "asynchronous" and will return even on success. */ + if (rc == 0) + grub_sleep (10); + if (kexecute == 1) grub_fatal (N_("error trying to perform 'systemctl kexec': %d"), rc);