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| author | Raphael Ning <raphning@amazon.com> | 2021-03-23 17:45:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> | 2021-04-02 11:59:33 +0200 |
| commit | 2c30aa5c704901e5d5dcbe958a45a0b44948fdc7 (patch) | |
| tree | c711726627ca014130149333492c7934e115270f | |
| parent | 82f7de2724c42a6aecc0cff93881b3dfd09363ce (diff) | |
kexec: Fix description of --status exit code
On both Linux and Xen, an exit code of 0 from `kexec --status`
indicates that the kexec image being queried is NOT loaded, which
is contrary to what the man page and usage() say.
Signed-off-by: Raphael Ning <raphning@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
| -rw-r--r-- | kexec/kexec.8 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kexec/kexec.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8 index 2580725..3ebede6 100644 --- a/kexec/kexec.8 +++ b/kexec/kexec.8 @@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ command: Enable debugging messages. .TP .B \-S\ (\-\-status) -Return 0 if the type (by default crash) is loaded. Can be used in conjuction -with -l or -p to toggle the type. Note this option supersedes other options -and it will +Return 1 if the type (by default crash) is loaded, 0 if not. Can be used in +conjuction with -l or -p to toggle the type. Note this option supersedes other +options and it will .BR not\ load\ or\ unload\ the\ kernel. .TP .B \-e\ (\-\-exec) diff --git a/kexec/kexec.c b/kexec/kexec.c index c5a8dec..b4431ef 100644 --- a/kexec/kexec.c +++ b/kexec/kexec.c @@ -1040,7 +1040,8 @@ void usage(void) " syscall is not supported or the kernel did not\n" " understand the image\n" " -d, --debug Enable debugging to help spot a failure.\n" - " -S, --status Return 0 if the type (by default crash) is loaded.\n" + " -S, --status Return 1 if the type (by default crash) is loaded,\n" + " 0 if not.\n" "\n" "Supported kernel file types and options: \n"); for (i = 0; i < file_types; i++) { |