doc: slight refactor of signals document

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Joachim Wiberg committed 2021-02-21 00:57:12 +01:00
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@@ -6,31 +6,50 @@ Though Finit comes with its own tools for (poweroff, halt, reboot), for
compatibility with the existing BusyBox toolset the following signals
have been adopted:
* `SIGHUP`
Same effect as `finit q`, `init q`, or `initctl reload`, reloads all
*.conf files in `/etc/finit.d/`
* `SIGUSR1`
Calls shutdown hooks, including `HOOK_SHUTDOWN`, stopping all running
processes, and unmounts all file systems. Then tells kernel to halt.
Most people these days want `SIGUSR2` though.
`SIGHUP`
--------
SysV init and systemd use this to re-open their FIFO/D-Bus.
* `SIGUSR2`
Like SIGUSR1, but tell kernel to power-off the system, if ACPI
or similar exists to actually do this. If the kernel fails
power-off, Finit falls back to halt.
Same effect as `finit q`, `init q`, or `initctl reload`, reloads all
*.conf files in `/etc/finit.d/`
`SIGUSR1`
---------
Calls shutdown hooks, including `HOOK_SHUTDOWN`, stopping all running
processes, and unmounts all file systems. Then tells kernel to halt.
Most people these days want `SIGUSR2` though.
SysV init and systemd use this to re-open their FIFO/D-Bus.
`SIGUSR2`
---------
Like SIGUSR1, but tell kernel to power-off the system, if ACPI or
similar exists to actually do this. If the kernel fails power-off,
Finit falls back to halt.
SysV init N/A, systemd dumps its internal state to log.
* `SIGTERM`
Like `SIGUSR1`, but tell kernel to reboot the system when done.
SysV init N/A, systemd dumps its internal state to log.
`SIGTERM`
---------
Like `SIGUSR1`, but tell kernel to reboot the system when done.
SysV init N/A, systemd rexecutes itself.
* `SIGINT`
Sent from kernel when the CTRL-ALT-DEL key combo is pressed.
SysV init and systemd default to reboot with `shutdown -r`.
Finit currently forwards this to `SIGTERM`.
* `SIGPWR`
Sent from a power daemon, like `powstatd(8)`, on changes to the
UPS status. Traditionally SysV init read /etc/powerstatus and
acted on "OK", "FAIL", or "LOW" and then removed the file.
Finit currently forwards this to `SIGUSR2`.
SysV init N/A, systemd rexecutes itself.
`SIGINT`
--------
Sent from kernel when the CTRL-ALT-DEL key combo is pressed. SysV init
and systemd default to reboot with `shutdown -r`.
Finit currently forwards this to `SIGTERM`.
`SIGPWR`
--------
Sent from a power daemon, like `powstatd(8)`, on changes to the
UPS status. Traditionally SysV init read /etc/powerstatus and
acted on "OK", "FAIL", or "LOW" and then removed the file.
Finit currently forwards this to `SIGUSR2`.