kernel_halt(9)

💖 kernel_halt(9) — halt the system 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie: this is the page for kernel_halt(9). it’s giving “shut it all down, but make it clean.” ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

kernel_halt — halt the system.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void kernel_halt (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. literally none. not a single one. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Shutdown everything and perform a clean system halt. that’s the whole assignment: shut everything down, then do a clean system halt. no cap. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./kernel/reboot.c

• emergency_restart(9)
• register_reboot_notifier(9)
• unregister_reboot_notifier(9)
• register_restart_handler(9)
• unregister_restart_handler(9)
• do_kernel_restart(9)
• kernel_restart(9)
• register_sys_off_handler(9)
• unregister_sys_off_handler(9)
• devm_register_sys_off_handler(9)
• devm_register_power_off_handler(9)
• devm_register_restart_handler(9)
• register_platform_power_off(9)
• unregister_platform_power_off(9)
• do_kernel_power_off(9)
• kernel_can_power_off(9)
• kernel_power_off(9)
• orderly_poweroff(9)
• orderly_reboot(9)
• hw_failure_emergency_action_func(9)
• hw_failure_emergency_schedule(9)
• __hw_protection_trigger(9)

mwah 💋 — page source ./kernel, version/date October 2026, and yes bestie, the name is still kernel_halt(9). bye! 🎀