orderly_reboot(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and this icon is orderly_reboot — Trigger an orderly system reboot. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the signature is giving minimal, and honestly? iconic:

void orderly_reboot (void );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• void — no arguments. literally zero, none, the void-est. 🫶

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so you can call this from any context to trigger a system reboot. yes, any context — she's flexible like that. ✨

heads up bestie: if the orderly reboot fails, it will force an immediate reboot. so it's still gonna reboot, just with less chill. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./kernel/reboot.c, and the whole squad is:

• 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)
• kernel_halt(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)
• hw_failure_emergency_action_func(9)
• hw_failure_emergency_schedule(9)
• __hw_protection_trigger(9)

later bestie, mwah 💋 — source/version: ./kernel; date: October 2026. 🎀