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36 .Dt SHUTDOWNHOOK_ESTABLISH 9
39 .Nm shutdownhook_establish ,
40 .Nm shutdownhook_disestablish
41 .Nd add or remove a shutdown hook
44 .Fn shutdownhook_establish "void (*fn)(void *)" "void *arg"
46 .Fn shutdownhook_disestablish "void *cookie"
50 .Em API is deprecated.
53 .Fn shutdownhook_establish
56 to the list of hooks invoked by
59 When invoked, the hook function
66 .Fn shutdownhook_disestablish
67 function removes the hook described by the opaque pointer
69 from the list of hooks to be invoked at shutdown.
72 is invalid, the result of
73 .Fn shutdownhook_disestablish
76 Shutdown hooks should be used to perform one-time activities
77 that must happen immediately before the kernel exits.
78 Because of the environment in which they are run, shutdown hooks cannot
79 rely on many system services (including file systems, and timeouts
80 and other interrupt-driven services), or even basic system
81 integrity (because the system could be rebooting after a crash).
84 .Fn shutdownhook_establish
85 returns an opaque pointer describing the newly-established
87 Otherwise, it returns NULL.
89 It may be appropriate to use a shutdown hook to
90 disable a device that does direct memory access, so that
91 the device will not try to access memory while the system
94 It may be appropriate to use a shutdown hook to
95 inform watchdog timer hardware that the operating system
100 The names are clumsy, at best.