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  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  * Adjusted by so many folks, it's impossible to keep track.
  *
- * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
  */
 
+//applet:IF_INIT(APPLET(init, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
+//applet:IF_FEATURE_INITRD(APPLET_ODDNAME(linuxrc, init, BB_DIR_ROOT, BB_SUID_DROP, linuxrc))
+
+//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_INIT) += init.o
+
+//config:config INIT
+//config:      bool "init"
+//config:      default y
+//config:      select FEATURE_SYSLOG
+//config:      help
+//config:        init is the first program run when the system boots.
+//config:
+//config:config FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+//config:      bool "Support reading an inittab file"
+//config:      default y
+//config:      depends on INIT
+//config:      help
+//config:        Allow init to read an inittab file when the system boot.
+//config:
+//config:config FEATURE_KILL_REMOVED
+//config:      bool "Support killing processes that have been removed from inittab"
+//config:      default n
+//config:      depends on FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+//config:      help
+//config:        When respawn entries are removed from inittab and a SIGHUP is
+//config:        sent to init, this option will make init kill the processes
+//config:        that have been removed.
+//config:
+//config:config FEATURE_KILL_DELAY
+//config:      int "How long to wait between TERM and KILL (0 - send TERM only)" if FEATURE_KILL_REMOVED
+//config:      range 0 1024
+//config:      default 0
+//config:      depends on FEATURE_KILL_REMOVED
+//config:      help
+//config:        With nonzero setting, init sends TERM, forks, child waits N
+//config:        seconds, sends KILL and exits. Setting it too high is unwise
+//config:        (child will hang around for too long and could actually kill
+//config:        the wrong process!)
+//config:
+//config:config FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY
+//config:      bool "Run commands with leading dash with controlling tty"
+//config:      default y
+//config:      depends on INIT
+//config:      help
+//config:        If this option is enabled, init will try to give a controlling
+//config:        tty to any command which has leading hyphen (often it's "-/bin/sh").
+//config:        More precisely, init will do "ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY, 0)".
+//config:        If device attached to STDIN_FILENO can be a ctty but is not yet
+//config:        a ctty for other session, it will become this process' ctty.
+//config:        This is not the traditional init behavour, but is often what you want
+//config:        in an embedded system where the console is only accessed during
+//config:        development or for maintenance.
+//config:        NB: using cttyhack applet may work better.
+//config:
+//config:config FEATURE_INIT_SYSLOG
+//config:      bool "Enable init to write to syslog"
+//config:      default y
+//config:      depends on INIT
+//config:
+//config:config FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
+//config:      bool "Be _extra_ quiet on boot"
+//config:      default y
+//config:      depends on INIT
+//config:      help
+//config:        Prevent init from logging some messages to the console during boot.
+//config:
+//config:config FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
+//config:      bool "Support dumping core for child processes (debugging only)"
+//config:      default y
+//config:      depends on INIT
+//config:      help
+//config:        If this option is enabled and the file /.init_enable_core
+//config:        exists, then init will call setrlimit() to allow unlimited
+//config:        core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes
+//config:        will not generate any core files.
+//config:
+//config:config FEATURE_INITRD
+//config:      bool "Support running init from within an initrd (not initramfs)"
+//config:      default y
+//config:      depends on INIT
+//config:      help
+//config:        Legacy support for running init under the old-style initrd. Allows
+//config:        the name linuxrc to act as init, and it doesn't assume init is PID 1.
+//config:
+//config:        This does not apply to initramfs, which runs /init as PID 1 and
+//config:        requires no special support.
+//config:
+//config:config INIT_TERMINAL_TYPE
+//config:      string "Initial terminal type"
+//config:      default "linux"
+//config:      depends on INIT
+//config:      help
+//config:        This is the initial value set by init for the TERM environment
+//config:        variable. This variable is used by programs which make use of
+//config:        extended terminal capabilities.
+//config:
+//config:        Note that on Linux, init attempts to detect serial terminal and
+//config:        sets TERM to "vt102" if one is found.
+
 #include "libbb.h"
+#include <syslog.h>
 #include <paths.h>
-#include <sys/reboot.h>
-#include <sys/syslog.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <linux/vt.h>
+#endif
+#include "reboot.h" /* reboot() constants */
+
+/* Used only for sanitizing purposes in set_sane_term() below. On systems where
+ * the baud rate is stored in a separate field, we can safely disable them. */
+#ifndef CBAUD
+# define CBAUD 0
+# define CBAUDEX 0
+#endif
+
+/* Was a CONFIG_xxx option. A lot of people were building
+ * not fully functional init by switching it on! */
+#define DEBUG_INIT 0
 
-#define INIT_BUFFS_SIZE 256
+#define COMMAND_SIZE      256
 #define CONSOLE_NAME_SIZE 32
-#define MAXENV 16              /* Number of env. vars */
 
+/* Default sysinit script. */
+#ifndef INIT_SCRIPT
+#define INIT_SCRIPT  "/etc/init.d/rcS"
+#endif
+
+/* Each type of actions can appear many times. They will be
+ * handled in order. RESTART is an exception, only 1st is used.
+ */
+/* Start these actions first and wait for completion */
+#define SYSINIT     0x01
+/* Start these after SYSINIT and wait for completion */
+#define WAIT        0x02
+/* Start these after WAIT and *dont* wait for completion */
+#define ONCE        0x04
 /*
- * When a file named CORE_ENABLE_FLAG_FILE exists, setrlimit is called
- * before processes are spawned to set core file size as unlimited.
- * This is for debugging only.  Don't use this is production, unless
- * you want core dumps lying about....
+ * NB: while SYSINIT/WAIT/ONCE are being processed,
+ * SIGHUP ("reread /etc/inittab") will be processed only after
+ * each group of actions. If new inittab adds, say, a SYSINIT action,
+ * it will not be run, since init is already "past SYSINIT stage".
  */
-#define CORE_ENABLE_FLAG_FILE "/.init_enable_core"
-#include <sys/resource.h>
+/* Start these after ONCE are started, restart on exit */
+#define RESPAWN     0x08
+/* Like RESPAWN, but wait for <Enter> to be pressed on tty */
+#define ASKFIRST    0x10
+/*
+ * Start these on SIGINT, and wait for completion.
+ * Then go back to respawning RESPAWN and ASKFIRST actions.
+ * NB: kernel sends SIGINT to us if Ctrl-Alt-Del was pressed.
+ */
+#define CTRLALTDEL  0x20
+/*
+ * Start these before killing all processes in preparation for
+ * running RESTART actions or doing low-level halt/reboot/poweroff
+ * (initiated by SIGUSR1/SIGTERM/SIGUSR2).
+ * Wait for completion before proceeding.
+ */
+#define SHUTDOWN    0x40
+/*
+ * exec() on SIGQUIT. SHUTDOWN actions are started and waited for,
+ * then all processes are killed, then init exec's 1st RESTART action,
+ * replacing itself by it. If no RESTART action specified,
+ * SIGQUIT has no effect.
+ */
+#define RESTART     0x80
 
-#define INITTAB      "/etc/inittab"    /* inittab file location */
-#ifndef INIT_SCRIPT
-#define INIT_SCRIPT  "/etc/init.d/rcS" /* Default sysinit script. */
-#endif
 
-/* Allowed init action types */
-#define SYSINIT     0x001
-#define RESPAWN     0x002
-#define ASKFIRST    0x004
-#define WAIT        0x008
-#define ONCE        0x010
-#define CTRLALTDEL  0x020
-#define SHUTDOWN    0x040
-#define RESTART     0x080
-
-#define STR_SYSINIT     "\x01"
-#define STR_RESPAWN     "\x02"
-#define STR_ASKFIRST    "\x04"
-#define STR_WAIT        "\x08"
-#define STR_ONCE        "\x10"
-#define STR_CTRLALTDEL  "\x20"
-#define STR_SHUTDOWN    "\x40"
-#define STR_RESTART     "\x80"
-
-/* Set up a linked list of init_actions, to be read from inittab */
+/* A linked list of init_actions, to be read from inittab */
 struct init_action {
        struct init_action *next;
        pid_t pid;
-       uint8_t action;
+       uint8_t action_type;
        char terminal[CONSOLE_NAME_SIZE];
-       char command[INIT_BUFFS_SIZE];
+       char command[COMMAND_SIZE];
 };
 
-/* Static variables */
 static struct init_action *init_action_list = NULL;
 
 static const char *log_console = VC_5;
-static sig_atomic_t got_cont = 0;
 
 enum {
        L_LOG = 0x1,
        L_CONSOLE = 0x2,
-
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
-       MAYBE_CONSOLE = 0x0,
-#else
-       MAYBE_CONSOLE = L_CONSOLE,
-#endif
-
-#ifndef RB_HALT_SYSTEM
-       RB_HALT_SYSTEM = 0xcdef0123, /* FIXME: this overflows enum */
-       RB_ENABLE_CAD = 0x89abcdef,
-       RB_DISABLE_CAD = 0,
-       RB_POWER_OFF = 0x4321fedc,
-       RB_AUTOBOOT = 0x01234567,
-#endif
-};
-
-static const char *const environment[] = {
-       "HOME=/",
-       bb_PATH_root_path,
-       "SHELL=/bin/sh",
-       "USER=root",
-       NULL
 };
 
-/* Function prototypes */
-static void delete_init_action(struct init_action *a);
-static int waitfor(pid_t pid);
-static void shutdown_signal(int sig);
-
-static void loop_forever(void)
-{
-       while (1)
-               sleep(1);
-}
-
 /* Print a message to the specified device.
- * Device may be bitwise-or'd from L_LOG | L_CONSOLE */
-#define messageD(...) do { if (ENABLE_DEBUG_INIT) message(__VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-static void message(int device, const char *fmt, ...)
+ * "where" may be bitwise-or'd from L_LOG | L_CONSOLE
+ * NB: careful, we can be called after vfork!
+ */
+#define dbg_message(...) do { if (DEBUG_INIT) message(__VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+static void message(int where, const char *fmt, ...)
        __attribute__ ((format(printf, 2, 3)));
-static void message(int device, const char *fmt, ...)
+static void message(int where, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-       static int log_fd = -1;
        va_list arguments;
-       int l;
+       unsigned l;
        char msg[128];
 
        msg[0] = '\r';
        va_start(arguments, fmt);
-       vsnprintf(msg + 1, sizeof(msg) - 2, fmt, arguments);
+       l = 1 + vsnprintf(msg + 1, sizeof(msg) - 2, fmt, arguments);
+       if (l > sizeof(msg) - 1)
+               l = sizeof(msg) - 1;
        va_end(arguments);
-       msg[sizeof(msg) - 2] = '\0';
-       l = strlen(msg);
 
-       if (ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_SYSLOG) {
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_SYSLOG
+       msg[l] = '\0';
+       if (where & L_LOG) {
                /* Log the message to syslogd */
-               if (device & L_LOG) {
-                       /* don't out "\r" */
-                       openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
-                       syslog(LOG_INFO, "init: %s", msg + 1);
-                       closelog();
-               }
-               msg[l++] = '\n';
-               msg[l] = '\0';
-       } else {
+               openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
+               /* don't print "\r" */
+               syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s", msg + 1);
+               closelog();
+       }
+       msg[l++] = '\n';
+       msg[l] = '\0';
+#else
+       {
+               static int log_fd = -1;
+
                msg[l++] = '\n';
                msg[l] = '\0';
                /* Take full control of the log tty, and never close it.
                 * It's mine, all mine!  Muhahahaha! */
                if (log_fd < 0) {
                        if (!log_console) {
-                               log_fd = 2;
+                               log_fd = STDERR_FILENO;
                        } else {
                                log_fd = device_open(log_console, O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY);
                                if (log_fd < 0) {
                                        bb_error_msg("can't log to %s", log_console);
-                                       device = L_CONSOLE;
+                                       where = L_CONSOLE;
                                } else {
                                        close_on_exec_on(log_fd);
                                }
                        }
                }
-               if (device & L_LOG) {
+               if (where & L_LOG) {
                        full_write(log_fd, msg, l);
-                       if (log_fd == 2)
+                       if (log_fd == STDERR_FILENO)
                                return; /* don't print dup messages */
                }
        }
+#endif
 
-       if (device & L_CONSOLE) {
+       if (where & L_CONSOLE) {
                /* Send console messages to console so people will see them. */
-               full_write(2, msg, l);
+               full_write(STDERR_FILENO, msg, l);
        }
 }
 
-/* From <linux/serial.h> */
-struct serial_struct {
-       int     type;
-       int     line;
-       unsigned int    port;
-       int     irq;
-       int     flags;
-       int     xmit_fifo_size;
-       int     custom_divisor;
-       int     baud_base;
-       unsigned short  close_delay;
-       char    io_type;
-       char    reserved_char[1];
-       int     hub6;
-       unsigned short  closing_wait; /* time to wait before closing */
-       unsigned short  closing_wait2; /* no longer used... */
-       unsigned char   *iomem_base;
-       unsigned short  iomem_reg_shift;
-       unsigned int    port_high;
-       unsigned long   iomap_base;     /* cookie passed into ioremap */
-       int     reserved[1];
-       /* Paranoia (imagine 64bit kernel overwriting 32bit userspace stack) */
-       uint32_t bbox_reserved[16];
-};
 static void console_init(void)
 {
-       struct serial_struct sr;
+#ifdef VT_OPENQRY
+       int vtno;
+#endif
        char *s;
 
        s = getenv("CONSOLE");
-       if (!s) s = getenv("console");
+       if (!s)
+               s = getenv("console");
        if (s) {
                int fd = open(s, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY);
                if (fd >= 0) {
-                       dup2(fd, 0);
-                       dup2(fd, 1);
-                       dup2(fd, 2);
-                       while (fd > 2) close(fd--);
+                       dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
+                       dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+                       xmove_fd(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
                }
-               messageD(L_LOG, "console='%s'", s);
+               dbg_message(L_LOG, "console='%s'", s);
        } else {
-               /* Make sure fd 0,1,2 are not closed */
+               /* Make sure fd 0,1,2 are not closed
+                * (so that they won't be used by future opens) */
                bb_sanitize_stdio();
+// Users report problems
+//             /* Make sure init can't be blocked by writing to stderr */
+//             fcntl(STDERR_FILENO, F_SETFL, fcntl(STDERR_FILENO, F_GETFL) | O_NONBLOCK);
        }
 
        s = getenv("TERM");
-       if (ioctl(0, TIOCGSERIAL, &sr) == 0) {
-               /* Force the TERM setting to vt102 for serial console
+#ifdef VT_OPENQRY
+       if (ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, VT_OPENQRY, &vtno) != 0) {
+               /* Not a linux terminal, probably serial console.
+                * Force the TERM setting to vt102
                 * if TERM is set to linux (the default) */
                if (!s || strcmp(s, "linux") == 0)
                        putenv((char*)"TERM=vt102");
                if (!ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_SYSLOG)
                        log_console = NULL;
-       } else if (!s)
-               putenv((char*)"TERM=linux");
+       } else
+#endif
+       if (!s)
+               putenv((char*)"TERM=" CONFIG_INIT_TERMINAL_TYPE);
 }
 
-/* Set terminal settings to reasonable defaults */
+/* Set terminal settings to reasonable defaults.
+ * NB: careful, we can be called after vfork! */
 static void set_sane_term(void)
 {
        struct termios tty;
@@ -238,11 +322,17 @@ static void set_sane_term(void)
        tty.c_cc[VSTOP] = 19;   /* C-s */
        tty.c_cc[VSUSP] = 26;   /* C-z */
 
-       /* use line dicipline 0 */
+#ifdef __linux__
+       /* use line discipline 0 */
        tty.c_line = 0;
+#endif
 
        /* Make it be sane */
-       tty.c_cflag &= CBAUD | CBAUDEX | CSIZE | CSTOPB | PARENB | PARODD;
+#ifndef CRTSCTS
+# define CRTSCTS 0
+#endif
+       /* added CRTSCTS to fix Debian bug 528560 */
+       tty.c_cflag &= CBAUD | CBAUDEX | CSIZE | CSTOPB | PARENB | PARODD | CRTSCTS;
        tty.c_cflag |= CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL;
 
        /* input modes */
@@ -252,183 +342,132 @@ static void set_sane_term(void)
        tty.c_oflag = OPOST | ONLCR;
 
        /* local modes */
-       tty.c_lflag =
-               ISIG | ICANON | ECHO | ECHOE | ECHOK | ECHOCTL | ECHOKE | IEXTEN;
+       tty.c_lflag = ISIG | ICANON | ECHO | ECHOE | ECHOK | ECHOCTL | ECHOKE | IEXTEN;
 
-       tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &tty);
+       tcsetattr_stdin_TCSANOW(&tty);
 }
 
-/* Open the new terminal device */
-static void open_stdio_to_tty(const char* tty_name, int fail)
+/* Open the new terminal device.
+ * NB: careful, we can be called after vfork! */
+static int open_stdio_to_tty(const char* tty_name)
 {
        /* empty tty_name means "use init's tty", else... */
        if (tty_name[0]) {
-               int fd = device_open(tty_name, O_RDWR);
-               if (fd < 0) {
-                       message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Can't open %s: %s",
+               int fd;
+
+               close(STDIN_FILENO);
+               /* fd can be only < 0 or 0: */
+               fd = device_open(tty_name, O_RDWR);
+               if (fd) {
+                       message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "can't open %s: %s",
                                tty_name, strerror(errno));
-                       if (fail)
-                               _exit(1);
-                       if (!ENABLE_DEBUG_INIT)
-                               shutdown_signal(SIGUSR1);
-                       else
-                               _exit(2);
-               } else {
-                       dup2(fd, 0);
-                       dup2(fd, 1);
-                       dup2(fd, 2);
-                       if (fd > 2) close(fd);
+                       return 0; /* failure */
                }
+               dup2(STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO);
+               dup2(STDIN_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO);
        }
        set_sane_term();
+       return 1; /* success */
 }
 
-/* Used only by run_actions */
-static pid_t run(const struct init_action *a)
+static void reset_sighandlers_and_unblock_sigs(void)
 {
-       int i;
-       pid_t pid;
-       char *s, *tmpCmd, *cmdpath;
-       char *cmd[INIT_BUFFS_SIZE];
-       char buf[INIT_BUFFS_SIZE + 6];  /* INIT_BUFFS_SIZE+strlen("exec ")+1 */
-       sigset_t nmask, omask;
-
-       /* Block sigchild while forking (why?) */
-       sigemptyset(&nmask);
-       sigaddset(&nmask, SIGCHLD);
-       sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &nmask, &omask);
-       pid = fork();
-       sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &omask, NULL);
-
-       if (pid < 0)
-               message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Can't fork");
-       if (pid)
-               return pid;
-
-       /* Child */
-
-       /* Reset signal handlers that were set by the parent process */
-       signal(SIGUSR1, SIG_DFL);
-       signal(SIGUSR2, SIG_DFL);
-       signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
-       signal(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
-       signal(SIGHUP, SIG_DFL);
-       signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_DFL);
-       signal(SIGCONT, SIG_DFL);
-       signal(SIGSTOP, SIG_DFL);
-       signal(SIGTSTP, SIG_DFL);
-
-       /* Create a new session and make ourself the process
-        * group leader */
-       setsid();
-
-       /* Open the new terminal device */
-       open_stdio_to_tty(a->terminal, 1 /* - exit if open fails*/);
-
-#ifdef BUT_RUN_ACTIONS_ALREADY_DOES_WAITING
-# define BRAADS 1
-#else
-# define BRAADS 0
-#endif
-       /* If the init Action requires us to wait, then force the
-        * supplied terminal to be the controlling tty. */
-       if (BRAADS && a->action & (SYSINIT | WAIT | CTRLALTDEL | SHUTDOWN | RESTART)) {
-
-               /* Now fork off another process to just hang around */
-               pid = fork();
-               if (pid < 0) {
-                       message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Can't fork");
-                       _exit(1);
-               }
+       bb_signals(0
+               + (1 << SIGUSR1)
+               + (1 << SIGUSR2)
+               + (1 << SIGTERM)
+               + (1 << SIGQUIT)
+               + (1 << SIGINT)
+               + (1 << SIGHUP)
+               + (1 << SIGTSTP)
+               + (1 << SIGSTOP)
+               , SIG_DFL);
+       sigprocmask_allsigs(SIG_UNBLOCK);
+}
 
-               if (pid > 0) {
-                       /* Parent - wait till the child is done */
-                       signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
-                       signal(SIGTSTP, SIG_IGN);
-                       signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_IGN);
-                       signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
-
-                       waitfor(pid);
-                       /* See if stealing the controlling tty back is necessary */
-                       if (tcgetpgrp(0) != getpid())
-                               _exit(0);
-
-                       /* Use a temporary process to steal the controlling tty. */
-                       pid = fork();
-                       if (pid < 0) {
-                               message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Can't fork");
-                               _exit(1);
-                       }
-                       if (pid == 0) {
-                               setsid();
-                               ioctl(0, TIOCSCTTY, 1);
-                               _exit(0);
-                       }
-                       waitfor(pid);
-                       _exit(0);
-               }
+/* Wrapper around exec:
+ * Takes string (max COMMAND_SIZE chars).
+ * If chars like '>' detected, execs '[-]/bin/sh -c "exec ......."'.
+ * Otherwise splits words on whitespace, deals with leading dash,
+ * and uses plain exec().
+ * NB: careful, we can be called after vfork!
+ */
+static void init_exec(const char *command)
+{
+       char *cmd[COMMAND_SIZE / 2];
+       char buf[COMMAND_SIZE + 6];  /* COMMAND_SIZE+strlen("exec ")+1 */
+       int dash = (command[0] == '-' /* maybe? && command[1] == '/' */);
 
-               /* Child - fall though to actually execute things */
-       }
+       command += dash;
 
        /* See if any special /bin/sh requiring characters are present */
-       if (strpbrk(a->command, "~`!$^&*()=|\\{}[];\"'<>?") != NULL) {
-               cmd[0] = (char*)DEFAULT_SHELL;
+       if (strpbrk(command, "~`!$^&*()=|\\{}[];\"'<>?") != NULL) {
+               sprintf(buf, "exec %s", command); /* excluding "-" */
+               /* NB: LIBBB_DEFAULT_LOGIN_SHELL define has leading dash */
+               cmd[0] = (char*)(LIBBB_DEFAULT_LOGIN_SHELL + !dash);
                cmd[1] = (char*)"-c";
-               cmd[2] = strcat(strcpy(buf, "exec "), a->command);
+               cmd[2] = buf;
                cmd[3] = NULL;
+               command = LIBBB_DEFAULT_LOGIN_SHELL + 1;
        } else {
                /* Convert command (char*) into cmd (char**, one word per string) */
-               strcpy(buf, a->command);
-               s = buf;
-               for (tmpCmd = buf, i = 0; (tmpCmd = strsep(&s, " \t")) != NULL;) {
-                       if (*tmpCmd != '\0') {
-                               cmd[i] = tmpCmd;
+               char *word, *next;
+               int i = 0;
+               next = strcpy(buf, command - dash); /* command including "-" */
+               while ((word = strsep(&next, " \t")) != NULL) {
+                       if (*word != '\0') { /* not two spaces/tabs together? */
+                               cmd[i] = word;
                                i++;
                        }
                }
                cmd[i] = NULL;
        }
-
-       cmdpath = cmd[0];
-
-       /*
-        * Interactive shells want to see a dash in argv[0].  This
-        * typically is handled by login, argv will be setup this
-        * way if a dash appears at the front of the command path
-        * (like "-/bin/sh").
+       /* If we saw leading "-", it is interactive shell.
+        * Try harder to give it a controlling tty.
         */
-       if (*cmdpath == '-') {
-               /* skip over the dash */
-               ++cmdpath;
+       if (ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY && dash) {
+               /* _Attempt_ to make stdin a controlling tty. */
+               ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY, 0 /*only try, don't steal*/);
+       }
+       /* Here command never contains the dash, cmd[0] might */
+       BB_EXECVP(command, cmd);
+       message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "can't run '%s': %s", command, strerror(errno));
+       /* returns if execvp fails */
+}
 
-#ifdef WHY_WE_DO_THIS_SHELL_MUST_HANDLE_THIS_ITSELF
-# define WWDTSMHTI 1
-#else
-# define WWDTSMHTI 0
-#endif
-               if (WWDTSMHTI) {
-                       /* find the last component in the command pathname */
-                       s = bb_get_last_path_component_nostrip(cmdpath);
-                       /* make a new argv[0] */
-                       cmd[0] = malloc(strlen(s) + 2);
-                       if (cmd[0] == NULL) {
-                               message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, bb_msg_memory_exhausted);
-                               cmd[0] = cmdpath;
-                       } else {
-                               cmd[0][0] = '-';
-                               strcpy(cmd[0] + 1, s);
-                       }
-               }
+/* Used only by run_actions */
+static pid_t run(const struct init_action *a)
+{
+       pid_t pid;
 
-               /* Establish this process as session leader and
-                * _attempt_ to make stdin a controlling tty.
-                */
-               if (ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY)
-                       ioctl(0, TIOCSCTTY, 0 /*only try, don't steal*/);
+       /* Careful: don't be affected by a signal in vforked child */
+       sigprocmask_allsigs(SIG_BLOCK);
+       if (BB_MMU && (a->action_type & ASKFIRST))
+               pid = fork();
+       else
+               pid = vfork();
+       if (pid < 0)
+               message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "can't fork");
+       if (pid) {
+               sigprocmask_allsigs(SIG_UNBLOCK);
+               return pid; /* Parent or error */
        }
 
-       if (a->action & ASKFIRST) {
+       /* Child */
+
+       /* Reset signal handlers that were set by the parent process */
+       reset_sighandlers_and_unblock_sigs();
+
+       /* Create a new session and make ourself the process group leader */
+       setsid();
+
+       /* Open the new terminal device */
+       if (!open_stdio_to_tty(a->terminal))
+               _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+       /* NB: on NOMMU we can't wait for input in child, so
+        * "askfirst" will work the same as "respawn". */
+       if (BB_MMU && (a->action_type & ASKFIRST)) {
                static const char press_enter[] ALIGN1 =
 #ifdef CUSTOMIZED_BANNER
 #include CUSTOMIZED_BANNER
@@ -443,143 +482,310 @@ static pid_t run(const struct init_action *a)
                 * be allowed to start a shell or whatever an init script
                 * specifies.
                 */
-               messageD(L_LOG, "waiting for enter to start '%s'"
+               dbg_message(L_LOG, "waiting for enter to start '%s'"
                                        "(pid %d, tty '%s')\n",
-                                 cmdpath, getpid(), a->terminal);
-               full_write(1, press_enter, sizeof(press_enter) - 1);
-               while (safe_read(0, &c, 1) == 1 && c != '\n')
+                               a->command, getpid(), a->terminal);
+               full_write(STDOUT_FILENO, press_enter, sizeof(press_enter) - 1);
+               while (safe_read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, 1) == 1 && c != '\n')
                        continue;
        }
 
-       /* Log the process name and args */
-       message(L_LOG, "starting pid %d, tty '%s': '%s'",
-                         getpid(), a->terminal, cmdpath);
-
+       /*
+        * When a file named /.init_enable_core exists, setrlimit is called
+        * before processes are spawned to set core file size as unlimited.
+        * This is for debugging only.  Don't use this is production, unless
+        * you want core dumps lying about....
+        */
        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS) {
-               struct stat sb;
-               if (stat(CORE_ENABLE_FLAG_FILE, &sb) == 0) {
+               if (access("/.init_enable_core", F_OK) == 0) {
                        struct rlimit limit;
-
                        limit.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
                        limit.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
                        setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &limit);
                }
        }
 
+       /* Log the process name and args */
+       message(L_LOG, "starting pid %d, tty '%s': '%s'",
+                         getpid(), a->terminal, a->command);
+
        /* Now run it.  The new program will take over this PID,
         * so nothing further in init.c should be run. */
-       BB_EXECVP(cmdpath, cmd);
-
+       init_exec(a->command);
        /* We're still here?  Some error happened. */
-       message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Cannot run '%s': %s",
-                       cmdpath, strerror(errno));
        _exit(-1);
 }
 
-static int waitfor(pid_t runpid)
+static struct init_action *mark_terminated(pid_t pid)
+{
+       struct init_action *a;
+
+       if (pid > 0) {
+               for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next) {
+                       if (a->pid == pid) {
+                               a->pid = 0;
+                               return a;
+                       }
+               }
+               update_utmp(pid, DEAD_PROCESS, /*tty_name:*/ NULL,
+                               /*username:*/ NULL,
+                               /*hostname:*/ NULL);
+       }
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static void waitfor(pid_t pid)
 {
-       int status, wpid;
+       /* waitfor(run(x)): protect against failed fork inside run() */
+       if (pid <= 0)
+               return;
 
+       /* Wait for any child (prevent zombies from exiting orphaned processes)
+        * but exit the loop only when specified one has exited. */
        while (1) {
-               wpid = waitpid(runpid, &status, 0);
-               if (wpid == -1 && errno == EINTR)
-                       continue;
-               break;
+               pid_t wpid = wait(NULL);
+               mark_terminated(wpid);
+               /* Unsafe. SIGTSTP handler might have wait'ed it already */
+               /*if (wpid == pid) break;*/
+               /* More reliable: */
+               if (kill(pid, 0))
+                       break;
        }
-       return wpid;
 }
 
 /* Run all commands of a particular type */
-static void run_actions(int action)
+static void run_actions(int action_type)
 {
-       struct init_action *a, *tmp;
-
-       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = tmp) {
-               tmp = a->next;
-               if (a->action == action) {
-                       // Pointless: run() will error out if open of device fails.
-                       ///* a->terminal of "" means "init's console" */
-                       //if (a->terminal[0] && access(a->terminal, R_OK | W_OK)) {
-                       //      //message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Device %s cannot be opened in RW mode", a->terminal /*, strerror(errno)*/);
-                       //      delete_init_action(a);
-                       //} else
-                       if (a->action & (SYSINIT | WAIT | CTRLALTDEL | SHUTDOWN | RESTART)) {
-                               waitfor(run(a));
-                               delete_init_action(a);
-                       } else if (a->action & ONCE) {
-                               run(a);
-                               delete_init_action(a);
-                       } else if (a->action & (RESPAWN | ASKFIRST)) {
-                               /* Only run stuff with pid==0.  If they have
-                                * a pid, that means it is still running */
-                               if (a->pid == 0) {
-                                       a->pid = run(a);
-                               }
-                       }
+       struct init_action *a;
+
+       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next) {
+               if (!(a->action_type & action_type))
+                       continue;
+
+               if (a->action_type & (SYSINIT | WAIT | ONCE | CTRLALTDEL | SHUTDOWN)) {
+                       pid_t pid = run(a);
+                       if (a->action_type & (SYSINIT | WAIT | CTRLALTDEL | SHUTDOWN))
+                               waitfor(pid);
+               }
+               if (a->action_type & (RESPAWN | ASKFIRST)) {
+                       /* Only run stuff with pid == 0. If pid != 0,
+                        * it is already running
+                        */
+                       if (a->pid == 0)
+                               a->pid = run(a);
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+static void new_init_action(uint8_t action_type, const char *command, const char *cons)
+{
+       struct init_action *a, **nextp;
+
+       /* Scenario:
+        * old inittab:
+        * ::shutdown:umount -a -r
+        * ::shutdown:swapoff -a
+        * new inittab:
+        * ::shutdown:swapoff -a
+        * ::shutdown:umount -a -r
+        * On reload, we must ensure entries end up in correct order.
+        * To achieve that, if we find a matching entry, we move it
+        * to the end.
+        */
+       nextp = &init_action_list;
+       while ((a = *nextp) != NULL) {
+               /* Don't enter action if it's already in the list,
+                * This prevents losing running RESPAWNs.
+                */
+               if (strcmp(a->command, command) == 0
+                && strcmp(a->terminal, cons) == 0
+               ) {
+                       /* Remove from list */
+                       *nextp = a->next;
+                       /* Find the end of the list */
+                       while (*nextp != NULL)
+                               nextp = &(*nextp)->next;
+                       a->next = NULL;
+                       break;
+               }
+               nextp = &a->next;
+       }
+
+       if (!a)
+               a = xzalloc(sizeof(*a));
+       /* Append to the end of the list */
+       *nextp = a;
+       a->action_type = action_type;
+       safe_strncpy(a->command, command, sizeof(a->command));
+       safe_strncpy(a->terminal, cons, sizeof(a->terminal));
+       dbg_message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "command='%s' action=%d tty='%s'\n",
+               a->command, a->action_type, a->terminal);
+}
+
+/* NOTE that if CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB is NOT defined,
+ * then parse_inittab() simply adds in some default
+ * actions(i.e., runs INIT_SCRIPT and then starts a pair
+ * of "askfirst" shells).  If CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+ * _is_ defined, but /etc/inittab is missing, this
+ * results in the same set of default behaviors.
+ */
+static void parse_inittab(void)
+{
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+       char *token[4];
+       parser_t *parser = config_open2("/etc/inittab", fopen_for_read);
+
+       if (parser == NULL)
+#endif
+       {
+               /* No inittab file - set up some default behavior */
+               /* Reboot on Ctrl-Alt-Del */
+               new_init_action(CTRLALTDEL, "reboot", "");
+               /* Umount all filesystems on halt/reboot */
+               new_init_action(SHUTDOWN, "umount -a -r", "");
+               /* Swapoff on halt/reboot */
+               if (ENABLE_SWAPONOFF)
+                       new_init_action(SHUTDOWN, "swapoff -a", "");
+               /* Prepare to restart init when a QUIT is received */
+               new_init_action(RESTART, "init", "");
+               /* Askfirst shell on tty1-4 */
+               new_init_action(ASKFIRST, bb_default_login_shell, "");
+//TODO: VC_1 instead of ""? "" is console -> ctty problems -> angry users
+               new_init_action(ASKFIRST, bb_default_login_shell, VC_2);
+               new_init_action(ASKFIRST, bb_default_login_shell, VC_3);
+               new_init_action(ASKFIRST, bb_default_login_shell, VC_4);
+               /* sysinit */
+               new_init_action(SYSINIT, INIT_SCRIPT, "");
+               return;
+       }
+
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+       /* optional_tty:ignored_runlevel:action:command
+        * Delims are not to be collapsed and need exactly 4 tokens
+        */
+       while (config_read(parser, token, 4, 0, "#:",
+                               PARSE_NORMAL & ~(PARSE_TRIM | PARSE_COLLAPSE))) {
+               /* order must correspond to SYSINIT..RESTART constants */
+               static const char actions[] ALIGN1 =
+                       "sysinit\0""wait\0""once\0""respawn\0""askfirst\0"
+                       "ctrlaltdel\0""shutdown\0""restart\0";
+               int action;
+               char *tty = token[0];
+
+               if (!token[3]) /* less than 4 tokens */
+                       goto bad_entry;
+               action = index_in_strings(actions, token[2]);
+               if (action < 0 || !token[3][0]) /* token[3]: command */
+                       goto bad_entry;
+               /* turn .*TTY -> /dev/TTY */
+               if (tty[0]) {
+                       tty = concat_path_file("/dev/", skip_dev_pfx(tty));
                }
+               new_init_action(1 << action, token[3], tty);
+               if (tty[0])
+                       free(tty);
+               continue;
+ bad_entry:
+               message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Bad inittab entry at line %d",
+                               parser->lineno);
        }
+       config_close(parser);
+#endif
 }
 
-static void init_reboot(unsigned long magic)
+static void pause_and_low_level_reboot(unsigned magic) NORETURN;
+static void pause_and_low_level_reboot(unsigned magic)
 {
        pid_t pid;
-       /* We have to fork here, since the kernel calls do_exit(0) in
-        * linux/kernel/sys.c, which can cause the machine to panic when
-        * the init process is killed.... */
+
+       /* Allow time for last message to reach serial console, etc */
+       sleep(1);
+
+       /* We have to fork here, since the kernel calls do_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS)
+        * in linux/kernel/sys.c, which can cause the machine to panic when
+        * the init process exits... */
        pid = vfork();
        if (pid == 0) { /* child */
                reboot(magic);
-               _exit(0);
+               _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
        }
-       waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
+       while (1)
+               sleep(1);
 }
 
-static void shutdown_system(void)
+static void run_shutdown_and_kill_processes(void)
 {
-       sigset_t block_signals;
-
-       /* run everything to be run at "shutdown".  This is done _prior_
+       /* Run everything to be run at "shutdown".  This is done _prior_
         * to killing everything, in case people wish to use scripts to
         * shut things down gracefully... */
        run_actions(SHUTDOWN);
 
-       /* first disable all our signals */
-       sigemptyset(&block_signals);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGHUP);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGQUIT);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGCHLD);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGUSR1);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGUSR2);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGINT);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGTERM);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGCONT);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGSTOP);
-       sigaddset(&block_signals, SIGTSTP);
-       sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &block_signals, NULL);
-
        message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "The system is going down NOW!");
 
-       /* Allow Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot system. */
-       init_reboot(RB_ENABLE_CAD);
-
        /* Send signals to every process _except_ pid 1 */
-       message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "Sending SIG%s to all processes", "TERM");
        kill(-1, SIGTERM);
+       message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "Sent SIG%s to all processes", "TERM");
        sync();
        sleep(1);
 
-       message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "Sending SIG%s to all processes", "KILL");
        kill(-1, SIGKILL);
+       message(L_CONSOLE, "Sent SIG%s to all processes", "KILL");
        sync();
-       sleep(1);
+       /*sleep(1); - callers take care about making a pause */
 }
 
-static void shutdown_signal(int sig)
+/* Signal handling by init:
+ *
+ * For process with PID==1, on entry kernel sets all signals to SIG_DFL
+ * and unmasks all signals. However, for process with PID==1,
+ * default action (SIG_DFL) on any signal is to ignore it,
+ * even for special signals SIGKILL and SIGCONT.
+ * Also, any signal can be caught or blocked.
+ * (but SIGSTOP is still handled specially, at least in 2.6.20)
+ *
+ * We install two kinds of handlers, "immediate" and "delayed".
+ *
+ * Immediate handlers execute at any time, even while, say, sysinit
+ * is running.
+ *
+ * Delayed handlers just set a flag variable. The variable is checked
+ * in the main loop and acted upon.
+ *
+ * halt/poweroff/reboot and restart have immediate handlers.
+ * They only traverse linked list of struct action's, never modify it,
+ * this should be safe to do even in signal handler. Also they
+ * never return.
+ *
+ * SIGSTOP and SIGTSTP have immediate handlers. They just wait
+ * for SIGCONT to happen.
+ *
+ * SIGHUP has a delayed handler, because modifying linked list
+ * of struct action's from a signal handler while it is manipulated
+ * by the program may be disastrous.
+ *
+ * Ctrl-Alt-Del has a delayed handler. Not a must, but allowing
+ * it to happen even somewhere inside "sysinit" would be a bit awkward.
+ *
+ * There is a tiny probability that SIGHUP and Ctrl-Alt-Del will collide
+ * and only one will be remembered and acted upon.
+ */
+
+/* The SIGUSR[12]/SIGTERM handler */
+static void halt_reboot_pwoff(int sig) NORETURN;
+static void halt_reboot_pwoff(int sig)
 {
        const char *m;
-       int rb;
+       unsigned rb;
 
-       shutdown_system();
+       /* We may call run() and it unmasks signals,
+        * including the one masked inside this signal handler.
+        * Testcase which would start multiple reboot scripts:
+        *  while true; do reboot; done
+        * Preventing it:
+        */
+       reset_sighandlers_and_unblock_sigs();
+
+       run_shutdown_and_kill_processes();
 
        m = "halt";
        rb = RB_HALT_SYSTEM;
@@ -590,322 +796,221 @@ static void shutdown_signal(int sig)
                m = "poweroff";
                rb = RB_POWER_OFF;
        }
-       message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "Requesting system %s", m);
-       /* allow time for last message to reach serial console */
-       sleep(2);
-       init_reboot(rb);
-       loop_forever();
-}
-
-static void exec_signal(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-       struct init_action *a, *tmp;
-       sigset_t unblock_signals;
-
-       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = tmp) {
-               tmp = a->next;
-               if (a->action & RESTART) {
-                       shutdown_system();
-
-                       /* unblock all signals, blocked in shutdown_system() */
-                       sigemptyset(&unblock_signals);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGHUP);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGQUIT);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGCHLD);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGUSR1);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGUSR2);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGINT);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGTERM);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGCONT);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGSTOP);
-                       sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGTSTP);
-                       sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &unblock_signals, NULL);
-
-                       /* Open the new terminal device */
-                       open_stdio_to_tty(a->terminal, 0 /* - shutdown_signal(SIGUSR1) [halt] if open fails */);
-
-                       messageD(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "Trying to re-exec %s", a->command);
-                       BB_EXECLP(a->command, a->command, NULL);
-
-                       message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "Cannot run '%s': %s",
-                                       a->command, strerror(errno));
-                       sleep(2);
-                       init_reboot(RB_HALT_SYSTEM);
-                       loop_forever();
-               }
-       }
+       message(L_CONSOLE, "Requesting system %s", m);
+       pause_and_low_level_reboot(rb);
+       /* not reached */
 }
 
-static void ctrlaltdel_signal(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+/* Handler for QUIT - exec "restart" action,
+ * else (no such action defined) do nothing */
+static void restart_handler(int sig UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
-       run_actions(CTRLALTDEL);
-}
-
-/* The SIGSTOP & SIGTSTP handler */
-static void stop_handler(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-       int saved_errno = errno;
-
-       got_cont = 0;
-       while (!got_cont)
-               pause();
+       struct init_action *a;
 
-       errno = saved_errno;
-}
+       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next) {
+               if (!(a->action_type & RESTART))
+                       continue;
 
-/* The SIGCONT handler */
-static void cont_handler(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-       got_cont = 1;
-}
+               /* Starting from here, we won't return.
+                * Thus don't need to worry about preserving errno
+                * and such.
+                */
 
-static void new_init_action(uint8_t action, const char *command, const char *cons)
-{
-       struct init_action *new_action, *a, *last;
+               reset_sighandlers_and_unblock_sigs();
 
-       if (strcmp(cons, bb_dev_null) == 0 && (action & ASKFIRST))
-               return;
+               run_shutdown_and_kill_processes();
 
-       /* Append to the end of the list */
-       for (a = last = init_action_list; a; a = a->next) {
-               /* don't enter action if it's already in the list,
-                * but do overwrite existing actions */
-               if ((strcmp(a->command, command) == 0)
-                && (strcmp(a->terminal, cons) == 0)
-               ) {
-                       a->action = action;
-                       return;
-               }
-               last = a;
-       }
-
-       new_action = xzalloc(sizeof(struct init_action));
-       if (last) {
-               last->next = new_action;
-       } else {
-               init_action_list = new_action;
-       }
-       strcpy(new_action->command, command);
-       new_action->action = action;
-       strcpy(new_action->terminal, cons);
-       messageD(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "command='%s' action=%d tty='%s'\n",
-               new_action->command, new_action->action, new_action->terminal);
-}
-
-static void delete_init_action(struct init_action *action)
-{
-       struct init_action *a, *b = NULL;
+#ifdef RB_ENABLE_CAD
+               /* Allow Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot the system.
+                * This is how kernel sets it up for init, we follow suit.
+                */
+               reboot(RB_ENABLE_CAD); /* misnomer */
+#endif
 
-       for (a = init_action_list; a; b = a, a = a->next) {
-               if (a == action) {
-                       if (b == NULL) {
-                               init_action_list = a->next;
-                       } else {
-                               b->next = a->next;
-                       }
-                       free(a);
-                       break;
+               if (open_stdio_to_tty(a->terminal)) {
+                       dbg_message(L_CONSOLE, "Trying to re-exec %s", a->command);
+                       /* Theoretically should be safe.
+                        * But in practice, kernel bugs may leave
+                        * unkillable processes, and wait() may block forever.
+                        * Oh well. Hoping "new" init won't be too surprised
+                        * by having children it didn't create.
+                        */
+                       //while (wait(NULL) > 0)
+                       //      continue;
+                       init_exec(a->command);
                }
+               /* Open or exec failed */
+               pause_and_low_level_reboot(RB_HALT_SYSTEM);
+               /* not reached */
        }
 }
 
-/* NOTE that if CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB is NOT defined,
- * then parse_inittab() simply adds in some default
- * actions(i.e., runs INIT_SCRIPT and then starts a pair
- * of "askfirst" shells).  If CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
- * _is_ defined, but /etc/inittab is missing, this
- * results in the same set of default behaviors.
+/* The SIGSTOP/SIGTSTP handler
+ * NB: inside it, all signals except SIGCONT are masked
+ * via appropriate setup in sigaction().
  */
-static void parse_inittab(void)
+static void stop_handler(int sig UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
-       FILE *file;
-       char buf[INIT_BUFFS_SIZE];
+       smallint saved_bb_got_signal;
+       int saved_errno;
 
-       if (ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB)
-               file = fopen(INITTAB, "r");
-       else
-               file = NULL;
+       saved_bb_got_signal = bb_got_signal;
+       saved_errno = errno;
+       signal(SIGCONT, record_signo);
 
-       /* No inittab file -- set up some default behavior */
-       if (file == NULL) {
-               /* Reboot on Ctrl-Alt-Del */
-               new_init_action(CTRLALTDEL, "reboot", "");
-               /* Umount all filesystems on halt/reboot */
-               new_init_action(SHUTDOWN, "umount -a -r", "");
-               /* Swapoff on halt/reboot */
-               if (ENABLE_SWAPONOFF)
-                       new_init_action(SHUTDOWN, "swapoff -a", "");
-               /* Prepare to restart init when a HUP is received */
-               new_init_action(RESTART, "init", "");
-               /* Askfirst shell on tty1-4 */
-               new_init_action(ASKFIRST, bb_default_login_shell, "");
-               new_init_action(ASKFIRST, bb_default_login_shell, VC_2);
-               new_init_action(ASKFIRST, bb_default_login_shell, VC_3);
-               new_init_action(ASKFIRST, bb_default_login_shell, VC_4);
-               /* sysinit */
-               new_init_action(SYSINIT, INIT_SCRIPT, "");
+       while (1) {
+               pid_t wpid;
 
-               return;
+               if (bb_got_signal == SIGCONT)
+                       break;
+               /* NB: this can accidentally wait() for a process
+                * which we waitfor() elsewhere! waitfor() must have
+                * code which is resilient against this.
+                */
+               wpid = wait_any_nohang(NULL);
+               mark_terminated(wpid);
+               sleep(1);
        }
 
-       while (fgets(buf, INIT_BUFFS_SIZE, file) != NULL) {
-               static const char actions[] =
-                       STR_SYSINIT    "sysinit\0"
-                       STR_RESPAWN    "respawn\0"
-                       STR_ASKFIRST   "askfirst\0"
-                       STR_WAIT       "wait\0"
-                       STR_ONCE       "once\0"
-                       STR_CTRLALTDEL "ctrlaltdel\0"
-                       STR_SHUTDOWN   "shutdown\0"
-                       STR_RESTART    "restart\0"
-               ;
-               char tmpConsole[CONSOLE_NAME_SIZE];
-               char *id, *runlev, *action, *command;
-               const char *a;
-
-               /* Skip leading spaces */
-               id = skip_whitespace(buf);
-               /* Skip the line if it's a comment */
-               if (*id == '#' || *id == '\n')
-                       continue;
-               /* Trim the trailing '\n' */
-               *strchrnul(id, '\n') = '\0';
-
-               /* Line is: "id:runlevel_ignored:action:command" */
-               runlev = strchr(id, ':');
-               if (runlev == NULL /*|| runlev[1] == '\0' - not needed */)
-                       goto bad_entry;
-               action = strchr(runlev + 1, ':');
-               if (action == NULL /*|| action[1] == '\0' - not needed */)
-                       goto bad_entry;
-               command = strchr(action + 1, ':');
-               if (command == NULL || command[1] == '\0')
-                       goto bad_entry;
-
-               *command = '\0'; /* action => ":action\0" now */
-               for (a = actions; a[0]; a += strlen(a) + 1) {
-                       if (strcmp(a + 1, action + 1) == 0) {
-                               *runlev = '\0';
-                               if (*id != '\0') {
-                                       if (strncmp(id, "/dev/", 5) == 0)
-                                               id += 5;
-                                       strcpy(tmpConsole, "/dev/");
-                                       safe_strncpy(tmpConsole + 5, id,
-                                               sizeof(tmpConsole) - 5);
-                                       id = tmpConsole;
-                               }
-                               new_init_action((uint8_t)a[0], command + 1, id);
-                               goto next_line;
-                       }
-               }
-               *command = ':';
-               /* Choke on an unknown action */
- bad_entry:
-               message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Bad inittab entry: %s", id);
- next_line: ;
-       }
-       fclose(file);
+       signal(SIGCONT, SIG_DFL);
+       errno = saved_errno;
+       bb_got_signal = saved_bb_got_signal;
 }
 
-static void reload_signal(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+static void reload_inittab(void)
 {
-       struct init_action *a, *tmp;
+       struct init_action *a, **nextp;
 
        message(L_LOG, "reloading /etc/inittab");
 
-       /* disable old entrys */
-       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next) {
-               a->action = ONCE;
-       }
+       /* Disable old entries */
+       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next)
+               a->action_type = 0;
 
+       /* Append new entries, or modify existing entries
+        * (incl. setting a->action_type) if cmd and device name
+        * match new ones. End result: only entries with
+        * a->action_type == 0 are stale.
+        */
        parse_inittab();
 
-       if (ENABLE_FEATURE_KILL_REMOVED) {
-               for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next) {
-                       pid_t pid = a->pid;
-                       if ((a->action & ONCE) && pid != 0) {
-                               /* Be nice and send SIGTERM first */
-                               kill(pid, SIGTERM);
-                               if (CONFIG_FEATURE_KILL_DELAY)
-                                       if (fork() == 0) { /* child */
-                                               sleep(CONFIG_FEATURE_KILL_DELAY);
-                                               kill(pid, SIGKILL);
-                                               _exit(0);
-                                       }
-                       }
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_KILL_REMOVED
+       /* Kill stale entries */
+       /* Be nice and send SIGTERM first */
+       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next)
+               if (a->action_type == 0 && a->pid != 0)
+                       kill(a->pid, SIGTERM);
+       if (CONFIG_FEATURE_KILL_DELAY) {
+               /* NB: parent will wait in NOMMU case */
+               if ((BB_MMU ? fork() : vfork()) == 0) { /* child */
+                       sleep(CONFIG_FEATURE_KILL_DELAY);
+                       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next)
+                               if (a->action_type == 0 && a->pid != 0)
+                                       kill(a->pid, SIGKILL);
+                       _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
                }
        }
+#endif
 
-       /* remove unused entrys */
-       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = tmp) {
-               tmp = a->next;
-               if ((a->action & (ONCE | SYSINIT | WAIT)) && a->pid == 0) {
-                       delete_init_action(a);
+       /* Remove stale entries and SYSINIT entries.
+        * We never rerun SYSINIT entries anyway,
+        * removing them too saves a few bytes */
+       nextp = &init_action_list;
+       while ((a = *nextp) != NULL) {
+               if ((a->action_type & ~SYSINIT) == 0) {
+                       *nextp = a->next;
+                       free(a);
+               } else {
+                       nextp = &a->next;
                }
        }
-       run_actions(RESPAWN);
+
+       /* Not needed: */
+       /* run_actions(RESPAWN | ASKFIRST); */
+       /* - we return to main loop, which does this automagically */
 }
+#endif
 
-int init_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
+static int check_delayed_sigs(void)
 {
-       struct init_action *a;
-       pid_t wpid;
+       int sigs_seen = 0;
 
-       die_sleep = 30 * 24*60*60; /* if xmalloc will ever die... */
+       while (1) {
+               smallint sig = bb_got_signal;
+
+               if (!sig)
+                       return sigs_seen;
+               bb_got_signal = 0;
+               sigs_seen = 1;
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+               if (sig == SIGHUP)
+                       reload_inittab();
+#endif
+               if (sig == SIGINT)
+                       run_actions(CTRLALTDEL);
+       }
+}
 
-       if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-q")) {
+int init_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+int init_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
+{
+       if (argv[1] && strcmp(argv[1], "-q") == 0) {
                return kill(1, SIGHUP);
        }
 
-       if (!ENABLE_DEBUG_INIT) {
+       if (!DEBUG_INIT) {
                /* Expect to be invoked as init with PID=1 or be invoked as linuxrc */
                if (getpid() != 1
-                && (!ENABLE_FEATURE_INITRD || !strstr(applet_name, "linuxrc"))
+                && (!ENABLE_FEATURE_INITRD || applet_name[0] != 'l') /* not linuxrc? */
                ) {
-                       bb_show_usage();
+                       bb_error_msg_and_die("must be run as PID 1");
                }
-               /* Set up sig handlers  -- be sure to
-                * clear all of these in run() */
-               signal(SIGHUP, exec_signal);
-               signal(SIGQUIT, exec_signal);
-               signal(SIGUSR1, shutdown_signal);
-               signal(SIGUSR2, shutdown_signal);
-               signal(SIGINT, ctrlaltdel_signal);
-               signal(SIGTERM, shutdown_signal);
-               signal(SIGCONT, cont_handler);
-               signal(SIGSTOP, stop_handler);
-               signal(SIGTSTP, stop_handler);
-
-               /* Turn off rebooting via CTL-ALT-DEL -- we get a
+#ifdef RB_DISABLE_CAD
+               /* Turn off rebooting via CTL-ALT-DEL - we get a
                 * SIGINT on CAD so we can shut things down gracefully... */
-               init_reboot(RB_DISABLE_CAD);
+               reboot(RB_DISABLE_CAD); /* misnomer */
+#endif
        }
 
+       /* If, say, xmalloc would ever die, we don't want to oops kernel
+        * by exiting.
+        * NB: we set die_sleep *after* PID 1 check and bb_show_usage.
+        * Otherwise, for example, "init u" ("please rexec yourself"
+        * command for sysvinit) will show help text (which isn't too bad),
+        * *and sleep forever* (which is bad!)
+        */
+       die_sleep = 30 * 24*60*60;
+
        /* Figure out where the default console should be */
        console_init();
        set_sane_term();
-       chdir("/");
+       xchdir("/");
        setsid();
-       {
-               const char *const *e;
-               /* Make sure environs is set to something sane */
-               for (e = environment; *e; e++)
-                       putenv((char *) *e);
-       }
 
-       if (argc > 1) setenv("RUNLEVEL", argv[1], 1);
+       /* Make sure environs is set to something sane */
+       putenv((char *) "HOME=/");
+       putenv((char *) bb_PATH_root_path);
+       putenv((char *) "SHELL=/bin/sh");
+       putenv((char *) "USER=root"); /* needed? why? */
 
+       if (argv[1])
+               xsetenv("RUNLEVEL", argv[1]);
+
+#if !ENABLE_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
        /* Hello world */
-       message(MAYBE_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "init started: %s", bb_banner);
+       message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "init started: %s", bb_banner);
+#endif
 
+/* struct sysinfo is linux-specific */
+#ifdef __linux__
        /* Make sure there is enough memory to do something useful. */
        if (ENABLE_SWAPONOFF) {
                struct sysinfo info;
 
-               if (!sysinfo(&info) &&
-                       (info.mem_unit ? : 1) * (long long)info.totalram < 1024*1024)
-               {
+               if (sysinfo(&info) == 0
+                && (info.mem_unit ? info.mem_unit : 1) * (long long)info.totalram < 1024*1024
+               {
                        message(L_CONSOLE, "Low memory, forcing swapon");
                        /* swapon -a requires /proc typically */
                        new_init_action(SYSINIT, "mount -t proc proc /proc", "");
@@ -914,19 +1019,21 @@ int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
                        run_actions(SYSINIT);   /* wait and removing */
                }
        }
+#endif
 
        /* Check if we are supposed to be in single user mode */
-       if (argc > 1
-        && (!strcmp(argv[1], "single") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-s") || LONE_CHAR(argv[1], '1'))
+       if (argv[1]
+        && (strcmp(argv[1], "single") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-s") == 0 || LONE_CHAR(argv[1], '1'))
        ) {
+               /* ??? shouldn't we set RUNLEVEL="b" here? */
                /* Start a shell on console */
                new_init_action(RESPAWN, bb_default_login_shell, "");
        } else {
-               /* Not in single user mode -- see what inittab says */
+               /* Not in single user mode - see what inittab says */
 
                /* NOTE that if CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB is NOT defined,
                 * then parse_inittab() simply adds in some default
-                * actions(i.e., runs INIT_SCRIPT and then starts a pair
+                * actions(i.e., INIT_SCRIPT and a pair
                 * of "askfirst" shells */
                parse_inittab();
        }
@@ -940,12 +1047,12 @@ int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
                        BB_EXECVP(argv[0], argv);
                } else if (enforce > 0) {
                        /* SELinux in enforcing mode but load_policy failed */
-                       message(L_CONSOLE, "Cannot load SELinux Policy. "
+                       message(L_CONSOLE, "can't load SELinux Policy. "
                                "Machine is in enforcing mode. Halting now.");
-                       exit(1);
+                       return EXIT_FAILURE;
                }
        }
-#endif /* CONFIG_SELINUX */
+#endif
 
        /* Make the command line just say "init"  - thats all, nothing else */
        strncpy(argv[0], "init", strlen(argv[0]));
@@ -953,50 +1060,231 @@ int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
        while (*++argv)
                memset(*argv, 0, strlen(*argv));
 
-       /* Now run everything that needs to be run */
+       /* Set up signal handlers */
+       if (!DEBUG_INIT) {
+               struct sigaction sa;
+
+               bb_signals(0
+                       + (1 << SIGUSR1) /* halt */
+                       + (1 << SIGTERM) /* reboot */
+                       + (1 << SIGUSR2) /* poweroff */
+                       , halt_reboot_pwoff);
+               signal(SIGQUIT, restart_handler); /* re-exec another init */
+
+               /* Stop handler must allow only SIGCONT inside itself */
+               memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+               sigfillset(&sa.sa_mask);
+               sigdelset(&sa.sa_mask, SIGCONT);
+               sa.sa_handler = stop_handler;
+               /* NB: sa_flags doesn't have SA_RESTART.
+                * It must be able to interrupt wait().
+                */
+               sigaction_set(SIGTSTP, &sa); /* pause */
+               /* Does not work as intended, at least in 2.6.20.
+                * SIGSTOP is simply ignored by init:
+                */
+               sigaction_set(SIGSTOP, &sa); /* pause */
+
+               /* SIGINT (Ctrl-Alt-Del) must interrupt wait(),
+                * setting handler without SA_RESTART flag.
+                */
+               bb_signals_recursive_norestart((1 << SIGINT), record_signo);
+       }
+
+       /* Set up "reread /etc/inittab" handler.
+        * Handler is set up without SA_RESTART, it will interrupt syscalls.
+        */
+       if (!DEBUG_INIT && ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB)
+               bb_signals_recursive_norestart((1 << SIGHUP), record_signo);
 
+       /* Now run everything that needs to be run */
        /* First run the sysinit command */
        run_actions(SYSINIT);
-
+       check_delayed_sigs();
        /* Next run anything that wants to block */
        run_actions(WAIT);
-
+       check_delayed_sigs();
        /* Next run anything to be run only once */
        run_actions(ONCE);
 
-       /* Redefine SIGHUP to reread /etc/inittab */
-       if (ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB)
-               signal(SIGHUP, reload_signal);
-       else
-               signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
-
-       /* Now run the looping stuff for the rest of forever */
+       /* Now run the looping stuff for the rest of forever.
+        */
        while (1) {
-               /* run the respawn stuff */
-               run_actions(RESPAWN);
+               int maybe_WNOHANG;
 
-               /* run the askfirst stuff */
-               run_actions(ASKFIRST);
+               maybe_WNOHANG = check_delayed_sigs();
 
-               /* Don't consume all CPU time -- sleep a bit */
-               sleep(1);
+               /* (Re)run the respawn/askfirst stuff */
+               run_actions(RESPAWN | ASKFIRST);
+               maybe_WNOHANG |= check_delayed_sigs();
 
-               /* Wait for a child process to exit */
-               wpid = wait(NULL);
-               while (wpid > 0) {
-                       /* Find out who died and clean up their corpse */
-                       for (a = init_action_list; a; a = a->next) {
-                               if (a->pid == wpid) {
-                                       /* Set the pid to 0 so that the process gets
-                                        * restarted by run_actions() */
-                                       a->pid = 0;
-                                       message(L_LOG, "process '%s' (pid %d) exited. "
-                                                       "Scheduling it for restart.",
-                                                       a->command, wpid);
-                               }
+               /* Don't consume all CPU time - sleep a bit */
+               sleep(1);
+               maybe_WNOHANG |= check_delayed_sigs();
+
+               /* Wait for any child process(es) to exit.
+                *
+                * If check_delayed_sigs above reported that a signal
+                * was caught, wait will be nonblocking. This ensures
+                * that if SIGHUP has reloaded inittab, respawn and askfirst
+                * actions will not be delayed until next child death.
+                */
+               if (maybe_WNOHANG)
+                       maybe_WNOHANG = WNOHANG;
+               while (1) {
+                       pid_t wpid;
+                       struct init_action *a;
+
+                       /* If signals happen _in_ the wait, they interrupt it,
+                        * bb_signals_recursive_norestart set them up that way
+                        */
+                       wpid = waitpid(-1, NULL, maybe_WNOHANG);
+                       if (wpid <= 0)
+                               break;
+
+                       a = mark_terminated(wpid);
+                       if (a) {
+                               message(L_LOG, "process '%s' (pid %d) exited. "
+                                               "Scheduling for restart.",
+                                               a->command, wpid);
                        }
-                       /* see if anyone else is waiting to be reaped */
-                       wpid = waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG);
+                       /* See if anyone else is waiting to be reaped */
+                       maybe_WNOHANG = WNOHANG;
                }
-       }
+       } /* while (1) */
 }
+
+//usage:#define linuxrc_trivial_usage NOUSAGE_STR
+//usage:#define linuxrc_full_usage ""
+
+//usage:#define init_trivial_usage
+//usage:       ""
+//usage:#define init_full_usage "\n\n"
+//usage:       "Init is the parent of all processes"
+//usage:
+//usage:#define init_notes_usage
+//usage:       "This version of init is designed to be run only by the kernel.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "BusyBox init doesn't support multiple runlevels. The runlevels field of\n"
+//usage:       "the /etc/inittab file is completely ignored by BusyBox init. If you want\n"
+//usage:       "runlevels, use sysvinit.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "BusyBox init works just fine without an inittab. If no inittab is found,\n"
+//usage:       "it has the following default behavior:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "       ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS\n"
+//usage:       "       ::askfirst:/bin/sh\n"
+//usage:       "       ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot\n"
+//usage:       "       ::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a\n"
+//usage:       "       ::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r\n"
+//usage:       "       ::restart:/sbin/init\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "if it detects that /dev/console is _not_ a serial console, it will also run:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "       tty2::askfirst:/bin/sh\n"
+//usage:       "       tty3::askfirst:/bin/sh\n"
+//usage:       "       tty4::askfirst:/bin/sh\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "If you choose to use an /etc/inittab file, the inittab entry format is as follows:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "       <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "       <id>:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "               WARNING: This field has a non-traditional meaning for BusyBox init!\n"
+//usage:       "               The id field is used by BusyBox init to specify the controlling tty for\n"
+//usage:       "               the specified process to run on. The contents of this field are\n"
+//usage:       "               appended to \"/dev/\" and used as-is. There is no need for this field to\n"
+//usage:       "               be unique, although if it isn't you may have strange results. If this\n"
+//usage:       "               field is left blank, the controlling tty is set to the console. Also\n"
+//usage:       "               note that if BusyBox detects that a serial console is in use, then only\n"
+//usage:       "               entries whose controlling tty is either the serial console or /dev/null\n"
+//usage:       "               will be run. BusyBox init does nothing with utmp. We don't need no\n"
+//usage:       "               stinkin' utmp.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "       <runlevels>:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "               The runlevels field is completely ignored.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "       <action>:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "               Valid actions include: sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait,\n"
+//usage:       "               once, restart, ctrlaltdel, and shutdown.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "               The available actions can be classified into two groups: actions\n"
+//usage:       "               that are run only once, and actions that are re-run when the specified\n"
+//usage:       "               process exits.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "               Run only-once actions:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "                       'sysinit' is the first item run on boot. init waits until all\n"
+//usage:       "                       sysinit actions are completed before continuing. Following the\n"
+//usage:       "                       completion of all sysinit actions, all 'wait' actions are run.\n"
+//usage:       "                       'wait' actions, like 'sysinit' actions, cause init to wait until\n"
+//usage:       "                       the specified task completes. 'once' actions are asynchronous,\n"
+//usage:       "                       therefore, init does not wait for them to complete. 'restart' is\n"
+//usage:       "                       the action taken to restart the init process. By default this should\n"
+//usage:       "                       simply run /sbin/init, but can be a script which runs pivot_root or it\n"
+//usage:       "                       can do all sorts of other interesting things. The 'ctrlaltdel' init\n"
+//usage:       "                       actions are run when the system detects that someone on the system\n"
+//usage:       "                       console has pressed the CTRL-ALT-DEL key combination. Typically one\n"
+//usage:       "                       wants to run 'reboot' at this point to cause the system to reboot.\n"
+//usage:       "                       Finally the 'shutdown' action specifies the actions to taken when\n"
+//usage:       "                       init is told to reboot. Unmounting filesystems and disabling swap\n"
+//usage:       "                       is a very good here.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "               Run repeatedly actions:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "                       'respawn' actions are run after the 'once' actions. When a process\n"
+//usage:       "                       started with a 'respawn' action exits, init automatically restarts\n"
+//usage:       "                       it. Unlike sysvinit, BusyBox init does not stop processes from\n"
+//usage:       "                       respawning out of control. The 'askfirst' actions acts just like\n"
+//usage:       "                       respawn, except that before running the specified process it\n"
+//usage:       "                       displays the line \"Please press Enter to activate this console.\"\n"
+//usage:       "                       and then waits for the user to press enter before starting the\n"
+//usage:       "                       specified process.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "               Unrecognized actions (like initdefault) will cause init to emit an\n"
+//usage:       "               error message, and then go along with its business. All actions are\n"
+//usage:       "               run in the order they appear in /etc/inittab.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "       <process>:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "               Specifies the process to be executed and its command line.\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "Example /etc/inittab file:\n"
+//usage:       "\n"
+//usage:       "       # This is run first except when booting in single-user mode\n"
+//usage:       "       #\n"
+//usage:       "       ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS\n"
+//usage:       "       \n"
+//usage:       "       # /bin/sh invocations on selected ttys\n"
+//usage:       "       #\n"
+//usage:       "       # Start an \"askfirst\" shell on the console (whatever that may be)\n"
+//usage:       "       ::askfirst:-/bin/sh\n"
+//usage:       "       # Start an \"askfirst\" shell on /dev/tty2-4\n"
+//usage:       "       tty2::askfirst:-/bin/sh\n"
+//usage:       "       tty3::askfirst:-/bin/sh\n"
+//usage:       "       tty4::askfirst:-/bin/sh\n"
+//usage:       "       \n"
+//usage:       "       # /sbin/getty invocations for selected ttys\n"
+//usage:       "       #\n"
+//usage:       "       tty4::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4\n"
+//usage:       "       tty5::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5\n"
+//usage:       "       \n"
+//usage:       "       \n"
+//usage:       "       # Example of how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)\n"
+//usage:       "       #\n"
+//usage:       "       #::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100\n"
+//usage:       "       #::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100\n"
+//usage:       "       #\n"
+//usage:       "       # Example how to put a getty on a modem line\n"
+//usage:       "       #::respawn:/sbin/getty 57600 ttyS2\n"
+//usage:       "       \n"
+//usage:       "       # Stuff to do when restarting the init process\n"
+//usage:       "       ::restart:/sbin/init\n"
+//usage:       "       \n"
+//usage:       "       # Stuff to do before rebooting\n"
+//usage:       "       ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot\n"
+//usage:       "       ::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r\n"
+//usage:       "       ::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a\n"