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+#!/bin/bash
+DEVPATH="/usr/share/sonic/device"
+REBOOT_CAUSE_FILE="/host/reboot-cause/reboot-cause.txt"
+REBOOT_TIME=$(date)
+REBOOT_METHOD="/sbin/kexec -e"
+LOG_SSD_HEALTH="/usr/local/bin/log_ssd_health"
+WATCHDOG_UTIL="/usr/local/bin/watchdogutil"
+
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0
+EXIT_FAILURE=1
+EXIT_NOT_SUPPORTED=2
+EXIT_FILE_SYSTEM_FULL=3
+EXIT_NEXT_IMAGE_NOT_EXISTS=4
+
+# Reboot immediately if we run the kdump capture kernel
+VMCORE_FILE=/proc/vmcore
+if [ -e $VMCORE_FILE -a -s $VMCORE_FILE ]; then
+        echo "We have a /proc/vmcore, then we just kdump'ed"
+        echo "User issued 'kdump' command [User: kdump, Time: ${REBOOT_TIME}]" > ${REBOOT_CAUSE_FILE}
+        sync
+        PLATFORM=$(grep -oP 'sonic_platform=\K\S+' /proc/cmdline)
+        if [ ! -z "${PLATFORM}" -a -x ${DEVPATH}/${PLATFORM}/${PLAT_REBOOT} ]; then
+            exec ${DEVPATH}/${PLATFORM}/${PLAT_REBOOT}
+        fi
+        # If no platform-specific reboot tool, just run /sbin/reboot
+        /sbin/reboot
+        echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
+        echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
+fi
+
+REBOOT_USER=$(logname)
+PLATFORM=$(sonic-cfggen -H -v DEVICE_METADATA.localhost.platform)
+ASIC_TYPE=$(sonic-cfggen -y /etc/sonic/sonic_version.yml -v asic_type)
+VERBOSE=no
+EXIT_NEXT_IMAGE_NOT_EXISTS=4
+EXIT_SONIC_INSTALLER_VERIFY_REBOOT=21
+SSD_FW_UPDATE="ssd-fw-upgrade"
+REBOOT_SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename $0)
+REBOOT_TYPE="${REBOOT_SCRIPT_NAME}"
+PLATFORM_PLUGIN="${REBOOT_TYPE}_plugin"
+BOOT_TYPE_ARG="soft"
+TAG_LATEST=yes
+
+function debug()
+{
+    if [[ x"${VERBOSE}" == x"yes" ]]; then
+        echo `date` $@
+    fi
+    logger "$@"
+}
+
+function tag_images()
+{
+    if test -f /usr/local/bin/ctrmgr_tools.py
+    then
+        if [[ x"${TAG_LATEST}" == x"yes" ]]; then
+            /usr/local/bin/ctrmgr_tools.py tag-all
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function stop_sonic_services()
+{
+    if [[ x"$ASIC_TYPE" != x"mellanox" ]]; then
+        debug "Stopping syncd process..."
+        docker exec -i syncd /usr/bin/syncd_request_shutdown --cold > /dev/null
+        sleep 3
+    fi
+}
+
+function clear_lingering_reboot_config()
+{
+    # Clear any outstanding warm-reboot config
+    result=`timeout 10s config warm_restart disable; if [[ $? == 124 ]]; then echo timeout; else echo "code ($?)"; fi` || /bin/true
+    debug "Cancel warm-reboot: ${result}"
+
+    WARM_DIR="/host/warmboot"
+    REDIS_FILE=dump.rdb
+    TIMESTAMP=`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`
+    if [[ -f ${WARM_DIR}/${REDIS_FILE} ]]; then
+        mv -f ${WARM_DIR}/${REDIS_FILE} ${WARM_DIR}/${REDIS_FILE}.${TIMESTAMP} || /bin/true
+    fi
+    /sbin/kexec -u || /bin/true
+}
+
+SCRIPT=$0
+
+function show_help_and_exit()
+{
+    echo "Usage ${SCRIPT} [options]"
+    echo "    Request rebooting the device. Invoke platform-specific tool when available."
+    echo "    This script will shutdown syncd before rebooting."
+    echo " "
+    echo "    Available options:"
+    echo "        -h, -? : getting this help"
+
+    exit "${EXIT_SUCCESS}"
+}
+
+function setup_reboot_variables()
+{
+    # Kernel and initrd image
+    NEXT_SONIC_IMAGE=$(sonic-installer list | grep "Next: " | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
+    IMAGE_PATH="/host/image-${NEXT_SONIC_IMAGE#SONiC-OS-}"
+    if grep -q aboot_platform= /host/machine.conf; then
+        KERNEL_IMAGE="$(ls $IMAGE_PATH/boot/vmlinuz-*)"
+        BOOT_OPTIONS="$(cat "$IMAGE_PATH/kernel-cmdline" | tr '\n' ' ') SONIC_BOOT_TYPE=${BOOT_TYPE_ARG}"
+    elif grep -q onie_platform= /host/machine.conf; then
+        KERNEL_OPTIONS=$(cat /host/grub/grub.cfg | sed "/$NEXT_SONIC_IMAGE'/,/}/"'!'"g" | grep linux)
+        KERNEL_IMAGE="/host$(echo $KERNEL_OPTIONS | cut -d ' ' -f 2)"
+        BOOT_OPTIONS="$(echo $KERNEL_OPTIONS | sed -e 's/\s*linux\s*/BOOT_IMAGE=/') SONIC_BOOT_TYPE=${BOOT_TYPE_ARG}"
+    else
+        error "Unknown bootloader. ${REBOOT_TYPE} is not supported."
+        exit "${EXIT_NOT_SUPPORTED}"
+    fi
+    INITRD=$(echo $KERNEL_IMAGE | sed 's/vmlinuz/initrd.img/g')
+}
+
+function load_kernel() {
+    # Load kernel into the memory
+    /sbin/kexec -l "$KERNEL_IMAGE" --initrd="$INITRD" --append="$BOOT_OPTIONS"
+}
+
+function reboot_pre_check()
+{
+    # Make sure that the file system is normal: read-write able
+    filename="/host/test-`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`"
+    ERR=0
+    touch ${filename} || ERR=$?
+    if [[ ${ERR} -ne 0 ]]; then
+        # Continue rebooting in this case, but log the error
+        VERBOSE=yes debug "Filesystem might be read-only or full ..."
+    fi
+    rm ${filename}
+
+    # Verify the next image by sonic-installer
+    local message=$(sonic-installer verify-next-image 2>&1)
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        VERBOSE=yes debug "Failed to verify next image: ${message}"
+        exit ${EXIT_SONIC_INSTALLER_VERIFY_REBOOT}
+    fi
+}
+
+function parse_options()
+{
+    while getopts "h?v" opt; do
+        case ${opt} in
+            h|\? )
+                show_help_and_exit
+                ;;
+            v )
+                VERBOSE=yes
+                ;;
+            t )
+                TAG_LATEST=no
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+parse_options $@
+
+# Exit if not superuser
+if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "This command must be run as root" >&2
+    exit "${EXIT_FAILURE}"
+fi
+
+if [ -x ${LOG_SSD_HEALTH} ]; then
+    debug "Collecting logs to check ssd health before ${REBOOT_TYPE}..."
+    ${LOG_SSD_HEALTH}
+fi
+
+debug "User requested rebooting device ..."
+
+setup_reboot_variables
+reboot_pre_check
+
+# Tag remotely deployed images as local
+tag_images
+
+# Stop SONiC services gracefully.
+stop_sonic_services
+
+clear_lingering_reboot_config
+
+load_kernel
+
+# Update the reboot cause file to reflect that user issued 'reboot' command
+# Upon next boot, the contents of this file will be used to determine the
+# cause of the previous reboot
+echo "User issued '${REBOOT_SCRIPT_NAME}' command [User: ${REBOOT_USER}, Time: ${REBOOT_TIME}]" > ${REBOOT_CAUSE_FILE}
+
+sync
+sleep 3
+sync
+
+# sync the current system time to CMOS
+if [ -x /sbin/hwclock ]; then
+    /sbin/hwclock -w || /bin/true
+fi
+
+if [ -x ${DEVPATH}/${PLATFORM}/${SSD_FW_UPDATE} ]; then
+    debug "updating ssd fw for${REBOOT_TYPE}"
+    ${DEVPATH}/${PLATFORM}/${SSD_FW_UPDATE} ${REBOOT_TYPE}
+fi
+
+# Enable Watchdog Timer
+if [ -x ${WATCHDOG_UTIL} ]; then
+    debug "Enabling Watchdog before ${REBOOT_TYPE}"
+    ${WATCHDOG_UTIL} arm
+fi
+
+# Run platform specific reboot plugin
+if [ -x ${DEVPATH}/${PLATFORM}/${PLATFORM_PLUGIN} ]; then
+    debug "Running ${PLATFORM} specific plugin..."
+    ${DEVPATH}/${PLATFORM}/${PLATFORM_PLUGIN}
+fi
+
+# Reboot: explicitly call Linux "kexec -e"
+debug "Rebooting with ${REBOOT_METHOD} to ${NEXT_SONIC_IMAGE} ..."
+exec ${REBOOT_METHOD}
+
+# Should never reach here
+error "${REBOOT_TYPE} failed!"
+exit "${EXIT_FAILURE}"
+