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1. TIL Trovald's Magic Numbers Jan 05, 2023 magic linux

   These magic numbers are intended to safeguard against a typo or potential bit flips in the syscall number. Since reboot is a destructive and non-syncing operation, it's important to make absolutely sure that it isn't called accidentally due to a typo, a misbehaving program, or memory error

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