Hi Adrian, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote, > On 06/02/2017 07:28 PM, David Miller wrote: > >> Isn't a bug in the kernel if an application is able to crash to the point > >> that the machine has to be hard-rebooted? > > > > It can be a bug in the compiler too and not necessarily the kernel's > > fault which is what I think is happening in your case. > > So, in your point of view it's perfectly fine if an application is able > to crash the whole kernel with just user privileges? > > Shouldn't the kernel be able to cope with that? I think he means your kernel you are running might be miscompiled with gcc 7.1. What kernel version you are running? Which compiler you used to generate the running kernel? If it is gcc 7.1, what is if you try to reproduce the crash with the same kernel version compiled with gcc 6.3? Wouldn't this show if it is a compiler or kernel bug? best regards Waldemar -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
