Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.2.1 and sysvinit 2.76 possible bug | Date | 25 Feb 1999 00:58:56 GMT |
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Followup to: <m10FmPx-0007U1C@the-village.bc.nu> By author: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > 2.2 introduces a "feature" which causes the kernel to reboot if init > > dies for any reason, so it is more likely that sysvinit could be the > > culprit. However, I agree with you; this is a kernel bug and should > > be fixed. > > Its not a bug. If init dies the machine is in deep crap. Init should not > die. If init dies something very bad has occured. Simply carrying on with > no pid 1 to reap processes wont work very well >
I think the approach of a panic here is pretty reasonable, since panic() can be configured to reboot.
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