From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261846AbVDKRKy (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:10:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261833AbVDKRKu (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:10:50 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:28545 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261846AbVDKRJ7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:09:59 -0400 Subject: Re: kernel panic! From: Lee Revell To: sauro Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <425AA62F.2010406@ztec.com.br> References: <425AA62F.2010406@ztec.com.br> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:09:58 -0400 Message-Id: <1113239398.31605.1.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 13:30 -0300, sauro wrote: > I mean, is it possible for an user level application to be the cause of > a "kernel panic"? If it is, which kind of operations can do that? If this happens then by definition it's a bug in the kernel (or a hardware failure). It's never the fault of the userspace application that triggers the panic. If you think you have found such a bug in the kernel, please post the details to this list. Lee