Re: [oops] lib/vsprintf.c

[Bernd Petrovitsch]

On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 19:34 +0100, Paweł Sikora wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 of November 2004 08:03, you wrote:
> > >static int km_init_module(void)
> > >{
> > >    printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s init\n", 1.4);
> > >    return 0;
> > >}
> >
> > You do know that %s does not mix with 1.4?
> 
> Yes, I known. I did it intentionally.

"Doctor, it hurts when I do that."
"Then do not do it."

> IMHO kernel should be more resistant to accidental programmers errors.

What for? Simply fix them immediately.

> Be secure, trust no one ;)

ACK. Therefore the kernel oopses, rendering the machine useless for the
moment and forces the programmer to look for the bug.

> ... and catch bugs with http://netlab.ru.is/exception/KernelExceptions.pdf

What should happen afterwards?
Write a line to syslog which is probably ignored anyway?

	Bernd
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