Re: 2.1.46 sudden reboot (reproduceable)
Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Sun, 20 Jul 1997 08:49:58 -0700 (PDT)
On Sun, 20 Jul 1997, Michael Stiller wrote:
>
> i just did the following on 2.1.46:
> (kids, don't try this at home)
>
> cd /tmp
> ln -s foo bar
> ln -s bar foo
> cat foo # or bar you decide
>
> The system rebooted immediately. I have no clue where to look at due to the
> missing kernel messages in the log.
Ok. The new code doesn't count symbolic links, and it should. Lazy me..
Easy enough to fix, expect this in 47. In the meantime, "just don't do it,
then" ;)
Linus