Re: Kernel 2.2.1 and sysvinit 2.76 possible bug
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
25 Feb 1999 00:58:56 GMT
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.
-hpa
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