Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 23:35:01 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: `cat /dev/io` leads to system lockup. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212192333210.61220-100000@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20021220062935.GA699@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Sean Kelly wrote: > On my 5.0-CURRENT kernel built 45 minutes ago, I can bring my system to its > knees by doing > > # cat /dev/io > > While I understand that this isn't exactly something one would normally be > doing, is it really something that should bring the system down? You're running as root. So does "yes > /dev/da0" and "cat /dev/urandom > /dev/mem" and ... (infinity) -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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