> > > Possible further checks that might make sense: > > > - panic() anywhere in drivers/* > > > > A driver should be allowed to panic. E.g. if it detects that due to a > > firmware or driver bug memory corruption happened. IMHO the best thing > > to do then is panic. > > That is not how Linux normally operates. A BUG() doesn't panic() by > default either. > > And on systems with IOMMU that is exactly the wrong thing to do. > > Besides the problem is that bad drivers tend to badly abuse it > (e.g. see some particular BSD derviced SCSI drivers). We definitely > don't want any more of such code.
So you prefer random data corruption over an emergency stop? That doesn't make much sense to me... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
