Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:14:58 +0100 | From | Jurriaan <> | Subject | Re: [DUMB]: Is kernel oops always a kernel bug ??? |
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From: Linux Geek <bourne@ToughGuy.net> Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 11:33:46AM +0530 > Hi all , > > If a kernel oops, then is the problem always with the kernel ? Can't a > user proggie ( running as root ) do something insane and make the > kernel oops ? > That shouldn't happen - it's called DOS (Denial-Of-Service) if a user program can make the kernel oops. Some of these probably still exist in the linux kernel, nothing is perfect :-)
But another option exists: hardware failures. If your memory decides to take a break, you will get an oops also.
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