Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Available watchdog test cases | From | Rusty Lynch <> | Date | 09 Mar 2003 21:23:08 -0800 |
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On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 01:40, Paul Rolland wrote: > Just a quick question : is there an easy to force the kernel to Oops, > to make sure that the watchdog will even be working under such > conditions ? > > I know people are all trying to avoid Oops... but I think the testplan > should include that too... > > Regards, > Paul
You can write a kernel module that when loaded will disable all interrupts and sit and spin, or even easier just call panic().
--rustyl
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