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From: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org>
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Subject: `cat /dev/io` leads to system lockup.
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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?

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