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Date:      Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:40:53 +0200
From:      Florent Peterschmitt <florent@peterschmitt.fr>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Handle kernel module crashes
Message-ID:  <51B5E575.1030006@peterschmitt.fr>
In-Reply-To: <CAFMmRNxPcmx4gtwQfLjaFnMhAxBcBzYBd45vxJDcAU55ZFirQw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <51B5E040.2030709@peterschmitt.fr> <CAFMmRNxPcmx4gtwQfLjaFnMhAxBcBzYBd45vxJDcAU55ZFirQw@mail.gmail.com>

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Le 10/06/2013 16:28, Ryan Stone a =E9crit :
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Florent Peterschmitt <
> florent@peterschmitt.fr> wrote:
>=20
>> Hello,
>>
>> It's not a problem but a question, and it's quite simple:
>>
>> How does FreeBSD handle crash from a single kernel module ?
>>
>> If the module internally crashes, does the entire system does too or
>> FreeBSD will continue to live ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>=20
> There is no separation between kernel modules and the kernel proper.  A=

> crash in a kernel module will crash the entire system.

Ok and isn't it a "bad" thing ? I mean, even if the video driver
crashes, I still want to have the ability to reboot the right way,
avoiding corrupted files and WIP lose.

Another thing is a non-critical module that can crash, but because not
used by all apps on the machine, letting them ones that can continue run.=


But I don't know what is the approach of FreeBSD and devs about that.

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