Re: I get panic rather than oops
Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
24 Nov 1999 11:15:32 +0100
In article <cistron.19991124075753.12004.qmail@mail.ocs.com.au>,
Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:27:08 +0530,
>Raju K V <rajukv@wipinfo.soft.net> wrote:
>>What is the simplest method for generating an Oops? Browsing thru the
>>kernel mailing list archive, I came across a thread saying
>> *(int *)0=0;
>>generates on Oops. I wrote a program with this line in init_module.
>>compiled it as a module. On doing insmod, I got a panic. Is there a way
>>by which I can get it generate Oops rather than panic?
>
>The panic is because the code is in kernel mode. Try this instead.
Can't you simply call BUG() ? Should log filename and line number
and generate a nice oops for you.
Mike.
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