kern/45313: panic(9)

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>Number:         45313
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       panic(9) is too fatal
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 30 15:10:00 +0000 2011
>Originator:     Jonathan A. Kollasch
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.55
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD yavin.kollasch.net 5.99.55 NetBSD 5.99.55 (YAVIN) #37: Sat Aug 
20 12:34:40 CDT 2011 
jakllsch%trantor.kollasch.net@localhost:/local/jakllsch/nbsd-head/build-amd64/objdir/sys/arch/amd64/compile/YAVIN
 amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
panic(9) should not be and can not be fatal.
>How-To-Repeat:
db> call kmem_alloc(128, 0)
>Fix:
Make it possible to continue from panic(9) if you know what to poke in ddb.