Re: kern/56232: Unstable system with tar on /dev

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/56232; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/56232: Unstable system with tar on /dev
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 12:18:53 +0200

 On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 09:06:16AM +0000, RVP wrote:
 > Not really an ACLs or extattrs issue, I think. Just doing an
 > open()/fstat()/close() on each of the entries in /dev
 > reliably reboots my laptop.
 
 You should not randomly open dev nodes.
 
 But as I said before, this point is part of the controversy.
 
 Martin