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

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

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

From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
To: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/56232: Unstable system with tar on /dev
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 12:01:56 +0000 (UTC)

 On Fri, 4 Jun 2021, Martin Husemann wrote:
 
 > 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.
 >
 
 Yeah...at least not without O_NONBLOCK. But, the OS shouldn't
 panic and reboot if a regular user just happens to open some odd
 device.
 
 -RVP