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 14:11:31 +0200

 On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 12:01:56PM +0000, RVP wrote:
 > 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.
 
 Uhm, no - I missed the unpriviledged user part, and panic is never the
 right thing to do.
 
 Martin