Hi,
If this example kernel functions is called, it will generate an oops, kill
the current process, and subsequent tries to call it will hang the process
trying to do so.
static struct semaphore x;
void f(void) {
int *p = NULL;
down(&x);
*p++;
up(&x);
}
Is there a specific term (other than "hang") associated with this
situation? It's not a "dead-lock", because there is no other process
(anymore) which could potentially up the semaphore.
Jan Engelhardt
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