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0 pointsSigmundA5y ago0 comments

A user-land program cannot be at fault for a kernel panic, that is the kernels fault, always.

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xnu will panic if it doesn't receive periodic check-ins from userspace. For example if WindowServer hangs, then the kernel may deliberately panic so that the system reboots. See man watchdogd for (a tiny bit) more.

saagarjha5y ago

True, but a third-party program shouldn’t really be able to do this, at least not easily.

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0 pointsSigmundA5y ago0 comments

A user-land program cannot be at fault for a kernel panic, that is the kernels fault, always.

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ridiculous_fish5y ago

saagarjha5y ago

True, but a third-party program shouldn’t really be able to do this, at least not easily.

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