Linux module for causing a system hard lock-up

[Mulyadi Santosa]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:46, Michael Blizek
<michi1 at michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am not sure whether my version works on smp. If it does not, maybe try
> something like this:
>
> #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
>
> int func(void *)
> {
>        while (1) {
>        }
>        return 0;
> }
>
> int init_module(void)
> {
>        stop_machine(func, 0, 0);
>        return 0;
> }
>
>        -Michi

I vote this....I was into the same situation years ago, when I
inaccidentally do  busy looping during kernel module load.

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Mulyadi Santosa
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