My system performs remote data logging. Is there a way to guarantee reboot on a kernel panic? I plan to use the WDT on my system, but I don't know if a kernel panic would always halt all processes.
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19 years ago
Force reboot on kernel panic
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19 years ago
There's been talk of using the new kexec() functionality to do this. As I recall, it's the reason Linus wanted kexec split into two pieces (load and execute).
It looks like kexec progress has stalled but it's still listed as "before 2.6.0".
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--kyler
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19 years ago
Ha! Further digging reveals that it shouldn't even be that difficult. % echo 5 >/proc/sys/kernel/panic I'm surprised you didn't find that in your search. It was new to me too.
I'm guessing that the point of the kexec behavior was to allow specification of a *different* kernel to boot in the event of a panic. (That's my main interest - using Linux as a bootloader.)
--kyler