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Re: core dump & few Qs



Sven Burgener wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Some questions to be answered:
> 
> o       How, if possible, can I deliberately cause a core dump on Linux?
>         (Running potato / 2.2.17-pre6-1 kernel from the sources available
>         in potato.)

Program core dump or kernel oops ???

Program:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	*(int *)0 = 0 ; 
}

In the kernel, just hack into a driver put the above line it, compile
and insmod away. (This is how the kernel used to cause an oops.)

Mike



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