Subject: Re: wscons: "ESC in kernel output" triggers a panic?
To: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
From: Bang Jun-Young <email@example.com>
Date: 02/20/2001 16:01:43
"Nathan J. Williams" wrote:
> Some testing code of mine recently tripped over this bit of code in
> case ASCII_ESC:
> #ifdef DIAGNOSTIC
> if (kernel)
> panic("ESC in kernel output");
> I'm puzzled. What is this good for? Why is printing an escape sequence
> from the kernel forbidden, and in such a drastic way?
The kernel shouldn't depend on or expect any particular terminal type
to be used, so its purpose would be to prevent a kernel hacker from
inserting escape sequences into kernel messages by mistake.
Bang Jun-Young <firstname.lastname@example.org>