In this case it was “burn down the venue”.
It was more like “barricade the doors until a swat team sniper gets a clear shot at you”.
Comment on CrowdStrike downtime apparently caused by update that replaced a file with 42kb of zeroes
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 months agoExcept “freak out” could have various manifestations.
In this case it was “burn down the venue”.
It should have been “I’m sorry, there’s been an issue, let’s move on to the next speaker”
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 months ago
Hmmmm.
More like standing there and loudly shitting your pants and spreading it around the stage.
tiramichu@lemm.ee 3 months ago
You’re right of course and that should be on Microsoft to better implement their driver loading. But yes.
Morphit@feddit.uk 3 months ago
The driver is in kernel mode. If it crashes, the kernel has no idea if any internal structures have been left in an inconsistent state. If it doesn’t halt then it has the potential to cause all sorts of damage.
OozingPositron@feddit.cl 3 months ago
Computers have social anxiety.
Thann@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
The envelope contains a barrel of diesel and a lit flare
Strykker@programming.dev 3 months ago
Except since it was an antivirus software the system is basically told “I must be running for you to finish booting”, which does make sense as it means the antivirus can watch the system before any malicious code can get it’s hooks into things.
Morphit@feddit.uk 3 months ago
I don’t think the kernel could continue like that. The driver runs in kernel mode and took a null pointer exception. The kernel can’t know how badly it’s been screwed by that, the only feasible option is to BSOD.
The driver itself is where the error handling should take place. First off it ought to have static checks to prove it can’t have trivial memory errors like this. Secondly, if a configuration file fails to load, it should make a determination about whether it’s safe to continue or halt the system to prevent a potential exploit. You know, instead of shitting its pants and letting Windows handle it.