Comment on We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost
Plopp@lemmy.world 3 months agoCouldn’t it, though? 🤔
IANAD and AFAIU, not in kernel mode. Things like trying to read non existing memory in kernel mode are supposed to crash the system because continuing could be worse.
0x0@programming.dev 3 months ago
I.meant couldn’t they test for a NULL pointer.
chaospatterns@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They could and clearly they should have done that but hindsight is 20/20.