Forkbomb creates Kernel Screen of Death

[mdickie]

/* Compile using gcc forkbomb.c -o forkbomb */
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
{
  while(1)
    fork();
  return 0;
}

Tested on VirtualBox which needs multiple instances of the forkbomb. Using

:(){  forkbomb|forkbomb& };:

After some times typing it Kernel Screen of Death appears.

Also tested on an old Notebook PC Dell Latitude C640 but there you simply have to run forkbomb. BTW: It would be great if haiku would call the Screen of Death KSOD.

[anevilyak]

What's the actual panic message/backtrace? As an aside, the name KDL is specifically a BeOS reference.

[mdickie]

Forkbomb Haiku KDL

[mdickie]

I attached an image because I don't know where I can read out the message/backtrace for Haiku.

[bonefish]

Fixed in hrev45811.