From 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob McDonnell Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:02:27 -0400 Subject: docs: OpenBSD Man Pages Added --- static/openbsd/man9/panic.9 | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+) create mode 100644 static/openbsd/man9/panic.9 (limited to 'static/openbsd/man9/panic.9') diff --git a/static/openbsd/man9/panic.9 b/static/openbsd/man9/panic.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c32aa84d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man9/panic.9 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: panic.9,v 1.10 2021/05/16 15:11:08 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: panic.9,v 1.2 1996/10/09 17:20:04 explorer Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Michael Graff. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Michael Graff +.\" for the NetBSD Project. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 16 2021 $ +.Dt PANIC 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm panic +.Nd Bring down system on fatal error +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In sys/systm.h +.Ft void +.Fn panic "const char *fmt" ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn panic +function makes the +.Ox +system terminate. +The message +.Fa fmt +is a +.Xr printf 9 +style format string. +The message is printed to the console (with a newline) and the location +pointed to by the global char pointer +.Fa panicstr +is set to the address of the message text for retrieval from the OS +core dump. +.Pp +If the kernel debugger is installed, control is passed to it. +Otherwise, an attempt is made to save a core dump of the OS to a configured +dump device. +.Pp +If +.Fn panic +is called twice (from the disk sync routines, for example) the system is +rebooted without syncing the disks. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn panic +function does not return. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr printf 3 , +.Xr boot 9 , +.Xr printf 9 -- cgit v1.2.3