> Grsecurity will rather terminate userland programs or, in some rare cases, panic the kernel if it finds itself in an undefined state. This is exactly what you want if you care about security, but it's not a trade-off everyone is happy with (including Linus).
I'd also like my kernel to halt whenever an assertion does not hold, for the sake of keeping my sanity; not just for security.
I'd also like my kernel to halt whenever an assertion does not hold, for the sake of keeping my sanity; not just for security.
Why would you not want this?