1.Dd August 11, 1995 2.Dt PANIC 9 3.Os 4.Sh NAME 5.Nm panic 6.Nd Bring down system on fatal error 7.Sh SYNOPSIS 8.Fd #include <sys/types.h> 9.Fd #include <sys/systm.h> 10.Ft void 11.Fn panic "const char *fmt, ..." 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The 14.Fn panic 15function terminate the NetBSD system. The message 16.Fa fmt 17is a 18.Xr printf 3 19style format string. The message is printed to the console and the location 20.Fa panicstr 21is set to the address of the message text for retrival from the OS 22core dump. 23.Pp 24If the kernel debugger is installed control is passed to it, otherwise 25an attempt to save a core dump of the OS to a configured dump device 26is made. 27.Pp 28If 29.Fn panic 30is called twice (from the disk sync routines, for example) the system is 31rebooted without syncing the disks. 32.Sh RETURN VALUES 33The 34.Fn panic 35function does not return. 36