err.c File Reference

#include "err.h"
#include "types.h"

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Functions
void	__panic (const char *txt)
	panic halts the system with a kernel panic message

Function Documentation

__panic()

void __panic

(

const char *

txt

)

panic halts the system with a kernel panic message

panic is a function that clears the screen to red, displays a kernel panic banner with the provided message, and halts forever

Parameters

txt,the

error message to display

when panic is called the system becomes unrecoverable, it will always halt, so use it only for fatal unrecoverable errors

using panic is done with

#include "../lib/err.h" //or just err.h
panic("something went wrong");

See also

assert()

Definition at line 25 of file err.c.

References NORETURN, and vga.