Safety-critical realtime with Linux

Posted Oct 5, 2017 6:23 UTC (Thu) by filssavi (guest, #109018)
In reply to: Safety-critical realtime with Linux by tialaramex
Parent article: Safety-critical realtime with Linux

The whole automotive systems are not hard real time might have been true 40 years ago but in a modern(ish) car it's as wrong as it can be...

Case and point a buffer overflow in Toyota ECU's could get your car stuck accelerating at full tilt even with the foot completely off the pedal, there has been at least one family killed by said bug

Brakes also are fully computer controlled, in fact the ABS/ESP controller can independently apply or release brakes as he pleases

Basically a car is more a computer where you walk in and he let's you drive him as he sees fit, than a mechanical machine