From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals.
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:29:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48A1D6A3.4050406@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18593.24673.304649.806330@mariner.uk.xensource.com>
Ian Jackson wrote:
> Gerd Hoffmann writes ("Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals."):
>> Ian Jackson wrote:
>>> SIGQUIT should not be in this list. QUIT does not mean `please
>>> terminate'. It's a signal used for debugging purposes and usually
>>> means `please pretend this program took a SEGV'. The default action
>>> is to die and dump core, and this should be preserved.
>> Ok, we could take the SIGSEGV cleanup route, then call abort(). That
>> should come close enougth. Does that sound ok?
>
> No, because the program should not attempt to catch SEGV either.
Why not? Can you change your attitude to say "no" without giving
reasons please?
cheers,
Gerd
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http://kraxel.fedorapeople.org/xenner/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-12 18:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-06 11:48 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals Gerd Hoffmann
2008-08-11 16:52 ` Ian Jackson
2008-08-11 19:46 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-08-12 10:05 ` Ian Jackson
2008-08-12 11:46 ` Stefano Stabellini
2008-08-12 18:29 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2008-08-12 19:29 ` M. Warner Losh
2008-08-12 19:42 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-08-12 19:49 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-13 8:27 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2008-08-13 13:29 ` Ian Jackson
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