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From: "David D. Hagood" <wowbagger@sktc.net>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: Michael Frank <mhf@linuxmail.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Dumb question: Why are exceptions such as SIGSEGV not logged
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:06:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F3EB8FA.1080605@sktc.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200308162049.h7GKnwnP024716@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

> Consider this code:
> 
> 	char *foo = 0;
> 	sigset(SIGSEGV,SIG_IGNORE);
> 	for(;;) { *foo = '\5'; }
> 
> Your logfiles just got DoS'ed....


Why not then just log uncaught exceptions?


  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-08-16 23:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-16 20:10 Dumb question: Why are exceptions such as SIGSEGV not logged Michael Frank
2003-08-16 20:49 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-08-16 21:42   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-16 23:06   ` David D. Hagood [this message]
2003-08-16 23:17     ` Doug McNaught
2003-08-16 23:41       ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2003-08-17  8:17         ` Russell King
2003-08-16 23:49     ` Alan Cox
2003-08-17 20:54     ` Jakob Oestergaard
2003-08-18  4:28       ` Michael Frank
2003-08-18  9:15     ` David Schwartz
2003-08-19  2:43       ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-08-19 13:27         ` Jesse Pollard
2003-08-19 19:28         ` David Schwartz
2003-08-19 19:34           ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-08-19 20:01             ` David Schwartz
2003-08-18 14:31 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-08-18 17:52   ` Michael Frank
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     [not found]   ` <lv8Y.2XU.13@gated-at.bofh.it>
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     [not found]       ` <lviD.35d.1@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]         ` <lvC1.3p9.11@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-08-17 14:29           ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
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2003-08-18  1:56 Hank Leininger
     [not found] <lg0i.6yo.11@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <lgjJ.6Oo.5@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <lilr.p2.7@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]     ` <livc.wX.17@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-08-17 12:43       ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
     [not found]     ` <lj7O.14a.1@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-08-17 12:52       ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-08-17 13:09         ` Alan Cox
     [not found]     ` <lOll.3Jp.19@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-08-18  9:34       ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-08-18 17:26         ` David Schwartz
2003-08-18 20:50 Hank Leininger
2003-08-18 21:02 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-08-18 21:18   ` Hank Leininger
2003-08-18 21:25     ` Mike Fedyk
2003-08-18 22:12   ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-08-18 22:39   ` David Schwartz
2003-08-18 22:44     ` Mike Fedyk
2003-08-18 22:53       ` David Schwartz
2003-08-19  6:54     ` Denis Vlasenko
2003-08-19 14:52       ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-08-19 18:51       ` David Schwartz

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