Re: [PATCH] emit logging when a process receives a fatal signal

Jan Engelhardt
2006-11-18T19:32:49Z

>> 4. If this is about detecting the loss of specific processes
>> (network services say), then the problem can be solved in
>> user-space by using a separate monitor process, or by
>> controlling the processes via ptrace.
>
>No not only for specific processes. It helps you detect problems with
>processes you dind't know they have bugs and flakey hardware (sig 11).

Write an LSM module that hooks ->task_kill. It's probably the most
beautiful and non-intrusive solution in the set of possible solutions.

-`J'
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