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

Oleg Verych
2006-11-18T02:31:34Z

On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 03:04:13AM +0100, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> > > > I found that sometimes processes disappear on some heavily used system
> > > > of mine without any logging. So I've written a patch against 2.6.18.2
> > > > which emits logging when a process emits a fatal signal.
> > > Why not to patch default signal handlers in glibc, to have not only
> > > stderr, but syslog, or /dev/kmsg copy of fatal messages?
> > Afaik when a proces gets shot because of a segfault, also the libraries
> > it used are shot so to say. iirc some of the more fatal signals are
> > handled directly by the kernel.

Kernel sends signals, no doubt.

Then, who you think prints that "Killed" or "Segmentation fault"
messages in *stderr*?
[Hint: libc's default signal handler (man 2 signal).]

> Also: what about statically build programs?

"-lc" embeds libc in static binary, no?

IMHO it's not a lkml issue. Here are many who would say you, that userspace
preblems are userspace problems.
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