linux-kernel - Re: [patch] log fatal signals like SIGSEGV

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Date:	Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:40:37 +0200
From:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
To:	Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@...a.inka.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] log fatal signals like SIGSEGV

Bernd Eckenfels writes:
 > In article <18646.39701.819497.337394@...po.it.uu.se> you wrote:
 > >   Applications that handle SEGV/BUS/ILL/FPE aren't that uncommon.
 > 
 > JRE uses SIGSEGV for (expected) NullPointers. So you might see a lot of
 > those on the logs. However: not in all cases you dont want to log handled
 > (fatal) signals. Not sure how to detect those. Maybe it is better to fix
 > applications and remove their home grown crash logging.

I was referring to applications that properly handle these signals,
e.g. by emulation, fixing up fault-causing conditions, or turning
faults into application-level exceptions.
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