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

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Date:	Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:31:50 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>
cc:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] emit logging when a process receives a fatal signal


>> 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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