linux-kernel - Re: signals logged / [RFC] log out-of-virtual-memory events

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Message-ID: <20070520212036.GL22452@vanheusden.com>
Date:	Sun, 20 May 2007 23:20:36 +0200
From:	Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	righiandr@...rs.sourceforge.net,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: signals logged / [RFC] log out-of-virtual-memory events

> > +	switch(sig) {
> > +	case SIGQUIT: 
> > +	case SIGILL: 
> > +	case SIGTRAP:
> > +	case SIGABRT: 
> > +	case SIGBUS: 
> > +	case SIGFPE:
> > +	case SIGSEGV: 
> > +	case SIGXCPU: 
> > +	case SIGXFSZ:
> > +	case SIGSYS: 
> > +	case SIGSTKFLT:
> 
> Unconditional? That's definitely a very bad idea. If anything only unhandled
> signals should be printed this way because some programs use them internally. 

Use these signals internally? Afaik these are fatal, stopping the
process. So using them internally would be a little tricky.

> But I think your list is far too long anyways.

So, which ones would you like to have removed then?


Folkert van Heusden

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