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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals.
From: |
Stefano Stabellini |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals. |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:46:06 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) |
Ian Jackson wrote:
> Gerd Hoffmann writes ("Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals."):
>> Ian Jackson wrote:
>>> SIGQUIT should not be in this list. QUIT does not mean `please
>>> terminate'. It's a signal used for debugging purposes and usually
>>> means `please pretend this program took a SEGV'. The default action
>>> is to die and dump core, and this should be preserved.
>> Ok, we could take the SIGSEGV cleanup route, then call abort(). That
>> should come close enougth. Does that sound ok?
>
> No, because the program should not attempt to catch SEGV either.
>
I agree.
The idea of trying a clean exit when a termination signal is received is
good, but do we really need the complicated fatalsig_call_handlers and
fatalsig_register_handler system?
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Gerd Hoffmann, 2008/08/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Ian Jackson, 2008/08/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Gerd Hoffmann, 2008/08/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Ian Jackson, 2008/08/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals.,
Stefano Stabellini <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Gerd Hoffmann, 2008/08/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., M. Warner Losh, 2008/08/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Gerd Hoffmann, 2008/08/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Anthony Liguori, 2008/08/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Daniel P. Berrange, 2008/08/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals., Ian Jackson, 2008/08/13