Hi,
> > 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.
Folkert van Heusden
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