Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:17:15 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Generating Core Dump Programmatically Message-ID: <XFMail.010228121715.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200102280314.TAA43386@akira.lanfear.com>
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On 28-Feb-01 Marc W wrote:
>
>
> I'm trying to ensure robust shutdown on my machine. Thus, I've
> installed signal handlers for a bunch of nasty looking signals. In my
> new handler, after all critical state is saved, I then call abort(3),
> and all seems to work well.
>
> EXCEPT -- some signals generate core files when left with the
> default behaviour. Is there some straightforward way to do this?
Hmm, perhaps make sure you have the default SIGSEGV handler installed after
your cleanup and do:
*(int *)NULL = 1;
or some such? Then again, the core dump you get may not be all that useful...
> thanks.
>
> marc.
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