> >> +  switch(sig) {
> >> +  case SIGQUIT: 
...
> >> +  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. 
> > But I think your list is far too long anyways.
> 
> Maybe you could use somthing similar to unhandled_signal() in
> arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c, but I agree that the list seems a bit too long...

What about the following enhancement: I check with sig_fatal if it would
kill the process and only then emit a message. So when an application
takes care itself of handling it nothing is printed.

Signed-off by: Folkert van Heusden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

--- kernel/signal.c.org 2007-05-20 22:47:13.000000000 +0200
+++ kernel/signal.c     2007-05-21 12:59:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -739,6 +739,8 @@
        struct sigqueue * q = NULL;
        int ret = 0;
 
+       /* emit some logging for unhandled signals
+        */
+       if (sig_fatal(t, sig))
+       {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "Sig %d send to %d owned by %d.%d (%s)\n",
+               sig, t -> pid, t -> uid, t -> gid, t -> comm);
+       }
+
        /*
         * fast-pathed signals for kernel-internal things like SIGSTOP
         * or SIGKILL.

of course, this can also be limited to only the interesting signals:

Signed-off by: Folkert van Heusden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

--- kernel/signal.c.org 2007-05-20 22:47:13.000000000 +0200
+++ kernel/signal.c     2007-05-21 12:59:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -739,6 +739,28 @@
        struct sigqueue * q = NULL;
        int ret = 0;
 
+       /* emit some logging for nasty signals
+        * especially SIGSEGV and friends aught to be looked at when happening
+        */
+       switch(sig) {
+       case SIGQUIT: 
+       case SIGILL: 
+       case SIGTRAP:
+       case SIGABRT: 
+       case SIGBUS: 
+       case SIGFPE:
+       case SIGSEGV: 
+       case SIGXCPU: 
+       case SIGXFSZ:
+       case SIGSYS: 
+       case SIGSTKFLT:
+               if (sig_fatal(t, sig))
+               {
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING "Sig %d send to %d owned by %d.%d 
(%s)\n",
+                       sig, t -> pid, t -> uid, t -> gid, t -> comm);
+               }
+       }
+
        /*
         * fast-pathed signals for kernel-internal things like SIGSTOP
         * or SIGKILL.


Folkert van Heusden

-- 

Multitail - gibkaja utilita po sledovaniju log-fajlov i vyvoda
kommand. Fil'trovanie, raskrašivanie, slijanie, vizual'noe sravnenie,
i t.d.  http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Reply via email to