Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Add panic-fatal-signals

2019-01-17 Thread Vincent Whitchurch
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 09:06:18AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 4:54 AM Vincent Whitchurch > wrote: > > Add a sysctl which asks the kernel to panic when any userspace process > > receives a fatal signal which would trigger a core dump. This has > > proven to be quite useful w

Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Add panic-fatal-signals

2019-01-16 Thread Kees Cook
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 4:54 AM Vincent Whitchurch wrote: > > Add a sysctl which asks the kernel to panic when any userspace process > receives a fatal signal which would trigger a core dump. This has > proven to be quite useful when debugging problems seen during testing of > embedded systems:

[PATCH] sysctl: Add panic-fatal-signals

2019-01-16 Thread Vincent Whitchurch
Add a sysctl which asks the kernel to panic when any userspace process receives a fatal signal which would trigger a core dump. This has proven to be quite useful when debugging problems seen during testing of embedded systems: When combined with kernel core dumps (saved due to the panic), it all