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SubjectRE: Dumb question: Why are exceptions such as SIGSEGV not logged
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> > There is no mechanism that is guaranteed to terminate a
> > process other than
> > sending yourself an exception that is not caught. So in cases
> > where you must
> > guarantee that your process terminates, it is perfectly
> > reasonable to send
> > yourself a SIGILL.

> exit(2)?

And what if a registered 'atexit' function needs to acquire a mutex that is
held by a thread that's in an endless loop? What if a standard I/O stream
has buffered data for a local disk that failed? I'm looking for a mechanism
that is guaranteed to terminate a process immediately.

DS


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