Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:49:34 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] coredump: Retry writes where appropriate |
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> On the other hand, IMO all other signals, including SIGINT and SIGQUIT, > should be ignored during core dumping. Allowing SIGKILL gives a method > for getting rid of core dumps in the relatively rare situation where > people want/need to do so, and I don't see any real benefit to adding > more signals to the list of things you can't do if you want robust > cores. Isn't one enough?
I also want usability. SIGINT/SIGQUIT are never sent except by user requests to terminate a process so they can safely be allowed. If the alternatives are the status quo or SIGKILL only then I'd favour the status quo particularly having experienced the alternatives on some old Unix systems.
Alan
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