Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270007AbTHQNJx (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:09:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270009AbTHQNJx (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:09:53 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:30092 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270007AbTHQNJv (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:09:51 -0400 Subject: Re: Dumb question: Why are exceptions such as SIGSEGV not logged From: Alan Cox To: "Ihar 'Philips' Filipau" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3F3F7A79.1060404@softhome.net> References: <3F3F7A79.1060404@softhome.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1061125769.21885.4.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 17 Aug 2003 14:09:30 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1012 Lines: 24 On Sul, 2003-08-17 at 13:52, Ihar 'Philips' Filipau wrote: > "When called with the name of an existing file as argument, > ccounting is turned on, records for each terminating process are > appended to filename as it terminates. An argument of NULL causes > accounting to be turned off". > > I do not see how it relates to abends. > It logs _everything_, what is not that useful. Having some kind of > filter what to log - whould be just great. Or alternatively ability to > pass file descriptor - not file name. It generates a small record for each exit, its trivial to parse the exit codes for exits caused by an exception. > Sounds like acct() does reverse? No crashes are logged. > Or it is about Linux crash? Linux crash - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/