Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:32:05 +0100
From: Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>
To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] emit logging when a process receives a fatal signal
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> 4. If this is about detecting the loss of specific processes
>    (network services say), then the problem can be solved in
>    user-space by using a separate monitor process, or by
>    controlling the processes via ptrace.

No not only for specific processes. It helps you detect problems with
processes you dind't know they have bugs and flakey hardware (sig 11).


Folkert van Heusden

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