Re: trouble trapping SEGV on 2.6.11.2 & 2.6.12-rc4

["Richard B. Johnson" <linux-os@analogic.com>]

To jump out of signal handlers, you now need sigsetjmp() and
siglongjmp().


On Tue, 24 May 2005, Clifford T. Matthews wrote:

> The included program dies with a SEGV under 2.6.11.2 and 2.6.12-rc4.
> It doesn't die under 2.4.25.  I compiled the kernels myself.  The
> distribution is Fedora Core release 3, with glibc 2.3.5.
>
> I don't have any earlier 2.6 kernels to test it on, so I have no idea
> when this bug first appeared.
>
> I only skim LKML through fa.linux.kernel, so please CC me on any reply
> that I should see.
>
> --Cliff Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
> +1 505 363 5754 Cell
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <sys/mman.h>
> #include <stdbool.h>
> #include <assert.h>
> #include <setjmp.h>
> #include <signal.h>
>
> static jmp_buf segv_return;
>
> static void
> segv_handler (int signum_ignored __attribute__((unused)))
> {
>  longjmp (segv_return, 1);
> }
>
> int
> main (void)
> {
>  volatile char *volatile addr;
>  volatile int n_failures;
>
>  addr = (void *) 0x10000L;
>  n_failures = 0;
>
>  signal (SIGSEGV, segv_handler);
>  if (setjmp (segv_return) != 0)
>    ++n_failures;
>  else
>    *addr;
>
>  printf ("n_failures = %d\n", n_failures);
>
>  if (setjmp (segv_return) != 0)
>    ++n_failures;
>  else
>    *addr;
>
>  printf ("n_failures = %d\n", n_failures);
>
>  return 0;
> }
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Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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