Re: Dumb question: Why are exceptions such as SIGSEGV not logged

[David D. Hagood]

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> Consider this code:
>
> 	char *foo = 0;
> 	sigset(SIGSEGV,SIG_IGNORE);
> 	for(;;) { *foo = '\5'; }
>
> Your logfiles just got DoS'ed....


Why not then just log uncaught exceptions?

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