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

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKEEBAFDAA.davids@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
By author:    "David Schwartz" <davids@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> 	There is no mechanism that is guaranteed to terminate a process other than
> sending yourself an exception that is not caught. So in cases where you must
> guarantee that your process terminates, it is perfectly reasonable to send
> yourself a SIGILL.
> 

exit(2)?

	-hpa
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