void get_pt_regs_for_task(struct pt_regs *regs,
struct task_struct *task)
i.e. a function that fills out a pt_regs structure for a random
task (which is not the current task). This is pretty easy for
the i386... (since it is already on the stack)
Thanks,
Philip
Christopher Blizzard wrote:
>
> In message <346CA4A6.3978E179@raptor.com>, Philip Gladstone is rumored to have
> said:
> :kwrohrer@enteract.com wrote:
> :I'm a little unclear on the semantics of posix threads and seg faults --
> :namely if the signal is not caught, does the whole process die, or just
> :that
> :thread? If the former case, then I'd just terminate the whole
> :heavyweight
> :process, but if the latter case, then I think that the linux pthreads is
> :behaving incorrectly.
> :
>
> Unfortunately, the way that it works in Linux is that each thread has it's
> own process...sort of. Signals are delivered to each "process" seperately
> and the pthreads library does it's best to deliver them according to the
> specification. This doesn't work very well with regards to core dumps or
> debugging.
>
> --Chris
>
> :by the way, does nayone know if where the ELF core file spec is -- which
> :defines the notes of type "CORE"? [I have the ELF spec itself...]
> :
> :Philip
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