Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals.

[Ian Jackson]

Gerd Hoffmann writes ("Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle terminating signals."):
> Ian Jackson wrote:
> > SIGQUIT should not be in this list.  QUIT does not mean `please
> > terminate'.  It's a signal used for debugging purposes and usually
> > means `please pretend this program took a SEGV'.  The default action
> > is to die and dump core, and this should be preserved.
> 
> Ok, we could take the SIGSEGV cleanup route, then call abort().  That
> should come close enougth.  Does that sound ok?

No, because the program should not attempt to catch SEGV either.

Ian.