Re: Some example code for a new crash handler

["Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH <allbery ece cmu edu>]

On Fri, 2002-01-11 at 16:15, Hongl Lai wrote:
> This *isn't* intended to be a fix for segfaults.
> It is a workaround, to give the user time to save the document.

The problem with that is that a SEGV can leave libc's internal metadata
a shambles, thereby guaranteeing that nothing will work properly
afterward.  In particular, invoking any libc routine from the SEGV
handler itself is a good way to lose badly.

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