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Top Forums Programming problem in SIGSEGV signal handling Post 302332818 by pavan6754 on Friday 10th of July 2009 06:33:18 AM
Old 07-10-2009
MySQL

Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
It's not going to rewind your code back to the beginning of that line when the interrupt returns. It'll jump back into where the segfault happened, deep inside libc, which already has a copy of the variable that won't change when you change j. So, that's not going to work.

There's also a problem with calling library calls inside a signal handler. What if, for instance, a SIGSEGV happened right inside malloc(), causing a second malloc() to be called before the first one has finished? The heap may not even be in a valid state at that moment, or may be left in an invalid state when the second one returns. Nothing but system calls are signal-safe unless specifically written to avoid signal interference, and even then, not all system calls.

I also forsee another problem with this design of yours. The signal has no way to know what size buffer is needed. Why not just do this instead?

Code:
int main(void)
{
  j=strdup("hello\n");
}

This creates a correct-sized buffer containing "hello\n" for you. You can free it with free() later.
thanks for ur replay..
i got it.Smilie
 

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semanage_iterate(3)					   Libsemanage API documentation				       semanage_iterate(3)

NAME
semanage_iterate - SELinux Management API SYNOPSIS
The following iterate function is supported for any semanage record. Replace the function and object name as necessary. extern int ITERATE_FUNCTION ( semanage_handle_t *handle, int (*handler) ( const semanage_OBJECT_t *object, void *varg), void *handler_arg); DESCRIPTION
Behavior: The iterate function will execute the specified handler over all objects in the selected location. An arbitrary argument can be passed into the handler function along with each object. The object passed in is property of the libsemanage library, and may not be modified or preserved - use semanage_OBJECT_clone if that is necessary. The handler code may not invoke any semanage write requests for the same object type (i.e. modifying the underlying store is not allowed). The iterate function is reentrant only while inside a transaction (see semanage_begin_transaction ). It is not safe to execute other semanage read or write requests within iterate if not inside a transaction. The handler may return -1 to signal error exit, 0 to signal continue, and 1 to signal successful exit early (the iterate function will stop accordingly). Parameters: The handle is used to track persistent state across semanage calls, and for error reporting. The handler is the function to execute, with handler_arg as its second parameter, and each object as its first parameter. Requirements: This function requires an semanage connection to be established (see semanage_connect(3) ) RETURN VALUE
In case of failure, -1 is returned, and the semanage error callback is invoked, describing the error. Otherwise a non-negative integer is returned (a commit number). The same number will be returned by all other semanage object read calls until the next commit. SEE ALSO
semanage_handle_create(3), semanage_connect(3), ivg2@cornell.edu 15 March 2006 semanage_iterate(3)
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