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Re: How to use backtrace() safely in signal handler.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 10:02 PM Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>
wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:16 AM Paul Guo <paulguo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > but I want to know how unsafe it is and see if I could use that safely in
> > signal handler with some limitations.
>
> Why do you want to call backtrace() from a signal handler?
>
>
Typically program sigsegv handler wants a backtrace and saves them somwhere
and
then rethrows the signal (and then program quits). This is a very
convenient practice
and seems to be not unusual in some softwares.
In the past this was the accepted practice for doing crash backtrace
> handling.
>
> In-process crash backtrace handling is a security risk and unsafe.
>
> Is there any reason why you don't pursue out-of-process handling?
>
> Cheers,
> Carlos.
>