On Fri, 10 May 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> PS: why signal(SIGBUS,SIG_IGN) doesnt work, but a user handler its called
> if set with signal(SIGBUS,handle_sigbus) ?
>
> How would you like the kernel to "ignore" a page fault that cannot be
> serviced?
I would expect it to return from the handler with no action, possibly
re-executing the faulting instruction (if the reason was synchronous) and
causing an infinite loop. For consistency, whether it makes sense, or not
(ditto for SIGSEGV, etc.).
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