Re: signal(SIGFPE,SIG_IGN) causes endless loop

Albert Cahalan (albert@ccs.neu.edu)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:35:18 -0400 (EDT)


>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>> #include <signal.h>
>>>
>>> int main()
>>> {
>>> int a,b,c;
>>>
>>> signal(SIGFPE,SIG_IGN);
>>> a = 1;
>>> b = 0;
>>> c = a/b;
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>
>> In case anyone cares, this program runs to completion under
>> both Digital Unix and SunOS. The result of c after the
>> division is 0 on both platforms.
>
> It dumps core on Solaris 2.4 with the message:
> Floating exception (core dumped).

OK, what about x86 OSs? This could affect iBCS a bit.

FreeBSD:
Unixware:
SCO Unix:
Solaris/x86: core dump?
PosixWinNT:
Hurd: