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Q&A Generate SIGSEGV without undefined behaviour.

In order to test that coredumps are generated and that they contain useful information which can be retreived with gdb I need to generate a SIGSEGV. Or anything else which causes a coredump. The co...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Estela‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Lundin‭

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#4: Post edited by user avatar Estela‭ · 2020-08-31T12:27:08Z (over 3 years ago)
  • In order to test that coredumps are generated and that they contain useful information which can be retreived with gdb I need to generate a SIGSEGV. Or anything else which causes a coredump.
  • The code I am using is:
  • int *p = nullptr;
  • *p = 0;
  • Which works fine but is undefined behaviour. It might as well not generate a SIGSEGV at all.
  • As expected the draft of the C++ standard I've checked does not contain the SIGSEGV word at all. So there must be no portable way to do so. Is there an implementation specific documented way to do so with gcc?
  • In order to test that coredumps are generated and that they contain useful information which can be retreived with gdb I need to generate a SIGSEGV. Or anything else which causes a coredump.
  • The code I am using is:
  • int *p = nullptr;
  • *p = 0;
  • Which works fine but is undefined behaviour. It might as well not generate a SIGSEGV at all.
  • Is there a portable way to raise that signal? And if not, is there an implementation specific documented way to do so with gcc?
#3: Post edited by user avatar Estela‭ · 2020-08-31T10:04:49Z (over 3 years ago)
  • Generate SIGSEV without undefined behaviour.
  • Generate SIGSEGV without undefined behaviour.
  • In order to test that coredumps are generated and that they contain useful information which can be retreived with gdb I need to generate a SIGSEV. Or anything else which causes a coredump.
  • The code I am using is:
  • int *p = nullptr;
  • *p = 0;
  • Which works fine but is undefined behaviour. It might as well not generate a SIGSEV at all.
  • As expected the draft of the C++ standard I've checked does not contain the SIGSEV word at all. So there must be no portable way to do so. Is there an implementation specific documented way to do so with gcc?
  • In order to test that coredumps are generated and that they contain useful information which can be retreived with gdb I need to generate a SIGSEGV. Or anything else which causes a coredump.
  • The code I am using is:
  • int *p = nullptr;
  • *p = 0;
  • Which works fine but is undefined behaviour. It might as well not generate a SIGSEGV at all.
  • As expected the draft of the C++ standard I've checked does not contain the SIGSEGV word at all. So there must be no portable way to do so. Is there an implementation specific documented way to do so with gcc?
#2: Post edited by user avatar Estela‭ · 2020-08-31T09:52:53Z (over 3 years ago)
  • In order to test that coredumps are generated and that they contain useful information which can be retreived with gdb I need to generate a SIGSEV. Or anything else which uses a coredump.
  • The code I am using is:
  • int *p = nullptr;
  • *p = 0;
  • Which works fine but is undefined behaviour. It might as well not generate a SIGSEV at all.
  • As expected the draft of the C++ standard I've checked does not contain the SIGSEV word at all. So there must be no portable way to do so. Is there an implementation specific documented way to do so with gcc?
  • In order to test that coredumps are generated and that they contain useful information which can be retreived with gdb I need to generate a SIGSEV. Or anything else which causes a coredump.
  • The code I am using is:
  • int *p = nullptr;
  • *p = 0;
  • Which works fine but is undefined behaviour. It might as well not generate a SIGSEV at all.
  • As expected the draft of the C++ standard I've checked does not contain the SIGSEV word at all. So there must be no portable way to do so. Is there an implementation specific documented way to do so with gcc?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Estela‭ · 2020-08-31T09:51:08Z (over 3 years ago)
Generate SIGSEV without undefined behaviour.
In order to test that coredumps are generated and that they contain useful information which can be retreived with gdb I need to generate a SIGSEV. Or anything else which uses a coredump.

The code I am using is:

    int *p = nullptr;
    *p = 0;

Which works fine but is undefined behaviour. It might as well not generate a SIGSEV at all.

As expected the draft of the C++ standard I've checked does not contain the SIGSEV word at all. So there must be no portable way to do so. Is there an implementation specific documented way to do so with gcc?