Re: locating default signal handler for SIGSEGV

Valdis.Kletnieks_at_vt.edu
Date: 12/08/03

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    To: Devrat Mittal <u02113@cs.unipune.ernet.in>
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:04:20 -0500

    On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 17:51:32 +0530, Devrat Mittal <u02113@cs.unipune.ernet.in> said:
    > hi ppl,
    > Can anyone tell me how can I locate the signal handler for SIGSEGV,

    The "default" signal handling is often provided by the kernel. That's why you can't
    find it in the binary.

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