| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: plperl sigfpe reset can crash the server |
| Date: | 2012-08-24 14:53:36 |
| Message-ID: | 20574.1345820016@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> ./pod/perl581delta.pod:
> At startup Perl blocks the SIGFPE signal away since there isn't much
> Perl can do about it. Previously this blocking was in effect also for
> programs executed from within Perl. Now Perl restores the original
> SIGFPE handling routine, whatever it was, before running external
> programs.
So there's a gap in the "restore" logic someplace.
> perl.h also has some tidbits: ...
> That doesn't sound very well reasoned and especially not very well tested to
> me.
Time to file a Perl bug?
regards, tom lane
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