Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2023-07-02 13:55:53 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes:
>>> I'd like to propose that we do a configure test for __builtin_trap() and use
>>> it, if available, before the abort() in ExceptionalCondition(). Perhaps also
>>> for PANIC, but it's not as clear to me whether we should.
>> Does that still result in the same process exit signal being reported to
>> the postmaster?
> It does not on linux / x86-64.
> 2023-07-02 10:52:55.103 PDT [1398197][postmaster][:0][] LOG: server process
> (PID 1398207) was terminated by signal 4: Illegal instruction
> vs today's
> 2023-07-02 11:08:22.674 PDT [1401801][postmaster][:0][] LOG: server process
> (PID 1401809) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted
Hm, I do *not* like "Illegal instruction" in place of SIGABRT;
that looks too much like we vectored off into never-never land.
I'd rather live with the admittedly-ugly stack traces.
regards, tom lane
