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Custom segmentation fault handler
#include <stdio.h>
#include <execinfo.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
void handler(int sig) {
void *array[10];
size_t size;
// get void*'s for all entries on the stack
size = backtrace(array, 10);
// print out all the frames to stderr
fprintf(stderr, "Error: signal %d:\n", sig);
backtrace_symbols_fd(array, size, STDERR_FILENO);
exit(1);
}
void baz() {
int *foo = (int*)-1; // make a bad pointer
printf("%d\n", *foo); // causes segfault
}
void bar() { baz(); }
void foo() { bar(); }
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
signal(SIGSEGV, handler); // install our handler
foo(); // this will call foo, bar, and baz. baz segfaults.
}
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