[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #806: Bus Errors when /dev/shm is (almost) full

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#806: Bus Errors when /dev/shm is (almost) full
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  Reporter:  raboof   |       Owner:  lennart      
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  closed       
 Milestone:           |   Component:  core         
Resolution:  wontfix  |    Keywords:  bus crash shm
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Comment(by raboof):

 I fully agree that aborting is a sensible thing to do when /dev/shm space
 runs out, and that adding a SIGBUS handler is too intrusive.

 I do think it would be good, if possible, to give the user some indication
 that this is what's going wrong. Just raising SIGBUS and leaving the user
 wondering what happened is rather puzzling.

 I don't quite understand what exactly causes the SIGBUS - is it possible
 to identify this situation beforehand, to show an error message somewhere
 before the SIGBUS is signalled? Or it this handled entirely at the kernel
 side of things?

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Ticket URL: <http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/806#comment:3>
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