Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:50:36 -0400 | From | La Monte Yarroll <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Provide control over core name even for multithreaded processes |
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:14:26 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:22:15 -0400 > "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" <piggy@laurelnetworks.com> wrote: > > > Our system explicitly sets core_pattern to force a relatively small > > limit on the number of different core dump names. > > > > Unfortunately, the kernel unconditionally appends .<tid> for > > multithreaded processes. > > > > The attached patch introduces "%T" to the core_pattern language, > > which expands to ".<tid>" for multithreaded processes. It then > > changes the default core_pattern to "core%T" replicating the > > current default behavior. > > > > Signed-off-by: La Monte H.P. Yarroll <piggy@laurelnetworks.com> > > 74-256740 ... > > Please review Oleg's > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/coredump-format_corename-dont-append-%25pid-if-multi-threaded.patch, > which I have queued for 2.6.28.
Thanks! This is even better and looks like it meets our needs.
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