Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 May 2001 18:47:28 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Szabolcs Szakacsits <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Thread core dumps for 2.4.4 |
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On Thu, 3 May 2001, Don Dugger wrote:
> The attached patch allows core dumps from thread processes in the 2.4.4 > kernel. This patch is the same as the last one I sent out except it fixes > the same bug that `kernel/fork.c' had with duplicate info in the `mm' > structure, plus this patch has had more extensive testing.
AFAIK Linux can't dump the threads to the same file as others but doing it to different files looks a bit scary. How the system behaves when you dump a heavy threaded app with a decent VM [i.e just think about a bloatware instead of malicious code]? How will the developer know which thread caused the fault? I've found dumping just the faulting thread is enough about 100% of the cases especially because [on SMP] others can run on and the dump is much more close to "garbage" then usuful info from a debug point of view.
Szaka
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