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SubjectRe: [PATCH trivial] docs: fix core_pipe_limit info
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009, Randy Dunlap wrote:

> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>
> Fix typos in core_pipe_limit info.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
> ---
> Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20090930.orig/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> +++ linux-next-20090930/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> @@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core d
> core_pipe_limit:
>
> This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe core
> -files to user space helper a (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|',
> +files to a user space helper (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|',
> see above). When collecting cores via a pipe to an application, it is
> -occasionally usefull for the collecting application to gather data about the
> +occasionally useful for the collecting application to gather data about the
> crashing process from its /proc/pid directory. In order to do this safely, the
> kernel must wait for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the
> crashing processes proc files prematurely. This in turn creates the possibility
> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ applications in parallel. If this value
> processes above that value are noted via the kernel log and their cores are
> skipped. 0 is a special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be
> captured in parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting
> -process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crahing pid>/). This value defaults
> +process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crashing pid>/). This value defaults
> to 0.

Applied to trivial queue, thanks Randy.

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.


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