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Subject[ PATCH 1/1 ] coredump: use current->group_leader->comm instead of current->comm
Change corepattern %e and %E to use current->group_leader->comm instead of current->comm.

Multithreaded processes can use PR_SET_NAME (or the corresponding pthread_setname_np)
to configure the name of each thread.

A core dump can be triggered from any task in a group, and substituting current->comm
means that the name of the core file for a process can vary in surprising ways.

Using current->group_leader->comm makes the name of the core file more consistent
for a process when used with %e or %E.

Signed-off-by: Earl Chew <echew@ixiacom.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
--
--- fs/exec.c.orig 2011-08-28 21:16:01.000000000 -0700
+++ fs/exec.c 2011-09-01 09:58:42.032116998 -0700
@@ -1679,7 +1679,8 @@ static int cn_print_exe_file(struct core
exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(current->mm);
if (!exe_file) {
char *commstart = cn->corename + cn->used;
- ret = cn_printf(cn, "%s (path unknown)", current->comm);
+ ret = cn_printf(cn, "%s (path unknown)",
+ current->group_leader->comm);
cn_escape(commstart);
return ret;
}
@@ -1780,7 +1781,8 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_n
/* executable */
case 'e': {
char *commstart = cn->corename + cn->used;
- err = cn_printf(cn, "%s", current->comm);
+ err = cn_printf(cn, "%s",
+ current->group_leader->comm);
cn_escape(commstart);
break;
}


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