From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751732AbXDMEXQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:23:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751743AbXDMEXQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:23:16 -0400 Received: from [198.99.130.12] ([198.99.130.12]:52839 "EHLO saraswathi.solana.com" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751732AbXDMEXP (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:23:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:21:56 -0400 From: Jeff Dike To: "Christopher S. Aker" Cc: Randy Dunlap , Andi Kleen , "Bill Rugolsky Jr." , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Feature Request?] Inline compression of process core dumps Message-ID: <20070413042156.GA12786@c2.user-mode-linux.org> References: <461E55C6.1030905@theshore.net> <20070412172845.58bfeff5@the-village.bc.nu> <20070412164251.GC11736@ti88.telemetry-investments.com> <461EE95A.3090600@theshore.net> <20070412193838.ea98238b.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <461EF1A1.3070102@theshore.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <461EF1A1.3070102@theshore.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 10:57:37PM -0400, Christopher S. Aker wrote: > The process is a UML instance (skas mode, so at least a kernel, > userspace, and io thread), which will generate a single, usable, core > file just fine with a non-pipe core_pattern... Yeah, but can you get a core file without the .pid on the end? I just tried, with core_pattern == core and core_uses_pid == 0, and I still got core.pid. I can fix this on my end - just have to kill off a bunch of things before aborting. Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com