From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753107AbXDMTnD (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:43:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753286AbXDMTnD (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:43:03 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:54259 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753107AbXDMTnB (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:43:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:42:58 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Alan Cox Cc: Randy Dunlap , Andi Kleen , "Christopher S. Aker" , "Bill Rugolsky Jr." , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Feature Request?] Inline compression of process core dumps Message-ID: <20070413194258.GA26628@one.firstfloor.org> References: <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> <20070413115526.69e61016@the-village.bc.nu> <461F9ABE.6060709@oracle.com> <20070413171727.6a54d80e@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070413171727.6a54d80e@the-village.bc.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 05:17:27PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Here's a patch. It just doesn't do any formatting for the pipe case. > > I don't see a reaosn for removing the formatting features. There are ways > that can usefully be used, although not many. It's also messier than the > patch I posted while less functional IMHO. To make formatting for pipes useful you would need to split arguments. I chose not to do it because all the information in the format can be gotten in other ways already -- either from the coredump or from the environment -Andi