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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:20:48 -0600
From: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
To: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] core_pattern: set core helpers root and namespace to
 crashing process
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Quoting Neil Horman (nhorman@tuxdriver.com):
> Theres one problem I currently see with it, and that is that I'm not sure we can
> change the current behavior of how the root fs is set for the pipe reader, lest
> we break some user space expectations. As such, I've added a sysctl in this
> patch to allow administrators to globally select if a core reader specified via
> /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern should use the global rootfs, or the (possibly)
> chrooted fs of the crashing process.

Practical question:  How is the admin to make an educated decision on
how to set the sysctl?

-serge