Re: [PATCH v3] [RFC] tracepoint: Add signal coredump tracepoint

[Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>]

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
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> KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>>> +	TP_fast_assign(
>>> +		__entry->sig	= (int)cprm->signr;
>>> +		__entry->limit	= cprm->limit;
>>> +		__entry->flags	= cprm->mm_flags;
>>> +		__entry->retval	= retval;
>>> +		__assign_str(name,	core_name);
>>> +	),
>>> +
>>> +	TP_printk("sig=%d limit=%lu dumpable=0x%lx dump_filter=0x%lx "
>>> +		  "corename=\"%s\" retval=%d",
>>> +		  __entry->sig, __entry->limit,
>>> +		  __entry->flags&   MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK,
>>> +		  (__entry->flags&   MMF_DUMP_FILTER_MASK)>>
>>> +		  MMF_DUMP_FILTER_SHIFT,
>>> +		  __get_str(name), __entry->retval)
>>> +);
>>>    #endif /* _TRACE_SIGNAL_H */
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>> I don't think "limit" is userfriendly name, core_limit or core_size_limit is better?
>> plus, we have core_pipe_limit sysctl too. (it's similar but different concept limit).
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> Ah, I missed it. OK, so I'll rename core_limit and add core_pipe_limit.

Hmm, perhaps, would we need a pair of core_pipe_limit and dump_count?
because it limits the number of concurrently dump-to-pipe and the number
is stored on dump_count.
Or, maybe it is enough to trace current parameters, because if we hit the
core_pipe_limit, we can see -EFBIG at retval parameter.


> Thank you for pointed it out :-)
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>> other parts looks good to me.
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> Thanks!
>

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Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com