Maximum core file size in Linux

["Amrith Kumar" <akumar@netezza.com>]

Appears that there's an implicit 2Gb limit on the size of core files because
it's being created without O_LARGEFILE.

A small change in fs/exec.c (do_coredump) gets me past the limit and I can
now generate a core file in excess of 2Gb but then gdb complains that the
core dump is too large ...

Looks like there's a broader underlying issue here that would involve
changes to other places than I had thought would be required.

Anyone else out there run into a similar problem ? And if so, could you let
me know what other things I may run into ... Also, is this something that
has been fixed in a forthcoming release ?

Thanks,

/a

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Amrith Kumar
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