Re: [PATCH 00/33] [RFC] Non disruptive application core dump infrastructure

Phillip Susi
2014-03-24T13:54:47Z

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On 3/24/2014 5:43 AM, Janani Venkataraman wrote:
> Gcore attaches to the process using gdb and runs the gdb gcore
> command and then detaches. In gcore the dump cannot be issued from
> a signal handler context as fork() is not signal safe and moreover
> it is disruptive in

You can fork+exec from a signal handler just fine.

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