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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 22 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index b3d8b492274..a028b92001e 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - callhome [ S390 only ] - auto_msgmni - core_pattern +- core_pipe_limit - core_uses_pid - ctrl-alt-del - dentry-state @@ -135,6 +136,27 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. ============================================================== +core_pipe_limit: + +This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe core +files to user space helper a (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|', +see above). When collecting cores via a pipe to an application, it is +occasionally usefull for the collecting application to gather data about the +crashing process from its /proc/pid directory. In order to do this safely, the +kernel must wait for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the +crashing processes proc files prematurely. This in turn creates the possibility +that a misbehaving userspace collecting process can block the reaping of a +crashed process simply by never exiting. This sysctl defends against that. It +defines how many concurrent crashing processes may be piped to user space +applications in parallel. If this value is exceeded, then those crashing +processes above that value are noted via the kernel log and their cores are +skipped. 0 is a special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be +captured in parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting +process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crahing pid>/). This value defaults +to 0. + +============================================================== + core_uses_pid: The default coredump filename is "core". By setting |