linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.36/2.6.37: broken compatibility with userspace input-utils ?

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:53:25 -0800
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.36/2.6.37: broken compatibility with userspace input-utils ?

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 01:12:48PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
> On 11-01-27 11:39 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:18:53PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
> >> No, it does not seem to segfault when I unload/reload ir-kbd-i2c
> >> and then invoke it by hand with the same parameters.
> >> Quite possibly the environment is different when udev invokes it,
> >> and my strace attempt with udev killed the system, so no info there.
> >>
> > 
> > Hmm, what about compiling with debug and getting a core then?
> 
> Sure.  debug is easy, -g, but you'll have to tell me how to get it
> do produce a core dump.
> 

See if adjusting /etc/security/limits.conf will enable it to dump core.
Otherwise you'll have to stick 'ulimit -c unlimited' somewhere...

-- 
Dmitry
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