linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] coredump: use task comm instead of (unknown)

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2011 20:16:07 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jirislaby@...il.com, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] coredump: use task comm instead of (unknown)

On 06/07, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>
> @@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ static int cn_print_exe_file(struct core_name *cn)
>
>  	exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(current->mm);
>  	if (!exe_file)
> -		return cn_printf(cn, "(unknown)");
> +		return cn_printf(cn, "%s (path unknown)", current->comm);

Hmm. The patch itself looks fine to me.

Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>



But the code looks wrong.

What if d_path() fails with, say, ENAMETOOLONG? do_coredump() doesn't
expect an error code != ENOMEM. This is just ugly, I'll send the simple
fix. Anyway, if we are changing cn_print_exe_file(), perhaps it makes
sense to fallback if d_path fails too?

And, I am just noticed...

	for (p = path; *p; p++)
		if (*p == '/')
			*p = '!';

Why??? I am not arguing, just curious.

Oleg.

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