linux-kernel - Re: Linux child process does not core dump

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:44:04 +0300
From:	Maxin B John <maxin.john@...il.com>
To:	Srinivas Nayak <sinu_nayak2001@...oo.co.in>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux child process does not core dump

Hi Srinivas,

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Srinivas Nayak
<sinu_nayak2001@...oo.co.in> wrote:
>
> In my program, I fork() to get a child process.
> Because of some problem, child process terminates by a segmentation fault.
> Parent process is still running.
>
> I have compiled my code with -g option.
> I have done: ulimit -c unlimited.
>
> I am not getting core dump of the child process.
>
> How can I get the core dump of child process?

You can call setrlimit(2) from the child process to get core dump.

Best Regard,
Maxin B. John
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