linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coredump: fix pipe coredump when core limit is 0

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Date:	Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:36:17 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, bookjovi@...il.com
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, roland@...hat.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coredump: fix pipe coredump when core limit is 0

Concur.  The comment should be changed
Neil

Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:

>On 08/21, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>
>> On 08/21, bookjovi@...il.com wrote:
>> >
>> > For non-pipe case, limit 0 also means drop the coredump, so just put
>> > the zero limit check at do_coredump function begining.
>>
>> Neil, what do you think? Should we change the code or the comment?
>
>Personally I think we should fix the comment. I think RLIMIT_CORE
>doesn't apply in this case, limit == 1 check is very special. And
>this is what linux always did, except between 725eae32 and 898b374a.
>
>
>Oleg.
>
>