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Message-ID: <20070214133042.GJ22008@elf.ucw.cz>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:30:42 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: "Kawai, Hidehiro" <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>
Cc: Robin Holt <holt@....com>, akpm@...l.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, sugita <yumiko.sugita.yf@...achi.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
Satoshi OSHIMA <soshima@...hat.com>,
"Hideo AOKI@...hat" <haoki@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] coredump: core dump masking support v2
Hi!
> > Can we simply add ulimit with boolean value, that says dump
> > anon_shared... or not? It will be simpler and faster, because you'll
> > not need locking.
>
> Yes, using ulimit will be simpler and faster, but less flexible.
It is prefered in this case.
> The core dump flags can be changed only before running the program.
> If the user modifies the program, the user will be able to change the
> flags anytime. But the user can't always modify the program.
You can do ulimit then exec from wrapper.
> I need the ability to change the core dump flags anytime.
Then maybe right solution is to extend _ulimit_ to change anything
anytime. But that's definitely separate patch.
Pavel
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