linux-kernel - Re: do_coredump and O

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Message-ID: <20070815234130.GA17593@hexapodia.org>
Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:41:31 -0700
From:	Andy Isaacson <adi@...apodia.org>
To:	gshan <gshan@...atel-lucent.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: do_coredump and O_NOFOLLOW

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 01:36:54PM +0800, gshan wrote:
> I found that O_NOFOLLOW is used for opened core file in Linux 2.6.10. 
> This means the core file couldn't be a symbolic link. However, I want to 
> use symbolic link for core file

I would recommend that you use
# sysctl -w kernel.core_pattern=/tmp/core.%e.%p
instead.  See Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt for details.

-andy
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