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Message-ID: <4AC95891.3000707@oracle.com> Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:23:13 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> To: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> CC: trivial@...nel.org, nhorman@...driver.com Subject: [PATCH trivial] docs: fix core_pipe_limit info From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> Fix typos in core_pipe_limit info. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- linux-next-20090930.orig/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ linux-next-20090930/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core d core_pipe_limit: This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe core -files to user space helper a (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|', +files to a user space helper (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|', see above). When collecting cores via a pipe to an application, it is -occasionally usefull for the collecting application to gather data about the +occasionally useful for the collecting application to gather data about the crashing process from its /proc/pid directory. In order to do this safely, the kernel must wait for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the crashing processes proc files prematurely. This in turn creates the possibility @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ applications in parallel. If this value processes above that value are noted via the kernel log and their cores are skipped. 0 is a special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be captured in parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting -process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crahing pid>/). This value defaults +process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crashing pid>/). This value defaults to 0. ============================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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