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Re: [PATCH 00/33] [RFC] Non disruptive application core dump infrastruct


From: Suzuki K. Poulose
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] [RFC] Non disruptive application core dump infrastructure
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:29:16 +0530
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On 03/24/2014 07:24 PM, Phillip Susi wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> On 3/24/2014 5:43 AM, Janani Venkataraman wrote:
>> Gcore attaches to the process using gdb and runs the gdb gcore
>> command and then detaches. In gcore the dump cannot be issued from
>> a signal handler context as fork() is not signal safe and moreover
>> it is disruptive in
> 
> You can fork+exec from a signal handler just fine.
Please go through the bug, and especially the comment below :

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4737#c12

Cheers
Suzuki




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