Re: Question about core file generation

2007-07-25 Thread Carlo Florendo
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi, When a process dumps core, the do_coredump() initiates the core file generation. Is this operation synchronous(does the kernel wait for core to be completely written to disk) ? The operations whereby (1) a process is in the process of exiting while;

Re: Question about core file generation

2007-07-25 Thread Carlo Florendo
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: Hi, When a process dumps core, the do_coredump() initiates the core file generation. Is this operation synchronous(does the kernel wait for core to be completely written to disk) ? The operations whereby (1) a process is in the process of exiting while;

Question about core file generation

2007-07-24 Thread Ravinandan Arakali \(rarakali\)
Hi, When a process dumps core, the do_coredump() initiates the core file generation. Is this operation synchronous(does the kernel wait for core to be completely written to disk) ? Basically, if I have the parent process waiting for exit of child which dumped core, can the parent access the core

Question about core file generation

2007-07-24 Thread Ravinandan Arakali \(rarakali\)
Hi, When a process dumps core, the do_coredump() initiates the core file generation. Is this operation synchronous(does the kernel wait for core to be completely written to disk) ? Basically, if I have the parent process waiting for exit of child which dumped core, can the parent access the core