Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Al Viro
On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 12:04:37AM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: > This support was there in the 2.6.16.51 kernel. In fact there was no > call_usermodehelper_pipe(). So backport it, instead of creating an incompatible interface and headache when you eventually rebase to later kernel. - To

RE: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67
] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:32:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: > This patch was developed for embedded systems which had limited space > for file storage. If an external process is to compress core files you > will need to store those files

Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Al Viro
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:32:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: > This patch was developed for embedded systems which had limited space > for file storage. If an external process is to compress core files you > will need to store those files somewhere first as core dump output > cannot be

RE: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:49:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: > Hi, > The attached patch is based on Jan Frey's previous patch posted in 2004 > for the Linux 2.4 kernel. It has been tested on X86 and MIPS platforms. >

Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Al Viro
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:49:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: > Hi, > The attached patch is based on Jan Frey's previous patch posted in 2004 > for the Linux 2.4 kernel. It has been tested on X86 and MIPS platforms. > If the core pattern doesn't end in ".gz" it will be added to the name

Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Al Viro
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:49:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: Hi, The attached patch is based on Jan Frey's previous patch posted in 2004 for the Linux 2.4 kernel. It has been tested on X86 and MIPS platforms. If the core pattern doesn't end in .gz it will be added to the name of

RE: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:49:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: Hi, The attached patch is based on Jan Frey's previous patch posted in 2004 for the Linux 2.4 kernel. It has been tested on X86 and MIPS platforms. If the core pattern

Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Al Viro
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:32:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: This patch was developed for embedded systems which had limited space for file storage. If an external process is to compress core files you will need to store those files somewhere first as core dump output cannot be

RE: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67
] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:32:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: This patch was developed for embedded systems which had limited space for file storage. If an external process is to compress core files you will need to store those files somewhere first

Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch

2007-09-03 Thread Al Viro
On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 12:04:37AM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: This support was there in the 2.6.16.51 kernel. In fact there was no call_usermodehelper_pipe(). So backport it, instead of creating an incompatible interface and headache when you eventually rebase to later kernel. - To